Even though Ah Mei and her partner were skilled, they couldn't cook without rice.

Main courtyard

Liu Shi leisurely picked her teeth with a silver skewer, while her third daughter, Pei Yun, wiped her greasy face with a handkerchief and said with no small amount of pride, "Mother is so smart. With my proud nature as your sister-in-law, even if I suffer a little grievance, I would be too embarrassed to come to you."

Liu curled her lip in disdain, "Like a beautiful lamp, it will break if the wind blows."

She thought to herself: This is the bad habit of scholars. They always talk about not bowing down for five pecks of rice. When they open their mouths, it's always about benevolence and morality or romance and poetry. They don't have a bit of a down-to-earth side to them.

Speaking of this, Pei Yun got excited, "My little maid also heard the servants talking, saying that the other woman's health is not very good, and she doesn't even care much about her son anymore."

Liu sighed insincerely, "She's a pitiful person, really. Who told her to choose such a good husband who was so useless?"

“That’s right. So many people envied her back then, but look at her now. In my opinion, she couldn’t see things clearly. Although her brother went to a place she’d never even heard of, and we don’t know if he’ll ever come back, she still has a son. If she raises him well, she’ll have someone to rely on for the rest of her life, right?” Pei Yun felt that her sister-in-law, despite all her education, was not as clear-headed as she was.

Liu disagreed with this statement. After all, she was now thinking about how to make her son inherit the title. If her family had been doing well, how could her son have gotten the title?

According to Eunuch Jia, the place where Pei Han was demoted is so remote that almost no outsiders sent there can come out alive. Even if they aren't poisoned by the miasma, they'll be killed by bandits.

Even if Pei Han is lucky, as long as Jia Ren doesn't give in, Pei Han will have to stay in that remote mountain village for the rest of his life.

Whenever Liu thought of this, she felt much more at ease.

Yes, as long as Pei Han stays in that remote mountain village for the rest of his life, even if he is given a title, it will only be an empty title. Once he dies, everything in the Earl's mansion will go to his own son.

Of course, the troublesome mother and son in the courtyard should be dealt with as soon as possible.