Chapter 223: Confiscation and Exile Control Group 29

However, the second wife's words froze the joy of the whole family, "We are going back, what about the old general and the eldest wife? Should they go back with us?

Although we have split up, isn't it a bad idea to leave the old general here?

Also, what if the old general asks us to take the eldest wife back with us?

Will the Emperor allow it?"

After the Second Lady finished speaking, the smiles on everyone's faces froze, and no one knew what to say.

Everyone understands that what needs to be taken back must be taken back!

Otherwise it doesn't make sense!

The second wife has become very successful, and if they ignore the old general and the first wife, they will be scolded and criticized!

By then, the saliva will be enough to drown the second room!

I just don’t know what the old lady is thinking!

The old lady was quite calm and said slowly, "It's too early to talk about this now!

You all have to remember this during these days: no one should tell anyone that we are about to return.

As long as the imperial edict doesn't arrive, we're still in danger of staying here!

Even if the emperor's decree arrives, we can't leave whenever we want or take whoever we want with us!

When the time comes, just say you'll help find a solution after you return to Beijing!"

Master Pei Er touched his nose and said, "Mother, I am an unfilial son. There is something I haven't discussed with you before!

When he submitted the secret memorial before, he also submitted a letter to the eldest wife and the old general to plead for mercy.

Even if we split up, we are still a family in the eyes of outsiders.

If we could go back but didn't plead for the eldest wife and General Pei at all, we would appear to be too cold-blooded and heartless, and would be looked down upon by outsiders!

Others will question our family's character, and even the Emperor will probably have an opinion!"

The old lady understood and knew that these words were actually explaining the ins and outs of the matter to her!

In official circles, this kind of moral integrity is particularly valued!

The things the old general did on his way to exile did cause considerable harm to the old lady and the second master.

But to outsiders, there are no bad parents!

If you can escape your status as a prisoner and ignore your father and brothers, others will also question your character!

What the Second Master said now was actually telling the Old Lady the interests involved.

The old lady is not an inner-house lady who knows nothing. She only has one child in her life, Master Pei Er. How could she possibly hold him back?

Before, she was just excited and didn't understand the ins and outs of this. Now that Master Pei Er explained it, she immediately understood!

She just smiled and gave Master Pei Er a look, and said, "You are right, this is what we should do. Don't worry about me, I understand everything, but I just didn't think about it before.

Even if we return to Beijing, we have already separated and don't live together, so there's nothing for mother to mind.

My son, don't worry, I will never hold you back!"

At night, the second family was so excited that they seemed to have been injected with chicken blood, and they were so happy that they couldn't sleep.

Only Pei Xinlan slept soundly!

In the next few days, the second wife seemed to be the same as before, going to the fields to do farm work on time every day.

But in private, I have already started packing up!

If you observe carefully, you can see that the people in the second house have unconcealable joy in their eyes every day!

However, as the estimated time for the imperial edict drew closer, the family members became more and more anxious. They could not keep their minds steady and were always distracted while working.

In this kind of situation, without the imperial edict, something unexpected could happen at any time.

The old lady was afraid that if this continued, someone would accidentally get injured while doing farm work, so she told them to just take a few days off!

Now Pei Xinlan is in charge of all the cooking at home!

Since moving here, the old lady was the first to cook.

Pei Xinlan felt a little embarrassed, so she asked the old lady to teach her how to cook.

But the old lady loved her, and although she taught her how to cook, she rarely let Pei Xinlan do it.

She kept muttering, "Cooking makes a girl's hands rough. I'm not afraid of that, but you can't!"

Pei Xinlan said it several times, but the old lady insisted not letting her do it, so she could only help with other work.

But these days, the old lady seemed normal on the surface.

But when Pei Xinlan was lighting the fire in the kitchen, she had seen the old lady almost add salt to the dishes twice!

It was when the old lady was about to add salt that Pei Xinlan reminded her, thus saving the whole family from having to eat pickles!

So, Pei Xinlan simply took over the kitchen work.

She thought to herself: If we add more salt, it can just be eaten as a pickle. It would be terrible if the old lady accidentally cuts her hand!

The old lady also knew that she was not in good condition, so when Pei Xinlan wanted to take over the kitchen, she did not insist.

And she was thinking in her mind that Xinlan would only need to cook for a few days.

Once the imperial edict arrives, they can return to the capital. By then, by using more secret recipes, they will definitely be able to take good care of her hands!

Just as the family was eagerly waiting, the imperial edict finally arrived!

Following the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict were not only people sent by the Lin and Zheng families to pick up the second branch's family, but also many people who came to join in the fun.

There was a large group of people in the village, and people from the eldest house were among them!

The old lady quickly prepared the incense table.

Everyone knelt on the ground, the eunuch cleared his throat and began to read the imperial edict!

This imperial edict did not mention the fact that Master Pei Er had investigated the iron mine, but only said that he had made great contributions to the court, and now the emperor wanted to call him back to Kyoto and reinstate him to his original position!

Pei Xinlan felt that although the iron mine issue had been investigated clearly, the emperor still had other considerations.

Think about it from another perspective. If this happened to her, she would definitely keep the fact that the iron mine and the weapons depot had been discovered a secret tightly shut!

Let those people think that they are still working for their original masters, so that they will continue to use the original masters' manpower, financial resources and material resources to mine and build weapons.

Take advantage of this time to understand all their relationships and find out the source of their money!

As long as I can be sure that the weapons they have built will eventually fall into my hands and that I can control the entire situation, then everything will be fine!

Without spending a single soldier, you can get the other party's years of hard work!

When the truth is revealed, the other party will probably be so angry that he will vomit blood!

I just wonder if the current emperor has the same idea!

However, the emperor must have gone further than she thought, and had deeper intentions that she had not expected!

When the old general and the people in the first wife heard the news that the second wife was going to return to Beijing to resume her original post, they found it incredible.

When did the second brother achieve success?

How come they don’t know anything about this!

The old general closed his eyes, feeling extremely regretful.