Chapter 16 Discussion Madam Shen San…I can’t give it back to you…
Pei Huaijin has always been calm and steady, and never panics in the face of any emergency. Unexpectedly, the first time in his life he experienced the feeling of being scared to death was on his wedding night.
After a brief, suffocating silence, the person under him screamed and pushed him away.
He almost fell down from the bed, and awkwardly picked up his own clothes from the messy clothes on the floor and put them on. Then he picked up hers and handed them to her through the curtain. She didn't take it for a long time, probably because she didn't look at him again. He didn't dare to look at the bed, so he had to throw down his clothes, then went to the closet to get his coat and put it on, and then opened the door.
Outside the door, standing in the front were Pei Huaian and Shen Yunshu, who were wearing wedding clothes and looked anxious.
Pei Huaijin's gaze shifted from his seventh brother to Shen Yunshu. After seeing her appearance, he was dazed for a moment: her appearance matched the woman he had met at Hongqiao...
The two sisters had similar eyebrows and eyes, and because they needed to wear heavy makeup to match their wedding attire, their appearances were almost identical after makeup. So when he lifted the veil and saw Madam Shen San, he didn't think much of it...
"Brother, you..." Pei Huaian had a bad feeling when he saw his brother's messy hair and untidy clothes.
Shen Yunshu glanced at Pei Huaijin, but it was not appropriate to ask him questions immediately in front of the maids. She thought about going in to see her third sister first, so she walked around him and went sideways into the bedroom.
Pei Huaijin immediately closed the door, blocking the gazes of everyone looking into the room. After calming down a little, he ordered several servants to go to the courtyards of the first and third houses respectively to inform the elders of the matter, and asked them to go to the grandmother's courtyard to discuss the matter together.
The servants received the instructions and ran off. Pei Huaijin glanced at his seventh brother and said, "Talk as we walk..."
On the other side, Shen Yunshu entered the bedroom and saw that all the lights in the room were extinguished, leaving only a pair of dragon and phoenix wedding candles. She had already guessed something.
When the curtains were drawn aside, the white nightgown and the bright red undershirt were piled together. The crimson soft quilt was wrapped into a long strip, trembling and outlining the shape of a frightened shrimp. Shen Yunshu's heart finally died.
It's too late after all.
The wedding robbery that day had caused the two people's veils to be mixed up. That night, Imperial Tutor Pei suddenly became ill and called Pei Huaian away. Two of the four maids who came with the dowry were injured in the chaos, and the other two had been guarding the dowry. Furthermore, it was Third Sister who had gone up to the wedding ceremony at Hongqiao that day. Pei Huaijin had seen Third Sister dressed as her, but Third Sister's eyesight was poor, so she didn't see Pei Huaijin's face clearly that day. Moreover, Third Sister didn't know what Pei Huaian looked like. All these coincidences led to tonight's marriage, which was a complete mistake...
Shen Yunshu bit her trembling lips and forced herself to calm down.
She sat down on the bed and patted the quilt: "You Ran, come out, don't get bored..."
Hearing her voice, the quilt began to shake even more violently.
"Big sister," the voice under the quilt was sobbing, "I am too embarrassed to see you."
"It's not your fault," Shen Yunshu coaxed softly, "If the sky falls, I'll hold it up. Come out first."
She coaxed Shen Youran for a while before she finally got her out of the quilt and threw herself into her arms, trembling and crying. Shen Yunshu pretended not to see the red marks on her sister's body, comforting her while helping her put on her clothes.
Things have come to this point, and it is impossible to change them back. The next result can be predicted. Either the two sisters will make the best of a bad situation and exchange husbands, or they will be separated into one pair and become one couple.
If they wanted to break up, Shen Youran and Pei Huaian's marriage would probably not work out. But even so, Pei Huaijin and the third sister had already had physical contact, and it was impossible for her, as the elder sister, to continue to be husband and wife with Pei Huaijin without distraction.
What’s more, the third sister has lost her innocence and her marriage, how will she cope with the future?
But if we continue with the mistake, given Third Sister's temperament and ability, it would be a bit of a stretch for her to be the eldest daughter-in-law of the eldest son's family, and I'm afraid her future life will not be easy.
She originally wanted her third sister to marry into the Pei family and enjoy a good life, but now she has put her third sister in a dilemma. What should she do to make up for this mistake?
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In Chunxuan Hall, the eldest master of the Pei family, Pei Yuanji, and his wife Zhu from the first house, the third master of the Pei family, Pei Yuanzhou from the third house, and today's two grooms, Pei Huaijin and Pei Huaian, all gathered in the hall, all with solemn expressions on their faces. After sending the servants away, they began to discuss today's incident and how to deal with it.
Zhu was weak and when she heard this, her eyes went dark and she almost fainted.
Pei Yuanji originally wanted to ask her to rest in the room and not come to discuss matters, but since it was related to her son's lifelong event, Zhu still forced herself to come despite her physical discomfort.
She pounded her depressed chest and said bitterly, "How could it be so wrong? Didn't anyone notice anything was wrong beforehand?"
"Alright, it's already happened. There's no point complaining about it." Madam Pei glanced at her eldest daughter-in-law, then glanced at the others. Her eyes ached when she saw her two grandchildren, and she sighed, "Tell me, what should we do?"
Pei Huaian was the first to lose his temper. He said with a sad face, "What else can I do? Just change it back and pretend this never happened..."
"No." Pei Huaijin rejected it outright. He stood in the hall, the blue-white glazed lotus lantern beside him casting a dark shadow on his face. "Mrs. Shen San and I have already completed the ceremony. I must be responsible for her..."
"Brother, you mean you don't want to change?" Pei Huaian looked at him in astonishment, and said unwillingly, "No, I have always regarded Madam Shen as my sister-in-law. How can I be her husband and wife? I don't want to..."
Zhu knew that Shen Youran was no match for her sister and had even ridiculed her before. She never imagined that she would become her daughter-in-law. She felt dizzy and said, "No, son, that Third Lady Shen is not worthy of you at all..."
"Both are legitimate daughters of the Shen family, so there's no question of who's worthy of him or not. If she's less talented, my son can just teach her slowly in the future." In front of a girl's innocence, her family background, character, and moral integrity are unimportant. He has already touched her, and the two of them have done things that should only be done by husband and wife, so he can no longer push her to his seventh brother.
“Seventh brother, I’m sorry for this matter,” Pei Huaijin turned to look at Pei Huaian at this time. He still remembered that before the wedding, the two brothers squeezed on a couch and talked. The seventh brother said that he fell in love with Madam Shen at first sight and even suffered from lovesickness. However, today, he had to take away the love of the seventh brother, “Madam Shen… I can’t give it back to you.”
"Why?" Pei Huaian saw his elder brother's determined expression and his tone left no room for negotiation. His voice became so anxious that it changed its tone. "Why do you say you won't return it? Have you asked me what I want? Have you asked Mrs. Shen San's wishes?"
"Don't make a fuss," Pei Yuanzhou said to comfort his son, "An'er, talk to your elder brother properly..."
Pei Huaian stopped talking and just stood aside sulking.
The old lady took the opportunity to ask Pei Yuanzhou: "Third brother, what do you think?"
Pei Yuanzhou was also very surprised when he first heard about this, but since the matter was irreversible, it was definitely not something that could be put aside by his son's words "Just pretend it never happened".
"In my opinion, both girls from the Shen family are excellent. No matter which boy from our family they are paired with, they are a perfect match..."
"Third brother, do you agree to the marriage exchange?" Zhu sneered, "If the eldest daughter of the Shen family is exchanged for Xiaoqi, you will naturally be happy..."
She looked down on the third daughter of the Shen family, and her words were full of disdain.
Mrs. Pei walked past her and asked her eldest son for his opinion: "Big Boss, what do you think..."
Pei Yuanji frowned and slowly exhaled: "Third brother is right, they are all girls of the Shen family, legitimate daughters. Even if the Third Lady of the Shen family cannot compare with her sister, she is not much worse. In my opinion, let it be..."
"What do you mean, just let it be?"
Zhu was about to speak out to stop him, but Pei Yuanji stopped her: "Since you have already wronged the girl, you should take full responsibility. Do you still want your son to be a heartless person?"
Zhu grumbled, "Xiao Qi said she doesn't mind..."
Pei Yuanji said in a deep voice: "How can you take seriously what a half-grown child says?"
Pei Huaian was like a cat whose tail was stepped on when he heard this. He said angrily, "Why can't you take what I say seriously? I just want to marry Miss Shen San. If you are worried about the awkwardness of meeting her in the future, I can take her to live in Quanzhou..."
"You're still young. If you don't care about some things now, you might care about them in the future." Pei Yuanji looked at his childish nephew and couldn't scold him. He could only persuade him patiently, "Besides, how is the eldest daughter of the Shen family inferior to the third daughter? You're wronged to have such a good girl as your wife?"
Zhu suddenly remembered something and poked Pei Yuanji's arm: "Xiao Qi said before that he doesn't like girls older than him..."
When Zhu had previously intended to betroth seventeen-year-old Meng Wanxin to him, he had used this reason to refuse. And the eldest daughter of the Shen family was twenty-nine years old, a year older than Meng Wanxin. No wonder he was so unwilling.
But Pei Yuanji disagreed: "He's only two years older, not that much older, third brother, what do you think?"
Pei Yuanzhou had completely accepted the fact of the marriage exchange at this time, and said calmly: "I still say the same thing, as long as she is a girl from the Shen family, it's fine..."
After saying that, everyone's eyes turned to Madam Pei who was sitting at the top of the hall.
After listening to their discussion, Madam Pei made a decision: "Since that's the case, then..."
Seeing that the matter was about to be finalized, Pei Huaian was so anxious that he wanted to make a scene again: "Grandma, I don't want the eldest lady of the Shen family..."
"Grandmother," Pei Huaijin also spoke at this time. Although his voice was not as loud as Pei Huaian's, his tone was steady and resounding, drawing everyone's attention to him. "Grandson just said that the Third Lady of the Shen family cannot be returned to the Seventh Brother. I don't agree with the exchange marriage. The First Lady of the Shen family and the Seventh Brother are still innocent, and she may not accept the exchange marriage. This matter requires asking her opinion..."
"That's true." The relationship between the eldest grandson and the third daughter of the Shen family has already been settled, but there is still room for change between the youngest grandson and the eldest daughter of the Shen family.
Mrs. Pei originally wanted to have the eldest daughter of the Shen family called over, but after a moment's reflection, she felt it was inappropriate. The young lady was shy and had just married into the family, so it was not appropriate to discuss such matters with the elders face to face. So she said to Pei Huaijin, "Then go back and ask what the eldest daughter of the Shen family thinks."
"Yes." Pei Huaijin bowed to the elders and turned to walk out of the hall.
Pei Huaian saw this and quarreled: “Why do you only ask Madam Shen? Then I will ask Madam Shen San too!”
After saying that, he followed him out.
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