Chapter 3 Didn't See Daddy
"Shuyi, what is a concubine?"
Two little heads looked up at her curiously.
Cheng Shuyi thought about this question for a moment, "It's one of your father's wives."
My sister still didn't understand: "Does Dad have many wives?"
This really hits the nail on the head.
Because it is uncertain whether the space connecting ancient and modern times is stable enough, and whether it is possible to travel freely back to the modern times after returning to ancient times.
Cheng Shuyi didn't dare to explore the way ahead of time.
I'm afraid I won't be able to go back.
So she had no idea about Pei Yanli's situation.
It seems that recognizing her father is not as easy as she thought.
"Qi Qi Xu Xu, can we not go look for dad today?" Cheng Shuyi squatted down and discussed with the two children.
She brought her two children back to ancient times to recognize their father, not to steal a bride.
Cheng Shuyi's only request was for Pei Yanli to recognize the child and treat the child well.
Let her rest in peace.
That's enough.
As for who he will marry, it has nothing to do with her.
And from the woman's perspective, it is indeed unethical for her to bring two children to the house at this time.
Cheng Shuyi was very thoughtful, but he couldn't resist the two children's excessive curiosity and enthusiasm towards their father whom they had never met.
The elder brother wanted to fight for it, "Shuyi, I want to go see Dad today."
They can all travel back to ancient times, so of course he wants to meet the legendary father as soon as possible.
My younger sister also wanted to go, and she covered her eyes with her little hands.
She said in a baby voice, "Shuyi Shuyi, let's go see Dad today. Can you cover your eyes and not look at us?"
Some of the five-year-old child’s expressions are not very clear.
But Cheng Shuyi understood what she meant.
"Okay, let's go take a look!"
Nothing will happen if you peek.
Cheng Shuyi did not check out and took the two children downstairs.
Fenglai Inn is located in the center of Changsheng Street.
Changsheng Street extends from the palace gate and is the largest main road in the capital.
Almost all the mansions of the major dignitaries in Beijing are located near this street.
Among them, Pingbu Lane and Qingyun Lane, which are closest to the palace gate, are the most expensive!
The Prince Regent's Palace is the first one in Qingyun Lane.
"The Prince Regent's Palace has such a grand ceremony to marry a concubine, so shouldn't the ceremony for the principal wife be comparable to the ceremony for the empress?"
"Be careful with your words!"
"But after all, this is the Prince Regent's Mansion, and the bride is from the Prince of Yan's Mansion, so naturally, the extravagance is extreme."
"It's a good thing that the Prince Regent is willing to marry. If the princess can give birth to a child for the prince within a year of entering the palace, that would be even better!"
"To prevent the spread of rumors among the people that our Great Sheng Dynasty's regent is going to die out..."
Pei Yanli's wedding was indeed a grand affair that was frightening.
The entire Changsheng Street was paved with red carpets, and the Prince of Yan’s Mansion was filled with red wedding ceremonies for ten miles.
Dazzling, magnificent scenery.
Cheng Shuyi held the hands of the two children and followed the crowd to the Regent's Palace.
Along the way, the information she heard was enough for her to understand Pei Yanli.
It turned out that Pei Yanli had not married in these six years.
The marriage with Prince Yan's Mansion was arranged because the emperor could not stand the rumors among the people and ordered him to be forced to marry.
Of course Pei Yanli refused.
But the man in the palace could not resist the pressure from the man who traveled thousands of miles and ordered his people to carry the centenarian great-grandfather of the Pei family to the capital for two months to put pressure on him.
When the centenarian great-grandfather arrived, five generations of the Pei family lived together.
If this princess lives up to everyone's expectations and gives birth to a child in the first year after marrying into the Regent's Palace.
The Pei family has six generations living under the same roof.
"Princess Tinglan is the Pei family's only hope. She came here with a mission from His Majesty."
"The Emperor has ordered Princess Tinglan to ensure that the Pei family continues to have descendants!"
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Is this correct?
How come there are people who give birth to babies under imperial order?
Cheng Shuyi suddenly felt a sense of crisis for his two children.
Sheng Tinglan married into the Prince Regent's Palace. Although she was a concubine, her marriage was arranged by the emperor.
Moreover, he came with the imperial decree to continue the Pei family’s lineage!
Then when she has a child, even if she is a concubine, Sheng Tinglan's child will be treated better in the Regent's Palace than her two children who come here empty-handed.
Cheng Shuyi really thought that taking the baby to recognize his father was too simple.
She couldn't just send the child to the Regent's Palace like that.
There is not enough capital and confidence, nor a legitimate explanation.
The two children might suffer injustice in the Pei family in the future.
Almost instantly, Cheng Shuyi made a decision.
Since the emperor has granted the marriage and it cannot be stopped, Pei Yanli still has a vacant position of wife waiting for him.
For the sake of her two children, she risked everything!
Seduce Pei Yanli to take the position!
Even if she was only the queen for a day, her two sons would be considered to have a famous family background!
At the same time, she has to find a solution.
In the remaining six months of his life, he left a huge fortune to his two children.
The supplies she stockpiled in the space were originally intended to ensure that the three of them, mother and son, would have no worries about food and clothing in ancient times.
Now it seems that there may be other uses.
Outside the Regent's Palace.
Cheng Shuyi and her two children squeezed through the crowd and got to the front, just in time to see the bride stepping out of the sedan chair.
Sheng Tinglan wore a red wedding dress, a phoenix crown and a bridal robe, looking extremely luxurious and beautiful.
"Tsk, the color of this wedding dress...it's for the top spot!"
"So what? This is a marriage granted by the Emperor."
The people watching the excitement whispered to each other.
Everyone saw Sheng Tinglan's high-profile act of marrying a concubine as the principal wife, but no one dared to object.
Cheng Shuyi had never seen Sheng Tinglan before, so he stretched his neck and tried to look around.
The two children stood on tiptoe and stretched their necks to see.
Her sister tugged at her sleeves frantically, fearing that she was too short and would miss Pei Yanli.
"Shuyi Shuyi, who is the father?"
"Your dad is wearing red clothes." Cheng Shuyi described it to the two children. "When you see him wearing red clothes with a big red flower hanging in front, that's him."
The bridal sedan has arrived.
But Pei Yanli did not show up.
The matchmaker who came to escort the bride said a lot of good things, but the June sun was getting increasingly scorching, and her throat was almost dry from talking.
Big beads of sweat dripped down his forehead, but the Regent's Palace refused to send anyone out.
Sheng Tinglan's hand holding the round fan was shaking slightly.
She shouldn't have made her round fan entirely of gold just to show off.
So heavy!
When the situation was at a stalemate, the old butler of the palace who was in charge of arranging the guests' seats at the door took a casual glance and seemed to have seen something unbelievable.
The old man ran and jumped and rushed into the mansion.
After a while, someone from the Pei family came out.
And they came out in a large group.
When the matchmaker saw this, she almost cried.
Thinking that the people from the palace were out to welcome the new bride, he helped Sheng Tinglan into the house.
"The bride enters the house..."
"Come in, come in."
The Pei family members responded perfunctorily, looking for something in the crowd.
The butler raised his hand and pointed them in a direction.
When the Pei family saw them, they all exclaimed, "They look alike! So alike! They're practically cut from the same mold!"
"Is Yanli really not interested in women? Even if he passes by someone's boudoir, it's fine."
"Look at those two children. How wonderful it would be if they were really Yanli's children..."
The Pei family firmly believed that Pei Yanli had never had a woman, and there was not even a single room in the mansion.
So even if they saw a child who looked very much like Pei Yanli, they would not think it was real.
I can only watch from afar and satisfy my fantasy.
The Pei family's gazes were too intense, which aroused the suspicion of many onlookers.
They all looked in Cheng Shuyi's direction.
Cheng Shuyi had just traveled through time and didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble.
"Qi Qi Xu Xu, your father won't come out, let's go."
Sheng Tinglan has already entered the mansion, so how could Pei Yanli come out?
After Cheng Shuyi, mother and son left.
In the crowd, Pei Yanli's secret guards immediately turned around and entered the mansion...
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