Chapter 185 How dare she think about me like that!
Pei has always been a person who does what he says.
Lu Jinchuan's face darkened instantly when she refuted him like this. He had originally just been testing her to see if Pei really cared about the two girls.
He also wanted to test whether she had found a suitable family for them, but he didn't expect that Pei would get angry as soon as he said it.
He knew that it was not appropriate to use the Sun family as a test, but he said so because Sun Linyuan mentioned it to him tactfully a few days ago.
Of course he knew the purpose of the Sun family wanting to marry Lu Xinran, but he did not agree to it. Doesn't that mean he still has some feelings for that dead girl?
"Pei Mingyue, even if I favored the two concubines in the past years, I still think I have given you the respect you deserve. What does it matter if you treat me so coldly?
"The second son has already put aside his past and joined the Ministry of Revenue. Isn't that enough?"
His words of turning the tables almost made Pei laugh. If not for the fact that all the officials participating in the annual meeting would get off their carriages outside the palace gate, there would be many people watching them, and she didn't want to be alone with Lu Jinchuan for a moment.
She closed her eyes and finally suppressed the irritation in her heart.
"Do you think that's enough? Lu Jinchuan, how old are you and I now? How old is Kang Ping?
"Ask yourself, how have you treated him these years? Who caused him to waste so many years in the Imperial Academy?
"That position was requested for him by his father-in-law!
"It's okay if you don't give him any help. The opportunity his father-in-law asked for at the expense of his face was taken away by you and given to Lu Kanglin!
"You have done more than one such asshole thing. Now that you have discovered that those two illegitimate children are not your biological children, you want to turn around and ask for family affection and family harmony?
"Lu Jinchuan, I, Pei Mingyue, don't owe you anything! Kang Ping doesn't owe you anything either! I am willing to give you some face today purely for the sake of my children and grandchildren.
"If you still talk like this and act so high and mighty, don't blame me for not giving you any face in public!"
The granddaughter is right. If you want to live a comfortable life, you must first be willing to take risks.
Let go of the so-called face and nothing will be a problem anymore.
After kicking the iron plate again and again, Lu Jinchuan finally realized that Pei treated him like this not to vent her anger, but simply because she didn't want to care about him anymore.
This realization made him completely panic, and the momentum that he had just maintained collapsed in an instant.
He leaned slightly towards Pei and gave her a flattering smile, but Pei turned away and ignored him in disgust.
"Neither you nor the eldest brother should worry about the marriages of the girls in the family. Otherwise, it will be bad for your reputation if it gets out."
The carriage was moving slower and slower until it was approaching the palace gate.
Pei left this cold threat, then stood up and got off the carriage first.
Lu Jinchuan tugged at his sleeves in annoyance. He finally got a chance to be alone, but he messed things up and made Pei hate him even more.
The coachman had already dismounted and was waiting for him. He got out of the carriage with an expressionless face, walked to his family as if nothing had happened, and led them into the palace.
At the New Year's Eve party, all officials went directly to the square in front of Fengtian Hall after entering the palace to wait for the ceremony to begin.
The family members need to go to pay their respects to the Queen Mother and Queen first.
The empress did not want the families of the various mansions to run back and forth in the palace, so she brought the concubines to the Yongshou Palace first, where she and the empress dowager waited for the families of the various mansions.
Before Lu Xinran and his companions arrived at the Yongshou Palace, they saw many family members who had nowhere to rest in the corridor.
She followed Pei along the way and found that many ladies smiled at her kindly.
She responded with a smile, but kept muttering to herself.
These people should have no relationship with her. After all, her original self came to the capital only half a month earlier than her, and she and her original self didn't know each other.
They don't even know each other, so why are they smiling like they've known each other for decades?!
Lu Xintong smiled and secretly tugged at her sleeve: "Second sister is beautiful and kind-hearted, everyone knows it."
Lu Xinran was delighted by the obvious compliment and she smiled secretly.
This girl is really sweet. If she can talk, she should talk more. Who doesn't like to hear nice words?
In Yongshou Palace, the Queen Mother listened to the sudden voice in her heart and smiled at the Empress.
This girl is really cheerful and cheerful. Listening to her crisp tune on New Year's Day seems particularly auspicious.
Cai was sitting below the empress. She looked at the concubines standing in the hall and thought of her deceased daughter, and she couldn't help but feel sad.
If it weren't for that damned girl's outspokenness and fabricated stories, how could her kind-hearted and gentle daughter be sentenced to death by the emperor without any reason.
If my daughter were still alive, how could her grandson repeatedly displease His Majesty and finally be driven out of the capital?
Their Sun family had been planning for so many years, but ended up like this. How could she accept this!
Looking at Lu Xinran who was already helping Pei into the house, viciousness flashed across her eyes.
She has asked Sun Linyuan to test Lu Jinchuan's ideas. Song Junhe has lost the chance to become the crown prince or emperor, and the people that the Sun family has placed in various prefectures over the years have become useless.
Since it has no crucial use anymore, it is better to hand it over to Lu Jinchuan and let him marry that dead girl to their Sun family.
When that damn girl comes in, she will definitely find ways to torture her!
As soon as Lu Xinran entered the room, she felt a pair of resentful gazes falling on her. She looked around and happened to meet Cai's eyes, who didn't have time to look away.
[Why is this old lady Sun looking at me like that? I shouldn't have offended her.]
The voice in the heart reached everyone's ears, and in an instant everyone's eyes fell on Cai.
Cai quickly gathered all the thoughts in her mind and looked at everyone in a daze.
Pei cursed in her heart, did they really think that just a little temptation would make them ignore the lives of their families?
The Queen Mother and the Empress turned their puzzled gazes to Cai, and Lu Xinran quickly opened the booklet.
[You want me to marry into the grandson's family? Or do you want me to marry into the illegitimate child of the third wife who passed away? ]
[How dare she think about me like that! ]
Lu Xinran almost exploded when she saw the people here. She had no grudges or hatred with this Cai in the past or present, so why was she targeting her?
The Empress and the Queen Mother both changed their expressions. Was this Cai so impatient to strike back and take revenge?
The more Lu Xinran thought about it, the angrier she became. She found traces of the booklet.
[I want to use the resources I don't need to exchange them for the old scumbag, so that he will agree to this marriage! ]
[Heh, you're really willing to spend a fortune! ]
[I want to see what resources they can't use. If they can't use them, then just spit them out. Don't just sit there doing nothing and do such a disgusting thing! ]
[For a perverted Sun Qihang, they set a trap for Song Junyan. They are so rampant that they don't even care about the prince. Does the emperor know?]
[Should the emperor be obedient and give up the throne, and let the world be handed over to the Sun family to be the emperor! ]