Chapter 44 Isn't this just a little Qinshi?

The old marquis Pei Jinming, who was repeatedly rejected by her, looked very unhappy.

The prince Pei Qingyu, who she despised for being old and ugly and still being able to inherit the title after his penis became ineffective, also had a look on his face as if his son had died.

Pei Jinming stepped forward and grabbed Cao's wrist. This grandson... could not be saved.

If the emperor was not here and had not heard those voices, perhaps they could still think of a solution.

But he is so ambitious that he even wants to seize the title. His grandfather, the old marquis, is not even dead yet, but he is already thinking so far ahead.

I don’t want this grandson anymore!

"My Lord!"

Cao begged. Even though that voice analyzed everything extremely thoroughly and dissected Pei Xiuzhuo's thoughts clearly, this was her precious grandson whom she had raised since childhood!

She was reluctant to let go and was still holding Pei Xiuzhuo's arm tightly.

"My Lord, it's not us, Xiu Zhuo, it's not him, please think of a solution."

Cao, unable to accept the reality, cried till she almost died. Pei Jinming sighed, bowed to Song Junyan and Tang Quyan, and forcefully took them away.

Cao was at a loss of what to do. Pei Xiuzhuo's biological mother, Jin, cried like beads from a broken string and leaned limply on the servants.

"Zhuo'er, my Zhuo'er! Grandpa, please think of a solution. That's our Zhuo'er."

Jin swayed and threw her soft body onto Pei Qingyu, crying bitterly.

Pei Qingyu was so distressed that he didn't care that someone was watching her. He took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and carefully wiped her tears.

The emperor is still here and his son has already confessed his guilt. What else can they do?

Pei Xiuzhuo stared at Zhou Zhengya, who was already lifeless on the ground, in a daze, and suddenly burst into laughter.

"Why? Why can't I inherit the title just because I'm not the eldest son?

"Why can only the eldest son marry the eldest daughter and take charge of the household?

"I was precocious since childhood. I started learning at the age of three, painting at the age of five, and could recite the Four Books and Five Classics by heart at the age of seven. However, because I was born in a marquis's mansion and had two older brothers, I could only live a life of leisure and wealth. I was not even allowed to take the imperial examination and enter the court.

"Why can you all achieve your ambitions while I can only be an idle person?

"I don't accept it! On what basis! On what basis can my elder brother have everything just because he was born a few years earlier than me?

"And I can only ride horses and play with birds. The more I act like a playboy, the more assured you will be?

"Is this what you call love? If you really know what I want, if you really love and pamper me, then you should know what I want!"

If he doesn't find a goal for himself and doesn't find a ridiculous excuse, he won't know how to live the rest of his life.

[So you took it for granted to plot against Zhou Zhengya? You have been placing people around her since she was eleven or twelve years old, and you tricked her into ignoring her for your sake?]

[You have a twisted heart and you blame the heavens and the earth. If you really have the ability, you must take the imperial examination to become an official. Will the old marquis stop you? ]

[Your elder brother gets up at 12:00 a.m. and goes to bed at 12:00 p.m. During the day, he practices martial arts, studies books, practices calligraphy, and writes articles. He never dares to slack off for a single day, for fear that he will not be able to support the Dingkang Marquis's residence.]

[When he was sleeping and forgetting to eat, getting up at the crack of dawn, what were you doing? Lying on a woman's belly in the upstairs and complaining about the injustice of the world.]

[What's wrong with you? You don't want to give anything, you just want to ask for something in return. Even if you eat, let others chew it and spit it into your mouth.]

[How dare you complain! I didn’t even complain when I went to the countryside to pick wild vegetables and came back to my home to eat stale rice.]

The Lu family: "..."

They knew about the rotten rice incident, they really knew it, and they will definitely investigate it when they get back!

Don’t mention it!

They also lost all their face today.

Pei Xiuzhuo felt as if he was being scolded. He turned around and glared at Lu Xinran with a fierce look.

Blame her!

If she hadn't said so many nonsense during the dinner, letting everyone know that the Zhou family was finished and that the capital city couldn't accommodate them, how could he have been so impulsive as to let Liu Shun kill them.

[Why is he glaring at me! You are vicious, cold-blooded and cruel, but when something happens you want to push the blame onto someone else, want to pass the buck and think you are not wrong? ]

[As expected, he is irresponsible and selfish. Once this kind of person succeeds, who knows what he will do. ]

[Forget it, it can't be said that the family education of Dingkanghou Mansion is bad, at least Pei Xiuqi is a gentleman. ]

【Let me look at his big brother! 】

Almost everyone in Dingkang Marquis's Mansion looked at Pei Xiuqi threateningly subconsciously.

Pei Xiuqi lowered his head and frowned, hiding the interest in his eyes. He really wanted to know how this little cousin thought of him.

[I was wondering why she was so pitiful. It turns out that her father didn't love her and her mother died young. If she didn't have her maternal family to rely on, she wouldn't know what kind of life she would have lived in the mansion.]

[Tsk, his stepmother... isn't this just Xiao Qinshi? No, it's Chen Fei plus Xiao Qinshi.]

[She looks like a human being in front of others, but is a ghost in disguise behind others’ backs. However, everyone in the mansion thinks she is a good person, and Cao Shi is completely obedient to her. ]

[He treated his ex-daughter-in-law's precious grandson as grass, and treated those two pieces of trash as treasures. He was so blind and yet he treated people like this. He deserved this day.]

[Well, fortunately, my eldest cousin was determined. No matter what vicious and despicable means Jin used to corrupt him, he was devoted to studying and practicing martial arts, causing Jin to smash several sets of tea sets.]

[Jin is even scarier than Kang. I feel really sorry for the girl who is going to marry into her family as her daughter-in-law.]

The eldest lady in the Taichang Temple's mansion, whom she sympathized with, turned pale.

Her thoughts kept wandering, and the people who were eavesdropping on her thoughts followed her thoughts. They looked at Pei Xiuqi and Jin, sighing twice, and then looked at the Taichang Temple Minister's family with sympathy in their eyes.

That night, everyone was a wild animal in the melon field.

Not only was I full, I was almost starving.

As the night deepened, the Emperor stood up and walked to the Empress Dowager's side to support her.

"Mother, your son will take you back to the palace."

Lu Xinran already knew the whole story in her heart, and it was indeed time to return to the palace as it was getting late.

Before leaving, the emperor glanced at Tang Quyan and Song Junyan, signaling them to stay and deal with the follow-up.

As for the Dingkang Marquis's Mansion, the Emperor never paid any attention to them from beginning to end.

The emperor left with a group of people in the palace. After they left, the court officials and their families did not want to stay here any longer.

Someone had died, and there was something ominous about the garden. The darker the night got, the colder it felt.

Before leaving, everyone looked at the Lu family and Lu Xinran's sister with complicated expressions.

The water in Lu's family, well, is probably deeper than that in Marquis Dingkang's mansion.

Being able to feed her own daughter rotten rice, Zhao must be the same as Jin.

Zhao's face was burning with shame all night.

She, she just looked down on this vulgar daughter and was too lazy to care about her. How could she know that the servants in the mansion dared to abuse her!

Pei held her breath, the whole day was like walking on a tightrope for her.

She anticipated that her family might get into trouble at the birthday party, but she didn't expect that her own family would also get into trouble.

Pei Xiuzhuo actually dared to kill someone under the emperor's nose? !

How did her eldest sister-in-law treat her children and grandchildren?

How could you allow the young people in your family to be so lawless?

She felt cold and leaned on Madam Xu to relax for a long time. Finally, she closed her eyes, turned around and walked towards the gate of Ronghui Garden.

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Xiao Qinshi: You know, the kids must have seen it~