Chapter 449 Ambitions Higher Than the Sky

"And then?"

Xu Muhua huddled in the room, sitting sideways with a wool blanket covering her knees. The room was heated by the floor heater, making it warm.

She ate melon seeds and listened with relish to Shi Liu's gossip about the outside world.

It was too cold, and when Shi Liu, Wu Er and Aunt Qi had nothing to do, they would stay in the room to work. Those who made clothes made clothes, and those who embroidered handkerchiefs embroidered handkerchiefs.

Thinking of what happened outside, Shi Liu couldn't help laughing. "Of course, Master Pei was furious. He immediately ordered people to go to the backyard to find Pei Zhen. But they didn't find anyone! Aunt Zhao was still crying, and said that the groom lost her daughter and asked the groom to pay for it!"

"Aunt Zhao is really thick-skinned. She even bites back."

"That's right. She made the groom so angry that his face was said to be as black as charcoal. Anyway, Aunt Zhao refused to admit that the person on the bridal sedan was not her daughter. She insisted that the groom's family looked down on her daughter's illegitimate status, so they deliberately designed such an incident in order to take the opportunity to deceive the Master's Mansion."

Xu Muhua thought that this was something that Aunt Zhao would do.

"What did Master Pei say?"

Shi Liu's eyes showed sympathy. "Miss, you don't know that the groom came to the house with great fanfare, and Master Pei fell down on the spot because of anger after hearing it! What happened next was handled by Lord Pei and Aunt Zhao."

Everyone in the capital knows that Lord Pei is a confused man who favors concubines over his wife. He does have some talents in officialdom, but he handles household affairs in a mess!

Master Pei fell down because of anger. You can imagine how things would turn out if they were left to deal with the groom.

Originally, it was the Pei family's fault. If Master Pei had handled it, he would have certainly handled it impartially and done justice to the other party. But it happened to be Aunt Zhao.

Now that's great.

"Now they're really enemies."

Xu Muhua said.

"That's right! It is said that the mother of the groom was also present. Aunt Zhao is confusing right and wrong and making people angry! What's even worse is that Aunt Zhao even brought up the Crown Princess to pressure others!" Not

to mention Xu Muhua, Shi Liu wanted to slap Aunt Zhao when she heard these things!

Wouldn't this ruin the reputation of the Crown Princess?

Xu Muhua was indeed unhappy to hear this, but she was not too worried. She believed that Arong could handle this matter. No, the Crown Prince would not help her.

"What's the situation now?"

Xu Muhua asked.

Shi Liu sighed, "What else can it be? They must have become enemies. After the Grand Tutor woke up, he also asked Lord Pei how the matter was resolved and where Pei Zhen went. However, Lord Pei lied to the Grand Tutor, saying that he had handled it properly. As for Pei Zhen, he didn't know where she was hiding."

Xu Muhua raised an eyebrow, "Can Grand Tutor Pei believe this?"

"Of course not! But Lord Pei insisted that he didn't know about this in advance. If he knew, he would definitely not let his daughter do this. He knows the importance of things. In short, he just refused to admit that he knew the whereabouts of Pei Zhen, and Grand Tutor Pei had no choice!"

Xu Muhua looked at Shi Liu suspiciously, "Shi Liu, how do you know so clearly and in detail?"

It was as if she had seen it with her own eyes at the scene.

Shi Liu smiled, first glanced at Madam Qi on the other side, and then replied in a low voice: "Miss, I have long been trying to make friends with a maid in the backyard of Pei's house and build a good relationship with her. She is very smart. She can know what is going on in Pei's house at the first time. When I ask, she will tell me."

After hearing Shi Liu's words, Xu Muhua silently raised her thumb, and Shi Liu immediately puffed out her chest proudly.

When Pei Zhen's incident came out, it immediately added a lot of topics for people to talk about in Pei's house, and the voices secretly mocking Pei's house became more and louder. Many people couldn't help but sigh that these people ruined the integrity of Master Pei. Now it's better, and the reputation of the Crown Princess has also been cast a shadow.

When Pei Zhen got married, Pei Shaorong certainly could not show up, and she didn't even send a gift. But Lord Pei couldn't stand it, so he privately gave Pei Zhen a set of luxurious headwear in Pei Shaorong's name.

The people who sent the bride to the wedding that day also saw it. Not knowing the truth, they really thought that the relationship between the Crown Princess and Pei Zhen had improved a lot.

After all, they are a family, and it is impossible for them to be so stiff.

Now that Pei Zhen did this, Pei Shaorong was also implicated.

Pei Shaorong was furious when she heard about this in the palace.

Madam Pei was even more furious. That night, she slapped Aunt Zhao hard and locked her up again.

Lord Pei reasoned, but this time he didn't protect Aunt Zhao.

The Pei Mansion sent many people to look for Pei Zhen, but they couldn't find her!

After waking up, Master Pei acted decisively and immediately spread the word that Pei Zhen, the illegitimate granddaughter, would be expelled from the Pei Mansion. She would no longer be the second lady of the Pei Mansion!

Since she dared to do such a thing, she must be prepared to bear the consequences!

Afterwards, Master Pei asked Lord Pei to come to the house in person with generous gifts to apologize. It was unknown what he promised, but the groom's family calmed down and stopped making trouble.

Just when things were about to calm down, unexpectedly, there was another disturbance!

The fourth prince came in person to ask to marry the second lady of the Pei Mansion!

Xu Muhua rushed to the front line of eating melons.

"Is the Fourth Prince out of his mind? Why would he come to ask for Pei Zhen's hand in marriage? Does he think that Pei Zhen is Master Pei's favorite daughter, and that if he marries Pei Zhen, he will get Master Pei's support? The position of the Crown Prince is stable, does he think he still has hope?"

The Fourth Prince doesn't seem to be such a fool!

"Maybe he just fell in love with that female!"

Xiao Ban said.

The newcomer glanced at Xiao Ban upon hearing this, and he really couldn't agree with his opinion.

"I think he must have some conspiracy."

Xu Muhua nodded, "I also think he must be planning something bad! How did he get involved with Pei Zhen?"

Daban said: "The reason why the people in Pei Mansion failed to find Pei Zhen was because of the Fourth Prince. Pei Zhen was hidden by him. That night she originally planned to hide in a manor of Aunt Zhao to avoid the limelight, but she ran into trouble as soon as she left the city gate. In the end, it was the Fourth Prince who saved her."

"Oh, a hero saves a beauty? The beauty has fallen in love with him, and she has no way to repay him, so she can only pledge herself to him?"

"Well, you guessed it right, that's it."

The fourth prince agreed to marry Pei Zhen as his concubine. It happened that there was a vacant concubine position in his house, so he gave it to Pei Zhen, and naturally became a marriage relationship with the Pei family.

Pei Zhen has always been ambitious, and she was of course very happy to be able to marry the fourth prince.