Chapter 404 Extra 14

Fourth Madam Song really came to speak for the Peng family. Although Old Madam Pei did not invite her over for a meal or tea when she came to the capital, she already knew that her family was not as good as before and was disliked by Old Madam Pei.

But it's not her fault!

If anyone is to blame, they should blame the elders of the Song family.

They always felt that they and the Pei family were relatives, and that the Song family had a hard time in the past few years, so the Pei family should be understanding. Usually, the holiday gifts sent to the Peng family and the Wu family were large and small, but when it came to the Pei family, not only did they not increase the gifts after Pei Xuan entered the palace, but they also felt that the Pei family did not need these things from their family, so they sent less and less. As a result, these women were embarrassed to get close to the second wife of the Pei family, let alone beg the Pei family to do anything.

Now that the Peng family is in trouble, they want to ask the Song family for help, and the old men in the Song family thought of her.

But it's all just empty talk. How can she get close to Old Madam Pei? What qualifications does she have to speak in front of Old Madam Pei?

So after she met Old Madam Pei, she didn't say a word about the Peng family. She just came over to greet Old Madam Pei like an ordinary relative.

Mrs. Pei thought she had guessed wrong and felt a little guilty towards Mrs. Song. Not only did she invite her to have lunch, but she also gave her a gold and jade dragon and phoenix bracelet when she left.

When the fourth wife of Song returned home and saw the eldest master Song who was eagerly waiting for her, she said without thinking: "The old lady's words implied that she has long been out of charge of the family. If there is anything, go directly to the second or third master of the Pei family to talk."

Just push this matter aside.

Winter had arrived, and the New Year was coming up. The fourth master Song was the clan leader, and he was in charge of all the household accounts, so he had to go back to Suzhou to take care of the chores. The affairs in the capital were entrusted to the first master Song.

After listening to this, Master Song was worried for a long time, and then he discussed with Master Song's staff who stayed in the capital: "What should we do about this matter?"

It can be said that they had received a lot of benefits from the Peng family, but in the past two years, they and the Pei family had somehow drifted apart. He had thought about going to see Pei Xuan a few days ago, but he never saw him. The Peng family was urging him to go, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and let Fourth Madam Song go to the Pei Mansion.

The fourth master Song was rehired as an aide by the Song family after they moved to the capital. He was a failed candidate who was preparing to take the imperial examination again this year. He was a man of quick thinking. During the years he had worked at the Song family, he had seen clearly what the Song family was like, and had decided to quit at the end of the month. Perhaps because of this, he suddenly felt a little sympathy for the blindness of the Song family, and couldn't help but reveal a few of his inner thoughts: "The seventh master of the Peng family was demoted this time not because he did something wrong, but because he displeased the emperor. I think the boss has done his best. If the Peng family is reasonable, they should not blame you."

Jane is in the emperor's heart.

Peng Yu lost the emperor's favor this time.

Unless there is a new emperor, it would be unlikely for Peng Yu to make a comeback.

The Song family can hardly protect themselves, so why bother with other people's affairs.

But Master Song didn't hear anything and was still showing off proudly, saying, "You see, our family is not the kind of family that doesn't know what's good for them. We will repay a drop of kindness with a spring. If it weren't for Master Seven of the Peng family, our cargo would still be stuck in the Xuantong General's Mansion! Even if it's a little difficult, we have to find a way to help!"

I almost said, if you work hard, we in the Song family will not treat you unfairly.

The aide couldn't even stay until the end of the month, so he wandered around for two days, saying that he had met a fellow villager and wanted to prepare for the exam together. He then resigned from the Song family's job and moved to the outskirts of Beijing.

Not only was the Song family in a state of panic, but when the imperial edict officially came down, not only was Peng Yu dismissed from his post, he was also told that he would "never be employed again."

The Peng family was shocked.

You know, when the late emperor was still here, he still thought highly of Peng Yu. When the emperor ascended the throne, Peng Yu was very cautious and never did anything wrong. The Peng family never dreamed of such a misfortune. Even if they wanted to arrange some backup plans, the Peng family There is only one person in the next generation who has passed the examination and has not yet been admitted as a Shujishi, so there is no way to arrange it.

The Peng family is in a period of transition and there is no prospect of improvement for at least ten years.

But these ten years were enough to bring down a family.

The Peng family understood the difficulties that the Zhang family had faced back then.

Fortunately, the Zhang family still has Mr. Zhang, who has barely supported him for the past few years. Now Zhang Shao's son has reached the age of dancing spoons, and he was selected as a scholar early. With the help of many disciples, he is about to win. The clouds opened and the sun rose.

The Peng family only hoped that no one would take advantage of the situation at this time, so they spent a lot of money to bribe people. Until Peng Yu left Beijing, they still didn't figure out why they lost the emperor's favor.

Pei Xuan asked Pei Yan in private: "Did you do this?"

Pei Yan denied it flatly and sneered, "Who do you think I am? You can do whatever you want?"

Pei Xuan curled his lips and said, "Don't think I don't know who gave Zhou Zijin the painting "Auspicious Flowers and Full Moon" that he presented to the emperor a few days ago? Since he won the emperor's favor, he has been complaining about the court's maritime transportation in front of the emperor. I think you want to bring up the matter of abolishing the Maritime Customs Office again, right?"

Pei Yan looked around, but no one gave a definite answer.

Pei Xuan did not force him, but said calmly: "Zhou Zijin has spent a lot of your money in the past few years, right? His expenses are getting bigger every year."

At this point, Pei Yan was worried that his brother would misunderstand that he had given the money from the Pei family's treasury to Zhou Zijin, so he could only say, "Brother Zijin and I are close friends. It's hard to say about him, but his knowledge is top-notch. I'm planning to let him be Qian'er's teacher in the future!"

Since Qian Ge'er doesn't have to inherit the family business, both Pei Yan and Yu Tang are more tolerant of him.

Pei Xuan did not point it out, and said: "It's good that you know what you are doing. In the past, the Peng family did not want to tear our family apart, but now that you have taken away their jobs and are threatening their lives, I'm afraid the Peng family will not let you go easily. You'd better be careful. You are also a father!"

Pei Yan nodded and said, "Don't worry, brother. No matter how bad I am, I will never ignore my wife and children." However, he didn't agree in his heart. He thought that when Peng Yu returned to Fujian, he would give their family a big gift.

You think you can just let it go after hurting his wife and children? No way!

Pei Yan went to see Zhou Zijin the next day.

The two of them whispered to each other for a long time, and then went hiking together.

Pei Xuan's eyelids twitched as he watched.

Gu Xi knew that besides Pei Tong and others, those who attended Pei Xuan's lecture that day also included the nephews and nephews of Pei Xuan's friends and colleagues. He felt very unhappy and after thinking for a few days, he went to see Mrs. Pei II with the newly-launched dates.

Mrs. Pei was not at home. She said she had gone to Yu Tang's place.

Gu Xi hesitated for a moment, ready to go see Yu Tang, but was stopped by the maid next to the Second Madam, who smiled and said, "Our Second Madam has gone to see the Fifth Young Master. At this time, the Fifth Young Master is probably accompanying the Fourth Young Master to practice calligraphy! You also know that homework is urgent, you should go back first! Come over another day when the Second Madam is free. Or, send a note before you come, so that you don't make a wasted trip."

This is to drive her away openly and to accuse her of being ignorant of rules and having no manners.

Gu Xi's face flushed.

She usually walked frequently, and she didn't see these maids blocking her way, but when Yu Tang came...

Gu Xi knew that this had nothing to do with Yu Tang, but she still couldn't help thinking so.

"Then I'll go back first!" She ignored Yuan'er who was whispering and clamoring to play with Jiang'er and Qian'er, turned around and left the second wife's main courtyard.

But when she was leaving, she met a maid who served in the second wife's room. She was holding a bamboo basket covered with a coarse cloth orchid flowered jacket. When she met her, she smiled and bowed to her, saying hello: "You are leaving now!"

Gu Xi's face was bleak and he responded vaguely. When he passed by the old woman, he heard a cat meowing.

She was stunned.

The maid explained: "The Second Madam asked me to go to the Li family to get them. The cat kept by the eldest young lady of the Li family gave birth to several kittens. They said they were keeping them for the Fifth Young Master to play with. Now that they have just returned, we have to ask a knowledgeable maid to come back and take care of them."

Yuan Ge'er understood what was said and immediately called "cat cat" when he heard it.

Even if the baby was born by the cat in the house of the eldest lady of the Li family, it would not be acceptable.

Gu Xi grabbed his son's hand, nodded to the old woman with a smile, and walked out quickly.

But the voices of several maids could be heard from behind: "Second Madam, are you going to keep the child in your own room?"

"Of course it is! Third Master's place doesn't allow cats. Didn't you see that Fifth Master's cat is kept in the old lady's room?"

"The Second Wife loves the Fifth Young Master, so she has to keep him by raising a cat."

"Last time Sen Ge'er came back, he liked it too. But my mother-in-law was afraid that Sen Ge'er would be abandoned, so she didn't allow me to keep him. Second Madam did this for Sen Ge'er."

"That's right. With this cat, there's nothing my wife can do even if she doesn't want to. Sen Ge'er is thinking about coming over, and my wife can't stop him."

"It would be great if the Third Young Master got married. The Second Wife would have her own grandchildren to look after, so she wouldn't bother with other people's children anymore."

The voice gradually faded away, Yuan Ge'er was still shouting that he wanted to go play with his two brothers, but Gu Xi held the child's hands tighter and tighter.

After the Laba Festival, Xu Xuan suddenly came to see Yu Tang.

She is the mistress of the house, her children are still young, and there are many aunts in the Yin family. How could she have time to come here?

Yu Tang was very surprised, and specially took out Pei Yan's private collection of rock tea and invited her to the warm pavilion to talk.

She actually came to propose marriage to Wei Xiaochuan.

Yu Tang couldn't help but lean over and asked with concern: "Whose family are you trying to be a matchmaker for?"

Wei Xiaochuan has reached adulthood this year, and of course she hopes that Xiaochuan will get married soon, but according to her guess, Xiaochuan's marriage will have to wait until the announcement of his exam results. She is also wondering what to do about his marriage if Xiaochuan fails the exam.

Pei Yan said that she was worrying for no reason and that it was impossible for the students he taught to fail the exam.

Yu Tang also made fun of Pei Yan, saying that he was too arrogant. There was always a chance of anything happening. What if he failed the exam?

She still remembered Pei Yan's sneer at the time, saying, "If you don't pass the exam, forget about getting married. Study hard for three years and then take the exam again. We'll talk about it after you pass."

I didn't expect Xu Xuan to find a suitable candidate so quickly.

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(End of this chapter)