He said he was going to take a look, but because he didn't know what the situation was like outside, Yu Tang just opened the window and looked out.

There was no one in the yard.

The noise seemed to come from outside the yard.

Yu Tang was just hesitating whether to go out and take a look when he saw five or six old women and seven or eight maids coming in, escorting two women.

The old women and maids all wore bright blue bodices made of fine cloth and white silk flowers as big as wine glasses.

Both women were in their 50s and tall. One was dressed in white, with only a pair of lotus seed-sized pearl earrings on her ears. The other wore a silver-white striped silk jacket and a blue pleated skirt. She had two red gold hairpins inlaid with bluestone in her hair, and a pair of green jade bracelets on her wrists.

"You just stay here and guard." Yu Tang saw the woman in the silk jacket coldly ordering the maids and servants, "Don't let anyone in!"

The old women and maids all stopped, half-knelt down to salute, and replied "yes" respectfully.

The woman in the silk tunic pulled the woman in white towards Yu Tang.

I wonder what these two women are going to do?

Yu Tang was a little confused.

These two women are obviously from noble families.

If the guests of the Pei family wanted to rest in this yard, the Pei family should arrange for the old women and maids to lead the way, right?

If the women of the Pei family came to cause trouble for them because of Aunt Ji...it seems that the Yu family does not have the nerve to do so?

Are they using this secluded courtyard to whisper?

While Yu Tang was hesitating, the two women had already walked up the stairs of the east chamber hand in hand, and Yu Tang also saw the appearance of the two women clearly.

The girl in the silk kimono had a long face, willow-shaped eyebrows, a protruding nose, and a cherry-shaped mouth. Her face was as delicate and beautiful as a fine brush painting, but her eyes were frosty and her expression was arrogant, making her look very difficult to approach.

The man in all white was obviously in mourning. He had an oval face, almond eyes, red eyes, and a haggard look.

Do not look at what is indecent, do not listen to what is indecent.

Yu Tang immediately regretted not making some noise to let the two ladies know that there were other people in the courtyard. But before she could do anything, the woman in the silk blouse blamed the woman in the white mourning clothes: "Why are you so confused? You should have tried to inform your brother and me as soon as possible when you saw that something was wrong. Look at you, you are in a hurry now, but is it any use? Pei Lao San is using your father-in-law's last will as a token of authority. It's too late for us to object!"

Pei Laosan?

Father-in-law?

Yu Tang was stunned for a moment.

Is that woman in mourning the eldest wife of the Pei family?

Is the woman wearing the Hangzhou silk ruyi the eldest wife's sister-in-law?

Are they going to privately criticize the third elder of the Pei family for becoming the clan leader?

Yu Tang was so confused by this sudden change that his hair stood on end.

No matter how many dirty things these big families do inside, they have to pretend to be kind fathers, filial sons, friendly brothers and respectful younger brothers on the surface.

Mrs. Pei clearly had something to say to her sister-in-law from her natal family.

She encountered such a private matter, would she and her mother be silenced?

Yu Tang was very uneasy and subconsciously turned around and made a "shut up" gesture to her mother.

Chen was puzzled. Before she could say anything, Mrs. Pei's voice came in: "How do I know that I would raise a poisonous snake that bites people? Think about it, he was disobedient at the beginning, and I begged so many times for him in front of the old man and the old lady. He didn't study hard, and it was me who personally asked my father to give him private lessons, otherwise how could he pass the imperial examination and pass the examination to become a scholar? It was also him who said that he wanted to marry a respectful and obedient woman. Your sister-in-law took a fancy to him, but he refused in every possible way. If it weren't for me, even if he passed the examination to become a scholar, would he be able to observe government affairs in the six ministries as smoothly as he is now?"

"Alright, alright!" Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law said unkindly, "Why bring up the past? After all, he still thinks my mother's family is too low. Water flows to the low places, and people go to the high places. This is also human nature. If you want to blame someone, just blame my brothers from my mother's family for not being able to get into the palace and become prime ministers."

I actually heard such explosive news.

Yu Tang and Chen looked at each other, not daring to get angry.

"How can you blame my sister-in-law for this!" Mrs. Pei was probably very angry when she mentioned this matter, and said, "It's also the third child's fault..."

Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law said that she didn't blame him, but in fact she must have been holding a grudge in her heart. She sneered and interrupted Mrs. Pei: "You are the only one who thinks he doesn't know how to behave! He is very cunning. He pushed our family and then turned around to take advantage of the Li family."

"The Li family?" Mrs. Pei exclaimed, "The family of Li Xun, the Minister of Rites and Grand Academician of Wenyuan Pavilion?"

"Besides the Li family, do you think there is another Li family that Pei Lao San would take seriously?" Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law said sarcastically, "It seems that you don't know this either. I told you before that you were stupid and told you to be careful of Pei Lao San. You didn't listen. Now you know how powerful it is, right? Your old lady is biased! Speaking of the Li family, their third daughter is about the same age as our Tong Guan. If it is for the good of the Pei family, we can let our Tong Guan marry into the Li family."

"Sister-in-law, you must have made a mistake." Mrs. Pei said in disbelief, "There was no news at all before."

Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law snorted coldly and said, "I may have heard other things wrong, but I can't be wrong about this. Mrs. Li heard that our two families are relatives, so she secretly found me and wanted to inquire about the affairs of Mr. Pei's room. How could I be wrong!"

Mrs. Pei gasped.

Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law said, "Your old man passed away suddenly. Your second old man and Mr. Pei will have to observe mourning for three years. Who knows what will happen in three years? What matters now is Mr. Pei's position as the clan leader. You know Mr. Pei's character. He has no tolerance for others. His eldest brother treated him so well, but he turned his face away without showing any mercy. If he sits firmly on the position of clan leader, the eldest branch will be finished."

Mrs. Pei hesitated and said, "Can he stop our Tongguan from taking the imperial examination? Dad also said that our Tongguan is a good student. As long as our Tongguan can succeed in his career, what can the third brother do to us? The Pei family still depends on our Tongguan to bring honor to the family!"

Mrs. Pei has good vision.

Yu Tang listened and pondered in his heart.

In his previous life, five years after Old Master Pei passed away, the eldest son of the Pei family passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi.

But in her previous life, she was completely focused on how to escape from the Li family, and didn’t know much about the Pei family. She wondered what happened to the eldest son of the Pei family?

However, she heard Li Jun's mother, Lin, her mother-in-law in her previous life, once privately discussed with Li Duan that Madam Pei had a father with deep family connections and a brother who was a third-rank official, so even if the eldest son of the Pei family did not rely on the Pei family, his future would not be too bad.

Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law didn't think so. She said, "You are just like what mother-in-law said. You have grown so big for nothing. Tongguan has to stay in Lin'an for three years to mourn for his aunt. Pei Laosan is the clan leader and Tongguan's uncle. Even if father-in-law and your brother want to take him to our house to study, he has to agree. If he is determined to keep Tongguan in Lin'an to study and doesn't teach him well, Tongguan will never be able to make a breakthrough in thirty years, let alone three years."

Is this sister-in-law of the eldest wife of the Pei family here to cause trouble rather than to solve problems?

The more Yu Tang listened, the more he felt that Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law had a kind of air of watching a show without fear of the stage, and did not seem to be truly concerned about Mrs. Pei.

However, Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law was right about one thing.

In his previous life, Young Master Pei stayed in Lin'an until his mourning period was over. He did not take the imperial examination. It was not until Mrs. Pei's father was critically ill and brought a letter saying that he wanted to see Young Master Pei before he died that Young Master Pei left Lin'an, borrowed a household name in the capital, and passed the imperial examination.

Is the truth really as Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law said? !

Yu Tang once again felt how deep the Pei family was, and it was better for ordinary people like them to stay away from them.

"Sister-in-law, what do you think we should do?" Mrs. Pei said anxiously after hearing what her sister-in-law said, "Now that the matter has been settled, can we still jump out and oppose the old lady's last will? Wouldn't others say that I want to compete with my brother-in-law for the inheritance! Wouldn't this damage the reputation of Tongguan?"

"Why don't you speak up!" Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law said in a hateful voice, "Don't we still have Master Pei II? Even if the position of clan leader is not yours, you can't just give it up to Master Pei III!"

"That's impossible!" Mrs. Pei said, "Second Uncle has always been honest and loyal. He won't stand up to fight for these things. Besides, fighting for these things won't do him any good, will it?"

Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law said, "He won't stand up to fight for these, but he can come forward to say something fair! Doesn't the Pei family have two other branches? Master Yi and Master Wang, don't you have anything to say? Don't you want the huge amount of wealth of the Pei family? Master Yi and Master Wang don't want it either? Their two branches are not like yours, which has scholars from generation to generation. If it were me, no one else would be able to get what I can't get easily."

Mrs. Pei remained silent for a long while.

Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law didn't urge her. No one knew what she was doing. It was quiet under the eaves, and there was no sound of anyone.

Yu Tang and his mother kept silent and held their breath, fearing that they would be discovered.

After an unknown amount of time, Mrs. Pei said in a deep voice, "Sister-in-law, I will listen to you on this matter!"

Yu Tang heard Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law speak with joy and satisfaction: "You should have done this a long time ago! In the past, you had your aunt to protect you, so you didn't have to worry about anything. But now that your aunt is gone, you have to be strong even for the sake of your two nephews!"

Mrs. Pei said “hmm”.

Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law said, "Come closer and I'll tell you what to do!"

Yu Tang saw Mrs. Pei and her sister-in-law's heads put together.

I couldn't hear what he said.

Does this count as witnessing Mrs. Pei's demonic moment with her own eyes?

Yu Tang shook his head.

I don't know what kind of conflict there was between Changfang and Master Pei San that forced them to decide the winner. Unfortunately, Changfang was defeated in the end.

Finally, Mrs. Pei and her sister-in-law left. Yu Tang and Chen both breathed a sigh of relief. Chen was even more afraid and repeatedly reminded her daughter: "You must keep what you heard to yourself. In family affairs, the mother-in-law has her own reasons and the husband has his own reasons. We are not the parties involved, so we cannot interfere in other people's affairs."

Yu Tang nodded repeatedly.

Chen was still worried, so she made Yu Tang swear and curse before she let him go half-heartedly.