Pei Yan waved his hand at Yu Tang, saying, "I have something else to do. You go in! Remember to go early tomorrow. I won't let Miss Gu show up, but you have to be careful too. I think Miss Gu is quite thoughtful."

He even encouraged Gu Chang to come to him to see if he could defeat Gu Chang.

This was the first time in his life that someone had to take care of their family affairs!

After saying that, he walked away in a very unrestrained manner. Yu Tang didn't even have the chance to thank him.

But this is really good news.

Yu Tang stood there with great joy, and couldn't suppress the smile on his face for a long time.

She went back to the house in joy.

The maids from the Wei and Wu families were about to say goodbye to Chen. Seeing Yu Tang's unconcealable joy, Chen exchanged a few polite words with the maids from the two families and then served them tea.

The maids from both families respectfully bowed to Chen and Yu Tang and retreated carefully. But as soon as they retreated, they couldn't help but whisper: "Miss Yu is getting more and more beautiful."

"Isn't it? In the past, I just thought it made people's eyes light up, but now, people can't help but want to see it again and again."

"You are a very magnanimous person! Just now, the tone of his speech was so straightforward, polite, and considerate. I have rarely seen such a thing in my life."

"Otherwise, why would Mrs. Pei like to invite her to the mansion to keep her company? Who knows who will be lucky enough to be their son-in-law in the future?"

The two chattered away, and Chen took her daughter into the inner room, sat down beside the bed, and whispered, "What does the Third Elder want you to do?"

She was afraid that her daughter would offend someone from the Pei family.

After all, she agreed to pretend to be sick.

Yu Tang patted his mother's hand soothingly and quietly told Chen about the Li family's affairs. However, considering Chen's ability to accept, Yu Tang concealed Pei Yan's plan for the Li family and only told her about the Li family's crimes.

Chen's tears fell as she listened. She said angrily, "It's what they deserve! This is the retribution their family deserves." She took out a handkerchief and wiped her eyes. She added, "This is a great event! I'll have to talk to Mrs. Wei about it tomorrow. It's a good opportunity to burn some incense for the Bodhisattva."

Although the Li family deserved the punishment, Chen was not the kind of person who liked to talk behind people's backs. If the Li family had committed a crime, naturally someone would spread the news everywhere, so there was no need for her to say anything. She just needed to be happy with Mrs. Wei.

She asked Yu Tang: "Will a family like theirs be fined and have a large amount of money confiscated? And can they still keep the house they bought in Hangzhou?"

If the Li family returned to Lin'an City, she would definitely ask those families who were on good terms with her to ignore the Li family.

Yu Tang said, "It depends on what the court decides in the end. However, you know that even the richest people can lose everything if they get involved in a lawsuit, not to mention a major case like the Li family. Even if they can keep the house in Hangzhou, it's so big, and it takes a lot of money to maintain such a big house."

If Li Duan wanted to continue the imperial examination, the expenses would be even greater. Even if the Li family still had some savings, it would most likely be emptied out.

As Yu Tang thought about it, he felt more and more that Pei Yan was a really good person.

This was indeed much better than her previous idea of ​​killing Li Duan or making it impossible for Li Duan to take the imperial examination.

It's like hanging a piece of meat in front of a wolfdog, but letting it see it but never eat it, and it has to rack its brains to think of a way to eat the meat.

She couldn't help but say, "This matter is a big loss to the Third Elder. If he hadn't sent people to investigate the Li family, what Li Yi did wouldn't have been exposed so early, and the Li family wouldn't have been detained. Mom, it's hard to paint the bones of a tiger, and you can't know a person's heart. Although the Third Elder is getting rid of harm for the people, there is no guarantee that some people will accuse the Third Elder of being sinister and framing his fellow villagers for their own selfish interests. This matter only needs to be known by you, me, and my father. Others must not reveal a single word, lest the Third Elder does a good thing and still cause trouble for the Third Elder."

Chen nodded repeatedly and assured, "I won't tell Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Wu. Just say that the Li family committed a crime and I heard about it from the Pei family. I'll tell them and that's it."

Yu Tang nodded.

Chen sighed, "The Third Elder is such a good man! He is also good to our family! When you meet him in the future, you must be respectful. You must also be sincerely filial to Mr. Pei."

Yu Tang curled his lips secretly.

With Pei Yan's personality, even a clay figure can be angered and come alive. Every time she was with him, she would hold her temper and give in to him, okay? Respectful, that was just superficial respect. But she could be more filial to Old An. She was open-minded and generous. Even if there was no relationship with Pei Yan, she would treat Old An well.

But in front of Chen, of course she would not say anything, just respond "yes" with a smile.

The two of them packed their things for tomorrow's lecture and went to rest.

On Gu Xi's side, the atmosphere was very solemn.

She said, "Brother, I don't believe that Master Pei left such a will. Although I have only met Master Pei twice, Master Pei has shown great respect for his father in his words and deeds, and he respects his mother because his father valued his mother very much when he was alive. I don't believe that Master Pei is a treacherous person. I think there is some misunderstanding here."

Gu Chang's forehead was bulging with veins, and he angrily said, "Could it be that Pei Xiaguang would lie to me? Your marriage with the Pei family was arranged too hastily."

Gu Xi's face turned blue and red.

There was something she didn't tell Gu Chang.

When Mrs. Pei came to test her attitude at first, she had actually found out that she was not the best candidate in Mrs. Pei's mind. Mrs. Pei was most satisfied with her niece from her mother's side. It was just that after Mr. Pei and his cousin fell in love with each other, he treated the other cousins ​​of the Yang family as his own sisters and suddenly asked him to become the one to be married, and he couldn't accept it for a while.

But for her, the eldest son of the Pei family is the best marriage candidate she can get.

She didn't want to give up.

That's why the marriage was decided so quickly.

But it's too late to say anything now.

She couldn't cancel two engagements in such a short period of time, especially when one of them was the Pei family.

The Pei family cannot afford to lose face, and the Gu family will not easily agree to her breaking off the engagement like they did last time.

There was another important reason why she could stick to her own opinion in front of Gu Chang - she believed in her eyes and feelings. Mrs. Pei must have selfish motives, which she saw at the time. But Mr. Pei could not be the person her brother said. With Mr. Pei's background, character and appearance, he could definitely find someone better than her, and he didn't need to lie to her about this matter.

Thinking of this, Gu Xi suddenly became more confident.

She said in a deep voice, "Brother, the mother-in-law has her own reasons and the husband has his own reasons. I think we should call Master Pei over and discuss with him what to do about this matter. After all, this is his own business. We are just helping him. In the end, he still has to make the decision himself. Brother, you can take this opportunity to see what kind of person he is. I am looking for a husband, but I don't expect him to be of much help to you, but I can't hold you back either."

The implication was that if Young Master Pei was really that unbearable, she wanted to cancel the engagement.

Gu Chang regretted that he and his sister should not have been involved in the grievances of the Pei family. It was just that the Pei family was a piece of fat meat, and after knowing their family's background, it was hard not to be greedy.

"Then let's meet the eldest son of the Pei family." Gu Chang said solemnly, "If he is not up to the task, we can think of what to do!"

It is impossible to cancel the engagement, so we can only see if we can use the Pei family and Pei Yan to control Pei You's family.

The brother and sister looked at each other knowingly.

Gu Chang sent someone with his invitation to invite Master Pei to come over.

Pei Tong lived with his brother Pei Fei, his second uncle Pei Xuan, and his cousin Pei Hong in the western Zen temple, very close to where Gu Xi lived. He arrived in just two quarters of an hour.

He just turned eighteen this year, with facial features that are 50% to 60% like Zhang and Pei Yan. He is in the prime of youth, like a slender, strong and upright green bamboo, with a bit of elegance in his youth.

It can be seen that this is a child who has been carefully nurtured and educated by his family.

Gu Chang nodded secretly. He originally wanted to have a good talk with Pei Tong, but thinking of Pei Yan who was still waiting in the meeting hall, he got straight to the point. After asking Pei Tong to sit down, he told Pei Tong everything about his visit to Pei Yan.

Pei Tong's eyes widened in astonishment. As soon as Gu Chang finished speaking, he jumped up and said loudly: "Impossible! My mother respects my father the most. If my father had such a will, she would never go against it."

Gu Chang's heart sank, and he said, "Are you saying Pei Xiaguang is lying?!"

Pei Tong did have such suspicions, but the way his father treated him after his death made him realize that if he challenged the authority of his elders, people would only suspect that he had ulterior motives.

He immediately said: "No, I don't doubt my third uncle. It's just..." Having said this, he suddenly stopped and looked hesitant.

Gu Chang frowned and said, "What have you thought of?"

Pei Tong's eyes dimmed, and he whispered, "When father passed away, my brother and I were not by his side... mother was not there either... it was grandfather who was by his side..." He looked up at Gu Chang with a firm and resolute look in his eyes, "But I swear, grandfather never told me that father had such a will until he passed away. I only know that before he died, grandfather called his two great uncles, Yigong and Wanggong, over and said that he wanted my third uncle to be the clan leader. So no matter what people outside say, people in our family always acknowledge that my third uncle is the clan leader. The head of the family. I was just wondering, if my father left such a will, why didn't my grandfather tell me? And my third uncle never mentioned it before? My mother and father have always been respectful to each other. My mother has been depressed since my father passed away. My uncle and aunt from my mother's family are very worried about her. My brother and I are both boys, so we are inevitably careless in our words and deeds. My mother feels like she is living a year in a day. She has always wanted to go back to her mother's home to live for a few days after my father's mourning period, but she doesn't want to be separated from my brothers and me, so she wants me to go to my grandfather's house to study.

I wanted to take care of my mother, so I didn't object.

My father suddenly left a will, and I don’t know what to do. "