Chapter 133 Alliance
"Brother Pei... don't you blame me for embarrassing Aunt Pei?"
"No." Pei Yi sighed.
"You don't know, my aunt is very strong-willed. Before she got married, everyone in the family was afraid of her. My parents also had complaints about her, saying that she... had no bottom line for the sake of rights. I shouldn't tell you this, but my aunt actually asked you to be her concubine, and I can't accept it."
Gu Huan was silent.
After much deliberation, she decided to be honest and speak out what happened.
If the Pei family is used by her, then so be it, but if they are not willing.
The Pei family can only wait for the same miserable end as in the previous life.
Gu Huan stood up, lifted her skirt, knelt on the mat, and bowed to Pei Yi as a junior.
"Sister Huan, what are you doing? Get up quickly." Pei Yi was so scared that he quickly changed to a kneeling position.
Although she is my cousin, she is already a concubine of the Duke's Mansion and has a high status.
Gu Huan knelt upright and said, "There is something I must tell you the truth about."
Pei Yi saw that she was serious, so he quickly straightened his posture and said, "Sister Huan, please speak."
"I'm not your biological cousin, Gu Wanru is."
Pei Yi's mind was buzzing when he heard this: "What did you say?"
Gu Huan calmly recounted the story of how Aunt Pei had swapped the baby and how she had treated her, without revealing her deep hatred for Aunt Pei.
Pei Yi's eyes widened in shock. He couldn't believe it at all and felt a chill all over his body.
Gu Huan sighed, "The Pei family is the richest in Jiangling. My eldest cousin has tried his best to make the Pei family gain a foothold in the capital. You have endured so much injustice, and even married a wife for the benefit of the family. If the people of Bianjing knew what Aunt Pei did, I am afraid that the Pei family would not be able to gain a foothold in Bianjing."
Pei Yi felt deeply frightened when he thought of this.
"How dare she!" Pei Yi opened his mouth for a long time before he uttered a few words.
Looking at his expression, Gu Huan could guess that he was also worried about Aunt Pei's influence on the Pei family.
People who do business value profit first.
A future head of the family like this, who is responsible for the rise and fall of the Pei family, will also weigh the pros and cons and will not act on emotion.
The fact that Aunt Pei could develop such a personality is related to the family education values of the Pei family.
It’s just that Pei Yi has more upright intentions than Aunt Pei.
"Brother, you are an upright and kind-hearted official. Now you have married the daughter of an official family. You will have a bright future. Although I am not related to you by blood, you have loved me. Gu Huan is grateful. Last time, I will return the money you gave me for the winter clothing for the army."
Pei Yi shook his head with a complicated expression: "No need. We can't let the Pei family be ruined because of the mistake of my aunt."
He figured it out: the girl in front of him was only gentle and weak on the surface.
People who do business are good at bargaining, and winning people's hearts and minds is also their specialty.
At this moment, he seemed to smell something.
"How is your aunt now? Will the Wenchang Marquisate divorce her? How does your father plan to deal with her?"
Pei Yi spoke cautiously.
Divorce is a light punishment, but if the matter is reported to the government, it is a capital crime.
Gu Huan said calmly, "Last night, she was poisoned to death by Gu Wanru."
"What!"
Pei Yi jumped up, his eyes red, his arms resting on the low table, his whole body leaning towards Gu Huan.
Bang.
Donghua pushed the door open and was about to rush over when she saw this.
Gu Huan waved her hand: "Donghua, get out."
Donghua took a look and saw that Pei Yi was just excited, so she obediently left.
Pei Yi sat down dejectedly, as if his body was drained of energy, drooping on the cushion. The elegant and scholarly air about him suddenly dissipated by more than half.
Dead.
Death is not a problem; the problem is that it will definitely affect the Pei family.
The Wenchang Marquisate must hate her and will never help the Pei family again in the future.
"Gu Wanru is your biological cousin. Now her name has been removed from the family tree and she has become a concubine. But the Yongguo Mansion wanted to be lenient and let her continue to be the young lady."
"She doesn't deserve it!" Pei Yi said angrily.
"My aunt became like this just for Gu Wanru. I don't understand why my aunt obeyed her every word. No wonder she gave most of the money I gave her every month to Gu Wanru. No wonder she gave her most profitable shop to Gu Wanru as a dowry! But what about her? She is not grateful, and she has become so vicious that she even killed her own mother!"
"It has already happened, what is Brother Pei going to do?"
Pei Yi was stunned.
She calls herself big brother?
Gu Huan smiled: "You and I are not related by blood, but you treat me well. I think you are also a good person, and we can still support each other in the future. So, I call you Big Brother, okay?"
Pei Yi didn't expect that even though his aunt and cousin had hurt Gu Huan so badly, she would still be so kind to him.
"Okay, of course." Pei Yi quickly calmed down and sat cross-legged again.
"I wonder where my aunt's body is now?"
"I have sent it to the funeral cemetery. Brother Pei can take it back by himself. But don't make the funeral too ostentatious. The Wenchang Marquisate will not be happy about it."
Pei Yi nodded, and still felt a little sad when he thought about his aunt's fate.
"Wenchang Marquis Mansion..."
He originally wanted to curse the Wenchang Marquisate, but the person sitting opposite him was the legitimate daughter, so he couldn't open his mouth.
"Mrs. Pei is a criminal. The Wenchang Marquisate will definitely not hand over her dowry."
"It's not a big deal." Pei Yi was a little confused and shook his head.
Suddenly he paused. "Since Gu Wanru married into the Duke's Mansion as your legitimate daughter, her dowry should be returned to you. I know that the most valuable shop in my aunt's dowry was given to Gu Wanru. I can help you get it back."
Gu Huan didn't expect him to say that.
"These are all small matters. I asked Brother Pei out just to ask, do you still want to do the military winter clothing thing?"
Pei Yi calmed down and nodded: "Of course I do. This is related to the life and death of the Pei family. If we can't get the status of a first-class imperial merchant, it will be difficult for us to stay in Jiangling."
Gu Huan understood.
"Can you trust me?"
Pei Yi looked at her and asked cautiously: "Don't you hate the Pei family?"
Gu Huan smiled sweetly: "They are them, and you are you. Cooperating with you will also benefit me, right? Besides, I can save the lives of your Pei family."
Pei Yi's face changed slightly, and he immediately put his aunt's matter behind him. He said seriously: "I believe you. This batch of military winter clothes has a total of 300,000 sets. After the matter is completed, I will give you 100,000."
Gu Huan knew that there was money to be made, but she didn't expect it to be so much.
"You don't need to consider Gu Wanru and the Gu Mansion. You and I can just cooperate and get what we need."
"Okay, I'll give you the silver I gave to the Gu family before." Pei Yi looked at her with a little more light in his eyes.
Gu Huan smiled slightly: "That's not necessary, no reward without merit."
Compared to making money, she wanted Mu An and Gu Wanru to reap what they sowed.
There is also the Jiang family.
The Jiang family has been keeping an eye on the Yongguo Mansion. Jiang Ruoxi hates herself so much that she won't give up so easily.
If we can use this incident to strike a blow against the Jiang family, it will be much more useful than taking the silver.
…
Mu Junyan held the pajamas that Gu Huan brought him, with a smile on his face.
The cuffs are also embroidered with bamboo leaves, with fine stitching and good craftsmanship.
He folded it carefully himself, wrapped it up as it was, and put it at the bottom of the box.
When marching and fighting, one cannot wear silk pajamas as they will be easily worn out. Moreover, it was the first time that little girl Gu Huan made clothes for him.
His eyes fell on the poetry collection and he flipped through it.
A little helpless.
Why is this girl so careless?
Could it be that you still think that he and his deceased wife had a deep love for each other?
Look at what she sent someone to convey. Instead of caring about him, she asked him to continue copying his deceased wife's poetry collection for her so that she could keep him company?
They were setting up camp temporarily today and didn't have time to stay for too long.
Mu Junyan thought about it and wrapped up the dagger he had been wearing for more than ten years.
"To my lady."
The guard took it: "Do you need to leave a message?"
Mu Junyan thought for a moment and said, "Let her learn martial arts."
"yes."
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