Chapter 186 Luo'er enters the Pei residence, Nan Jia is critically ill?
Granny Deng blushed slightly.
Sometimes, even an old man like myself, who has seen it all, can't help but be moved by what her daughter says.
Granny Deng quickly added, "They say that after Master brought her home that day, he favored Concubine Liu that very night, ignoring the fact that you, Miss, were missing and hadn't returned home that day. In Master's heart, you are still alright..."
Sparrow snorted, "Our girl doesn't care about him at all!"
Li Qing patted the sparrow's hand.
What's Chun Zai Tang's attitude?
Granny Deng: "I heard that the madam was furious and smashed everything she could in the room. But there was nothing she could do, because the master had assigned a whole room of people to serve Concubine Liu, as if he was deliberately trying to antagonize the madam."
Li Qingluo: "Have you found out? Did you drink a fertility-enhancing medicine or a contraceptive soup afterwards?"
Granny Deng smiled and said, "Master watched Concubine Liu drink the medicine that helps her conceive."
Li Qingluo: "That's good. Keep a close eye on them, lest my mother do something else and kill my younger siblings."
"Aunt Liu is healthy and young. If she's lucky, she'll definitely give birth to another child next year. If she'd like, it would be even better if she had more."
"Once I have many younger brothers and sisters, I'll be of little use as a father..."
Li Qingluo reached out and snapped the withered winter plum blossom beside her with a 'snap'.
Pei Residence.
After resting for two days, Li Qingluo prepared to visit Nan Jia at the Pei residence.
Yesterday, Princess Nanping visited Li Qingluo at the General's Mansion, and the two agreed to meet in front of the Pei Mansion today.
Because if Li Qingluo were to visit on her own, she herself wouldn't know whether the Pei family would allow a member of the Li family to enter the Pei family's gate.
"Sister Luo'er!"
Princess Nanping arrived a little late. She jumped off the carriage and ran to Li Qingluo, lifting the curtain and smiling.
The Duke of Pei's mansion would naturally not stop a princess. Soon, the inner quarters received the news, and respectfully, people came out to lead the two of them inside.
The size of the Duke Pei's mansion was so great that even Princess Nanping was astonished.
"As expected of a century-old aristocratic family, look at the grandeur and scale of this mansion... tsk tsk tsk, it seems to have much more heritage than our princess's mansion."
Nanping walked ahead with her hands behind her back. Suddenly remembering something, she turned to Li Qingluo and said, "It's still better than your general's mansion. Your mansion is so empty. There are more people here now. When I first went there, I was shocked to see abandoned gardens everywhere!"
The servants beside her immediately stole a few more glances at Li Qingluo, as if they already knew her identity.
Li Qingluo: "..."
Nanping, have you forgotten why I summoned you here today?
She smiled slightly, and Princess Nanping seemed to only then remember something, immediately covering her mouth.
"Heh. Hehehe... Sister Luo'er, look how beautiful the plum garden is over at the Duke Pei's mansion! There are even little birds there!"
Li Qingluo was helplessly dragged to the plum garden by Nanping again.
As soon as I entered, I bumped into several young women. Judging from their clothes and appearance, they were undoubtedly the daughters of the Duke of Pei's mansion.
Upon seeing someone barge in, the woman immediately shouted, "How dare you! Whoever dares to barge in here? Get out! Can't you see I'm here?"
The young ladies of the Duke of Pei's mansion are quite special.
They were the most unique family in the entire city of Jinling.
The direct line of the Duke of Pei's mansion consists of three branches, and each branch has several courtyards.
Each courtyard has several girls.
By this calculation, there are currently more than a dozen unmarried girls in the Pei family.
Therefore, although the Duke of Pei's mansion was very large, it was still somewhat crowded, yet incredibly lively.
However, they all lived secluded lives, and were rarely seen at banquets or parties.
Just like the young masters and noblemen of the Pei State Duke's Mansion, apart from the current Pei State Duke who is still serving as an official in the court and has some influence, the other masters of each branch and courtyard are all in the most inconspicuous positions in the court, doing the most inconspicuous things.
Those gentlemen who were not in the court, such as Pei Sanlang, rarely appeared in front of the world.
Apart from Pei Nanjia, who has been out and about more often these days, none of the other young ladies in the Pei family, including Nanping, have ever been seen.
Rumors circulated that the Pei family's daughters were all too plain-looking to be considered attractive, which was why the Pei family kept them confined at home and forbade them from seeing the world.
Even the daughters of the Pei family who married out of the family lived a secluded life in their husbands' homes and did not like to interact with others.
So when Princess Nanping heard yesterday that Li Qingluo was coming to the Duke of Pei's mansion, she immediately agreed to come.
"The girls of the Pei family are too mysterious. I want to go and see if, apart from Nan Jia, the other daughters of the Pei family are all boring and mediocre!"
She just didn't want to be scolded by the Pei family's young lady as soon as she arrived at the Pei family mansion.
Nanping immediately put her hands on her hips and shouted back, "I am Princess Nanping! I came to visit Pei Shierniang of your second branch and second courtyard today, and was just passing by this plum garden. I didn't expect that this is how your Pei family treats its guests!?"
Upon hearing that she was a princess, the girls in front of them exchanged bewildered glances.
"Are you here to visit Twelfth Sister? She's been claiming illness for some time, yet she has a friend? And a princess at that."
The other person's unfriendly gaze swept over Nan Ping before turning to Li Qingluo.
And who are you?
Li Qingluo had heard Nan Jia talk about her childhood.
So I never thought that any of the Pei family's daughters would be friendly.
Li Qingluo's tone was naturally firm: "If our identities were questionable, your Pei family wouldn't have let us in. If we caused any disturbance, we would have left immediately. Why be so fierce?"
The other person's expression wasn't very pleasant.
In the end, it was the woman in the red cloak who stepped forward.
Her tone was polite: "I am Pei Si Niang. I was unaware of your identities just now, so I apologize for any offense I may have caused."
"After all, our Duke Pei's mansion rarely has outside guests, and only we masters can enter this plum garden. We servants are not allowed to come here at will."
The other girl chimed in, "Yes, how would we know they were here to see Twelfth Sister? We thought they were just some ignorant maids wandering around."
"Exactly. Even a princess can't be unreasonable..."
Nanping, furious, retorted without further ado: "When have I ever been unreasonable? Besides, what's so precious about this shabby plum grove? You've just never seen anything good before, which is why you treat this place like some kind of forbidden zone!"
"Servants, my foot! Have you ever seen servants dressed so extravagantly? You dog eyes!"
Nanping wasn't afraid of offending people. After saying that, she grabbed Li Qingluo and stormed off.
Li Qingluo turned around and saw Pei Siniang and several other girls staring menacingly in the direction they were leaving...
"These young ladies from the Duke Pei's mansion have really disappointed me. They're all so lowly, as despicable as Pan Li. No wonder they can't leave the house; otherwise, they'd be making enemies everywhere."
Li Qinglu shook her head and smiled.
"Don't be angry, there are more people coming up ahead."
Before even reaching Nanjia, we encountered wave after wave of people.
However, this time, it was the head maidservant of the Duchess of Pei who came.
She came on behalf of the Duchess of Pei to exchange a few polite words, hoping that Princess Nanping would have a good time at the Duke's mansion and that she would not disturb the young lady's enjoyment.
They also told Nanping that if she encountered any unpleasantness, she should let them know, and the Pei State Duke's Mansion would definitely deal with it severely.
Nanping, of course, didn't hold back on the spot.
"The Duchess is a reasonable person, but I will not disturb her today, lest I, who grew up in the Northwest, do not know the rules and have a short temper, say something unpleasant."
"Today, I, the princess, only came to see Sister Nan Jia."
"But unfortunately, I offended some of the young ladies in your household. I didn't know that the plum garden was a forbidden area in the mansion, and we outsiders were not allowed to go near it. Otherwise, it would have been my own fault for being scolded as a servant."
I never expected Nanping would become so sarcastic.
This made Li Qingluo, who was standing to the side, cover her mouth and chuckle.
It's hard to say what the Duchess of Pei's attitude will be after hearing these words.
The head maidservant remained expressionless and respectfully escorted Li Qingluo and her companion to the outside of the second room.
Then he hurriedly returned to the main courtyard of the eldest son's house and came to Lady Pei, repeating what Princess Nanping had just said.
Upon hearing this, Lady Pei's expression changed.
"Which ones dared to offend the princess in the plum garden? They have no manners at all; they've been spoiled rotten all this time!"
The maid replied, "Yes...it's the Fourth Miss, and also the Fifth Miss, the Sixth Miss, and the Eighth Miss."
Lady Pei raised her eyebrows instantly: "Why is it Fourth Sister? She's always been the most cautious one. She must have been influenced by Fifth Sister and the others today! Go and call Fourth Sister over here."
Li Qingluo and Nanping were finally taken to the second house and second courtyard, where they met Nan Jia in the small courtyard.
Nan Jia was indeed very ill; she had lost a lot of weight.
This gave Princess Nanping and Li Qingluo a big fright.
How long has it been since we parted at the Princess's residence?
"You've arrived."
Pei Nanjia smiled when he saw Li Qingluo and Princess Nanping.
"I'm so sorry I couldn't go to the horse farm on the 17th. I heard there was a rebellion outside the city, and I was worried for a long time. Now that I see you two are both safe and sound, I'm relieved."
Li Qingluo snapped out of her daze and quickly walked over.
"Don't worry about us. Tell me, what's wrong with you? What kind of illness is so severe?"
"Have you seen a doctor? What did the doctor say?"
Which doctor did you hire?
Nanping's eyes were also red, and she came over and hugged Nanjia tightly: "Sister Nanjia, I'll get you a royal physician. I'll ask my mother to go to the palace to invite a royal physician to examine you when I get back!"
Pei Nanjia shook her head: "I'm fine. I just accidentally got a little poisoned. My father has already asked His Majesty for permission to send back the imperial physician to take a look."
Nan Jia said this with a smile, seemingly unaffected by the poison.
But her eyes were bluish, her face was dark, and her cheeks were sunken.
She is completely different from before, how could it be that nothing happened?
Li Qingluo asked directly, "Nan Jia, is your poisoning related to Qingyangzi?"
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