Chapter 64: A Big Fight in the Marquisate
Madam Hou was immediately anxious: "You all left, leaving me, an old woman, to take care of the housework. Aren't you afraid that I'll tire myself to death?"
Pei pretended to be afraid and said tremblingly: "Mother-in-law, calm down. I think there are my younger brother and sister-in-law at home to take care of you. Your younger brother and sister-in-law are such a stable person, so you won't be tired."
This sentence reminded the old lady: "When it comes to managing the household, your brother and sister-in-law are far behind you."
After that, he asked the nanny to call Yuanshi over and said solemnly: "I am old and have many illnesses and pains, so I want to hand over the power of the family completely."
Pei was secretly happy, but pretended to be ignorant and indifferent.
Yuan stretched her neck and smiled apologetically: "When it comes to managing a household, who can compare to the old lady? From now on, I will need the old lady's guidance from the side."
Seeing her like this, Madam Hou couldn't help but snort and laugh: "Lu Zhao is a troublesome prodigal son. You should spend more energy on him in the future."
The implication was that she would not be given the power to manage the household, which instantly made Yuanshi stunned with anger.
Madam Hou's eyes fell on Pei. "I'll leave the reins of the household to you. Although you still have three children to take care of, you are smart and hardworking, so you will definitely be able to shoulder the heavy burden."
Pei was flattered and knelt down to kowtow: "It is said that my sister-in-law is ten times better than me. My mother-in-law entrusted me with such an important task because she trusts me."
When Yuan heard that she was actually trying to trick her, she was so angry that she ran away.
Lu Zhao's incompetence has caused her enough pain. Now that he has lost the power to lead the family, won't he be plotted to death by the smiling but dagger-hiding Pei family in the future?
So she couldn't hold it in any longer and cried all the way back to the yard.
Before she could even sit down in the bedroom, Lu Zhao came rushing over and yelled, "Give me some money! I need to get out!"
Yuan raised her head and glared at him: "How much do you think I'm worth? Sell me out!"
Lu Zhao said irritably: "I'm so busy going out that I don't have time to joke!"
Yuan Shi was so angry that she laughed: "Who told you I was joking? I'm telling you the truth, I don't have any money to lose! I'm going to give you my life!"
Seeing this, Lu Zhao had no choice but to humble himself and coax her: "Madam, you are speaking in anger again. Others in our mansion may be poor, but Madam is not. After all, she is the legitimate daughter of the Junior Minister of the Dali Temple. The dowry alone is enough to live for a lifetime."
Yuanshi had no intention of getting angry with him, but she heard that he was thinking about her dowry.
"You prodigal son, you've embarrassed me by spending your days drinking, whoring, and gambling, and you even dare to covet my dowry?"
Yuanshi stood up and pushed him hard, causing him to stumble. Lu Zhao held onto the table to steady himself: "I don't want to fight with you! Don't mess with me!"
Yuan Shi's tigress nature kicked in, she rolled up her sleeves and angrily said, "Even if you don't want me to, I do. I can't live like this anyway. I might as well let you take my life and save me from being a widow!"
After saying that, she rushed over, grabbed Lu Zhao, and started beating him up: "I made you think about my dowry, and I made you ask me for money..."
The maids and servants around walked away and pretended not to hear.
Because beating and scolding people was commonplace for Yuanshi, Lu Zhao's daily trips outside were also related to her temper.
Lu Zhao was so angry that he pushed her down and kicked her without caring about anything.
Later, Yuan cried out in pain in her stomach, and only stopped when she saw a pool of blood under her body.
The nanny and the maid had to come to help, and the old lady of the marquis was also alarmed.
The doctor came and saw the blood on the ground and took Yuan's pulse.
Then she closed her eyes and sighed, "I'm two months pregnant, and it's gone. What a pity."
Everyone was stunned. Madam Hou was so angry that she was shaking all over and scolded Lu Zhao: "You bastard! You are so unlucky!"
Lu Zhao also regretted it deeply and said nothing in frustration.
Pei quickly advised the old lady, "Now that things have come to this, we can only let your sister-in-law rest well. Although your second brother was reckless and impulsive and didn't know your sister-in-law was pregnant, how could your sister-in-law not know she was pregnant? If she had told him, this regret wouldn't have happened."
Yuan really wanted to get up and slap her. She was already so miserable and still making trouble for herself.
When Lu Zhao heard this, he laughed and said, "Sister-in-law is absolutely right. How could I know if she herself doesn't know?"
Old Madam Hou was angry and sad, so she had to help the nanny back to her room.
Pei came over and said, "This matter is very serious. If your sister-in-law's family finds out, won't your second brother be at a disadvantage?"
Madam Hou waved her hand helplessly: "It would be best if his father-in-law beat him to death. Let him be."
Pei quickly laughed and said, "If this gets out of hand, won't it hurt the reputation of our mansion?"
Madam Hou had no choice but to ask, "Then how do you solve this problem?"
Pei smiled and said, "I will keep the news secret for now. Don't let it get out. Once my sister-in-law is well, I will personally go to the Shaoqing residence to apologize on my second brother's behalf. What do you think, mother-in-law?"
Madam Hou was delighted when she heard this: "I was right about you. You are really useful at the critical moment."
In fact, Pei Xi was simply afraid that the Shaoqing Mansion would come to her door.
Lu Zhao is such a bastard that he just shrinks his neck and doesn't care about anything. Doesn't he have to rely on himself and Lu Yu?
So she secretly told the servants at home not to leak the news.
Yuanshi endured the severe physical and mental pain and missed her family very much.
She asked her personal maid to go back to her parents' home to deliver a letter, asking her mother to come and see her.
Unexpectedly, the maid said that the doorman would not let her go out, and also said that Pei did not allow the family to mention this matter.
Yuanshi guessed that Pei was plotting something, so she asked her trusted maid to bribe the doorman to send the letter she wrote back to her parents' home.
Yuan's mother was furious and came to the marquis's mansion in anger, demanding that Lu Zhao kneel down and kowtow to her daughter.
Otherwise, let my daughter divorce and leave the house.
Old Madam Hou was extremely anxious and called Pei over to ask what to do.
At this time, Lu Yu had already followed Xie Changsheng to Luoyang, and he was unable to bear the torture before he even left the palace.
Xie Changsheng will use him to replace Eunuch Chang Le, and he will go to him for help when he is thirsty, hot or hungry.
What else? Taking him along means I like him, right?
After leaving the palace, Xie Changsheng rode on horseback first.
Later, when she got tired of it, she changed to riding in a sedan chair and let Lu Yu accompany her and talk.
Lu Yu discovered that everything the emperor asked about was related to Fu Danjun, so he could only guess what the emperor was thinking and make up some nonsense.
When Xie Changsheng was happy to hear it, he would find some broad beans to eat to cheer himself up. If he didn't like what he heard, he would tell Lu Yu to get out and drive the car.
Lu Yu was so angry that he wanted to die. He didn't know what sins he had done in his previous life to deserve such a bastard emperor.
Xie Changsheng felt lonely lying in the car alone and regretted not bringing Xu Yu out.
Although she is not as good as Fu Danjun, she can still chat with me.
In fact, Xu Yu had already sneaked out of the palace and found his former servant in a blacksmith shop, telling him that he wanted to return to Luoyang.
It turned out that Xu Yu's father was the magistrate of Luoyang County. Because he failed to control the flood in Luoyang, he was falsely accused of embezzling all the disaster relief funds allocated by the court.
In fact, it was the corruption of the officials at the upper level, and his father was made the scapegoat.
Xu Yu has always been brooding over this and vowed to clear his father's name.
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