Chapter 72. End of Chapter 72.
The following spring.
The 20th day of the third month in the lunar calendar is an auspicious day suitable for offering sacrifices.
Three months in advance, after the unanimous approval, the old man sent people to send the appointment letter for the head of the family to various places, informing all the descendants of the Pei family.
Subsequently, the succession ceremony for the head of the family was carried out in an orderly manner amidst the busy schedule.
"All members of the Pei clan in Yanjing City will be present that day. Representatives from other places, including overseas, will each send three people to arrive in Beijing half a month in advance. They should make proper preparations for their food, clothing, accommodation, and transportation."
Butler Zhang handed Chen Zhao a 21-page list of precautions and said, "In addition, the heads of the major families will be attending the ceremony in person that day, so security must be extra careful. If there aren't enough people, ask the security company to send more. Make sure to thoroughly investigate the background of each person before they come in."
"Okay, I understand."
Chen Zhao took the thick stack of lists, and his scalp began to tingle.
Whose house has twenty-one notices?
This is almost as big as a small booklet.
"What are you thinking, kid?" Butler Zhang saw his lips purse and knew what he was thinking without even guessing. "This is just the beginning."
"Uncle Zhang, the old man has retired, you..."
"What's wrong with me?" Butler Zhang stretched his neck. "A new emperor brings a new court. What, are you going to continue to exploit this old man?"
Chen Zhao: "You really don't plan to continue?"
"By my age, I should have retired long ago." Butler Zhang said with exasperation, tapping him on the head. "It's all because of you guys, you're such a worry."
"How am I not a worry?" Chen Zhao said, holding his head, looking extremely aggrieved.
It's not him who's been slow to take office.
"Alright, stop wasting time here. We have a lot of things to do."
Chen Zhao responded with a weak, lifeless groan.
Clutching the list of precautions, she dragged her legs out of the management office, only to be suddenly called back by Butler Zhang, who picked up two brocade boxes from the mahogany table and handed them over: "These are congratulatory gifts sent from overseas for the young master. Please take them with you."
"Well, I'm back to being a deliveryman."
"Stop being so glib." Butler Zhang carefully instructed, "Don't break the jade."
"Don't worry, even if I fall, they won't fall."
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As Chen Zhao left the management office, he muttered to himself the whole way.
As I walked around the covered bridge to return to the boss's courtyard, I saw the young master of the Teng family in the distance, crouching down and looking around, holding something in his hands.
The Teng family went bankrupt, so they came to steal from the Pei family?
Teng Zaiye made his way to the study, put on a pair of special appraisal gloves with great seriousness, and opened the golden nanmu box in his arms in front of Luo Yunqing.
The box was lined with a layer of bright yellow silk, inside which was wrapped a fist-sized Paraiba tourmaline that was completely translucent and without any impurities.
Luo Yunqing, who had just finished an online meeting, instantly perked up.
Teng Zaiye: "Is it very big?"
Luo Yunqing quickly pressed herself against the back of the chair and stepped back.
Unsolicited kindness is either a sign of malice or theft.
He asked warily, "What do you want?"
"Congratulations on your new appointments, what else could we be doing?" Teng Zaiye pushed the box forward. "This is a congratulatory gift."
Luo Yunqing glanced at him twice, then forced herself to look away and stopped beating around the bush: "Speak, what is it?"
After asking, he realized what could Teng Zaiye possibly have to do with it. "It's about my brother."
"I just wanted to ask," Teng Zaiye said, unusually coy, half-lying on the table and swaying back and forth a couple of times. "What kind of proposal does your brother like? I've already asked him three times."
"You mean those three times when you stole jewelry from the auction house, and my brother chased you and almost called the police?"
Teng Zaiye turned his head away guiltily, his tone weak and unconvincing: "I paid."
"Money won't do it. It's all written in the catalog. Are you trying to drive my brother crazy?" Luo Yunqing said, looking at the large gemstone and tapping the table with two fingers. "Could this be..."
"No!" Teng Zaiye hurriedly waved his hand, "My old man asked me to bring this."
He wouldn't dare to steal Paraiba.
"It was sent by Old Master Teng." Luo Yunqing pondered his words repeatedly, and then murmured, "In other words, you're using the old man's gift as a pretext to ask me for advice... Young Master Teng has made quite a bit of progress these past two years."
Want to get coins but don't pay?
"Hehehe." Teng Zaiye chuckled, then reluctantly pulled out another mother-of-pearl inlaid rosewood box from his pocket, opened it forcefully, and inside was a pair of deep blue fluorite wedding rings. "Is that enough?"
Luo Yunqing nodded in satisfaction.
She accepted it without a second thought and waved to him, signaling him to come closer.
After a few words of secret planning, Teng Zaiye suddenly seemed to have a breakthrough, and straightened his back. "I'll go give it a try right now!"
He dashed out of the study like a gust of wind.
Chen Zhao quickly took a few steps back while holding the brocade box, turned to the side, watched the person run away, and knocked on the open study door, "Young Master Teng, what are you rushing off to again?"
Luo Yunqing silently mouthed the words.
"Haven't he been talking to Mr. Jiang for two years?" Chen Zhao placed the brocade box steadily on the table, puzzled. "Why would he need to come to you for something like this?"
“Talking is one thing, proposing is another.” Luo Yunqing pointed to the brocade box he had brought: “What is this?”
Chen Zhao: "Uncle Zhang asked me to bring this. He said it was a congratulatory gift from overseas to you."
"These are all gemstones and jade artifacts; the warehouse is about to burst." Luo Yunqing glanced at them, repackaged them, and pushed them, along with the two items Teng Zaiye had given him, to him. "Write them all down and have someone send them to the storage room. Where's Pei Yanli?"
“I’m discussing something with the elders. Right now…” Chen Zhao rolled up his sleeve to check his watch, “It should be almost over.”
"I'm going to find him."
On the way to the ancestral hall, Luo Yunqing found someone in an octagonal pavilion full of apricot blossoms, holding a letter in her hand.
It's unclear how long it lasted, or how long he watched it.
Luo Yunqing approached and deliberately made a sound, causing him to quickly come to his senses.
"Wife."
"What are you looking at?"
“A letter from my elder brother.” Pei Yanli put down the letter and put her arm around his waist. “He sent a congratulatory gift and said he won’t be coming back for the ceremony.”
Luo Yunqing responded softly.
Looking out from the pavilion, after a long silence, he finally asked, "How are they doing in Yuncheng?"
"It can talk now."
For a moment, I even paused my breathing for a couple of breaths.
Luo Yunqing grabbed the hand around her waist and asked again, "What did you say?"
Pei Yanli did not reply, but instead took out a letter from the stone table and showed it to him. The letter was two pages long and contained only trivial matters.
After moving to Yuncheng, Pei Wenxian bought a small villa and planted greenery inside and out. He also recently picked up two stray cats from the roadside.
We also found a retired traditional Chinese medicine doctor for our son, and he went for acupuncture and massage every few days. After more than two years of persistence, his condition finally improved.
I've recently even learned to speak again.
The first thing he said was, "I'm sorry."
Luo Yunqing stared at those three words for a long time, then turned and pushed the letter away from her eyes. "Xiao Shuang's mother is flying abroad on a business trip tomorrow, and Pei Songjin plans to send her daughter over for a few days."
“Okay.” Pei Yanli then put the letter away and sealed it in an envelope. “I heard from Pei Songjin that she’s always eating candy at home and has lost two teeth. When she comes tomorrow, you can’t spoil her.”
“She’s not even five years old yet, it’s normal for her to lose teeth…” Luo Yunqing turned around, met his eyes and gave in, “Okay, okay, I’ll keep an eye on her and make sure she doesn’t eat too much.”
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Xiao Shuang stayed at the Pei family's house for more than half a month.
Until the night before March 20th.
Pei Yanli put his hands on his hips, looked down at the little girl who dragged her rabbit doll to see his wife every night, and frowned deeply: "Xiao Shuang, your great-grandfather is asleep."
"I want to sleep with my great-uncle!"
here we go again.
He squatted down and placed a hand on the little girl's head. "Xiao Shuang is a big girl now. You can't sleep in the same bed with a boy anymore, do you understand?"
"But……"
Xiao Shuang immediately pouted unhappily and hugged the rabbit tightly.
Until someone called her name from inside the house.
Luo Yunqing buttoned up her pajamas and came out, picking up the little girl with one hand. "Tonight is the last night. Tomorrow you'll go home with your mom and dad."
"Wife~~~"
Now it was Pei Yanli's turn to be dissatisfied. A full half month, 15 days!
After placing the little girl on the bed and taking out her special little blanket, Luo Yunqing walked to the door again.
Just as he was about to close the door, Pei Yanli grabbed his arm and pulled him out, saying, "It's been half a month."
My wife is right beside me, but I can only look at her and not touch her.
He succeeded as the head of the Pei family, not as a monk.
"Just bear with it for one more day, or..." Luo Yunqing reached out a hand and slowly traced it across his bobbing Adam's apple, "Mr. Pei, is your self-control really that poor?"
"What self-control do you need when it comes to your wife?" Pei Yanli pinned him against the door and bit him hard. "It's the last day. You have to make it up to me tomorrow."
Does he want to die tomorrow?
Luo Yunqing shivered inexplicably and quickly said, "I'll tell Xiao Shuang to go back to her room right now."
"No, it's the last day." Pei Yanli nuzzled his burning earlobe, letting out a few laughs. "I bought... a little bunny. I'll try it on tomorrow."
Pei Yanli!
Ever since discovering the 10GB of "study materials" that Teng Zaiye gave him as a wedding gift, this person has gone further and further astray down the path of perversion.
The thought of tomorrow made Luo Yunqing feel like dying. She tossed and turned almost all night, and just as she finally fell asleep, it was already the next day.
Before dawn, Pei Yanli pulled him out of bed to wash up and change him into a matching blue robe.
…………
At exactly seven o'clock, the ancestral hall doors were opened wide.
Offerings were laid out, and the patriarch lit the first incense stick. Respected elders lined up on both sides and began to read out the Pei family rules and regulations.
Finally, he said, "Today, Pei Yanli, a descendant of the Pei family, is the 37th head of the Pei family, and his partner Luo Yunqing is the matriarch of the Pei family. This is to inform our ancestors."
After the clan elder finished reading the appointment letter in a powerful and resounding voice, he rolled it up, placed it in a brocade box, and solemnly handed it to Pei Yanli.
Next came the family head's seal.
"This thumb ring has been with me for many years, and now I'm handing it over to you." The old man took off the thumb ring from his thumb and placed it in his hand. "May you fulfill your responsibilities and obligations as the head of the family in the future and lead the Pei family to greater success."
"Yes, Master."
The old man nodded, then came to Luo Yunqing and lifted the red cloth in the butler's hand, revealing a clear and transparent jade ruyi to everyone.
"I'm giving you this jade ruyi as a token of my earnest request that you take good care of Ali. I also wish you all the best in the future."
"Master, please rest assured."
Luo Yunqing accepted the jade ruyi with both hands.
The handover ceremony was successfully completed.
Afterwards, the new head of the Pei family, along with his wife, received the grand kowtow ceremony from the Pei clan.
Pei Yanli held Luo Yunqing's hand tightly throughout.
"Wife."
"Hmm? What's wrong? Are you nervous?"
"I'm happy, thankfully you're here with me."
"I'm happy to be by your side too." Luo Yunqing intertwined her fingers with his and smiled, "I'll be with you for the rest of my life."
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