Chapter 123 Idiot
The words were so clear that if He Qiumao said anything more, it would be ignorant, so he kowtowed in agreement and left the palace in the wind and snow.
Xie Zhaohe glanced at Ah Zan who was still kneeling on the ground and said softly, "Get up. Don't act like you've been wronged."
Ah Zan smiled, stood up and dusted off her knees. She then took a new teacup from the other side of the table, poured another cup of tea for Xie Zhaohe, and asked, "Master, do you disapprove of His Royal Highness Prince Rui's marriage?"
Xie Zhaohe nodded. "Lord Pei and I are already on the verge of a war. If I hand Ah Yan over to him, wouldn't that just embolden Lord Pei? Lord Pei is old now. It's time for him to give up his position as Prime Minister."
She took the tea from Ah Zan, took a sip, and then asked, "Wasn't the marriage between the Pei and Ye families a big deal? How is it going now?"
Ah Zan replied, "Ye Er's death was suspicious. The Dali Temple investigated for several days but couldn't find the murderer. In addition, after Ye Er's death, the room and the mourning hall in the Ye Mansion were swarming with insects. So in the end, the Dali Temple attributed it to witchcraft, but the person behind this -"
Ah Zan shook his head. "There are too few people in Shangjing who understand witchcraft, and there's not even a single one in the Dali Temple. Right now, we can only worry."
Hearing this, Xie Zhaohe asked, "How's the Pei family doing?"
"I heard that when Ye Er got into trouble, they hadn't even married yet, so it can't be considered a completed ceremony. Now Madam Pei is looking for a new wife for Master Pei."
Ah Zan lowered her voice, adding her own subjective thoughts, "If I were to say so, Young Master Pei is a fool. How can we expect any girl to marry him? If Ye Er hadn't injured his foot, the marriage wouldn't have happened to their family. For now, it's enough to find a girl from a commoner family. Why would we expect a match of equal status?"
Xie Zhaohe smiled. Azan's words sounded vulgar, just like a village woman gossiping about other people's family affairs, but she didn't care. Azan had been her friend for quite a while, and at critical moments, she knew things better than anyone else.
"Speaking of this, Master, don't you think it's strange? Pei Da is a fool, but he insisted on finding a woman of equal status. Pei Er is a handsome man, and he entered the court as an official at a young age, but the Pei family found a village woman!"
Ah Zan's facial features were vivid and her words were sincere, which aroused Xie Zhaohe's interest. He asked, "Who is it?"
"They say the girl's name is Yang Jiyu!"
Xie Zhaohe thought about it and suddenly felt that the name sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was. He didn't intend to ask further, but heard Ah Zan add: "She is the younger sister of Lord Yang Zheng, the Minister of the Cabinet."
Xie Zhaohe suddenly realized that Yang Zheng came from a poor family and grew up in the countryside of Nanyang. Later, he entered the officialdom through the imperial examination, which made his family prosperous. No wonder Yang Zheng's sister was called a village woman.
"Yang Zheng was Pei Yuanzhong's disciple. It's not surprising that the two families are on good terms." Xie Zhaohe said this, but like Azan, he couldn't understand why the Pei family had to find a girl from an aristocratic family for Pei Da, a fool.
A idiot.
Pei Da is such an idiot.
Pei Da is an idiot!
She instantly came up with an idea and said a few words to Azan who was talking happily. Azan put away his playful smile, nodded, and then left Jiangyunxuan.
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