"Mom, why don't you just find another high-ranking official? With your methods, becoming someone's mistress is easy. It doesn't matter if she's a bit old, as long as she's high-ranking. Then we'll give the Pei family a good thrashing. Anyway, the Pei family doesn't like you, so there's no point in you staying. All the Pei family's in-laws have fallen from grace, penniless and powerless. What are you after? Look at yourself, you haven't bought any new clothes in days. The socialites in Beijing are laughing at you for being poor and stingy. Your former best friends are avoiding you. You can't fall. The Cui family still depends on you to bring glory to their ancestors!"
Pei Antong was disgusted by Pei Guangzong's matter-of-fact tone. "You actually encouraged my mother to become an old man's mistress. How can you face your own aunt who raised and doted on you since you were a child? She treats you like her own son, but she doesn't even care about my happiness as her own daughter. She's just paving the way for you!"
In Pei Guangzong's view, whether it was Cui Hailu or the Cui family, they were all stepping stones on his path to power. There was some kinship, but unfortunately, not much.
"That's why I call my aunt 'Mom.' Why am I a mistress? Because wildflowers are more fragrant than garden flowers. Wildflowers can step on the wife, replace the wife, and eventually become the mistress of the house. Pei Danfeng is a living example right in front of us. Don't you understand? My actions and thoughts are very realistic, unlike you who only daydream and insist on doing things you know are impossible."
Cui Hailu not only didn't blame Pei Guangzong, but thought he had become sensible. "Don't blame Guangzong, he did it for the good of our Cui family. Back then, when the Cui family sent me to the Pei family, wasn't it precisely because they wanted the Cui family to take root in Beijing and become a noble family? Guangzong has grown up and has his own ideas. Mom is very pleased..."
He truly is a good nephew; he thinks of his own aunt. As long as her family is doing well, what does it matter if she has to make some sacrifices?
Pei Antong sadly realized that her biological mother was beyond saving. "What's the difference between you and Old Lady Fu? No, you're even worse than Old Lady Fu. You've been completely brainwashed by the Cui family and Pei Guangzong. I ask you, between your biological son Pei Yaozu and Pei Guangzong, who is more important? You're someone's mistress, aren't you afraid that Pei Zexing will marry a wife and become Yaozu's stepmother?"
Choi Hae-ro was torn between two equally dear options.
Little did they know, Old Mrs. Fu was maliciously eavesdropping outside the door with Pei Yaozu, saying, "Did you hear that? You're not as important as Pei Guangzong. Your biological mother is like a stepmother. What's the point of having a biological mother like that? She doesn't want you anymore and is going to remarry that old man."
Pei Yaozu, being young, pushed open the door and started hitting his mother and Pei Guangzong wildly, shouting, "I'm going to tell Dad, tell Grandpa and Grandma, Mom is going to find another man..."
“My mother doesn’t love me anymore. She’s worse than a stepmother. Even though I’m her biological son, she’d rather have Pei Guangzong than me…”
Cui Hailu hurriedly covered Pei Yaozu's mouth, startled by the angry and resentful look in her son's eyes. "No, it's not like that. Mom didn't abandon you. You're a piece of my flesh..."
"Cry, what are you crying for?" Pei Guangzong slapped him across the face.
Cui Hailu didn't stop him. She felt that her youngest son was too outspoken and needed to be taught a lesson. "If you dare to talk nonsense again, Mom will spank you!"
Pei Yaozu burst into tears and threw himself into his sister's arms. "Sister, Mom and Pei Guangzong are both bad people. Mom is Pei Guangzong's biological mother, not mine. I'm going to tell Dad right now and make him find me a new mother. I don't recognize you anymore, I don't want you anymore..."
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