Chapter 11: Household Power
"Brother!" Pei Jinyu glanced at Pei Jingchuan, who was standing next to her with a serious face, and called out subconsciously.
Pei Jingchuan lowered his brows and glanced at the person lying on the ground with a dark look, then turned his head and stared at Pei Jinyu coldly.
"If I hadn't held you back just now, you would have been the one being pushed to the ground and kissed. Let's see if you still have the nerve to do that!"
"Brother, I..." Pei Jinyu's heart trembled when he heard it, and he looked to the other side belatedly.
I saw that Lin Yanbang was pressing on a man at this moment, with their faces pressed together and their mouths touching. The posture was so embarrassing that people wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Suddenly, Pei Jinyu thought that if her elder brother had not appeared in time today, she would be the one being pressed to the ground by Lin Yanbang at this moment. When she thought of this, she broke out in a cold sweat and couldn't help feeling a little scared and embarrassed.
Pei Jingchuan was so angry that he took Pei Jinyu back to the Duke's Mansion, but Xu Qingyue had already slipped away from somewhere else the moment Pei Jingchuan appeared.
On the way back to the Duke's Mansion, Pei Jinyu still didn't quite believe that Lin Yanbang was a person with ulterior motives, and kept explaining to his elder brother that this was just a misunderstanding and a coincidence.
Pei Jingchuan ignored Pei Jinyu upon hearing this, but just had a cold face. He really felt very disappointed with his sister.
When he returned to the mansion, he happened to run into Xu Qingyan accompanying the Duke's wife in the flower hall, drinking tea and eating snacks. Pei Jinyu had been scolded by Pei Jingchuan, and at this moment, he couldn't help feeling a little indignant.
At this moment, Pei Jinyu happened to see Xu Qingyan again. Somehow, Pei Jinyu wanted to vent all the anger he had just suffered on Xu Qingyan.
So, Pei Jinyu stared at Xu Qingyan with those big eyes and snorted coldly: "Humph! You vixen, after you deceived my eldest brother, you want to deceive my mother again!"
At this moment, Xu Qingyan, who was eating snacks, looked at Pei Jinyu in confusion and felt extremely speechless.
Pei Jingchuan looked at Pei Jinyu coldly and said, "Pei Jinyu, you are under house arrest for the next few days. Stay in the mansion and don't go anywhere. Reflect on yourself!"
When Pei Jinyu heard what her elder brother said, she lowered her head in grievance and whispered: "Brother, I am not wrong."
"Who can tell me what exactly happened?" The Duke's wife, who was sitting nearby, asked in confusion.
She found it inexplicable that her daughter was so hostile towards Xu Qingyan.
Although she couldn't say that she liked Xu Qingyan very much, she didn't hate her either, especially when she asked Xu Qingyan to accompany her for tea just now. She took the opportunity to observe her daughter-in-law and found that she was kind and sensible.
"Mother, Jinyu secretly went to Wenyazhai with Xu Qingyue, where they watched a group of men writing poems and competing in painting. She was almost pinned to the ground and nearly lost her reputation. If I hadn't arrived in time, the consequences would have been disastrous." Before Pei Jinyu could speak, Pei Jingchuan immediately told his mother what had just happened.
He knew that his mother had always been partial to her only daughter. If Pei Jinyu had spoken first, she would have definitely confused right and wrong, and the consequences would have been disastrous.
"What!" As expected, the Duke's wife was instantly surprised when she heard this.
"Jinyu, you are so brave to do such a thing! It seems that I have spoiled you too much. You are not married yet, who allowed you to go to such occasions?" The Duke's wife was very angry with Pei Jinyu.
Although the customs of the Xia Dynasty were not very conservative and allowed women to go out and meet friends freely, wealthy families like the Duke's Mansion still had relatively strict requirements for women.
Under normal circumstances, they do not allow women to enter places where there are too many men in private. The main reason is that they are afraid that something bad may happen in private.
"Mother, please listen to my explanation. This matter is really not as serious as you think. What's more, what happened today was purely an accident, and Mr. Lin is really talented. He is a good person, and your daughter just wants to see what the poems written by those talented students are like." Pei Jinyu defended somewhat unconvinced.
[Oh my...it seems that today's matter has not been accomplished! Pei Jinyu should have been knocked down by Lin Yanbang today, pressed to the ground and kissed, and then Pei Jinyu not only lost her reputation, but also fell in love because of it.] Xu Qingyan raised her eyes and glanced at Pei Jinyu.
[Did she start dating Lin Yanbang privately from this time? Later, when Lin Yanbang came to propose marriage and was rejected, the two of them, under the instigation of Xu Qingyue, made it a done deal. After she became pregnant, they forced everyone in the Duke's Mansion to accept it. However, why did the prince go to Wenyazhai for no reason today? Could it be that this prince is a worm in my stomach and saw what I was thinking, so he rushed to save people? ]
Pei Jingchuan felt helpless when he heard this. It seemed that he was about to be discovered! No, he must not let her know that he could hear her thoughts. Otherwise, what if she didn't say anything in the future?
So, Pei Jingchuan hurriedly coughed, looked at Pei Jinyu seriously and said: "Jinyu, you still have the nerve to explain here, if my colleagues and I hadn't met you in Wen Ya Zhai today, your reputation would be ruined, and you wouldn't be able to talk about marriage in the future!"
[So that's how it is! Young Master, going to Wen Ya Zhai was purely a coincidence! However, you can save someone temporarily, but you can't save them forever! Today, Lin Yanbang's plan failed, and he will definitely have the next step. ]
Xu Qingyan held her chin with one hand and continued to think: [Let me think about it, is he going to drug himself directly next and let Pei Jinyu save him? That's right, in three days. Then Lin Yanbang will pretend to meet Pei Jinyu by chance, pretend that he was drugged, and then he will be taken away by Pei Jinyu, and finally make Pei Jinyu pregnant! ]
What? Pei Jinyu is pregnant! Upon hearing this, not only Pei Jingchuan was surprised and anxious, but even the Duke's wife who was sitting next to him almost fainted.
If Pei Jinyu got pregnant before marriage, her life would be over!
At this moment, Pei Jinyu was stunned when she heard the news, and thought: "She is pregnant before marriage? No, Master Lin is definitely not a despicable person! But what happened today..."
Pei Jinyu shook her head. She didn't believe it was true, but she couldn't help but feel a little scared from the bottom of her heart when she thought of Xu Qingyan's prediction yesterday. Although she had a good impression of Lin Yanbang, she wouldn't do this for him.
"Someone, take the young lady away. No one is allowed to let her out without my order!" The Duke's wife took a deep breath to calm herself down, and then sternly ordered the servants around her.
In the past few days, she would never let Jinyu run around outside, nor would she let her meet that Lin, so as to avoid something that she would regret!
Pei Jinyu was sent back to her room by the servants with a lot of noise. The Duke's wife and Pei Jingchuan looked at each other, and the tacit understanding between mother and son instantly made her understand that Pei Jingchuan was able to avoid a disaster today because he heard Xu Qingyan's thoughts in advance.
Suddenly, the Duke's wife's favorable impression of Xu Qingyan increased a lot. She turned to look at Xu Qingyan, smiled and held her hand to comfort her: "Qingyan, you are a good child, mother likes you very much. Jinyu is still young and a little immature, I hope you, as a sister-in-law, will take good care of her in the future. Now, mother will hand over the power of the Duke's Mansion to you, from now on you have to learn to manage the Duke's Mansion slowly."
The Duke's wife actually handed over the power of the Duke's mansion to herself? Xu Qingyan looked at the genuine smile on the Duke's wife's face and found it all a little unbelievable.
Xu Qingyan shook her head frantically, lowered her head and thought to herself: [Just now, Pei Jinyu scolded me for no reason. I didn't explain anything, but the Duke's wife thought I was sensible? So she wants to give me the power of the head of the family? Woohoo... No! I don't want the power of the head of the family! I worked like a cow and a horse in my last life. In this life, I just want to eat and drink every day and do nothing. ]
Xu Qingyan couldn't help but complain in her heart, "Besides, if I were to be the head of the household now, it would be a life-threatening job! If the money in this mansion is not enough, wouldn't I have to pay for it myself? I'm so poor myself, I can't bear to use my dowry to subsidize the Duke's Mansion!"
The Duke's wife and Pei Jingchuan heard Xu Qingyan's inner complaints, and they looked at each other in silence, both a little surprised: Shouldn't she be happy to be the head of the family?
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