Chapter 37 Concubine
"Jingyuan, you...are you really...willing to take a concubine?" Seeing that her rebuttal to Liu Rumeng was ineffective, Xu Qingyue looked eagerly at Pei Jingyuan who was sitting next to her.
But Pei Jingyuan did not answer him firmly as usual. Instead, he turned his head away somewhat unnaturally.
Pei Jingyuan sighed and said, "Qingyue, I'm in urgent need of money to please the Third Prince. If I succeed, I can become his staff member."
"I'm asking you, do you really want to take a concubine?" Xu Qingyue became a little anxious when she heard Pei Jingyuan's answer to change the subject, and asked directly and loudly.
"Jingyuan, why are you still talking to her here? Just tell her directly. Since she is unable to help you, you should naturally marry someone else!" Liu Rumeng heard Xu Qingyue's shouting, and urged Pei Jingyuan in annoyance.
Pei Jingyuan listened to his mother's words and said to Xu Qingyue firmly: "Yes, I want to take a concubine."
"Pei Jingyuan, you are ungrateful! Wuuuu..." Xu Qingyue hit Pei Jingyuan hard, then covered her face and ran out crying.
Xu Qingyue ran all the way while crying, towards the gate of the Duke's Mansion. However, she never expected to run into Xu Qingyan and the others who had just got off the carriage at the gate.
Pei Jingchuan was seen wearing indigo blue brocade clothes, standing tall and straight beside the carriage. He stretched out his slender jade-like hand and gently led Xu Qingyan down from the carriage.
Suddenly, a breeze blew, and Xu Qingyan's long hair was blown by the breeze, and a few strands of naughty black hair were tangled together. Seeing this, Pei Jingchuan took a step forward without hesitation. He moved gently and carefully, and began to smooth out the hair that was messed up by the wind for Xu Qingyan.
When Xu Qingyue saw Pei Jingchuan attentively and affectionately helping Xu Qingyan stroke her hair, her eyes could not help but turn red.
The more Xu Qingyue thought about it, the angrier she became. She scratched her palm with her nails and said, "Why? Why can Xu Qingyan be so loved by the young master? Back then, we married into the Duke's Mansion together. Now that I'm pregnant, Aunt Liu is eager to find a concubine for Pei Jingyuan, but Xu Qingyan's belly hasn't shown any reaction yet, but the Duke's wife and the others have no intention of taking a concubine! Why?"
When Xu Qingyan finished walking up the stairs, as soon as she raised her eyes, she met Xu Qingyue's resentful eyes.
When Xu Qingyue noticed that Xu Qingyan was looking at her, she glared at Xu Qingyan and then ran out quickly again.
Xu Qingyan saw Xu Qingyue glaring at her and was a little speechless: "What's wrong with Xu Qingyue? Who provoked her? Is she crazy? No! Why are Xu Qingyue's eyes so red, and it seems that there are tears in the corners of her eyes?
"What's wrong with this second sister-in-law? Why did her eyes look so scary just now?" At this time, Pei Jinyu walked up from behind and asked in confusion.
Ever since the incident with Lin Yanbang, Pei Jinyu had little contact with Xu Qingyue, and the way she addressed her changed from Sister Qingyue to Second Sister-in-law.
"Who knows what's wrong with her? Did Pei Jingyuan bully her?" Xu Qingyan looked at the direction where Xu Qingyue left and said gossipingly.
The more Xu Qingyan thought about it, the more excited she became. She frantically expressed that she would definitely eat this melon. So, she used her ability after transmigrating into the book to find out why Xu Qingyue was like this.
It would have been fine if Xu Qingyan hadn't looked at it, but when she saw Pei Jingyuan was going to take a concubine, she couldn't help but sigh: [So Pei Jingyuan wants to take a concubine! Is there going to be a gap in the relationship between the hero and heroine so soon? But I remember that Pei Jingyuan was going to take a concubine after he became a young master, so why is it happening earlier now? ]
Pei Jingchuan frowned slightly after hearing what Xu Qingyan said, thinking: Pei Jingyuan wants to take a concubine!
Xu Qingyan wanted to see who it was, so she searched again, [Hey! You want me to see who he married? Hey? It was still that merchant girl. Although this happened earlier, the person has not changed. Pei Jingyuan married this merchant girl as a concubine just to get her money. After Pei Jingyuan married her, he became very rich, and it also provided him with a source of money to raise private soldiers in the future. ]
Pei Jingchuan was very surprised when he heard Xu Qingyan say that Pei Jingyuan had private soldiers.
Originally, he was just a little disgusted with Pei Jingyuan's decision to take a concubine, but he took a concubine just to help him raise private soldiers, that was a big deal!
Moreover, Pei Jingchuan had never thought that Pei Jingyuan would have the ability to raise private soldiers one day. If this were discovered, the whole family would be executed. In an instant, the temperature around Pei Jingchuan turned cold.
When Pei Jingchuan was alert, Xu Qingyan sighed in her heart and continued: [Ah... This merchant girl is not so easy to marry. Although she is just a merchant girl, she is not afraid of power and is a woman with backbone. In order to get this merchant girl, Pei Jingyuan used a lot of tricks. Uh... This first scene seems to be a hero saving a beauty. ]
Pei Jingchuan was relieved after hearing this. Fortunately, he didn't agree right away, so there was still a chance. He would not let Pei Jingyuan get his wish.
Therefore, Pei Jingchuan asked his men to secretly investigate Pei Jingyuan to see which merchant girl he was going to marry. He also asked people to investigate the Yu Meiren that Xu Qingyan mentioned, and planned to arrange for Yu Meiren to meet Miss An in order to expose her identity.
Soon, the news about Yu Meiren was found. She was now the most popular person in the capital, Lanyue Tower, selling art but not her body, and she also wrote poems and lyrics, so she was very popular.
Pei Jingchuan naturally would not go to a brothel, so he planned to hold a banquet for talented men and invite Yu Meiren to perform.
Pei Jingchuan also invited Jiang Yulang and said that Jiang Yulang could bring Miss An with him. If she wanted to marry into the Jiang family in the future, she would have to deal with these children of officials sooner or later, so he asked her to get familiar with them in advance.
Jiang Yulang thought Pei Jingchuan accepted them, so he came happily with Miss An.
The venue for this banquet has mountains and water, and the scenery is very pleasant. This place is a villa owned by Pei Jingchuan.
Dozens of people have come to the banquet one after another. They are chatting, playing the piano, reciting poems and painting. It is very interesting.
When Jiang Yulang brought Miss An over, everyone gathered together to watch Yu Meiren dance, and they kept clapping and cheering.
"General, what's going on in front? It looks so lively!" At this time, Miss An didn't know that she knew someone there, so she asked Jiang Yulang curiously.
In fact, Jiang Yulang didn't like such occasions, but when he thought that Miss An would have to face such occasions in the future, he took her there.
"Let's go and take a look. All those who come here today are children of officials. It will be a good thing for you to get to know more people." Jiang Yulang said gently to Miss An.
When Jiang Yulang and the others walked up to the crowd, Yu Meiren had just finished. She was bending down to express her gratitude, panting, but when she stood up and looked up, she saw Miss An.
"Miao An? Why are you here?" Yu Meiren asked in surprise.
They were both the top girls in the brothel in the past, and Yu Meiren's fame and beauty were often beaten by Miao An. Now, when Yu Meiren saw Miao An, she naturally thought that Miao An was here to compete with her.
At this moment, Miao An was also extremely shocked. She couldn't help but widen her eyes and didn't make a sound for a long time.
Miao An cursed in his heart: Damn Yu Meiren! How could I meet her in a place like this?
Jiang Yulang looked puzzled. He first looked at Yu Meiren, then at Xiang Miao An, and asked in confusion: "Miss An, is she talking to you? Do you two know each other?"
"I...we..." Miao An was suddenly at a loss. How should she explain to Jiang Yulang?
But before Miao An could finish his words, Yu Meiren noticed Jiang Yulang standing beside him. With her ability to read people's expressions, she soon discovered a clue that Miao An was hooking up with the son of an official in the capital.
When Yu Meiren thought about how she was still a dancer in a brothel, even though many people admired her, no one had redeemed her. Now, when she saw Miao An had found such a talented young man, how could she not be jealous?
So, after looking Jiang Yulang up and down, Yu Meiren smiled faintly and said, "Miao An, you are not going to say that you don't know me, are you? Back then, we were the top stars in Yanliu Lane!"
After Yu Meiren finished speaking, she looked at Miao An with a smile.
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