Xiao Yunrou was used to Pei Lingfeng's occasional impropriety, but she still blushed a little.

"What are you talking about? How old are the two children now?"

Xiao Yunrou is already 26 years old this year, and will be 28 after the mourning period. It is rare for her to have children at this age. Pei Lingfeng doesn't care. His life in this life is perfect, and his two children are healthy, but he still wants a beautiful girl like Xiao Yunrou.

"Is mother going to give Jin'er a little sister?"

Pei Yuanjin had just come back from outside when he heard his parents talking about a concubine. Wasn't the one who came out of his mother's belly his sister? So he stared at Xiao Yunrou with his bright eyes, causing her mouth to twitch unconsciously, and she glared at Pei Lingfeng fiercely.

"Don't listen to your father's nonsense. Come here and eat some cakes to fill your stomach. You can eat soon."

Pei Yuanjin was a little disappointed when he heard that the little sister was not there, but he still sat on the chair obediently, gave way to her, washed his hands with a handkerchief, and ate his favorite cakes.

"Mother, when will my brother come back?"

If you don't have a sister, you can have a brother. Although Pei Yuanjin and Pei Yuanan go to school together, they don't live together. Pei Yuanan is also a quiet person, not as jumpy as Pei Yuanjin. To be honest, his personality is partly the result of Pei Lingfeng's indulgence.

In his previous life, Pei Yuanxuan died young. After Xiao Yunrou gave birth to Pei Yuanjin a few years later, he attached great importance to this child. As for Shen Tangsheng's son, he never considered it. No matter how much pressure Shen put on him, he did not agree. So since Pei Yuanjin was enlightened, he has been carefully nurturing and teaching him strictly, making him lose the happiness of being a child at a young age. Later, the Marquis's mansion was broken into by the rebels, and Pei Yuanjin fell in a pool of blood. He tried his best to save him, but his body was not getting better.

In this life, Pei Lingfeng wanted to make up for the children he owed so much, so he would let them go as long as they were not wrong in principle. Fortunately, Xiao Yunrou would correct and teach him from time to time. Xiao Yunrou also doubted Pei Lingfeng for this. After his rebirth, Pei Lingfeng's behavior was still strong, but his attitude towards the backyard and children was very different. For a moment, she even felt that Pei Lingfeng was also a person who came back from the past. But she also thought it was ridiculous. Although she didn't know the reason why she could come back, it was impossible for both of them to come back, right?

"I'm afraid we have to wait until the New Year. Jin'er misses her brother?" Xiao Yunrou wiped the remaining pastry crumbs from Pei Yuanjin's mouth with a gentle smile.

"Well! My brother wrote me a letter a few days ago! He said he got a treasure in Yunzhou, but he didn't tell me what it was." Pei Yuanjin pouted, a little dissatisfied.

Xiao Yunrou and Pei Lingfeng looked at each other. Baby? How come they didn't know? However, they were relieved that the relationship between the two children did not become cold because they did not live together.

"I didn't tell you because I wanted to give you a surprise. You'll know when I come back. It's only a few months away."

Pei Yuanjin listened to Xiao Yunrou's comfort. Although he was curious about the so-called treasure, he was willing to wait for his brother to come back.

After a while, Nanny Su came in and said that the meal was ready, and the family of three went to the side hall. Nanny Su served on the side, and felt comforted by the warm atmosphere. Before Xiao Yunrou got married, she felt that Pei Lingfeng was cold-hearted, and it was the same in the first few years after she got married. Pei Lingfeng stayed in the study room in the outer courtyard most of the time. But she didn't expect that soon after Pei Yuanxuan was born, their feelings grew so fast, and Pei Lingfeng was no longer a cold-hearted person in these years.

Su Ma was from the Su family, and she looked down on her husband for having a concubine, but she knew that this was what a normal family should have. She felt that Xiao Yunrou was more fortunate than her own daughter. Although she had several concubines, she had only stayed with Xiao Yunrou for many years. She not only felt that Xiao Hongyu was a good choice as a son-in-law.

The Marquis's Mansion was full of warmth, because Pei Lingfeng was still being used, and the worries of the other people in the Marquis' Mansion disappeared. In the past few years, Pei Lingyun had risen to the fourth rank and was able to attend the morning court, while Pei Lingzhi was a little worse, only the fifth rank. However, the two of them began to realize belatedly through the recent situation in the capital that their eldest brother seemed to be targeting the Duke of Yue's Mansion.

The reason why the Zhenyuan Marquisate was valued by the emperor was that every generation of Zhenyuan Marquisate only supported the emperor. No matter who the crown prince was, they would be loyal to whoever sat on the throne. This made every emperor feel at ease. Duke Yue was the crown prince's uncle, and everyone could see what Pei Lingfeng was targeting. So the two brothers hurriedly found Pei Lingfeng to ask him if he had started to support a certain prince. The merit of following the emperor was not so easy to gain!

Pei Lingfeng did want to help the prince who ascended the throne in his previous life, but he was still young and had no power. Of course, he couldn't tell Pei Lingyun and Pei Lingzhi this. He could only say that Duke Yue colluded with the deceased concubine Liu to frame the Marquis' Mansion. The emperor also knew about this, but he lacked evidence and could only hold his troops in place. But if he kept silent, what face would the Zhenyuan Marquis' Mansion have? Years of glory would not allow him to do so.

Pei Lingyun and Pei Lingzhi also understood at this time that since the emperor had given them a clear path, they would not stand in Pei Lingfeng's way. On the contrary, they would support him vigorously. As a result, Duke Yue found that many of his secret transactions had been exposed, so he had to erase all traces and put forward several scapegoats, which caused him heavy losses.

The more Duke Yue thought about it, the angrier he became. But in his anger, he realized that he was impatient. He thought about how his power in the court had been gradually reduced in the past month or two, and how his ways of making money had been cut. Until now, he realized that the emperor had probably seen and remembered everything he had done in the past few days. Now, he could only keep a low profile and slowly restore his previous stability so that the emperor would trust him again.

Hearing that the Duke of Yue had become cautious again, Pei Lingfeng sneered. Even if he changed back, so what? The emperor remembered clearly the scene when his disciples kept going to the Duke's Mansion. Regardless of their official positions, the number of people made the emperor furious. What every emperor hated most was forming cliques for personal gain, especially when they stood behind the prince. The emperor would definitely suspect that the prince would rebel before he died.

Xiao Yunrou didn't know but he knew that in the previous life, the prince was deposed not only based on the evidence of collusion with the enemy country. Those evidences would be found to be false in time. The real reason why the prince was deposed was because the emperor discovered what the Duke of Yue and the prince had done in private.

In this life, there is no Zhong family, and the families of other concubines who gave birth to princes are not as powerful as the Duke of Yue, so naturally they could not dig out these things. Without someone keeping a close eye on the prince, he would be a good person and help them, passing the evidence from the previous life to the emperor through other people's hands.

Pei Lingfeng knew that with this evidence, the emperor, who was still in his prime, would not let go of Duke Yue and the crown prince. But the crown prince was the crown prince, and he could not be deposed lightly. Now there was still a chance for the emperor to make up his mind to depose the crown prince.

Pei Lingfeng sat at the desk in deep thought, constantly thinking about what might happen in the next year. He would definitely find an opportunity to make it impossible for Duke Yue to turn over. However, although he couldn't touch the crown prince yet, he should stop targeting Duke Yue these days, otherwise he would not be a loyal minister in the eyes of the emperor.

Pei Lingfeng was clear-headed and knew better than Duke Yue what to do and when to do it. So the next day, Duke Yue found that no one was talking about him and his students. He was relieved at first, but then he became suspicious and didn't understand what Pei Lingfeng was trying to do.

But he soon found out. Duke Yue had always been the emperor's confidant because of the relationship with the late queen. No one expected that he would suddenly suffer a blow this time. However, Pei Lingfeng suddenly stopped and had no intention of targeting him. Those who had been eyeing the lucrative jobs under Duke Yue began to stir. They knew that Duke Yue had just recovered from the blow. Although Pei Lingfeng let go, the loophole was still there. If they missed this opportunity, they might not have such a good opportunity in the future.

As a result, those who had a say in the court united together, dug up a lot of information from the previous memorials, and launched a massive impeachment in the court. Even the Duke of Yue did not have much ability to fight back.

Some clever people even cited the fact that Mu Yuying jumped over the fire basin three times on her wedding day a few years ago and refused to enter it, saying that the Duke of Yue had raised a calamity star that would bring disaster to the country. This was related to the stability of the country, and the emperor vaguely remembered that there seemed to be such a thing, but this time when the old matter was brought up again, the deputy supervisor of Qin Tianjian was brought to the court.

The deputy supervisor was speaking eloquently and the Duke of Yue was speechless. In the end, Mu Yuying's unknown details were widely publicized. It was likely that the Duke of Yue, who raised such a daughter, was not a good person. As a result, the Duke of Yue once again became the talk of the town, and the scandal that had been covered up with great difficulty was exposed again.

He was besieged by many ministers, and even some generals who wanted to find a way out for their sons began to get involved, wanting the power of the Duke of Yue in the army. The emperor watched coldly or even let it go, and the civil officials and generals joined forces. Unknowingly, the officials under the Duke of Yue began to be reshuffled, and those positions that were replaced were divided up one by one.

The situation only calmed down slightly during the Chinese New Year because the ministers had holidays, but it was destined that the Duke of Yue would not have a good year.

The power of the Duke of Yue is now very limited, and the prince has been neglected because of him, which has never happened in many years. However, apart from the title of Duke, he is unable to do anything for the prince.

Xiao Yunrou was extremely happy to see the misfortune of the Duke of Yue's Mansion. More importantly, Pei Yuanxuan had returned from Yunzhou.

Pei Yuanxuan is already eight years old and has been studying in Yunzhou for many years. Influenced by the academy, Pei Yuanxuan has become a handsome young man. In addition, nephews look like their uncles, so now he has a bit of the immortal look of Xiao Yunyan.

The author has something to say: Have a nice weekend, my dears~