Chapter 43 Incident
Because Pei Ji is about to be transferred to the capital.
Luo Zhen is particularly concerned about Pei Yu's marriage.
She wanted to arrange Pei Yu's marriage before Pei Ji came to Beijing.
In this way, even if she wanted to go to Beijing, her vulgar sister-in-law would not be able to go with her because she was already engaged.
Therefore, Luo Zhen did not take Pei Yu with him for outings.
Instead, he held a banquet the next day and invited the families of famous officials in Yanzhou to attend.
Pei Yu knew that it was for her marriage, so she changed her usual rude attitude and acted dignified and graceful at the banquet.
This attracted the praises of the wives of officials at the banquet, and several families inquired about marriage.
During the meal, a lady left the table for the rest of the day.
Chen Zhirou was being ordered by Luo Zhen to do the errands of a maid, so she hurried forward and said with a smile, "I'm afraid Madam doesn't know the way, so Zhirou is here to lead the way for you."
The official's wife had no objection and went out with just a maid.
Chen Zhirou led her to a secluded place and said with a smile, "The front is the toilet."
The official's wife nodded and walked in.
Just when I was relieving myself, I suddenly heard someone talking outside the room.
"It's not a festival, why is there a banquet at your house?"
"You can't see that? It's all for our eldest daughter's marriage. Don't you see that those wives of officials are all friends with the Second Madam? When have our Madam and the First Madam ever met them?"
"So, it's Second Madam who's worried about the eldest girl's marriage? Second Madam is really generous. Even though the eldest girl stole her dowry, she still cares so much!"
"What can I say? How could the eldest lady do such a thing to such a kind and righteous sister-in-law! She did it, and it's fine if she admits it. Second Madam is such a kind and righteous person, and she's also her daughter-in-law, so how could she not forgive her? But for the sake of her reputation, she refused to admit it, and even asked the maidservant beside her to take the blame, and she killed a life! What a sin!"
"A master like this really makes us feel disheartened. I wonder if she will become more restrained after getting married..."
"I don't think so. Isn't there an old saying that goes, 'It's hard to change a person's nature.' With a woman like her, whoever she marries will be in trouble! I'm afraid she stole her sister-in-law's dowry when she was a sister-in-law, and then stole her sister-in-law's dowry when she was a sister-in-law!"
"Look at your mouth! Stop it now! If someone hears us, we'll all be dead. Let's go!"
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The official's wife listened blankly, and only came to her senses after the two maids left.
This eldest daughter of the Pei family actually steals things!?
It turns out that he was born into a common family, yet he is so filthy!
If a woman with such character marries into the family, she will be a disaster to the whole family!
Even if her brother came to Beijing to work as an official, they would never be allowed to marry!
And Luo Zhen is also...
A person with such character could actually hide it, act as a matchmaker for her, and harm them!
This person cannot be a close friend!
The official's wife composed herself, packed her clothes, and then went out.
She didn't say anything, and everything was back to normal after she returned to the banquet.
He just found an opportunity and whispered this matter to his wife who was on good terms with him.
The lady's face changed, and her desire to get married immediately gave up. She stopped talking to Xu about marriage.
In the second half of the banquet, the atmosphere became visibly colder.
Several wives left the table, saying they had something important to do at home.
The rest of the party didn't know why, but seeing that the party was deserted and knowing that it was coming to an end, they left.
No matter how dumb Xu and Pei Yu were, they could tell something was wrong.
After sending everyone away, Pei Yu immediately pulled Madam Xu aside and said, "Mom, why do I feel like some of the ladies are looking at me in strange ways? They clearly liked me very much before!"
Xu said, "I'm wondering too!"
She looked at Luo Zhen: "Wife, you are familiar with those ladies, what's going on?"
Luo Zhen was also completely bewildered and frowned, saying, "Maybe I was negligent somewhere?"
She thought carefully about what happened at the banquet, but could not think of any negligence or fault. She could only say, "Don't worry, mother. There must be something wrong in their family."
She looked at Pei Yu again and smiled, "Sister, instead of worrying about this, why don't you think about your husband? Those ladies are all interested in you. Which one do you want to choose?"
Pei Yu blushed when she heard that, and her previous discomfort disappeared. She carefully selected a family and waited for them to come and propose marriage.
But this was like a drop in the ocean, and it disappeared silently within a day or two.
Not only was there no movement from the family Pei Yu chose, but there was no movement from the other families either.
All the matchmakers in Yanzhou City seemed to be dead, and no one came to visit.
Thinking of what was not right at the banquet, Xu and Pei Yu could no longer sit still. They sent people to the wives' houses to find out what was going on, but the replies they received were all clear rejections and they would not marry into the family.
"What the hell is going on!"
Xu slammed the table and said, "Why are they not getting married? Second brother, tell me! What's going on?"
Pei Yu was also feeling very aggrieved and glared at Luo Zhen.
Luo Zhen was also puzzled: "This... maybe there is some misunderstanding. Don't worry, wait for your wife to come and ask in person."
Xu slammed the table and said, "Don't wait! Go now! Those people are acting strangely at the banquet, something must have happened!"
Luo Zhen wanted to marry Pei Yu off as soon as possible. Now that something went wrong, she was even more anxious than them. She quickly responded and hurried out.
After Luo Zhen left, Shen Zhirou, who had been standing by without saying a word, suddenly knelt down.
Both Xu and Pei Yu were shocked.
Pei Yu said: "Cousin, what are you doing?"
Shen Zhirou said with tears in her eyes: “Mother, Sister Yu, I know what this matter is about.”
Seeing her like this, the two were shocked and said hurriedly, "What do you know? Tell me!"
Chen Zhirou said, "At the banquet that day, I accompanied the lady to the guest room. After she went in, I waited outside. I vaguely heard some maids gossiping about the sister-in-law stealing her sister-in-law's dowry. I was about to go over and chase them away when the lady came out. I had no choice but to let it go. But she was acting strangely during the banquet, and now... I think it's because of that incident..."
The sister-in-law stole her sister-in-law's dowry!
Pei Yu's face turned pale and blue. He grabbed the teacup beside him and threw it down, shouting, "Who said that? Which bitch is such a badmouther! I'm going to skin her alive!"
Xu was also furious, staring at Shen Zhirou and panting: "You knew about this a long time ago, why didn't you say it earlier!"
Chen Zhirou cried, "I was far away at the time and only heard a few words. I thought the gossiping maids were talking about their own family affairs and didn't think about Sister Yu at all. Besides, Sister Yu had never done such a thing. I really didn't think they were talking about Sister Yu. It was, it was only later that those ladies became uneasy and now rejected the marriage proposal with Sister Yu that I realized that they might be talking about Sister Yu!"
“Bang!”
Xu also smashed the cup and cursed, "You son of a bitch, you eat my food and use my things, and yet you're making up stories about the master on his wedding day! Someone, come here! Someone, come here!"
She slammed the table and yelled.
The maid standing at the door hurried in to listen to the instructions: "Madam."
Xu glared at them fiercely: "Tell me! Is this the master you planned?"
The two maids at the door heard it clearly and quickly knelt down to protest, "Madam, it's all unfair! We were serving at the banquet that day and never left!"
"Madam, the young lady has been so kind to us, how could we possibly gossip about the master?"
Pei Yu felt as if her face had been ripped off and stomped on the ground. She was already crying uncontrollably, and was filled with anger. Her mind was almost irrational, and she screamed and cursed: "Bitch! Bitch! I told you to frame me! Mother, drag them out and beat them to death! Beat them to death!"
The two maids thought of the tragic death of the maidservant beside Pei Yu, and their faces turned pale with fear. They kowtowed and said, "Madam, please spare my life, this rumor was not spread by us, but by Cai Lu, who was beside the Second Madam!"
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