Xie Zhou sat with his wife in the main hall of the back palace.
Huan Yue pondered how to show his concern for this matter.
How should Miss Lü show concern after Pei Erlang flirts with her?
General Lü has the influence to go to the palace to file a complaint, but the Marquis of Jianchang's mansion doesn't have that kind of face.
Seeing that the Empress was in a good mood, the eunuch explained clearly: "The news of Sheng'an spread far and wide yesterday. So it's easy for people to find out now. Let General Lü send some medical expenses to the Pei residence, and let the Pei residence apologize to the General's residence."
Huan Yue nodded, finding the arrangement quite appropriate, and discussed with His Highness, "I will also send some medicine to the Pei residence later, and give Miss Lü some gifts as well?"
Xie Zhou laughed and said, "Pei Erlang is an outsider, so you don't need to worry about him. I'll have someone go and ask him. Send some to the Lü residence."
Huan Yue understood.
Being harassed by Ms. Lü is not a good thing. It needs to be handled calmly and efficiently.
If there's absolutely nothing wrong, then there's no basis for attacking Pei Erlang.
If someone hadn't reminded her, Miss Lü would have suffered even more. So, it was good that she was able to stop Pei Erlang from hitting her and vent her anger.
Huan Yue directly entrusted the task of delivering the gifts to Chao Yun.
She lamented, "The Pei family has completely lost face."
A palace attendant rushed over and said, "The Pei family has come knocking."
Huan Yue blinked. How dare he come here?
By seizing farmland and nearly abducting women, the Pei family had already committed all the despicable acts. But wasn't abducting the fake heiress essentially the same as abducting a woman?
Now that the crime of deceiving the emperor has been committed, the Pei family is prepared to be executed along with their entire clan. What's the rush for this little thing?
Xie Zhou asked, "Who is it?"
The eunuch said, "Pei Bo."
Xie Zhou said sternly, "Let him wait."
The eunuch looked at the Empress: "Pei Bo said he wants to see Your Majesty."
Xie Zhou said, "The Empress is unwell and will not see anyone."
Huan Yue held her head, feeling extremely uneasy.
Qian's two legitimate sons were beaten one after the other, and his eldest daughter, disguised as a village girl, couldn't come back. The rain was pouring down.
Xie Zhou had something to do, but seeing that his wife looked like she was about to go to sleep, he decided to chat with her for a while, at least to help her digest her food before going to sleep.
Xie Zhou said, "Shall I go and fetch the imperial physician to take your pulse in a moment?"
Huan Yue stared at him, wondering if he was trying to disturb her sleep again. The imperial physician had been talking about it for a month.
Xie Zhou looked into her bright eyes. Wouldn't calling the imperial physician prove that she was unwell and unable to see anyone?
Huan Yue said, "It's inconvenient for the imperial physicians to run around on rainy days."
Stop bothering them. If the weather is sunny, it's fine to just take a look.
Xie Zhou saw that she was kind-hearted.
However, she didn't need to go all out with Pei Bo; she could just pretend by holding her head.
Xie Zhou asked, "What are you and the Pei family planning to do?"
Huan Yue looked bewildered: "I am a wife of the Emperor, what business do I have with the Pei family?"
Xie Zhou stared at her for a while and understood.
In fact, many of the women's maternal families were punished. Women in the palace had to follow the palace's rules, even though they were influenced by their maternal families.
That is to say, even if the Pei family were exterminated, it would have no impact on her at all.
The Pei family already had a great reputation, so if they continue to have a good reputation, wouldn't those with bad reputations still be just as bad? Besides, those with good reputations...
Huan Yue meant that the Pei family was the white moonlight of the family, and she, the fake heiress, was not a real country girl, but in a way, she still had to be connected with the Chang family.
Xie Zhou pondered, "Although Chang Ziyu is not a daughter of the Chang family, she is here. The Chang family is innocent. How should we take care of them?"
If I could erase the Chang family from the public eye in my past life, I can do the same in this one, except I can erase the Pei family as well. He's just the Marquis of Jianchang; making him disappear isn't difficult. This kind of thing happens all the time.
However, we haven't made any moves against Chang Ziyu yet, as it's not advisable to touch the Chang family.
Xie Zhou didn't have much affection for the Chang family either.
There's no need to drag things out with Chang Ziyu's words; are we saving them for the New Year?
But if he doesn't move, things will remain uncertain for Chang Ziyu.
He remembered from his past life that Chang Ziyu said her reputation was ruined because she had been with him for three months, which was why she couldn't get married until she was twenty. He foolishly believed her.
In fact, there were no outsiders when Chang Ziyu was with him.
Could the Pei family possibly have a daughter who can't get married?
He got confused.
Therefore, Xie Zhou should go and see Pei Bo properly when he is sober.
Huan Yue turned around to crawl into bed.
Cuizhu looked at her, wondering if she could sleep, and if she wasn't worried about Pei Bo at all.
The cat meowed at the door: "Master, Cherry wants to explain something to you."
Huan Yue said, "No need to explain, I have no objection."
A palace maid outside said to Cherry, "Don't disturb Her Highness. Who do you think you are? Do you think you can even seduce His Highness?"
Another palace maid said, "His Highness is very picky. When working in the palace, especially in Qing'e Palace, it's best to be dutiful."
Were there any ugly palace maids? No, none were extremely ugly. However, if His Highness was drunk, any of them could be ugly.
But what about Consort Xian, who gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor?
Because Consort Xian was protected by Empress Mingde in the past and Empress Dowager in the future, she did not leave too early.
As the Empress Dowager grew older and had to protect the Crown Prince, she couldn't pay much attention to others.
Zhu Zhaoyi had to beg the Empress Dowager to raise the fifth prince.
Even if the Empress is merciful, Empress Dong is always waiting to devour the Crown Prince's palace.
The Empress is quite carefree; she eats and sleeps soundly.
**
In a secluded and cold room in a side hall of Chongjiao Hall, Pei Bo waited for half a day.
He's not young anymore, and he knows the situation of the Crown Prince. Even if the Crown Prince's position is unstable, he can't afford to offend him.
He originally intended to plan slowly, but Pei Huanzhao and Pei Huanxu were his legitimate sons, which concerned the reputation of the Pei family.
As the father of the Crown Princess, he has the right to do so.
The eunuch was getting sleepy waiting on the side, and Pei Bo still had any shame?
As darkness fell—though it got dark early because of the rain—the lights were finally turned on in the side hall.
The Empress said we should be frugal, but how could poor people afford lamps? So we wait until it gets dark to light them.
Pei Bo's eyes were momentarily unaccustomed to the sight when he saw the Crown Prince approaching.
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