When I woke up this morning, the weather was still quite nice.
The Qing'e Palace became lively.
Huan Yue didn't go to the Pei residence for the funeral yesterday, but he went early today.
She looked at the things Yu Yan had prepared; there were quite a lot, and it was very impressive.
Most importantly, these saplings are very eye-catching. They could steal the spotlight from Sheng'an today.
The pine tree was as tall as a person, and the cypress saplings were also growing well, all neatly arranged, as if they were dressed up to settle down in the Pei family.
Huan Yue said, "Pine and cypress trees make great bonsai. Should we make some to give away in the future?"
The female official, dressed up and feeling quite pleased with herself, said to the Empress, "The bonsai still needs a pot."
Huan Yue quickly said, "I'll send you saplings."
Cuizhu stood to one side, looking even more like a female official. Having spent twenty days in the palace, she had quite the air of someone from there.
A palace attendant came over and said, "Last night, the Dong family of Shou'an County tried to escape, but they were caught and forced to commit suicide by the Dong family."
Huan Yue blinked; this made things complicated.
The eunuch thought to himself, "Isn't that right? Nobody wants to die, but they have to. Only Lady Dong is bold enough to try and run away."
Bao Hui was quite ruthless. We absolutely had to figure out the details.
Knowing that Lady Dong was doomed, we decided to start with the Dong family and force her to her death; that would be a different story.
The eunuch said, "Because of this commotion, seven or eight more people have committed suicide."
Huan Yue asked, "Didn't the Duke of Rong commit suicide? What about Xue Song?"
The eunuch remained silent. How could the Duke of Rong die so easily? This matter hadn't reached the Duke of Rong's level yet. However, "Lord Xue is not in a good position."
Cuizhu and the others set off.
Before long, another eunuch came to deliver a message: "The King of Wu has requested to have his title revoked."
Huan Yue said, "He's quite willing to invest. But he also has his own resources."
The eunuch remained silent and withdrew.
But Huan Yue was right. Take the Prince of Peng, for example; his fiefdom was just a small county. If his fiefdom were reduced, he would lose it entirely.
The King of Wu was granted eight counties by the late emperor and later as rewards, which was more than the size of a province, and the area was very wealthy.
Even so, he still bestowed countless rewards every year. Moreover, the eldest son of the King of Wu was enfeoffed as a prince and had his own fiefdom, making the King of Peng seem quite pitiful in comparison.
The Crown Princess was entitled to a fiefdom, but Empress Dong refused to grant it to her.
The Pei family certainly wouldn't compete; they wouldn't succeed.
Huan Yue didn't care at all. The Emperor had already rewarded her, and the Crown Prince had also given her quite a bit.
She could live a wonderful life as long as she was frugal. What the King of Wu would give her was of no importance.
Di Baose came over and asked Huan Yue, "Are you really not going back?"
Huan Yue glanced at her and said, "This is my home."
**
Anxingfang is now even more crowded with people coming to the Pei residence to watch the excitement.
No one expected Pei Su to die yesterday, and no one believed he had fallen to his death.
News of what happened this morning has spread, and everyone is wondering what his relationship is with the Dong family. After all, the relationship between the Pei family and the Dong family is quite strange.
The rumors about Pei Huanxu and Princess Yongjia: Isn't Princess Yongjia the granddaughter of the Dong family?
Now people are wondering if Princess Yongjia's aunt sent her palace maids?
To be honest, having a beautiful palace maid by your side, who can also be used as a man, is very intriguing.
Unfortunately, things will go wrong; this is a difficult matter to handle. Besides, handsome young men aren't easy to find.
Would a decent man want this? So it can only be forced upon him, or it could be a vicious stepmother, etc.
The Pei residence was completely covered in white.
Quite a few people came to the door, but how many were just there to watch the spectacle is another matter.
Not many people of high status came. The Pei family has even lost the Earl of Jianchang; now only the Lady of the Marquis of Li is holding on.
As for the Crown Princess, that was quite a spectacle.
"They're here! They're here!" People were shouting all over the street.
The Pei family hurriedly opened their gates. Although the gates were no longer suitable, there was still a Lady Hou for the time being.
A large group of people helped to welcome the imperial envoy.
A large group of able-bodied men and women from the Pei residence came out; this was necessary.
Then, all I saw were a dozen or so people; it was so desolate. The Crown Princess's entourage usually numbers in the hundreds, but it wasn't this sparsely populated.
Pei Jing, dressed in mourning clothes, asked the palace eunuch, "Where is the Crown Princess?"
Cuizhu stepped forward, feeling disgusted by the Pei family's appearance. She kept a straight face, not wanting to embarrass the Empress: "Your Majesty was copying 'Rules for Women' until dawn last night and hasn't gone to sleep yet."
Pei Jing asked, "When will you come?"
Cuizhu said, "I'm sick."
Someone from the Pei family screamed, "Aren't they coming?"
Cuizhu kept a straight face and didn't want to speak.
The Pei family members simply couldn't believe it!
Pei Jing's eyes widened: "Grandfather has passed away, how can that brat not come back?"
The eunuch scolded, "Who are you calling a brat?"
The cat asked, "Did Lord Pei die for the Empress?"
Some of the onlookers couldn't help but burst into laughter!
Good heavens, the Pei family is just too ridiculous! They're still treating the Crown Princess like this, I wonder what's going on in their heads?
One of the bolder members of the Pei family shouted, "Isn't it because of the Fourth Miss that the old Marquis is still alive?"
The eunuch and his entire family, all mentally challenged, were unable to speak.
Those watching were focused on the gifts the Crown Princess had given, and some couldn't help but burst into laughter again!
Although it was impolite.
We should show more respect to the Crown Princess. Didn't you see how badly she tricked Prince Wu? She really put the Grand Princess of Nankang in a very embarrassing situation.
So the reason I want to laugh is not because of the Crown Princess, but because of the Pei family.
Someone asked seriously, "Why is Lady Pei sending only a few trees?"
Someone with a quick wit exclaimed, "The young master of the Huayuan Prince's Mansion is doing very well now!"
Some people were skeptical: "Is this tree very powerful?"
Cuizhu said, "Only when the year grows cold do we know that the pine and cypress are the last to wither. The pine and cypress are inherently upright and solitary, and it is difficult for them to be as beautiful as the peach and plum."
Everyone is disrespectful and disrespectful!
Sending pine and cypress trees to the Pei family would be like casting pearls before swine.
Someone wanted to flatter the Crown Princess, so they immediately wrote that the Crown Princess had the lofty aspirations of a pine tree.
The streets were filled with praise; it was a wonderful gift!
Given the Pei family's actions of forcibly seizing farmland and their disrespect for the Crown Princess, if they were to gain power, countless people would suffer.
I had heard before that the Pei family disliked the Crown Prince's gifts, and now they're complaining that the Crown Princess's gifts are too few.
Everyone in the Pei family was completely bewildered!
Someone jumped out and shouted, "Doesn't the Pei family have this tree?"
This left the eunuch in a very awkward position.
Cat said angrily, "If we, representing the Empress, really don't like the Pei family, there's nothing we can do about it. Who told the Empress to always be treated like an outsider in the Pei family? People who don't know the situation would think the Empress was adopted, and being beaten and scolded is commonplace for her."
The crowd erupted in uproar!
But then again, it seemed normal. If the Crown Princess wasn't like this usually at the Pei residence, why would she be blocking the entrance and yelling at people now that she was already in the Eastern Palace?
Even so, the Crown Princess has done her duty, hasn't she?
A woman rushed over and fiercely beat the cat.
The eunuch stopped him: "She is a lady-in-waiting now, not someone you can hit at will."
The wife retorted sharply, "Can't I hit her?"
Some people angrily cursed the Pei family, saying they were too arrogant! They even dared to beat the female officials of Qing'e Palace!
No one blamed the Crown Princess for hitting people as soon as she entered the Eastern Palace; it was a situation where if she didn't hit them, she would be hit in return.
The female official is here, shouldn't she represent the Crown Princess's face? The Pei family is showing her no respect at all.
Pei Jing's mind was in a mess. How did it become like this?
It's wrong that Pei Huanyue didn't come back, but things can't get this bad.
Is the Pei family universally condemned?
The Crown Princess already has a certain reputation?
Some people even looked at the Crown Prince's gift list and found it to be perfectly fine, so what is the Pei family planning?
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