Peng Jing went to Yunlan Temple in Kyoto. Just like the wife of the Marquis of Yongding had done many years before, the difference was that Peng Jing took the initiative, saying that she wanted to go to this famous temple to cultivate her mind and practice.
Before leaving, Peng Jing told Sun Yanan a secret.
Peng Jing said, "After I go to Yunlan Temple, if Yue'er's father wants to take a concubine, I can't stop him. But don't worry too much, he won't have any more children. If he wants to take a concubine, let grandmother choose one with good character."
Sun Yannan looked up at her mother-in-law in astonishment. Peng Jing said, "Ever since Bingju and Qingzhu passed away, I've been looking for a permanent solution for you and Yue'er. The powder I bought is said to be invisible and won't affect intercourse, but it will leave you childless."
I'm afraid it's not safe. The little rabbit in my yard... after taking the powder for half a year, the little rabbit couple can no longer have children no matter how much they quarrel... I add it to the food sent to them every day from the kitchen...
I went to Yunlan Temple to practice and atone for my sins.
...The fact that both Deng Yaozu and his wife died is probably not such a coincidence. Shi Zhongwen and Jinshu had just given birth to their child for a few days when a very suitable candidate lost his wife and child to help them take care of the child... You have more rules than I do, so you should consider it yourself.
I won't take Leng Mei and Ling Lan with me. The ancient Buddhas and green lamps in that place will delay their development. I'll keep them in my yard. If you think they are good, you can use them. If you want to get married, please help me pick two good ones.
If they wanted to get married, I would have done it long ago. My master has been guarding an empty house for eighteen years. These two girls have seen what life was like in the following years. They probably think that I am not living a good life after marriage, so they don't want to get married.
In fact, both your grandmother and you are doing well, but they just followed the wrong master. They are young, and if they were released with you, they might have their own destiny.
I don't have much dowry left. I will give half of the more than one thousand taels to Leng Mei and Ling Lan each. As for the rest of my head ornaments and jewelry, except for a small box that I will keep specifically for Cang Lan, I will divide the rest between them and the maids in my yard.
Huixin is still young, so I took her to Yunlan Temple. She is smart, and it would be good if she had the chance to learn some skills of the Five Elements.
The entire Shi family will belong to Canghai in the future, so I won’t be able to leave anything behind. Grandma doesn’t have any special abilities, so I can only do this little bit for them.
According to current rules, a mother-in-law's punishment of her son's concubine is not a big deal. As the legal wife, I can deal with problematic concubines and illegitimate children without being cruel or abusive. While I won't be as unscathed as your grandmother, I can still do it. But if I were to attack my own husband and cut off his lineage, it would be troublesome if I were discovered.
While I'm openly accepting the punishment for the Deng Changrong incident, I've also avoided it. So don't feel too bad about it.
I'll leave Yue'er to you."
Sun Yannan thought that her mother-in-law had gone to Kyoto and would hear all kinds of news. Since her mother-in-law had told her such a secret, she told her about her feud with Ren Jiayu. After hearing this, her mother-in-law patted her hands and said, "You have been wronged. When we have the chance, we will get back at her."
This was the second time Sun Yannan looked at her mother-in-law in astonishment. Peng Jing smiled and said, "After I took revenge on the man who had wronged me, I felt extremely happy. That's why I think revenge is a happy thing."
A lot of things happened after my mother-in-law Peng Jing left. For example, His Majesty issued an edict, and all the amnesiacs in the country were cured. After the five elements were returned, Shi Yue and Lu Gu Ye gradually recovered within seven days.
I heard that the eldest daughter-in-law of the Mei family also found her biological son.
After becoming a widow, Ren Jiayu had an affair with the Fifth Prince, and was eventually forced to commit suicide. She was rescued by Empress Zhang Ru, and the emperor approved a divorce. Ren Jiayu remarried with her child and became the Fifth Prince's concubine.
After his mother-in-law passed away, he corresponded frequently with Sun Yanan. After Shi Yue recovered, he traveled to Kyoto to visit his mother.
After Shi Yue came back, he would only look at the envelope Peng Jing received and the two secret words on the letter paper indicating "everything is fine", and then throw it aside, regardless of the random conversations between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the letter.
Shi Yue was transferred by Shang Huaitang to be the county magistrate. When Sun Yanan first came here, he was unfamiliar with the place, but now he has become familiar with the young ladies and wives in Pingchang County.
When the wives of the Wu and Yan families heard the news, they said to Sun Yannan with a smile, "Let's go together. If no one is watching, how many people will be watching someone like your Shi Yue, who is young and promising, a top scholar, and comes from a wealthy family in Pingchang County?
Your master is quite good-looking, handsome and elegant. If you don't go with him, you will inevitably get into some romantic troubles during your years as county magistrate, and you will have to pay for it."
Sun Yannan felt a little uneasy after hearing this, but after thinking about it, she decided that she couldn't leave. She was always running around the county anyway, so she might as well visit her husband more often where he was the county magistrate.
It is impossible to keep your husband, so it is better to keep the family business. Sun Yannan deeply understands this after she has fully grasped the power of the mistress of the house.
But when Shi Yue left, Sun Yanan still gave him a few words of advice, urging him to spend more time and effort on the country and the people.
A loving couple always doesn't want their life to get cold and their hearts to get cold.
Sun Yanan saw that Shang Huaitang was always concerned about various affairs in the county and was busy every day.
If her husband's mind was all on the county under his jurisdiction, he would probably be too busy to have the leisure time for this. So, with some of her own thoughts, she began to urge her husband to serve the country and the people.
Shi Yue laughed when he heard this. Other people’s mothers-in-law tattooed the words, but now I have a wife, and I wish I could carve “Serve the Country and the People” on my husband’s back.
After Shi Yue left, it seemed that he was really focused on the county under his jurisdiction. Every time Sun Yanan went to his county to inspect the farm, he saw that he was very busy.
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