Chapter 121 Crying makes me feel better

The assassin must kill King Chen before he can let down his guard, and the reason why Jiang Jie chose to reveal the matter on such an occasion and gave a gift to the Prime Minister seemed to be an atonement.

The saddest people at today's banquet in the Ruan family were definitely the second branch's family. Zheng Qiaohui couldn't help but wonder how Ruan Qingzhou had escaped this time. If he died, Qingchi would be the only male left in the Ruan family.

By then, even if the old lady no longer likes their second branch, the family fortune cannot be given to outsiders.

What a pity...

Ruan Xiaoyue had to bring Pei Chong to pay her respects for the sake of face: "Xiaoyue has not been home for many days. Today, Qingzhou was appointed as an official, and I came here with my husband to congratulate him."

"Okay, okay, we are all family, no need to be so polite." After all, she is her granddaughter, so the old lady always wants to give her a chance.

But the arrogant look of the Pei family today made her feel unhappy again.

Especially the youngest daughter of the Pei family. When she looked at Xiaobai, there was contempt and disdain in her eyes. But she smiled and fawned on those young ladies from official families, without any distinction between relatives.

How could Hun have any of the manners and manners that a girl from a wealthy family should have?

Long before Qingzhou's accident, she had sent people to keep an eye on the Pei family. She vaguely knew that Xiaoyue's current situation was not good. Although she was the legal wife after marrying into the family, there was a concubine hidden in the mansion who was about to give birth.

Looking back today, her life in the Pei family must have been really difficult.

The old lady was old, so after sitting for a while she left the table and returned to Jingxin Pavilion, taking Ruan Xiaoyue with her.

Before leaving, Ruan Xiaoyue saw Pei Chong winking at her and knew that he had the same idea as Pei Wen, both hoping that she could mediate and move back to the old house smoothly.

In the past, she was unwilling to give up and wanted to move back home, but now, for some reason, she doesn't want to fulfill their wish.

Pei Chong was in a bad mood tonight. He was the son-in-law of the Ruan family, but was not arranged to sit at the main table. Lord Jiang also came tonight. He wanted to find out what he and Pei Chong were talking about, but he was too far away and couldn't hear clearly. He only vaguely heard that the assassin in the martial arts test field was dead?

This is a great thing.

Recently, under pressure from King Chen, he was trying to raise money to hire an assassin to silence the old man before he opened his mouth, so he urged Ruan Xiaoyue to get the old lady's forgiveness as soon as possible.

As long as we can find a way to get the second wife back to the Ruan family, we will naturally have the opportunity to get the money.

Now that the man suddenly died in prison, it saved him a lot of trouble.

Pei Chong was puzzled, and his eyes deepened when he looked at Jiang Jie. Could it be that... he was also King Chen's man?

Jingxin Pavilion

Ruan Xiaoyue sat down somewhat awkwardly. What her grandmother had said at the time had now come true. Pei Chong was indeed not someone she could trust. But what could she do? Things had already been decided and she had no way out.

But her grandmother's next words surprised her: "Xiaoyue, if you want to leave the Pei family, I can help you achieve your wish even if I have to do everything I can."

The air in the room seemed to freeze, and Ruan Xiaoyue's heart skipped a beat. She thought her grandmother had called her back to scold her for being blind and willful.

After all, what the Pei family said and did today really didn't take her face into consideration at all.

I never expected that my grandmother would say such a thing.

This feeling of having someone to rely on in desperate situations made her tense emotions become excited. Even though she tried her best to suppress them, her eyes still turned red. She seemed to have many grievances in her heart that she wanted to vent, but when she opened her mouth, she could only shout out "Grandma" with sobs.

The old lady sighed, sat up and waved to her.

The moment she leaned in her grandmother's arms, Ruan Xiaoyue could no longer hold back and burst into tears.

The old lady patted her shoulder, her cloudy eyes filled with helplessness: "Cry, cry it out, you will feel better."

The children were all good children, how did they become like this today?

**

The banquet was over. Madam Pei looked around but didn't see Ruan Xiaoyue, which made her unhappy.

As a daughter-in-law, she should be by his side serving him all the time. Even if she wants to get closer to the Ruan family, she should know her limits and not forget the rules.

In just a short while, several wives of officials asked where their daughters-in-law had gone. It was obvious that they wanted to see the hustle and bustle of the Pei family.

Ruan Xiaoyue thinks that since the Ruan family has the support of Prime Minister He'an and now has a brother who is a fifth-rank deputy general, she will not take the Pei family seriously?

That's ridiculous.

Ruan Xiaoyue was just a concubine's daughter of the Shangjia family. If the Ruan family had not had some wealth, she would never be in her eyes.

Pei Chong came over with a cold face, and Mrs. Pei immediately complained: "Look at the good wife you found, who left her husband's family aside and neglected them so much. She is really worse than an outsider."

Pei Chong was not in a hurry either. He glanced towards the path leading to the inner courtyard. Calculating the time, Ruan Xiaoyue had been gone for almost an hour. Could it be that she had persuaded Old Madam Ruan to let the second branch of the Ruan family return home?

If this is true, it would be a good thing.

Zheng Qiaohui originally planned to leave after the party, but she couldn't find Xiaorou and Qingchi. After asking, she found out that they both went to see Ruan Qingzhou, so she had no choice but to wait here.

Seeing that the Pei family had not left yet, she stepped forward to say hello, nudged her husband Ruan Chenglin, and coaxed him in a low voice: "After all, we are relatives, don't be like this."

Ruan Chenglin raised his head to glance at the Pei family, then turned away with a cold face.

He had not agreed to this marriage earlier. Now that his daughter was not living well, how could he save face for the Pei family?

Take today for example. Ever since Pei Chong came to the Ruan family, he has been dealing with various officials, but he did not take his father-in-law seriously. He just greeted him hastily and was too lazy to even say a perfunctory word of greeting.

Seeing this, Zheng Qiaohui had no choice but to go over by herself: "Mrs. Pei, please don't be offended. Nine out of ten things are not done well. If I am negligent, please don't take it to heart."

"How dare I, how dare I, what are you talking about, my in-laws? Xiaoyue will marry into the Pei family, and I will treat her as my own daughter. After all, we are a family, and there is nothing to be picky about."

Mrs. Pei said nice things, but Pei Wen on the side pouted her lips and said, "Mom, you treat me as a family member, but I may not think so."

Madam Pei scolded: "Shut up, how can you interrupt the elders when they are talking?"

Pei Wen was angry, but she didn't dare to speak any more.

Zheng Qiaohui was so upset today that she couldn't breathe. Now that she had entered the Ruan family again, she had become an outsider, and her daughter's life in the Pei family was not entirely satisfactory...

How come Ruan Qinghuan has such good luck to catch the eye of the cold-faced King Yan He'an?

I had previously thought that He An would definitely not agree with this marriage, otherwise it would not have been delayed for two years. Even if Ruan Qinghuan married into the prime minister's mansion, she would not have a good life.

But she never thought that He'an would be so indulgent and doting on her that he even interfered in the affairs of the Ruan Mansion.

Not only did they drive away my eldest uncle's concubine Ye Fang, but now they were also driven away to the other garden...

All these things made her blame all the problems on the eldest wife.

Madam Pei was tired, but Ruan Xiaoyue had not come out yet. She suppressed her anger and said slowly, "It's getting late. I will go back home first."

Ruan Qiaohui: “…”

If they left, how would Xiaoyue get back?

At this time, the maid from Jingxin Pavilion came to report: "Madam Pei, the old lady misses the second young lady and wants to keep the second young lady tonight to talk. Let me come and tell Madam Pei."

Mrs. Pei frowned when she heard this, and was obviously unhappy: "In that case, we will take our leave."