Chapter 4 Storm
"Father, Mother." Pei Jingzhou saluted.
"Jingzhou, you, you... are back." Pei Maokun said.
Pei Jingzhou explained directly to Pei Maokun: "Well, there was an emergency at the government office last night. Lord Yang and Lord Wu were injured. I had to go to the government office to deal with the matter overnight. I will come back to the mansion soon and come to see father and mother."
"Lord Yang and Lord Wu were injured?" Pei Maokun was shocked.
Pei Jingzhou nodded.
Pei Maokun asked anxiously, "How are their injuries now?"
Pei Jingzhou replied: "Fortunately, they have a good foundation and will recover after a month of rest."
Pei Maokun breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "How are things going at the government office?"
"Solved."
"That's good, let's start serving tea."
"yes."
The marriage between Jiang Zhaoyue and Pei Jingzhou was arranged by the old Duke and the old Marquis of Chengning during their lifetime, even though they had long known that Jiang Zhaoyue had many shortcomings that were criticized and was extremely incompatible with Pei Jingzhou.
Pei Maokun still resolutely fulfilled the last wishes of his two elders.
He thought Pei Jingzhou still couldn't accept Jiang Zhaoyue, so he deliberately escaped to the yamen on their wedding night to express his dissatisfaction with the marriage.
I didn't expect that the government office really had an urgent matter.
Pei Jingzhou came back as soon as the problem was solved, explained the reason to everyone, and gave Jiang Zhaoyue enough respect. It seemed that his son did not hate Jiang Zhaoyue as much as he imagined.
A smile broke out on his face, and he ordered the nanny to prepare tea.
Lady Wang, the wife of the Duke, has always disagreed with her second son's marriage to Jiang Zhaoyue.
After many unsuccessful attempts to obstruct the attack, he felt resentful towards Pei Maokun.
She ignored Pei Maokun's enthusiasm and turned to see Jiang Zhaoyue wearing a bright red brocade dress with dark yellow patterns, a red gold hairpin with emeralds on her head, tasseled gold earrings in her ears, and gold bracelets with Taotie patterns on her wrists.
Very festive attire for serving tea.
Most people cannot handle such bright red and golden colors, and will look tacky.
But Jiang Zhaoyue has skin as white as snow, a slender and tall figure, a well-proportioned chest, a waist and long legs, a bright face, soft and neat eyebrows, and clear almond eyes.
This outfit is very stylish and elegant with a hint of playfulness.
It’s really beautiful.
Unfortunately, she is a foolish beauty with an empty brain, a vicious heart and a very bad reputation.
She really couldn't stand it and looked away in disgust.
There was varying degrees of disgust in the eyes of others.
Jiang Zhaoyue was mentally prepared and didn't think it was a big deal. She and Pei Jingzhou knelt gracefully on the cushions in front of Pei Maokun and Wang Shi, and offered tea to Pei Maokun.
Pei Maokun took it, took a sip, and happily gave Jiang Zhaoyue a big red envelope.
Some people were jealous when they saw the thickness of the red envelopes.
Jiang Zhaoyue kowtowed respectfully: "Thank you, father!"
"Zhaoyue." Pei Maokun said with some emotion: "You finally got married to Jingzhou. Your grandfather and Jingzhou's grandfather would be very happy if they were still alive."
"Yes, father." Jiang Zhaoyue responded.
Pei Maokun sincerely advised: "From now on, you have to calm down, learn a lot from your mother about how to behave and do things, and live a good life with Jingzhou, understand?"
Wang snorted barely audibly when she heard this.
Jiang Zhaoyue responded obediently, "Yes, father, I was indeed a little ignorant in the past and did many foolish things, which made people misunderstand that I behaved improperly. I will definitely correct myself in the future and live a good life with all my heart, so that everyone can see a different daughter-in-law."
Pei Jingzhou listened to her confident words and looked at her subconsciously.
Wang rolled her eyes at her.
Others secretly criticized her: "A dog will always eat shit."
"Okay, okay, you're right to think so. Let's do this from now on." Pei Maokun was extremely happy, as if Jiang Zhaoyue was now an excellent daughter-in-law. He turned to Pei Jingzhou and said, "Jingzhou."
"Yes, father." Pei Jingzhou responded.
Pei Maokun said in a serious tone, "You are four years older than Zhaoyue. You have eaten more rice and salt than her. In the future, you should teach her, take care of her, and be considerate of her. You two will go hand in hand."
What are you talking about?
Why should Jingzhou teach her, take care of her and understand her?
Does she deserve it?
Upon hearing this, Wang frowned in displeasure.
Jiang Zhaoyue sighed in her heart: "This father-in-law is really good."
Pei Jingzhou said calmly, "Yes, I will follow your father's instructions."
Pei Maokun nodded with satisfaction: "Serve tea to your mother."
Jiang Zhaoyue handed over the tea bowl with both hands.
Wang took it, took a sip, put the tea bowl on the table, and perfunctorily gave Jiang Zhaoyue a pair of gold bracelets, saying a few words indifferently.
In terms of etiquette, there was nothing wrong with it.
However, anyone could see that she was not satisfied with Jiang Zhaoyue as her daughter-in-law.
Fearing that Jiang Zhaoyue might overthink things, Pei Maokun quickly smoothed things over: "Well, your mother has been busy running around these past two days since you got married. She's been really tired and a little exhausted."
Wang glanced at Pei Maokun and was too lazy to refute him.
Jiang Zhaoyue said respectfully, "I'm sorry to have caused you mother to worry."
Wang didn't respond.
Pei Maokun secretly tugged at Wang's sleeve.
Wang simply pulled back her sleeves and still didn't respond to Jiang Zhaoyue's words.
Pei Maokun had no choice but to speak again: "As a parent, it's inevitable that we don't worry about our children. Just be more filial in the future."
"Yes." Jiang Zhaoyue responded.
"Okay, the tea ceremony is over, you all should get up."
Pei Jingzhou reached out to help Jiang Zhaoyue, but the other party suddenly stood up.
Jiang Zhaoyue was surprised to see Pei Jingzhou's hands frozen in mid-air.
Pei Jingzhou coughed lightly, withdrew his hand and stood up.
"Jingzhou, introduce Zhaoyue's relatives to her." Pei Maokun said.
Pei Jingzhou introduced the people in the main hall one by one.
The Crown Prince's wife, Mr. Pei San, Mr. Pei Si, Miss Pei San, Miss Pei Si, etc., they nodded politely but coldly at Jiang Zhaoyue.
Jiang Zhaoyue accepted it well.
Knowing that everyone had a strong prejudice against Jiang Zhaoyue, Pei Maokun enthusiastically mentioned the old Duke and the old Marquis of Chengning, and took every opportunity to praise how cute, sensible, kind, and lovable she was when she was a child.
This father-in-law is really trying hard to change the image of his second daughter-in-law.
Jiang Zhaoyue felt a little embarrassed.
Unfortunately, Wang didn't buy it and still looked indifferent.
Pei Jingzhou listened quietly.
The others were a little impatient.
At this time, a maid whispered a few words in Wang's ear.
Wang looked at Jiang Zhaoyue in surprise and asked, "Did you beat Heng'er and make him cry?"
Pei Maokun stopped talking.
Pei Jingzhou was surprised.
Nanny Sun and Xiangqiao were horrified.
Others were shocked.
"What?" Pei Maokun suspected that he had heard it wrong.
Wang stated, "She beat Heng'er until he cried."
Pei Maokun asked in surprise, "Zhaoyue, did you hit Heng'er and make him cry?"
"Father, I don't have a daughter-in-law." Jiang Zhaoyue replied.
Pei Jingzhou secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"I told you Zhaoyue is kind-hearted." Pei Maokun laughed. "How could she possibly hit a five-year-old? Madam, you must be mistaken."
Jiang Zhaoyue followed up with, "My daughter-in-law hit him with a rattan ball and made him cry."
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