Chapter 61 For His Good
Pei Jingzhou pulled Jiang Zhaoyue and left without looking back.
Wang turned to look at Pei Maokun: "Duke."
"You, you..." Pei Maokun didn't know what to say to Wang.
Wang defended herself: "I'm doing this for Jingzhou's own good."
Pei Maokun pointed outside the room and said, "We made him angry and drove him away. Is this for his own good?"
Wang was speechless.
Pei Maokun suppressed his anger and said, "He has always had his own ideas since he was young, and you have always respected him. Why do you always want to control him lately?"
Wang said, "I'm not trying to discipline him."
"So what are you doing now?"
"I'm helping him. Jiang's family doesn't deserve him. As a mother, I can't bear to see him suffer!"
"Who is wronging him?"
"Jiang!" Wang said confidently.
Pei Maokun took a deep breath.
Wang insisted, "I didn't agree to this marriage at the beginning. I wanted to exchange it for something else to compensate the Chengning Marquisate. But you insisted on remembering this engagement and said that people would change for the better. Has Jiang changed for the better?"
"She was—"
"She's clueless in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. She speaks without thinking and doesn't follow the rules. She acts like a madman in front of Jingzhou all day long, without a serious look." Wang became increasingly angry as she spoke: "Not only does she not know how to serve Jingzhou, she even orders him around—"
"As long as Jingzhou is willing!" Pei Maokun interrupted Wang.
"I don't want to." Wang said earnestly, "Marrying an unvirtuous wife will bring disaster to three generations. She will not only harm Jingzhou, but also Jingzhou's children and grandchildren!"
Pei Maokun asked, "What is virtuous?"
Jiang said decisively: "It's the opposite of Jiang!"
Pei Maokun asked again: "Have you ever really understood Zhaoyue?"
"I know it for sure, she is a disaster!"
"You...you are so stubborn." Pei Maokun couldn't help but raise his voice: "It will only make Jingzhou more and more alienated from you!"
Wang was stunned when she heard this.
Pei Maokun was originally on duty, but when he heard that Wang had fainted, he hurried back.
As a result, Wang not only pretended to be unconscious, but also refused to listen to any advice.
It was useless for him to say anything now. He just said, "You should reflect on yourself first" and left.
Wang sat on the bed and pounded the table hard.
Yan Zhiyi, Pei Siyan, Yinping and others didn't dare to say a word.
Pei Heng said, "Mother, if you hit the bed, your hands will hurt!"
Wang looked at Pei Heng: "Did you recite your lessons this morning? Did you practice calligraphy?"
"I memorized it and practiced it."
"Go back and practice again."
"But the mouse hasn't been found yet."
Wang thought of the mouse again and quickly threw back the quilt, shouting, "Come on, catch the mouse! Catch the mouse!"
"Yes." Yinping, Madam Li, Madam Qi and others responded.
"I'll catch it too!" Pei Heng was very active.
Yan Zhiyi and Pei Siyan looked around.
At this time, Jiang Zhaoyue followed Pei Jingzhou into Linhua Courtyard.
Pei Jingzhou released her wrist and asked, "Did you make the rat noise?"
You know all this?
So smart.
Jiang Zhaoyue said frankly: "Well, I imitated it."
Pei Jingzhou tilted his head and asked, "When did you realize that your mother was pretending?"
Jiang Zhaoyue answered truthfully: "I saw it when you were carrying your mother on your back."
"How do you say that?"
"Most people are unconscious after fainting, but you were too anxious. When you were carrying your mother on your back, you hurt her arm, so she secretly adjusted her arm." After all, Wang was the mistress of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. Even if her life was going smoothly, she wouldn't faint after just a few words.
Jiang Zhaoyue felt something was wrong, so he kept observing and actually found a flaw.
"I always thought my mother was a reasonable person, but..." Pei Jingzhou paused.
Jiang Zhaoyue continued: "In the end, she will also be unreasonable."
"Um."
"You just told me righteously before, 'Mother is not someone who cannot distinguish right from wrong.'"
"Yeah." Pei Jingzhou felt guilty.
"But I don't blame you." Jiang Zhaoyue took a step forward and held Pei Jingzhou's hand.
Pei Jingzhou felt a warmth in his hands. He lowered his head and glanced up at Jiang Zhaoyue's bright face. "Shouldn't you take this opportunity to mock me?"
"Am I the one who kicks someone when they're down?"
"yes."
"I'm angry." Jiang Zhaoyue shook off Pei Jingzhou's hand and walked towards the main room.
Pei Jingzhou reached out and held her hand.
Jiang Zhaoyue immediately turned around and shouted, "Second Master, you took the initiative to hold my hand!"
Xiangqiao, Baoxia and others looked over when they heard this.
Pei Jingzhou has always been polite and unwilling to overstep the line in front of outsiders, so he let go immediately.
Jiang Zhaoyue returned to the main room with a smile and sat down.
Pei Jingzhou sat in front of her helplessly: "You are not the kind of person who would kick someone when he is down."
Jiang Zhaoyue held the tea bowl, glanced at him and asked, "Second Master, are you trying to coax me?"
"Yeah." Pei Jingzhou admitted.
"Then I forgive you."
Pei Jingzhou laughed.
"Am I easy to coax?" Jiang Zhaoyue put down the tea bowl.
"Yeah." Pei Jingzhou nodded.
"The first time you coaxed me, I didn't make it difficult for you, but next time it won't be so easy."
"Okay." Pei Jingzhou nodded.
Jiang Zhaoyue smiled and poured Pei Jingzhou a cup of tea: "Then let's continue what we were talking about just now."
Pei Jingzhou nodded.
"I don't blame you for once telling me righteously, 'A mother isn't someone who can't tell right from wrong,' because you said you'd always protect me as long as I was right, and you did."
"Well, I won't lie to you."
"Then...what about you and mother?"
"She's wrong." Pei Jingzhou said firmly.
Jiang Zhaoyue nodded.
Pei Jingzhou looked at Jiang Zhaoyue and said, "Since mother doesn't allow you to go to pay your respects, from today on, you don't have to go."
"Okay." Jiang Zhaoyue was happy to be free.
"If she has something to ask you, you should protect yourself as before, and I will take care of the rest." Pei Jingzhou instructed.
"Yeah." Jiang Zhaoyue nodded.
"Then I'll go to the study." Pei Jingzhou still had many files to read, but he first looked at the corner of Jiang Zhaoyue's mouth, applied some ointment to her, and said, "Remember, don't eat spicy food that will cause internal heat in the next few days."
"I know." Jiang Zhaoyue responded.
Pei Jingzhou left.
Jiang Zhaoyue touched the corners of his mouth. He didn't go to pay his respects or eat spicy food for the next few days, and the two blisters at the corners of his mouth really disappeared.
She was extremely happy, and even happier because Pei Jingzhou, Hu Jianzhi, Li Boyan and others had cracked a corruption case in the capital. The emperor was very pleased and not only promoted Pei Jingzhou, but also rewarded him with a lot of gold, silver and treasures.
Although Wang's relationship with Pei Jingzhou was at a stalemate, since this was an honor for the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, she did not celebrate it with fanfare, but still held a family dinner to have some fun.
Jiang Zhaoyue followed Pei Jingzhou into the garden.
Wang's eyes lit up when she saw Pei Jingzhou.
Pei Jingzhou ignored her.
Wang didn't blame her son, but gave Jiang Zhaoyue a cold look.
Jiang Zhaoyue turned back blankly.
Wang was so angry that she wanted to explode, but she was afraid that her second son and husband would be unhappy, so she endured it and continued with the family dinner.
"Second brother's wife." When the banquet was about to end, the Crown Prince's wife Zhang Siyin called out.
"What's the matter, sister-in-law?" Jiang Zhaoyue asked.
"After Qingming Festival, the weather cleared up and it was time for the annual spring outing. Mother entrusted the arrangements to you and me."
"Ah, why didn't I know that?"
"You haven't been to Songqing Hall these days. Mother and my second brother... have some grudges, so we haven't sent anyone to Songqing Hall."
So you asked Zhang Siyin to pass on the message?
Jiang Zhaoyue nodded: "Okay."
Zhang Siyin said, "This time, I'm mainly facilitating the marriage between my fourth brother and Qin You, the third daughter of the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion."
"Qin You? Is she the girl who played the guzheng while my fourth brother played the flute at the Spring Banquet?"
"That's right, Fourth Brother is interested in her."
After the Spring Banquet, Pei Yan, Pei Siyan and the others didn't find someone they liked, but unexpectedly, Pei Che did. Jiang Zhaoyue immediately agreed: "Okay."
"Then starting tomorrow, let's discuss the spring outing arrangements."
"good."
After the two confirmed it, Jiang Zhaoyue and Pei Jingzhou returned to Linhuayuan. Before going to bed, she told Pei Jingzhou about it.
"Mother asked you and sister-in-law to do this?" Pei Jingzhou asked.
"Yes." Jiang Zhaoyue responded.
Pei Jingzhou thought carefully.
Jiang Zhaoyue put her hand into Pei Jingzhou's clothes again.
Pei Jingzhou grabbed her hand.
Jiang Zhaoyue asked again, "Second Master, are we having our wedding night today?"
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