Chapter 47: Ruining her innocence!
Main house.
Rong Jianxue was talking with Rong Baimao.
He had been away from Rong Mansion for more than a month, and a lot of things seemed to have happened there.
"Your mother said that Pei attended the birthday banquet at the Prime Minister's Mansion during her mourning period?"
Rong Baimao took a sip of tea and spoke in a cold tone.
Rong Jianxue's voice was calm and unperturbed, "It was Shen who deceived her first, and the Prime Minister has already punished Shen afterwards."
“Miss Shen, as the Prime Minister’s daughter, even came to apologize for framing the Pei family?”
"Yes, if you do something wrong, you should accept the punishment. Besides, framing others is no small matter."
"What about the accounting thing?" Rong Baimao's voice became even colder. "Because of your mother's bet with Pei, you actually taught Pei to look after her accounts?"
Rong Jianxue's eyelids were originally closed, but when she heard Rong Baimao's questions, which were getting louder and louder, she slowly raised her eyelashes.
Her eyes fell on him calmly: "Father, are you here to question me by saying so much?"
Intimidated by his son's temperament, Rong Baimao slowed down his voice. "Father just wants to remind you, don't forget who we are family with."
Rong Jianxue then looked at the teacup beside her, her gaze as cold as the snow on the cold mountain that never melts all year round.
"Since Pei stayed at the Rong Mansion and served the two elders, even though she and Xuanzhou were no longer married, she was still a member of the Rong Mansion." Rong Jianxue remained neither humble nor arrogant, even when facing her nominal father. "Mother used some means to force Pei to sign the document, intending to seize Pei's dowry. If this were to get out, it wouldn't just be Father's fault."
The tea leaves in the teacup rose and fell. Rong Jianxue rubbed her fingertips on her sleeves and didn't want to sit down anymore.
"Since father says our family traditions are strict, he shouldn't be strict only with Pei," Rong Jianxue said in a cold voice. "Emperor is subject to the same punishment as common people when he breaks the law. Since mother refuses to abolish the written agreement, there's nothing wrong with me teaching her to read the accounts."
"you--"
Rong Baimao slammed the table and looked at Rong Jianxue with wide eyes.
Rong Jianxue ignored him and stood up, bowing slightly to Rong Baimao: "Since father has nothing else to do, I will take my leave first."
After saying that, Rong Jianxue left the main house.
Looking at the man's back as he left, Rong Baimao frowned, and a hint of emotion flashed in his eyes.
He stood up and walked towards Rong's bedroom.
Pushing open the door, Rong Baimao dismissed the servants and old women, closed the door, and then came to sit on the armchair in the bedroom.
Seeing Rong Baimao coming back, Rong hurried forward and asked: "Master, Zhou'er..."
"Shh-"
Rong Baimao signaled Rong to keep quiet.
Rong Shi reacted and lowered her voice: "Did Zhou Er send any news?"
Rong Baimao nodded, took out a letter from his sleeve, and pushed it in front of Rong: "This is what Zhou'er asked someone to give to us."
Rong hurriedly opened the letter to check, and when she saw the contents on the envelope, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and cry out loud.
"That's great, that's great! Zhou'er is not dead! Zhou'er is alive and well!"
Although Rong had known the news earlier, she finally felt relieved after seeing her son's handwritten letter.
Rong Baimao glared at her again and whispered, "Xuan Zhou faked his death to let the enemy down so he could launch a counterattack. So this matter must not be leaked. Do you understand?"
Rong nodded: "I understand."
After thinking for a while, Rong said, "Then Jianxue..."
Rong Baimao narrowed his eyes, thinking of the confrontation he had just had with him.
——In fact, Rong Baimao is now a little afraid of his eldest son.
He is upright and impartial, and treats even his parents who raised him equally.
After all, he is not a biological child, and there is no blood relationship between him and Xuanzhou.
"Don't tell Jianxue about this for now. With his personality, I'm afraid it might cause more trouble."
Rong nodded, then rolled her eyes and asked, "Master, have you met Pei?"
Rong Baimao nodded: "I just saw him outside the mansion."
"I still think that Pei Shi staying in the Rong family is a disaster, otherwise I should find an opportunity--"
"This is a critical moment. Behave yourself," Rong Baimao said coldly before Rong could finish. "Now that Xuanzhou is gone, Jianxue is already a figurehead, and she can't tolerate any injustice. Can't Jianxue see that you're trying to drive away the Pei family?"
He probably felt resentful in his heart. As Rong Jianxue's adoptive father, he was now inferior to his son in terms of official position or aura. This gap made Rong Baimao feel frustrated and angry.
"No matter what, we will discuss this matter after Xuanzhou comes back. Be careful these days and don't act rashly. Do you understand?" Rong Baimao instructed in a deep voice.
Rong lowered her head, hiding the coldness in her eyes: "Yes, I understand."
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In the evening, Jiang Hui came to the west courtyard and said, "Second Madam, the Master invites you to the front hall for dinner."
Now that Rong Baimao is back, the Rong family naturally has to get together.
Because of the deviation in the plot, Pei Jingxu's face was not very good.
She responded and followed Jiang Hui to the front hall.
The master and his wife had not arrived yet, but Rong Jianxue was already sitting in a chair waiting.
"Ah Xu greets the adults."
Pei Jingxu bowed slightly towards the man.
She was in her bedroom today, sorting out her thoughts for the day, and her face looked a little haggard.
The man in the chair looked over, frowning slightly. "What's wrong?"
"Hmm?" Pei Jingxu didn't react, but sat down next to the man without hesitation. "What did the master say?"
Rong Jianxue spoke slowly and naturally poured her a cup of tea: "You don't look well."
Upon hearing this, Pei Jingxu touched his haggard face seriously and sighed, "It's nothing, it's just that my father-in-law said that I can't go to the Randeng Temple anymore, so I feel a little disappointed."
It’s still because of Xuanzhou.
Rong Jianxue picked up the teacup and took a sip. "If you really want to go, I'll go and explain it to father."
Hearing the man say this, Pei Jingxu's eyes lit up, and her clear, deer-like eyes looked at him intently, "Really? Can you really convince the eunuch?"
It's getting closer.
The tea was a little cold. Rong Jianxue looked away calmly, took another sip of the cold tea, and said "hmm".
Pei Jingxu became happy again and looked at the man with gratitude: "Sir, you are so kind to Ah Xu."
A strange itch tingled in her fingertips, and Rong Jianxue changed the subject: "I'll take you to the shop tomorrow. It's time to learn how to run a shop."
Pei Jingxu's eyebrows curved: "Okay, then I'll trouble you, sir!"
When Rong came to the door, he saw the two people talking.
There was a flash of undisguised malice in his eyes.
This bitch Pei almost killed Xuanzhou, which was not enough. Did she also want Jianxue and even the entire Rong family to be buried with her?
Anger made her no longer care about Rong Baimao's instructions to her. She gestured to the maid beside her: "Go and prepare the medicine."
Upon hearing this, the old woman glanced at Pei in the room and hesitated: "Madam, this is not good, right? The master..."
"Just go if you're told to! Why all that nonsense!"
"yes……"
Rong's face was gloomy and his eyes were fierce.
Humph, by then, when she has ruined Pei's reputation, what can she do even if the master blames her?
Pei will still be kicked out!
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