klisemfg Chapter 685 Chapter 685
Chapter 685 Chapter 685
The news that the Jin family had left Beijing reached the Duke of Zhenguo’s Mansion almost instantly.
Alu rushed in and trotted towards Shaohua Garden, unable to hide his joy all the way. Just as he stepped over the hanging flower gate, he almost bumped into Xiao Yinxiu.
"You bastard, you didn't even look where you were going. If you bump into my lady, I'm worried about your skin!"
Shuang Yue scolded, and Alu quickly bowed and retreated to the wall, lowering his head and apologizing quickly, "I was reckless, please forgive me, Madam Crown Prince!"
"Why are you in such a hurry? What happened?"
Aru hesitated and dared not speak.
Unable to bear it, Shuangyue pointed at him and scolded, "Madam, you have no ears when you ask me questions?" Alu nodded repeatedly and said in a low voice, "...The eldest son and daughter of the Jin family left the capital. I heard that I want to go in and report it."
Xiao Yinxiu was shocked but did not show it on his face.
"Leaving Beijing, the eldest girl is also going back?"
Alu nodded and said, "That's what I heard... This is it."
Seeing Xiao Yinxiu in deep thought, Alu seized the opportunity, bowed and took his leave. After leaving Xiao Yinxiu and his group, he gently stroked his chest.
I thought to myself, this prince's wife is quite impressive.
And the Frost Moon—
snort!
A'lu cursed and scolded him in his heart before entering the gate of Shaohua Garden. Rendong saw that he was sweating profusely from running and hurriedly stopped him, "Stand and get some fresh air. You are sweating all over. Don't make the Fourth Young Master and the Young Madam feel uncomfortable."
Today is Pei An's ten-day holiday.
A'lu was impatient, "Sister Dong, then go and tell them that the eldest son of the Jin family and his family, along with Miss Jin, are leaving Beijing for Liyang this morning."
This matter!
Honeysuckle asked quickly, "Did you really go back?"
Alu nodded, "I followed him to the city gate and saw the princess' usual carriage carrying Jin Fuyun away."
Ren Dong curled her lips, "Maybe the person in the carriage is not Jin Fuyun."
That woman is very cunning. Maybe she pretended to be sick and stayed in the capital on purpose.
Whoops!
Alu waved his hand, "We left the city and stopped the carriage in front of the tavern. She got off with the two maids in front of her. She seemed to be uncomfortable sitting in the carriage, so she got off to get some fresh air. I took a good look at everything, and then I rode back to report to the master."
Hearing this, Honeysuckle nodded.
"Wipe off the sweat. I will go and report to the Fourth Master first."
After saying that, he walked towards the makeshift study room next to him, knocked lightly on the door, and only entered after Pei An told him to come in.
"That's the voice of Alu outside. He hasn't been seen since morning. Where did he go?"
Rendong replied immediately and told them about the Jin family's departure from Beijing.
Song Guanzhou, who was checking the accounts, looked up and said, "Is he really gone? Are you going to Liyang to pick him up in person for the wedding?"
"I heard that the Jin family came back after the New Year."
Ok?
Song Guanzhou glanced at Pei An and asked, "After all this trouble, will it take you one or two months to go back?"
Pei An smiled and said softly, "The general cannot remain indifferent to what happened in the capital. I am afraid that he will severely punish the brothers and sisters if he summons them back."
snort!
Song Guanzhou rolled his eyes beautifully, "Lift it high and put it down gently, who made Jin Fuyun want to be the princess of a county!"
"Don't worry. The general is always looking for benefits and avoiding harm. He is very shrewd and will not let trivial matters affect the overall situation."
Song Guanzhou understood.
"To be able to pin my father down after going through so much trouble, he can't be an ordinary person."
At this point, Song Guanzhou sighed, "Father, are you so happy that you don't want to leave your hometown? Are you going to spend the New Year away from home?"
"Linchuan sent a letter saying that he had met the third brother—"
Song Guanzhou raised his eyebrows, "Third brother... I'm afraid you don't want to see father." Pei An was at a loss whether to laugh or cry when he heard this. He personally picked up the teapot and added hot tea to Song Guanzhou.
"Don't be so gloating. I'm afraid that Third Brother has become more relaxed after all these years away."
What's more, the Duke felt guilty from the bottom of his heart.
Song Guanzhou held the hot tea in both hands to warm them, "If you were the third brother, would you forgive father?"
Pei An was speechless.
He thought for a moment and then nodded.
"Father did not stand by and watch, allowing Mother to hurt my third brother. Father was not at home at the time."
Song Guanzhou shook his head slowly.
"In other people's houses, there are disputes between legitimate and illegitimate children, but in the mansion, you and Third Brother are like brothers from the same mother. I heard that the eldest and second brothers have never had any grudges against Third Brother. Only mother can't forget him."
Pei An sighed, "Sometimes, I also blamed my father for being too sentimental."
Is it not possible to just focus on living with one woman?
After growing up, Pei An felt that this idea was too naive. This was a patriarchal society, where one man had one wife and multiple concubines, and this was one of the institutional means of maintaining a stable society.
Not to mention princes and vicomtes, even ordinary small landlords, small wealthy families, and even those in street shops with slightly better business, all thought about having many sons and grandchildren, the more the better.
Many families only have one wife.
In fact, if you have two more maids or buy a concubine who can work and have children, your life will be better if you increase the labor force.
As for wealthy families, in the final analysis, they are the ones who dislike having too many children.
When Pei An mentioned the idea of wives and concubines, Song Guanzhou nodded in agreement, "If I were a man, from having nothing to having a small fortune, I would definitely have more children, to support the family. The neighbors who want to bully me can look at the string of boys I have."
At this point, Song Guanzhou couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Pei An looked at her laughing happily and was also infected by her.
"It's a blessing that my lady can figure it out."
As soon as he finished speaking, Song Guanzhou glared angrily, "It's a pity that Silang calculated wrongly. I am not a man, but a girl."
"Ok?"
Pei An didn't react for a moment.
"Of course I cannot tolerate my man being fickle and having three wives and four concubines. Such a beautiful dream, Silang, you can only daydream."
When Pei An heard this, he immediately shook his head.
"My lady, you misunderstood. I am only discussing this matter with you on a case-by-case basis. People are different, not all of them like to hug each other. Besides, Guanzhou and I are like a pair of wings tied together and a harmonious zither. One more person would just be superfluous."
When Song Guanzhou listened to Pei An's sweet words in a calm tone, he was no longer as capable as before. Now, a layer of blush appeared on his snow-white skin.
She held her face in her hands, feeling very upset.
"You say a lot of sweet words, but you underestimate Shiro."
Seeing that she was shy, Pei An immediately took advantage of her and said, "That night at Yanlai Hall, Madam was very unusual."
Song Guanzhou looked around and saw that there were no maids or servants, so he said coquettishly, "You are such a bastard, saying something vague, and Jindong completely misunderstood. Several people hid outside Yanlai Hall and cried all morning."
Pei An laughed heartily.
"Who made you maids so loyal? You came up and asked me if I had hidden a little maid inside."
Talking about what happened that day, Song Guanzhou's face was filled with shame.
"…A perfect beauty trap!"