Chapter 608: The Pei family’s filial piety

When Pei Kuan was alive, he was like a button, closely linking the Pei clan in Chang'an. Everyone usually stayed in Pei Kuan's mansion and did not return to their homes until the evening. After Pei Kuan's death, the button that contacted the family was gone. The Pei clan in Chang'an gradually became loose and the exchanges decreased. Pei Zunqing also moved back to his old house in Chongrenfang and began to be busy with government power. At this time, some conflicts within the family began to become prominent, such as quarrels between sisters and sisters-in-law, brothers compete for profit, uneven division of houses, unfair land distribution, etc. Common conflicts among ordinary families appeared in the Pei family, but these were all small conflicts. More serious was the bad situation of Pei Zunqing and Pei Min turning against each other. This was simply incredible in the past.

Especially when Pei Zunqing was assassinated, there were voices blamed on Pei Min within the Pei family, and the tribe members who supported Pei Min severely rebuked this voice, so that factional confrontation and signs of division within the Pei family appeared.

At this time, six days have passed since Pei Zunqing was assassinated. The court finally gave an explanation and issued a letter to the world with the will of the court's Political Affairs Hall, pointing out that Pei Zunqing was harmed by the Southern Tang, and severely accusing the Southern Tang of the despicable act of assassinating Pei Zunqing.

With the court's conclusion, ministers who came to Pei's mansion to pay their respects in the afternoon began to rush into the crowd. Pei Zunqing's mansion was located in Chongrenfang. At this time, a spiritual shed had been set up in front of the mansion. Pei Zunqing's family wore mourning clothes and knelt in tears to welcome the ministers who came to celebrate mourning. Pei Zunqing's wife Qu and several sons were kneeling in the spiritual shed. The ministers entered one by one, burned incense and sacrifices to comfort their families, and then left.

At this time, a team of hundreds of cavalry guarding Li Qing'an's carriage appeared in Chongrenfang. In the carriage, Li Qing'an was comforting Pei Wan'er. As Li Qing'an returned home, Pei Wan'er's helplessness, sadness and pain slowly calmed down. At this time, Li Qing'an relied on her. Although her grandfather's death hurt her, Li Qing'an's comfort could heal her inner pain and allow her to care for the fetus in her abdomen with all her heart.

"Wan'er, people cannot be resurrected by death. What we need to do is to let the dead rest in peace and to let the living be comforted. I have come to the Xinzheng Affairs Hall, hoping to posthumously be granted the title of Grand Tutor of Pei and the title of 100 households, so that his wife can enjoy her old age. Don't be sad. Pay attention to your health. Your sorrow will make the child cry. He will feel your mood. Do you know?"

Pei Wan'er leaned her head on Li Qing'an's shoulder. At this moment, she felt a great support in her heart. She nodded silently. Li Qing'an held her hand and said, "Also, when you meet your parents and elders later, you have to comfort them. This is what you must do. You can't hug them and cry with them. That will only increase their sadness, not heal the wounds. Remember? You are my wife now, not the granddaughter of the Pei family."

"I remember, I will do it!"

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The carriage slowly stopped beside Pei's mansion. It was time for the court to go. Pei Zunqing was coming to pay his respects. There were more than 100 officials waiting outside the mourning shed. Li Qing'an's sudden appearance immediately caused a sensation. No one knew that Li Qing'an had actually returned. Many officials went forward to see the ceremony, "I am not good at seeing His Highness Zhao!"

Li Qing'an walked out of the carriage and greeted everyone one by one. At this time, Pei Zunqing's two sons Pei Yang and Pei Xiang walked up quickly, and both knelt down and cried, "My father was brutally murdered by Li Heng, please avenge my father!"

Li Qingan quickly helped up their brothers and said sadly: "This is not the trouble of the Pei family, but the shame of the entire court. Not only the Prime Minister Pei, but also the late emperor. I remember all these blood debts. One day, I will get it back from him with all my interests."

Li Qing'an's words were reasonable and had a kind of domineering a king. Even if he took this opportunity to express his attitude on this matter to everyone, it immediately aroused the cheers of the officials present, and some interested people remembered these words and were about to take them out to promote them. The Pei brothers were even more excited and thanked them repeatedly, asking Li Qing'an to sit in the guest rest shed.

At this time, Pei Wan'er also came out of the car. Pei Zunqing's wife Qu, as well as her mother, several aunts and aunts took her into the spirit shed. Although Wan'er agreed to Li Qing'an not to cry, several women gathered together and talked about sad things. When tears were infected, Wan'er couldn't help crying. Instead, several women advised her to be mournful and follow the changes, and she could not be resurrected. She even wanted to save the fetus in her belly. Pei Xiang's wife Luo heard that she was pregnant and hurriedly said, "How can Wan'er enter the spirit shed when she is pregnant? Go out quickly!"

Everyone woke up and quickly invited her out and went to the mansion to rest.

A group of women hugged Pei Wan'er into the mansion like stars. At this time, Pei Wan'er's status was like the Yuan Concubine who visited relatives in "Dream of Red Mansions", which became the expectation of Pei Zunqing's family. Pei Zunqing died, and his wife, son, daughter-in-law, grandson, and grandson all lost their backers. While crying for Pei Zunqing, everyone was even more worried about their future and destiny. Once Pei Zunqing died, the Pei family became Pei Min in power. Will Pei Min be lenient to their house without remembering the old hatred? Pei Yang and Pei Xiang were worried about their career. Women were worried about their own business career, and the women were worried about their own opportunities, so they cried Pei Zunqing's young master and cried a little more. Fortunately, Pei Wan'er married Li Qing'an, which brought the greatest hope to Pei Zunqing's house, as if it was a life-saving straw for them.

Everyone forced Pei Wan'er to sit in the chief. Pei Wan'er saw Pei Yu, Pei Juan'er and other sisters sitting far away, with grandmother, mother, aunt and other elders beside her. She said embarrassedly: "Wan'er is just a grandchild, how can she sit in the first place and kill Wan'er."

Pei Xiang's wife Luo was very good at speaking. Without waiting for Pei Wan'er's mother to speak, she smiled and said, "No one would let you sit here before you get married, but now you are a member of the Li family, representing the status of the husband's family. Although you are just a good wife now, when your husband ascends to the prime of the country, you are the imperial concubine."

"Second mother, don't talk nonsense!"

Grandmother Mrs. Qu interrupted Mrs. Luo’s quick speech in time. Mrs. Luo woke up. How could he say that Li Qing'an ascended the throne now? Even if everyone knows it, he can’t say it. She quickly slapped herself and scolded herself: “You are a decades old, and you’re not talking lightly or severely yet, it’s time to beat me!”

"Second Auntie, stop like this. Everyone is their own people and will not go out to talk nonsense."

On the side, Pei Wan'er's mother smiled and said, "Actually everyone cares about the child in your womb, but I haven't invited the midwife to see it. Is it a man or a woman?"

"This... is only three months old, where can I see it?"

"That's not necessarily the case. You take two steps and I'll take a look!"

The person who spoke was the grandmother Qu, who was Pei Zunqing's wife. She was over 20 years younger than Pei Zunqing and was only over 40 years older than Pei Wan'er's mother Liu. Because she had never given birth, she looked young and didn't look like her grandmother. She said she could see the gender of the fetus. Everyone laughed. She had never given birth to a child, so what gender could she see.

At first, Qu had a little sadness about her husband's death, but gradually when it came to her children, her husband's death became increasingly weak in her heart. Originally, Pei Zunqing had been dead for six or seven days, and she cried as well. Besides, Pei Zunqing was also a 70-year-old man and was just a couple in courtesy. They had been sleeping in separate rooms for seven or eight years. Qu's sadness was mostly pretending. Now everyone was having aroused conversation, so she forgot to wear mourning on her body, and she smiled and said, "Don't underestimate me, my father was an imperial physician, and he told me some common sense. I understand this. Women are sour and men are sour! Wan'er, take two steps to show me."

Everyone saw that she obviously didn't understand, so they could tell her that she could not tell her men and women by walking after walking for three months. However, everyone didn't want to disappoint her, so they started to cheer her up, "What they said is, Wan'er, take two steps to see."

At this moment, they all forgot Pei Wan'er's identity and just thought she was the granddaughter of the Pei family. Pei Wan'er had no choice but to walk embarrassedly in front of the elders. Seeing that everyone was staring at her, her face couldn't help but turn red with shame. What were you looking at?

"It's the young master! I'm right, I must be a male master, oh! Wan'er is so lucky!"

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At this time, a maid came to report, and a few other ministers' wives came to pay their respects. Mrs. Qu and others hurried out to receive her, but Pei Wan'er gave her a wink on her mother, and Mrs. Liu said she wanted to accompany her daughter and stayed.

Mrs. Liu is the daughter of Liu Jing, a former doctor in the Ministry of War. She is timid and cautious by nature. In addition, her family is not well-known and has a low status in the Pei family. However, she is virtuous and polite, and her family likes her. She married Pei Yang for more than 20 years and gave birth to two sons and one daughter. One of her two sons was a guard in the palace and the other studied in the Imperial Academy. Her daughter was Pei Wan'er. Mrs. Liu held infinite expectations on her daughter.

The mother and daughter found a quiet side room. When Mrs. Liu saw that her daughter's face was a little wrong, she asked, "Is it because she is uncomfortable? Why don't you lie down and rest first?"

Pei Wan'er shook her head, and she bit her lips gently and said, "Mom, what if I gave birth to a daughter?"

Mrs. Liu was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but smile: "God gave birth to a boy or a girl. What should I do if I have anything to do? What mother cares about is that you want to give birth naturally. Your physique is weak, and having a baby will be a little difficult. What mother is worried about is this."

"But... I think the Pei family is staring at me. I am under a lot of pressure to give birth to a boy! Mom, my life in the royal palace is not going well, so I would rather have a daughter."

Mrs. Liu was shocked. Her daughter had been married for several months and had never said she was not doing well. The so-called unhappiness was just a tactful statement, which means she was not doing well.

"Yes... Is my son-in-law not good to you?"

"No, he treats me very well and loves me very much. I am very satisfied with my husband, but......"

Mrs. Liu is a veteran, and she realized after a second thought, "Are you saying that the princess is not good to you?"

Wan'er sighed softly and said, "Actually, it's not her fault. She was very nice to me and arranged it carefully everywhere. Even the four maids allowed me to arrange it myself. She is a very tolerant elder sister, just because she is a big grandfather who is obsessed with the wickedness. After learning from the imperial doctor that I was pregnant, she actually impeached Dugu Haoran, Mingyue's father, and impeached him to have an affair with Nan Tang. Isn't this obviously going to dismiss Mingyue's position as Princess? I want me to replace Mingyue as Princess Zhao, and directly threaten her.

Since then, the princess has been wary of me. I can feel that, for example, everyone is talking and laughing, and when I go, everyone doesn't say anything, even Rushi Ruhua dislikes me, especially the princess does not allow me to contact Tan'er. Once, I gave Tan'er a piece of cake, Tan'er told her mother, but the princess will take him to my yard to play with the maid and fire her. Alas! My grandfather did this kind of thing and didn't think about it for me. To be honest, I really hate him."

Mrs. Liu couldn't speak for a long time, and this kind of thing happened to her. Because her mother's status was not high, several of Pei Yang's wives and concubines wanted to replace her. She had been framed several times over the past decade. If she hadn't given birth to two sons, her status would have been really out of stock.

Mrs. Liu understood the cruelty of this inner-house struggle. Seeing that her daughter was about to get involved, she couldn't help but feel aroused in her heart and said, "I just ask you, do you have this intention?"

Wan'er shook her head firmly, "I never have this heart. I just want to take care of my husband and children, live a peaceful life, and never want to seize Mingyue's position. That's my grandfather's wishful thinking. Besides, Anxijun has recognized this princess and the little prince. Could I compete with her?"

"Since you don't have this heart, then we won't fight. Let's just live our lives. After a long time, Princess Zhao will naturally understand your heart."

"But I'm worried that the Pei family must force me, what should I do?"

"I don't think you are too worried about this. In fact, it is mainly because your grandfather is too strong. He strongly advocates that you replace Princess Zhao. Now he has gone. Although your father and uncle have this idea, their status in the family is not as good as your grandfather. Now your second uncle is your second uncle who is dominating the family. He has argued with your grandfather about this. I don't think he will force you. I will go to his mansion in two days and talk about it with Aunt Min to talk about it, so as to relieve you as much as possible. Moreover, your second uncle Min is the uncle of Princess Zhao, so he can better coordinate your relationship with Princess Zhao."

Her mother's guidance finally calmed down Pei Wan'er's anxiety these days. She nodded, "My mother's words made me feel much better."

"Yes! In fact, the key is to straighten out the relationship with your husband, let him like you, and let him understand your heart, so that no matter how others treat you, you can live safely. This is my mother's experience over the past 20 years, and you have to remember it."

"Mom, I remember."

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The news that Li Qing'an appeared in Pei'an soon spread throughout the city. Everyone praised Li Qing'an for his affection and friendship. As soon as he returned to Chang'an, the first thing he did was to pay condolences to Pei Zunqing and to do his best to be mourning for his younger generations. This would be enough to make the Tang people, who were filial and filial.

I'm afraid that among the officials in Chang'an, only one of them was afraid of Li Qing'an's actions. This person was Hu Peiyun, the left general of the inner guard. At this time, Hu Peiyun was sitting in the carriage, imagining Li Qing'an wearing mourning clothes and mourning. It is estimated that sincerity would make everyone sad, but if they knew that Pei Zunqing was killed by Li Qing'an, I wonder what the Pei family would feel?

Hu Peiyun couldn't help but sigh, "Those who take over the world can be saved by extraordinary people."

The carriage speeded to the west city, drove into Lingxi Lane, started to slow down, and finally stopped.

"Encourt, we are here!" The coachman jumped out of the carriage and opened the car door.

Hu Peiyun looked over and saw that he had arrived at Rehaiju. The banner was changed to a new color, which was twice as big as the gold-edged white background. The three black characters "Rehaiju" were written in cursive script. Hu Peiyun couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head. Since Li Qing'an took power, Yinlonghui has no longer been as cautious and careful as before, and it seems to have become swaying. It looks at least as swaying as before.

As soon as Hu Peiyun got off the carriage, a friend came up and bowed and smiled, "Customer, I'm so sorry, today the store is repairing internally and not open to the public. Please come back tomorrow!"

Hu Yunpei is also a member of the Yinlong Society. He used to be in charge of the branch of the Han and Tang Association in Luoyang and often came to Rehaiju. When he saw that the guy in front of him seemed to be a newcomer, he didn't even know him. He looked at the window on the edge of the third floor and saw a pot of chrysanthemums on the platform outside the window, which was a signal that the Yinlong Society was holding a meeting.

Hu Yunpei suddenly felt anger in his heart. He didn't even inform him of the meeting of the Hidden Dragon Association. He pointed to the chrysanthemum and said, "All flowers are solemn when they enter winter, only the chrysanthemums welcome guests."

This is the hidden word of the Yinlong Society, which means that he also came to attend the Yinlong Conference. The guy obviously didn't know, and looked at Hu Peiyun blankly, not knowing what the two words meant when he said these two sentences. At this time, someone in the lobby laughed and walked out, "Which fragrant wind blows Brother Hu?"

The person who came out was Chang Jin, the owner of Rehaiju. He was the chief of the Yinlong Association, which was equivalent to the secretary of the board of directors. The president was Li Qing'an, but he did not know how to do the Yinlong affairs. Chang Jin came to take care of the daily affairs of the Yinlong Association.

Hu Peiyun snorted heavily and said, "It seems that I was at the wrong time!"

Chang Jin understood Hu Peiyun's resentment, so he patted his shoulder and comforted him, "You also know that this is the meaning of the leader. People who work do not participate in daily affairs, only participate in the New Year Festival. Like you, Zhang Yue, and Luo Qiming are all people who work."

"But you should tell me some things!" Hu Peiyun still said angrily when he remembered Pei Zunqing's incident.
To be continued...