He said he wanted to take a look, but because he didn't know what it was like outside, Yu Tang just opened a window and looked out.
There was no one in the yard.
The noise seemed to be coming from outside the yard.
Yu Tang was hesitating whether to go out and have a look, when he saw five or six women and seven or eight servant girls, surrounded by two women, came in.
Those women and maidservants are all wearing beautiful blue fine cloth bijia and white silk flowers the size of wine cups.
Both women are about Huaxin's age and are tall. One was completely white, except for a pair of pearl earrings the size of lotus seed rice. The other wore a silver-and-white striped hang silk jacket, a blue pleated skirt, two red gold hairpins inlaid with bluestones in her hair, and a pair of green jadeite bracelets on each wrist.
"You stay here and guard." Yu Tang saw the woman in the silk jacket coldly ordering the women and maids, "Don't let anyone in!"
The mother-in-law and maidservants stopped in unison, squatted down and saluted blessings, and answered "yes" respectfully.
The woman in Hangsi Ruyi pulled the plain white woman towards Yu Tang.
I don't know what these two women are going to do
Yu Tang was a little confused.
At first glance, these two women were the daughters of noble families.
If the guests of the Pei family want to rest in this courtyard, the Pei family should arrange for the mother-in-law and maid to lead the way in front
If the female family members of the Pei family came to trouble them because of Mrs. Ji... It seems that the Yu family doesn't have such a big face yet
Did they borrow this secluded courtyard to whisper
With Yu Tang's hesitation, the two women had already walked up the steps of the east wing, and Yu Tang could clearly see the faces of the two women.
The one wearing the silk jacket has a long face, willow-leaf eyebrows, a pendant nose, and a small cherry mouth. She has a delicate and beautiful face like a fine brushwork painting, but her eyes are frosty, her expression is haughty, and she looks very unapproachable.
The plain white one is obviously filial, with an oval face, almond eyes, red eyes, and a haggard look.
Do not see injustice, do not listen to injustice.
Yu Tang immediately regretted that he hadn't made a noise to let the two women know that there was someone else in the small courtyard. But before she could make amends, the woman in the silk jacket had already opened her mouth to blame the woman in white filial piety: "Why are you so confused? Seeing that something is wrong, you should find a way to notify your brother and me as soon as possible." .Look at you, is there any use in being anxious now? Mr. Pei is holding your father-in-law's last will as an arrow, and even if we object, it's too late!"
Third Pei
Father-in-law
Yu Tang was stunned for a moment.
That filial woman is the eldest wife of the Pei family
Is the woman in the hang silk jacket the eldest wife's natal sister-in-law
Are they going to privately criticize the third master of the Pei family for doing the work of the suzerain
Yu Tang was temporarily disoriented by this sudden change, and his hairs stood on end.
No matter how many dirty things there are in this big family, on the surface no matter what, they must act like a father, a loving son, a filial piety, and a respectful brother and friend.
Mrs. Pei clearly had something to say to her natal sister-in-law.
She encountered such a private matter, she and her mother will not be silenced, right
Yu Tang was very disturbed, subconsciously turned around and made a "shut up" gesture towards her mother.
Mrs. Chen was surprised. Before she could speak, Mrs. Pei's voice came in: "How do I know that I will raise a poisonous snake that devours people? I think at the beginning, when he was disobedient, I gave him a hand in front of the old man and the old lady." How much did he beg for love. He didn't study hard, and it was me who personally begged my father to teach him privately, otherwise he would be named on the gold list and admitted to the Shujishi? It was also him who said that he wanted to marry a respectful and filial man Girl, your natal sister-in-law has taken a fancy to him, but he shirks it in every possible way, if it weren't for me, he would have passed the examination as a good scholar, can he be able to observe politics in the Six Departments as smoothly as he is now?"
"Okay, okay!" Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law said in a bad tone, "What is the matter of the past, why mention it? After all, he still thinks that my natal family's family status is too low. The water flows to the lower place. People go to high places. This is also human nature. If you want to blame, you can only blame my brothers from my natal family for not living up to their expectations and not being able to enter the cabinet to pay respects."
To hear such amazing news.
Yu Tang and Chen Shi looked at each other in blank dismay, not daring to vent their anger.
"How can you blame my sister-in-law for this matter!" Mrs. Pei probably became very angry when she mentioned this matter, and said, "If you say it, it's because the third child doesn't know how to flatter..."
Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law said it was not strange, but in fact she should have held her breath in her heart. Hearing this, she sneered and interrupted Mrs. Pei's words: "It's just that you think he doesn't know how to flatter you! His calculations are very smart. Then, he pushed our house, turned around and boarded Li's house."
"The Li family?" Mrs. Pei exclaimed, "The family of Li Xun, Minister of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion?"
"Besides the Li family, which other Li family do you think Mr. Pei can take seriously?" Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law sneered, "It seems that you don't know about this. I said you were stupid before, I want you to be careful about Pei Laosan. You won’t listen. Now you know how powerful you are? Your old man is biased! Speaking of the Li family, the third lady of their family is about the same age as our official Tong. You can let our Jiatong official marry the Li family."
"Sister-in-law, did you make a mistake?" Mrs. Pei said in disbelief, "There was no rumor at all before."
Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law snorted coldly, and said: "Maybe I got it wrong about other things, but this one is definitely not wrong. Mrs. Li heard that our two families are in-laws, so she quietly found me and wanted to know about Mr. What about the third room, I can still get it wrong!"
Mrs. Pei gasped.
Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law said: "Your old man passed away suddenly, and your second old man and Pei Laosan will have to observe filial piety for three years. Who knows what will happen after three years? What matters now is Pei Laosan's suzerain You know Pei Laosan’s disposition, he doesn’t have the slightest tolerance for others, his elder brother treats him so well, but he turns his back on him whenever he says he wants to, and doesn’t show affection at all. If he sits firmly in this position The position of suzerain is over for the long house.”
Mrs. Pei hesitated and said: "Can he still block our Jiatong official from taking the scientific examination? Father also said that our Jiatong official is a material for studying. As long as our Jiatong official can succeed in his career, the third child will What can we do? The Pei family will rely on us, Tong Guaner, to honor their ancestors!"
Mrs. Pei is quite discerning.
Yu Tang thought to himself while listening.
In the previous life, five years after Old Master Pei's death, the young master of the Pei family passed the Juren examination, and later the Jinshi examination.
It's just that in her previous life, she was all focused on how to escape from the Li family, and she didn't know much about the Pei family. She didn't know what happened to the young master of the Pei family
However, she heard that Li Jun's mother, that is, her mother-in-law Lin in her previous life, had discussed with Li Duan in private, saying that Mrs. Pei had a well-connected father and a brother who was a third-rank official. Even if the young master does not rely on the Pei family, his future will not be too bad.
Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law didn't think so, and said: "You are really like what your mother-in-law said, Bai Chang is such a big man. Tongguan has to be in Lin'an for the past three years to keep filial piety for my uncle. The third son Pei became the suzerain, and it is another Tong Guan's uncle, even if your father-in-law and your brother want to take him to our house to study, he has to agree. Not to mention anything else, if he is determined to keep Tong Guan studying in Lin'an, it's not good Let's guide him carefully, don't say three years, even thirty years, Tong Guan will never get ahead."
The sister-in-law of Mrs. Pei's family is here to pick things up, not to solve them, right
The more Yu Tang listened to it, the more he felt that Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law had the air of not being afraid of the height of the stage when watching a theater, and it didn't seem like she was really planning for Mrs. Pei.
However, Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law was right about one thing.
In the previous life, Young Master Pei stayed in Lin'an until his filial piety expired and he did not take the imperial examination. It was Mrs. Pei's father who was critically ill and brought a letter saying that he wanted to see Young Master Pei before he died, so Young Master Pei left Lin'an, and then borrowed citizenship in the capital, and was admitted to Juren.
Is the truth really as Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law said? !
Yu Tang once again felt that the water in Pei's house was deep, ordinary people like them had better hide.
"Sister-in-law, what do you think we should do?" Mrs. Pei asked anxiously after hearing what her sister-in-law said, "Now that it's done, can we still jump out and oppose the old man's last words? Don't others say that I want to compete with my uncle! Wouldn't it ruin Tong Guan's reputation?"
"Why don't you get the hang of it!" Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law said bitterly, "Isn't there still the second master Pei? Even if the position of suzerain is not your turn, you can't just give it to the third brother Pei like this !"
"It's impossible!" Mrs. Pei said, "Second Uncle has always been honest and honest, so it's impossible for him to fight for these things. Besides, it's not good for him to fight for these things?"
Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law said: "He won't stand up to fight for these things, but he can come forward and say something fair! Don't there are two other branches in the Pei family? Master Yi and Master Wang, don't they have nothing to say? ? You don't want the large fortune of the Pei family, Master Yi and Master Wang are not rare? They are not like your branch who have been educated for generations? If I, what I can't get, others can't think easily just get it."
Mrs. Pei was silent for a while.
Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law didn't rush her either. She didn't know what she was doing, and it was quiet under the eaves, with no voice.
Yu Tang and his mother held their breath for fear of being discovered.
I don't know how long it took, Mrs. Pei said in a deep voice: "Sister-in-law, I will listen to you on this matter!"
Yu Tang heard Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law speak with joy, and said with satisfaction: "You should have done this long ago! In the past, my uncle protected you, so you naturally don't have to worry about anything, but now, my uncle is gone, even if it is for the two nephews , you have to be strong!"
Mrs. Pei gave a "hmm".
Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law said, "Come here with your ears, and I'll tell you what to do!"
Yu Tang saw Mrs. Pei and her sister-in-law's heads put together.
I couldn't hear what was said.
Does this count as witnessing Mrs. Pei's demonic moment
Yu Tang shook his head.
I don't know what is the conflict between Changfang and Master Pei San, so they have to decide the outcome. Unfortunately, Changfang failed in the end.
After finally Mrs. Pei and her sister-in-law left, both Yu Tang and Chen Shi heaved a long sigh of relief, and Chen Shi repeatedly told her daughter with fear: "What you hear must rot in your stomach. It is right for a mother-in-law to say it to her mother-in-law, and it is right for the public to say that it is public. We are not the parties involved, and we cannot meddle in other people's affairs casually."
Yu Tang nodded repeatedly.
Chen was still worried, and asked Yu Tang to curse and swear, and then let Yu Tang be suspicious.