Su Tang didn't want him to be immersed in sadness, so he immediately changed the topic. Sure enough, Pei Xuan also fell silent when he heard Su Tang say this.
"So..." Su Tang looked at the young man in front of him with some distress. Some topics, no matter how cruel, could not be avoided. "Do you remember the question I asked you in the capital? Now, I want to ask you again. , Pei Xuan, do you want to live a decent life, or do you want to save face?"
When he was in the capital, in order to help Pei Xuan avoid some deliberate schemes and forced marriage, Su Tang once gave him two plans. When Su Tang asked Pei Xuan to collect money, he told him that he would survive. Lizi, or living for face, these are two different solutions.
Pei Xuan made a very quick decision at that time. What he wanted was Li Zi, so "The Legend of the White-haired Devil" spread throughout the country. The young prince in Pei Guogong's mansion was a lunatic who went crazy when he was excited, and the scandal between him and the good princess was also The spread is known all over the world.
But this also changed Pei Xuan's external image, allowing him to find a place in the army, and slowly began to take over and inherit the power of Pei Guogong's palace in the army, and gained support.
Perhaps it was because of this that the old emperor was even more wary of the Pei family, and that was why he behaved the way he did later. But no matter what, Su Tang's so-called dignity and face at that time, although it ruined Pei Xuan's reputation to a certain extent, did not affect Pei Xuan's reputation to a certain extent. For Duke Pei's government and the entire Pei family, this is actually a help, not a resistance.
But this time, when Su Tang asked the same question again, it was too heavy.
"The Zhou family is nominally the descendant of Pei Guo Gong. If you marry a serious wife, it will be easy for her to die. But why did she die? You have to make a decision.
If her true identity were revealed, the evidence of Zhou's adultery and pregnancy would be conclusive, and death would not be a pity. There would be no place for such a woman on the Pei family's ancestral graves, and the Zhou family would not dare to admit that such a woman was a member of their own family.
But in this way, Duke Pei spent his whole life as a soldier and made great achievements in battle, but after his death, his reputation was tarnished because of this woman. The Pei family's century-old foundation may also be criticized by others. "
Su Tang and Pei Xuan analyzed the two different ways of dealing with the matter, "The other is to deal with Zhou in private, but not to disclose the cause of her death. You, the stepson, will definitely bear the reputation of not being able to tolerate your stepmother.
If the cause of her death is not made public, since the Zhou family is a legitimate step-in-law, she will be buried in the Pei family's ancestral grave after her death and enjoy the enshrinement of her descendants.
Moreover, according to the household marriage laws of Qihuang Kingdom, although the stepmother is also the main wife, her status is weaker than that of the original wife, so she can be buried with her husband and the original wife.
One thing you may not know is that after Zhou married your father, according to my investigation, he had never touched Zhou, except for the plot five months ago.
But if you deal with it this way, your father's reputation will be preserved, the Pei family's century-old legacy will be preserved, and the reputation of the God of War family will not be tarnished at all. "
After saying this, Su Tang looked at Pei Xuan, "Now, you have to make a choice, do you want lizi or face?"
This is the reason why Su Tang didn't deal with the Zhou family directly. Zhou's death was not a pity. She killed her husband and planned to plot Pei Xuan's life. There is nothing good to say about such a person.
But Zhou's status is special. Even if she dies, she must have a formal constitution. It would be easy for her to die, but if the subsequent matters are not dealt with clearly, it will be troublesome.
After Su Tang finished speaking, he looked at Pei Xuan with unbearable expression. This decision was very difficult. On the one hand, it was the reputation of his father and the Pei family, but on the other hand, it was the lifelong love of his parents.
(End of chapter)