kingnovel Chapter 707 Chapter 707
Chapter 707 Chapter 707
Far away in southern Yunnan, in Prince Ming’s palace, Liu Ke’s face was filled with displeasure.
Pei Qiuyun drank her tea slowly and said nothing, waiting for her husband to speak. After a while, Liu Ke could no longer bear it and muttered, "The emperor never said that the women should come to the capital, but you are so good that you want to attend the funeral of Uncle Wang with great fanfare!"
"Please calm down, my Lord. I have only been back to the capital twice since I married to southern Yunnan. My parents are old and I cannot afford to see them. Let alone showing filial piety, it is not too much to visit them."
Liu Ke sneered, "I know what you are planning. But I advise you to stay out of your mother's family's business!"
and also--
Liu Ke said, "I have my own ideas about the marriage of Sister Wan and Sister Yun."
Upon hearing this, Pei Qiuyun placed the teacup on the table neither lightly nor heavily. Her makeup was delicate, but it could not hide the traces of time. Her originally beautiful phoenix eyes drooped due to wrinkles at the corners of her eyes and accumulated eyelids, and she no longer had the spirit she once had.
"My Lord, are you going to give all the girls to your subordinates?"
Pei Qiuyun's voice was not loud, but her tone was very serious.
Liu Ke stroked his short beard and looked at the ignorant woman, "Why, you look down on my subordinates, so why do you want to marry into such a high-class family?"
"As a prince's mansion, there is no need to marry someone higher than you. But... my husband, have you ever thought that the girls I gave birth to for you are both talented and beautiful. Shouldn't they go to the capital for a visit?"
Liu Ke laughed out loud towards the sky.
"You are such a short-sighted woman. Who are you going to marry in the capital now? Are you going to go to your mother's family?"
Pei Qiuyun was stunned.
"Ling Ge'er..., also about ten years old..."
Liu Ke snorted and raised his hand to stop Pei Qiuyun from speaking, "If Pei Jin were still alive, Qin Ge'er would be nice, and I would also like him. But -"
He didn't finish his words, but Pei Qiuyun understood clearly.
She was stunned for a moment, "Your Majesty, this is biased. Ling Ge'er is also smart."
Liu Ke rolled his eyes, his face full of impatience, "Don't think that way. Pei Jin is gone, and Qin Ge'er can't do it either. But the fourth family...if there is a girl, even if it's a girl, as long as she is from the Song family, I can promise her the position of the Crown Prince's Consort."
boom!
Pei Qiuyun couldn't help herself any longer and stood up. "Song's daughter? The prince is really not in the capital, so he doesn't know the changing situation in the capital. Song is neither dignified nor filial. How can the child born from her knees compare to my son!"
Liu Ke waved his hands, looking impatient.
"Forget it. You look down on your brother's family. I'm just saying that. The fourth brother doesn't even have a child. Tsk! You look down on them, but they look down on you even more!"
These words almost hit Pei Qiuyun in the lungs.
"They are members of the royal family, how could they look down on us——"
Liu Ke waved her hand, "Okay, that's just a woman's opinion."
There were many aristocratic families that wanted to form an alliance with southern Yunnan, but few of them were really pleasing to Liu Ke's eyes.
The people he wanted to win over remained silent.
It would be better to stabilize southern Yunnan and make him a free and easy king of a foreign country. What's wrong with that?
Pei Qiuyun has been in southern Yunnan for more than ten years, but she still looks down on this place. She thinks it is a barren place with undeveloped intelligence and many ignorant people, and it is not worthy of being accepted by the upper class.
Unfortunately, her eldest daughter Liu Yu had already been engaged, and she was reluctant to keep her younger daughters in such a poor place in southern Yunnan. So after receiving a secret letter from her sister-in-law Xiao in the capital, she became even more concerned and told Liu Ke that they should go to Beijing together.
Liu Ke herself doesn’t want to go yet!
When an uncle died, one had to kneel and keep vigil before the emperor. But after he inherited the title, he was even less willing to perform the kneeling ritual.
Unfortunately, there was an imperial edict, and Liu Ke couldn't refuse, so Pei Qiuyun rushed to go.
Although she was only the princess of a county, the princesses of a county in southern Yunnan were no different from the princesses of a prince, and the ceremonial motorcades she accompanied when traveling were all very grand.
Liu Ke was tired of this, but he couldn't refuse.
Liu Ke and Pei Qiuyun were an old couple, and neither could win the argument. Liu Ke got angry and stood up and went to the concubine.
Pei Qiuyun didn't care. She called the nanny and maid beside her and gave them some instructions.
The servant nodded and said, "Don't worry, madam. I will send a fast horse back to find out everything clearly."
This nanny is Pei Qiuyun's wet nurse. She is still in good health at the age of fifty, and now she is still serving Pei Qiuyun as an old nanny.
Inside and outside the palace, Nanny Tian is someone that no one can get past.
She brought her entire family and followed Pei Qiuyun to southern Yunnan, where she carved out a way for Pei Qiuyun in the palace.
Now Pei Qiuyun handed over all trivial matters to her, including many secret matters.
The granddaughter of Nanny Tian, named Lianxin, is now just sixteen years old. She is deeply loved by Pei Qiuyun and is specially left to Liu Yu as a dowry maid.
Now I follow her and learn some skills.
Nanny Tian told Lianxin to arrange this matter, then turned back to the princess's main room and wanted to massage Pei Qiuyun's legs. Pei Qiuyun gave her a seat.
"Why do you need to do these things? Logically, you should go out with your brother to enjoy your retirement, but you are still running around in front of me, ah!"
"Your Highness, what are you talking about? It is a blessing for me to be able to share some of your work with you."
The master and servant exchanged a few words of greeting.
Pei Qiuyun asked in a low voice, "When the fourth brother got married, I was still in confinement and never went to see him. Did you go to see Brother An's daughter-in-law for me?"
Nanny Tian nodded.
"I saw her. Although she is not very old, only fifteen or sixteen years old, she is very pretty, with a beautiful face. She and the Fourth Young Master look like a perfect match."
Pei Qiuyun sneered, "Looking at the secret letter from Brother Chen's daughter-in-law, it was us who underestimated this woman."
Nanny Tian also looked at the secret letter and sighed slightly.
"The old lady has been strong all her life, but she never thought that she would encounter such a thing when she is old."
Xiao Yinxiu sent someone to deliver a secret letter, telling about the current situation in the mansion, especially the old lady. Pei Qiuyun was furious when she saw that her mother had been imprisoned in the small Buddhist courtyard for more than half a year.
Reading further, Xiao explained the reason, which was roughly about how the daughter-in-law of the fourth son made trouble and caused the old lady to be imprisoned in the small Buddhist courtyard by the Duke, unable to see the light of day.
"This Song is also the daughter of a university scholar. I thought that as a woman, she must have good morals, words, appearance and merits. How could she become a disaster for such a man?"
Nanny Tian nodded slightly and echoed the Princess, saying, "My Lady, you are also a well-informed person. You know that if a man is interested in a girl, he will dote on her."
The letter mentioned three things.
The first is the fourth son, Pei An, who has a bright future but has no children. The fourth son's family is too spoiled to allow men to take concubines and have children.
Secondly, the old lady was imprisoned and her children and grandchildren were not allowed to see her, so her life was difficult.
Then, she was deprived of her household expenses...