EBE Chapter 797 Chapter 797
Chapter 797 Chapter 797
Pei Qiuyun's eyes gradually turned red. She was a little confused when she heard this. But when she wanted to say a few more words, Pei Jian coughed and said, "Second brother, go find An Ge'er. You rarely go to his small courtyard, but it's quite cozy."
Pei Chen nodded, clasped his hands and said, "Brother, I will go first. You and your daughter should be calm and talk."
After saying that, he took Linchuan out of the gate of Zhengxian Pavilion.
Pei Qiuyun was left behind, looking up at his father, Pei Jian looked up at the sky, and just then said, "It's cold in winter, let's talk after we get home."
Without a charcoal basin, it would be difficult to sit still.
After entering the house, Pei Qiuyun wanted to bring Auntie Cha to pay respect to Pei Jian again, but Pei Jian waved his hand to stop her, "Although Bai Cha is not an outsider, there are some things that are better not to be heard."
When the master said this, Bai Cha immediately knelt down and said, "I will withdraw now."
When Xiao Xiangguo came in with hot tea, Pei Qiuyun, who had just sat down, took a look and said, "Father, why is he using such a young maid now? I'm afraid she won't be able to serve you properly."
Pei Jian stroked his short beard gently, and was quite kind.
"Your uncle Hai and the Linchuan brothers are helping with all matters related to Zhengxian Pavilion. Although Xiangguo is small, she is quite diligent. She is good at serving tea and running errands."
Uh--
This is not a serious matter.
Pei Qiuyun wanted to exchange a few more pleasantries before getting to the point, but Pei Jian spoke first, "If Yunniang wants to see your mother, that's fine. Let your two brothers accompany you. You can see her once."
Is it true that father has no affection at all towards mother?
There were only father and daughter in the main room. Pei Qiuyun stood up, bent her legs towards her father, and knelt down.
"Father, I heard that mother has been imprisoned in the small Buddhist temple for more than half a year. What a great sin it is that they cannot allow mother to see the world again?"
"Yunniang, your mother rarely mentioned her self-cultivation to others. Who told you about it?"
Ah!
Pei Qiuyun was stunned for a moment, kneeling on the ground, looking up at her father with her not-so-young face, "Yesterday, Yue Niang, A Xiu and the others came to my house and sat with me for a while, and we chatted a little. I never thought that my mother, who had been so strong all her life, would end up like this."
Pei Jian looked at his eldest daughter kneeling down, and when he heard this, the corners of his lips slightly raised, "Mother Yue will not say much, it must be Ah Xiu."
"…Father, mother is in such a big situation, and it is reasonable for your daughter to ask a few more questions, although it may be a little abrupt, but it is a mother-daughter bond."
"Get up and talk."
Pei Jian brought the tea, with a slightly impatient look on his face.
Pei Qiuyun did not see the deep meaning behind her father's solemn expression. She knelt down stubbornly and begged in a low voice, "Father, I have rarely been home for many years. If I make you angry again, I will be locked up for half a year as a punishment. Please forgive me this time for my sake."
Pei Jian lowered his head and looked at the princess' daughter kneeling on the ground.
There was no ripple on his face, but his sharp eyes were full of inquiry. The father and daughter confronted each other for a moment, and Pei Jian sighed softly, "If Yunniang wants to kneel down and talk to your father, then let's not talk about your mother's affairs."
what for?
Pei Qiuyun was a little anxious. "Father, what kind of heinous crime did mother commit that she has to live such an inhuman life at the age of nearly sixty?"
Pei Jian heard this and smiled gently.
"Yunniang, why didn't Ah Xiu tell you the truth when she sent you a secret letter? She just invited you from southern Yunnan but didn't tell you clearly?"
Ah!
Pei Qiuyun was stunned for a moment, then denied it, "Father misunderstood, it's not Ah Xiu, I just came to Prince An's funeral——"
"Ah!"
Pei Jian's lips were slightly cold with sarcasm. When he looked down at Pei Qiuyun again, he said, "You even gave up the young master just to go to the capital to seek justice from your mother? Pei Qiuyun, you know what is more important!"
"Father! Mother is my biological mother. I have never said that she is not guilty of any crime. But please, father, please look at the grandchildren here and don't blame her too much."
"Pei Qiuyun, your mother is guilty of a capital crime!"
"Death penalty? I'm afraid father must have misunderstood mother. She only cares about the mansion. How could she dare to do such a thing? It was just a concubine who jumped into the well. For the sake of a beautiful woman, father actually disregarded his first wife's feelings?"
"You come to accuse my father of being heartless and disloyal?"
Pei Jian said this slowly, and suddenly shouted, "Get up! Now that you are the daughter-in-law of the royal family, you should have some royal bearing!"
Seeing that her father was angry, Pei Qiuyun's lips twitched slightly, but after a moment she slowly stood up.
"Daughter... I shouldn't discuss the secrets of my elders. But over the years, my father has never shown any affection towards my mother. Could it be that in my father's eyes, my brothers and sisters are not as good as those concubines in your room?"
good good!
Hearing this, Pei gradually lost his patience and pointed at Pei Qiuyun and said in a deep voice, "Pei Qiuyun, throughout my life, I have never treated you and your siblings badly. Now that you have your own children, not only do you not understand my painstaking efforts, but you come to criticize me for my faults."
"Do not--"
Pei Qiuyun immediately shook her head and denied it. "How dare I question my father's love for me? It's just too cruel to imprison my mother like this..."
"Cruel? Then she poisoned Qin'er, instigated Fang'er to jump into the well, cut off the third brother's arm, and tortured the fourth brother's wife. In your eyes, these are also commonplace?"
Upon hearing this, Pei Qiuyun clenched her hands even tighter in her sleeves.
"Father, Aunt Qin didn't die of a serious illness, and Aunt Fang committed suicide. If you say that the third child died because of mother's negligence—"
"presumptuous!"
Pei Jian looked at his eldest daughter who was confusing right and wrong, and he could no longer suppress his anger.
These old friends, no matter who mentioned them, were a spur to Pei Jian's heart. He did not hide his disappointment and looked at the startled Pei Qiuyun. "A Xiu's secret letter to you must not be something her shallow mind could have thought of. It must have been your mother's instigation."
"Father!"
Pei Qiuyun just felt sad, "No matter how much you dislike your mother, she still gave birth to your children and was filial to your grandparents—"
"Forget it. If the Pei family didn't have this daughter-in-law, your grandparents would have lived another ten years!"
"Why does father speak such childish words——"
Pei Qiuyun wanted to argue with her, but Pei Jian lost his patience and glanced coldly at his eldest daughter who was meddling in her family's affairs. "If you are not satisfied with what your father has done, you can ask your two uncles to come and take your mother home. Or you can go to the palace to pay your respects tomorrow and ask the Empress Dowager and the Empress to take care of your mother and take her to your Mingjun Prince's Mansion, okay?"
When Pei Qiuyun heard that her father was going to throw the jar into chaos, she felt like a deflated bag.
She stuttered for the first time, "Father, mother is old, you...if you want to divorce her, will you not care about the future of all the children in this house?"