Rebirth and madness, I am no longer the mistress of this high-class family!

Chapter 42 Are they just friends (please vote for favorites)
  "Even I haven't investigated his origins clearly. You tried so hard to help him and even found the Internal Control Supervisor. What do you want to do? What is your relationship with him? Do you know what will happen if you attach yourself to the eunuch? How much is at risk?”

The status of eunuchs in the Yan Dynasty has greatly increased. The emperor in the court has recently been obsessed with seeking immortality and asking for immortality. Wang Defu, the chief eunuch in charge of rituals, found a Taoist from nowhere who said he could refine the elixir of immortality.

After the emperor took the elixir, his physical condition was indeed much better than before, so he favored Wang Defu. The power of the entire eunuch organization also increased with the tide, and he was very trusted by the emperor.

In this case, it is not a wise move to get involved with eunuchs.

Shen Yuan was exchanging incense and spices in the aromatherapy furnace. It was not surprising to hear Pei Zhaoxue mention Cui Shao.

With his ability, it would be easy to find out this without her deliberately hiding it from him.

She covered the incense burner, re-lit the incense with a fire stick, and watched the milky white smoke curling up from the hollow carved copper burner with a blank look in her eyes:
  "When have I ever fought an unprepared battle? As for what I want to do and what my relationship is with him, there is no need to tell you too clearly. Cui Shao is different from King Andu. I only approached him out of my selfish desires. You Don’t worry that things on his side will cause you trouble, I can assure you of this.”

Since she doesn't plan to be with Pei Zhaoxue all the time in this life, Cui Shao should live his own life instead of dying early and in such an ignominy way because of her, a confused friend.

Shen Yuan and Pei Zhaoxue were already married, so naturally they slept in the same couch room and put the clothes they brought back together.

"Out of your selfish desires?" Pei Zhaoxue thought of the clothes he brought back, got up, walked to the closet, opened it, took out several winter robes stacked inside the bag, and placed them one by one on the table.

The winter robes were simple in style and had been resized. Shen Yuan looked familiar at first glance, but he didn't realize it yet.

It wasn't until she took another look that she remembered that these seemed to be gifts she had given to Cui Shao after modifying the clothes she was going to give to Pei Zhaoxue.

"Did you go to find him?" Shen Yuan stood up, picked up a winter robe and looked at it carefully for a while to confirm that he was indeed right. He was surprised and speechless at the same time.

Cui Shao was wearing clothes that were almost as thin as a spring shirt. How could Pei Zhaoxue snatch all the clothes back?

"Yes, these clothes were supposed to be given to me, right?"

There was a sourness in his tone that he didn't even notice. Shen Yuan didn't deny it. She put the clothes back into her bag one by one and asked him dissatisfiedly, why did she do this?
  "You don't need these sets of clothes. What's more, since I haven't given them away yet, it has nothing to do with you. I'll give them to Cui Shao. Is there any problem?"

"Besides, since you have already met him, you should have seen how bad his condition is. If you bring these winter clothes back, what will he wear?"

Shen Yuan knew that Cui Shao was in a difficult situation now, and he refused to accept the money she gave him. Without these winter clothes, how could he freeze in such a snowy winter?
  Pei Zhaoxue clearly saw the long-lost look of distress in Shen Yuan's eyes, but it was not because of him. The pain of a needle pricking his heart came back again, and his face turned pale in pain.

He reached out and grabbed the girl who was about to leave with the winter clothes, and told her in a hoarse voice: "Before I brought these winter clothes back, I had sent someone to buy him new winter clothes. He has clothes to wear."

In this way, Shen Yuan frowned and relaxed, but she still had no intention of putting down her winter coat.

"That's not okay. These are what I want to give to him. Why do you want the clothes back?"

Clothing is not an ordinary item, not to mention that it was sewn and improved by Shen Yuan himself, which makes it even more special.

Seeing that she was still going to leave, Pei Zhaoxue tightened her grip on her sleeves, and suddenly understood what the possessiveness written in Yu Chiye's booklet was like.

He pursed his lips and stared at Shen Yuan's displeased face, telling her: "No, as long as you and I have not been reconciled, you can't act like this. You are still my wife, how can you find another concubine?"

"Concubine? Pei Zhaoxue, are you okay with your mind?" Shen Yuan frowned and raised her voice, broke free from his restraints and glanced at him speechlessly, "Cui Shao is just my friend, and there is nothing wrong between me and him!" She said, As he continued to walk out, he left one last sentence: "I hope you won't interfere with anything related to him in the future. I know how to treat my friend."

Pei Zhaoxue knew what Shen Yuan looked like when he was in love, but it was not like this. When he mentioned this person, there was no heat or fluctuation in his eyes.

He stood there and watched her leave. The depression and anger that had accumulated in his chest were easily dispelled by her words of "friend".

Just friends?
  After Shen Yuan sent those winter clothes out again, Shen's mother came to find her and asked her what she wanted to eat at noon. She was the birthday girl today and she was the oldest.

"Also, what's going on with the boy named Pei Jinyan?"

Pei Jinyan was covered in feces and urine and was brought into Shen's house with tears streaming down his face. Only then did the two elders find out what was going on.

However, regarding Pei Jinyan's identity, although Pei Zhaoxue said he was an adopted son, he did not explain his origin clearly, and Shen Yuan did not say much about it.

This was definitely not possible. An adopted son was born one month after the wedding for no reason. Mother Shen felt that she had to ask carefully.

"Didn't you tell mother before that you wanted to be together for the rest of your life?" Shen's mother held Shen Yuan's hand and took her to the charcoal stove to warm herself up. She was worried about her beautiful face that had been eroded by the years but still retained its charm.

"Is this child really just the posthumous son of Ziyu's friend? Have you ever investigated him?"

Mother Shen spoke cryptically, but Shen Yuan could still guess what she wanted to say.

Regarding Pei Jinyan's true life experience, Pei Zhaoxue kept it secret. Until she died in childbirth in her previous life, she could not get an answer from his extremely tight mouth.

Now she thought carefully about it, Pei Zhaoxue was now twenty-one years old, and Pei Jinyan was eight years old. In ancient times, people usually got married and had children relatively early.

There are many people who give birth to children at the age of twelve or thirteen. According to this age conversion, it is not too outrageous for Pei Zhaoxue to have a romantic relationship with Pei Jinyan at the age of thirteen.

She shook her head and told her mother, "No, but I believe he won't lie to me. Mother doesn't have to worry."

For the time being, she didn't want her two elders to know about her separation from Pei Zhaoxue, so as not to worry.

Mother Shen believed it for the time being, and then asked her after feeling relieved, if she planned to treat him like this in the future?

"Although what he did was a bit excessive, he is the child brought back by Ziyu. Will what you do affect your relationship as a couple?"

Shen Yuan chuckled softly and comforted Shen's mother: "There's nothing we can do if it affects her. It's true that he was at fault first, right."

She remembered what she had asked Pei Jinyan to apologize to her parents in person yesterday before she left the house to find Pei Xuan, and asked Shen's mother if he had done it.

　Shen Yuan: I'm just rubbing my hands and preparing to crush the little brat.

　　Pei Jinyan: Danger! !
  　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)