stern wife

Chapter 360 Missed Opportunity
Pei Xingshan asked impatiently:

"Just what?"

Pei Youmin's thoughts changed sharply, her tears became more and more violent, with a grievance of being misunderstood with good intentions, she choked up and said in a low voice:
"I just want to save His Royal Highness..."

Pei Xiaoran chuckled lightly and said:
"Don't say that there was no danger at that time. Even if there was a danger, could it be that the guards around His Royal Highness are all dead, and only a cousin who doesn't know martial arts can save His Royal Highness?"

"you!"

Seeing that Pei Xingshan's face became more and more gloomy, Pei Youmin also knew that this argument was untenable, so she quickly said:
"I, I am also for the good of the Pei family..."

Pei Xiaoran immediately showed a look of sudden realization, nodded, and said:
"Oh~ It turns out that the cousin did all these things for the benefit of the Pei family. Also, if the cousin can marry His Royal Highness, then our Duke's Mansion will be able to rely on us. How will the cousin hook up with the eldest prince?" The rumors and gossips of His Royal Highness will naturally be suppressed, it really kills two birds with one stone!"

Now that the situation is unclear, no one can tell which prince Chixuan wants to be the heir apparent. Standing in line at this time is simply courting death.

Even if the Pei family doesn't want to stand in Zhu Lianxi's camp, as long as they marry Zhu Lianxi, others will definitely regard the Pei family as Zhu Lianxi's people.

It would be fine if Zhu Lianxi really became the crown prince. If someone else ascended the throne in the future, when Zhu Lianxi was removed, everyone related to him would definitely be removed as well.

Therefore, even if Pei Youmin had the great ability to make Zhu Lianxi really fall in love with her, Pei Xingshan would never agree to this marriage.

It was very difficult for Pei Xiaoran to convince Pei Xingshan to agree to her marriage with Zhu Lianxi.

And thinking about it now, the reason why Pei Xingshan agreed to this marriage at that time was because he had the intention of treating her as an abandoned child.

She is a woman, so naturally she cannot go to the battlefield to fight like her brothers, so she has no possibility of dying in battle.

If the marriage is high, Pei Xingshan is afraid that she will cause trouble by relying on her husband's family, and if the marriage is low, it will not be good to hear it.

At that time, the situation had gradually become clear, and almost everyone thought that the successor must be Zhu Yuting, perhaps Pei Xingshan had been secretly helping Zhu Yuting seize the throne.

In contrast, Zhu Lianxi is much weaker. Although the queen and the queen's natal family are relied on, Zhu Lianxi does not like Emperor Chixuan, and this alone is not favored by others.

Therefore, it is very appropriate to marry her to a prince who is destined to die in the battle for the throne.

Because if Zhu Yuting ascended the throne, he would definitely kill Zhu Lianxi and all his henchmen. As Zhu Lianxi's official wife, she couldn't escape.

And the Pei family will not be affected in any way because of this, maybe because Zhu Yuting sacrificed a daughter in order to cover for Zhu Yuting, Zhu Yuting will pay more attention to the Pei family.

However, what everyone didn't expect was that as a woman, she could not only go to the battlefield, but also made great military exploits, and even helped Zhu Lianxi successfully ascend to the throne, right?

Naturally, Pei Youmin didn't understand the twists and turns. She just felt that Pei Xiaoran was deliberately making trouble for her. The anger rekindled in her heart, and she screamed uncontrollably:

"Pei Xiaoran! Why did you target me like this? How did I feel sorry for you!"

Pei Xiaoran sneered and said:
"Cousin sister is really forgetful. The person who led me to the frozen lake and caused me to fall into the water, did my cousin forget who it was?"

"You! That's what you insisted on running up to play, so what does it have to do with me?"

"Shut me all up!"

Pei Xingshan was lazy to listen to the trivial matters between children - at least in his opinion, such things as his own daughter falling into the water were trivial matters, so he just stared at Pei Youmin closely, and said:
"What have you done to His Royal Highness, tell me the truth!"

Pei Youmin quickly shook her head and said:

"No more! Just, just this one!"

Pei Xingshan nodded and said:

"Okay, from now on, you just stay in this room honestly, and you don't have to attend the banquet tonight, so as not to cause trouble again."

"what?!"

Pei Youmin still wants to take advantage of tonight's banquet to meet His Royal Highness the First Prince again!

After all, she doesn't have many opportunities to see each other. If she misses this time, she doesn't know when the next time will be!

Regardless of the injury on her buttocks, Pei Youmin hurriedly climbed out of the bed, knelt down at Pei Xingshan's feet with a 'plop', grabbed Pei Xingshan's robe and shook her head violently:
"No! Uncle, you can't lock me up here! It's been a long time since I came here, do you have the heart to leave me here alone?"

Pei Xingshan gave her a cold look, and said:
"Be patient."

As Pei Xiaoran said, it is absolutely impossible for him to let Pei Youmin marry any prince at this time.

Not only Pei Youmin, but also the other unmarried girls of the Pei family.

Pei Youmin wailed: "Uncle!"

Pei Xingshan ignored her, but looked at the two girls who were kneeling on the ground following Pei Youmin, and said:

"Take care of your young lady, if she sneaks out and causes something to happen, you two won't have to come back."

The two girls jumped in surprise, and responded in unison:

"Yes, sir."

Pei Xingshan nodded and walked out.

Pei Youmin didn't dare to pull him, so she had to let go of the hand that was holding the corner of his robe.

Pei Xiaoran didn't want to stay any longer, so he turned around and left, but he heard Pei Youmin roar fiercely behind her:
"Pei Xiaoran, you wait for me!"

Pei Xiaoran pretended not to hear, and left with Shi Shiran, leaving Pei Youmin jumping angrily on the spot.

When he went to the banquet, Pei Xingshan did not bring Pei Youmin with him.

Pei Xiaoran suddenly felt refreshed, but it was a pity that such a good marriage did not come true.

Of course, even if she didn't have a 'stick to beat the mandarin ducks', even if Pei Youmin really succeeded in hooking up, Pei Xingshan still wouldn't agree.

The dinner was naturally divided between men and women, and the cooks brought from the palace cooked the prey caught by the crowd into delicious dishes one after another, and brought them to the table like flowing water.

For Pei Xiaoran, who loves to eat meat, there is simply no more perfect banquet than this, but it is a pity that her mother, second sister, third brother, and fourth brother could not come together, otherwise she could share this rare delicacy with them up.

Especially the roasted rabbit head made by the royal chefs is very suitable for Pei Xiaoran's appetite, but it's a pity that there is only one for each person.

Just when he felt that he didn't have enough to eat, a maid came over with a red lacquer carved tray, blessed Pei Xiaoran's body, and said with a smile:

"I have seen Miss Pei. His Highness said that Miss Pei saved him once in the forest. His Highness was very grateful, so he specially sent his servants to give this roasted rabbit head to Miss Pei as a token of gratitude. "

(End of this chapter)