stern wife

Chapter 54
Pei Xingshan praised his son-in-law all day long, saying that his son-in-law was ignorant, disobedient to discipline, and useless, which made him unable to develop a good impression of him, thinking that he would be two greasy-faced, flirtatious sons-in-law .

But looking at it now, it is completely different from what I imagined.

One is like a bamboo like a pine, tall and straight, the other is like a clear stream, gentle and calm, both of them are very handsome, just looking at them is pleasing to the eye.

Pei Runzhi didn't understand the meaning of Emperor Chixuan's words for a while, but Pei Yuxuan's heart was like a mirror, and he couldn't help sneering in his heart.

He really didn't understand what Pei Xingshan was thinking. They were his own sons. How could he treat Pei Wenchang with such affection, treating them as if they were enemies. He wished he could degrade them into the dust and make them depressed all their lives. How about it?

Pei Runzhi is a kind person, although it is right to take care of his younger brother first in times of crisis, but he is a general after all, so he took the initiative to apologize:

"When your majesty was in danger, the minister failed to rescue him in time, and the minister neglected his duty. Please forgive him."

Seeing his honest face, Emperor Chixuan felt a little joking, so he asked:

"Then what were you doing when I was in danger? Are you busy fleeing for your life like everyone else?"

This is human nature, Pei Runzhi is not a guard with a sword in front of the imperial court, Emperor Chixuan does not blame him.

Pei Runzhi felt even more guilty, and told the truth:

"My younger brother has been weak since he was a child. If I leave him alone, I may have an accident. That's why I failed to rescue him in time. But this matter has nothing to do with my younger brother. Please forgive me."

Emperor Chixuan smiled slightly, nodded and said:
"Brotherhood is deep, how can I have the heart to blame you? Please give me a seat."

The palace servants quickly brought a chair and asked Pei Yuxuan to sit down.

Pei Yuxuan said:
"Mother is sick and my son is afraid to sit, so let's invite mother to sit."

Emperor Chixuan couldn't help nodding his head repeatedly, feeling that the two brothers, one is loyal, the other is filial, and they are both of good character, so he said:
"Bring another chair."

Only then did Pei Yuxuan support Wu Shi to sit down together.

The empress dowager frowned, wanted to say something, but held back temporarily.

At this time, the maid who had just left came back holding a tray, on which was the blood-stained clothes that Pei Xiaoran had replaced.

The empress dowager signaled the maid to hold the clothes in front of Emperor Chixuan, saying:

"Emperor, look."

At the beginning, Emperor Chixuan didn't understand what his mother's empress meant by showing him a baby girl's clothes, until he took a closer look, and finally saw some clues.

The empress dowager said with a deep meaning:

"For some reason, Aijia remembered a story from the previous court, saying that a certain minister was dissatisfied with a decision made by the previous generation of Red Emperor, and came to the court the next day wearing a ragged clothes to humiliate the emperor, the emperor ,What do you think?"

Emperor Chixuan frowned slightly, his sharp eyes swept towards Wu, and said in a deep voice:
"Madam Wei, are you guilty?!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, not understanding what happened again, Wu Shi was even more confused, but seeing the Holy One getting angry, he got up immediately, knelt down on his knees, and didn't know what to say.

She followed Pei Xingshan to participate in many palace banquets on the [-]th night of the next year, but every time she stayed honestly with the female family members, and every time she and the female family members saluted the Holy One together, she could only see a She didn't dare to look at the unclear figure, so this was the first time she was so close to the Holy Majesty.

I didn't expect to offend the Holy Majesty without saying anything or doing anything. Sure enough, not everyone can be treated in the palace.

Wu Shi still didn't know what she did wrong, and was thinking about how to speak so as not to provoke the Holy One, who was even more angry, and at a loss, she heard her daughter's sweet and soft voice, and asked on her behalf:
"Your Majesty, I don't know what my mother did wrong, so that His Majesty wants to punish her?"

Emperor Chixuan and the Empress Dowager looked at each other, and the Empress Dowager pointed to the tray in the maid's hand and asked coldly:
"The clothes above are yours?"

Pei Xiaoran nodded innocently, and said, "Yes~"

"Bold!" The Empress Dowager slapped her hands on the chair and shouted angrily at Mrs. Wu:

"On such an important day, you actually let your children wear such shabby clothes to face the saint. Why, is the saint treating your Duke's mansion badly, making you unable to even make a few good clothes?!"

What... what?
Wu's face was at a loss, she was not an embroiderer, she didn't know much about clothes materials and embroidery, and she only chose those fabrics that were comfortable to touch when making clothes for children, but the naked eye couldn't tell whether the fabric was good or bad. Because of this, I never found out that there was anything wrong with the clothes on my children.

At this time, after hearing the empress dowager's reprimand, I couldn't figure out what the empress dowager was angry at.

Pei Xiaoran's heart was like a bright mirror. The Empress Dowager deliberately brought up that story to question her mother's contempt for the Holy Majesty. After all, if a person comes to see the Holy Majesty if he doesn't dress decently, it will be a disgrace and he will be punished. Criminal.

According to Pei Xingshan's family background and status, although she and her two elder brothers did not come in tattered clothes, it would be a disrespect to see the Holy Majesty wearing clothes of such poor workmanship and fabric.

She opened her mouth, and just about to speak for her mother, she saw Pei Xingshan standing up suddenly, knelt down in front of the jade steps, and said loudly:
"I want to report to the Empress Dowager that I have a lowly background and have never seen the world. I am used to being economical on weekdays. I also forgot to remind me because of my busy schedule, so I made a big mistake. I will punish her to shut up and think about it for half a year to remember her mistakes. Please calm down, Empress Dowager! "

Pei Xiaoran's eyes were fixed, and he turned his head to look at him, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Obviously he asked the old lady to make the clothes, but at this moment, he found that the old lady had tampered with her and her brothers' clothes and offended the Queen Mother and the Holy Majesty, so he wanted to put all the blame on her mother. Take the blame?

dream!

She covered her mouth with a smile and said crisply:
"Father is really busy and neglects family affairs. Father doesn't know that the clothes for me and my brothers were not made by my mother at all, but by my grandmother who asked me to make them for us, compared to those brothers and sisters who were born in concubines. Do better!"

Pei Xingshan looked back at her with a cold gaze, then withdrew his gaze, and said to the Empress Dowager:
"My little girl is not sensible, please don't take it seriously, Empress Dowager."

"Ah, father, how can you lie in front of the empress dowager and the sage?" Pei Xiaoran screamed, almost frightening half of Pei Xingshan's soul, and immediately angrily reprimanded:

"Shut up! What nonsense are you talking about?!"

Pei Xiaoran pouted, feeling wronged, and said pitifully:

"Didn't father always teach us to be loyal to the king and love the country, and we must never lie in front of the sage, otherwise it would be a crime of deceiving the king? Why did father lie in front of the sage himself?"

(End of this chapter)