Chapter 20 Continuing the Frontier

Pei Lisheng saw that the Duchess of Zhenguo suddenly became vigilant, his heart moved, and he immediately smiled on his face, stepped into the door of the house as if nothing happened, and bowed to the Duchess of Zhenguo: "Old man Pei Lixing, I have seen the Duchess of Zhenguo." "In terms of grade, the two are on par. In terms of position, Pei Lixing is already a person who pays tribute to the official, but He Ningxin's husband is an important minister of the imperial court, and this gift is still worthy of it.

However, of course He Ningxin would not be polite, so she immediately got up and avoided the side, smiled and curtsied, and said, "Old Man Pei is too polite." The little woman was lucky enough to be a child, and she didn't dare to accept this gift. ”

He Ningxin's voice and appearance are obviously different from Pei Shufan. Even if the people in the house felt that He Ningxin's behavior treated people and gave them a sense of familiarity, they should have just fallen in love, and no one confused the two together.

Chu Qianyi and Chu Qianqian saw that their grandfather was coming, and they also hurried over to greet their grandfather.

As soon as the salute was finished, Chu Qianqian rushed to Pei Lixing, opened his arms, and said loudly: "Hug!" ”

Pei Li immediately bent down to pick up Chu Qianqian, kissed her on the hair with a smile, and said cordially: "Be humble and good!" "A picture of a kind grandfather.

He Ningxin's eyes were about to pop out when she saw it. This is her strict and solemn father in her previous life? - She'd never seen anything like this before. In the past, her relationship with her father was that of a teacher and a friend, although she knew that her father and mother loved her, but she had never been so close.

Looking at Chu Qianqian, who was smiling with a satisfied face, nestled in his grandfather's arms, and Chu Qianyi, who was obviously relaxed when he saw his grandfather come in, He Ningxin nodded slightly in her heart: These two children, in their previous lives, received the love and care that they had not received when they were children. The only thing they lack is probably true maternal love.

After Pei Lisheng came in, he hugged Chu Qianqian and sat on the Taishi chairs on both sides of the top eight immortal tables with Mrs. Xia.

He Ningxin confessed and sat on the first chair below. Shen was reluctant to sit down because his in-laws were here, so he only stood aside.

Pei Lixing held Chu Qianqian with one hand, pointed to the position opposite He Ningxin with the other, and said to Shen: "You don't have to be restrained, sit down." ”

Since Pei Lisheng had spoken, Shen couldn't sit down, so he had to confess and sit down diagonally.

Chu Qianyi looked at the people in the room, and saw the encouraging eyes from his grandmother, so he was bold and walked to He Ningxin and sat down.

He Ningxin suppressed the joy in her heart, nodded to him with a smile, and then turned her head back and talked to Pei Lixing.

As usual, Pei Lixing first greeted the old lady of the Zhenguo Mansion, and then greeted the Zhenguo Gong Jian Feiyang himself.

He Ningxin got up and answered them one by one, and thanked Pei Lixing for his concern.

Pei Lisheng said with a smile: "Zhenguo Gong is young and promising, He Yushi is really a blessing, he has such a son-in-law." "Pei Lisheng and He Ningxin's father in this life, Zuo Inspector Yu Shi He Siping, used to be officials in the same dynasty, although their personal relationship is average, but they can also speak. Especially last time, He Siping hinted that Pei Lisheng would go to the table and let the saint choose a concubine, Pei Lisheng adopted He Siping's suggestion and did a great favor to the saint and the Anjun Palace.

Thinking of this, Pei Lisheng greeted He Ningxin's maiden father, He Yushi and Mrs. Xu.

He Ningxin hurriedly thanked him and said, "Old Man Pei has a heart." If I had said this in front of my father, my father's beard would have risen to the sky. ”

Pei Lisheng thought of He Siping's appearance, and couldn't help but sigh. He Siping's heart for his daughter is well known. From the moment he came out for his daughter and sued Mrs. Ning Yuanhou and his concubine Pei Shufen to the Criminal Department, he knew that this person's weakness, except for his wife, was his daughter.

Pei Lisheng took the initiative to talk about He Siping, and He Ningxin remembered that his family had sued Pei Shufen to the Criminal Department. In this life, she is not their daughter-in-law, and her relationship with them is just an outsider, far inferior to Pei Shufen, who is the daughter of the Pei family.

Thinking of this, He Ningxin felt a little embarrassed, and felt that she was subconsciously still thinking that she was their daughter-in-law, so she posted it to the door with a grin, a picture that couldn't be affectionate. I don't know if Old Man Pei is attitude now, whether he regards himself as an "abandoned son", or is it ......

He Ningxin got up and saluted again, and said apologetically: "My father has a little holiday with Mrs. Ning Yuanhou for my business. If you are disrespectful, I hope that Old Man Pei, Mrs. Xia, and Grandma Da Shao will forgive me. "Some are not sure about the attitude of the Pei family towards her and Pei Shufen.

Mrs. Xia didn't seem to take it to heart, and immediately said with a smile when she heard this: "If you do something wrong, you will be punished." What are you guilty of? "It's fair.

Shen sighed, not knowing what to say. Pei Shufen was slapped in the face by the He family, but their Pei family pretended to be deaf and dumb and did not come out to support Pei Shufen. Shen didn't know why Master Pei remained silent, he only felt very weird.

Thinking of what Pei Shufen did, Pei Lixing's face became gloomy again, pondered for a long time, got up and shook He Ningxin on the ground, and said with a straight face: "This gift, the Duchess of Zhenguo must accept it." - Pei's goddaughter is not effective, and she is full of tongues, and she really deserves to be beaten. Pei also wanted to thank the Duchess of Zhenguo for speaking up for Pei's eldest daughter Shu Fan, who died early, in the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion that day. "It's kind of showing my attitude.

In fact, a few months ago, his third daughter Pei Shufang once rushed back overnight with Shu Fan's personal maid Tonglu and had a secret conversation with him. said that it was Shu Fan's personal maid Tonglu back then, and before seeing Shu Fan dying, the fourth lady Shu Fen and Ningyuan Hou Chu Huajin, as well as Shu Fan, were all in the house. Later, without knowing what happened, Shu Fan suddenly died in bed. There are still some things, although Pei Shufang didn't say it very clearly, but Master Pei heard that it was not very decent in it, and he only hated the root of his teeth, but he couldn't attack, so he had to turn his anger to Tong Lu's head and ask her why she said it now since she knew that there was a problem with this matter?

Tonglu confessed that she really didn't see or hear anyone do anything to Mrs. Xian. What she saw was what happened after the death of Mrs. Xian. These things are too high for her to bite indiscriminately. And she was most worried that the Pei family would make Pei Shufan an abandoned son because Pei Shufan was dead. What's more, the Pei family later married the concubine to fill the house, although it was given by the queen, who knew that it was not the Pei family willingly?

If the Pei family really didn't want to cut off the queen's family, then Tonglu rashly went to the Pei family to complain, which would only make the Pei family, who didn't want to destroy this family affair, and the two factions of the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion unite to destroy her. At that time, she was alone and helpless. If she is killed, even if the first lady has grievances, it will no longer be possible to expose it to the world.

Later, Tonglu got married smoothly, had a lot of support, and got Luo Kaichao's approval, and agreed that this matter was indeed strange, so she decided to try Pei Shufang, the eldest and youngest grandmother of the Luo family, whether she was biased towards her eldest sister Pei Shufan or her sister-in-law Pei Shufen. After all, Pei Shufang, like Pei Shufen, is a concubine. And Pei Shufan is a concubine, who knows if there is a gap in it? Moreover, from Pei Shufang's attitude, you can also see what the Pei family's attitude towards Pei Shufan and Pei Shufen is, so that they can act properly.

Tonglu has been by Pei Shufan's side for many years, and has long been deeply influenced by Pei Shufan, and is a very cautious, strategic, and then action-oriented person. Pei Shufan once told her before his death that being a man cannot only rely on the courage of a husband, but also on courage and resourcefulness. It is better to be brave and unscrupulous, to harm oneself and others, than to be timid and afraid. For the opponent, either do not move, if you do, you must be fatal with one blow, and you must not fight without dying, leaving for trouble.

Tonglu then found that the relationship between Pei Shufang and Pei Shufen was not good. Later, I learned from Luo Kaichao that Pei Shufang rejected the proposal of Pei Shufen, the wife of the Marquis of Ningyuan, to come to the door to ask for cooperation with the Luo family to do business, and then made the Luo family refuse to communicate with the Marquis of Ningyuan. Only then did Tonglu put her mind at ease, found the opportunity, and made it clear to Pei Shufang.

When Pei Shufang heard about this, he knew that the stakes were very high, and he didn't dare to be self-conscious, so he took Tonglu back to Pei's house overnight, and specially only explained the matter to his father Pei Lixing.

After Pei Lixing learned about this, he couldn't bear it, and he didn't even say anything about Mrs. Xia and his eldest son. just secretly told his third son Pei Shuli, went to the Criminal Department to find an acquaintance, and quietly transferred Pei Shufan's post-mortem records at the time of his death to take a look, but there was no flaw. But if the coffin is to be opened for an autopsy, Mrs. Xia will not agree to the first one.

After many days of secret investigation, Pei Shuli heard that the autopsy was still in Shuntianfu, so he asked someone to invite him to dinner, and asked about the events of the day during the banquet.

Nearly three years later, Na Yanzuo remembered this incident very clearly, and said strangely: "Why do you want to check again?" After speaking, he told Pei Shuli with great certainty that Pei Shufan, the original wife of Marquis Ning Yuan, was not murdered and died.

Pei Shuli asked him why he was so sure, and asked the silver to intercede. Na Yuzuocai quietly told him that when Ning Yuanhou's original wife had just died, a mysterious person had entrusted Shuntian Mansion Yin to carefully investigate the death of Ning Yuanhou's original wife, Pei Shufan.

Yin of Shuntian Mansion specially told him that he wanted to find out the cause of death, as long as there was a trace of clues and could be relied on, he wanted Ningyuan Houfu to look good. Even at the expense of framing, as long as he can let Ningyuan Hou Chuhua give his wife Pei Shufan a funeral. Therefore, several of them worked very hard, and sent several years of resentment and arrest, hoping to find evidence of Ning Yuanhou's "murder". - Because of the relationship between the queen and the three princes, even if they want to "frame", they can't make something out of nothing, and they have to have some clues to play.

How do they know that they searched for three days and three nights, and still couldn't find any flaws. There is no poisoning, there are no long needles on the top of the head, there are no dark wounds on the body, the bones are complete, there are no broken damages, there are no scars on the fatal parts, and even the face is extremely normal, just like an old man who died of illness in a deep sleep. - Unless there are people in this world who don't know that something took the life of Pei Shufan, the Marquis of Ningyuan's wife, this Marquis Ningyuan's wife died a normal death.

Although Pei Shuli didn't find out the truth he wanted to know, he unexpectedly learned that three years ago, someone investigated the cause of the eldest sister's death, and it was not in vain.

Pei Lixing listened to Pei Shuli's investigation, but he was not surprised. This result is very much in line with his assumptions about what happened back then. The fourth daughter, Shu Fen, probably couldn't wait, and had a head and tail with her brother-in-law, so that her eldest daughter could see that she died of illness in advance. It can be said that the fourth daughter Shufen is partly responsible for the death of the eldest daughter. And his own father probably has to take greater responsibility.

As for the mysterious man, Pei Lixing was not interested at all. Either that, it's a friend of the Pei family. Or, it is the enemy of the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion. In short, for the current situation, it is better not to provoke. His two grandsons, no matter what they say, are still from the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion. Especially Chu Qianyi, he will inherit the Marquis of Ningyuan Mansion in the future.

Thinking of this, Pei Lixing was a little gloomy and said, "...... It's me who is a father, I'm sorry for my eldest daughter. Mrs. Xia wiped away her tears on the side.

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