"There’s no need to be in such a rush," Pei Zhan said. "You are the wife of the esteed General Pingxi. I, Pei Zhan, not only have military achievents but also hold significant power. Whether you should accept an invitation from soone else depends on your mood. Why should you take the initiative to visit them?"
Fu Zhen replied, "It doesn’t really matter. I don’t care..."
"But I care," Pei Zhan said. "You and I have knelt before the altar, gotten married, and paid homage to the heavens and earth. Therefore, we share honor and disgrace together. If I hold a high status outside, I certainly cannot let you be neglected in the slightest. I won’t let anyone look down on you."
Fu Zhen was rendered speechless.
She had always been unbothered by minor details. She never paid attention to these formalities and rituals. In the past, Yongping often used these to mock her, but she never took it to heart. Why is this young man being so fussy too?
"What the fifth said makes sense," Liang Zhi said. "Your status is different now, so you must be careful. Here’s the plan: when we return, I’ll have our sister-in-law step in and release the word in the morning, saying that our family is preparing to host a banquet for the newly appointed wife of General Pingxi.
"In Prince Rong’s Mansion, everyone harbors their own motives, and Mrs. Zhang now has directly roped in the fifth. They’ll surely react upon hearing this news.
"At that ti, little... fifth sister-in-law, just go with the flow."
The words "fifth sister-in-law" slipped out of Liang Zhi’s mouth, and after saying them, it was as if a cold breeze swept over his head—probably all eight generations of the Liang ancestors were lining up to chastise him!
Just look at his father and uncle, they have only been gone a few years, and a perfectly good aunt has been turned into a sister-in-law!
Cheng Chili glanced at Liang Zhi and then at Fu Zhen, eating gulp after gulp of sheep’s milk custard.
Nowadays, every ti he sat with them, he had to brace himself with 120,000 levels of caution! Afraid that at so mont sothing would slip from his mouth and cause trouble!
"Then let’s go with this plan."
Fu Zhen had no objections. For one, it allowed her to gauge Mrs. Zhang’s attitude.
Secondly, if the Liang family released this news, it also prepared her for future visits to the Liang family. If Mrs. Zhang did not react, Fu Zhen could accept the invitation to the Liang family while Pei Zhan would visit Prince Rong’s Manor alone.
The man who was caught by Fu Zhen in the alley that day was later handed over to Pei Zhan.
Guo Song detained the man for several days, choosing the night before Pei Zhan’s wedding to deliberately allow a guard to let him escape.
Afterward, Guo Song intercepted him halfway, pretending to mistake him for a scoundrel, and thus coerced him into admitting that he was one of Mrs. Zhang’s n before secretly handing him over to Mrs. Zhang.
This favor was done quite thoroughly. On the surface, it seed that Pei Zhan and the others had no idea that the man was also the one who attempted to sabotage Zhe Yu at the training ground. Naturally, it appeared that they had no suspicions towards Mrs. Zhang, who would definitely rember this favor.
Later, on the day they got married, Prince Rong and his wife attended in person. Originally, Mrs. Zhang and Yang Zhan didn’t have to co, but they did show up that day. Mrs. Zhang just didn’t find an opportunity to speak with Pei Zhan.
It was now the right ti to visit Prince Rong’s Manor for a call, so the gesture of goodwill would not be wasted. In any case, even if Fu Zhen doesn’t go, Pei Zhan must go.
That night they dined at the Ning Mansion, and afterward, everyone returned to their own hos, parting ways on the street.
The Ning Mansion was just one alley away from the Pei Mansion, and after a few casual words on the road, they arrived ho.
As soon as Fu Zhen entered the room, Ziyan ca and said, "Soone from the lady’s side ca to inquire, saying several relatives from within the city sent word yesterday to invite the young madam to visit them. Would the young madam have ti to go?"
Doesn’t that an even if there’s no ti, one must make ti?
Fu Zhen roughly asked about the people involved, and she rembered most of them. She then chose Pei Zhan’s third uncle’s family, the one with the longest seniority, and agreed to visit them first in three days.
After dismissing Ziyan, she returned to find that Pei Zhan had sensibly arranged for soone to pack up and move to the study next door.
She said, "Now that you’ve moved out, will Father and Mother say anything when they find out?"
"Of course not," Pei Zhan replied without hesitation. "Your health is delicate. Until you are fully recovered, I am not seeking an heir, and it’s only reasonable.
"And frankly, sharing a room with a woman, I don’t sleep well."
That statent was completely justifiable...
Su Xinger was indeed reliable in managent.
The next day, as soon as Fu Zhen got up, Ziyan and Bixi reported that Mrs. Su from the Minister General Mansion had sent an invitation early, asking Fu Zhen to visit, and she had already inford Mrs. Cheng, Mrs. Du, and also invited Mrs. Pei. They were just waiting to see when Fu Zhen would be free.
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