Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

Chapter 305

Ye Xi knew that her family would definitely be concerned about the follow-up of this incident, so she spoke up:

"The rules cannot be broken. Let's postpone the marriage until Pei Lang is out of mourning. I will stay with my parents for a few more years."

Ye's father and mother felt sad when they heard this. In three years, Ye Xi would be 29 years old. A girl of this age could become a grandmother. Ye Xin felt even more distressed.

Ye Xi looked at everyone's eyes and felt helpless: "If you are like this, I will never get married in this life, so as to avoid your constant disappointment."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's faces suddenly changed. They swept away the dejection just now and became full of energy - although it was fake.

Ye Xi was amused, and she left with Xiao Siyu. She looked unhappy when she returned to her room.

She was disappointed, but what else could she do after what had happened? She was now worried about Pei Zhu's situation.

Pei Zhu has already returned to the Pei family and is in mourning. Although he once hated the Pei family's selfishness, now that they are gone, he has nothing to hate.

Now he is worried about Ye Xi. Their wedding day is supposed to be in a few days, but now it may have to be postponed further.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, failure to observe filial piety was a crime, and most of the time the offender would be sent to prison for a period of time. He had seen what prison looked like and did not want to try it again.

I was busy receiving guests who came to pay their respects during the day, and I finally had some free time after nightfall, except that I had to keep watch.

Father Pei has only two sons, Pei Lin and Pei Zhu, and they have to take turns to keep watch at night.

Pei Zhu guarded the first half of the night, and Pei Lin took over the second half. When the two changed shifts, Pei Lin said something unfriendly:

"Don't think that just because your mother asked you to come back to observe mourning, you can covet the Pei family's wealth. A bastard like you is not qualified."

Pei Lin and Pei Zhu did not grow up together, so naturally there is no so-called brotherhood between them.

Pei Zhu was also furious. He said, "Why bother to ask me to come back if that's the case? It would be better if the Pei family didn't have me!"

For so many years, he was raised in his grandmother's house like an illegitimate child, and had basically never been together with his father before he got married.

The relationship between father and son was cold, and he was allowed to return to the Pei family to get married just to save face before the wedding.

Pei Lin was right, a bastard could not inherit much wealth, and he did not expect it, but it was a bit too much to say such things to him now.

"Do you think I want you to come back? If mother hadn't insisted, I wouldn't want to see you."

Pei Lin felt that his mother, who had always been shrewd, was confused this time and insisted that Pei Zhu come back to observe mourning.

Hearing this, Pei Zhu could only remain silent.

Once Pei's father passed away, the Pei family would have nothing to do with him anymore.

After Pei's father was buried, Pei Zhu finally had time to return to his own residence. While the Pei family was handling the funeral affairs, he lived in the guest room.

Pei's mother didn't seem to consider him as a member of the Pei family. She drove him away as soon as Pei's father's funeral was over, as if she was not the one who insisted on him coming back.

The next day, Ye Xi's maid Hongxiu came to the door. Pei Zhu then knew that Ye Xi had asked Hongxiu to come to the house every day to ask whether he had returned. Today, Hongxiu finally didn't have to be turned away.

After learning that Pei Zhu had returned home, Hong Xiu rushed back to the Ye family and told Ye Xi, and then Ye Xi came to find Pei Zhu alone.

The two hadn't seen each other for many days. When they met, their eyes were full of longing. Both of them had a lot to say, but for a moment they didn't know where to start.