Chapter 181: The Concubine Is Promoted (8)_1
Pei Zongli tried to stop her, but Qian Wanxiu pulled out the hairpin from her head and held it against her neck, tears streaming down her face as she looked at him, "I have done so much for you, yet do you seek to drive me to death?"
"Wanxiu, no, it’s not like that! I..." Pei Zongli wanted to explain, but Qian Wanxiu was merely in a moment of indignation, all for the sake of the entire Old Pei’s House. If the Old Pei’s House were to fall into disrepute, their return would immediately be marked by shame and disgrace!
Maid Shuhua had already brought the horse, and Mother Qian went to help harness the carriage, moving boxes and chests onto it, and Wanxiu’s mother and a few others directly left in the carriage.
The villagers watched with bated breath, saying the Fang family was formidable, to have actually driven away the young Miss of the Qian family.
Lady Zhu sat on the ground, crying and cursing as she slapped her thighs. Complaining of the cold ground, she stood up, continuing to rant and slap her thighs. She accused Pei Qin of driving away Wanxiu, saying that the Fang family had pushed her daughter-in-law away.
"Your second daughter-in-law is dead! She’s already smashed herself to death at your family’s front door! It was your Pei family that drove her to it!" Grandma Fang retorted sharply.
The front gate was open, and the villagers outside awaited the unfolding drama, eager for the commotion.
Old Pei immediately ordered them to stop the racket and the cursing, and told Pei Zongli to quickly go after Wanxiu and the two children to bring them back.
Pei Qin looked at the group, "Then I’ll go back and wait for news."
Old Scholar Fang watched, then rose to his feet, saying he would wait for a message from Old Pei and the Pei family. A line of people followed Pei Qin to the small courtyard.
Lady Yu, noticing Old Scholar Fang and others surveying the courtyard, hurriedly explained, "This house still belongs to the Pei family. When Rongniang left the main house, she had nothing, not even a grain of food—the house is borrowed." She aimed to highlight the pitiable situation of Sister Peiqin and her siblings, to have them taken into the Fang family. Otherwise, considering the way the Pei family was, they would surely bully them in the future!