Chapter 382: Reward Given to the Wrong Person (2)_1
Seeing her impatience, Miao’s also worried she had said too much. Just when her mood had been good, thoughts of Shen Songming turning unfavorable came to mind, so she no longer dwelled on it. Asking what she’d like for lunch, she called her daughter-in-law to prepare the meal.
Sun Xiujin pondered for a while and gradually unraveled the trickiness within. Li Baoxiang had said Zhao Junchao was Pei Wenli’s brother-in-law, implying the match made last year by Old Pei’s House was for the legal wife’s family affair. The family they had engaged with supposedly had connections within the County Government Office, and there were discussions about how a family with the reputation of the Pei’s could make such a favorable match.
After this marriage alliance was formed, Pei Wenli entered the next examination and was titled as a Scholar. At that time, she had heard people speculating that it was the in-laws who had pulled strings for him.
Now it seemed everyone believed that the bride-to-be engaged to Zhao Junchao was the daughter of the legal wife of Old Pei’s House, Pei Wenli’s own sister. In reality, it was Pei Qin, the eldest daughter from the second branch. Pei Qin was too rude and belligerent; Old Pei’s House, fearing she might desperately lash out, colluded with others and took a sideways route via Magistrate Wu to sabotage her without being overt, thereby quietly selling Pei Qin off!
If it weren’t for Pei Qin, marrying the daughter of the legal wife of Old Pei’s House wouldn’t have brought any benefits, so why would the Zhao family not push their own son, Zhao Junchao, to pursue scholarly honors, but instead help Pei Wenli? That’s because marrying Pei Qin came with much greater benefits awaiting them; hence the Zhao’s dared to silently assist Pei Wenli despite risking Magistrate Wu’s displeasure.
However, no matter what, since Old Pei’s House had made their move, it was certainly set in stone, and Pei Qin could not escape! No matter how capable Pei Qin was, she was still the granddaughter of the Pei family, and Pei Loaer was her biological father. In such significant matters as marriage, with the command of her parents and the arrangement of the matchmaker, her defiance would be deemed unfilial. Even Magistrate Wu couldn’t say much, and there was also the Qian family rumored to be in Fu City!
As long as the Zhao family arrived with the marriage contract, Pei Qin would have to marry Zhao Junchao!
Sun Xiujin bitterly curled her lips. Zhao Junchao was just plain-looking, not even as good as Li Baoxiang. She wondered how Pei Qin could keep her arrogance and pride in the future! It was time for her dreams of being a rich and noble mistress to be shattered!