Chapter 394: Don’t Play Intelligence with Mom (8)_1
"If the Qian family really fell out with Lady Qian, it would be impossible for them to help her open a silk and satin shop, let alone take action against Sister Qinqin and her brother, spending Silver Coin to buy a way through is also highly unlikely!" Fang Fu said with a furrowed brow, glancing at Pei Qin, "The Shen family is large and powerful, too influential to let anyone bought by the Qian family get the better of them. There might be something else going on here."
At this point, Old Scholar Fang’s face turned ugly. Shen Songming had returned to Capital Jingcheng, probably to propose marriage to Qinqin. The Shen family would definitely not agree to him marrying a country girl, turning the imperial favor incident into an issue for Old Pei’s House. Their greatest support, now unreliable, instead fortified the rival Pei family!
Fang Hui pursed her lips and remained silent all this while, having roughly guessed that Pei Qin was old enough for Shen Songming and hoped to marry into the Shen family. With the imperial favor, she could have elevated her status, but it’s a pity Shen Songming was bewitched by her "Love Potion", and the Shen family still looked down on her. Now, she couldn’t reach that high branch even if she tried. If she had married their Dalang from the beginning, would she be in this situation now?
"The New Year is coming; let’s not think about these things anymore! Let’s just enjoy the New Year, and we can talk about it afterward," Pei Qin, who had been sitting by the side, said with a smile curling at the corner of her mouth.
Seeing that she still didn’t get it, Fang Li frowned and said, "Anyway, the Qian family isn’t easy to deal with. If you’re going to confront anyone, it should be the Pei family first! This isn’t something that can be resolved overnight. We need to plan carefully in the long term!"
That was as much as could be said on the matter.
After sitting for a while longer, Old Scholar Fang stood up to leave, and the people from the Fang family and Fang Hui also took their leave one by one.
Pei Qin left the house in the care of Pei Yuan and Pei Qian, with Lu Hao watching over it, while she took Lu Hai to the town’s shop to lend a hand.