Chapter 757 Envy Arrives (5)_1
Pei Houli and Pei Wenbo had become laborers, but since they were earning money every day, they didn’t plan on returning. After all, the only property left at home was the land. With Lady Chen at home, she wouldn’t let the second branch of the family take everything. The silk and satin shop of the second branch had always been said to belong to Qian Wanxiu as part of her dowry, so it had nothing to do with them.
In Capital Jingcheng, they could also open a noodle shop to make money, and gradually, they could become wealthy there. By then, if Pei Wenli secured an official position and Pei Wenlee married the Official Registrar of the Crown Prince’s Chancellery, even if Pei Qin and her group arrived, they wouldn’t dare to do anything to them! Neither would Fang Liuming dare to act rashly!
Kong’s had also calculated that Fang Liuming wouldn’t dare to quarrel with them; if a dispute were to arise, the fact that Pei Qin’s mother and their uncle had slept together for so many years, giving birth to three children including Pei Yuan, wouldn’t exactly be an honorable affair! Few people accepted or looked favorably upon the practice of Jian Xiao. As soon as it was mentioned, they would instantly be branded as bastards.
Seeing Kong’s assertive, Pei Wenli was also afraid she might switch sides and harm them by siding with Pei Qin. That lady from the Glorious Monastery Dianbo’s house wasn’t so clingy. The Glorious Monastery had no real power, and the Dianbo was only a small seventh-rank official. As long as he could enter The Chancellery of the Crown Prince and serve the Crown Prince, even as a runner, once the Crown Prince ascended the throne, he could still hold an official title, even without having achieved the status of Palace Graduate, thanks to the reputation of his success as a Graduate in the Imperial Examinations.
He was planning to ingratiate himself with the Crown Prince, so he stayed very close to the registrar to whom Pei Wenlee was betrothed, asking her to help by whispering in the registrar’s ear to recommend him to the Crown Prince or to get him into The Chancellery of the Crown Prince.
"To hell with it all! Shameless, swinish beasts! Using our family’s property to open a noodle shop and make money..." Pei Qian was so angry that she gritted her teeth. She wished she could rush over there, curse them out, and smash their faces in.
"Indeed, they are quite cunning," Pei Qin sneered coldly.