Chapter 1135 - 259: Sinner Through the Ages_2
Seeing her indifferent attitude, Fang Hui secretly resented her, but her face bloomed into a smile, "Qinqin! Your auntie had no idea you’d become so formidable, you’re the very General Pei, and you’ve even been granted the rank of Tiance General!"
"Yes, yes! Now the storytellers at the teahouses are all talking about your legendary exploits, praising you so highly—my goodness, as if there’s nothing you haven’t accomplished! You’ve become a deity in the eyes of the common people!" Feng Shouxing also smiled ingratiatingly.
Pei Qin managed a slight smile. The higher they lifted her up, the harder she would fall!
Seeing that she remained silent, Fang Hui, noticing Mo Heng’s cold demeanor sitting inside, smiled and said to Pei Qin, "We came to congratulate you yesterday, but we had no idea until then, and who knew the guards wouldn’t let us in! So we had no choice but to wait outside this gate!"
"Hmm, speak!" Pei Qin nodded.
The whole family had deliberated again and again, pondering all night about what kind words to say, and how to cajole her first, before resorting to other means if necessary.
But upon seeing Pei Qin, Fang Hui couldn’t hold back, "Qinqin! Just think, you’ve become a Tiance General now, a position second only to the emperor himself! Surely our little squabble, no bigger than a sesame seed, should be long forgotten by now! I heard that the people from Old Pei’s House were looking for trouble—their jealousy is so transparent! There are only a few of us relatives left in our big family! Now that you’ve achieved wealth and honor, you can’t just watch as your aunt is left homeless on the streets without a roof over her head, can you? Wouldn’t you agree?"
"There are many people in Capital Jingcheng who don’t have homes!" Pei Qin raised her eyebrows.
Fang Hui, seeing their own ingratiating behavior met with her cold indifference, pursed her lips, "Qinqin! Those are just poor folks trying to make a living, but I am your dear aunt! You are a Tiance General, surrounded by such wealth. If we don’t even have a place to live, wouldn’t that be shameful for you?" If they could just manage to get a house and open a shop, that could be barely acceptable.
Pei Qin looked at her and started to laugh, "If you were hardworking and lived off your own efforts, even in poverty, it wouldn’t disgrace me, a distant niece of no great significance. Unless, of course, you resorted to murder and arson, committed all kinds of evil deeds; then, when others come to deal with you, they might recall that you’re a relative of mine, Pei Qin."