The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

"Sister-in-law, what should we do then?" Pei Ying asked impatiently after Nanny Yuan left.

Xia Mianwan asked curiously: "What should we do?"

"When will you help us hire another nanny? It would be best if she specializes in teaching daughters of officials, and it would be best if she comes from the palace. She must not have any bad criminal record." Pei Ying was counting the conditions by herself. Since Pei Ling was not going to follow her, she would not care about the good nanny even if she had one.

"When did I say I would hire a nanny for you again?" Xia Mianwan asked in surprise.

"If we don't learn from Nanny Yuan, there must be other Nannies to teach us! Sister-in-law, what does this mean?" Pei Ying was anxious. She wanted to be the wife of an official, how could she do without a Nanny to teach her? Although she came from a small family, she knew that the wives of officials had their own way of managing household affairs. If she didn't know, she would be neglected.

Xia Mianwan raised her eyebrows and looked at Pei Ying. She smiled slightly and then shook her head, "No, I won't ask other maids to come. The girls in the Pei family are all taught by Maid Yuan. There is no reason for you two to be special. So, if you don't want to learn, then you don't have to learn. I won't force you, but I won't find another maid for you either."

Pei Ying frowned slightly, "Sister-in-law, what do you mean by this? Are you determined to mistreat us? Aren't you afraid that I will complain to my aunt and the elders?"

Xia Mianwan laughed out loud with great joy, "Pei Ying, when will you stop being so smart and self-righteous?"

Pei Ying sensed a strong sense of sarcasm in Xia Mianwan's laughter. Her face instantly turned red. After a long pause, she asked, "Sister-in-law, what do you mean?"

"When you used my mother-in-law and the elders to pressure me, did you understand the overall situation? Do you know who is the head of the Pei Mansion? Do you know that you can come to the Pei family not because you are the blood of the Pei family, but because of the personal kindness of your grandfather and the Pei family. No matter the patriarch or the elders of the Pei family, they have no control over me. You can just scold me directly, and I will still respect you as a hero!" Xia Mianwan said coldly.

Pei Ying turned her head away and said disdainfully, "Are you saying that you are the head of the Pei Mansion, so you can treat me harshly?"

Xia Mianwan didn't argue with the little girl at this time. She found a comfortable sitting position leisurely, then looked at Pei Ying and said, "You are right, it is true. I have the final say in Pei Mansion. Do you understand now? You can complain or go crazy, it's up to you. At worst, I will throw you out. How can it affect me?"

Pei Ying glared at Xia Mianwan angrily and said, "Aren't you afraid that I will come to the door of Pei Mansion every day and ruin your reputation?"

"What a joke! Why don't you go out and ask around. Is there any need to ruin the reputation of my wife, Madam Pei? Do you think I care?" Xia Mianwan snorted coldly.

Ruzhu was sweating coldly as she listened in the back. Sometimes the young lady of their family talked nonsense, really nonsense. By the way, she observed a moment of silence for Pei Ying. The little girl must have been traumatized by today.

"You, Madam Pei, are not afraid of having your reputation ruined, but aren't you afraid of your aunt's reputation being ruined? Is the Pei family's reputation ruined? I heard that Chen'er is already a virgin, right? Don't you care about Chen'er's reputation?" Pei Ying finally became a little smarter and understood the key point.

Xia Mianwan was not impatient when she heard this, and nodded seriously, "You are right, I care."

Pei Ying thought she had found Xia Mianwan's weak spot and showed a smug expression, but Xia Mianwan's next words frightened her so much that she almost fell to the ground.

Xia Mianwan said: "Yes, but if you want to make trouble, I can just kill you, it won't take much trouble..."

Xia Mianwan was talking nonsense, but Pei Ying turned pale with fear. Pei Xia was also frightened and knelt down hurriedly, "Sister-in-law, please don't kill my elder sister."

"If you don't make trouble, you won't kill me."

Xia Mianwan was too impatient to scare the two of them with words anymore, so she looked up and signaled Ruzhu to have someone take the two girls away.

"Miss Ying, Miss Xia, please go back to Yimei Courtyard..." Two sturdy old women came in and held the two of them.

Pei Ying was stumbling as she was taken back to Yimeyuan. She was extremely shocked. Xia Mianwan actually dared to kill someone. This made him extremely terrified. He must... must become Jiang Shao's wife as soon as possible.

If Xia Mianwan knew that after she had threatened him for a long time, Pei Ying only thought of becoming Jiang Shao's wife as a way to get out of the predicament... she would definitely be very speechless.

After Pei Ying and Pei Xia left, Xia Mianwan asked Ruzhu to tell her everything that happened in Bo's Mansion today.

Ruzhu had described it as objectively as possible. Xia Mianwan didn't say anything else after hearing it. She just thought to herself that it turned out that she had set her eyes on Jiang Chengying.

“Miss Ying… is very ambitious.” Ruzhu concluded.

Xia Mianwan sighed, "I'm afraid my life is thinner than paper..."

"Young Madam, aren't you angry? After all, what Miss Ying did today was really very rude." Ruzhu asked.

Xia Mianwan smiled slightly and said, "I have my own plans."

Pei Yanyue's character was still too soft. Since she was Pei Yanxu's sister, she naturally looked up to her. If the young lady didn't stand up for herself and relied on her parents' ability to intimidate her husband, then there was no point in marrying this husband. What was the point?

If you want to live a good life, apart from being lucky enough to meet a rare young man in a century, you can't just rely on yourself.

Especially in ancient times, not to mention that Pei Yanyue is not only soft-hearted, but also easily influenced. She is obedient, but if she is like this, it is easy for her to be held hostage by her husband's family, and finally retaliate against the Pei family.

Although Xia Mianwan and Pei Yanxu only spent a few days together in Pei Mansion, she could see that Pei Yanxu truly doted on his younger brothers and sisters.

Mrs. Pei was also very kind to her, much better than her cheap parents. Even for Mrs. Pei's trust and love for her, she couldn't let Mrs. Pei down or make her sad.

As for the girl Pei Yanyue, although a little weak, she is kind-hearted. She always remembers how she reluctantly took out the purse she had embroidered for several days and gave it to Yu Jie'er. Such a girl deserves good protection, and this kind of protection is the real ability to protect herself from wind and rain.

"Chai'er, go to Changchun Garden and keep watch. If you see Ayue coming back to the courtyard, bring her to me."

"Yes!" Chai'er responded and walked quickly towards Changchun Garden.