After seeing off Aunt Fang, Lianhua and Alu came in with dinner for the Fourth Young Master and his wife, and laid it neatly on the round table. Pei An looked at the two bowls of rice and asked, "Why don't you eat something soft and easy to digest?"

Lianhua and Hehua supported Song Guanzhou and walked slowly to the table.

“I want to eat these.”

She ordered two plates of pork and mutton, and two dishes of stir-fried vegetables and melons. In contrast, Pei An's order was more or less the same.

There was just one more dish of soup, and the two of them sat facing each other from north to south.

Apart from the sounds of spoons, bowls and chopsticks, all the people on the table had left the inner room, leaving only the couple. There was only silence, besides the awkwardness.

Pei An looked at Song Guanzhou, who was completely different from the past. He thought that her silence was probably because the punishment was too severe this time. He simply picked up the spoon, scooped up the colorful pearl meatballs, and put them into Song Guanzhou's soup bowl.

"There are no maids or women in your courtyard, and the maids are also undisciplined. Madam Xu has replied that she will rest for another three to five days and bring people here. I am on a ten-day day off, so I will help you pick."

Song Guanzhou put down his chopsticks and said, "Second sister-in-law, don't you care about filling the vacancy beside me?"

After all, she is the housekeeper.

Pei An took a sip of soup and said, "When you are dismissed from office, you will also go out of the capital with me to take up your post. You will be the head of the inner court sooner or later, so why not learn now?"

Now, Pei An has been in the Hanlin Academy for exactly two years. In another three or four years at the latest, he will definitely take up an official position and leave the capital.

Song Guanzhou thought about how Pei An was promoted in the original novel, but what did it have to do with her?

"You still have to stay in the Imperial Academy for two or three years, right?"

Pei An nodded, "Three years at the latest."

He was ambitious and took every step carefully. He first worked as an editor in the Hanlin Academy, then three to five years later he became an official in a local area, and then he sought opportunities to move up the career ladder.

Unexpectedly, Song Guanzhou did not feel the slightest bit of joy after hearing this.

She was thinking that three to five years later, she would have been imprisoned and executed, so there would be no need for her to be a housekeeper!

Thinking of this, she evaded the question, "I am spoiled by my parents, my father's backyard is clean and tidy, and my mother has not learned the skills of a rich family's housekeeper. I am even less capable, so I am stupid and have no skills. How can I take on the responsibility of a housekeeper? If there is a capable sister in the future, let her take over."

what?

Pei An just felt that he had heard it wrong.

Song Guanzhou used to be the closest to him, but now he is completely disappointed. If he heard correctly, he wants to marry him as a second wife?

The man's face turned ugly. He put the spoon heavily into the bowl and looked at Song Guanzhou, "Who do you like? Do you want to marry her to be my concubine?"

loose the temper?

Song Guanzhou remained indifferent. He swallowed the last mouthful of rice, then gently put down his bowl and chopsticks and looked directly at Pei An. "I may disappoint you. Yesterday, I mentioned Miss Baoyue to my second sister-in-law. She is of low status and cannot enter the mansion."

"Song family!"

The man stood up immediately. His tall and thin body made him qualified to look down at Song Guanzhou. However, the woman was not afraid and looked up at him without any fear.

"I have given you enough face. You said you wanted to get rid of all the maids in this room, and I let you do it. Why are you still holding on to it?"

Song Guanzhou looked at him coldly. When the situation became tense, she felt the scars on her body and lowered her head.

"If you don't want Miss Baoyue, I won't mention her anymore."

The words were plain, as if to say, if you don't like this dish of stewed squash in the setting sun, just don't put it on the table next time.

However, he didn't know that this made Pei An even angrier. In his eyes and heart, he had given Song Guanzhou enough respect this time. However, Song Guanzhou would get jealous from time to time, filling the room with sour smell. How many men could stand that?

"Song! Is this how you treat your husband?"

Song Guanzhou lowered his eyebrows, his black hair was tied up with a jade hairpin, leaving only his fair neck and the purple scars on it exposed.

"Pei An, I have a name. My father and mother read through poems and books and got it from the poem "Watching the boat by the lake, the sunset is hazy and the moon is dim, the boat is crossing the clear waves and reflecting the stars in the river". I am not just a member of the Song family."

Hearing this, Pei An laughed out of anger.

"At home, obey your father; after marriage, obey your husband. Song, even if you die, the spirit tablet can only be written as Pei Song." Pei An was furious. "No wonder your father punished you to copy the three books for women. You ignored the three obediences and four virtues. In this courtyard, if I really don't care about you, what do you think you can do?"

I’m afraid that someone will be harsh and mistreat me for my three meals a day.

Song Guanzhou felt no regrets after hearing these patriarchal oaths.

"Since you know, you have ignored me for half a year, Pei An. I know that I am no longer in your heart. If that is the case, there is no need to be so unkind to me."

The two were arguing, and the two maids, Lianhua and Hehua, were very worried in the outer room.

Lianhua looked at Alu standing under the eaves, and asked with a big belly, "Brother Alu, what should we do if the fourth young master and the fourth young master's wife quarrel?"

Aru shook his head.

"Just listen. If you need to be sent, you can go in and listen to the announcement."

When gods fight, the little devils suffer. As for trying to stop the fight, Alu shook his head and said, "The master has his own rules. Just wait and see." As he spoke, Pei An's voice could be heard from inside.

"Giving you alms? I've gone away and I don't care about any social events. Why are you running back?"

Song Guanzhou finally raised his head and looked at the angry man, "Pei An, why bother yourself?"

Pei An was extremely disappointed when he heard this. He sneered and said, "Song, if I really despise you, do you know what will be waiting for you?"

"Childless and miserable, if it gets in the way, then invite those crazy women to come and perform rituals to exorcise the evil spirits."

Pei An suddenly bent down and grabbed Song Guanzhou's slender wrist. This grab naturally caused the wounds all over his body to move. Song Guanzhou cried out in pain physiologically, but Pei An didn't care.

He looked at Song Guanzhou coldly, "Wu Zi, I can divorce you."

Seeing that Song Guanzhou was about to retort again, Pei An took the initiative to speak, his thick black eyebrows and big eyes were full of arrogance.

"You are not afraid. The Song family has no one left. Your adopted brother has long since disappeared without a trace. In this world, there is no such thing as a woman's household. If I divorce you and leave you alone, even the lowest class passing by can snatch you and sell you off."

His words were cold and ruthless. Song Guanzhou was in pain and murmured, "The court doesn't allow women to register as households?"

Pei An suddenly let go of her wrist and stood up again. "Of course, you are ashamed of your father-in-law. He has tens of thousands of books, but you only read obscene words and sentences."

Song Guanzhou sighed slightly, still immersed in the blow of not being able to establish a female household.

After a moment, she smiled, very sadly, "Pei An, maybe before you divorce me, I will lose my life."

Pei An felt a knot in his chest, thinking that Song Guanzhou had gone mad. He no longer had the heart to eat, and his face was full of frost. "Forget it, you are indeed a foolish person, and it's as you wish."

After saying this, he didn't even look at Song Guanzhou and walked away.

When Alu saw Pei An coming out with an angry look on his face, he didn't dare to ask more questions. He just trotted to catch up with Pei An who was walking away.

On the other hand, Lianhua had never seen such a scene before. She timidly sent Pei An away and immediately ran back to the inner room, only to see Song Guanzhou drinking the soup slowly.

"Young lady..."

"No problem."

In the evening, when Song Guanzhou was supporting Lianhua and walking slowly, Lianhua came trotting in from outside, "Young Madam, Panxi's mother is here, crying and wailing outside, saying that she wants Young Madam... Please give me an explanation."

"statement?"

Song Guanzhou was puzzled.

Lianhua quickly added, "Panxi is a servant girl in the mansion. It is said that her parents work as housekeepers on the farm. She was appreciated by the old lady before. Now Panxi has been sold out. I am afraid that this family is not satisfied."

Song Guanzhou understood.

Then he turned to look at He Hua, "Go out and find out why no one in the mansion came to take care of it and allowed this family to come to our gate and cry."

Lotus took the order and left.

But as soon as the gate was opened, Panxi's parents and brother and sister-in-law squeezed in, shouting, "Fourth Young Master Madam, Panxi obeys you in everything, how can you bear to sell her away——"

The wailing reached the main door, and several people seemed to be afraid to break in. They just tilted their bodies and fell under the eaves on the stone steps.

"Madam Fourth Young Master, no matter how useless my little girl is, she always thinks of you. Why do you ignore her now?"

There was shouting and screaming and the scene was a mess.

There were originally three people, the master and his servants, in Shaohua Garden. One of them was seriously injured and unable to walk, and the other two were just little girls of fifteen or sixteen years old and could not do much.

They were anxious and shouting to block the door, which made the chaos even worse.

This went on for quite a while, but no one else came in to take a look.

Song Guanzhou stood up and let Lianhua help him out of the room. Panxi's mother rushed over and burst into tears, trying to hug her legs and feet, but Lianhua used the skills of a rough maid and kicked her away.

"Don't touch the young lady's wound!"

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