Aunt Chen is back from the world of cultivation

Queen Jiang has been under house arrest for a long period of time since the God of Du'e left the capital.

Last year, their Jiang family presented treasures worth 500,000 taels to Emperor Yong'an, which finally dispelled his suspicions and lifted her house arrest.

Naturally, she had no choice but to follow the orders given by Emperor Yong'an.

Not long after, the Jingnan Marquis' Mansion received the Queen's imperial edict.

Today, the Jingnan Marquis' Mansion is headed by the Zhang family.

Even after the government treasury and private treasury were robbed, life in the Jingnan Marquis's mansion was still very tight.

However, Zhang was the first to donate hundreds of thousands of taels of family property to Emperor Yong'an, and was invited to the palace to attend banquets during the annual festivals. No one in the capital dared to underestimate her.

It can be said that the Jingnan Marquis' Mansion is now entirely supported by Zhang alone.

Naturally, those concubines and illegitimate sons who competed with her for food and disrespected her during her imprisonment all suffered a bad end.

Although Zhang would not kill anyone, she would often torment them in various ways.

In order to save expenses in the Earl's Mansion, she laid off all the maids and servants around other masters, both big and small.

He only kept the team around him, and hired another twenty or thirty strong maids and thugs who were loyal to him to protect himself and his son.

Pei Xiao's concubines and illegitimate children, regardless of whether they were favored or not, were all kept in the mansion by her to do hard labor.

They eat the worst food every day and do the most tiring work, but because they are family members, they don’t even have to pay monthly wages.

Because of Emperor Yong'an's indulgence towards her, and the fact that it did not involve state affairs, no one interfered in the internal affairs of the Jingnan Marquis's Mansion.

After receiving the Queen's decree, Zhang frowned.

Her own son Hunger was only two years old and was not invited at all. She didn't want those illegitimate little bastards to make a name for themselves in the palace.

If they were to seize an opportunity to make a breakthrough, it would only cause more trouble.

However, the eunuch who delivered the message seemed to see through her thoughts and added emphatically:

"Madam, this is also what His Majesty meant."

No matter how reluctant Zhang was, she had to grit her teeth and agree.

She knew very well that she could barely maintain the Earl's Mansion now only thanks to the little favor from His Majesty.

Therefore, she could only hastily ask people to make clothes for the two illegitimate sons who met the age requirements in preparation for entering the palace for the banquet.

Pei Xuan had been beaten many times and gone hungry in the past two years, and his life was extremely miserable.

He became more and more resentful of his own sister Rong Niang, hating her for being so cruel and ruthless that she sent him back to the Jingnan Marquis's Mansion to be tortured.

He hated his biological mother more than his sister.

She was born in a humble family, was cowardly and incompetent, had been causing trouble for him since childhood, and now she was even more indifferent to him.

It has been more than two years. Could it be that she has only cared about enjoying the good life with her successful daughter and never thought about the future of her son?

If she was a qualified mother, she should force Rong Niang to rescue him.

Even if he didn't follow the traitor Du'e Shenzun, he should ask Rong Niang to give him a large sum of money so that he could live a life of wealth and glory like them and her!

When Zhang sent people to tailor clothes for him and teach him palace etiquette, he realized that it was His Majesty who personally ordered young men and women of marriageable age from all mansions to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.

He swore to himself in his heart that this was his only chance to escape from his current situation and he must not miss it.

He must attract the attention of His Majesty at the banquet, and it would be best if those young ladies from noble families would fall in love with him at first sight and insist on marrying him.

In order to shine at the banquet, Pei Xuan specially prepared his best poems.

He slightly modified the famous poem about the moon that he had memorized before traveling through time and presented it to Emperor Yong'an, who indeed praised him.

The country's supreme ruler praised his poem with a pleasant face, asked him to move to the front seat at the banquet to sit with the royal family members, and also gave him food.

All the boys and girls in the audience looked at him with envy.

After the banquet, Emperor Yong'an ordered him and two other sons of officials who were admired to enter the palace to study with several other royal family members and receive instruction from famous teachers and scholars.

Pei Xuan thought that he would never be controlled by Zhang again. After returning to the Jingnan Marquis' Mansion, he decided to get more money from Zhang so that he could use it in the palace.

He said to Zhang in a very impolite manner:

"Mother, you should have heard His Majesty's order. Please prepare my luggage for the palace. I will be going to the palace to study in three days!"

"The writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone must all be of high quality, and the gold and silver used for bribery must not be less, otherwise everyone in the palace will think that you, as the legitimate mother, are unkind and harsh to your illegitimate son!"

Seeing this villain succeeding, Zhang was so angry that she gnashed her teeth.

She would never let these illegitimate little bitches get ahead!

Pei Xuan, this idiot, thought he could escape from her clutches in this way. He really underestimated her, the mistress of the Bo Mansion.

She agreed as if nothing had happened, started to pack Pei Xuan's luggage, and restored the servants in the yard for him.

Pei Xuan proudly accepted the congratulations from his other half-brothers and sisters, and waited quietly for the day to enter the palace.

However, the next day he felt dizzy and his face was inexplicably covered with red rashes. The court doctor diagnosed him with leprosy, which is contagious.

Zhang stood in front of his bed, with a malicious smile on her face, looking down at him:

"It seems that I can only report the truth to His Majesty."

"I wonder if Your Majesty would allow a talented man with leprosy to enter the palace?"

Pei Xuan was terrified.

He thought that his future was ruined by Zhang, and he would be trapped in the Jingnan Marquis' Mansion and tortured by Zhang from then on.

Unexpectedly, the next day, when His Majesty learned that he had leprosy, he personally sent the imperial physician to treat him.

The imperial physician came to a completely different conclusion from that of the court physician.

He didn't have leprosy at all, but was contaminated by the drug that caused the rash.

After reporting back to the palace, Emperor Yong'an sent his chief eunuch Wang Zhong to come to Bo's mansion to pick him up in person.

He coldly watched Zhang flatter the chief eunuch, but the chief eunuch said bluntly:

"Madam Jingnan, His Majesty said that the doctor in your palace could even misdiagnose leprosy. This level is really worrying!"

"If you don't know, you might think you are just trying to commit the crime of deceiving the emperor because you can't bear to see your son succeed!"

Zhang was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat and knelt down to beg for mercy.

Pei Xuan watched from the side and felt extremely happy. He also developed some gratitude and admiration for Emperor Yong'an.

He entered the palace smoothly and studied with the royal family members, but he still had to return to the Jingnan Earl's Mansion for two days every ten days.

I also go home to reunite with my family during the New Year holidays.

He didn't want to be controlled or plotted against by Zhang anymore, so he tried very hard to seize every opportunity to please Emperor Yong'an.

When Emperor Yong'an came to their small study, she presented him with a recipe for making glass, and from then on she became a celebrity around Emperor Yong'an.

Emperor Yong'an often rewarded him with things, sometimes delicious dishes, sometimes the four treasures of the study, and sometimes a book.

He would be summoned to accompany him from time to time.

He revealed to Emperor Yong'an intentionally or unintentionally that after he was in a difficult situation as a bastard in the Jingnan Marquis's Mansion, Emperor Yong'an also gave him four personal guards to protect him non-stop for twelve hours a day.

Such treatment also made the children of officials in Beijing envious.

No one looked down on Pei Xuan's status as a bastard anymore.

Every time he had a day off, he would receive invitations from officials and nobles to attend banquets, appreciate flowers, ride horses and play ball.

Wherever he went, the sons of officials followed him and politely called him "Second Master Pei".

Pei Xuan was very proud.

I just feel that as a time traveler, I am indeed the child of destiny.

Although his past experiences were somewhat bumpy, he was able to seize the opportunity to succeed with his own abilities!

It is forbidden to talk about the war in the capital now, and he has no idea about the situation in the Southern Capital.

He secretly felt lucky that he did not follow his wicked sister to join the Du'e Temple.

Otherwise, he would have become a traitor and would not be enjoying the glory he has today.

It can be seen that God is always on his side, allowing him to avoid bad choices intentionally or unintentionally every time.

He planned in his mind that when the time was right, he would present the improved gunpowder formula to His Majesty so that he could conquer Nando as soon as possible.

At that time, he must go to the front line in person and make Pei Rong and his useless biological mother kneel before him to admit their mistakes and beg for mercy.

He wanted to torture the two of them severely, making them watch him rise to prominence without getting any benefits at all!