Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

As if seeing Ye Xi's doubts, Pei Zhu explained: "I grew up in my grandmother's house since I was a child. Xi Niang doesn't find it strange?"

Ye Xi was puzzled, but she thought that every family has its own problems, and it was not her style to get to the bottom of it, so she did not ask. Pei Zhu smiled bitterly: "I am not my mother's child, but a concubine's child. I am listed under my stepmother's name as a legitimate child, but my grandmother is my biological grandmother."

"Then..." Ye Xi wanted to ask where his biological mother was, but he felt something was wrong as soon as he said it. He didn't finish the rest of the words, but unexpectedly Pei Zhu said it himself.

"My biological mother died during childbirth, and my stepmother couldn't bear to let me grow up in the Pei Mansion, so my father thought of a compromise. He made me the legitimate son, but I had to be raised in my grandmother's home." This can be considered as Pei's father's guilt towards Pei Zhu's biological mother.

Ye Xi listened quietly, then asked, "Then why do you want to move out of the house?"

"I will move out on the pretext that I need to make a living in Suzhou City. Suzhou City is where my grandmother's home is, and it has always been where I grew up. It makes sense that I make a living there. I only came to Hangzhou City half a year before getting married. I came here just to get married. Now everything is ready, and it's time to go back."

Ye Xi was a little reluctant to leave her parents and brother, thinking that although Suzhou and Hangzhou were not far apart, it was not easy to see each other. But she had already married Pei Zhu, and he was in such a situation, what else could she choose. She said listlessly: "Everything is up to my husband."

Pei Zhu knew why she was disappointed, and he couldn't bear it, but he was helpless. He reached out and held Ye Xi's hand and said, "I'm married now, and I can't live in my grandmother's house anymore, so we two live in our own yard. Although it's far away from home, mother will be freer in the future."

Ye Xi understood what he meant. Indeed, it was more freeing not having to serve the parents-in-law.

"However, the etiquette during festivals cannot be omitted. Do you understand, Xi Niang?" Pei Zhu was worried that he had spoiled Ye Xi, so he said the ugly words in advance.

Ye Xi rolled her eyes. Are you so worried about her? She is not an ignorant child. This little look of rolling her eyes amused Pei Zhu. Although Ye Xi is not a stunning beauty, she is beautiful. When she does these little actions, she is radiant and quite attractive. Pei Zhu thought of the two of them making love last night, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva. He quickly cleared his mind. He had something important to do today.

After the two finished their meal, Ye Xizhen lay back on the couch to catch up on her sleep as Pei Zhu had said. Pei Zhu smiled helplessly, then gave Ye Xi a few instructions, not knowing whether Ye Xi listened or not, and then left.

Ye Xi woke up naturally and found that Pei Zhu had not come back yet. She wanted to go out for a walk, so she took her maid out and went to Ke Yun Lou to drink tea. Ke Yun Lou was not only a place to drink tea, but also provided a variety of snacks and operas. Operas usually started at fixed times. The time she went was not the start time, so she ordered a few side dishes to eat. Because she was a modern person, she did not have the strict distinction between master and servant for her maids, and asked the maid Chun Tao to sit and eat with her.

"The capital has been quite unstable recently. I heard that the Vice Minister of War was assassinated on his way south to command the army, and now we don't know whether he is alive or dead. Suzhou and the surrounding villages are full of soldiers searching for the whereabouts of the Vice Minister of War." Passerby A at the next table said.