In my previous life, I killed my whole family. In my next life, I killed the royal family.

In the morning, Qi Wan brought Wu Ma and Chunyan to the upper courtyard to accompany her mother and eldest sister-in-law and watch them deal with household chores.

Qi Wan's little nephew Qi Yejun was carried out by his wet nurse.

The little guy had just woken up, his face was rosy, his eyes were bright and clear, and his little mouth was slightly open, as if he was looking for food.

His hair is soft and sparse, sticking to his scalp, making people want to touch it.

Qi Laijun was only three months old and slept most of the day. In addition, the dog days of summer had just passed and the weather in August was still hot. Pei felt sorry for her little grandson and only let him go to the upper courtyard in the morning. She did not bring him out on weekdays.

Qi Wan looked at his cute little nephew, his heart filled with love.

She took the child from the nurse and rocked him gently, while picking up a rattle beside him, she said with a smile, "Jun'er, come and smile for your aunt."

Qi Yejun just opened his eyes wide and stared at the rattle curiously without smiling.

His expression was serious, and he seemed to be very interested in the toy, but he didn't know how to express his emotions. Qi Wan couldn't help but find it funny, and continued to gently shake the rattle, trying to make his nephew laugh.

When Pei finished her work and had some free time, she glanced at her grandson and smiled, "Jun'er's expression is like his father's when he was a child."

Qi Wan smiled and asked, "Mom, what about me when I was a child?"

"You, love to laugh and cry, you're just a little kid." Pei's smile slowly disappeared, she lowered her head and flipped through the account book, hiding her expression.

Seeing her mother's expression, Qi Wan guessed that she was thinking about the past and changed the subject.

"Mother, when I paid my respects to my grandfather this morning, he said that the seniority of our family would be raised. From now on, the servants will call him the old master and father the eldest master. You will be the eldest lady, and they will call you old."

Pei and Zheng laughed.

Pei smiled and said, "Our family has four generations living under one roof, so we should call them that."

"Yes, Jun'er is the eldest master of our Qi family." Qi Wan nodded.

She teased Qi Yejun again, "Master Qi, give your aunt a smile."

Qi Yejun pulled the corner of his mouth reluctantly.

"She looks so cute." Qi Wan couldn't stop smiling.

Butler Qi strode over and stood in the corridor to report, "Madam, the big-mouthed official media is here."

The people in the room laughed again.

The wet nurse took Qi Yejun from Qi Wan's arms and carried him away.

When the child was born, his family calculated his horoscope to see his fortune. They found that his fate was precious, and being too precious could easily bring disaster.

He should not meet strangers before he is one year old, so as to avoid getting sick.

"Come in." Pei said with a smile.

The big-mouthed official media walked into the hall and saluted respectfully.

She laughed heartily and said, "Haha, congratulations to your family. I am here to act as a matchmaker. This time, we are going to choose three of the best families, the best families picked out of a hundred."

Pei pointed at the chair and said, "Sit down and talk."

Big Mouth bowed, sat down sideways, drank the tea served, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and then spoke.

"Madam, these three families have all proposed marriage before."

Qi Wan sat on one side and listened quietly to the official media.

Dazui stretched out his left hand, and used his right hand to bend his index finger, saying, "One is the second son of Princess Daning. This time, it is the princess who wants to propose marriage, saying, 'I was deceived before and almost missed such a good girl. If it works out, I will definitely treat Awan twice as well.'"

Pei frowned but didn't say anything.

Dazui added, "The second young master of the princess's mansion is very anxious, fearing that the marriage will not be possible."

Seeing her mother-in-law's unhappy expression, Zheng asked with a smile, "Which other two families are they?"

Da Zui said happily, "The family belongs to the great general Li's family. You two are a perfect match, haha. The young master of the Li family is very talented and handsome. Many young ladies from wealthy families want to marry him. I was appointed to propose marriage several times, but he refused every time. He said, 'I want to marry the eldest daughter of the Qi family.'"

She seemed to be full of energy, her face flushed and her eyes sparkled.

She felt that these three families were the best and she could book at least one today.

Dazui went on to talk about the third family, "They are the sons of the Lu family. They are also from an aristocratic family, on par with yours."

This family also mentioned it before, and left a horoscope note at that time.

Later, the Third Prince ordered his men to break the legs of the second young master of the Princess's Mansion. The Qi Mansion suspended the marriage proposal to prevent the man who was proposing the marriage from being injured or killed.

Originally, Pei was optimistic about Lu Fengyun, the son of the Lu family. "He is a child of an aristocratic family, who entered the government through the imperial examination, and has a good character."

However, Qi Lu was not satisfied. He said to his wife, "Although the Lu and Pei families are both aristocratic families, the two families have been at odds for many years. If my daughter marries into the family, I'm afraid she will be implicated."

"What's wrong?" Pei was puzzled.

Qi Lu understood that the lady was in charge of the household, and if no one told her about the affairs of the court, the lady would not know about those things in the officialdom.

Qi Lu explained the reason to his wife in detail.

It turned out that in the previous dynasty, the eldest son of the Lu family served as prime minister, and the children of the Lu family occupied the best official positions in the entire court.

After the demise of the previous dynasty, the Pu Dynasty was established. The new emperor had always hated the Lu family of the previous dynasty, a family that was more powerful than the royal family. They strongly interfered with the emperor's decision-making in state affairs, resulting in unfair treatment, which aroused dissatisfaction among more and more soldiers and finally triggered war.

But the new emperor is a military general, and he cannot do without people from aristocratic families to help manage the court.

In the end, he chose the Pei family, and the position of prime minister fell on a member of the Pei family.

The emperor said to his descendants: "The Pei family has few branches, and they are not yet capable of becoming strong and big."

His decision has been passed down.

The Pei family also learned from the Lu family's lesson and rarely recommended people from their own family to occupy official positions in the court.

Therefore, although the Pei and Lu families seemed to be in harmony on the surface, they looked down on each other in private.

Pei was just a woman in the rear quarters, how could she know so many twists and turns in the court?

After listening to her husband's explanation, she also felt that her daughter's future would become increasingly difficult if she married into the Lu family, and she rejected the idea of ​​marrying into the Lu family in her heart.