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

Pei sat on the Arhat bed, looking through the three horoscopes in her hand intently, feeling hesitant.

Judging from their qualifications alone, these three people are indeed as the big-mouthed official media said: "Everyone is top-notch." Not only do they have prominent family backgrounds, but they also have upright character and outstanding talents.

However, when she was deciding on a marriage for her daughter, she found some problems when she carefully studied each post.

Li Zhi's brother-in-law is the second prince. If she marries into the Li family, she will inevitably have a connection with the prince. This will undoubtedly make the prince more suspicious of the Qi family.

Princess Daning is the emperor's elder sister, and has a strong personality. Her eldest daughter-in-law is the princess, who is also a strong person. As a new daughter-in-law of the second house, it is difficult to avoid conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law after marriage. Unless she can separate from the family and live alone, but this possibility is very small.

Qi Wan stood aside, observing the changes in her mother's expression.

Pei's brows were furrowed, her lips drooped slightly, and she seemed to be in a dilemma.

She couldn't help but laugh secretly, thinking: "It seems that my mother has noticed the problem. I don't know what kind of problem has troubled my always smart and capable mother."

While flipping through the horoscope, Pei sighed softly, "What should I do?" There was a hint of worry in her eyes.

Zheng saw her mother-in-law's worry and stepped forward to comfort her: "Don't worry too much, mother. You should think carefully about this matter."

Pei nodded, indicating that she agreed with her daughter-in-law's opinion. She knew that marriage was related to her daughter's happiness, so she had to make a careful decision.

She muttered, "My own child is the best no matter how you look at it, so naturally I want to choose the best one to match with."

Seeing her mother-in-law in a dilemma and the matchmaker sitting there staring and waiting for the result, Zheng hurriedly asked the servants to bring some snacks, "I'm afraid the matchmaker is hungry, come and eat something."

Dazui picked up the snack without hesitation and ate it. She took a bite and praised it highly, "So fragrant, so sweet, and so soft."

"Take your time eating." Zheng said with a smile.

After Zheng settled the matchmaker, she invited her mother-in-law to sit on the Luohan chair by the east window and asked in a low voice, "Why, mother, are these three not satisfied?"

Pei nodded and whispered to her daughter-in-law her views on the three people and her own ideas, which was also to teach her daughter-in-law to grow.

After hearing this, Zheng also felt that it made sense. "When a girl marries into her husband's family, she has to live with her husband's family in the back house. If the mother-in-law makes things difficult for her, it will be very difficult."

She had been bullied by Da Ding for several years and knew how it felt. She didn't want her sister-in-law to suffer like that at all.

Zheng thought for a while and came up with an idea that she thought was a good one, so she whispered, "Mom, why don't we find a capable young man from a poor family and marry my aunt to him. Then we can help him and let him become an official. In this way, his family will definitely treat my aunt very well!"

However, Pei shook her head repeatedly to express her disagreement.

She said to the eldest daughter-in-law earnestly: "It is better to marry someone of equal social status."

She then explained, "If we marry Awan to a poor man, even if that man becomes a high-ranking official in the future, he may not be very good to Awan."

"Why is this, mother?" Zheng asked in surprise.

Pei replied: "Because men have strong self-esteem, he may feel that he can become a first-rank official with his own ability without relying on the help of his wife and her family."

"What will he do after he becomes a high-ranking official with the help of his wife?" Zheng asked curiously.

She came from a wealthy family and was brought up in pampered condition. She had never come into contact with children from poor families and therefore did not understand their thoughts.

Pei showed a sneer on her face. "Once such a person is promoted to a high position, he will definitely make things difficult for Madam, trample on Madam's dignity, and degrade Madam to nothing."

"He will most likely choose a young, beautiful and gentle woman as his concubine to prove that he is capable and not relying on his wife."

"No way." Zheng didn't believe that high-ranking officials didn't know how to be grateful.

Pei saw her daughter Qi Wan looking through the account book and the official media eating snacks.

She lowered her voice and said, "Lu Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue, he was born in a poor family, but he was very talented. The Lu family's direct branch took a fancy to him, and promised their daughter to him. The Lu family used their previous power to help him rise step by step."

"After gaining the emperor's favor, Minister Lu married two concubines, who were his cousins."

"When my first wife, Mrs. Lu, gave birth to a child, two lives were lost." She looked at her eldest daughter-in-law with a meaningful look.

"How scary!" Zheng understood and she shuddered.

Pei cited another example, "Princess Daning also had a concubine sister who married her own guard when she was fifteen. The guard was handsome and had been with her and coaxed her since she was a child."

"The captain of the guards promised to love the second princess for the rest of his life. As a result, he was promoted to general by the late emperor and was given troops."

"He was fighting outside and fell in love with a beautiful woman. He wanted to bring her back as his concubine. The second princess refused, killed them both, and then committed suicide."

"my God."

Zheng was stunned; she was frightened by these real-life examples.

Zheng shook her hands repeatedly and whispered, "I would rather not marry into a poor family than marry."

"That's it." Pei nodded.

She added: "In a marriage between people of equal social status, even if the relationship between the husband and wife is not good, at least they can live a comfortable and prosperous life. If you don't subsidize anyone or work hard to support someone, you will end up with nothing good."

"You should never gamble a girl's life on a man's conscience. Life cannot be repeated and conscience can change at any time!"

"What mother said makes sense." Zheng looked at her mother-in-law with admiration.

She learned a lot from her mother-in-law's words, more than she had learned at her own home!

The Qi family has status and money, so their daughter would rather not marry than marry into a poor family and become a wedding dress for others, only to be despised and bullied in the end.

She held Pei's hand and said thankfully, "Mother, it's a good thing that I got married into your Qi family and became your daughter-in-law."

Pei smiled, patted her daughter-in-law's hand and said, "This is mutual. If you respect us, we will love you."

Zheng said gratefully, "I will be better to my family in the future."