Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 170

“How could that be? She’s a woman who’s been married twice, and she’s from a merchant family. How could she be worthy of being your principal wife? She can only be a concubine,” Madam Pei said immediately.

Pei Shang's eyes were icy cold, and he couldn't help but sneer, "Then you think too highly of yourselves. A concubine? She might not even look at the principal wife."

"I advise you not to go and humiliate yourself."

Madam Pei's face froze, not expecting her son to be so angry. "Shang'er, are you blaming your mother?"

As she spoke, her eyes reddened and tears welled up.

Pei Shang frowned, feeling irritated. "Have you discussed this with Father?"

"Not yet. As long as you agree, he won't object." Madam Pei knew her man very well.

She was also well aware of her son's abilities.

He can persuade Prime Minister Pei.

"Mother, if you want me to marry Yun Xiyue, then I want to marry her as my principal wife. If you agree, I will go and propose marriage." Pei Shang said this and left.

Madam Pei was left stunned, tears streaming down her face, unable to believe her son's words. "What did he say? The legal wife... how could Yun Xiyue be worthy of her!"

"Madam, the eldest young master wants you to back down. It's clear that he has no other intentions towards the Yun family's daughter."

“This old servant thinks there’s some truth to what the eldest young master said. Yun Xiyue’s willingness to divorce Lord An shows that she has some backbone,” her trusted nanny advised.

Although the Anjun Marquis's mansion was not as powerful as the Pei family in the court, the Shen family was still a marquis.

She, a merchant's daughter, was able to marry Marquis An and become the wife of the Marquis.

Most people would be overjoyed and would never agree to a divorce.

But Yun Xiyue decisively left Shen Yue.

Madam Pei wiped away her tears. "But no matter what, she is a married woman, not a virgin. Shang'er is the eldest son of our Pei family. If he marries a divorced woman, he will be the laughingstock of everyone in the capital."

"What will become of the Pei family's reputation then?"

The old woman said, "That's why the eldest young master disagrees with your and the Imperial Concubine's idea, and the Prime Minister probably won't agree either."

Madam Pei closed her eyes briefly. "Alright, I'll go discuss it with the Prime Minister."

......

When leaving the palace, I passed through the Imperial Garden but did not encounter Murong Yu again.

He didn't send anyone to look for him either.

Yun Xiyue quickened her pace, wanting to leave as soon as possible.

"Miss."

At this moment, Grandpa Fu walked over from beside the artificial hill.

“Eunuch Fu…” Yun Xiyue was startled.

She thought it was the emperor summoning her again.

Grandpa Fu sighed with a worried look on his face, as if he had a great deal of trouble. He glanced at her with a somewhat resentful look, and then sighed again.

"..."

Yun Xiyue could only ask, "Father-in-law, what's wrong?"

I was just waiting for her to say that.

Eunuch Fu immediately launched into a long explanation, "You don't know, His Majesty has been having a poor appetite lately, probably because of the hot weather. The imperial physician has examined him and there's nothing seriously wrong, and the imperial kitchen has been trying to prepare all sorts of delicious food for His Majesty, but he still can't eat a single bite."

"The Emperor is busy with state affairs, and he doesn't eat or drink, yet he still has to review memorials. This old servant is truly worried about the Emperor's health!"

Yunxi Yue said, "Then let's have some plum juice! It's refreshing, thirst-quenching, and appetizing."

"His Majesty doesn't like sour food," said Eunuch Fu.

Didn't he have someone prepare plum juice last time...?

Yun Xiyue only realized later that those things were specially prepared for her.

"Then let's try the summer heat-relieving fragrant beads. There should be someone in the palace who makes them."

Fu Gonggong shook his head with a bitter face, "There are summer-cooling incense beads, but they are useless. I guess they are not good enough."

"I heard that the young lady's incense shop has opened?"

Yun Xiyue was both amused and exasperated. "It's alright. I also have summer-cooling incense beads in my shop, but they're probably far inferior to those blended by perfumers in the palace."

"You'll only know if you try."

The summer-cooling incense beads in her shop are made using a recipe given to her by her master.

I don't know if it will work.

Yunxi Yue happened to be wearing one, so she took off the sachet and gave it to him. Eunuch Fu accepted it with both hands and was very happy, his gloomy face vanishing instantly.