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Xie Zhichan talked with his mother in Mingxiang Garden until the sun set in the west, then he got up and went back to Feiniao Pavilion to see Pei Yi.

Xie's mother sent Xie Zhichan to the gate of the courtyard, watched her leave, and then reluctantly returned to her room.

Aunt You hesitated to speak, and Xie's mother said, "Aunt, I know you really want to do good for me. Just say whatever you want to say."

Nanny You said, "Miss, what the young lady said is right. You should indeed give birth to a legitimate son. This way, you and the young lady will have someone to rely on for the rest of your lives."

Mother Xie wiped her eyes with a handkerchief and said to Aunt You: "Ayuan is a good child. I took her back to Beijing as a consolation because I failed to keep Sister Chan. I didn't raise her for many years, but she really treated me as her own mother and was filial to me."

Nanny You said hurriedly, "Miss, in the young lady's heart, you are her biological mother. You lost your daughter, and she lost her mother. Your meeting was destined by heaven, which is no worse than being a biological mother."

Mother Xie smiled and said, "You are right. Ayuan and I are biological mother and daughter. For Ayuan's future, I should give her a brother so that she can have someone to protect her."

Xie Zhichan returned to Feiniao Pavilion and saw Pei Yi lying on the bed with a red face. He walked over and put his hand on his forehead. He saw his eyes tremble as if he had received an electric shock, and suddenly opened them. He asked worriedly, "What's wrong? Do you have a fever?"

Unexpectedly, Pei Yi was touched by this, and with Xie Zhichan's pretty face right in front of him, the erotic thoughts that he had suppressed with great difficulty came to his mind again. His face instantly turned redder and his body temperature rose sharply.

Xie Zhichan noticed that something was wrong with Pei Yi. The day for his treatment was approaching, and Pei Yi's health could not be in trouble, so he reached out to grab his wrist to feel his pulse.

Pei Yi felt that Xie Zhichan's hand would burn him, so he immediately hid his wrist under the quilt and said in a hoarse voice, "Nothing, it's just that there are no windows in this room, and I slept for the whole afternoon, so it's a bit stuffy."

Xie Zhichan narrowed his eyes, stared at him suspiciously for a while, and asked again: "Really?"

Pei Yi simply replied: "It's true."

Seeing that Pei Yi looked confident and didn't seem to be lying, Xie Zhichan gave up.

It was almost time to set up dinner, and Dan Feng came back and reported to Xie Zhichan, "Prince's Consort, the people are here."

Xie Zhichan's eyes narrowed into a crescent shape as he smiled, and he said to Pei Yi, "The prince treated me to a good show at the Earl's Mansion in Chiayi, and today I will treat you to a good show at the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion as well."

Pei Yi was dazzled by her smile and answered according to his heart: "Okay."

So Xie Zhichan pushed Pei Yi to the front yard, while Xiao Liu'er and Danfeng went to the servants' room to eat.

As soon as Xie Zhichan and Pei Yi arrived at the dining room, they saw a thin old man and a frail middle-aged man walking in behind the housekeeper. Both of them had gloomy faces and seemed to be holding back their anger. They should be the old man and the eldest master of the Zhu family.

As expected, when the Duke of Wei saw the two of them, he was surprised and asked, "Why did my uncle and cousin come here suddenly?"

Old Master Zhu snorted and said, "If we hadn't come, you would have beaten my sister's grandson to death!"

Duke Weiguo could sense the hostility in Old Master Zhu's tone and felt puzzled. He asked in confusion, "When did I kill your grandson?"

Old Madam Xie came out in a hurry. When she heard this and saw that her brother and nephew both looked very unhappy, she knew there was some kind of fate. Her eyelids jumped and she hurriedly greeted them, "Brother and eldest brother, you came at the right time. We are just setting up dinner. Come in and have dinner before leaving."

When Old Master Zhu and Master Zhu saw that Old Madam Xie kept winking at them, they suppressed the urge to take Chang'er away immediately. After all, if Chang'er stayed here, he would be able to inherit the Duke's Mansion in the future.

If he were taken back, the Zhu family would be just an ordinary family. Old Master Zhu himself was only a juren, who had studied all his life but failed to pass the imperial examination to become a jinshi. However, the eldest master Zhu passed the imperial examination to become a jinshi at the age of thirty, but unfortunately his ranking was too low, so he could only start as an eighth-rank official. In addition, his political achievements were mediocre, so at his age now, he has only been promoted to the seventh rank, still a small official.

The two of them sat down at the invitation of Old Madam Xie. Old Master Zhu did not see Chang Ge'er, so he immediately asked Old Madam Xie: "Why didn't Chang Ge'er and his sister and mother come to eat?"

Duke Wei was about to speak when Old Lady Xie hurriedly said, "Chang'er sprained his foot today, and his father punished him by beating him. The child is a little angry. Ning'er and his mother are trying to persuade him. I have asked someone to call his mother."

Duke Weiguo only felt that his mother's attitude was a little strange tonight, as if she was afraid that he would talk to his uncle and cousin, but when he thought about how his uncle was yelling at him as soon as he rushed in, he thought his mother might be covering up for him.

When Old Master Zhu and Master Zhu heard that Chang'er's injury was not serious, and saw that Old Madam Xie had been winking at them, they finally felt relieved.

I heard Master Zhu say, "Cousin, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but Chang is old, and he's still a boy. Boys need to maintain their dignity. If he made a mistake, you should just tell him the right thing to do. Why did you resort to violence?"

The tone of voice made Duke Weiguo very dissatisfied, as if he was hitting his own son.

Duke Wei looked at Pei Yi and said in a serious tone, "He attacked his elder sister in front of the prince today. The prince is right. When he enters the court in the future, what will happen if he attacks princes and dukes? He has been spoiled by his family all the time. He deserves a good lesson to prevent him from bringing disaster to the family in the future."

When Old Master Zhu and Old Master Zhu heard about the Prince of Yan, they stopped talking. If it were any other time, they wouldn't even be able to sit at the same table.

Pei Yi listened at the side and said nothing. Since Xie Zhichan was not going to get involved in this matter at this time, he just waited and watched.

Soon, Aunt Yang, Xie Zhining and Xie Wenchang also took their seats.

However, Xie Zhichan noticed that Aunt Yang deliberately chose a seat a little further away from the eldest master of the Zhu family.

There really is no three hundred taels of silver here.

Madam Xie was on pins and needles, but she remained calm and said, "Now that everyone is here, let's have dinner. It's a rare opportunity for my brother and eldest brother to come here, so don't be polite."

Master Zhu saw that Xie Wenchang was not seriously injured but was limping when he walked. He was still very distressed. He put a piece of spicy pig's trotter into Xie Wenchang's bowl and said, "Brother Chang, eat a piece of pig's trotter. Your foot injury will heal quickly after eating it."

Xie Wenchang knew that his cousin always loved him, and whenever the brothers in the Zhu family got toys, he would often bring some for himself.

He immediately said, "Thank you, uncle." He picked up the pig's trotter and took a bite. Unexpectedly, it was so spicy that tears came to his eyes. He shouted, "It's so spicy! Why is this green pepper pig's trotter so spicy!"

Old Master Zhu also took a bite of the pig's trotter, which was so spicy that it hurt his ears. He also wondered, "Chu Shan, why are the green pepper pig's trotters in your house so spicy?!"

After these words were spoken, both Aunt Yang and Old Madam Xie were shocked.

Aunt Yang's chopsticks even fell onto the table, hitting the white porcelain bowl with a clang. She hurriedly picked up the chopsticks and said in a panic, "I didn't hold the chopsticks firmly and disturbed everyone." She added, "Since it's too spicy, Chang'er and uncle should have some soup. This red date and black chicken soup has brown sugar in it to relieve the spiciness."

Duke Weiguo took a look at the pig's trotters with red oil and red peppercorns on the plate, then looked at his son and uncle suspiciously, and said, "This is clearly a pig's trotter with red oil and red peppercorns, how can it be a pig's trotter with green peppercorns?"

Madam Xie said quickly, "Chang'er must have seen it wrongly. My brother is as old and blurry-eyed as I am. You two must have seen it wrongly. If it's too spicy, just listen to Aunt Yang and drink a bowl of soup."

Xie Wenchang had been beaten today, and he had nowhere to vent his anger. He couldn't stand others saying bad things about him anymore, so he said stubbornly, "This green one is clearly green Sichuan peppercorns. How could I be confused?"

It was too late for Aunt Yang to cover his mouth.

Duke Weiguo glanced at Old Master Zhu and Xie Wenchang, and a voice in his heart said, "Perhaps what they saw was really green."

He just happened to know this disease, which was red and green color blindness.

There was once an official from the Ministry of Rites who was his classmate. When preparing for a ceremony to confer a title on a concubine, he used the wrong cloth. He used green cloth, which was only for the queen, instead of red cloth. He was demoted and asked everyone to go drinking. When he was drunk, he cried and complained about his grievances, saying that this disease was passed down from father to son, and that the men in their family could not avoid the disease and there was no cure. He could not blame his father because his body and hair were inherited from his parents.

Duke Weiguo's eyes swept over Old Master Zhu, Master Zhu, and Xie Wenchang, and another voice in his heart told him: "Maybe it's not just the two of them! But all three of them saw green!"