The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

Chen Ge'er is very knowledgeable and has been studying with Pei Yanxu for a few days. He will soon take the examination for the title of Scholar. There are many companions in the East Palace, but the prince is particularly good to Chen Ge'er.

Chen Ge'er's temper sometimes gives Xia Mianwan a headache. He is really cold on the outside and on the inside. Apart from her and Yu Jie'er, he doesn't care about anyone else at all.

Although the prince is the heir to the throne, he is not a spoiled person. He always feels that Chen Ge'er seems to see through everything at such a young age, and he finds it interesting but also a little worried. He treats Chen Ge'er a bit like Pei Yanxu treats himself.

Although Chen Ge'er has a cold personality, he will return the favor to others if they are 80% nice to him. As a result, in Chen Ge'er's heart, the prince can barely be ranked high in his heart.

Chen Ge'er's changes happened little by little, which made Xia Mianwan feel relieved. So he often took out some snacks from the space supermarket for Xuanxue to study.

Every day when Chen Ge'er went to the East Palace, he would prepare some snacks that both the prince and Chen Ge'er liked to eat, and put them in Chen Ge'er's small backpack. Chen Ge'er was not stingy, nor was he flattering. He and the prince had some to eat, and other companions also had some, so Chen Ge'er was quite popular among the companions.

Yu Jie'er also lived a very happy life in the academy. She made several good friends and became a lot more lively. She would consider her own wishes about what she wanted and didn't want, what she liked and didn't like, and she no longer went against her will and did things she didn't like just because she was sensible.

Chen Ge'er and Yu Jie'er both lived happily, Xia Mianwan's business was also flourishing, her husband treated her well, her mother-in-law was kind, her brothers and sisters were all very sensible, and as long as she ignored Li Yaoyuan, Xia Mianwan's days in the Pei Mansion were quite happy.

This year, winter came exceptionally early in Beijing. The sky was gray and looked particularly gloomy.

Xia Mianwan looked at the weather and thought that the mansion would need to prepare more charcoal this year, as it was expected to be another cold winter. After the accounts were settled, the maidservant beside Madam Pei came over to report, "Young Madam, someone from Madam's family has come. Madam would like you to come over and have lunch with her."

Xia Mianwan nodded, decorated herself lightly, put on a bright red brocade fur cloak, and went to the main hall.

When Xia Mian arrived late, Li Yaoyuan had already arrived and was chatting enthusiastically with someone.

Mrs. Pei's family was also a small family. The ones who came this time were Mrs. Pei's sister-in-law Lian and her eldest daughter-in-law Zhou.

"Sister-in-law, this is my eldest daughter-in-law, the mistress of our Pei family." Mrs. Pei was very happy to meet her family members. When she saw Xia Mianwan coming, she happily introduced her daughter-in-law to Lian.

"Hello, aunt." Xia Mianwan greeted with a smile, then took off her cloak and sat down.

Li Yaoyuan smiled and covered her mouth, "Sister-in-law is really very impressive. This fiery red brocade fur is not cheap."

Xia Mianwan knew Li Yaoyuan's personality, she was always jealous. This cloak was a reward from the palace. After Li Yaoyuan knew about it, she went to the Queen Mother for a long time to negotiate. Finally, the Queen Mother opened her private warehouse and took out two pieces of good satin for Li Yaoyuan, and then she gave up.

"It's not as good as my sister-in-law, who has a lot of good things given by the Queen Mother." Xia Mianwan said lightly.

Lian has always been a shrewd person. He felt something was wrong when he heard this and said with a smile: "They are all good things. We country people are amazed when we see them!"

Li Yaoyuan smiled and stopped talking, and Mrs. Pei took over the conversation when she saw this.

"My eldest daughter-in-law is a smart person. I feel sorry for her."

Before she could finish her words, Li Yaoyuan suddenly covered her mouth and felt nauseous, "Ugh, ugh..."

Madam Pei asked worriedly, "Yaoyuan, what's wrong with you? Why do you suddenly feel sick?"

Li Yaoyuan's face was a little pale. She wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and said weakly, "Mother, it's okay. It will be fine in a few days."

Upon hearing this, Lian said hurriedly, "This is a big deal. How can it be delayed for a few days? I see that my nephew's wife is pregnant, isn't she?"

Although Mrs. Pei didn't like Li Yaoyuan very much, she was somewhat happy when she heard that she might have grandchildren. She asked with concern: "I'll go find a doctor to check you out. You look so haggard, are you really pregnant?"

At this time, Li Yaoyuan said shyly: "Mom, there is no need to find a doctor. I am indeed pregnant. It has been two months."

Madam Pei said with joy, "That's great. Yaoyuan, you must take good care of yourself these days. Just tell your sister-in-law what you want to eat or use."

Xia Mianwan sneered in his heart, thinking that Li Yaoyuan was going to do something strange, but it turned out that she was just waiting here. How boring.

"Sister-in-law, I'll trouble you from now on." A smile appeared on Li Yaoyuan's pale face.

Xia Mianwan smiled and said, "What's the trouble with this? Your pregnancy is a happy event for the Pei family."

Pei Yanqi felt so disgusted watching Li Yaoyuan's behavior. She could have said no to pregnancy at any other time, but had to say it in this kind of occasion. She was so petty.

Pei Ling and Pei Xia had the same idea and blinked at Pei Yanqi.

Although Li Yaoyuan is a noble lady, the Li family is large and there are not many resources allocated to each branch. This makes Li Yaoyuan not generous in some things.

Xia Mianwan has always been very nice to Pei Yanqi, Pei Ling and Pei Xia, but Li Yaoyuan always makes things difficult for them because Pei Ling and Pei Xia are not real girls from the Pei family.

Pei Ling and Pei Xia were afraid of embarrassing Xia Mianwan and wanted to avoid hearing Li Yaoyuan's gossip, so they rarely asked for anything beyond the monthly allowance and wore whatever the government gave them.

Later, at a banquet, Xia Mianwan wanted to arrange a marriage for the two sisters, so she gave the two sisters some good fabrics and asked them to make nice clothes. When Li Yaoyuan found out, she complained to Madam Pei, but those fabrics were Xia Mianwan's private property. In the end, Xia Mianwan found out about this, and she went to Li Yaoyuan's yard to punish her maids for gossiping and questioning the mistress, so Xia Mianwan asked them to eat a few bamboo sticks.

Li Yaoyuan was definitely not happy with being humiliated like this, and she ran to complain to Madam Pei angrily. Madam Pei already thought she was nosy, but she couldn't say it directly because of the Queen Mother's face, so she had to persuade her to be more generous. This made her very angry, and she ran back to her parents' home to stay for a while, insisting that Xia Mianwan apologize to her.

But who would have thought that after waiting at her mother's house for several days, there was no movement from the Pei family. Later, even Madam Li was surprised and went to find Pei Yanshu in person. However, Pei Yanshu only said that it was Li Yaoyuan's fault. Li Yaoyuan did not discipline the maids well, and even the eldest sister-in-law gossiped about her younger sisters in private. There was no problem with the punishment of the eldest sister-in-law.

In the end, Pei Yanshu refused to pick up Li Yaoyuan, which made Li Yaoyuan even angrier.