The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

As expected, today's court was in an uproar because of this strange thing in the capital. This year's drought was terrible, and heavy snow was supposed to be a good thing, but who knew that there would be an uproar in the court.

Pei Yanxu was calm and composed. No matter what others said, he would only say one thing: it was all nonsense and should not be taken seriously. Or he would just say, "We are all knowledgeable people, how could we be fooled by inexplicable rumors."

Pei Yanxu's helpless attitude really made the ministers who wanted to make a fuss about this matter speechless. It was like hitting cotton with a fist. What could they say?

After saying so much, Pei Yanxu just said that the maid in the carriage that day had been put under surveillance, but it was not known whether it was a disaster or not, and it was indeed necessary to investigate whether there was any fishy thing going on.

Finally, the people from the Imperial Observatory spoke up, and the ministers finally shut up.

This matter had already failed from the moment the person on the carriage was not Madam Pei, and the people behind the scenes were not willing to play too many cards for a maid.

After the court session, Pei Yanxu was summoned by the emperor. In order to prevent Xia Mianwan from worrying, he sent someone back to tell him.

Xia Mianwan received the letter and knew that everything was fine for the time being, so she went and asked someone to tell Suying.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and the ground was already covered with a thick layer. Xia Mian woke up late and felt that the pillow was empty. Then she realized that Pei Yanxu had not come back yet. It was already three o'clock in the morning, and Pei Yanxu had not come back yet...

Xia Mianwan got up wrapped in a cloak. Seeing that Xia Mianwan had gotten up, Ruzhu quickly lit the lamp.

"Young Madam, what's going on?" Ruzhu was on duty today.

Xia Mianwan looked out the window and said, "It's snowing so heavily, and my husband hasn't come back yet..."

Seeing Xia Mianwan's worry, Ruzhu hurriedly said, "Qian Da has already picked you up."

"It's so cold today, and it's not easy to get rich. Go prepare the charcoal basin and food, and boil some ginger tea. We must not let the two of them get cold." Xia Mianwan said.

"Yes!"

Xia Mian couldn't sleep late at night, so he just picked up a book and read it. Almost another hour passed before Pei Yanxu got home.

"Why is it so late?" Xia Mianwan asked puzzledly.

Pei Yanxu's face didn't look good...

Xia Mianwan was shocked to find that Pei Yanxu's expression was not right, "Husband, what's wrong?"

Pei Yanxu took off his cloak and hugged Xia Mianwan, "This time, it must have been done by the Xu family. When the emperor and I were having dinner, the queen mother suddenly came. The queen mother has been protecting the sixth prince very closely over the years, and it seems that she has already stood on the side of the sixth prince. She has also made things difficult for the queen in the palace over the years. Find a day for your sister-in-law to come to the palace. If your sister-in-law can agree with the Pei family, ask her to pick out some things that can be said in the family and tell the queen mother."

Xia Mianwan was surprised and asked, "Why is this happening? Why are you asking my sister-in-law to come to the palace for no reason?"

Ever since Li Yaoyuan experienced what happened between Pei Yanshu and Yao Ying, she has become much more sincere towards Xia Mianwan because Xia Mianwan helped her out and did not let Yao Ying in.

Now that she has a child, Xia Mianwan takes good care of her as the mistress, and Li Yaoyuan gradually develops some true feelings for Xia Mianwan. Li Yaoyuan is not a fool, and knows why the queen mother married her into the Pei family. But... if a person does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. Since she has married into the Pei family, her honor and disgrace are tied to the Pei family. What's more, Li Yaoyuan actually does not understand the queen mother's thoughts at all. The prince is smart and kind, and he is her grandson. After he succeeds to the throne, he will definitely not embarrass other princes.

Li Yaoyuan didn't understand why the Queen Mother placed her hopes on a child. The Sixth Prince was young and his character was hard to tell. Why would she bet on such a treasure map? They were all her grandsons, so whoever took the throne would be the winner!

So later, the Queen Mother asked Li Yaoyuan to come to the palace several times to inquire about the situation of the Pei family, but Li Yaoyuan was unwilling to say more. She had no status in the Pei family, and her status was awkward because of the Queen Mother's marriage. She didn't want Pei Yanxu and Xia Mianwan to misunderstand her again.

Pei Yanxu said with a gloomy face: "The Queen Mother said that the maidservant beside you is a disaster star. Whether it is true or not, it always makes people uneasy. She wants to give a palace maid beside her to be my concubine."

"This old immortal thing!" Xia Mianwan cursed.

It was the first time Pei Yanxu heard Xia Mianwan curse someone so directly, and he was stunned.

"What? Have you never seen me scolding anyone?" Xia Mianwan said unhappily. She worried for nothing. She got up in the middle of the night and waited, but he ended up discussing the concubine's affairs in the palace. She was furious.

"Mianwan, don't misunderstand me. I refused." Pei Yanxu said hurriedly. He didn't want his wife to misunderstand.

"Of course I know you refused, otherwise how could you still sit here peacefully? You are so henpecked, but the old thing the Queen Mother dares to put people around you. What is she thinking? This old woman is just stupid. She can't live a good life, but she is so dissatisfied with such a good grandson. I am really convinced. Isn't it because she thinks that the Queen has snatched her power? This old thing is still so greedy at her age. It's really disrespectful!" Xia Mianwan was furious and couldn't hold back her anger.

Xia Mianwan didn't hear Pei Yanxu's voice. She turned her head and saw Pei Yanxu smiling.

"What are you laughing at?" Xia Mianwan said unhappily.

"I'm happy, so I smiled. Mianwan, this is the first time you get angry because of me." Pei Yanxu said seriously.

Xia Mianwan rolled her eyes and said, "That's enough. They are still in love at this time."

"Don't worry, I refused. After all, putting concubines around ministers is not good for reputation. The Queen Mother can't ignore it either. Doesn't she just want a spy? Just let Li Yaoyuan go, pick out some true and false things to tell the Queen Mother, and I think everything will be fine in the end." Pei Yanxu said.

"It's easy to avoid an open attack but hard to guard against a hidden arrow. The Queen Mother has such an intention. Before the Crown Prince ascends the throne, you and I can forget about living a peaceful life." Xia Mianwan said.

How could Pei Yanxu not understand? "Anyway, I won't take a concubine. If the Queen Mother wants to win, then I will pull out a few of her hidden stakes to make her feel uncomfortable."

Xia Mianwan heard this and said solemnly, "The Queen Mother actually directly laid out a hidden stake? Is she really doing this for the Sixth Prince? Why do I feel like she wants to be the Queen?"

Xia Mianwan's words awakened Pei Yanxu, who had never considered this possibility.

Pei Yanxu carefully recalled the Queen Mother's actions during this period, and unexpectedly discovered that...she might really want to be the Queen...

The two were speechless. With this brain... they still wanted to be the queen...