The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 178: The Concubine Is Promoted (5)_1

Chapter 178: Chapter 178: The Concubine Is Promoted (5)_1

Pei Qin quietly squeezed San Ya’s hand and glanced at Pei Zongli a few times before lowering her head.

Old Pei noticed her emotionally moved expression and her hesitation as she looked at Pei Zongli.

Pei Zongli stood up and came over, pulling Pei Qin, "Qinqin! After this, I will definitely make it up to you!" The scene of the eldest daughter smashing them with the Silver Ingot still flashed before his eyes, and before, he had also promised Qian Wanxiu, to divorce Lady Fang and didn’t want the eldest daughter, but now he had no choice but to...

"So she would be the new stepmother?" Pei Qin looked towards Qian Wanxiu.

Qian Wanxiu felt her eyelids twitch under Pei Qin’s stare.

Pei Zongli looked into her eyes, which resembled his own phoenix eyes, wanting to nod but feeling unable to do so.

Lady Zhu felt great injustice for Qian Wanxiu, her gaze filled with unparalleled darkness.

Lady Chen had been silent all along. Pei Houli, that beast, had long taken a fancy to that shameless woman’s pretty looks. If the affair about the three cups of wine were to be exposed, it would be her son’s reputation and future that would suffer! Even if she hated them, she had to swallow her teeth and blood. Now that the second house had returned, it was pressing down hard on their head, bypassing their first house in everything. She could only hope that her eldest son would soar, and nothing could ruin Dalang’s pursuit of officialdom!

As for these three little bastards, even if she took them in, in the future, under her control - once she turned the tables, wouldn’t they still be at her mercy to mold as she wished? When the time comes, she would let them understand her might! Not just anyone could eat whatever they wanted or say whatever they wished!

Qian Wanxiu also felt furious inside. She had thought that it would be easy to deal with Lady Fang being Jian Xiao, but she didn’t expect that even with Lady Fang’s death, the scandalous details had exploded, leaving them with endless infamy and bringing such humiliation upon her! She wanted to acknowledge Pei Qin as her stepdaughter and deal with her later, but now she had to admit that she was the successor to the main wife and had to pay respects to Lady Fang.

As long as the siblings of Sister Peiqin were once again brought back into the Pei family and continued as grandchildren of the Old Pei’s House, the outside rumors would slowly change.

"They are the blood of the Old Pei’s House, and it is only right for our family to take care of their upbringing," said Old Pei, now fearing another trick from Pei Qin, this granddaughter whose schemes ran deep. However, if he took a risk now and it turned out successfully, it would be the best way to rectify the damage to the reputation of the Old Pei’s House.

If they really contended, the Fang family wouldn’t be able to overcome them; whether Pei Qin and her brothers belonged to Pei Zongli or Pei Houli, the fact that they were blood of the Old Pei’s House was undeniable unless Pei Qin and her siblings didn’t want to stay with the Old Pei’s House and preferred to go with the Fang family.

Lady Yu and Grandma Fang tried to persuade Pei Qin, pulling at her.

Pei Qin pulled her arm free and took a few steps towards Pei Zongli.

Pei Wendong clenched his mouth tightly, looking as if he was about to cry.

Yet San Ya instinctively felt that her eldest sister wasn’t about to acknowledge her biological father. She had just quietly held her hand! Just a few days before, she had said she would raise them, teach them to read, write together, and learn arithmetic and martial arts. The eldest sister couldn’t possibly abandon them!

Despite these thoughts, San Ya was still full of panic, afraid that Pei Qin really didn’t want them anymore.

Si Ya’s eyes filled with angry resentment as she glared at Pei Qin; she had said it before, with a dad who’s a wealthy prestigious lord, she would be envious and want to go back. It had only been a few days since their promises, and with just a little warmth, she had forgotten their mother’s death and wanted to go with them! Liar! She said she would raise them until they were grown, it was just to deceive them! She was still going to abandon them!

Pei Qin looked at Pei Zongli, waiting for him to speak, for Qian Wanxiu to kowtow to Lady Fang.

"Older brother!" Old Pei’s glance conveyed that meaning, which was to have Qian Wanxiu suffer a bit of grievance, for the greater good, for the entire Old Pei’s House.

Qian Wanxiu was extremely unwilling, feeling deeply aggrieved.

Pei Zongli closed his eyes slightly and nodded.