My beloved wife is reborn, let's get divorced, Mr. Prime Minister

Chapter 84: Attracting love, transactions, and equal wives?

Song Qingcheng had just come up with the idea when Madam Cao put down the teacup in her hand and looked at her. She said, "My daughter fell in love with Lord Pei at first sight. You are the only one in Lord Pei's backyard. It must be so lonely. You are also a good person. If my daughter enters the Pei Mansion, I think you two sisters will definitely get along very well. What do you think, Madam Pei?"

Hearing this, Xia He, who was serving nearby, was startled, her hands trembled, and she almost spilled the tea on Mrs. Cao's hand.

Mrs. Cao raised her eyes lazily. Xia He felt that she was being rude, and in order to avoid causing trouble for Song Qingcheng, she knelt on the ground with a plop, ready to let the governor Cao Fu decide for her.

Seeing this, Song Qingcheng's heart sank. She strongly disapproved of Xia He's behavior. She and Madam Cao were both court ladies, neither was nobler than the other. This seemed like she was showing cowardice. However, she also knew that Xia He was worried about her, so she didn't blame her.

She smiled, "Qingcheng didn't discipline me strictly, which made Madam Cao laugh." Without waiting for Madam Cao to speak, Song Qingcheng directly ordered, "This tea has lost its color. I think it has been brewed too many times. I don't need you to serve here. Go down."

It's her own territory, so there's no reason for her to let others bully her.

Xia He bowed and walked away.

Mrs. Cao understood that this was an order to expel her! But since she was here, there was absolutely no reason for her to just leave!

Anyone who dares to disobey her in Jinling has not even been born yet, even if they are the children of old friends.

"Mrs. Pei, you haven't answered my question yet?"

Song Qingcheng originally thought that after this little incident, Mrs. Cao would not bring up the previous topic, but she didn't expect that she would not give up.

She didn't want to care how many women Pei Huaizhi would marry in the future, but the daughter of the governor's mansion was definitely not allowed, at least not before the crisis in the Song Mansion was resolved. After all, this person came from a prominent family, and it would be very difficult to control her. She was different from Pei Huaizhi's cousin Xie Wan Ning whose maternal family was in decline. She was not stupid enough to cause trouble for herself.

Moreover, the legitimate daughter of the governor's family, even if she was deeply in love with Pei Huaizhi, the governor and his wife would not agree to let their daughter become Pei Huaizhi's concubine. So there was only one possibility, that is, the governor and Madam Cao were planning to make her a co-wife.

She certainly could not agree to this matter, but it was obvious that Mrs. Cao wanted an answer now, and she could not say too much in case it would ruin Pei Huaizhi's plans.

Song Qingcheng pretended not to understand and said, "It was my master's own decision to take a concubine. However, your lady is the apple of your eye and that of the governor. Isn't it a bit unfair for her to be my master's concubine?"

Mrs. Cao was very unhappy with what she said. She didn't believe it, and Song Qingcheng didn't understand it. She was just pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger. If her daughter didn't like Pei Huaizhi, and Pei Huaizhi was someone the master wanted to win over, she would not agree even if he was a co-wife.

"Mrs. Pei, you are joking," Mrs. Cao said with a smile, "Since you want to marry into the Pei Mansion, you must be officially named Madam. If Mrs. Pei agrees, then our Jiedushi's betrothal gift will be to ensure the smooth implementation of the new taxation policy. Mrs. Pei can consider it carefully."

"Once we become a family, everything will be easy to handle. Madam Pei, what do you think?"

Mrs. Cao added an irresistible reason, and it turned out that she had spent a lot of money for her daughter.

But she always felt that things were not that simple.

On the surface, the dowry was not small. If Pei Huaizhi agreed to it, he could easily take over Nanjing and return to the capital to report. Promotion would be a piece of cake. He might even become the youngest minister of Wei. It was a lucrative deal. The matter was of great importance. She did not say anything final, which meant she left room for Pei Huaizhi.

But then again, even if she didn't agree, as long as the Jiangnan Jiedushi wrote a letter to the emperor about this, the Emperor of Wei always valued courtesy, so it was not impossible for him to issue an imperial decree to grant the marriage. Therefore, today Madam Cao was not here to seek her opinion, but probably to inform her.

If she were not the legitimate daughter of the General's Mansion and an ordinary woman, Madam Cao would never have come to Yi Garden. Instead, she would have directly persuaded Pei Huaizhi to divorce her and marry her daughter into the family in exchange for benefits.

Just as she was thinking about how to reply to Mrs. Cao, she heard

"It's getting late. I won't bother you any more. Madam Pei can think about it and try to persuade Master Pei!"

After seeing Madam Cao off, Song Qingcheng sat alone in the hall.

Song Qingcheng thought, what does it mean to persuade? Could it be that Pei Huaizhi doesn't agree? With the interests in front of him, how could he not agree?

If he disagreed, it would be a slap in the face of Jiangnan Jiedushi Cao Yi and his wife, and the implementation of the new tax policy would inevitably be hindered. In order to resolve the tax issue in Jinling, he would have to proceed step by step and be extremely careful so as not to let Jiangnan Jiedushi Cao Yi get hold of the handle.

A little carelessness can lead to disaster.

As the saying goes, this is Jinling, a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake. Thinking of this, Song Qingcheng felt something was wrong in her mind.

Even if it is true that the Jiedushi and his wife of Jiangnan spoiled their daughter, would they really offer the whole of Jiangnan and the whole of Nanjing as a betrothal gift?

Thinking of this, Song Qingcheng finally felt something was wrong.

Then why did Mrs. Cao say betrothal gift instead of dowry? Was it a slip of the tongue or did she have other intentions?

As we all know, what a man gives to a woman is called a betrothal gift, and what a woman brings to the man is called a dowry. This has been the case since ancient times. Was it Mrs. Cao's mistake, or did she have some other intention?

Could it be that the Jiedushi and his wife wanted to recruit Pei Huaizhi, tempting him with beauty and money, so that he would leave the court and go to Nanjing.

An even more terrifying thought flashed through Song Qingcheng's mind. Could it be that the Jiangnan Jiedushi Cao Yi wanted to rebel, and he urgently needed a man who had a deep understanding of the court and the Emperor of Wei and was a man of great talent?

Upon closer inspection, Pei Huaizhi is indeed extremely suitable.

In her previous life, she had few memories of the fight for the throne, and she didn't even know who Pei Huaizhi assisted to become the Prime Minister.

Unexpectedly, Song Qingcheng felt a cold sweat on her back.

If Cao Yi wanted to rebel, it would most likely be my father who would go south to fight him.

Then everything will be in chaos.

Xia He didn't walk far. After seeing Mrs. Cao leave, she walked up to Song Qingcheng.

"Girl, please don't agree to it."

What Song Qingcheng was thinking was that this was not something she could decide, and Pei Huaizhi didn't have to have her.

In addition to this matter, there was another thing she couldn't figure out, which was the relationship between the governor's wife and her father. She had to write a letter to find out.

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