After rebirth, I became a national teacher

Yan Qingzhi, this bastard, actually strictly restricted the purchases in the mansion, only giving each of the 540 people in the mansion three taels of coarse grain per day, and nothing else was allowed to enter the mansion.

And they are only allowed to purchase after they have consumed all their stored food.

That bastard Yan Qingzhi even said in a high-sounding manner that this was to let them understand the difficulties faced by ordinary people and reflect deeply on their own mistakes.

Throughout the mansion, each person was only allowed three taels of coarse grains per day.

He has been living a life of luxury since he was a child, but now he has to eat coarse grains that only ordinary people eat. How shameful!

What’s even worse is that the portion he had wasn’t enough to fill him up.

But at this time, the people in the Bo's Mansion were demoralized. Even if it was to rally their hearts, he had to set an example by eating the same portion as the women and servants, and never allow anyone to eat more than they deserved.

For the first time in his life, Pei Xiao felt what it felt like to be hungry. He was so hungry every day but there was nothing he could do.

He could only swear secretly in his heart that when he was out of trouble, he would avenge Yan Qingzhi!

Pei Xiao was just starving and felt humiliated.

Zhang's life became even more difficult.

She had lost a lot of blood and had not yet fully recovered, so she needed tonic medicine to replenish her body.

Nowadays, let alone the best tonic medicine, we can’t even eat normal food.

Although the injury on his wrist has healed, the body's weakened constitution has not been restored.

Even though he was able to move freely, his complexion was much worse.

Coupled with daily anxiety and poor sleep, people suddenly look very haggard, just like a lustrous pearl suddenly turning into a dead fish eye.

Her face, which she took great care of and was proud of, suddenly seemed to have aged ten years.

What made her even more anxious and frightened was Pei Xiao's complete indifference and neglect towards her.

She knew that the reason why the mansion suffered from His Majesty's wrath was because of her.

If she had not acted carelessly and been caught in the matter of Cihang Temple, and if she had not been repeatedly plotted against, the Jingnan Marquis Mansion would never have suffered such serious losses.

On the day when she received the imperial edict, Pei Xiao looked at her with an unprecedented coldness that made Zhang tremble with fear.

A woman obeys her husband after marriage and obeys her son after her husband's death.

She has no son and the only person she can rely on is her husband.

No matter what, she couldn't lose Pei Xiao's favor.

In order to seek his forgiveness, she came to the outer courtyard to see Pei Xiao every day. She was worried that he did not have enough food, so she saved her own food and sent it to the outer courtyard, but it was always returned by Pei Xiao.

After several days, Pei Xiao finally calmed down from his anger and shame and was willing to meet her.

As soon as she saw him, Zhang fell to her knees, tears streaming down her face, and looked at Pei Xiao with eyes full of heartache:

"My Lord, this is all my fault. If I hadn't been so stupid and given the opportunity to be attacked again and again, the Marquis' Mansion would never have suffered such a disaster!"

"However the Marquis wants to punish me, I am willing to accept it. I only ask you to take good care of your body, eat more every day, and don't return the food I sent you."

"When His Majesty calms down, he will definitely lift the ban on the Marquis' Mansion. By then, with your ability and talent, you will surely regain His Majesty's favor and be reused! You must not torture yourself and ruin your health, otherwise I will never be able to atone for my sins even if I die a thousand times!"

Looking at Zhang, who was haggard and worried but still regarded him as her heaven, Pei Xiao's anger slowly subsided.

Zhang was indeed stupid and brought him great disaster.

But now, nothing can be changed.

It would be useless for him to just blame her.

On the contrary, in the capital, the Zhang family and the Concubine Shu in the palace need to make more efforts to help him out of trouble.

Especially Empress Shufei, as the emperor's favorite concubine, can play a crucial role.

When Shufei was in the boudoir, she depended on Zhang for everything. They had a deep sisterly love and would definitely not abandon her only sister and brother-in-law.