Chapter 209: Chapter 209: Is the Princely Heir With Her?
Feng Mei’er heard the last sentence, and her face instantly turned pale, her body swaying as if she might collapse.
The letter she wrote to Qu Fulan was seen by Heir Pei?
So her father’s incident was orchestrated by Heir Pei?
All because she threatened Qu Fulan?
Why?
She was just a maid, even though she’s not a maid now, she’s still a commoner, how could she be worth such a big effort from Heir Pei to help?
Feng Mei’er was biting her silver teeth to pieces, and her nails dug into her palms causing them to bleed without her even noticing.
Why is it that even as the Li Family fell, Li Jirou could still have such powerful figures supporting her, while she herself struggles bitterly without any assistance, and is even trampled upon?
How exactly is she inferior to Li Jirou?
Feng Mei’er’s inward resentment, anger, and despair were imaginable.
But no matter how angry or unwilling she is, what can she do?
Nothing could be done, she could only grit her teeth and endure it, leaving the Pei Family in humiliation, otherwise, if she continued to cause trouble, Heir Pei could easily crush the Feng Family with a flick of his finger.
How could the Feng Family afford to offend such a household?
Feng Mei’er returned to the Jin Family like a soulless puppet, then begged Mr. Jin to help the Feng Family; they are relatives after all, even if distantly related, when trouble arises it should be natural to lend a hand, but Mr. Jin’s ability is limited, after some inquiries, he found there was completely no room for intervention in the Feng Family’s affairs.
"Your father’s case has already been decided. The evidence of him disregarding human life is solid, the authorities have issued orders to remove him from office and investigate. You should hurry back to see, now it’s uncertain what the verdict will be, but it seems unlikely there will be any life-threatening danger, though imprisonment is inevitable, it’s just unknown for how long."
Feng Mei’er staggering, is her father dismissed and being investigated, even sentenced to prison?
If before coming to Capital City, Feng Mei’er was considered an official’s daughter, even if her father was a minor ninth-rank official, it’s better than those commoners or the fallen Li Family.
But now, she’s lost everything, becoming a criminal’s daughter?
Now she’s not even comparable to Li Jirou.
After all, Li Jirou, also a criminal’s daughter, still has Heir Pei supporting her, whereas she has nothing.
This concludes the matters on Feng Mei’er’s side, while Mr. Pei’s issues have yet to unfold.
Both the old lady and the second lady disagreed, so as Heir Pei had said earlier, the matter needs a long-term plan.
As to how to plan, he has it figured out.
Is it just a concern that the woman’s merchant identity doesn’t sound good? Then add a nicer title.
Heir Pei doesn’t care much about status, and the Pei Family doesn’t need the woman’s family’s assistance, so what’s the need for such a resounding identity?
The mindset of young people always differs from their elders, the elders are full of concerns, considering both appearance and substance thoroughly, while young people just care about their feelings, as long as they want to marry, and the other person is not some heinous criminal or of a malicious nature, there’s nothing to criticize.
Heir Pei crafted a plan, and deliberately consulted Qu Fulan, as he needed her assistance.
Tuan was considered a premature baby, his health was poorer than children of his age, and he would fall ill once a year, with rashes all over whenever he got sick, very tormenting, not something that could be cured with casual medications.
But later, Pei Ji’an brought back some herbs from the border, which could alleviate Tuan’s measles.
Since these herbs are only found at the border, very rare, Pei Ji’an didn’t widely promote the effectiveness of the herbs, otherwise, it would be exploited by people with intentions, which wouldn’t be good, so besides Pei Yuan, even the second lady didn’t know.
Though the second lady wasn’t one to gossip, she wasn’t great at keeping things to herself either, if she accidentally mentioned it and her maids heard it, then essentially everyone would know.
It’s fortunate they guarded against this, now they can use it as a breakthrough point.
This year Tuan was about to get sick again, by then Ren Hua would bring the herbs to him, definitely effective.
But such things can’t be done too obviously; if it’s apparent the smell comes from the herbs, it wouldn’t be explainable, and that’s where Qu Fulan needs to think, on how to make the herbal scent cling to a person without others detecting it.
Heir Pei had spoken, naturally, Qu Fulan wouldn’t refuse, with her familiarity with Chinese herbs, making the scent cling to someone is easy.
Finally, Ren Hua wore the specially treated clothes by Qu Fulan, appeared during Tuan’s onset, then Tuan became completely reliant on her, being near her eased him, stepping away caused discomfort, now who could separate them?
Such matters doctors couldn’t explain, both the second lady and the old lady believe in Buddhism, invited a high monk to check the fate, the result was the monk said Ren Hua and Tuan were naturally linked as mother and son, destined.
Is such a heavenly fate titled highly enough?
The answer was naturally self-evident.
The old lady and second lady had nothing more to say now, even the monk praised it, what more could be contested, otherwise, wouldn’t it be to defy Buddhism?
Mr. Pei and Ren Hua’s marriage was set for mid-December, not long before the new year, counted as both joyful events, very auspicious.
Furong Courtyard.
"If the old lady knew I was involved, she surely wouldn’t let me off." Qu Fulan sighed.
Pei Ji’an chuckled, "Not to mention my plan has no loopholes to catch, even if a flaw emerges, I’ll naturally take the blame for any consequences, why involve you?"
Qu Fulan quietly sipped tea, saying nothing, wasn’t this assurance precisely what she wanted?
Just like in modern times, she was analogous to a "gun" in the boss’s hand, directed wherever needed, yet the repercussions were borne by the boss himself; she was just a small figure, a mere tool.
Besides, the wedding date is set, from start to finish just over a month, even if flaws appear later, by then it would be too late, maybe Tuan would have a brother or sister, who would still cling to past affairs?
"Have those assassins been caught?" With the main house’s matters settled, Qu Fulan found herself in the mood to enquire about her own matters.
If they were caught, she planned to return to Gaoyi Lane, otherwise, it wouldn’t be appropriate to impose endlessly.
Pei Ji’an paused in his tea brewing, then casually replied, "A few are still being pursued, these people are vicious, failing their mission means death too, presumably hiding to discuss strategies. Why do you ask?"
Qu Fulan: "...Just casually asking."
She no longer mentioned leaving, these were her own people; what’s this talk of imposition, too distant.
Just as this was said, a maid’s voice came from outside.
"It’s Miss Cheng sending someone to ask if the young lady needs anything, do let her know, she will send it to the young lady later."
Qu Fulan knew Cheng Ru and the Third Miss jointly handled housekeeping, sending someone to inquire was part of their duties, she only had the maid reply that there’s nothing lacking, thanking her for the gesture.
Upon hearing Qu Fulan’s original words, Cheng Ru asked the maid back, "Is the Heir with her?"
The maid hesitated, "This servant couldn’t enter but saw the Heir’s attendants guarding outside, presumably inside."