Chapter 403 Pei Ying visits her relatives

Since the main figures of the Pei family were all in court, Pei Ying waited for the afternoon when the officials left the court before leaving for Pei's mansion. Pei Ying's identity was the queen of the Tang Dynasty, the mother of a country. It was an extremely important matter to go back to her parents' home to visit her relatives as usual. It had to be made several months in advance. Then the palace and the mansion repeatedly confirmed, and many details must be agreed upon one by one. When going out, water was poured on the street, guards opened the road, passers-by avoided it, and they were extremely extravagant, just like the Yuan Concubine visiting her relatives in Dream of Red Mansions.

But such a complicated and complicated matter was cancelled when Pei Ying came to her. The reason was very simple. The palace had no money to pay the expenses, and there were no eunuchs who made errands on this matter. So, just like when she was in the Zhang Mansion, she returned to her parents' home. At the hour of the afternoon, the Zuoyintai Gate quietly opened, and more than a hundred guards guarding the phoenix chariot of the Tang Dynasty Empress drove out of the Daming Palace.

Pei Ying was worried these days. First of all, it was the matter of his son's appointment of the crown prince. Her husband had clearly told her that the stability of the crown prince was related to the stability of the Tang Dynasty and should not be acted rashly. Because of this, he could not be established rashly. The eldest son should not be appointed first, but the virtuous should be preferred. Moreover, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty was nothing more than a prescribed order for the eldest son to be established. Qier could be given priority, but he would not consider the matter of the crown prince before his son became an adult.

The husband's statement made Pei Ying deeply worried. It is an indisputable fact that the mother is noble by her son. Although she and Zhang Huan are married, it cannot guarantee that he will not be fascinated by other women. Pei Ying couldn't help but think of Cui Xuezhu. Her beauty is so beautiful that the whole country is so beautiful that she has a soul-stirring charm when she smiles. Pei Ying is a woman. She knows very well how this beauty can kill men, especially her youth is about to pass away. She can no longer compare with her tender and delicate person. She has always secretly hoped that this woman would not have a chance to have Zhang Huan, but the matter fell at the worst point. Last night Cui Ning told her that the Cui family was going to use Cui Xuezhu to enter the palace as a condition for giving up the land. Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone!

But her husband didn't tell her about such a major matter. I don't know if he didn't take this matter seriously or had other concerns. She felt that it was not the time. Pei Ying sighed helplessly. She hoped that her husband would not marry Cui Xuezhu, but she didn't have the confidence to object. As the king of a country, her husband had only five people in the harem, and it made people laugh at him. Not only did he laugh at the emperor's incompetence, but he also accused her of not understanding the state ceremony. For a moment, Pei Ying was in a mess.

Now she can’t even take care of her own affairs, and she still has to worry about the civil strife of the Pei family. She couldn’t help but hate the selfishness of Uncle Jia and the second brother. Can a broken Pei family fulfill their wishes? Isn’t the lesson of the Zhang family and Cui family profound enough? She heard that after Pei Mingyuan came back, the eldest brother and the second brother were not allowed to enter the mansion or worship his father’s spiritual position. This is too much. They were born with the same roots, so why are they too anxious to fight each other?

The phoenix chariot turned a corner and was almost at Zhuque Street, but its speed slowed down and finally stopped slowly.

"Empress!" An eunuch ran to report, "The carriage of Yang Envoy in front of the salt and iron supervisor Yang's carriage collided with another official's carriage, blocking the road."

"Empress, why not follow me and drive them away." The chief guard who escorted Pei Ying in a low voice.

Pei Ying immediately shook her head and said, "Don't make things worse. They are not determined to block the road. Let's change the road!"

It was the peak of the downtown court, and there were carriages of officials of all sizes along the way. Before Pei Ying's carriage left, carriages followed him soon after, left and right. It was impossible to turn around. Then an embarrassing scene occurred, and the chariot of the empress of the Tang Dynasty was blocked in the middle of the road.

Pei Ying's carriage is very special. It is a phoenix chariot used for the queen. Generally, the chariot is carried by human power, but the number of people in the palace is not enough, so it uses horsepower. Despite this, its special decoration and style still attracted the attention of many officials, but many people did not believe that the Queen would be in the car. Just as Pei Ying pulled the curtain and looked forward to look the road, an official next to her first discovered her, and he screamed in surprise.

For a moment, the entire street was in full swing, and countless carriages desperately squeezed to both sides to make way. Many officials even jumped off the carriage to maintain order and drove away pedestrians. Soon, a man-made open road appeared in front of Pei Ying's carriage, and even the carriage that was blocked was dragged aside.

Pei Ying was very disgusted by the busyness of hundreds of officials present. She pulled up the curtains of the car to wave to the officials on both sides to express her gratitude. A burst of warm applause and cheers suddenly burst out from the crowd.

"Queen Thousand Years! Thousand Years!"

Pei Ying always had a smile on her face. She waved her hand to Yang Yan, who was bowing and apologizing, and said that it had nothing to do with her and had been leaving the road. Pei Ying waved to all officials again to express her gratitude.

The Queen's approachability made the cheers louder, "Queen Thousand Years!"

The crowd was surging, and all the officials rushed to the intersection to watch the close and kind Tang queen leave. She was filled with emotion and the crowd did not disperse for a long time.

The accidental incident on the road made Pei Ying feel better. She suddenly realized that the prince's decree was not the only husband who had the final say. Even if the husband had his own heart, he would have no choice if all officials opposed him. Besides, Qier was studious and hardworking, and gentle in her heart, and was definitely not a scattered playboy.

Thinking of this, she let go of her heart slightly, the phoenix chariot accelerated, and the group quickly drove into Xuanyifang.

The Pei family only found out that the queen was going to return to the mansion to visit relatives in the afternoon, and the whole mansion mobilized urgently. After Pei Jun passed away, because the head of the family did not make any clear decision, neither Pei Mingkai nor Pei Mingyao would move away, so they each occupied half of the mansion, and each opened a gate. The connecting doors on both sides were built with bricks on the wall to indicate that they did not interact. In this way, no one left the gate, and they were tightly closed all day long, and the steps became a place for beggars to take naps. After a few months, the cracks of the rocks were covered with weeds.

Pei Ying's phoenix chariot was waiting outside the gate for a long time. Several beggars sleeping on the steps had been driven away by the guards. Several guards simply cleared the steps. Despite this, there was still a dilapidated scene in front of the gate. The gate was rusty and many dirty things were stuck on it. The weeds on the steps were one foot high, and even white flowers were blooming. Seeing this scene, Pei Ying remembered the scenery of her father when she was alive. There were traffic in front of the gate. Countless officials were holding a plea for the prime minister to see him. How long has it been, the front of the mansion was so dilapidated.

For a moment, Pei Ying's heart felt as uncomfortable as a knife.

At this moment, Pei Mingkai and Pei Mingyao came almost from both sides at the same time, and the two saluted one after another, "See the Queen Qiansui!"

Pei Mingyuan said nothing. He stared at his father's spiritual throne silently. Before going to Anxi, he went to see his father. His father, who had been dissatisfied with him, pressed his shoulders for the first time and encouraged him to go to Anxi to establish achievements for the country. But that farewell turned into a long farewell. Pei Mingyuan slowly closed his eyes, and pain and sorrow filled his heart. He bent down and bowed three heads to his father heavily. Pei Mingkai and Pei Mingyao also knelt helplessly, but had nothing to say. At this time, there was a sound of messy footsteps outside the mourning hall, and dozens of other tribesmen including Pei Jia were already rushed over.

Pei Ying suddenly wiped away her tears, and she stood up and said to everyone: "Please go to the wing room, I have something to say!"

After saying that, she turned her head and walked towards the wing room. Everyone followed her into the room. The wing room had been cleaned up and was very spacious. Carefully, the old housekeeper also placed dozens of seat cushions in order. He specially placed a new cushion on the main seat.

Pei Ying did not give in moderation, so she sat down on the main mat and waved her hands to everyone and said, "Dear tribesmen, please sit down!"

There were more than thirty tribe members in the room, most of whom were from the 'ren' generation, that is, the same as Pei You' generation, and there were seven or eight children from the 'ming generation. Although Pei Ying was a daughter, she could not preside over the clan meeting and was not even qualified to participate in the clan meeting, but she was the queen of the Tang Dynasty and had a respectable identity, so no one dared to speak out.

Everyone also guessed the real purpose of Pei Ying's return home to visit her relatives today. Everyone sat down with great worries. The room was very quiet, and there was only a sound of coughing by chance.

After a moment of silence, Pei Ying finally said slowly: "All the people here are important figures of the Pei family in Beijing, and they are all smart people. I believe everyone has guessed the intention of my convening this clan meeting. It's right. I came today to solve the problem of the head of the Pei family."

Pei Ying said her intention openly and honestly. She glanced at everyone slowly. Some were happy, some were worried, while others disagreed. Pei Ying saw Pei Jia secretly made a gesture to Pei Mingyao, and she sneered and said, "The Zhang family in Hedong, the Cui family in Shandong is not far away. Everyone knows it. But the people of our Pei family just can't see it and insist on repeating the same mistake. If the head of the hometown has no lasting order, it is understandable that everyone competes for the position of the head of the family, but the head of the hometown has already lasting order, but you refuse to admit it. Do you have to waste this way and cause the split of the Pei family, and you will give up?"

Pei Ying's words were loud and silent, and everyone was speechless. The atmosphere in the room became extremely solemn, and the heavy breathing could be clearly heard. At this time, Pei Jia stood up and said, "Please listen to me. We are not disobeying the wishes of the old master. We are angry, but Pei You betrayed the interests of the Pei family without authorization, causing our Pei family to suffer heavy losses. He only obtained 10,000 hectares of land, while the Cui family obtained 100,000 hectares of land...."

Before he finished speaking, Pei Ying interrupted his speech, "The Cui family has handed over 90,000 hectares of land. Don't I know that the Fourth Uncle? Besides, the ten thousand hectares of land have been given according to the prince's standards for eternal land. The court is already very tolerant of our Pei family. How many people can 10,000 hectares of land can support? Is the Fourth Uncle ever calculated? How many people are there in our Pei family? Is it not enough to enjoy ten thousand hectares of land?"

"The fourth uncle doesn't mean that ten thousand acres are not enough." Pei Mingyao stood up to defend Pei Jia. He glanced at Pei You coldly and said, "The fourth uncle means that Pei You betrays the interests of the Pei family without authorization, and he did not discuss with his clan members. He was wrong in "unauthorized".

"Stop!" Pei Mingyuan stood up angrily and stared at him and said, "Can you call out the second uncle's name? The second uncle gave up his land and army for the benefit of our Pei family. Let's ask, does the second uncle have any choice in that situation? Let's see the fate of the Chu family. Even if the second uncle has not discussed it with everyone, the old master has given him the right to deal with things, and he can make a decision on his own."

"But we didn't see that my father gave the right to his second uncle." Pei Mingkai was sarcastic at the side. Although he and Pei Mingyao were incompatible, he had the same interests as Pei Mingyao when opposing Pei Mingyuan as the head of the family.

The room was suddenly full of talk and shouted in a mess. Another old-fashioned tribe member Pei You said loudly: "I think the eldest son should be established to inherit the head of the family. I support Mingkai."

"I support my second uncle!"

"Okay, don't argue." Pei Ying stopped everyone's argument. She stood up and said seriously: "It has been arguing for several months but there is no conclusion. If the dispute continues, the Pei family will be dragged to death sooner or later. Since I return home today, I will come to the conclusion of this matter."

Speaking of this, she took out her father's last order, and said in front of everyone, "Since the old master has a last order, I ordered the fifth brother Mingyuan to be the heir to the head of the family. According to the rules of my Pei family, the last order of the old master should be followed. Therefore, Pei Mingyuan is the new head of the Pei family."

"Empress! What if I don't agree?" Pei Jia glanced at Pei Ying coldly.

At this time, Pei Mingyao and Pei Mingkai also stood up, staring at their sister with great dissatisfaction and said, "Empress, what if we don't agree?"

The room was very quiet, and the tense atmosphere was so depressing that people could almost breathe. Dozens of eyes were staring at Pei Ying. Although she was the queen, if there were many opponents, she would not buy her account at the family meeting.

Pei You quickly stood up and waved his hands to smooth things over, saying, "Everyone! Don't do this, you can make a long-term plan for this matter."
Chapter completed!