In the side hall of the King of Chu Mansion, Yang Yuanqing saw this woman who was fighting for justice. She was about twenty years old and had beautiful eyebrows and eyes. She was wearing only a thin white dress, and was covered in purple with cold. She was holding a cradle in her arms. She knelt on the ground and cried in a low voice.

At this time, Princess Pei Minqiu also came in. Seeing that the woman was so cold that she ordered the maid, "Go and get my squirrel coat, and then let the kitchen make a bowl of rice paste."

The young woman was extremely grateful and turned to Pei Minqiu to kneel down, "Thank you, Madam!"

Pei Minqiu quickly helped her up, "Don't kneel down, the ground is cold, stand up and talk."

Pei Minqiu looked back at her husband and found that he smiled at her without saying a word. Then she realized that she was a little overwhelmed. She felt embarrassed to smile at Yuan Qing and said, "You have something to ask! I'll go out first."

"Madam, why not sit down and listen!"

This matter is probably related to the Wang family. Yang Yuanqing also hopes that his wife can listen to it. Pei Minqiu felt a little strange. Generally, when it comes to official business, he will not let himself beside him. What's going on today? Does this woman have anything to do with him?

Pei Minqiu was puzzled, so she sat down next to her husband. Then Yang Yuanqing asked the woman, "Tell me! What happened?"

The woman wiped her tears and whispered: "The little woman is a pipa girl from Chang'an Lefang. She is named Luo Ji. She is a living person. At the beginning of the year, I met a good friend. She is romantic and elegant. Her name is Wang Ling. He repeatedly showed kindness to me and was willing to redeem me as a concubine. I was moved by his sincerity, so I committed myself to him. The baby beads were secretly knotted. She gave birth to a son two months ago. When she was pregnant, she obeyed me and made every concession. Unexpectedly, I gave birth to a son, but he drove us mother and son out of the mansion and said that this son and he were with him.

It doesn't matter. I looked for him several times, but he just refused to see us and moved. I was so angry. So I came to Taiyuan to find an explanation, but the Wang family said that I was a crazy woman and wanted to stick to the Wang family. He said that the Wang family was a famous family, how could he have a son with Le Ji? He threw me out of the mansion and threw my luggage into the well by them. The poor little girl was penniless and had no relatives. She wanted to die, but couldn't let go of my child, and begged the prince and the princess to make the decision for me. ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． �

Speaking of this, the woman burst into tears, holding the child and crying bitterly. Pei Minqiu was so angry that she knew who Wang Ling was, Wang Xu's second son, who actually did such a thing as a beast. Because this woman was born in a fairyland, she refused to admit her own sins, and the Wang family's self-proclaimed aloofness, ruthlessness, which made her extremely disgusted.

Pei Minqiu glanced at Yang Yuanqing and saw that his face was extremely gloomy. She suddenly remembered her husband's life experience, and this incident probably hit Yang Yuanqing's pain.

"What is this Wang Ling doing in Chang'an?" Yang Yuanqing asked without saying a word.

"When I knew him, he was just a scholar in the official school. In August, he had gone through some tricks. He went to the East Palace to serve as a literary museum next to the prince. Once I remembered a eunuch who came to him and said that the prince summoned him, he hurried away. His companions also said that he was a popular person around the prince. Since he entered the East Palace, his attitude towards me has gradually changed."

Yang Yuanqing was secretly angry. He was so kind to the Wang family. He even made Wang Xu the prime minister, but he secretly asked his second son to serve Li Yuan, obviously trying to stand on both sides. He restrained his anger and asked again: "How do you know that he is from the Wang family in Taiyuan?"

The woman cried and said, "He told me that he was the son of the head of the Wang family in Taiyuan, and told me not to go out and talk nonsense, as it would cause trouble. I didn't want to come to find his family, but I was really desperate."

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment. Now it was the moment when he was preparing to attack Hebei. It was not a mess yet. This matter must be suppressed for a while. When Hebei was captured, he would go back to deal with the Wang family.

Thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing said to his wife Pei Minqiu: "This woman is very pitiful. You can take her in the mansion for the time being. Let's talk about the Wang family later."

Pei Minqiu guessed his intention from her husband's question. He didn't want to turn against the Wang family yet. She nodded and said to the maid: "Take her to the East Courtyard and ask Aunt Li to clean up a room for her and take care of her food and accommodation, and don't neglect it."

The woman was moved and knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you for taking in the prince, thank you for your kindness, the little girl should repay you with her in the next life!"

Seeing that she was so young, Yang Yuanqing thought of her next life and couldn't help but feel funny. He said to her softly: "Since you have been wronged by me, I will naturally give you justice, but it is not possible for the time being. You can live in peace now and take good care of the children. Don't go to the Wang family. When the time comes, I will naturally ask the Wang family to give you justice."

"Thank you for your kindness!"

The woman kowtowed again and stood up and followed the maid down. Pei Minqiu looked at her and walked away, sighed a long time, and said hatefully: "I didn't expect that the Wang family was such a person, cruel and ruthless!"

Yang Yuanqing said lightly: "All famous families have this problem. They value their reputation more than anything else. They will strictly restrain their family members and do not allow them to go to find women in the world. But when they cannot restrain themselves, they will respond by not admitting anything. This is true for the Wang family and the Yang family. In fact, the same is true for your Pei family, but you don't know."

Pei Minqiu was speechless. In fact, what she knew was that one of her clan brothers was kicked out of the house because she married a woman from Fengchen. There was no news since then. However, the Pei family was more fair than the Wang family, unlike the Wang family who only hurt unfortunate women and protects their own children.

"Husband, if you have something to do, go and have a lot of work! I'll go see the children."

Pei Minqiu turned around and was about to leave, but Yang Yuanqing turned around and grabbed her, and smiled and said, "Sit down first, I have something to tell you!"

Pei Minqiu sat down, Yang Yuanqing glanced at her, and when she saw that there was no smile on her face, she seemed a little unhappy, so she smiled and asked, "Are you unhappy when you said your Pei family just now?"

"What do you think?" Pei Minqiu gave him a blank look.

"You won't be really angry at what I said!"

Yang Yuanqing held her hand, "When I first met you, I remember you were a tolerant little girl."

With a 'sweep!', Pei Minqiu couldn't help laughing out loud, slapped heavily on the back of his hand, and said coquettishly: "What a tolerant little girl, talking nonsense!"

Yang Yuanqing smiled, but remembered the situation when she broke the vase when she first saw her. Wasn’t she a nervous little girl?

Pei Minqiu glanced at him, and then he understood his thoughts and didn't know where he wanted to go. She pursed her lips and smiled: "Okay, I'm not angry, I'm just teasing you, tell me! What's the matter with His Highness the King of Chu to order the little girl?"

Yang Yuanqing did have a serious matter. He smiled and thought for a moment, saying, "That's right. When I was in Shanggu County not long ago, many generals reported to me that recently a luxury trend in Taiyuan City was wafting. Many officials and their families lived in luxury and compared with each other, and even their servants were wearing silk. The carriages entering and leaving were even inlaid with gold and silver. Each car was more gorgeous than the other. I don't know how this trend was started, but it must be stopped. I hope you can help me to persuade these families to restrain luxury and promote thrift. Now the hungry people in the Central Plains and Hebei can't even afford to eat, but we are extravagant here. If this unhealthy trend spreads, we have no hope to seize the world."

Pei Minqiu nodded. Actually, she knew how this trend of luxury competition started. About a month ago, when Mrs. Su Weixin celebrated her birthday, she ridiculed Du Ruhui's wife for being shabby in clothes, and Du Ruhui's wife was so angry. The next day, she also wore a wide silk skirt, but everyone followed her imitation. The wind became more and more intense, which was indeed a bit too much.

"I remember this, and I will persuade them to give up the competition and return to simplicity as soon as possible!"

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Yang Yuanqing had some official duties to deal with, so he went back to the study first. Pei Minqiu brought a few maids to the outer house. The outer house covers about 40 acres of land, divided into the left courtyard and the right courtyard. The left courtyard is the residence of the personal guards, and the right courtyard is the residence of the servants and servants. Including the servants, maids, mothers, etc. of the Chu Palace, there are about a hundred people.

Many people followed them long ago. After Pei Minqiu fled out of the capital with her sisters and children, her family had been dismissed, but almost half of the servants traveled all the way to Fengzhou to join them, and now they have followed them to Taiyuan.

Over time, most of the villagers have small families, and basically live in a small courtyard for the whole family. There is a monthly payment. Pei Minqiu is generous to the servants, and the regular payment for maids in the mansion is 50% higher than that of other people's families. If there are many children in the family, or if you have to support the elderly, there will be additional subsidies.

Although the treatment is generous, Pei Minqiu's rules are very strict. He is not allowed to bully good people outside under the banner of the Chu Palace, not to make friends with bandits, not to discuss the owner, not to gamble and prostitute, not to lead outsiders into the palace without authorization, etc., and violate any of them, and immediately drive out of the palace, without any mercy. So far, five or six people have been driven away. Even if she is driven away, she will do her best to be kind and righteous, give her a severance fee and arrange their lives.

Pei Minqiu's leniency and strictness were loved by the people, and even those who were driven away by her would not say a bad word to her. On the contrary, they also promoted her kindness and kindness everywhere.

A maid took Pei Minqiu to a small courtyard. The maid was named Chunyu, who was Pei Minqiu's personal maid. Her father had passed away, so she brought her mother to live with her.

"Mom, open the door!" Chunyu patted the yard with great force.

After a moment, the door opened and a middle-aged woman stood in the yard. When she saw the mistress behind her daughter, she was shocked and hurriedly wanted to kneel down. Pei Minqiu quickly supported her and said with a smile: "If your daughter doesn't kneel down, do you still want to kneel down to me?"

"Mom, don't have to kneel down, just give me a blessing." The maid Chunyu said with a smile.

"You girl, there are no rules."

The middle-aged woman's surname is Jin. Everyone calls her Aunt Jin and goes to the kitchen to help every day, but she is not a servant of the royal palace. She scolded her daughter and quickly invited Pei Minqiu into the yard. She really didn't know what the princess was doing to her house, so she asked tremblingly: "Is there anything wrong with the princess who comes to the yard?"

Pei Minqiu smiled slightly, "I heard Chunyu say that you usually weave cloth and make clothes by yourself, right?"

Aunt Jin glared at her daughter fiercely, hating her for being too polite. Since the princess asked, she had to say that, and she had to smile and said, "In fact, there is no need to weave cloth here. You can buy cloth to make clothes. But I am used to it in my hometown and can't stay idle, so I spin and weave cloth, which is actually just to pass the time."

"Can you let me see?"

"Of course, please come with me, princess!"

Aunt Jin took Pei Minqiu into a room, where there was a spinning wheel and a pedal incline loom, and there was a lot of fine linen piled in the dustpan next to it.

"It's these two machines that are proficient in you, and you can weave a piece of cloth in five days."

Pei Minqiu sat down and shook the spinning wheel gently. She looked up and smiled at Aunt Jin, "You can move into the inner palace tonight! Tomorrow morning, several of us sisters want to learn spinning and weaving from you."

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[I stayed up late until two o'clock and wrote this chapter. For the sake of Lao Gao's hard work, I urge you brothers to reward Lao Gao with a monthly ticket!!]
Chapter completed!