On our wedding night, he personally sent me to the Regent's bed

Chapter 326 Emperor Xiuyan Should Call Me Brother-in-law

"But the Xiao family is different. Together with some old officials in the court, they forced the emperor to put Prince Yu under house arrest. I wonder if there will be any improvement after the return of the regent this time."

Mu Wanyan pursed her lips and said after a long while: "I hope Xiu Yan can help him. The prince is the only one in the Pei family who has a decent mind."

Originally, I thought Pei Yuxiao was the most unreliable, arrogant and playful, but in fact, at the critical moment, he was the most normal prince of the Pei family.

Xiang Qin nodded. "The prince is a good man. After he was placed under house arrest, he arranged for your maids to be settled in advance. The little girls did not suffer at all. On the contrary, they lived a very comfortable life. I heard that some of them are already pregnant."

Speaking of the old sisters, Xiang Qin smiled and said, "Prince Yu took care of us because of his friendship with the Regent. He is a man of honor."

"I believe that the regent's triumphant return this time will help him."

Mu Wanyan nodded, "Well, I hope he's okay."

The master and servant exchanged pleasantries for a while before Qian, the steward of the Prince Regent's Palace, came over to report.

He bowed to Mu Wanyan and said respectfully, "Princess, the Prince Chen's Mansion has specially sent a gift over. The housekeeper said that Prince Chen congratulated you and the master in the name of your brother-in-law, and asked the princess to accept it."

"The gifts and gift lists are now in the front hall. Please go over and take inventory."

Suddenly hearing the three words "Prince Chen's Mansion", Mu Wanyan couldn't help but feel a spasm in her stomach, and her dusty memories were opened again.

She frowned in disgust and sighed, "It would be nice if I could never see Pei Mochen again in this life."

Mu Wanyan waved at Xiang Qin and said, "Xiang Qin, go with Butler Qian. I don't want to see any of Pei Mochen's things."

About an hour later, Xiangqin came back happily with a gift list.

"Master, good news, great news. Those gifts just now were not from Prince Chen."

She handed the gift list to Mu Wanyan, "Look, these are all the dowry that the master brought from Xichang, and some are the jewelry that the Regent sent over before."

"Good fellow, he is the third prince of Dafeng State, but he actually gave gifts to others and refused to pay even a little bit of his own money. I, Xiangqin, also look down on such men."

Xiang Qin sneered, "This stinginess is even worse than that of the common people."

Mu Wanyan pointed to a pair of white jade bracelets on the gift list and asked, "Where did this pair of bracelets come from?"

Xiang Qin blinked and smiled, "That was privately given by Ling Yun, the guard of Prince Chen's Mansion. Haha, I guess even Ling Yun would look down on his master's feat, right?"

Mu Wanyan took a deep breath and smiled, "It would be better if Pei Mochen didn't send it to me. If they were all his things, I really wouldn't dare to use them."

She patted Xiangqin's head and became very happy. "Come on, accompany me to see my dowry. It would be even better if the clothes I bring as dowry were also delivered."

Mu Wanyan didn't feel bad about the clothes, but she felt it was disgusting to keep her personal belongings in the Jianjia Pavilion in Prince Chen's Mansion.

As for Xiang Qin, when she suddenly heard Mu Wanyan's words, she opened her mouth and quickly closed it, as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself.

If the master knew that Pei Mochen made a handkerchief with the bellyband she left in Jianjia Pavilion... I wonder if the master would vomit.

Xiang Qin shook her head and decided not to tell her master about this. She got goosebumps just thinking about it.

(Note: Pei Mochen's feat with the handkerchief was spread by an embroiderer in the capital, so Xiangqin also knew about it.)

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At the same time, Pei Mochen, who had cried bitterly with Pei Yili in Prince Yi's Mansion, also rode his horse back to his mansion.

Ling Yun exchanged a few pleasantries with him, then handed the list of gifts to be sent to the Regent's Palace to Pei Mochen.

"Master, the gifts have been delivered, and the Prince Regent's Palace has accepted them all."

Pei Mochen nodded, took the gift list and glanced at it, but found that something was wrong the more he looked at it.

"Why didn't I buy anything at all? Why did I only use Yanyan and Di Xiuyan's things as wedding gifts?"

Pei Mochen frowned and asked Ling Yun seriously: "So, the one called Mu Chuyan is Yanyan's sister, will she look down on me?"

Ling Yun shook his head. "I don't know. I don't know anything. Master, my family has been poor since I was a child. I don't know any etiquette. Please don't ask me."

In fact, I was thinking: Pei Mochen, you still know how to embarrass yourself? Today, I went with the housekeeper to deliver a gift. I put the gift down and didn't even have the courage to drink a sip of tea. I quickly ran away in shame.

Ling Yun: Because our faces are burning, we dare not eat the expensive pastries in other people’s houses.

You know, in Dafeng, even if it is a farming family, if the wife dies without giving birth to any children, the husband is obliged to return the remaining dowry to his wife's parents' home.

Even in wealthier families, the man would buy some more items and return them to his wife to show that he is not taking good care of her.

Ling Yun rolled his eyes and cursed in his heart:

Pei Mochen was good, he returned it after all, without deducting a single cent.

But damn, he actually used this dowry as a wedding gift to congratulate the Prince Regent and Miss Chu Yan?

This is a sin of destiny. I guess my master is the only one in the world who is so brave.

Hey, I'm embarrassed for him.

Pei Mochen, who had been taking a long time to react, finally came to his senses and said to himself, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I should have prepared some more gifts."

"I can't let Miss Chu Yan stab her sister in the back and say that her sister married someone who doesn't know etiquette."

Thinking of this, he picked up a pen and paper and wrote a long list of gifts, then handed them to Ling Yun.

"Go to the warehouse and get the gifts according to this list. You and the butler should go to the Regent's Palace again and say that you were in a hurry to leave this morning and forgot to bring all the gifts with you."

Ling Yun: “…” Master, why don’t you just change my name to The Sin-Bearer?

He showed a look of despair and said, "Yes!"

When all the gifts were ready and Ling Yun and the butler were about to leave, Pei Mochen stopped them again.

"Forget it, I will go to the Regent's Palace myself!"

"You are so dumb and tongue-tied that you cannot speak. Please do not damage my reputation."

Ling Yun: “…”

"Yes, Master!"

We will not damage your reputation. The only person who can damage your reputation is you.

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Pei Mochen selected a lot of treasures this time. Firstly, he wanted to help his "deceased wife" and secondly, he was worried that he had asked Long Yuan to set a trap for Di Xiuyan on his way back, and the other party had already known about it.

He wanted to ease the relationship with Di Xiuyan, and he wanted Di Xiuyan's Xuanwu Army to help their Pei family defend and protect the country.

"Now that Yanyan is gone, there is no more grudge between me and Brother Xiuyan. Maybe we can even be brothers in the future."

Pei Mochen pulled the corner of his mouth while riding on horseback, and said to himself: "Logically speaking, Di Xiuyan should still call me brother-in-law."

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Regent's Palace.