Chapter 424 World 9: Worship
Chapter 424 World 9: Worship
After saying that, she turned over the rest of the paintings. All of these paintings had smooth lines, and only a few strokes conveyed the charm.
One of them is dated.
She looked at the date on it, with a face full of teasing, "Uncle Pei, you are lying~"
He just watched her fussing with a faint smile in his eyes.
Tu Qingyu then spoke, "It is not a good boy to lie. There will be punishment for lying."
"Punishment?" He raised his eyelids lightly, "Tell me about it?"
"Then I'll punish you to sleep in the study tonight. I see, the bed in your study is quite comfortable."
He looked at her triumphant expression and nodded calmly, "Okay."
Row?
Tu Qingyu looked at him suspiciously, "But you sleep in the study room?"
"Well, I'll sleep in the study."
Only in the evening did she know why he agreed so readily.
He meant sleeping in the study, but he didn't sleep alone.
"Pei Jian! How can you keep your word?"
"Am I sleeping in the study?"
"You...ah...let me go, I want to go back...you, you are alone..."
Before he finished speaking, another suppressed hum came from the study.
Then came Pei Jian's voice, "What did you say?"
"I said you...um..."
"what?"
"I, I won't say anything anymore, don't..."
"Well, I'm not in a hurry, the night is still long."
……
Tu Qingyu's life passed slowly and leisurely, but the people in the house seemed very busy.
After all, it was Pei Kangsheng's wedding. No matter how much Pei Jian disliked his adopted son, he still had to take the Pei family's face into consideration, and he still wanted what he should have.
But it was all handled by the housekeeper. Tu Qingyu said that if he didn’t make preparations, he wouldn’t touch it at all.
Pei Jian was afraid that she would be bored in the house, so he took her out for a walk when it was time to rest.
Although he didn't take a break from bathing, Tu Qingyu often went out alone.
Drink tea with my little sisters, enjoy flowers, and occasionally go back to Tu's house to stay.
But Pei Jian felt that his own company was different from the company of others.
Tu Qingyu's life was very leisurely and nourishing, but Pei Kangsheng felt that he was in dire straits every day.
He had to get up early every day and go to the main courtyard to say hello.
After two or three days, the anger in his heart could not be suppressed. Finally one day, he stopped going to the yard and left the house early.
What he was thinking at the time was, what would happen if he didn't go? Could it be possible that his father could still beat him to death? Can we really drive him out of the house?
If his father really kicked him out of the house because he didn't go there that day, then Duke Ding's reputation would be lost.
Later he learned that Pei Jian would not expel him from the house just because he didn't go.
But Pei Jian made him kneel in the ancestral hall for a day and a night on the grounds that he disrespected his elders, without getting any water or rice.
Later, he remembered his father's look and what he said at that time, and he felt cold all over.
"Today is just a warning. The charge of disrespecting one's elders will not be spread to the Pei family, but there will be no next time."
In other words, if he dares to do it next time, the crime of disrespecting his elders will spread throughout the capital.
If he is accused of being unfilial, his official career will almost be cut off.
Now it is still uncertain whether he can successfully become the heir apparent of the Duke of Dingguo. How can he dare to gamble with his future?
From then on, he went there every day and did not dare to slack off at all.
In addition to waiting for several hours morning and night to greet him, he also had to deal with the Xu family.
After all, he is his future in-law's family. If Xu's father calls him, he will be ignored if he doesn't go.
It wasn't until a few days before his wedding that he felt at ease.
Keren also lost weight.
Dabao: "Master, I think he is about to collapse."
Tu Qingyu: "Tsk, where are you now? I haven't even started yet."
It feels really good to be a stepmother. When the person gets married, you can completely let go of your hands and feet.
On Pei Kangsheng's wedding day, Tu Qingyu still slept until the sun was up. Pei Jian came back after going out for a while and pulled her up from the bed.
She hugged him and kissed him in a daze, "Jian, I'm so sleepy, I don't want to think about it."
Pei Jian's heart softened when he saw her like this.
"The auspicious time is coming soon, don't you want to see Xu Ying pay her respects?"
Actually the question is, don't you want Xu Ying to worship you?
"Gaotang?" After hearing this, she became more energetic, "Am I not their Gaotang now?"
"Yeah." He felt funny and responded to her while dressing her, "So get up quickly."
"Xu Ying is out?"
"I heard that they have already gone out, but the Xu family is still some distance from ours. It would be good for you to have breakfast after washing up."
"Well, then I'm going to entertain the guests?"
"No, after you finish your breakfast, it will be time to pay your respects. After the prayers are over, just drink tea with the ladies. You don't need to entertain them, they will come to greet you."
"Yeah."
She nodded and matched Pei Jian's movements with her hands.
Today, Pei Jian gave her a dark green dress. The clothes were dignified and not cumbersome.
The inherently old-fashioned color seemed to come alive when worn on Tu Qingyu.
The dark green didn't look old-fashioned at all, and it made her skin even whiter than snow.
"The auspicious time has come——!"
In the main hall, Pei Kangsheng led Xu Ying, who was dressed in red, and walked in little by little.
Xu Ying walked very slowly. She thought that she was walking very steadily and that no one would notice anything.
In fact, people were staring at her feet from the moment she got off the sedan chair.
From the front door to the main hall, no one said anything.
But as soon as she entered the main hall, she began to hear some whispers.
"What's wrong with the bride's feet? Did I see it wrong? Why do I feel a little lame?"
"That's what I saw. I remembered that this bride fell from a horse before she got married. I heard that she almost died there."
"The legs are like this, the Pei family wants it too?"
Aren't high-ranking people like them not willing to accept even a little ugly appearance?
Isn't leg disease more important than looks?
"Who knows? I heard that the uncle of the Pei family personally requested this marriage."
"That's true love. Even though my legs are lame, I can still stay together."
"No, if it were me, I wouldn't be able to do this." Who wants a lame man to be his wife?
"Maybe Mr. Pei's family just likes this one."
"Okay? But no matter how I look at it, the face of the Pei family uncle is not very good, and there is not much wedding joy on his face."
……
Pei Kangsheng's face indeed dropped when he heard these whispers.
So why not Xu Ying under the hijab?
Her eyes were red, and she clenched the red satin in her hands tightly, trying her best to control her body so as not to tremble.
At this time, the Li Sheng continued to sing, "Bow down to heaven and earth—kneel down—!"
The two of them knelt down, then stood up again, and the Lisheng sang again, "Two bows to the high hall—kneel down—"
After Li Sheng finished singing, both of them moved a little stiffly.
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