Chapter 164 Aunt An's Past is Bringing Up
This Aunt An was born into a high-class family. She was originally the daughter of a prominent family in Hanzhou.

Although the An family's position in Hanzhou is not as strong and stable as the Pei family's, it is also well-known, and Aunt An's father was once a capable deputy general beside Pei's grandfather. Therefore, Marshal Pei and Aunt An have known each other for a long time.

The two grew up together, so it's not an exaggeration to say they are childhood sweethearts.

If nothing had happened at that time, the two of them would have naturally become a loving couple. However, unexpectedly, something went wrong within the An family, and they were exposed for treason and collaborating with the enemy. Everyone in the house was killed overnight, leaving only Aunt An and Lieutenant General An who was still fighting on the front line.

Aunt An's father, Lieutenant General An, never expected that after working so hard and risking his life here, he would be framed in the rear, leading to the annihilation of his entire family. As a result, he died of exhaustion in anger.

Grandfather Pei also knew that the An family was innocently wronged, but he did not have enough evidence to overturn the case for the An family. He could only follow the last words of Deputy General An and keep Aunt An in the army. He mixed in with the logistics army in the name of other people to do some things, thus preserving the last bit of the An family's bloodline.

Marshal Pei, who was just a pioneer at that time, could not bear to hear such news suddenly. He quietly rushed to the An family and found a place to bury those innocent members of the An family who were wrongly killed. Then he never recovered.

Seeing him like this, Grandfather Pei was extremely helpless and could only tell him the truth. From then on, Aunt An became the closest person to Marshal Pei. Even though she had no name and was just a slave supporting him, Aunt An had no regrets.

The two of them went through the most difficult time together.

However, Aunt An's status made it absolutely impossible for her to marry into the Pei family. As a result, the imperial edict granting the marriage was sent from Xijing City. Not to mention Marshal Pei, even Grandfather Pei could not refuse this marriage at this time.

Marshal Pei had gone on a hunger strike, protested, and struggled for this, but he finally bowed his head for the sake of the entire Pei family, and the person he married was Wu An, the eldest daughter of the Xuanzhou Wu family.

He is a quiet and open-minded person, and his wisdom is known far and wide.

There is nothing wrong with a person like her in the whole world. Marshal Pei even thought about running away with Aunt An, but was persuaded by Aunt An to come back. In the end, Marshal Pei was sent to marry his wife.

At that time, Mrs. Pei could feel that her husband's mind was not on her, and she thought it might be some dead white moonlight, so she did not force him too much. However, when she was six months pregnant, Marshal Pei suddenly said that he wanted to take a concubine, and the candidate was of course the beautiful and gentle Aunt An.

Only then did she realize that she was superfluous in this marriage from the very beginning. She became disheartened and threw away many of the harmonious relationships she had imagined.

On the day she gave birth to Pei Zisu, the pain came over her. She vaguely thought that this child would add some hope to their broken relationship, but who knew that she was still on the verge of death? Aunt An fainted.

Marshal Pei actually left his wife who was still giving birth and hurried towards Aunt An, and never came back.

She couldn't remember how many hours it took Mrs. Pei to give birth to the child. When she heard the midwife shouting loudly, "Congratulations, madam, for giving birth to a strong and healthy young master," she felt an inexplicable sadness in her heart... So what if she gave birth to a legitimate eldest son?

Her husband's heart is not with her and her son at all. How is she different from that abandoned woman at this moment?

There was more disgusting thing than just this one. When she was in confinement, she heard the servants accidentally talking about how Madam An was already three months pregnant and had fainted before because of her pregnancy. Mrs. Pei then realized that all this was a joke.

When she looked at her baby son, she felt that whether the Pei family's glory mattered to them or not, it seemed to have little to do with them.

It was also because of her disappointment and resentment towards Marshal Pei that Mrs. Pei cared less about her son's affairs. When the child was almost one year old, Aunt An also gave birth to a son smoothly.

The son received much more love than Pei Zisu did, and he was named Pei Zitian. Doesn’t the implication of this add a lot of hope to their relationship?

Mrs. Pei was clouded by jealousy. She did not know the true identity of Aunt An before and always thought that she was just a woman who used her beauty to please men. Therefore, she had some evil thoughts and wanted to make Aunt An lose her beauty, so that she would naturally be ignored by Marshal Pei.

As a result, before she even started, Aunt An took action first. Not only did she destroy half of her appearance, she also asked to leave the house. Madam Pei watched all this happen calmly, and after seeing the hateful look in her husband's eyes, she felt that there was no greater sorrow than a dead heart.

From then on, her desire to gain her husband's respect in this battle in the boudoir completely disappeared, and she instead focused on cultivating her son well.

Since Aunt An's son is favored, she wants everyone in the world to know that her son is the only successor to the Pei family in the future. Therefore, she invites famous teachers and is very strict in both civil and military studies.

Pei Zisu grew up slowly in this process. As for why the twin brother and sister were born, it was also a sad thing for Mrs. Pei.

One day, Aunt An was sick and did not accompany Marshal Pei to the social event. As a result, Marshal Pei sent her back after getting drunk. A nanny around Mrs. Pei couldn't stand Aunt An's pretentious behavior, so she bribed the people around Marshal Pei and sent the drunk Marshal Pei here. Taking advantage of his drunkenness, Marshal Pei mistook Mrs. Pei for Aunt An, and after they forced each other to sleep together, their relationship reached a freezing point.

Marshal Pei felt that Madam Pei was very scheming and must have done it on purpose, but Madam Pei said that only a fool would want to be a substitute, not to mention that for a mistress like her to be a substitute for a concubine, it would be ridiculous to make anyone know about it!
As a result, the couple had a huge quarrel.

But God just loves to play jokes on the world. Not long after, Mrs. Pei found out that she was pregnant. She originally planned to send the child away with a bowl of abortion pills, but she underestimated the children's determination to survive.

No matter how she struggled, the two babies were still strongly attached to her body. When they were about two months old, the doctor diagnosed that they were twins.

Mrs. Pei might not blink an eye when it comes to killing one child, but for two children, even if she was as cruel as she could be, she seemed to be a little shaken at this moment. And the reason why she was really willing to keep the two children was because of Pei Zisu.