Chapter 184: Good words can't persuade the damned
"Are you crazy? Don't you know what the situation is with the Prince of Han? This is simply nonsense. He..."
"What's wrong with him? I think the Prince of Han is a good person. At least he really likes me. If I want to find out where my sister-in-law is, he can find out for me immediately. You are nothing like me. You only know how to make up lies to coax me and comfort me."
"You are so stupid. You believe everything he says, but you don't believe anything I say. How can I, your second brother, harm you? How can the Prince of Han be a trustworthy man? But looking at the ambition of the King of Han now, we know that he will not just stay in Hanzhou. If he really has other ideas in the future, our Pei family will definitely be the sharpest weapon in his hands. Do you think you are marrying the Prince of Han to climb up the social ladder? Let me ask you, if even you can see clearly, can father and eldest brother not see it? They have repeatedly rejected the marriage between the eldest sister and the Prince of Han. Could it be that they want to leave a way for you? Is your brain broken?"
Pei Zitian rarely scolded his sister like this, and Pei Zixing rarely suffered such injustice. His eyes suddenly became red and tears dripped down. If it were in the past, Pei Zitian would definitely comfort her, but now he thought it would be better for his sister to have a good cry, to cry out the tears in her head, and perhaps she would not have such stupid ideas.
But Pei Zixing was unaware of this problem. She just felt that ever since Pei Zisu got married and Jiang Shiyuan married into Hanzhou, her life had become more and more miserable. Everyone could step on her head. Why?
So he was determined to pull all these people down, and regardless of what Pei Zitian said, he replied with a cold look.
"If my second brother doesn't want me to be with the prince, then just send me to be a nun, or give me a white silk to strangle me to death. Anyway, I have already given myself to the prince, and these things cannot be explained clearly. If you are unwilling to help me, then I will go to the underworld to pray for your safety."
Pei Zitian was shocked. He never thought his sister would say such a thing!
He raised his hand and slapped her hard, then said angrily at her for not fighting back.
"Do you know that what you just said will ruin your future? What does it mean to commit yourself to the prince? How old are you? How could the prince have the heart to do that to you? If that's the case, then the prince of Han is even more unacceptable. How can such a lustful man be trusted as a good man? Sister, wake up. Are you really going to do anything for the so-called hatred that blinds your eyes? No matter what, big brother is a member of our Pei family. What's the point of you joining forces with an outsider to trip him up? What can you get in the end?"
Pei Zixing was obviously not awake yet after being slapped. She felt a sense of pleasure of revenge when looking at Pei Zitian. She just liked to see others jumping up and down for her but being unable to do anything about it. So she sneered, touched her swollen cheek and said.
"I am such a frivolous woman, but you didn't know it before. Besides, the prince and I are in love with each other, and we are so deep in love that we can't admit it. Isn't this what father and aunt did before? Brother, don't think that I am young and don't know what happened back then. If you hadn't been pregnant, this aunt might not have been able to enter the Pei family. Now you use this kind of thing to blame me? Why don't you have the ability to talk to aunt and father? If they knew, I'm afraid they wouldn't have the mouth to say anything about me. Besides, I'm better than them. Anyway, the prince hasn't married yet, but my father already had a wife by his side."
These words stabbed into Pei Zitian's heart like a knife.
He originally felt that he was somewhat out of place in this family, and now even his own sister said so, his self-doubt became even worse. Looking at his sister's swollen cheeks but her eyes staring at him viciously, Pei Zitian felt a kind of indescribable despair!
He even wondered why his father and aunt gave birth to him and his sister, causing one of them to lose his conscience and the other to lose his dignity.
"Do you really want to get married?" "Marry!"
Pei Zixing's firm tone left Pei Zitian speechless. He clenched his fists tightly. If the Prince of Han was right in front of him, he would have beaten him up regardless of his status. But in the end, he had to compromise because of his love for his sister.
"You are not allowed to talk about today's matter anymore. If you really want to marry into the Han Palace, you shouldn't be a concubine. Don't you know what kind of life your aunt lives? Why do you want to go to the Han Palace to be a concubine? Even if the position of the Crown Prince's Consort is difficult, if you really want it, I will find a way to help you achieve it! But sister, I only ask you one thing, if you really become the Crown Prince's Consort, can you let the Pei family go? Let my elder brother and his wife go?"
"Brother, you are joking. You have been managing our family's caravan for many years. When have you ever seen someone exchange it with others without any bargaining chips? I haven't even seen the position of the Crown Prince's Consort yet, and you want me to promise so much. I'm not stupid, how can I believe it? Don't you think so?"
In the conversation between the brother and sister, Pei Zixing had the upper hand!
Pei Zitian looked at his sister helplessly, not knowing what to say, but since he couldn't bear to punish his sister, he could only find someone else to handle the matter. So he acted helpless, trying to delay her first.
"I'll go to the army first to see if my sister-in-law is here, and then say something else. If you want to hold the banquet tomorrow, then go ahead, but my sister-in-law must not be there. If you are really in love with the prince, then you should let father and aunt know as soon as possible. With the two of them planning for you, they must be more concerned than me. Sister, life is short, don't do too many wrong things because of your family's kindness to you, otherwise if something goes wrong, we can't protect you."
Pei Zitian was still saying his last words, hoping that his sister could wake up.
But he could feel that his sister was becoming more and more unfamiliar. He had a bad feeling that his sister would pay a heavy price for these things! But he didn't know how to persuade his sister to come back, so he could only use this method to appease her first, and then he would set off to find his eldest brother as soon as possible.
If I talk these things out to my eldest brother, maybe we can find a solution.
"If my second brother had said this earlier, then you and I wouldn't have to argue endlessly, and I wouldn't have to take this slap on the face. Go ahead, and the rest is what I, my father, and my aunt said."
Pei Zitian sighed and said no more.
Then he got up and rushed to the Pei family military camp. When he left, the yard became quiet. Pei Zixing rubbed his swollen cheeks with his hands, then snorted coldly and returned to his own yard.