Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 748 - 701: Provoking Someone Who Shouldn’t Be Provoked (2)

Chapter 748: Chapter 701: Provoking Someone Who Shouldn’t Be Provoked (2)

Li Yuzhu was surprised, "All of them are from the Prince Mansion? Brother-in-law is amazing!"

According to her limited historical knowledge, buying the servants of an offending official meant taking on more risk, and even if one wanted to buy these people, it wasn’t guaranteed they could.

Because these servants knew the secrets of their former masters, some would dare to compete to buy them.

In over two years, for Pei Shenyan to buy ten people at once, he must have put in a lot of effort.

Li Yuwen also sighed, "I didn’t expect he’d give us such a big surprise. Coming to the Capital is like starting anew; using new people would be inconvenient, the old servants are indeed better."

Li Yuzhu praised, "Brother-in-law is really nice. Sister, if you bully him again, mom and dad won’t let you off."

Li Yuwen glared at her, "What do you know about the bullying between us as husband and wife?"

Li Yuzhu held back her laughter, "Yes, yes, I don’t understand, but you sure do."

Li Yuwen instructed the new maid to gather everyone for Li Yuzhu to review.

Relying on past memories, Li Yuzhu could recognize them all, but she could only recall half of their names.

Li Yuwen thought she didn’t remember, so she introduced them one by one.

What they did before, who in the mansion they were related to, who they had good relations with.

With Li Yuwen’s reminders, Li Yuzhu recalled everything.

The ten servants, seeing the now graceful and changed Li Yuzhu, were filled with mixed emotions.

Who said the people from Lu Ling Royal Mansion would starve outside?

Look, haven’t two of them returned?

No, they even brought back two sons-in-law!

Clearly, they’ve struck it rich!

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The next afternoon at exactly 3 PM, Mr. Pei indeed arrived at Pei Shenyan’s new residence by carriage.

Li Yuwen, upon hearing the message from the gatekeeper, smiled, "He came right on time."

The messenger was one of the servants Pei Shenyan had bought, an old servant from Lu Ling Royal Mansion, Uncle Xin.

Uncle Xin said, "Young Mistress, Mr. Pei is not a good person, you should watch out for him."

Uncle Xin had also been a gatekeeper at the Prince Mansion.

In this Capital, he knew the big and small secret histories of various families, if not thoroughly, at least partially.

Li Yuwen could tell Mr. Pei’s character at a glance.

"I know, I’ll be cautious." Li Yuwen smiled slyly, "Uncle Xin, go inform Da Chuan, tell him to follow me out later."

Uncle Xin smiled knowingly, "Understood, Young Mistress."

When Uncle Xin found Da Chuan to tell him that Li Yuwen wanted to take him out, he also reminded Da Chuan that Mr. Pei wasn’t much of a person. Da Chuan immediately put his fingers together, laughed coldly, "Did Young Mistress say how to deal with him?"

Da Chuan had been a guard at the Prince Mansion and, due to his strength, was assigned to work hard in the fodder yard of the Imperial Stables.

Aside from carrying fodder, he also carried horse manure, washed horse hair, and cleaned horse troughs.

The work was both hard and dirty, and he was often beaten and went hungry.

His two-hundred-pound strong body had wasted away to skin and bones.

His cheekbones protruded to the point they could probably dig into the ground.

"The Young Mistress didn’t say, just follow along and play it by ear." Uncle Xin reminded Da Chuan.

Da Chuan laughed slyly, "Of course, heh heh."

Pei Shenyan didn’t want to deal with Mr. Pei, but since Li Yuwen wanted to go, he had to accompany her.

Mr. Pei entered the residence and was looking at flowers by the Wind and Rain Pavilion when Pei Shenyan brought Li Yuwen over.

Li Yuwen was dressed similarly to the day before.

In a rose-red summer dress, it accentuated her enchanting figure.

Even without makeup, she looked radiant.

"Fifth Brother, Fifth Sister-in-law, I just came out of the restaurant and have already instructed the chef there to prepare dishes. There’s fresh live fish and roasted lamb from the Western Regions." Mr. Pei glanced at Li Yuwen and waved smilingly at Pei Shenyan.

Pei Shenyan nodded, "Thank you, Brother, for your treat."

"No need for thanks among brothers, hahahaha." Mr. Pei glanced at Li Yuwen with every sentence.

However, Li Yuwen didn’t say a word from start to finish, didn’t even greet him, as if she didn’t see him.

She shook her round fan, walked forward by herself, out of the residence, and got into the carriage.

Cui Xi and the new servant, Aunt Ming, followed her.

As Pei Shenyan was about to board the carriage, he noticed that there were two people driving it, both new servants.

He didn’t say anything and got into the carriage as well.

Mr. Pei shook out his sleeves and got into his own carriage, "To the restaurant."

The two carriages, one in front of the other, went on ahead.

They passed through streets and alleys and finally stopped in front of a large restaurant.

Just past 3 PM, it was dinner time for everyone.

At this time, the restaurant was bustling.

Most of the ten or so tables downstairs were fully occupied, and there were many people heading upstairs.

Li Yuwen and Pei Shenyan, followed Mr. Pei into the tavern, immediately a shop assistant led them to a quiet private room on the second floor.

"Mr. Pei, please wait a moment, the drinks and dishes will soon arrive," said the assistant, smiling diligently.

"Hurry and go, don’t keep us waiting long."

"Got it."

The drinks and a roasted lamb were served first.

The lamb was roasted exceedingly well, steaming hot with fat occasionally dripping, sprinkled with the elusive cumin from Zhen An Prefecture.

Mr. Pei first poured drinks for Pei Shenyan and Li Yuwen, "This is the famous wine from the capital, Three Miles Fragrance, you pour a cup, and the fragrance reaches three miles away."

He smiled warmly.

Pei Shenyan frowned, "Brother, I cannot drink alcohol."

"I know, but isn’t this a welcome banquet? Just one cup, what harm can a single cup do?" Mr. Pei forced the cup into Pei Shenyan’s hand.

Li Yuwen’s expression turned cold instantly.

Pei Shenyan continued to refuse, "Brother, I was gravely ill last year, the doctor instructed that I should not consume alcohol for three years, not even a drop."

"Doctors always exaggerate to scare you, how else can they make silver off patients?" Mr. Pei persuaded again.

But no matter what he said, Pei Shenyan remained unbending.

Li Yuwen suddenly took the cup, "Husband, let me drink it for you."

Saying this, she tipped it into her mouth.

Finally, she placed an empty cup on the table.

Mr. Pei laughed, "Fifth Brother, your wife is bolder than you, you should learn more from her."

Pei Shenyan looked at Li Yuwen in surprise.

Li Yuwen held a napkin elegantly, wiping the side of her mouth.

Pei Shenyan didn’t know her intent, facing Mr. Pei, he couldn’t ask much.

"Come, come, eat the roasted lamb, look how well it’s roasted," Mr. Pei rolled up his sleeves, took a small knife, and began to carve the lamb.

Pei Shenyan also picked up a small knife to carve.

At that moment, someone knocked on the door outside, "Mr. Pei, there’s a Young Master An looking for Fifth Young Master Pei."

Mr. Pei smiled, "Fifth Brother, someone is looking for you." He said towards the door, "Invite Young Master An in."

"Wulang, you come here to enjoy drinks, and don’t call me, wait, aren’t you unable to drink alcohol? Why accompany your brother to drink, and not with me? That’s not fair." The elegant room door was pushed open, a young master smiled pointing at Pei Shenyan.

Seeing a lady was present, he bowed to Li Yuwen, grabbed Pei Shenyan and pulled him out, "I have something important to ask you, let’s go, we can talk over there."

Without a word, he dragged Pei Shenyan away.

The shop assistant glanced at Mr. Pei and Li Yuwen, then closed the door again.

Cui Xi, who came along with Li Yuwen, was still examining the room, but the face of the elderly servant Aunt Ming from the Prince Mansion at once darkened.

She instinctively moved closer to Li Yuwen.

Mr. Pei glanced at Li Yuwen, picked up the wine kettle, "Sister-in-law, come, come, drink another cup."

"Did you put medicine in this wine?" Li Yuwen suddenly sneered.

Mr. Pei was stunned, quickly waved his hand, "Sister-in-law is joking, how could there be medicine in the drinks?"

"Then why don’t you drink?" Li Yuwen shook her round fan, smiling enigmatically.

Mr. Pei glanced at Li Yuwen’s two maids, feeling somewhat hesitant.

"Bang—" Li Yuwen suddenly slapped the table, her eyebrows furrowed, "Mr. Pei, you have nerve, dare to drug the drinks and persuade me to drink, are you scheming against me?"

Mr. Pei was further stunned by her scolding, he never expected this seemingly gentle and timid Fifth Brother’s wife, would dare speak out with such courage.

Or was she originally a bold and daring person?

Mr. Pei, steeling himself, chuckled, "Fifth Brother’s wife, you jest, how dare I scheme against you? Clearly, you are the one plotting against me, you see, with Fifth Brother gone, you’re speaking to me so brashly."

Cui Xi’s eyes widened in shock, Aunt Ming rolled up her sleeves, stepped forward and slapped Mr. Pei twice on the face.

"Impertinent, dare to insult our young mistress, have you eaten the heart of bears and leopards?"

Aunt Ming, though serving as a laborer in the teaching house, washing clothes daily, had built strong arm muscles from years of hard work.

These two strikes left Mr. Pei seeing stars.

Bang—

The door opened, a tall, thin man walked into the elegant room as well.

Seeing Mr. Pei, the man, without a word, swung his fist, "Boy, do you know? You’ve provoked the wrong people!"

"Da Chuan, don’t beat him to death, or you’ll have to pay for body disposal." Aunt Ming rubbed her wrist, reminding the man.

"Got it, I know what I’m doing." Da Chuan chuckled, his fists never stopping.

The punches brought out painful screams from Mr. Pei.

In the tavern, sometimes drunkards fight and cause trouble, this commotion was lively, no one dared to check.

Under the Imperial City, walking out, one could always run into nobility, maybe some noble was disciplining a servant.

The fewer troubles, the better.

As Mr. Pei’s face swelled like a pig’s head, no one dared to check what was happening.