flstandardbreds Chapter 363 True colors revealed
Chapter 363 True colors revealed
Pei Heng saw that his wife, who was originally cheerful, had burst into tears while talking, so he patted her on the back and comforted her:
"They say a real man has lofty ambitions. He must have made great progress after this experience. You should be happy for your son."
Su Li gave Pei Heng a reproachful look.
"Although he is not my biological son, I am willing to love him. As a father, you are strict with your son, but I can't control it. Don't bother me to love him!"
"Okay, okay! All is up to you!"
Although Ah Li loved her children, she didn't spoil them without limits. She truly loved them, but she also encouraged them to be self-reliant and self-reliant. Pei Heng was always assured of this.
Huan Ge'er is the eldest son, and Su Li has invested more effort in him. The relationship between mother and son is indeed deep, so Pei Heng just smiled and said nothing.
After telling Su Li again what had happened in Dali, and then leaving her in the inner house to start making arrangements for Huange'er's return, Pei Heng got up and went into the study.
As soon as I entered the study, Liancheng brought me a letter.
Pei Heng finished reading it and was silent for a long time before saying in a muffled voice:
"Is he really ill?"
Liancheng gestured:
"The old marquis has not been in good health since he caught a cold last winter. Since the beginning of spring, his cough has become even worse, and now he can no longer work in the fields."
After the Jinyuan Marquis family was confiscated and exiled, Pei Heng had been sending people to keep an eye on them.
He had originally arranged for the officers and soldiers to escort them north, but they were replaced by the Ninth Princess's men halfway along the way. He thought Pei Yan had done so much evil and deserved it, and that the Pei family should suffer a lesson, so he didn't interfere any further.
The Pei family set out from Shengjing in the winter of the previous year and traveled for three months. They only arrived in Ningguta in the early spring of last year.
Along the way, the family suffered a lot.
Especially Pei Yan, he would be beaten if he walked slowly, ate too much, or looked down upon. There was never a good piece of meat on his face or body along the way.
Even so, he did not die and carried his broken body to Ningguta.
Ningguta is the northernmost place in Daqi.
This place is extremely remote and the living environment is extremely harsh. Half of the year is in winter, which is long and cold, with water freezing into ice. Everywhere you look is either white or gray, making it an extremely suitable place for exile.
As the northernmost military stronghold of Daqi, all prisoners exiled here will be assigned to hard labor to quickly replenish the labor force.
The Pei family is no exception.
The men went to the quarry, swinging pickaxes to knock down stones every day, while the women washed clothes and cooked.
Although the work in the quarry was hard, it was much easier without the Ninth Princess's people torturing him day and night.
Pei Heng always sent people to watch them from a distance, at least to prevent them from dying.
Pei Heng has complicated feelings towards this big family.
After all, their surname was Pei, and they were still connected to him. After all, they were his family. Although he hated their ruthlessness and had cut ties with them, he could not bear to watch them die.
Especially my father, I still have some feelings for him.
"Find a local doctor to send him there, and don't tell them it was me who sent him. Otherwise, they'll have any inappropriate thoughts!"
Pei Heng couldn't bear to watch his father die.
But asking him to take them back is impossible!
"Also, don't let Madam know about what's happening in Ningguta."
Liancheng nodded in agreement.
Madam and the Pei family have always been at odds. The Duke did not tell her about this matter to avoid upsetting her.
Ningguta side.
In a dilapidated thatched hut in the quarry, Pei Shizong lay on the freezing cold wooden bed, coughing from time to time.
At this time, the men have already gone out to work.
Originally, he had to go to work even though he was sick, but the manager of the quarry, with Pei Heng's care, did not force him to death and turned a blind eye.
It is already March, and Shengjing is already in full bloom, but Ningguta is still freezing cold.
Pei Shizong looked at the ray of sunlight leaking through the wooden window, and tried to move his body closer to the sunlight.
The door creaked open.
Xiao Wen came in with a broken bowl with a hole in it. The bowl contained thin rice soup so thin that you could see your reflection in it. She threw the broken bowl in front of Pei Shizong with an expressionless face, shoved her hands into her sleeves, squatted in the sunlight under the window, and said coldly:
"Eat quickly, I still have to go back and wash the dishes after you finish eating!"
Pei Shizong silently picked up the broken bowl, took a look at the rice soup, sighed lightly, shook his head and drank it.
"Why are you sighing? What? Are you complaining that I didn't take good care of you? Pei Shizong, don't think you're still a marquis! What a stinking air you're putting on! If you keep putting on that stinky face, I'll starve you for three days and three nights, and see who can last longer!"
After a year and a half of hardship, Xiao Wenshi had lost her pampered complexion. She wore the coarsest linen clothes, was filthy and covered in dirt, and her messy hair was tangled and tied up in a piece of linen. She looked like a woman of the lowest class.
At this moment, he was curled up on the ground, cursing Pei Shizong with saliva flying everywhere, not giving him any face at all.
Pei Shizong was so angry that he started coughing.
The old face, which was devoid of nutrition, turned red. After finally calming down, he lay half-down on the bed, raised his finger and pointed at Xiao Wen and cursed:
"You vicious woman!"
"When Heng'er was paralyzed in bed, you told me that all the good things were reserved for him. Heng'er later told me that all you did was superficial, and that you were vicious to him behind his back. I just couldn't believe it."
"Now, I believe it all! You are a hypocritical person! I, Pei Shizong, must have been blind to believe your lies."
"Humph!"
Xiao Wenshi had been tortured by life for a long time and was so miserable that she was too lazy to even pretend. She sneered.
"I'm vicious? Pei Shizong, you married me but only my elder sister is in your heart. No matter what I do, you compare me with my elder sister. Even though I went through so much trouble to give birth to a son for you, you still say he is useless and not even as good as one of Pei Heng's toes. Pei Shizong, I am vicious, but you forced me to be so!"
"If I wasn't vicious, how could I have secured my position as the Marquis's wife? How could I have won for my son everything that rightfully belongs to him?"
Pei Shizong closed his eyes, feeling extremely disappointed.
"After all these years, you finally spoke out what was in your heart.
"Oh, what else can I not say?"
Little Wen stood up and waved her hand, already looking like a peasant woman or a shrew.
"You used to be a marquis, and I could coax you into becoming his wife. Now you're nothing! I was hoping your eldest son would look after us for your sake, but that heartless man turned out to be a father who didn't even want us. He's been ignoring you for so long. Even now, when you're practically dying, he hasn't shown any mercy. What else can I expect from you?"
After saying that, he snatched the broken bowl from Pei Shizong's hand and walked out cursing.
"If you have food, eat it. If you don't, starve to death! Wrap it up in a straw mat and throw it on the mass grave in the back mountain. The sooner you die, the sooner you will be reborn!"