Chapter 1098 Murong Qingwu’s bait!
While Pei Zhixiu and Murong Qingwu were chatting and laughing, Ying'er, the maid standing next to Murong Qingwu, was always cautious and stole glances at Pei Zhixiu from the corner of her eye from time to time...
Although Pei Zhixiu usually appears very gentle in the mansion and does not put on airs like other ladies when treating maids and servants, Ying'er can sense a subtle chill from her for some reason!

This is a kind of chillness that has killed countless powerful enemies and has taken countless lives on its hands. Before meeting Pei Zhixiu, Ying'er had only felt this in her master Yang Ping'an!

However, Yang Ping'an is a world-renowned master, and his martial arts skills are higher than Huo Xiaoli, who once taught Ye Mingsheng Bajiquan. It is reasonable for him to have such a coldness!
But looking at Pei Zhixiu's weak appearance, how can she be the martial arts master who has killed countless powerful enemies and has countless lives on his hands?
Ying Er also doubted whether she felt it wrong, but every time she saw Bae Ji-soo, although the chill seemed to be there and not there, Ying Er could feel that the chill was real and not her illusion!
Thinking of this, a figure in white clothes emerged involuntarily in Ying'er's mind. Back then, the young lady had not yet married into the Ye family, and took her to visit Mingru Temple in Dongning!

It was on the mountain of Mingru Temple that she and her young lady met a mysterious and powerful woman in white. This person did not harm them, but reminded her to be careful of An Miaoyi. She also told them that the Marshal had hidden her young lady’s portrait...
Because this mysterious woman in white was so powerful, Ying Er still can't forget the terrible feeling of suffocation when facing this woman in white, and even had nightmares about it several times!
Because of this, Ying Er has a very deep memory of the scene at that time. Even though several years have passed, Ying Er can still clearly remember what happened at that time!
However, the mysterious woman in white never appeared again after that, but everything she said came true!
Over the years, Ying'er has been secretly inquiring about the mysterious woman in white. She thinks that the person who knew that the Marshal had hidden the young lady's portrait must be someone close to the Marshal, so most likely the woman in white is hiding in the Ye Mansion!

Pei Zhixiu is Ying Er's primary suspect. In addition to her own premonition, Ying Er's other major evidence is that Murong Qingwu once secretly investigated Pei Zhixiu, wanting to see what Pei Zhixiu's life experience was like!
However, the result of Murong Qingwu's investigation was that many things related to Pei Zhixiu's life experience had been handled by the Coordination Office. Therefore, if she wanted to continue investigating Pei Zhixiu, it would inevitably alert the Coordination Office, so in the end Murong Qingwu chose not to continue the investigation!

Although the truth of the matter has not been investigated clearly, it undoubtedly proves from the side that Bae Ji-soo's background is extraordinary!
Ying Er also told Murong Qingwu about her suspicion of Pei Zhixiu. Murong Qingwu also took this matter very seriously and asked Ying Er not to tell anyone about it and it would be better to forget about it and not to act rashly...
Although Ying'er has always kept Murong Qingwu's teachings in mind, she couldn't help but feel a little scared when she thought that Pei Zhixiu might be the mysterious woman in white!
At this moment, Murong Qingwu did not notice the changes in Ying'er's expression, nor did she know what she was thinking. At this moment, the former daughter of the Murong family was completely focused on Pei Zhixiu!
Ever since she realized that her family's self-torture scheme had been discovered by her husband and she was suppressed by him, her cousin Murong Hui, the governor of Youyan, was transferred to Anqing despite doing a good job there, and her father Murong Yuliang, who was supposed to be transferred to the central government to take up an important position, remained stuck in his current position. Murong Qingwu can be said to be anxious from the perspective of everything she saw!

In order to help the family overcome the current difficulties, Murong Qingwu has been losing her appetite recently, and has been unable to sleep at night. However, after much thinking, Murong Qingwu finally came up with a good plan!

As Ye Mingsheng's bedside companion, Murong Qingwu knew very well that Ye Mingsheng's will had always been very firm, so it was difficult for him to change his mind once he had made a decision!

However, nothing is absolute. If there is one person in the world who can make Ye Mingsheng change his mind, then in Murong Qingwu's opinion, that person must be Pei Zhixiu!

Therefore, Murong Qingwu's idea is very simple, that is to use Pei Zhixiu's influence on Ye Mingsheng to break the current predicament of the Murong family··························
But how can I get Pei Zhixiu to speak well of the Murong family?

Murong Qingwu was actually very troubled by this problem. After all, although many people in the Ye Mansion secretly said that Pei Zhixiu was scheming, and that her indifference to fame and fortune and her nobleness and kindness were all pretended to attract the Marshal!

But Murong Qingwu doesn't think so. She believes that Pei Zhixiu is not as bad as the rumors say, and she may even really not care!
It is almost an open secret in the Fengwu Army that Ye Mingsheng favors Pei Zhixiu, so someone has already asked Pei Zhixiu to persuade Ye Mingsheng!

As long as Pei Zhixiu was willing to open his mouth, he could get everything from silver bills, land deeds, and precious jewelry. However, these people all miscalculated in the end. Pei Zhixiu never accepted their bribes, nor did he speak well of Ye Mingsheng on their behalf!

As the saying goes, if you can't eat the grapes, they are sour, and if you can't get them, you will destroy them. This is also an important reason why many people say that Bae Ji-soo is pretending to be noble!
Originally Murong Qingwu was also very distressed about how to get Pei Zhixiu to help the Murong family. After thinking about it, she only had one idea, which was to put all the blame on An Miaoyi and let An Miaoyi take the blame!

Although An Miaoyi and Pei Zhixiu appear to be sisters with deep affection and harmonious appearance, Murong Qingwu is well aware of their nastiness. So if she sets up a common enemy like An Miaoyi, and then appeals to their emotions and reason, then perhaps there is a chance to persuade Pei Zhixiu...
But it was just a chance. Murong Qingwu knew that this method might work on Bai Yuanyuan, but the possibility of success on Pei Zhixiu would not be very high!

Therefore, Murong Qingwu regarded the plan of establishing An Miaoyi as a common enemy as an alternative or supplementary plan, while also thinking about other brilliant strategies!

Originally, Murong Qingwu racked her brains but couldn't think of any good idea to persuade Pei Zhixiu. However, last night when Murong Qingwu was coaxing her daughter to sleep, she suddenly had an epiphany!

She felt that Pei Zhixiu might not care about some external things such as banknotes and deeds, but as a mother, she must care about her children.

So this is just a breakthrough, but as Ye Mingsheng’s children, Jingxuan and Yiren will definitely not lack money in the future!
It is naturally not feasible to give Pei Zhixiu gold and silver deeds or something like that. Besides, after their Murong family was massacred by Shangguan Changgong, the family was severely damaged, especially in terms of financial resources. Therefore, even if Murong Qingwu gave her some valuable gifts, she would probably be powerless!
But just because you can’t give gold or silver deeds as gifts doesn’t mean you can’t give other things!

After thinking about it along this line of thought, Murong Qingwu came up with a good idea. With the idea in mind, Murong Qingwu did not delay and immediately came to find Pei Zhixiu today·······················
After chatting with Pei Zhixiu for a while, Murong Qingwu also deliberately led the topic to her purpose. She pretended to be nonchalant and said:
"Sister Pei, our neighbor Sister Bai is so lucky. She has been busy since she gave birth to Master Jingheng. Recently, I heard that she is planning to marry Minister Li of the Ministry of Justice!"

After saying this, Murong Qingwu paused for a moment, and glanced at Pei Zhixiu from the corner of her eyes, as if she wanted to observe Pei Zhixiu's reaction to this matter. However, what disappointed Murong Qingwu was that Pei Zhixiu didn't seem to care much about this matter, and there was no fluctuation in his expression!
Murong Qingwu organized her words and continued:

"Although Jingheng, born to Sister Bai, is very smart, in my opinion, among the Marshal's children, Jingxuan is the most extraordinary and has the demeanor of a Marshal. I heard that many noble ladies in the court want to marry their daughters to Master Jingxuan!"

Hearing this, Pei Zhixiu's expression finally showed some fluctuations, and she seemed a little surprised. Seeing this, Murong Qingwu couldn't help but feel happy!
The most important bargaining chip in Murong Qingwu's hand when she came to see Pei Zhixiu today is the political influence of the Murong family!

Murong Qingwu believed that Pei Zhixiu might really not care about money, but she absolutely did not believe that after giving birth to Jingxuan, she had no idea about Jingxuan inheriting Ye Mingsheng’s career··························

This is like saying that wolves don't eat meat and cats don't eat fish. Murong Qingwu thinks this is completely impossible!

There are three opportunities in a person's life to change his destiny. The first is reincarnation, the second is in-laws, and the third is reading and studying!
Murong Qingwu has no control over the first and third points, but she believes that the second point is still very feasible!
Although Pei Zhixiu was very much favored by the Marshal, she was of humble origin after all, so some aristocratic families were unwilling to marry their daughters to Jingxuan, the son born to Pei Zhixiu!
If Jingxuan wants to participate in the fight for the throne in the future, in addition to being strong himself, he will also need a lot of help. Pei Zhixiu has no support from her natal family, so the strength of his future wife's family becomes more important!
It is for this reason that Shen Yutong, who gave birth to Jingcheng, was so deliberate in wanting to arrange a marriage between Jingcheng and the Yuan family so that Jingcheng could get help from the Yuan family!

Therefore, Murong Qingwu's idea is to use the influence of her family to help Jingxuan get engaged to the daughter of a powerful family, in exchange for Pei Zhixiu to intercede with Ye Mingsheng on behalf of the Murong family!

Even if Pei Zhixiu could accept it, Murong Qingwu could even get Jingxuan engaged to the eldest daughter of the Murong family. This would make it easier for Pei Zhixiu to side with the Murong family. Although the daughter of the family might have to make some sacrifices, Murong Qingwu believed that her father Murong Yuliang would support this decision...
Feeling Murong Qingwu's sincere gaze, Pei Zhixiu seemed to have heard the hidden meaning behind Murong Qingwu's words, and his originally calm state of mind also showed a slight ripple!
If it were a few years ago, Pei Zhixiu would not care about Murong Qingwu's thoughts at all. Although she was living in the wealthy compound of the Ye Mansion at that time, her thoughts were still the same as before!

However, with the birth of two children, Jingxuan and Yiren, Pei Zhixiu's thoughts and concepts inevitably changed. Gradually, she transformed into Mrs. Pei of the Ye Mansion!

So when Pei Zhixiu realized Murong Qingwu's thoughts, he did have some thoughts in his mind. After all, who doesn't want their children to meet a good person and have a good home!

However, Pei Zhixiu also knew that there must be conditions behind Murong Qingwu's bait!
As for what the condition is, although Murong Qingwu didn't say it now, Pei Zhixiu could roughly guess it in his heart!
And the most important point is that Pei Zhixiu is very clear that although Murong Qingwu said it very well, she and the Murong family behind her have no decision-making power in this matter. Only her husband has the decision-making power in this matter······················

Just like Shen Yutong, she was so smart and scheming that she arranged almost everything with the Yuan family. In the end, her husband didn't agree and all her joy was in vain!

He even thought that this matter had become a laughing stock not only in the Ye Mansion, but also in the entire court!
Thinking of this, Pei Zhixiu also made a decision in her heart. She met Murong Qingwu's gaze, smiled, shook her head and said:

"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, and this matter still needs the Marshal to make the decision. I, your sister, don't have any ideas in this regard!"

Feeling the refusal in Pei Zhixiu's words, Murong Qingwu's disappointment was beyond words. She seemed to want to say something, but unexpectedly, when she opened her lips, she suddenly felt nauseous and wanted to vomit!

Murong Qingwu's sudden condition made Pei Zhixiu and the maid Ying'er beside her feel very surprised and nervous. Especially Ying'er asked anxiously:
"Ma'am, how are you?"

At this time, Pei Zhixiu saw Murong Qingwu wanting to vomit but not wanting to vomit in front of her, so she immediately avoided him and asked someone to bring the spittoon to Murong Qingwu.

After a cup of tea, Murong Qingwu had almost vomited. Pei Zhixiu also took her pulse personally. Feeling Murong Qingwu's pulse, Pei Zhixiu's expression flashed with a barely perceptible strange color, and then he smiled and said to Murong Qingwu:
"Congratulations, sister Murong..."

(End of this chapter)