Wen Yu had no intention of hiding the matter of Liu Yun. So as soon as Pei Shen returned to the mansion after court, she asked him directly.
"Liu Yun? The maid who used to do your hair?" Pei Shen looked a bit confused. It took him quite a while to barely recall the existence of such a person.
Wen Yu nodded quickly and then asked again, "I heard today that she's dead. And I also heard that she came back to the mansion to look for me before, but didn't get to see me. Did you reject her on my behalf?"
Even if the servants in the mansion were so audacious as to bully their master, they wouldn't dare to make such a decision blatantly on her behalf and drive the person away.
Moreover, Liu Yun used to get along quite well with the other servants. There shouldn't be anyone deliberately making things difficult for her.
After much thought, the only person who could make such a decision and act on her behalf was Pei Shen.
"Dead? Why?" Pei Shen seemed a bit surprised. Then he carefully thought back to that day. Finally, a look of contempt flashed in his eyes, and he sneered, "I remember. That day you went out for a banquet and weren't in the mansion. That maid sneaked into the courtyard."
"She made an excuse that she came to see you, but you weren't even in the mansion. How could she be here to see you?"
"Besides, I just happened to come out of your courtyard that day. She bumped right into my arms. After I pushed her away, she looked really guilty."
"I thought she just couldn't bear to leave the Pei Mansion and wanted to sleep with me, so I just had someone drive her away."
When Pei Shen said this, his expression changed slightly. He looked at Wen Yu nervously and said, "Sister-in-law, I didn't even touch her. As soon as she bumped into me, I dodged right away. Please don't be angry. You know that you're the only one in my heart!"
[All about the survival instinct]
[Okay, I admit I'm an internet celebrity, always jealous online]
[Please, you young lovers, be kind to us in our twenties. Too much sweetness can lead to high blood sugar]
"Sleep with you? But she killed herself in front of Pei Qing's grave." Wen Yu frowned, and her tone became a bit urgent. "Is it really that simple? Why didn't you tell me about this afterwards?"
Hearing her say this, Pei Shen was also taken aback. He subconsciously repeated, "Killed herself in front of elder brother's grave?"
"Liu Yun was originally arranged by your elder brother to take care of my hair. Before she came to me, she always served your elder brother. Did you have any entanglements with her before? I think that maid was very well - behaved on weekdays. How could she want to sleep with someone?"
"Could it be that she encountered some difficulties and wanted to come to me for help?"
After all, it was a human life, and the girl had once served her. Wen Yu subconsciously wanted to figure out what had really happened.
But Pei Shen just heaved a sigh of relief. He said indifferently, "Since she didn't want to sleep with someone, sister - in - law shouldn't suspect me anymore, right? As for that maid, except for those with seniority who still stay in the Pei Mansion to work, for the others who were dismissed and sent out of the mansion, I gave them enough silver for a living and even destroyed their slave status. They should be happy."
Pei Shen's tone of being completely unconcerned made Wen Yu feel really frustrated.
Was a living human life really so worthless?
Before she got married, she was also well - attended in the Wen Mansion, with a large number of servants serving her. But the Wen Mansion never despised the lives of any servants.
Unless it was a serious mistake, they wouldn't even use private punishment.
But in the Pei Mansion, these servants seemed to be just things that could be easily replaced when they died and bought with just a little silver.
[Dear girl, you're always too kind - hearted, too kind - hearted...]
[Suddenly I really want to possess Liu Yun's body. Even if I'm going to die, if I could secretly kiss Pei Shen's chest muscles before I die, I can't even imagine how happy I'd be]
"Sister - in - law, are you angry with me?" Pei Shen's tone sounded a bit uncertain. The look in his eyes also became strange. "Because of Liu Yun? Do you like her very much? Or..."
"You still can't forget elder brother until now?!"
Pei Shen's tone suddenly turned harsh. The gentle mask he had worn in the previous days was instantly torn off.
Suddenly, Wen Yu seemed to be back to the night before she saw the bullet - screen comments.
Pei Shen had the same look on his face that night, cruel and with a kind of perverse pleasure of venting.
Wen Yu's head ached. She stepped aside, picked up the teapot and wanted to pour herself a cup of tea. But when she tilted it, she found that the teapot had been empty for some time.
There was no servant in the courtyard. If she wanted tea, she had to go to the kitchen by herself.
She sighed and carried the teapot out.
But when she passed by Pei Shen, he suddenly grabbed her back.
"Why don't you answer me? Do you really still miss a dead man?" Pei Shen gritted his teeth and asked angrily while holding back his rage.
At this moment, Wen Yu suddenly felt so tired. She had been acting with Pei Shen for so long, and she didn't even dare to relax when sleeping.
As long as he was around, Wen Yu felt like a tightly - stretched string every moment.
"He's your elder brother and also my nominal husband. How can you talk like that?" She finally couldn't help retorting. But for the sake of her plan, she softened her tone and said, "I'm thirsty. I'll go to the kitchen to get a pot of tea."
But at this moment, Pei Shen couldn't listen to her words at all. His eyes were like a hawk's, firmly locking onto his prey.
"Sister - in - law, you're mine!" Pei Shen said word by word. As he spoke, he got closer. "What is Pei Qing? If it weren't for Pei Qing, it should have been me who married you back then!"
As he said this, he sneered. Suddenly, he lowered his head and bit down hard until the corner of Wen Yu's mouth broke the skin. Then he moved back half an inch.
"Sister - in - law, tell me, why was Pei Qing so lucky? Just because he was the elder brother?"
"He was an official in the court first. Without any explanation, he took the side of the Second Prince. And I, just because I'm his younger brother, have been regarded as a member of the Second Prince's faction since the moment I entered the court."
"He could be your legitimate husband, while I, even though I have feelings for you and have already become the head of the Pei family, still have to live in his shadow. Even though I love you, I can only have secret trysts with you!"
"I don't even have the right to tell others that I'm in love with you."
"Even today, sister - in - law actually questioned me because a maid he once sent to you died, and even got angry with me because of her."
"Sister - in - law, tell me, is this fair?"
Pei Shen's voice was a bit sickly. His eyes were extremely calm, but they were like a calm lake on the surface but actually surging with undercurrents.
Wen Yu's heart trembled. The pain she first felt when she knew Pei Shen watched her being humiliated resurfaced in her heart.
She felt a bit nauseous, but she had to desperately hold back the urge to call out Xun Ying.
She wanted to kill him, wanted him to die, wanted to see him lying in a pool of blood!
Hatred roared in Wen Yu's heart, but the remaining rationality made her sober.
If she took action now, all her efforts would be in vain.
Pei Shen couldn't die now. He must be okay before she found the Pei family's ledger.
Otherwise, all the hardships she had suffered in the previous days, the Luoshen poison she had taken, would really be meaningless.
She kept comforting herself in her heart. Finally, she forced herself to shed tears and softly begged for mercy, "Pei Shen, don't do this. I'm scared..."