White Moonlight of Powerful Officials at large

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When I went to the south of the Yangtze River, it was the time of high autumn and crisp air, with suitable temperature and suitable scenery.

But this return journey is already December.Not to mention the scenery, even the temperature gets lower the further you go north, Wen Ning naturally won't run out of the wing room to enjoy the sea breeze when she has nothing to do.

From Qiantang to Shandong, there is half a month's waterway, and she has already prepared for it.

But that damn double-sided embroidered sachet, why did she want to talk about it for a while and brag about it?

"Pei You, don't you think that, actually, why do the sachets have two sides?"

This ship is different from the one when we came here. The wing room is much smaller, and there is only a square table. Pei You occupies one side to read, and Wen Ning sits on the other side.

"Embroidered on both sides, you can't see it inside." She put down the semi-finished product that had been embroidered for several days, rested her chin on one hand, and raised her eyebrows at Pei You, "How about we have a single-sided embroidery that is hidden in the city? What color do you like? Mandarin ducks? Bingdi lotus? Shall I embroider strings of candied haws for you?"

Pei You: "..."

He didn't really want to talk to Wen Ning.

"Cough...or embroider some candies?" Wen Ning looked at Pei You with a flattering expression.

In fact, it's not that she can't do double-sided embroidery. These days, when she changes places, she finds an embroiderer to teach her. She knows the basic skills.But after all, I am a new learner, and I always feel that it is not easy to embroider.

The key point is that the embroidery method is complicated, and her hands are raw, so she wants to embroider ten...

Wen Ning took a deep breath: "How many more handkerchiefs shall I embroider for you?"

Pei You looked at the scroll in his hand, indifferent: "You were the one who opened the terms and the money. I didn't bargain with you. If you go back on your word, the price should be negotiated, right?"

He turned to look over.

Wen Ning immediately stopped talking, it's okay, it's her fault.

She picked up the needle, thread and sachet that had just been put aside, and while re-needling, she tilted her head and said, "Then when I finish the embroidery, don't dislike it. I'm still a little unfamiliar with this technique... Hiss."

There was a gust of wind and waves outside, the boat swayed, Wen Ning's hand was unsteady, the tip of the needle poked her index finger, and a drop of blood immediately oozed there.

Pei You let out a "tsk" and put down the scroll: "So clumsy..."

Wen Ning quickly put her index finger in her mouth, then took out a handkerchief to wipe it off, and said indifferently, "I'm doing embroidery, it's inevitable."

Pei You frowned and looked at her index finger: "Forget it, you can embroider whatever you know how to embroider, and embroider whatever color you want. One piece is enough, and I don't need to embroider so many."

Picking up the scroll again: "I'll ask Gu Fei for some money after embroidery."

Wen Ning looked at his slightly impatient expression inexplicably, why did he show such a slightly irritable expression while being so polite?
"That silver..."

"You are Mrs. Shizi, how much money do you want, how dare Gu Fei not give it to you?" Pei You's black eyes rolled over.

Ah...that means, she wants it?so generous?
Before she could ask any more questions, Pei You covered the book in his hand, got up and went out.Before leaving, he still looked worried.

It's getting more and more elusive, Wen Ning thought while looking at Pei You's leaving back.

However, wouldn't it suit her to embroider only a sachet and embroider according to her own ideas?
The big deal is to embroider one for him every year for the next two years, and then embroider some handkerchiefs for him. When she is free, embroider some shoes and make clothes for him.

Anyway, he was generous to her, and she would not treat him badly.

Thinking of this, Wen Ning finally doesn't have to worry about the double-sided embroidery all day long.Using her familiar stitch method, she chose an orchid pattern, and quickly embroidered the sachet.

It was no longer the season for sweet-scented osmanthus to bloom, and there were no special spices on board, Wen Ning thought about it, and really put some candies in it.

It was something from Fanbang that she bought in Jiangning Mansion before. She saw that the paper of the package of candies was light and beautiful, so she bought a box.

Of course, she didn't dare to tell Pei You.

He's got a bit of a bad temper lately, after getting off the boat, make some dried flowers for him and put them in.

I didn't want the "candy sachet" Pei You to like it quite a bit. Seeing that she had finished it, she hung it on her waist and asked her for a handkerchief.Wen Ning was going to embroider a few pieces for him, but there was no ink marks, so she readily agreed.

Half a month on the boat went by far faster than Wen Ning imagined.It's just that the further north we go, the colder the weather, and a slightly embarrassing thing happened.

After all, the boat is no better than at home. Although there is a stove, it is not as warm as the earth dragon.

The further north one goes, the cooler the wing room becomes.Especially at night, when the wind howls at sea, no matter how tightly the doors and windows are closed, it is impossible to keep warm.

The person in charge on the boat also took this into consideration, and changed each room into a thicker quilt, but with this quilt, each room was equipped with a bed. Wen Ning wanted an extra bed, but the other party said no. up.

After sharing the same bed for so long, Wen Ning is not so hard to accept it under the same quilt.

But the bed on this boat was smaller than ordinary ones. I don't know if it was too cold at night or what happened. She woke up for a few days, and she was stuck next to Pei You....

This is really embarrassing.

On the first day, she carefully looked at Pei You's expression, seeing that his face was as usual, not angry, she silently breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly told herself to stay away from him at night, but when she woke up the next day, it was Pei You again. Yoo's chest.

On the third day, she held back for most of the night and did not dare to sleep, but the boat was swaying, and she finally fell asleep, and when she woke up, she leaned against Pei You again.

On the fourth day, she couldn't bear it anymore, and said to Pei You, "Is there really no wing room on this boat? There are three days left, should we sleep in separate rooms?"

Pei You always dresses by herself, with her eyes drooping to tie her clothes, her expression is very dull: "What do you think?"

Many Jiangnan cargo merchants on this ship went north with their goods, only once in half a month, and it was already overcrowded.

Wen Ning said again: "Then let me find an excuse to change rooms with someone for a few days?"

Except for her, everyone here is a man.It is always more convenient for a man to share a room with a man.

Pei You hung the sachet on his waist, and said indifferently: "I don't care, only Gu Fei and Tu Bai live in the private wing, you go and discuss with them and see which one of them will change it with you."

Wen Ning: "..."

One Gu Fei, one Tu Bai, when they saw Pei You, they wished they could stand up like stakes, asking them to come over and sleep in the same bed with Pei You?Probably harder than killing them.

"Or you let the two of them use a wing room, and move yours." Pei You looked sincerely making up his mind.

Wen Ning frowned.

These two people are not used to dealing with each other, let them live in the same room, why not dismantle the boat?

Pei You gave her a fussy look, and casually went out to wash up.

Wen Ning lay back on the bed again.

Forget it, after all, there are only three days left, and when they return to the Duke's mansion, the two of them will not interfere with each other.
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The ship went all the way north and arrived in Shandong three days later. The group returned to the carriage and continued northward.

I don't know if it's because she's used to tossing around on this trip, or because she really wants to return home, but Wen Ning doesn't feel tired on the road, but wants the carriage to go faster.

But this time Pei You still had an extra night of rest on the road, and the day he arrived in Beijing was Xiaonian.

When she was still in the suburbs of Beijing, Wen Ning couldn't sit still.It's been four months, I don't know how my father is, how my two elder brothers are, how is Fu Shengzui, and what happened to Duan Rushuang.

When she was feeling a little restless, the horses blew a few times, and the carriage suddenly stopped.Wen Ning opened the car window to look, and immediately showed a smile.

"Brother!" She almost jumped out of the carriage and ran away, "Second brother! Did you come here specially to pick me up?"

It was the carriage of Wen Mansion, parked on the only way to enter Beijing.Wen Qi sat leaning against the outside of the carriage with his legs bent. Wen Lan got out of the carriage a long time ago, and went up to meet Wen Ning when he saw Wen Ning: "Of course! Sister, take it easy."

If it was in the past, the two would have embraced each other.But Wen Ning was married, Wen Lan put her hands behind her back very restrainedly, Wen Ning also realized that there was still a group of people behind her, so she stopped in front of Wen Lan, and made a pretentious salute: "I've seen my brother."

She winked at him playfully.

He bowed his knees to Wen Qi again: "I met my second brother."

Wink at him too.

Pei You didn't come down, but just bowed to the two of them in the carriage, and Wen Lan and Wen Qi naturally returned the gift in return.

Here... the brothers' carriages are here...

Wen Ning's face was full of joy and reluctance, she couldn't come down to salute, and go back without saying a few words?
Wen Ning turned her head and glanced at Pei You in the carriage.

The winter night is deep and early, and it is not too late at this time, but the sky is already dark.

A lamp was lit in the carriage, and Pei You was sitting by the lamp before putting down the scroll in his hand.As soon as Wen Ning turned his head, he seemed to notice her gaze and looked up.

Without waiting for Wen Ning to speak, she waved her hand in distaste and closed the car window.

Ha, that's what it means to allow her to walk with the eldest and second brothers for a while!

Wen Ning immediately lifted her skirt, and Wen Lan helped them into their carriage.

"How is this trip to the south of the Yangtze River? Seeing my sister smiling, I think it's very pleasant?" Wen Lan couldn't wait to talk to Wen Ning as soon as he got into the carriage, "You, you want to go to the south of the Yangtze River with your son, why don't you come home that day? Shall we let you know? You have been away from the capital for so long, we should send you and the son out to the capital no matter what."

Isn't that her departure from Beijing is also unplanned...

The smile on Wen Ning's face never stopped, and she didn't say anything about it. She asked, "How is the family these past few months? Is Daddy in good health? Did you scold me at home? Where is your sister-in-law? Come pick me up, why don't you bring your sister-in-law?"

"Father is very good. He loves to go out and play when he knows you. He keeps talking about you getting what you want, so he is so happy that he doesn't want to go back to Beijing for several months. Your sister-in-law wants to come. Before leaving, the daughter-in-law of Zhang Xueshi's family is pregnant. Stomach attack, she hurried over."

"Sister-in-law started going out to see a doctor again?"

"Of course. She has been studying medicine for more than ten years, and she can't let it go to waste just because she married me. By the way, I heard from her that you plan to open a pharmacy together?"

Speaking of the pharmacy, Wen Ning glanced at Wen Qi.

Wen Qi crossed his arms and sat idly, without interrupting. Seeing Wen Ning looking over, he shrugged: "What do you think I am doing?"

"I haven't been in Beijing for the past few months. How can I know the situation of the pharmacy? Second brother, do you know?"

Wen Qi touched his chin, crossed his chest and looked at the roof of the car: "You can ask Miss Duan tomorrow and you will know."

Wen Ning squinted at him, sure enough she had something to hide from her.

Wen Lan glanced at the brothers and sisters: "What kind of lawsuit are you guys fighting again? Last time you opened a wine shop, you kept everything from me, and this time I was the last to know about the opening of a pharmacy?"

"That's not true." Wen Ning cast another glance at Wen Qi.

Even Wen Qi didn't know about it at first, but it was obvious that he had gotten close to Duan Rushuang during this period of time, so he only learned about the pharmacy from her.

"Brother, let me declare first, what your sister-in-law wants to do, and what she wants to do, I must agree with both hands and feet. But if she doesn't want to, don't blame the elder brother."

There is something to this... there is something in the words.

Forget it, about business matters, if she has time to make an appointment with Duan Rushuang, she will know everything.It's only half an hour's journey from the suburbs of Beijing to the Duke's Mansion, so there's no need to talk about it at this time.

It happened that Wen Lan didn't want to talk about this, so she changed the subject and asked, "What about you? Did my sister encounter any interesting things in Jiangnan's business? Did it go well?"

Wen Qi clicked his tongue twice: "You see her face is rounded twice, can it be not smooth?"

Wen Qi really doesn't want to live anymore!

Wen Ning immediately kicked over, Wen Qi's eyes were quick and his legs were quick, and he hid beside Wen Lan, Wen Ning kicked over again.

"Hey! What did my sister kick me for!"

"Brother, second brother bullied me, hit him!"

The three brothers and sisters started fighting in the carriage.

Just as Wen Ning thought just now, it took only half an hour to get to the Duke's Mansion from the suburbs of Beijing, and the three of them laughed and made a fuss before arriving soon.Before getting off the car, Wen Ning said: "Say hello to father and sister-in-law for me. I have prepared many gifts for you. I will go back to see you when I am free these days."

"Tell dad that I'm fine, don't worry about me, it's okay to say that I've gained a lot of weight."

"You don't need to get out of the car, daddy is still waiting, go back first."

Wen Ning got out of the carriage while talking.

The front of the Duke's Mansion is spacious, but their carriage is still slightly forward, leaving the position of the main entrance.

Pei You's carriage followed closely and stopped in the middle, and the accompanying luggage and people probably all went to the side door, leaving only the coachman and apprentice Bai Gu Fei.

When Wen Ning got off the carriage, Pei You had already got off the carriage.

It was snowing in the capital today, when he got out of the car, someone put a white fox fur on him.The main entrance of the Duke's Mansion was wide open, and the door was brightly lit. The housekeeper seemed to have arrived early, and was waiting outside with his servants.

Wen Ning was having fun with her two older brothers, with a smile on her face all the time, seeing Pei You waiting for her at the door, she hurried over with her skirt.

Only halfway there, I heard the snorting of a few horses.

She followed the prestige, and saw in the lower left corner, a tall red-maned horse kicking the ground a little anxiously, and the person holding the rein was looking at her, wearing a light blue brocade robe in such a cold The night looked a little thin.

There was no light in that corner, but it didn't prevent Wen Ning from recognizing Shen Jin at a glance.

He also heard the news that she arrived in Beijing today, so he specially waited for her here?
The smile on Wen Ning's face faded, and her footsteps stopped lightly.

Today's title party, hahahaha