White Moonlight of Powerful Officials at large

Chapter 71
Jiahe March 16th, [-].

It's another spring feast of the year.

A few months ago, Prince Pei of the Duke's Mansion declined Emperor Jiahe's offer of marriage to Princess Zhaohe, and there was a lot of discussion between the ruling and opposition parties.

Emperor Jiahe's preference for his son was seen by everyone, and there were even rumors that Emperor Jiahe had promised his son that he would amend the law for him and abolish the policy that sons-in-law were not allowed to be officials. The two princes in power were particularly dissatisfied.

But Shizi actually refused.

This day's great favor, he refused without even frowning.

Since then, there have been rumors that the son hid beauty in the backyard.

It would be fine if it was really "beautiful", but...it seems like a widow!

When such news reached the ears of Princess Ronghua, she was furious and forced him to choose a noble daughter from a noble family as his wife at the spring banquet.

Although Wen Ning is in the backyard, such gossip can always reach her ears.Early in the morning, she asked Linglan to pack her luggage, and today she had to ask Pei You to resign anyway.

Two months ago, Nanjiang sent Shen Jin's ashes back. She had mentioned once that Wen Lan had gone to Ryukyu for a long time and hadn't returned to China. She could go to Beijiang to find Wen Qi.

No matter how bad it is, she can go back to Wen's mansion first, which is better than living in the courtyard under Pei You's name for no reason, and tires him of his reputation.

The last time Xu ran into him, he was not in a good mood. She said she was going to leave, but he was not very happy.

Today I have to be more patient and explain the stakes with him.He has always been sensible and gentle, so he should respect her ideas.

"Girl, actually, I always feel..." Linglan hesitated while tidying up her clothes, "I always feel that Shizi treats you like...not easy."

Wen Ning was also packing up her dowry, and said with a smile when she heard this, "He had some friendship with me in the past, and worried that I would have nowhere to go alone, so he insisted on keeping me for so long. When he came back from the spring feast, I told him Clear, we will leave tonight."

Ling Lan nodded: "The prince really treats the girl very politely. If the prince didn't take care of him these days, the girl..."

She sighed: "Then I will go back to Wen Mansion later? Wen Mansion has been vacant for a long time, I will clean out the Xiangti Courtyard when I go back."

Wen Ning agreed, I'm afraid I won't have time to leave Beijing tonight, I'll go to Wen's mansion for a few days, write a letter to Wen Qi before leaving.

In Beijing in March, the night falls earlier.

Linglan went to Wen's mansion in the evening, Wen Ning simply ate dinner by herself, and then waited for Pei You in the courtyard.

When she first came to this yard, Pei You didn't come here very often, but only occasionally came to play chess with her and have dinner.

I don't remember when it started, but around the time it was rumored that Emperor Jiahe wanted to recruit him to be his son-in-law, he started coming more often.

Probably because the days in the Duke's Mansion were not so satisfactory.

Thinking about it, so what if you are the son of the Duke's mansion?You can't make your own decisions about marriage.

I heard that the school where he led the training a few days ago also had a lot of troubles.He put all his heart and soul into it but was not understood by the world. Many people said that he was backed by the Duke's Mansion and would only endorse for the aristocratic family.

Wen Ning didn't know how to relieve him, so he just came over and tried to say something to make him happy.

Why did the orchid he sent bloom, and the sweet potatoes she planted were fruitful and sweet when roasted, and the screen she embroidered let Linglan take it out for an appraisal, it could be worth a lot of money.

It's all trivial things, just tell him not to think about the Duke's Mansion, or those bad things in the court.

Pei You always listened carefully, and occasionally raised her lips to reveal a smile, her eyes were shining brightly, no wonder so many noble ladies in Beijing lost their souls.

Around the 16th year of entering Jiahe, Pei You came here almost every day.

Thinking of this, Wen Ning couldn't help frowning.

Although Linglan had only been comforted, she actually had the same uneasiness as her.

Especially thinking of the last time when she said she was going to leave, when he put down the teacup leisurely, he said "A Ning, do you think you can leave if you want to enter this house?" At that time, the half-smile in his eyes almost scared her live.

Will not.

Wen Ning grabbed the sachet beside her.After that, everything between her and Pei You was as usual. The day before yesterday, he also said that the eldest princess was pressing hard, and asked her to advise which lady was suitable to marry.

It just hit him in a bad mood that time.

It wasn't too late for Pei You to come back, and she heard the sound of a carriage at the door before the unitary hour.

It's just that when he came in, he walked a little hurriedly, and said after entering the hospital: "Ah Ning, prepare tea."

Wen Ning took a quick glance and saw that his face was a little red, thinking that he had drunk too much wine, so she hurriedly followed inside and poured him a cup of herbal tea first.

However, Pei You paused as soon as she entered the room.

Wen Ning asked Linglan to put all the packed bundles on the low couch, planning to bring them into the carriage when she came back from Wen's residence.

"My lord, take a sip of this first." Wen Ning didn't notice his sudden stop, and hurriedly put the teacup in front of his eyes, "I'll make hangover tea."

Pei You didn't answer.

"grown ups?"

Wen Ning saw that his face was flushed, his breathing was short of breath, but he didn't smell heavily of alcohol, so he only stared at the bundles packed on the low couch, and then raised his eyes to look inside the room.

Wen Ning had already put away her things, and the room looked a little empty.

Wen Ning deeply felt that she hadn't come across a good time yet, but the matter had come to an end, and she would talk to Pei You slowly after she sobered up from the wine.

Then he raised the teacup closer: "Sir, let's have a cup of tea first, and let Ah Ning talk to you in detail."

Pei You pulled his lips and smiled: "You want to leave?"

Instead of picking up the tea, he clasped her wrist.

The heat in his palm was astonishingly hot, and the strength he held her was also astonishingly strong.

Wen Ning heard his hoarse voice, as if trying to suppress something.She didn't want to talk to him about this at this time, but he clasped her wrist so hard, and his eyes were fixed on her face, as if she wouldn't let go unless she answered.

He had no choice but to sigh, and said: "Sir, I am a widow, it is really inappropriate to live in your mansion for a long time. I have asked Linglan to go back to Wen Mansion to clean up, and tonight I will..."

Before she could finish her sentence, Pei You pulled her over forcefully, and the teacup in her hand fell to the ground, and his men bent down and kissed her on the back of the head.

"Where do you want to go? Where do you want to go while I'm here?"

"I hold a heart in front of your eyes, why can't you always see it?"

"I don't want to marry a princess, I don't want to marry a girl from a high family, I just want to marry you, a widow!"

Wen Ning almost suspected that he was crazy.

She pushed him, bit him, told him to let go of her, but he ignored all of them.

She was forced to step back by his scorching breath, but he kept pressing her step by step, and finally he simply hugged her horizontally onto the bed.

She had never performed Zhou Gong's ceremony with Shen Jin, but she had seen the fire avoidance map before marriage, and realized what he was going to do, struggling and shouting frantically.

But outside the yard are all his people.

She even heard Linglan crying and calling "girl", but she was dragged away after a few words.

Wen Ning never thought that there were such terrible things in the world.

Husband and wife dunlun, the joy of fish and water, that's what a lover would do.

But she is innocent to Pei Youqing, she has already decided to be a widow for Shen Jin, and now it is less than a year.

She has been afraid of pain since she was a child. Whether it is her father, her two brothers, or Shen Jin, they all hold her carefully, for fear that she will hurt her.

But the most gentle and refined person in front of him almost tore her apart.

Although Wen Ning later found out that Pei You was drugged that night, that night was like a nightmare to her, she couldn't understand and couldn't forgive.

When she saw Pei You, she thought of the embarrassment and shame at that time.

It's ridiculous that before that, she was still trying to excuse him, thinking that he was sensible, that he was gentle and noble.

Wen Ning thought that after being reborn after so many years, she should put that shame behind her, but when Pei You in this life kissed her again, the years of shame and fear surged out again.

why.

Obviously this life is different.

She made so many efforts to avoid this ending, but did she just end up with the same goal?

She felt that Pei You in this life was different from the one in the previous life, and she wanted to let go of her prejudice against him a little bit. Was it because she was wrong?
Wen Ning didn't yell like she did in her previous life, she just remembered all the things in her previous life, her body trembled uncontrollably, and tears fell unconsciously.

if……

If he dares...

Then if she fights to the death with him in this life, she will never go back to the old path of her previous life!

Wen Ning didn't even bite him recklessly like in her previous life, she just closed her eyes and passively accepted his scorching breath.

But the breath didn't continue.

Pei You imprisoned her on the tree trunk, her body almost enveloping her, and when she was tossing down, she suddenly stopped, leaning on her neck and gasping for breath.

"Sorry." His voice was hoarse, "I'm offended."

Then there was the sound of the dagger being unsheathed again, "chuck"——

The sound of sharp blades piercing flesh.

Wen Ning opened her eyes, and looked down based on the movement just now, and through the faint moonlight, she saw Pei You stabbing the dagger into her thigh.

Probably the pain made him wake up a little bit, he stood up a little bit, no longer suppressing her with his whole body, the hand holding the dagger went up, and with another "chuck", he pulled out the dagger without hesitation.

Wen Ning soon smelled a bloody smell.

"You..." Wen Ning was surprised that Pei You would do such a detrimental thing, and stared at him with wide eyes.

I don't know if it's because of the medicine, or because the injury on the leg is too painful, cold sweat broke out on Pei You's forehead, whether it's the cinnabar mole on the bridge of the nose, or the slightly parted lips, they are all strangely red.

He got up and distanced himself from Wen Ning slightly, his eyes were still cloudy, but he didn't bully him anymore, instead he stretched out his other hand and wiped away the tears on Wen Ning's face.

"Aren't you very courageous when you catch your son-in-law?" He laughed lowly, and took a few steps back with the strength of the tree trunk.

His cold sweat continued, and when he moved, the bright red on his lips faded, and he looked a little pale. His slightly cloudy eyes glanced at Wen Ning, and put the dagger with its sheath in her hand: "The carriage of the Duke's Mansion is here." Wait at Dongsheng Gate."

Wen Ning was holding the dagger in a daze, not understanding what he meant by this move, but when she looked up, she saw him staggering forward a few steps, and when he reached the lake, he fell forward and threw himself into Tai'an Lake.

(End of this chapter)