White Moonlight of Powerful Officials at large

Chapter 42

Those eyes were hot and deep.

Wen Ning sat in the second row, moved her body immediately, and hid behind the shadow in the front row.

For Shen Jin, she couldn't think of any other way except to hide.

Fortunately, the banquet began immediately. After Emperor Jiahe toasted, the sound of silk and bamboo sounded, and dance and music performances appeared one after another.

Wen Ning knew that she didn't drink too much, and she had other things to do today, so she endured the cold and didn't drink too much.

But the girl at the next table was obviously a little drunk, and she approached with a bright red face: "Are you a girl from the Wen family?" She tugged at her sleeve, and winked not far away: "Hurry up and go ?”

Wen Ning didn't know who this girl was, but she let her see.

It turned out that Pei You left the table.

Wen Ning was immediately annoyed and amused. What annoyed her was that Pei You's leaving the banquet had anything to do with her?The funny thing is that now the whole capital knows that she loves Pei You, but now this girl is asking him to take the opportunity to follow Pei You.

Seeing her losing her composure, the girl's maidservant immediately pulled her back and said apologetically: "My girl doesn't drink too much, I made her laugh, and my servant will apologize for her. You don't want to be offended."

Wen Ning was too lazy to argue with her, so she sat down on the other side, away from her, raised her head and looked around, and saw that Princess Zhaohe who was beside Emperor Jiahe had also left the table.

Oh, have you met in private?

At this moment, she was a little far away from Princess Showa, and it was night, so she couldn't see her face clearly.

But she had seen her in her previous life.

Not to mention her beauty, she was not arrogant in my impression.

You must know that the three adult princes of Dayin are not as fond of this princess as Emperor Jiahe.It was even speculated that Emperor Jiahe did not set up the East Palace for a long time because he was waiting for a son-in-law to be born in the middle palace.The moment Princess Showa came out of the queen's belly, she was destined to be honored and favored.

But such a princess who grew up in the palm of the emperor's hand was not unruly and willful, but more of an innocence that did not match her age because she was so well protected.

Without her in this life, maybe the two of them would see each other right now.

Wen Ning thought while resting her chin.

but……

It seems... what happened at this banquet?
She looked up at the table again.

Zhao Xizhi, the prostitute's daughter of the household minister's family, was still sitting in front of the case.

Is she remembering wrongly?
In her previous life, she did not attend this night banquet, and she was busy with her marriage with Shen Jin, so she had heard about the events at this banquet but was not deeply impressed.But it should be after this banquet that Pei You had the first Bumblebee by his side.

It was Zhao Xizhi, the eldest daughter of the Shangshu Family of the Household Department.

Wen Ning didn't bother to think too much, it was all Pei You's business after all, whoever girl he was with, it wouldn't be her anyway.

Not long after Princess Showa left, Emperor Jiahe also left.The atmosphere was instantly less restrained, and soon, the most joyous drinking order when the boys and girls got together began in front of them.

Seeing Emperor Jiahe leave, Wen Ning breathed a sigh of relief. There was a lot of excitement ahead, so she immediately turned her head to look at the two lines behind.

There is a concubine girl named Duan Rushuang in the Yin family of Jingzhao Mansion. Her mother is the daughter of a wealthy merchant in the south of the Yangtze River, and she is an expert in business.Duan Rushuang was fascinated by his ears and eyes, and he learned the truth.

In her previous life, Duan Rushuang was famous in the capital in the 16th year of Jiahe. Because of her young age and strong temperament, she left the Duan Mansion with her mother and set up her own business. , if it were not for the Xuanping Rebellion in Jiahe in 18 years...

Wen Ning collected her thoughts.

In the past six months, she and Wen Qi opened a wine shop without telling Wen Tingchun.But Wen Qi has research on wine, but only on paper when it comes to business. As for her, she doesn't know how to do other things except take money.The wine shop's business wine has been half dead.

If Duan Rushuang can be recruited...

As expected, Duan Rushuang also came tonight.

It's just the daughter of a concubine who sat almost at the end.

Wen Ning hugged Mrs. Tang tightly in her hands, and walked slowly over.

Duan Rushuang is just fifteen years old, only a few months younger than Wen Ning.The person and name, and even the way she has heard about her behavior are not consistent. She is petite and cute, and she looks only thirteen or fourteen at a glance.

As if she didn't expect that someone would take the initiative to strike up a conversation with her, a pair of nimble eyes stared blankly at Wen Ning.

Wen Ning smiled at her, and sat down beside her: "Is my sister cold, I have a lot of Mrs. Tang here."

Saying that, he stuffed Pozi Tang in his hand into Duan Rushuang's hand.

Duan Rushuang turned her head to look at Wen Ning: "May I ask, are you..."

"Wen's Ah Ning."

"Ah, I've heard of you..." In the middle of speaking, I felt that this was inappropriate, so I held back my words, and then smiled at Wen Ning, "Sister Wen, you are really amazing, I really admire you."

Based on what Duan Rushuang did in her previous life, Wen Ning knew that her words were not flattery.

But in her last life, when she saw her in Jiahe's 18th year, she was already a successful businesswoman at that time, her speech and demeanor were calm and calm, not like she is still a pretty little girl now.

Wen Ning didn't answer for a moment.

"Sister Wen, they seem to be going to set off the lights, are you going?" Duan Rushuang's eyes sparkled, full of anticipation.

Wen Ning played with her two elder brothers or Shen Jin since she was a child. She never had any close friends in her boudoir, let alone such a lively little sister. She felt joyful and grabbed her wrist: "Let's go together. "

Dayin has the custom of setting off water lanterns during the New Year, which means to wash away the evil spirits of the whole year and pray for the new year.Not far from the palace where the banquet is held, is Tai'an Lake in the palace.

Duan Rushuang seldom had the opportunity to go out of the palace on weekdays, and this was the first time she came to the palace, and she didn't even bring a maid with her. Although she was eager to think of the lake, she still followed Wen Ning's pace.

If it wasn't for Duan Rushuang, Wen Ning would never have come to the lake.

In winter, the wind is too strong.There is still unmelted ice on the lake. I don't know who proposed to put the lights on.

"Sister Wen, this is the first time I have set off a krathong, is it true that any wish I make will come true?" Duan Rushuang's fair face was flushed by the wind by the lake.

Wen Ning expected that she was in a bad situation at home, otherwise she would not have left the house angrily with her mother, but she did not expect that she would not even let the krathong go.

"Yes." Wen Ning didn't even care about Linglan, and grabbed her hand, "Go, I'll take you to put the lantern."

The two received lanterns from the palace man and walked onto the arch bridge over Tai'an Lake.

The place where the lights are placed is on the other side of the bridge. Since there are flower beds nearby, only a narrow passage is left, which makes the bridge a little crowded.Fortunately, the night was getting dark, and the palace lanterns were lit up everywhere in the palace. It was also very good to see the night lights on the bridge.

"Sister Rushuang, Tai'an Lake is an inner lake, I will invite you sometime, how about we go to the Ruoqiang River outside the palace to light the lantern?" Wen Ning still remembered her purpose today.

"Okay, sister Wen, I'll wait for you!"

For Wen Ning's flirting, Duan Rushuang seemed flattered. Wen Ning was hesitating whether to agree on a time now, and then send the greeting card directly, when someone in front of her suddenly called out: "Girl!"

Then there was a "plop"——

Someone fell into the water.

This bridge...isn't that crowded?
Wen Ning looked over with her head, the night was too dark, she couldn't see who was in front of her, but she heard someone shouting: "It's Miss Zhao's family! Miss Zhao's family has fallen into the water!"

Miss Zhao Family?
Zhao Xizhi?
Followed by another "plop", accompanied by a familiar male voice: "Master!"

Ah, she sees it!

Wen Ning's mind suddenly brightened.

It turned out that this was what happened at the banquet!
Zhao Xizhi accidentally fell into the water, Pei You was a hero to save the beauty, Zhao Xizhi's heart was moved, but the falling flowers had intentions, and the flowing water was merciless, and then there was the story of Zhao Xizhi chasing Pei You for many years without success.

No wonder I didn't have a deep impression of this matter in my previous life. If this kind of matter was placed in the previous dynasty, it would be detrimental to a woman's reputation. Pei You wanted to marry Zhao Xizhi.

Fortunately, today's folk customs are becoming more and more open, and the shackles on women are gradually loosening.Presumably after Pei You rescued Zhao Xizhi, she didn't want to talk about her children's relationship with her, so she thought of some ways to keep the matter from getting out.

However, Pei You has never met Bai Yueguang or anything in this life, and that girl from the Zhao family is not bad looking, and she treats him infatuatedly, maybe it will be a good thing?
Wen Ning was thinking about the follow-up with relish, but unexpectedly, someone pushed hard from behind and leaned forward——

Before the icy lake water invaded his nose and mouth, he only heard Duan Rushuang yelling in panic: "Sister Wen!"

　No fever today, congratulations!
　　It will be on the shelves tomorrow, and there will be a [-]D update~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)