White Moonlight of Powerful Officials at large

Chapter 68 Why Can't I?

Apricot blossoms in April.

As we all know, Dayin's two daughters are slaves.The first one to bear the brunt is the current Emperor Jiahe, who dotes on Princess Showa, and it is no exaggeration to say that she is an eyeball. After the age of twenty, he still refuses to marry, and stays in the palace to wait around the emperor and empress.

The second one is Zhao Zhai, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Zhao Xizhi loves apricot blossoms, so Zhao Zhai traveled thousands of miles to find a few hundred-year-old apricot trees, and planted them all over the courtyard of her boudoir.

It was the flowering period of apricot trees at this time, and Zhao Xizhi's yard was layered with layers, like clouds and flocculents, and he could enjoy the splendid spring scenery without going out.

Zhao Xizhi was not in a happy mood, and even lost her temper and dropped several jade objects.

The matter originated from the spring feast a few days ago.

This spring banquet was the earliest banquet as its name suggests, but it was held in spring, and men and women made an appointment together to enjoy the flowers together in spring.

It's just that every year in March of Yangchun, the spring is beautiful, the scenery is beautiful, and the people are even more beautiful.There are often men and women who hit it off at the banquet, and after the banquet, good things are coming.

Gradually, the spring banquet became a convention, and it became a banquet for unmarried princes and girls to meet each other.

Because there was a New Year's Eve banquet a few years ago, several couples have already formed. Compared with previous years, this year's spring banquet is not as lively.

But Zhao Xizhi has been waiting for a long time.

She had taken the initiative to make an appointment with Pei You a few years ago, but she was unlucky and was messed up by a tease under the stage. On the day she came back from the Ci'en Temple, she was eager to make an appointment again, but after inquiring, she found out that Pei You also lived in the house for a few days. She never came across the back mountain of Ci'en Temple.

Originally, this wouldn't make her anxious, but...

When she left Ci'en Temple, she asked two servants to tamper with Wen Ning's carriage and a horse pulling the carriage.

Don't think she doesn't know, the snake that suddenly appeared in her wing room must have been set free by that ignorant bastard Wen Ning.

After driving her away, he actually gave her wing room to a concubine from the Duan family who was born in a merchant.

To humiliate her, right?She told her to see how powerful she is!

Those hands and feet that I thought would move her would definitely scare her on the way back to Beijing, and if she was lucky, it might even cause her some troubles.But on the eighth day of the lunar new year, she waited for a long time near the city gate, but she didn't see Wen Ning's commotion.

In the end, she spent a lot of money to find the driver who drove Wen Ning, only to find out that she did not return to Beijing that day, but almost died on the cliff, and there was a son who fell down the cliff with her.

Hearing the driver's description, Zhao Xizhi felt like an icicle was stuck in his heart.

Apart from Pei You, where else in the capital is there a young master with a shocking appearance and a handsome figure?

What made her feel even more chilling was that the two seemed to have spent the whole night together at the bottom of the cliff.

She sent someone to inquire, and it turned out that Wen Ning continued to live in Ci'en Temple, and Pei You, who was going back to the Duke's mansion, also stayed on the mountain.

The news nearly made her sleepless.

Lonely man and widowed woman, Wen Ning has a charming face, and Shen Jin is ambiguous. Will he seduce Pei You?
But after Pei You returned to the Duke's Mansion, he did not go out with the Wen family, and Wen Ning also stayed in the Temple of Mercy.

Zhao Xizhi calmly waited until the spring banquet, if the two had nothing to do with each other, and the man and woman were unmarried, they would definitely attend.

As a result, Wen Ning didn't go, and Pei You was also absent.

"Little bastard! Shameless!" Zhao Xizhi dropped the teacup again, "It's not enough to seduce a Shen Jin, the son is as noble as a lotus, can she get her hands on it?! She is so lewd, she might as well go to an official brothel!"

Xiaotao, who was serving at the side, changed her expression greatly when she heard the words: "Girl, the partition wall has ears, shall we go back to the room?"

Such ugly words, how can a lady of the family can say it, if others listen to it...

"Even you can't make me happy?" Zhao Xizhi stood up and slapped Xiaotao on the face with a "slap".

"I don't dare." Xiao Tao immediately knelt down.

"Bitch!" Zhao Xizhi lost all manner, raised her hand and slapped Xiaotao again, "They're all sluts!"

Xiao Tao shivered and knelt on the ground, not daring to say more.

Zhao Xizhi still felt that she couldn't understand her hatred, even the beautiful apricot blossoms in the courtyard became sinners.

What is the use of having so many precious almond trees?Can flowers accompany her for a lifetime?She can't even get a man!
What her father said about pampering her was all on the bright side!
She told him several times that she was in love with Pei Shizi, and each time she dismissed her on the grounds that her temperament was not suitable for high-ranking.

She is Gao Pan, the daughter of the second-rank Shangshu family who married the eldest son, and Wen Ning, the fourth-rank official of the Wen family, is not Gao Pan when she marries him? !

Did she want anything from childhood?Why would a man be missing?

Zhao Xizhi smashed all the tea utensils on the stone table to pieces, her pretty face was turned into a hideous one by anger and jealousy.

After venting for a while, she gradually calmed down. She didn't know what to think of, and her eyes lit up again: "Xiao Tao, the girl from the family of a fourth-rank official is not eligible to enter the palace at the Ryukyu prince's dust-cleaning banquet tomorrow, right?"

Xiao Tao knelt on the ground, still trembling, so she dared not answer her.

Zhao Xizhi smiled self-consciously: "She can, why can't I? I don't believe I can't!"

She stared at Xiao Tao who was prostrate on the ground: "Come here."
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On the second day of April, Wen Ning woke up early to have breakfast with Wen Tingchun.

It had been more than half a month since she came back from Ci'en Temple, but since Wen Tingchun received the news of the Ryukyu prince's visit, she has been extremely busy with official duties, she wanted to wait for him to have dinner together last night, but it was almost child time, and he hadn't returned home yet.

I had no choice but to meet him early this morning.

Not knowing how tonight's banquet will be, Wen Ning always feels that she can only feel at ease when she sees Wen Tingchun again.

He didn't want Wen Lan and Wen Qi to be there as soon as he entered Wen Tingchun's courtyard.

"My sister is here too." Wen Qi was the first to see her.

Wen Tingchun originally planned to rush into the palace after having a quick meal, but he didn't expect the three children to come at the same time, which made him a little flattered.

"Did the sun come out from the west today?" He smiled and asked someone to get some breakfast, and sat down with his robe lifted.

Anyway, I'm busy today, so it's not a bad idea to sit down and have a raw breakfast.

Wen Ning glanced at Wen Lan and Wen Qi, and knew that the two of them had the same idea as her.

Although there were many discussions, he was still uneasy, worried that Wen Tingchun would go to jail in the evening.

"Father, I will go to the palace to help today when I am on duty," Wen Lan said.

"Father, I'll go too." Wen Qi followed.

Wen Ning would like to go too, but women are different from men, even if they want to go, they can only go to the banquet, but for this level of banquet, officials of the third rank and above in the court can bring their families.

When encountering important affairs in the court, the two brothers often went to help, Wen Tingchun didn't notice anything unusual, and only told foreigners to come to the court, which is different from banquets inside the court, to pay more attention to appearance, words and deeds, so as not to lose the court's face.

"Father, that Wang Ziyi, how do you feel after meeting you these two days?" Wen Ning took a sip of the sweet soup, seemingly unintentionally asked.

Wen Tingchun stroked his beard, shook his head and said: "The prince, don't mention it. After all, he will return to Ryukyu after staying for two more days."

Wen Ning and her two brothers looked at each other.

For two days, as long as the dust-cleaning feast is passed safely, if any accident happens to the Ryukyu prince, father will not be held accountable.

"Father, two elder brothers, it's going to be hard work tonight, Ah Ning is waiting for you to come back at home."

After dinner, Wen Ning sent Wen Tingchun and her two brothers out.

Wen Tingchun felt that the three children in his family were a little too sensible this time, but he didn't think otherwise, and happily got into the official sedan chair.

After Wen Lan and Wen Qi looked at each other, they gave Wen Ning a comforting look one after another, and they went to each other.

As soon as the person left, the smile on Wen Ning's face fell.

Although Wen Lan and Wen Qi were both very concerned about this matter and offered advice one after another, what came out of her mouth was nothing more than a dream.

Maybe they just do what they can with the idea of ​​"just in case".

But Wen Ning was different.

She has experienced it firsthand.

She knew that those were not dreams, they were very likely to happen tonight.

Wen Ning stood at the gate of Wen Mansion, watching the three official sedan chairs disappearing from sight one after another.

She suddenly understood why Wen Tingchun insisted that Wen Lan and Wen Qi be officials in the court, knowing that the two of them were not interested in being an official, but she was still eagerly looking forward to the two of them making some achievements.

When people are in the court, many times they can't help themselves.

It doesn't show up on weekdays, but when something happens, the official rank crushes people to death.

If the two elder brothers really did not serve the temple due to their own temperament, they would not even be qualified to enter the palace today, what would she change if she lived an extra life?

Correspondingly, if Wen Lan or Wen Qi were in a higher position, they would be able to do more for Wen Tingchun today, and the entire Wen family would be more stable.

Wen Ning put away these messy thoughts, the matter has come to this point, all she can do is wait.

Wen Ning returned to Xiangtiyuan and forced herself to calm down.

She took out the embroidery frame, re-drawn the draft, and planned to embroider another multi-subfigure.

If he escapes this catastrophe, Wen Lan will marry He Luan in two months' time.As a sister-in-law, it was perfect for her to embroider a picture of them having multiple children to celebrate their new happiness.

Doing these things requires extreme concentration, and the manuscript is revised and revised. She also went to have lunch in the middle, and she was busy until the evening before she was almost finalized.

When she was sitting and resting, she couldn't help but think of her mother. She loves embroidery very much and is very good at embroidery. Apart from the sachets of the three brothers and sisters, there are many posthumous works of hers at home, which are treasured by Wen Tingchun like treasures.

Thinking of her mother, she naturally thought of Wen Tingchun again.

Thinking of all these years that he has been a father and a mother at the same time.

Wen Lan and Wen Qi often sighed, wondering what kind of ecstasy soup the gentleman invited by Wen Tingchun had given Wen Ning, so that she, a wild girl who ran through the streets through dog holes, would willingly become a lady of the family who never went out.

In fact, it has nothing to do with the gentleman invited.

Wen Ning has always felt that before the age of ten, she had not yet enlightened, and was in a daze every day, as long as she was happy.She didn't realize herself until she was ten years old, knowing what she wanted, what she wanted to do, and what kind of person she wanted to be.

And what enlightened her was an extremely accidental accident.

At that time, Wen Tingchun found out that Wen Lan and Wen Qi were leading her out every day, and became furious. The three of them were punished, and the dog hole in the backyard was also blocked.

Wen Ning was used to running outside, and she was really panicked, so she went to Wen Tingchun to argue.

Wen Tingchun always loved her, if she made a fuss, she would definitely be allowed to go out to play.

Wen Tingchun can be found in front of his mother's memorial tablet.

She saw that he was so wise and mighty in his heart that he carried the entire Wen family's father with his strength alone, kneeling in front of his mother's tablet and crying.

His back was always straight and his back was slightly bent, and his shoulders kept shaking.

He said he was sorry for her.

Said that her last wish could not be fulfilled, and the children raised were neither sons nor daughters.

Speaking of Ah Ning's appearance, how will she marry a good family in the future?How could he have the face to go underground to meet her in the future?

The father in Wen Ning's heart is gentle and kind, occasionally serious, and acting like a baby, he has nothing to do with her.

She was always the only one who cried in front of him, and this was the first time she saw Wen Tingchun cry.

Perhaps this scene had too much impact on her. At that moment, she suddenly became aware of herself and some of her actions.

It turned out that it was wrong to go out to play all day long.

It turned out that incorrect behavior would make daddy sad.

It turns out that Dad would cry when he was sad.

Wen Ning was enlightened like this.

She didn't want to make her father sad, she began to observe what a woman should look like, and began to think about how to satisfy her father.

She wants to become what a woman should look like in her father's heart and mother's heart.

So later Wen Tingchun invited her husband to teach her whatever she wanted.

She didn't want to disappoint Wen Tingchun at all.

After that, Wen Tingchun rejected the imperial court's promotion, stayed at home more and more, and spent more and more time on them.

Her father, what a good father, he is as stalwart as a father, and as loving as a mother, he put all his heart and energy on them, let her lose her mother in life, but never lacks maternal love.

Thinking of this, Wen Ning couldn't sit still.

In fact, she thought about whether she should get involved in the cleansing feast tonight, and even considered whether to go to Mr. Yi to buy a pair of human skin masks, pretending to be someone from the wine shop to get in. Anyway, the benefits of the wine shop are still good, so she can afford it. that money.

But she is self-aware, so what if she got involved?
She doesn't have any special skills, but entering the palace is more of a risk of being seen through.

But it's okay for her to go outside the palace and wait for the cleansing banquet to end, right?

She wanted to know what was going to happen tonight as soon as possible, and if everything went well, she also wanted to see Wen Tingchun stepping out of the palace safely as soon as possible.

Wen Ning put on a big cloak, Linglan went to the backyard, and she didn't bother to call her, so she asked Butler Qin to arrange a carriage and planned to go out.

Just as the door was opened, a carriage stopped right at the gate of Wen's residence, and a father-in-law with a whisk came out of it.

Wen Ning's hurried footsteps stopped instantly. She didn't know this father-in-law, but he was obviously from the palace, and he pretended to be of high rank.

Her heart was beating fast, could it be... Could it be that something happened to Wen Tingchun?

The father-in-law was quite surprised when he saw her standing at the door, but immediately hid his emotions: "Oh, what a coincidence."

He smiled and bowed and said, "Princess Zhaohe, I invite Wen's Ah Ning."

(End of this chapter)