Concubine's Survival Handbook

Chapter 373
However, on the [-]th or [-]th day, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival. It was originally a day for family reunion, but Xiao Lin was far away from the border. Jing Ning had no intention of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival at all. The same was true for Xiao's father and Xiao mother, who kept looking gloomy after breakfast .

Jing Ning was sitting in the gazebo, a game of remnants of chess was placed on the stone table.Holding the white piece in her hand, she remained silent, staring at the chessboard with her eyes, but there was no expression in her eyes, her thoughts had already drifted elsewhere.

At this moment, Wanxi walked slowly into the pavilion and sat down in front of Jingning.He looked at Jing Ning with a sigh.

"What's the matter?" Jing Ning came back to his senses, restrained his expression, and said coldly.

"It's such a festive season, but the general is not in the mansion. I really miss it, but I don't know who to tell. Thinking about it carefully, my sister and I are both serving the general. Sister, you naturally understand my heart." Wanxi Looking at the lake, he glanced at Jingning from the corner of his eyes.

Jing Ning's face was indifferent, but a cold look flashed across his eyes, and traces of sourness appeared in his heart.She knew that Wanxi was deliberately angry with herself, but she couldn't control her mood.

"You're wrong, I'm Xiao Lin's wife, you were given to him by the emperor, plaything." Jing Ning deliberately accentuated the sound of "plaything".Seeing Wanxi's pretty face turn pale in an instant, she felt a burst of joy in her heart.

Normally, she doesn't want to argue with Wanxi about such things, but today is different. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the person next to her bed is thousands of miles away. No matter how patient he was, he simply let his temper block Wanxi's words back.

"My sister's words are too much. No matter what, I am now the general's man." Wanxi forced a smile, trying to make herself less embarrassed.

Jing Ning sneered, and no longer concealed her anger, she looked Wan Xi up and down, shook her head and sighed: "A few days ago, Lan Yao said something very right, the value of a person is self-knowledge, you said you belonged to Xiao Lin Man, has he ever admitted your identity? Has he ever been half close to you?"

Jing Ning's tone was cold, and what she said was very sharp, Wanxi was speechless immediately, and stared at Jing Ning blankly, as if she didn't know how to refute, but she had nothing to refute, because the facts were like this, if If it wasn't for the emperor's decree, it would be impossible for her to step into the general's mansion in her life.

"Let me advise you, be cautious in your words and deeds. After all, this is the General's Mansion, and I am the young lady of the General's Mansion. You must always consider your own future." Jing Ning stood up and looked down at Wanxi, not bothered. Waiting for Wanxi to react, she took the lead and left, leaving her with a faint back view.

Before evening, Lan Yao came to the General's Mansion, urging Jingning to dress up.Half an hour later, Lan Yao looked at Jing Ning in front of her, a little amazement flashed in her eyes.

Jing Ning's waist-length hair was tied up in a double bun, and a green jade hairpin was inserted obliquely into the bun. Although it was simple, it was still dignified. A light layer of blush was applied on the cheeks, and the whole person's complexion improved by more than one or two points, and the blue dress made Jingning very beautiful.

"It's just a palace banquet, why is it so?" Jing Ning looked at Lan Yao helplessly, with some puzzled eyes.

"Wanxi will definitely appear on this kind of occasion. You are more beautiful than her. I don't allow you to be inferior in dressing up. Have you forgotten her face that day?" Lan Yao recalled what Wanxi said that day , the face suddenly became a little annoyed, looking very childish.

Jing Ning chuckled and followed Lan Yao.Then the two went to the banquet in a carriage.

Half an hour later, the sound of silk and bamboo could be heard in the main hall, the women often chatted in groups of twos and threes, while the men toasted and drank freely, chatting happily, and the atmosphere during the meeting was very harmonious.But the expressions on Jing Ning and Lan Yao's faces were hard to describe, they looked at the aggrieved Wan Xi in silence.

"What is this woman doing?" Lan Yao approached Jing Ning and asked in a low voice.

Jing Ning shook her head lightly. Although she didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Wanxi's gourd, she felt that it was not a good thing.But she is not in a hurry, as the saying goes, when soldiers come to cover up water and earth, she is not afraid of Wanxi.

"Do the two elder sisters really dislike me so much? We originally agreed to go to the banquet together, why did you leave me alone?" Wanxi was about to cry, her eyes were sad and sad, her appearance was very pitiful.

And because of Wanxi's words, many people looked at the three of them, and there was a lot of discussion for a while, most of which were saying that the two of them had small stomachs and that the general's mansion could not accommodate Wanxi.

Lan Yao's complexion suddenly darkened when she heard the sound, she stared at Wan Xi unkindly, just about to reprimand her, but she felt Jing Ning holding the corner of her clothes, Lan Yao glanced at Jing Ning, Jing Ning shook her hands Shaking her head, Lan Yao glared at Wan Xi, but stopped talking.

Jing Ning's expression was indifferent, and she tried her best to hide her dislike for Wanxi. After all, there are many eyes and ears in the palace. If someone with a heart tells the emperor that she doesn't want to see Wanxi, I'm afraid it will arouse suspicion again.It wasn't that she was afraid of Wanxi's identity, but that she didn't want to bring trouble to the General's Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Besides, Duke Hu is not the emperor's confidant, if Lan Yao and Wanxi are allowed to quarrel in public, Duke Hu may be involved, which is what Jing Ning doesn't want to see.

"Just now the two of us invited you and you didn't come, but now you are acting pitiful here, what is your intention?" Jing Ning restrained her thoughts, with a smile on her face, her tone was soft, but her words were very sharp.

"You're lying! You didn't invite me to come with you at all!" Seeing that Jing Ning was talking empty teeth and trying to frame herself, Wanxi blurted out a retort.

"Then why did you make an appointment to have a banquet together?" Jing Ning had a faint smile on his lips, but his eyes were cold.Everyone's eyes immediately fell on Wanxi's body, Wanxi was so choked that she couldn't speak, her face was flushed red, she could only find a remote place to sit down.She gritted her teeth and glared at Jing Ning, obviously very angry, but there was nothing she could do at the moment, so she just sat there and stared blankly.

Lan Yao glanced at Wanxi, her eyes were full of ridicule and disdain.She approached Jing Ning and said in a low voice: "This guy's method is really not on the table. This is probably shooting yourself in the foot with a stone. I have seen it today."

Jing Ning nodded silently, her eyes tinged with helplessness, sometimes seeing Wanxi's various actions, it was often more funny than annoying.

Not long after, the emperor entered the table, and after being bowed down by everyone, he stood up and said in a deep voice: "At this time, it was supposed to be a time for the reunion of thousands of families, but the war on the border of our country is not peaceful, and the son of Zhao Guo went to the battlefield , and fought bloody battles, so this year's palace banquet is kept simple to express worries."

(End of this chapter)