The Fugitive White Moonlight of a Powerful Minister

   Sure enough, the banquet was over, and there was heavy snow falling outside, but Wen Ning didn't feel cold at all.

  With an excited heart, she couldn't help but said as soon as she got into the carriage: "Pei You, guess who I saw today?!"

  Pei You seemed to have been waiting for her for a while. He had already read half of the scroll in his hand. Hearing this, he raised his eyes and looked over, but did not answer, but frowned: "Where's your fur coat?"

  Wen Ning finally realized that she left Fengyi Palace in such a hurry that she forgot her cloak there.

  Pei You got up and took off his fur coat and wrapped it around her body.

   Uh, so considerate today? Drink too much?

  Wen Ning glanced at him quietly, and saw that his expression was normal, as if he had never even drunk alcohol.

  However, this person has an astonishing capacity for alcohol, and he has never been seen drunk in two lifetimes of marriage. Most likely, to him, drinking is similar to drinking water.

  Wen Ning let him fasten the belt of the fur coat for herself. Before that, she didn't think that the weather would be a bit cold without a fur coat.

   As the New Year’s Eve approaches, it’s not good to catch the wind and cold.

   "Did you hear what I just said?" Wen Ning recalled that incident again, excitedly said, "Guess who I saw tonight?!"

   As he spoke, he took out the sachet from his waist: "Look, does it look good?"

  Pei You wrote "not interested" all over his face, sat down and picked up the scroll again.

   "You have one too, let me show you?" When she just left Fengyi Palace, she took the box containing the sachet.

  The carriage has already started to move forward, and Pei You's eyes kept falling on the scroll: "No need."

  Wen Ning finally couldn't help it, and said directly: "Pei You, the Empress announced that I have an audience with you tonight!"

  Pei You didn't even lift her eyelids: "Oh."

  Wen Ning saw his indifferent look, and almost wanted to **** his book.

  I can’t leave my book in the carriage. The light is so dark and the carriage is rickety. Are you afraid of spoiling your eyes?

  Wen Ning snorted softly, and simply stopped talking to him, not wanting him to be silent for a while, and then suddenly asked: "What did she tell you?"

Wen Ning immediately cheered up: "The Empress gave us a pair of lovebird sachets. The one with the dragon and phoenix jade plaque was embroidered by her herself in spite of illness! The Empress also asked me about interesting stories about Jiangnan. Before leaving, she You even put this sachet on me yourself!"

  Pei You lowered her eyes slightly, her long eyelashes covered her thoughts, she didn't know if she was reading a book or thinking about something else, so she didn't talk to her again.

  Wen Ning didn't expect him to ask more questions, after all, he was a man, so he probably couldn't understand what Xie Nanzhi represented in the hearts of women of their age.

  She'd better go back and share this joy with Linglan.

  The carriage returned to the Duke's Mansion smoothly.

  Pei You naturally lived in the main house this night, and Linglan consciously moved back to the back room last night. Although the two masters needed someone to take care of her, she always felt that her girl would be embarrassed if she was outside.

  She avoided it for a while, and when the relationship between the two of them was cultivated more firmly, she would come back again.

  Wen Ning didn't see Linglan, nor was she surprised. I originally thought that I would "make an exception" to live with Pei You from tonight, so I had to talk to him about the rules of living together in Qinghui Hall, and I didn't want Xie Nanzhi to be on my mind all night.

  Gentle Empress Empress.

  Beautiful Empress Empress.

  The dignified empress.

  How could such a lovely empress be abolished by Emperor Jiahe, who had been respected and loved for decades, because of inappropriate words?

  When she talked about those interesting things in Jiangnan tonight, she burst into laughter, she was clearly full of life, how could she have been ill until the eighteenth year of Jiahe, and died suddenly?

  In the past, Wen Ning only felt regret, but seeing Xie Nanzhi tonight, in addition to regret, she also felt a little more melancholy.

   But accidents like the Wang Zhai, she can still find a way to resolve, people are born, old, sick and die, even if she lives one more life, what can she do?

  Wen Ning's high-spirited mood that night finally fell to the bottom, and she fell asleep with regret and melancholy.

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  The New Year's Eve banquet is over, and everything is calm.

  Wen Ning put Pei You's sachet on his desk and didn't think about it. What is her identity? The empress's liking for her is only due to her upbringing; it is just a polite way to tell her to talk in the future.

   After the twenty-eighth of the twelfth lunar month is the twenty-ninth, and then New Year's Eve.

  Many of Wen Ning's plans were postponed due to this New Year's Eve, the eldest princess was not out in the Buddhist hall, Pei Guogong ignored the affairs, and Pei You hadn't taken a vacation yet, so many things in the house naturally fell to her.

   In the past, Wen Ning and Pei You slept in separate rooms and ate meals separately.

  She ate by herself in Qinghui Hall, while he ate in the main hall.

   Now he moved his study to the main house, saying "it's shameful to waste", and changed the dinner to Qinghui Hall.

  On New Year's Eve, Pei You gave Gu Fei a three-day vacation and asked him to go back to spend time with his family. Tu Bai looked back at Guizhuang, and Wen Ning picked out many things from those souvenirs for him to take there.

  Linglan lost her family when she entered Wen's mansion, but when she saw that there were not many people left in the yard, she immediately asked Wen Ning for leave, saying that she wanted to spend New Year's Eve with other servants in the back room.

  Wen Ning thought about her cautious look when she saw Pei You, so she agreed.

  Wang Qinsheng saw Linglan leaving, and immediately followed.

   This is great, except for the guards outside the courtyard, there is no one left in the inner courtyard. On the wonderful New Year's Eve, she and Pei You were left staring at each other.

It really is…

  Wen Ning looked at the dishes on the table and felt that they were not delicious.

   "What did you do to make the eldest princess angry for so long?" Wen Ning couldn't bear it, and asked Pei You again.

  It’s been nearly half a year since July, and even the eldest princess is unwilling to go out of the Buddhist hall. How angry is she?

  Pei You ate his meal slowly, but only slightly raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and didn't answer.

  Wen Ning said again: "Aren't you going to coax her?"

  I did something wrong, admit my mistake, I should apologize, I should be punished and punished, and I should spend some effort to coax them. After all, it is a family, how can they be angry for so long?

   "I want to coax her." Pei You raised her eyes, "Unfortunately..."

   Some people may not want to.

  Wen Ning felt that there was something else in Pei You's eyes looking at her, but she didn't quite understand it, so when she retracted her eyes, she glanced at her belly lightly.

  Wen Ning: ...?

   Has she eaten too much? Stomach out?

  Of course Pei You would not tell her that the Eldest Princess entered the Buddhist hall in anger. He went to invite her three times, but was beaten back with the same reason each time.

   "Didn't it mean that sooner or later there will be?"

   "Then come see me again!"

   Therefore, this is not something he can coax if he wants to.

  Wen Ning didn't dare to eat the dishes that Pei You gave her a bad look. Wen Qi said that her face was round twice, and even Duan Rushuang said that she was plump, Jiangnan's life is too carefree, if she continues to eat like this...

  By the beginning of spring, the dresses that the eldest princess made for her will no longer fit.

  Wen Ning snorted softly and put down her chopsticks.

   It was really the most deserted and boring New Year's Eve.

   "Have you eaten yet?" Pei You asked her.

  Wen Ning gave a lazy "hmm", got up and left the table. But turning around, looking at the unpopular room, thinking that after a while, I can only read those few books that I have read countless times to pass the time, it is very boring.

  Pei You also put down the chopsticks and went straight into the inner room.

  Today's New Year's Eve, he brought back a lot of official documents when he was off duty, and he must have to deal with official business.

   Even more boring.

  This is the first New Year's Eve spent alone in this life.

  Wen Ning stood there dejectedly, thinking whether she should go into the house to read the script, or just sleep, but Pei You came out again.

  He put on the fox fur, and took one of hers in his hand, and wrapped it up for her when he came over.

   "Let's go." He pulled her away.

Eh? What are you doing holding her hand?

   "Where are you taking me?"

  Pei You turned around and put on the fox fur hat for her, but didn't answer her.

  The sky was already dark blue, and it was snowing outside again, Wen Ning followed Pei You, seeing him lead her to the east door: "You want to take me out of the house?"

   For those who celebrate the Chinese New Year, there is only one servant left at the east door, and when he sees someone coming, he immediately bows and opens the door.

   "The New Year prizes for the servants haven't been distributed yet." Wen Ning remembered that she hadn't done anything yet when she really wanted to go out.

"Qinsheng will take care of it." While speaking, Pei You had already taken her out of the door, and there was a snow-white horse waiting outside. The boy came out to clean the snow off the saddle just now, and Pei You asked again, "Have you ever ridden a horse?" ?"

  Wen Ning shook her head.

  Wen Lan and Wen Qi can ride horses, and Shen Jin is even a master, but in their eyes, she used to be an obedient lady, so how could they let her ride a horse?

  Pei You had already stepped on the stirrup and stretched out a hand towards her.

  Want to take her for a ride?

  On New Year's Eve, are they going out to play?

  Wen Ning suddenly became happy, imitating his appearance, stepping on the stirrup with one foot, holding Pei You's hand in one hand, and using his strength to jump up.

  Just jumped a little, Pei You held her waist and let him sit in front of her, as if afraid of her being cold, wrapped her whole body in his fox fur, held her hand and tugged at the reins.

   "Drive!"

  The horse comes out from the strings.

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  Pei You actually took her out of the capital.

  On New Year’s Eve, the reunion and excitement are locked in the courtyards of each family, and the streets of Chang’an are silent.

  The horses broke through the silence and passed across. The gate of the city had already been locked, and after Pei You showed his badge, the guards of the palace opened the gate and let them go without asking any further questions.

  Wen Ning had never galloped like this on a horse, let alone stepped out of the capital on such a snowy night.

  She was wrapped under Pei You's fox fur, and she didn't feel the chill outside at all. Occasionally, there were snowflakes on her eyelashes, which soon turned into water.

  She was excited and curious, looking around with barely exposed eyes.

   "Where are you taking me?"

   "Are you going to sell me?!"

  Pei You's chest vibrated low, and a low laugh came from inside: "How much money do you think you are worth?"

   "I am both the boss of Fu Shengzui and the wife of your Duke's mansion, um... ten thousand gold is worth it?"

   "You'd be up for grabs."

  With a flick of the whip, the horse accelerated, and Wen Ning hugged Pei You's waist in shock.

  In the end, the place where they stopped turned out to be Tianshan Lake.

  Tianshan Lake is a lake at the foot of Wanggui Mountain. In summer, lotus flowers bloom on the lake. Many literati and poets come to recite poems and paint. Of course, there are also tourists who just come to play.

  The second time she and Yan Li met this year was at Tianshan Lake.

  It never snowed in Tianshan Lake, and even the ground was dry. I don’t know which poor little dark guard, who didn’t have a rest on New Year’s Eve, handed an oil lamp to Pei You, cupped his hands slightly, and disappeared into the darkness.

   "What did you bring me to Tianchi Mountain this late at night?" After leaving Pei You's fox fur, Wen Ning didn't feel cold at all, and her face was even slightly pink because she was curled up in the fox fur just now.

   "New Year, what are you talking about?" Pei You walked forward with a lamp.

  New Year, isn’t it just to have a reunion dinner with the family, say some blessings to each other, oh most importantly, there is money to be suppressed!

   "You don't need to come to Tianchi Mountain if you want to give me money, just give me a bank note." Wen Ning followed behind Pei You with a smile.

  Pei You obviously didn't want to talk to her, but bent over and took her hand.

  His palm was too hot, Wen Ning shrank subconsciously.

   "Want to wrestle?" Pei You never looked back.

  Wen Ning thought for a while, but didn't move her hand again.

   That's all, in special circumstances, it's okay to hold hands...?

  Wen Ning followed Pei You all the way forward, except for the lamp in his hand, the surroundings were completely dark, and at this hour of the day, only they would come, and no human voice was heard.

  Wen Ning couldn't guess what Pei You was doing here, until Pei You stopped and the dim oil lamp illuminated a small space.

  Wen Ning tilted her head to look at the thing in front of her. The white and fat lantern looks like... Kongming Lantern?

  Looking at the past by the light of the oil lamp, it seems that there is more than one.

   "Pei You, shall we release Kongming lanterns?" Wen Ning's heart and eyes were full of joy.

  Wen Tingchun didn't allow her to go out at night, so how could she have the opportunity to light the Kongming lantern?

  She is only in her own yard, and she has seen others put it up from a distance.

  It was so cold this night, but Wen Ning felt that Pei You didn't feel the slightest chill, so he took out a pen holder from his sleeve and handed it to her.

   "What are you doing?" Wen Ning was puzzled.

  Pei You glanced at the pure white lamp body, but turned his head: "What do you think?"

  Wen Ning immediately realized, New Year, New Year's Eve, it's time to send blessings.

  She took the pen holder in Pei You's hand, opened it, and took out the brush in it.

   This is the first time to send blessings in this way.

  Wen Ning was eager to try, but before writing, she thought about it carefully.

  The first one must be written to Wen Tingchun.

   "Be healthy and live a long life!" With a swipe of her pen, the snow-white Kongming Lantern instantly took on color.

  The second cup, wrote to the eldest brother: "The official career is going well, and I got what I wanted."

   Write another one to the eldest brother: "The husband and wife are harmonious and happy."

  Wrote to my sister-in-law: "Skillful hands and kind hearts make all wishes come true."

  Write to Wen Qi: "Do whatever you want, and get what you want."

  Wrote to Duan Rushuang: "The roc spreads its wings and leaps into the sky!"

  Wrote to Linglan: "Hui Zhilan's heart is full of satisfaction."

   Then write to...Shen Jin.

   "Break through the thorns and thorns, and show your grand plans." After thinking for a while, I added a sentence at the end, "Peace and safety."

Pei You was holding a lamp at the side, Wen Ning wrote all the way, and found that there were far more Kongming lanterns than she thought, so she simply wanted to get the people she wanted, the eldest princess, Pei Guogong, Gu Fei, Tu Bai, Wang Qinsheng, Wang's couple, Lian Xiaoshi They all wrote one.

  The empress is of course indispensable, "When the medicine cures the disease, the dead tree will rejuvenate."

   At the end of writing, I glanced at the people around me, do you want to write one for Pei You?

   Write it, because he is so patiently holding the lamp for her.

  What to write?

  Wen Ning thought for a while, and wrote: "Go back to the right path, and leave no regrets."

   After finishing writing, he sneaked a glance at Pei You, it shouldn't be a problem, since he didn't know it was written for him anyway.

  The last one, write to yourself.

  Wen Ning swiped the pen almost without any hesitation: "I will live up to this life."

  There were still many blank lamps left, Wen Ning started to write vigorously, and became playful, and drew some random patterns on them. Pei You with cold eyebrows, Pei You with expressionless face, Pei You with furrowed eyebrows, Pei You with raised eyebrows and sneer...

  Anyway, with her drawing skills, even ghosts would not be able to recognize that it was him.

  Pei You originally held the lamp, and he followed wherever Wen Ning wrote. Seeing that she started to draw villains without any rules, he simply found a tree, hung the oil lamp on it, and watched her draw with his arms crossed.

  I saw her blushing at one moment, and gnashing her teeth at another. On the last lamp, the villain was lying on the ground with a big stone on his chest, being crushed.

  Pei You: "..."

   "Ha! It's all done!" Wen Ning put the brush back into the pen holder, tucked it into her sleeve, and shouted at Pei You, "Quick, let's start putting the lights on!"

  Pei You glanced at the eight words "return to the right path, no regrets" before walking over slowly, took out the fire pocket, and started to light the lamp.

  Wen Ning was the first time to put a Kongming lantern. Naturally, it was also the first time to watch a lamp slowly rise into the night sky with her own eyes. She felt very novel for a while.

  Before she opened her mouth to say that she wanted to light the lamp herself, she saw the second lamp, the third lamp, and the fourth lamp...

  Lamps, carrying the words she wrote, rose slowly and orderly into the night sky, and the impenetrable black field seemed to leak into the sky in an instant.

  The mountains standing around the lake, the trees growing around the mountains, and the crystal clear ice on the trees are all illuminated by warm yellow candle lights.

So many Kongming lanterns were placed around the lake, but now they are lit up one by one, and slowly rise to the top of Tianshan Pool. Can Orb.

  Wen Ning realized why Pei You insisted on choosing Tianshan Lake as the location. She was so happy that she couldn't help herself, she tugged at his sleeve and kept shouting, "Pei You, Pei You! It's so beautiful!"

   It is more beautiful than any scene she has ever seen, even more beautiful than fireworks!

  The fireworks are fleeting, but the lights flutter in the lake and mountains, like a timeless picture scroll that lasts forever.

  Wen Ning couldn't bear to blink her eyes, her heart was filled with a kind of swelling, she was so excited that she could only say the word "so beautiful".

  Pei You didn't look at the sky.

  He looked at the little girl who reacted as he expected.

  The fox fur wrapped her body into a smaller figure, and the white fox fur set off her fair face. She tilted her head up halfway, looking at the lights floating in the sky with a smile on her face, and the lights were reflected in her eyes, like a whole star belt.

  Pei You never trades at a loss.

  He moved his index finger on his sleeve.

   It's time to get back the money.

   "Wen Ning."

  Wen Ning was still immersed in the dreamlike picture, suddenly heard Qing Lingling's soft call, looked sideways, and saw the people around him moved slightly and leaned over.

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