The Fugitive White Moonlight of a Powerful Minister

  Chapter 71

  March 18th in the sixteenth year of Jiahe.

   Another year of spring feast.

  Pei Shizi of the Duke's Mansion declined the marriage offer from Emperor Jiahe to Princess Showa a few months ago, and there was a lot of discussion between the government and the opposition.

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 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 that she is 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.

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

   No matter how bad it is, she can live back in Wen Mansion first, which is better than living in a courtyard under Pei You's name for no reason, and tire 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, and 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...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."

  Linglan nodded: "The son is indeed very courteous to the girl. If the son is not taking care of you 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 the capital city in March, the night falls earlier.

   Linglan went to Wen's mansion in the evening, Wen Ning had a simple dinner by herself, and then waited for Pei You in the yard.

  When she first came to this yard, Pei You didn't come here 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.

  I think so too, 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 he taught in the past few days also had many 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 the orchid he sent bloomed, the sweet potato she planted was fruitful, it was sweet when roasted, and the screen she embroidered let Linglan take it out for valuation, 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, occasionally raised her lips to reveal a smile, her eyes were shining brightly, no wonder so many noble ladies in Beijing lost their souls.

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

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

  Although Linglan has only been appeased, she actually has the same uneasiness as her.

Especially thinking of the last time when she said she wanted to leave, when he put down the teacup leisurely, he said "Ah 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.

  That time, it just happened that he was in a bad mood.

  Pei You didn't come back too late, she heard the sound of a carriage at the door before You Hour.

  It's just that when he came in, he walked a little hurriedly, and said as soon as he was admitted to the hospital, "Ah Ning, prepare tea."

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

  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 Mansion.

   "My lord, take a sip of this first." Wen Ning didn't notice his sudden stop, and hurriedly put the tea cup 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 breath was short of breath, but the smell of alcohol was not heavy around him, so he only stared at the bundles packed on the low couch, and then raised his eyes to look inside the room.

  Wen Ning has already put away her things, and the room looks a bit empty.

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

  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 taking 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.

   I had no choice but to sigh, and said: "My lord, I am a widow, and it is really inappropriate to live in your lord's house for a long time. I have asked Linglan to go back to Wen's 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 high-ranking girl, but I 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 them all.

  She was forced to step back by his scorching breath, but he pressed on every step of the way, and finally simply hugged her horizontally onto the bed.

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

   But outside the yard, they 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 are 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 gentle 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 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 much effort to avoid this ending, but she just got the same result by different routes?

  She felt that Pei You in this life was different from her previous life, and she wanted to let go of her prejudice against him a little bit. Was she still wrong?

  Wen Ning didn't yell like she did in her previous life, she just remembered the past life, her body trembled uncontrollably, and tears fell unconsciously.

  If…

  If he dares...

  Then she will fight him to the death in this life, and 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 that breath did not continue.

  Pei You imprisoned her on the tree trunk, her body almost enveloping her, and when she was tossing and falling, she suddenly stopped, leaning on her neck and panting heavily.

   "Sorry." His voice was hoarse, "Offended."

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

  The sound of sharp blades piercing flesh and blood.

  Wen Ning opened her eyes, and looked down based on the movement just now. Through the faint moonlight, she saw that Pei You had actually stabbed the dagger into her thigh.

   It was probably the pain that made him wake up a little bit. He stood up a little, and instead of suppressing her with his whole body, he raised the hand holding the dagger, and with another "chuck", he pulled out the dagger without hesitation.

  Wen Ning soon smelled a **** 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 stood 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 a few steps forward, and when he reached the edge of the lake, he fell forward and threw himself into Tai'an Lake.

  (end of this chapter)