The Fugitive White Moonlight of a Powerful Minister

  Chapter 72 Turns out it wasn't irresistible

   There seemed to be wet blood on the dagger, and when the lake wind blew it, it dried on the palm of his hand.

  The smell of blood also blows to the tip of the nose along with the lake wind.

Wen Ning watched Tai'an Lake sparkling under the moonlight, and then calmed down with Pei You's disappearance, her flustered mood just now seemed to be gently pulled by a thin thread, and the hand holding the dagger gradually lost strength .

  My heart is no longer flustered, but my mind is chaotic.

   It turned out that it was not impossible to restrain.

  No one can force Pei You to do what he is unwilling to do.

  This awareness reminded Wen Ning of Pei You in her previous life, gritting her teeth even more. Obviously he can, but he still...

   gave her a nightmare for years.

  But the Pei You now is not the Pei You back then.

  He made another choice.

   He did not violate himself. He gave himself a knife, jumped into the icy lake, and considering that her skirt was stained with his blood, he gave her a token and told him to go to the people in the Duke's Mansion.

  People in the Duke's Mansion will keep it secret for her, just like the last time she spent a night with him under the cliff.

  Although he knew that it was only because he didn't recognize her as the "Xiaoya" in his obsession, because all the things about her made him loathe her, and he didn't bother to have anything to do with her.

   But that's exactly what she wants, isn't it?

  Wen Ning was stunned for a moment, then adjusted her mentality.

   There are some unexpected situations, but the whole is still under her control.

  What she has to do now is to follow the role she has set for herself and make the choices that this role should make.

   This character would not leave Pei You alone after Pei You protected her innocence regardless of her own safety, so Wen Ning hid the dagger and walked along the palace road to Dongzhimen.

Fortunately, her clothes today are crimson, and the blood is on the side of the skirt. Although the palace lanterns are lit, it is night after all. She met a few palace people, but they all know that there will be a banquet in the palace tonight, so they only salute her. He didn't come forward to speak up.

  Wen Ning exited Dongsheng Gate smoothly, and sure enough, she saw a luxury carriage not far from the gate.

  Gu Fei was sitting in front of the carriage, counting the stars in the sky boredly.

   "My son has an accident, hurry up and save him!" Wen Ning hurried over, put on an anxious look, and handed the dagger to Gu Fei.

  At this moment, a carriage came galloping not far away, Wen Ning squinted her eyes, and vaguely recognized the person driving the carriage, it seemed to be the Zhao family.

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  Gu Fei saw the blood on Wen Ning's skirt sharply, and his face changed drastically. Without further questioning, he took off his sword and entered the palace with the token of the Duke's Mansion.

  Wen Ning was sent back first by the carriage of the Duke's Mansion.

  She entered through the main entrance without changing her expression. Everyone in the house thought that it was Princess Showa's carriage that sent her back, and no one noticed that there was actually a blood stain on her crimson skirt.

   Wen Ning went back to Xiangti Courtyard and asked Linglan to prepare water for her to take a bath.

Linglan screamed when she was tidying up her skirt, Wen Ning gave a "hush" with her index finger, and said softly: "Good Linglan, don't panic, it's not my blood. But please keep it a secret for me, let me take a shower and rest first , I will tell you the reason later when I have strength.”

  Linglan saw that she looked tired, her whole body was soaked in hot water, her face was still a little pale, she nodded worriedly, and retreated sensiblely, leaving Wen Ning to take a bath alone.

  Wen Ning closed her eyes, and put together some fragmented thoughts she had just had in the carriage.

  A woman got off from the carriage of the Zhao family. She was graceful and well-dressed. She was the wife of Zhao Zhai, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

   It seems that it is not her illusion. The timing of many things in this life is indeed different.

   Perhaps many of her behaviors are quite different from those in her previous life, which indirectly caused some things to progress much faster.

  In the previous life, the Ryukyu prince visited in June this year, and it was a year later that Pei You was drugged at the banquet. She didn't know which of her actions affected it, but these two things were indeed ahead of schedule.

  Wen Tingchun and Wen Lan and Wen Qi haven't come back yet, she didn't have a chance to ask just now, she doesn't know if Prince Ryukyu is safe or not, but she may already know the outcome of another incident.

  In her previous life, she didn't know that Pei You was drugged that night until a long time later, but she didn't know who was so bold to drug him.

   But she has always had a doubt.

After Pei You returned to the Duke's Mansion, he showed his sharpness and made many enemies. In his previous life, there were even rumors that he was at odds with the eldest princess. Although he was favored by the emperor and the emperor, he was a son who returned home halfway. The accumulation of contacts is not deep, and the courtiers were either offended by him, or just watched from the sidelines.

  At that time, the first person standing beside him with a clear banner was Zhao Zhai, Minister of the Household Department.

  At that time, everyone thought that Zhao Zhai supported Pei You because he was planning to marry his beloved daughter, but the fact is that even though Zhao Xizhi had followed Pei You for many years, the two families had never sat down to discuss marriage.

  At that time, she felt weird.

Zhao Zhai didn't want Pei You to marry Zhao Xizhi, but gave him convenience and support in political affairs; and after Pei You came to power, he did not hesitate to get rid of such a competent person, like cutting off a malignant tumor that had endured for many years generally.

  When she left the palace today, she saw Mrs. Zhao's carriage rushing over, thinking of the scene where she accidentally ran into Zhao Xizhi entangled Pei You, Wen Ning suddenly understood.

  In this life, including the medicine in the previous life, it is estimated that Zhao Xizhi gave it all.

  Pei You didn't pursue Zhao Xizhi in the previous life, could it be because of this matter that Zhao Zhai reached some kind of agreement with him?

  For example, he helped him soar, he gave Zhao Xizhi a clean boudoir name and an innocent body.

   And in this life...

   Mrs. Zhao hurried into the palace, presumably Zhao Xizhi had already returned home and told her ridiculous things. Mrs. Zhao was worried that her son would be held accountable, so she went to the palace to find Zhao Zhai.

  But this time the incident was bigger than in the previous life.

  In his previous life, Pei You used medicine to humiliate her, and no matter how terrible the nightmare he gave her, it was a matter in his own yard, and his golden body was safe and sound.

   But in this life, Pei You stabbed himself and threw himself into the lake, and he would die if he didn't die. The thing happened in the palace, and if there was a little more noise, it would definitely cause trouble in front of Emperor Jiahe.

  Wen Ning took off the veil covering her face.

  If this matter can be settled quietly, it will be her fisherman's benefit.

  She admitted that she didn't immediately call for someone to rescue Pei You who jumped into the lake. Firstly, she knew that he knew how to swim and was skilled in martial arts, so there probably wouldn't be any accidents. More importantly, she didn't want to make things worse.

   Tonight's palace banquet was hosted by Wen Tingchun. There was already a Ryukyu prince waiting there, and she didn't want to complicate the situation.

  It's best for people from the Duke's Mansion to go into the palace, pick up Pei You silently, and return to the mansion silently, as if nothing happened.

  Originally this is unlikely, but Mrs. Zhao has entered the palace, if Zhao Zhai moves quickly, maybe he can really fool her.

  Wen Ning was still thinking about it, when he heard the rumbling of wheels outside.

  She suddenly sat up from the water: "Linglan Linglan, come in quickly, I want to get dressed."

  The sound of the wheels at this time can only be that they are back.

Wen Ning's hair couldn't wait to be wrung out, so Linglan combed her wet hair into a bun and rushed to the front hall. Seeing Wen Tingchun in front, Wen Lan and Wen Qi one on the left and one on the right, the father and son came in talking and laughing happily, and they were so relieved tone.

   Tears almost fell down.

  People came back, it can be seen that nothing happened tonight.

   "Ah Ning, why are you so reckless?" Wen Tingchun frowned seeing that her hair was all wet.

  Wen Ning's nose is still sore, so she can't speak.

  Wen Lan and Wen Qi blinked at her at the same time, giving her a soothing look.

   "It is agreed that Ah Ning will wait for you at home." Wen Ning smiled with her head tilted.

  Wen Tingchun couldn't bear Wen Ning's cute smile at him, so he relaxed his brows and patted her head lovingly.

  It was not early at all, Wen Ning only asked how the banquet was tonight, and Wen Tingchun urged them to go back to rest.

  Following Wen Tingchun to the backyard, Wen Ning specially rubbed against Wen Qi, asking him if everything is going well.

  Tonight, according to the previous arrangement, Wen Lan waited outside, staring at the wine and dishes to be served in the dining room, and they must all be tested for poison before they can be taken to the Qingyi Hall.

  Wen Qi was in charge of the house, and kept an eye on the situation of the Ryukyu prince in the Hall of Qingyi.

  Wen Qi moved his lips, wanted to say something, but finally suppressed it, only nodded, and said in a very low voice: "I will keep an eye on Wang Ziyi for these two days until he leaves Beijing."

  Actually, Wang Ziyi didn't stay in the hotel arranged by Honglu Temple at all, even if there were any accidents outside, it wouldn't affect Wen Tingchun any more.

Wen Ning showed a smile, thinking of Pei You's departure, she wanted to ask if there was anything else happening in the palace, but Wen Tingchun suddenly stopped in front of her, and looked back at Wen Lan and Wen Qi: "You two, go back to rest earlier .”

  Looking at Wen Ning again: "A Ning, come with me."

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  Of course other things happened in the palace at this time, but as Wen Ning wished, things didn't make a big fuss.

   Mrs. Zhao saw Gu Fei when she entered the palace, and hurriedly asked the two people with her to follow silently. So when Gu Fei found Pei You, Zhao Zhai followed him in a hurry.

   "My lord, the dog girl is confused, and made such a big mistake, the lord, for the sake of the dog girl's infatuation, let the dog girl be spared this time!"

  The second-rank official, who was nearly fifty years old, knelt down and knelt at the feet of the young prince without hesitation, begging for his sincerity.

  Gu Fei didn't know what happened. He could see that his eldest son was wet, pale, and had a strong smell of blood on his body.

   Want to cut people.

"My lord, it's my father's fault for raising her to be pampered and domineering because I don't know the heights of heaven and earth!" Zhao Zhai didn't even look up, "From now on, the old minister will strictly discipline the dog girl and don't call her Damn Shizi's eyes! I just ask Shizi to avoid this time!"

  Pei You's eyes were cold, and he looked at Zhao Zhai at his feet without any emotion.

  The black eyes were calm, and he walked away.

  Gu Fei's saber was left outside the palace, and he only gave Zhao Zhai a hard look.

  Zhao Zhai's face turned pale instantly.

  Of course he knew that Prince Pei was not easy to mess with. Now that he left, not to mention Emperor Jiahe, but the eldest princess, Zhao Xizhi would not be able to survive!

   "My lord!" Zhao Zhai stood up, his gray beard trembling slightly, "This time, my lord will spare the dog girl, this old minister will do my best to redeem my little girl!"

   Kowtow heavily.

  Pei You stopped slowly, turning her body slightly and looking at him.

  The figure is like a fir, and the quiet eyes are even colder under the moonlight: "If we talk about atonement, the sin of your love is not limited to tonight."

  (end of this chapter)