The Fugitive White Moonlight of a Powerful Minister

  Chapter 40

  "Girl, girl, look at these sets, which one is the most beautiful?" Ling Lan's face was rosy, her eyes were full of joy, and she pointed to the table, "And these jewelry, which one do you think is more suitable?"

  Wen Ning was flipping through a book of stories, reading with relish, and glanced perfunctorily: "It's fine."

  Linglan took away her notebook in the past: "Girl! You just have some snacks! You will enter the palace tomorrow, and it only happens once or twice a year. You don't care about it."

   "Huh?! I'm seeing the key point!" Wen Ning got up from the low couch in dissatisfaction.

  Linglan was furious: "My girl! The key now is that you will enter the palace tomorrow. This New Year's Eve banquet was invited by the Empress, who specified unmarried men and women. You don't understand what that means?"

   This is clearly a spring feast, a chance for young masters and ladies who have no chance to meet each other on weekdays to see each other.

  The empress is really kind, but her girl just doesn't appreciate it, asking her anything is not salty, and she doesn't care about her life's major events at all.

Wen Ning sighed, reluctantly went to look at Linglan's prepared clothes and jewelry, nodded and said: "It's all good, you prepared it last year, come as you like, not too eye-catching, but not too much Pure."

  Hey, in previous years, Wen Ning didn't have to worry about marriage. If she is still so well-behaved this year, how can she pick a husband she likes?

  Wen Ning knew what she was thinking, and leaned back on the low couch with Mrs. Tang in her arms: "My elder brother and second brother are not married yet. What's the rush? Let them find a suitable sister-in-law tomorrow night."

   "You guys..." Linglan shook her head helplessly, "I just want to keep the master from worrying!"

   One or two, the one who should be married will not be married, and the one who should be married will not be married.

   "Then Princess Zhaohe will be twenty-two after this year, isn't she still unmarried?" Wen Ning said indifferently.

   "The empress is also in a hurry, isn't there tomorrow's banquet?"

  Wen Ning pouted, took the book again, and hugged Tang Pozi even tighter. '

  It’s already December, and there was only a heavy snowfall outside last night, maybe it will snow again tomorrow. She is most afraid of the cold, so she doesn't want to go to that New Year's Eve banquet.

  At this time in my previous life, there was such a night banquet. It's just that at that time, her marriage with Shen Jin had already reached the stage of application deadline, and she would get married as soon as the new year was over.

   Therefore, neither she nor Shen Jin participated.

  After the end of the Spring Festival, I heard that Shen Jin went to the border again. Now that the year is approaching, it is reasonable for him to come back.

  If he comes back, he will definitely go tomorrow.

   Not only him, Pei You will also go.

In the past six months, she didn't go out very much, and she never saw Pei You again. In the autumn when they reunited, she even deliberately pushed down several invitations to appreciate chrysanthemums and red maples. Even when Wen Lan and Wen Qi came to call her, she was determined not to go out , so this life is different from the previous life, she and Pei You never saw each other on the original timeline.

  But it doesn't mean she wants to see him tomorrow.

  Seeing that he is going to act again, how to act more reasonable?

  Wen Ning was a little annoyed thinking about it, why didn't Emperor Jiahe give Pei You a marriage?

  In his previous life, Emperor Jiahe wanted to ration his most beloved Princess Showa to Pei You, and even changed the decree that concubines were not allowed to be official. But it was not at this New Year's Eve banquet, but at the Mid-Autumn Festival half a year later.

  At that time, he had already brought her into the backyard, and he didn't know where he had the courage to refuse the marriage on the spot, and he didn't know how he dealt with it afterwards. Emperor Jiahe didn't hold him accountable.

   His so-called "white moonlight" has never appeared in this life. If Jia and the emperor bestow marriage, he should not refuse.

   Or she will be sick tomorrow?

   In this way, it will be another year or so without seeing Pei You.

  Wen Ning glanced at Linglan who was carefully matching her clothes and jewelry.

   That's all, if you deliberately claim to be sick, don't say that Linglan disagrees, and it will be bad to vent Wen Tingchun's anger.

   "Tomorrow, regardless of whether you are a concubine, you have to go?" Wen Ning suddenly remembered something, and asked.

  Linglan nodded: "I heard the eldest son said so."

  Wen Ning raised her eyebrows, her eyes were still on the script, but she wasn't looking at the content.

  If so, there is no harm in going there.

  She put away her notebook and went back to the hanging clothes and jewelry: "Let me choose."

-

  Since Pei You returned to the Duke's Mansion, the dinner in the mansion is always eaten by the whole family.

  This night is no exception.

  The ancestors of the Duke's mansion have been inherited from the Dragon's work, the title of "Duke Zhen Guo" to the current Duke Pei. In fact, he has never served in the army. Before Princess Shang, he was the Tanhualang of Chunwei that year.

  Because the son-in-law was not allowed to be an official, Duke Pei did not have a single idle job. The eldest princess fell in love with him back then, and for a long time after marriage, the two were in love with each other, which made people envious.

   It stands to reason that this day is extremely nourishing, if there is no accident that the son is lost.

   Today's Pei Guogong looks very vicissitudes, his hair is already gray, and his eyes are a little cloudy. And these old princesses worshiping Buddha in the Buddhist hall, the relationship between the two has long since disappeared, and they have never sat together.

  There is also a concubine room on the table, which was personally accepted by the eldest princess for Duke Pei after the eldest son was lost. There are also two concubine sons from the concubine's room, one is eighteen years old, and the other is only seven years old.

  Thus, even though they are a family, the atmosphere at the dinner table is not that warm, and even somewhat unspeakably cold and reserved.

   After eating, everyone went back to each room, and Pei Guogong also went to the study, but the eldest princess kept Pei You.

The eldest princess was also very beautiful in the capital when she was young, but after many years of searching for a son, she has lost her youth. Although she is not as vicissitudes as Duke Pei, she is also gray on the temples, with loose eyes, and she looks more handsome than her. The weak Mrs. Wang is many years older.

   But now she has light in her eyes anyway, and she looks at Pei You with joy and anticipation in her eyes.

   "Excuse me, do you have any plans to enter the palace tomorrow?"

The son's original name was Pei Heng, and he was too young to pick up his characters, but before he recognized his ancestors and returned to the clan, the princess voluntarily mentioned that he would continue to use the original "name" and "character". Pei You has gotten used to using it over the past few years, so there is no need to forcefully change it back.

  The people quickly cleared the dining table and served tea. Pei You lowered his eyes and took a sip, and said, "I don't need my mother to worry about this matter, I have my own considerations in my heart."

   This answer obviously made the other eldest princess dissatisfied: "You will be twenty-two after the new year. In other people's homes, the children are all running around, but you don't even have a girl to accompany the bed in your room..."

   In the middle of speaking, he paused, and said in surprise: "You have your own heart? I heard that you have been looking for someone these days. Who can you tell your mother about?"

  Pei You put down the teacup and smiled slightly: "It's just a childhood playmate."

   said again: "I'll take a closer look at the portrait my mother sent me."

  The eldest princess feels a little more at ease when she says this.

  Before, she had ordered someone to send all the portraits of the women attending this time to Qinghui Hall, in order to let Pei You take a look at them first.

  If it goes well, you can ask for a marriage decree at the New Year's family banquet, and you can discuss marriage in the beginning of spring.

  Thinking of this, the Eldest Princess said again: "Excuse me, you should know that your marriage cannot be based on your own will?"

   In other words, no woman of any kind can enter the gate of the government.

  After Pei You came back, the eldest princess still spent most of her day worshiping the Buddha in the Buddhist hall, but even if she didn't hear anything outside the window, someone would tell her about it.

   She always knows whether Pei You is looking for a man or a woman.

   "Don't worry, mother." Pei Youmi's long eyelashes fell to the bottom of his eyes, and when he raised them again, his eyes were clear and clear, and he couldn't see any emotion, "If there is no other important matter, I will take my leave first."

  The eldest princess nodded and waved him away.

   After the man left, he let out a long sigh.

Nanny Cui, who was standing by the side, stepped forward to beat her shoulders, understood the meaning of her sigh, and comforted her: "After all, Shizi didn't grow up in front of him, and it's been less than a year since he came home. In a few years, there will always be Better ones."

  That's what she said, but she also felt from the bottom of her heart that the son of the world was really cold. After coming back these days, she seems gentle and thoughtful, and she can't find any faults, but in fact, everyone in the Duke's mansion has a vague sense of alienation.

  The eldest princess didn't say anything, she just brought a sip of tea to her mouth, her lowered eyes covered the emotions in her eyes.

Qinghui Hall is probably the cleanest courtyard in the Duke's Mansion, and it was lively for a few days at the beginning, but after half a month, the son who came back sent everyone away, leaving only himself to take him from the old house. Wang Qinsheng, who came over, and two young servants took care of the courtyard, not even a girl who took care of the daily life.

  People in the mansion were somewhat puzzled, but Wang Qinsheng knew it.

  It was not two years since the Wang family moved from Lingnan to the capital. Wang Fu’s business has improved a lot, and his money is much better than before. At that time, he bought one or two maids to take care of Mrs. Wang at home, but...

  cough…

  I can only blame his young master for being too handsome and talented. Which girl would not be happy?

  But if you don’t keep the girl, the wife will always marry her!

  At this moment, he was looking at a large stack of picture scrolls in front of the table, as happy as an old lady, waiting for his son to come back and open them one by one, so that he could follow behind and feast his eyes.

  Maybe he was too happy, he wanted to dust the scroll, but accidentally knocked one scroll off.

  The scroll fell to the ground and spread out, revealing the delicate dimple of the woman in the painting.

  Wang Qinsheng bent down to pick it up, and was stunned when he saw it.

  Delicate brows and eyes, looking bright, it is just a painting, so eye-catching, if it is a real person...

ah! If it was a real person, he seemed to have seen it before?

  The charming young man with red lips and white teeth half a year ago can't help but appear in front of his eyes, so this woman is... a girl from the Wen family?

  When Pei You entered the study, he happened to see Wang Qinsheng picking up the scroll on the ground and unfolding it, revealing a face with a smile on his lips and shy eyes.

  The tip of his eyebrows couldn't help frowning slightly.

  "My lord." Seeing him coming in, Wang Qinsheng rolled up the scroll and placed it on top of the stack of scrolls, "I just sorted out the painstaking efforts of the eldest princess, why don't you take a look?"

  Pei You took the top scroll and unfolded it on the table.

  Wang Qinsheng was about to observe his reaction when he saw the girl from the Wen family, when he took out a brush and dipped it in black ink. After two or three strokes, her shining face was blurred.

Well…

Too. Miss Wen's family is beautiful, but her temper is a bit fierce, no wonder his son doesn't like it.

  However, his young master has always been a man who doesn't show emotions, and is best at hiding his thoughts. It's not easy for him to be disgusted like this... This girl is not easy.

   On the second day, it really snowed again, and the whole capital city was covered with snow, which was quite special.

  Before the hour of You, the carriages of the officials' homes set off one after another, with wheels rolling, approaching the palace.

   Entered a new map~

   The last map actually buried a lot of lines quietly, and I will untie them one by one later~

  (end of this chapter)