Favoring concubines and ignoring wives? The mistress of the marquisate remarried a powerful official

Pei Xuanzhi's gaze gradually cooled down because of Song Wanning's words. He looked at Song Wanning with a hint of disbelief in his eyes. "Wanning, you...are you kidding me? This joke is not funny at all."

"Xuanzhi, now that the matter is done, there is no point for you and me to say more. I have no reason to lie to you. My father and brother promised to let you marry me, but things will play tricks on people." Song Wanning looked at Pei Xuanzhi and knew that she and he were not destined to be together. But seeing Pei Xuanzhi's appearance, she finally whispered to comfort him, "I have been married once, and now I am getting married again. Just treat me as if I have never divorced... Will you feel better?"

Pei Xuanzhi looked pale, staring at Song Wanning and speaking in a low voice, very stubbornly, "Wanning, do you like the Prime Minister? Is that why you are willing to marry him? Then... have you ever liked me? Even a little bit, have you ever liked me?"

Seeing Pei Xuanzhi's persistence, Song Wanning sighed and said, "I..."

Song Wanning hadn't finished her words when Pei Xuanzhi interrupted her. He covered his ears and said with a bad look on his face, "I don't want to listen. I don't want to listen anymore. I want to ask the general why the promise he made to me doesn't count now."

"Xuanzhi..." Before Song Wanning could finish her words, Pei Xuanzhi had already run into the general's mansion, probably to find Song Jing.

Song Wanning sighed softly. Zhuque beside her saw this and came forward to look at Song Wanning. "Miss, it seems that Mr. Pei is very sad. Do you want to go back and take a look?"

Song Wanning slowly got on the carriage and whispered, "It's useless to say more. I think he will understand."

Pei Xuanzhi ran into the general's mansion and went straight to Song Jing's study. Because he had lived in the general's mansion for a period of time, he was familiar with the place and quickly found where Song Jing was.

Pei Xuanzhi was a well-educated child after all. Even if he was angry, he would not just push the door open. He stood at the door and knocked. "Uncle, Xuanzhi is back from Jiangnan. I have some important questions for you. Do you have time to talk to Xuanzhi now?"

Just as Pei Xuanzhi finished speaking, the door of Song Jing's study was opened from the inside.

"Xuanzhi, come in and sit down."

Song Jingyin felt that he had vowed not to let Song Wanning marry anyone else. Now that he saw Pei Xuanzhi, he felt very sorry for him. He only showed a forced smile on his face, "Have you finished the business in Jiangnan? You came back quickly."

Pei Xuanzhi looked at Song Jing's face and finally showed bitterness. He looked at Song Jing and said, "Uncle, didn't I say it before I left? I will get engaged to Wan Ning when I come back, but why... when I came back, I heard the servants saying that Wan Ning is now engaged to the Prime Minister."

Song Jing also looked helpless, and sighed, "Xuanzhi, uncle really wanted Wan Ning to marry you. It's a pity that the prime minister went to the palace to ask for the imperial decree to grant the marriage. It's fate that cannot be violated, and uncle can't do anything to change it."

"A granted marriage?" Pei Xuanzhi murmured softly. He didn't expect that Yin Yichen would even use such a trick.

Song Jing sighed and shook his head slowly, "Xuanzhi, you and Wan Ning are not destined to be together after all. There are many talented and beautiful ladies in the capital. You just have to wait and you will definitely find a beautiful woman in the future."

"Uncle, I just want to marry Wan Ning, I just want... I finally returned to the capital, and finally got such an opportunity, but why, it's gone in the blink of an eye." Pei Xuanzhi stood in Song Jing's study, looking at Song Jing with red eyes.

Seeing Pei Xuanzhi like this, Song Jing sighed repeatedly and said dejectedly, "My dear, your uncle is sorry for you. If I had known earlier, I should have let you get engaged before letting you go. Now it's too late to say anything."

"This is not my uncle's fault. The prime minister is extremely powerful. Since he was able to make the officials' children in the capital dare not come to propose marriage, it is not surprising that he went to the palace to ask for an imperial edict." Pei Xuanzhi stopped talking after hearing this, and went straight out of the general's mansion.

Now he has to go to another place, he wants to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to ask Yin Yichen, on what basis, why did he use such a despicable method to snatch away Wan Ning who belonged to him. If it weren't for the business in Jiangnan, he and Song Wan Ning would probably be engaged now. Now he is back, but everything that should have belonged to him has become a dream.

Pei Xuanzhi rode a fast horse and arrived at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion not long after. He jumped off the horse and said to the servant at the door, "Please inform him that Pei Xuanzhi of the Pei family wants to see the Prime Minister."

When the servant saw Pei Xuanzhi, he smiled and said to him, "The Prime Minister has already given instructions. If you come, just go in. The maid inside will take you to see the Prime Minister."

"Thank you." Pei Xuanzhi tied the horse at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion and strode into the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Yin Yichen was sitting in the yard reading a book. When he saw Pei Xuanzhi coming, he stood up slowly and said, "Mr. Pei, you are here faster than I thought. I have brewed the best Beiyuan tribute tea. Would you like to sit down and taste it?"

Pei Xuanzhi looked at Yin Yichen's sanctimonious appearance. He could not see any guilt on his face. Pei Xuanzhi could not talk and laugh with Yin Yichen. He gritted his teeth and said, "Yin Yichen, you took advantage of others' misfortune when I was not in the capital, and even went to the palace to ask for an imperial decree. Don't you feel guilty at all? The prime minister actually did such a shameless thing."

"Guilty? I, Yin Yichen, have never known how to write the word guilty in my life. I acted openly and honestly, and asked for the imperial decree openly." Yin Yichen only chuckled, looked at Pei Xuanzhi and said slowly, "Then again, when Pei Langjun was in the capital, he kept trying to please General Song to marry his daughter to you. Did you ever ask Wan Ningyuan if she was willing?"

Pei Xuanzhi originally felt that he was not acting uprightly enough, but then he felt that he had fallen into Yin Yichen's trap. "I...whatever I do, it will be better than the Prime Minister forcing a cow to drink water."

"You're forcing a cow to drink water? Pei Langjun's ability to confuse right and wrong is first-rate." Yin Yichen has always been arrogant. Seeing Pei Xuanzhi like this, he just said lightly, "Pei Xuanzhi, why don't you think about it carefully? You're forcing Wan Ning to marry you by using the love of everyone in the general's mansion. Aren't you?"

"The Prime Minister said that about me. The Prime Minister went to the palace to ask for the imperial decree, wasn't it just for Wan Ning to marry you?" Pei Xuanzhi's face turned red and he clenched his fists. "Have you ever asked Wan Ning if she was willing?"