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

Song Wanning hadn't come to her senses yet, and she just held onto Zhuque's hand and got off the carriage.

When Song Wanning was a child, the Song family often interacted with the Pei family in the capital. The Pei family had a boy named Pei Xuanzhi who was one year older than Song Wanning and had always been a naughty child.

When Song Wanning was young, she often played with him. Because she had no mother, she often cried in front of Pei Xuanzhi about her bad life and how she was hungry at home. In return, Pei Xuanzhi took pity on her and gave her many delicious fruits and snacks from Shengjing.

Song Wanning has lived two lifetimes now, but she still feels embarrassed when she thinks about her childhood.

She remembered that in her previous life, when the Pei family returned to Beijing, she was still teaching Wen Xu in the Marquis's Mansion, so she had no time to see this childhood friend. Now that Pei Xuanzhi had grown up like this and stood in front of Song Wanning, Song Wanning felt a little dazed.

Pei Xuanzhi was now wearing a purple-gold robe, and the jade belt around his waist was inlaid with blue and green gems, which matched his noble and unruly personality. The Pei family was a wealthy family in the capital, and had been a yellow merchant for decades. Pei Xuanzhi grew up wearing gold and jade.

Song Wanning walked a little further inside, still feeling hot on her face, so she just lowered her eyes and greeted him, "It's windy outside, what are you doing standing here? Why don't you go inside and sit down?"

Pei Xuanzhi bent down and looked at Song Wanning's face, teasing, "Song Wanning, you are so dignified now when you see me? Do you still remember when you were a kid and tricked me into giving you some fruit from home?"

Song Wanning's face became even hotter when she heard Pei Xuanzhi teasing her like this. She just turned her head away and said awkwardly, "At worst, I can just return the fruit to you."

"Oh, listen to what you are saying." Pei Xuanzhi laughed even more after hearing what Song Wanning said, playing with the folding fan in his hand and smiling brightly, "When you were a child, you ate so many of my fruits, and now that you have grown up, you keep asking for them back. How can this make sense?"

Caique and Zhuque, who were walking beside Song Wanning, were so amused that they covered their mouths and laughed.

"I heard my uncle say that he was afraid I wouldn't recognize you when I came out, but now I see that you look exactly the same as when you were a child, you grew up in the same mold." Pei Xuanzhi walked beside Song Wanning and whispered, "My father, mother and I just arrived in Beijing today, and we haven't cleaned up the house yet, so we stayed in the Song Mansion for a few days. Today, my uncle specially held a welcoming banquet for our family, and I saw that you didn't come back for a long time, so I came out to see you."

"What?" Song Wanning raised her eyes in surprise, "Doesn't that mean the whole family is waiting for me to eat?"

Pei Xuanzhi raised his hand and shrugged, curling his lips and wondering if it was okay, "Why not?"

After hearing what Pei Xuanzhi said, Song Wanning walked forward anxiously. She didn't expect that she was just out doing some business, but there were guests at home waiting for her to eat. This was very disrespectful.

Song Wanning was blaming herself for being careless. She stood at the door of the hall and looked inside. She saw that there were only two or three girls sitting inside. The others were not there. However, there were quite a few maids and old women running in and out preparing food for the meal.

Song Wanning couldn't help but roll her eyes, turned around and glared at Pei Xuanzhi.

Pei Xuanzhi saw that she had been fooled, so he held his belly and laughed, "Hahahahahaha Song Wanning, you are still as stupid as when you were a kid. You believed me just because I said it casually."

Song Wanning could no longer tolerate this scoundrel, so she raised her foot and kicked Pei Xuanzhi, but Pei Xuanzhi dodged quickly and smiled back, "Are you angry because of shame?"

Song Wanning was angry and glanced helplessly at the colorful bird beside her, "Go get the knife I've used for more than ten years in my yard, and I'll chop him to death."

Song Wanning is usually dignified and generous, and it is rare for her to feel so helpless when being teased. However, she did not expect that her interaction with Pei Xuanzhi had been seen by everyone around her.

Ever since Song Wanshi knew that the Pei family was coming back, she put on her brightest and most luxurious dress, combed her hair into a Chaoyun bun which was popular in the capital, and sat at the dinner table early.

Who would have thought that Pei Xuanzhi didn't even look at her, but went to the door to wait for Song Wanning to come back, and now he is talking and laughing with this remarried woman. Song Wanshi thought, pinching her palm tightly to prevent her resentful look from being too obvious.

The only people from the Pei family who have returned to Beijing now are Pei Xuanzhi, Master Pei, and Pei Xuanzhi's mother, Li. The Song family and the Pei family are old friends, so now that the Pei family has returned to Beijing, they are staying in the Song Mansion. Song Jing has also specially arranged a banquet to welcome the Pei family.

As the table in the hall was prepared, the family members took their seats one by one.

Song Wanshi looked at Pei Xuanzhi, looking at him eagerly, hoping that he would sit on the chair opposite her. Who would have thought that she would watch him sitting next to Song Lan.

Pei Xuanzhi and Song Lan have been friends since they were young. They have done everything from robbing bird nests to crawling through dog holes and climbing over walls. Although they have not seen each other for many years, their feelings have not grown estranged at all.

The old lady of the Song Mansion was now sitting in the middle seat. She smiled at Master Pei and Pei Xuanzhi and said, "Now that you have come to our house, just treat it as your own home. If you need anything, just tell my wife."

Master Pei smiled and responded, "Thanks to the old lady for taking care of us, our family is really grateful."

The old lady couldn't help but be happy to see this, "The whole family is old friends, why should we be polite?"

Nan Hongqiu was worried about the marriage of her own daughter Song Wanshi. Seeing that Pei Xuanzhi was a very good man, she couldn't help but ask at the dinner table, "Master Pei has returned to Beijing now, but he is not leaving?"

Master Pei raised his head, looked at Nan Hongqiu and said politely, "Thank you for your concern, sister-in-law. Now that I am back in the capital, I don't plan to leave."

Nan Hongqiu was even happier after hearing this. She was very satisfied with Pei Xuanzhi and said, "I have watched Zhige grow up since he was a child. Now he has grown into such a talented person. I just don't know if Zhige is married now?"

Li, who was sitting next to Master Pei, spoke at the right time and said with a smile, "He has not yet found a marriage partner. I am just looking forward to returning to Beijing to find one for him."

After hearing this, Nan Hongqiu became even more excited and said with a smile, "There are many women of marriageable age in the families of officials in the capital nowadays. I wonder what kind of girl they want to find for Brother Xuan, so I can help to choose one."

Li looked at Nan Hongqiu and knew what she was up to, but she just smiled and said, "Zhi'er has his own ideas. We just want him to find someone he likes and marry him."

Nan Hongqiu turned her gaze to Pei Xuanzhi and said jokingly, "Brother Zhi, when you were little you said you wanted to marry Sister Shi as your wife. Do you remember?"