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

Song Jing wanted Song Wanning and Pei Xuanzhi to develop a relationship, so he arranged for Pei Xuanzhi to stay in the guest room in Song Lan's yard next to Song Wanning's yard. Song Lan and Pei Xuanzhi already had a deep relationship, so this arrangement was indeed understandable.

There was only a wall with a door in it between Song Lan and Song Wanning's yards, which was really close.

However, Song Jing and Pei Xuanzhi were happy about this, but Nan Hongqiu was so anxious that her mouth was full of blisters, and Song Wanshi also became panic-stricken.

When Song Wanshi saw Pei Xuanzhi now, Pei Xuanzhi never looked at her straight in the eye and spoke indifferently, but he was extremely attentive to Song Wanning. This made Song Wanshi even more angry, and she told Nan Hongqiu about her jealousy, "Mother, what kind of person is Song Wanning? She has been married once, and now she has divorced and returned. The princes and nobles in the capital still favor her, and even compare me, a young girl, to her. How can I not be angry?"

Nan Hongqiu saw her own daughter was sad, and hurriedly comforted her, "Who is Song Wanning? She is just pretty, and because her father is a general, she is looked at more by the officials' wives. She is just a cowardly idiot. How can she compare with my beautiful and intelligent sister Shi?"

As Nan Hongqiu spoke, she thought of the Pei family and began to feel resentful. "The Pei family is also a powerful family. Seeing the General's Mansion gaining power, they actually rushed to curry favor with them. Pei Xuanzhi was also blind. Although our second branch is not as powerful as the first branch, the two families are of the same lineage. Whichever girl we marry will benefit from the General's Mansion."

Nan Hongqiu said this, but he understood the difference in his heart. The relationship between the first and second wives had been bad for a long time, and marrying which girl would make a world of difference.

After hearing what Nan Hongqiu said, Song Wanshi said to Nan Hongqiu with grievance, "Mother, Song Wanning is a remarried woman, but she can still be favored by Xuanzhi. If they really get married, I am afraid that no matter who my daughter marries in the future, she will not be better than Song Wanning. Why can't I, a pure and innocent girl, be better than Song Wanning who did such shocking things outside?"

Nan Hongqiu heard Song Wanshi say this, but he just sighed, turned to Song Wanshi and said, "Zhi Ge'er is indeed a good boy. If he really gets married to Song Wanning, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep in the middle of the night."

As Nan Hongqiu was talking, she remembered something and quickly pulled Song Wanshi's hand to persuade her, "Sister Shi, although your yard is a little far from Brother Lan's yard, it only takes half an incense stick of time to get there. We can't let the eldest wife be so proud that they take everything. You should also pack up and hang out in Song Lan's yard, just to let Xuanzhi take a few more glances at it."

Song Wanshi looked hesitant and asked uncertainly, "Mother, do you think this will work?"

"It's better to try it out." Nan Hongqiu kept encouraging Song Wanshi, and gave her some advice, "Song Wanning is just a pretty face, why don't you take your specialty fruits to let Pei Xuanzhi have a taste, maybe he will be enlightened and see the goodness of Sister Shi."

Song Wanshi nodded heavily and went to the kitchen to prepare the fruit that she was very good at.

On the other side, Song Wanning just stood up, thinking about the house in the suburbs of Beijing where she was going to store tea leaves, which she had not visited yet, so she thought of going to take a look while it was still early.

Who would have thought that just as Song Wanning had packed up and went out, she saw Song Jing and Pei Xuanzhi sitting in the pavilion in the yard and talking.

Song Jing asked Pei Xuanzhi, "Where did the Pei family buy their house now?"

Pei Xuanzhi always knew when to speak to others. With a faint smile on his face, he responded to Song Jing respectfully, "Uncle, you don't know, that house was originally bought by my grandfather, in the west of Beijing."

"I see." Song Jing sighed and looked at Pei Xuan and said, "Your courtyard is in the west, but our general's mansion is in the south. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient to move around in the future."

"How could that be?" Pei Xuanzhi immediately refuted Song Jing and said with a smile, "As long as you are determined, you can reach this distance in no time."

Pei Xuanzhi said this, but his eyes were following Song Wanning who had just left the house, with a faint smile in his eyes.

Pei Xuanzhi's words made Song Jing very happy. He looked at Pei Xuanzhi and laughed heartily, "What a noble man is thoughtful."

Song Wanning saw Pei Xuanzhi staring at her. Song Jing was also here. If she didn't go up to say hello, it would be impolite. So she walked into the pavilion and said, "Wanning greets father and brother Xuanzhi."

Song Jing responded, and seeing that Song Wanning looked like she was going out, he asked in confusion, "Where is Wanning going today?"

Song Wanning naturally wouldn't say that she was going to do business, so she had to find another excuse to get away with it, "I heard a few days ago that there were several new beautiful jewelry items being sold on the streets of this capital, and I was thinking of joining in the fun..."

As soon as Song Wanning finished speaking, she felt that her excuse was extremely inappropriate. Sure enough, as soon as Song Wanning finished speaking, Song Jing spoke up, "It's probably very chaotic outside. Why don't you ask Xuanzhi to go with you to take a look? The two of you can take care of each other."

Song Wanning quickly refused and tried to make excuses for herself, "Dad, Xuanzhi just came back and the house in the capital hasn't been cleaned up yet. I'm afraid he still has a lot of things to do. How can he have the time to hang out with his daughter?"

Without waiting for Song Jing to speak, Pei Xuanzhi just chuckled and said to Song Wanning, "I'm not busy. I'm not busy at all. I'm happy to accompany Wanning on this trip."

When Song Jing heard Pei Xuanzhi say this, he couldn't stop laughing. He glared at Song Wanning and said angrily, "Look, Xuanzhi is looking for you. You can't refuse him anymore."

Song Wanning: "..."

Song Wanning sighed in her heart, but her face showed no emotion. She just looked at Pei Xuan and said, "Let's go."

Pei Xuanzhi stood up from his chair and said goodbye to Song Jing, "Uncle, in this case, I will accompany Sister Wan Ning for a walk outside first."

"Go ahead." Song Jing looked very pleased and waved at Song Wanning and Pei Xuanzhi, "Don't rush back."

Song Wanning had never expected that she would be forced to go out with Pei Xuanzhi, and her plan would be ruined. In order to cover up her lie, she had no choice but to go out with Pei Xuanzhi.

Pei Xuanzhi walked beside Song Wanning, looked at her expression, and said softly, "Sister Wanning, why do I see that you don't like me accompanying you out shopping?"