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

Pei Xuanzhi rode his horse into the general's mansion. He led the horse to the stable and handed it over to Uncle Liu, who was in charge of the horses. He turned around and walked quickly into Song Wanning's yard.

Pei Xuanzhi's voice was clear and penetrating in the General's Mansion. Song Wanning heard his voice before she even entered the courtyard. "Wanning, Wanning, what are you doing? Wanning——"

Song Wanning was upset because of Yin Yichen's matter. Seeing that Pei Xuanzhi was not in high spirits, she said in a gloomy voice, "Have you found a house for your family? When are you going to move back?"

Pei Xuanzhi sat on the chair beside Song Wanning, with a smile on his face, "Sister Wanning, why do you want me to move out so badly? I've only lived in the general's mansion for a few days, do you think I'm already tired of it?"

Song Wanning looked at Pei Xuanzhi and knew that he was always careless, but she didn't bother with him now. "How about the house? Can't we live in it?"

"The roof of that house is full of weeds. We have to pull them down. It will probably take three days. I heard from my father that we will move back in three days." Pei Xuanzhi sighed and half-lay on the stone table. "If I move away in the future, it will not be as convenient to come and visit you. I really don't want to leave. Why doesn't sister Wan Ning ask me to stay?"

Seeing Pei Xuanzhi say this, Song Wanning just chuckled and said, "If you, a man from another family, continue to live in the general's mansion, people will gossip about you."

"I'm not afraid." Pei Xuanzhi said, and like a magician, he took out a jade hairpin from his sleeve and handed it to Song Wanning, laughing softly, "How is it? It's for you."

Song Wanning looked at the hairpin in Pei Xuanzhi's hand and felt that it looked familiar. After thinking for a moment, she remembered that it was the hairpin she had picked up and looked at in the downtown area a few days ago, and now it was bought by Pei Xuanzhi.

Song Wanning sighed and said, "Hairpins are expensive in downtown areas. Although this hairpin is nice, don't spend money on it again in the future."

Pei Xuanzhi didn't seem to care at all and handed the hairpin to Song Wanning. "It's okay. I want to give it to you. As long as you like it, I can afford it even if it's ten or a hundred times more expensive."

Song Wanning now remembered that the Pei family was extremely wealthy, and Pei Xuanzhi had probably never lived a life without money. He would spend the price of a hairpin without blinking an eye, so this was a very bad excuse.

Seeing that Song Wanning was silent, Pei Xuanzhi looked at Song Wanning and opened the conversation softly, "Wanning, guess who I met today?"

Song Wanning's heart skipped a beat, and she had a bad feeling. "Who?"

"It was Prime Minister Yin who you said was not easy to mess with in the downtown area a few days ago." Pei Xuanzhi looked at Song Wanning's expression and whispered, "Guess what he said to me?"

Song Wanning involuntarily took a breath, "What did you say?"

Pei Xuanzhi waved his hand and pouted, "He said that he wants to marry you and asked me to stay away from you, otherwise our family will be in trouble if we offend him."

Song Wanning found this ridiculous and sneered, "He is good at bullying others by taking advantage of his power."

"Besides, Wan Ning, do you think Yin Yichen looks familiar?" Pei Xuanzhi half-squinted his eyes and told Song Wan Ning about his suspicions. "When we were kids, we were playing on the street and met a little beggar. He was dirty all over. You even tricked me into giving him a bag of fruit to eat. Do you remember?"

After hearing what Pei Xuanzhi said, Song Wanning remembered that she did meet a poor beggar when she was a child, who seemed to be a few years older than her. However, Song Wanning immediately denied Pei Xuanzhi, "Yin Yichen has been a child of heaven, with fine clothes and delicious food. I'm afraid he has nothing to do with that little beggar, right?"

Pei Xuanzhi also thought Song Wanning's words made sense, so he just nodded and said, "Wanning is right. There are many people in this world who look alike."

Song Wanning was about to say something else when Song Lan appeared at the gate of the courtyard and said to Pei Xuanzhi, "Xuanzhi, father and uncle asked you to go to the front hall to talk. You should go quickly."

"understood."

Pei Xuanzhi responded, stood up from the chair, looked at Song Wanning and said, "Sister Wanning, you should get some rest early. I will come to talk to you tomorrow."

Song Wanning didn't say anything. She watched Pei Xuanzhi quickly walk out the door and soon arrived at the main hall.

Now, Song Wanning's father Song Jing and Pei Xuanzhi's father Pei Jing were both in the main hall. Unlike Song Jing, Pei Jing looked unhappy.

Pei Xuanzhi was slightly surprised and asked from the hall, "What's wrong, father?"

Pei Jing shook his head slightly, sighed, and looked at Pei Xuanzhi, "Today I received a letter from your grandfather, saying that our family's business in Jiangnan has run into some problems, and they are waiting for you to go back to Jiangnan to take a look."

"Really?" Pei Xuanzhi was a little surprised, and also felt a little uneasy in his heart, "Were they fine when we came back?"

"That's right. Although it's a bit strange, your grandfather sent a letter, so you should go back and take a look." Pei Jingxin knew that Pei Xuanzhi's mind was on Song Wanning, but he had to make a decision in an emergency, so he had no choice but to say, "Zhi'er, I'm afraid you'll have to make a hard trip."

Pei Xuanzhi nodded when he saw this, "Don't worry, father. I will pack up and leave tomorrow."

Pei Jing saw that although Pei Xuanzhi was young, he was not an emotional person, so he finally showed a relieved smile, "Tell your mother later, otherwise I'm afraid she will miss you."

"I understand, father." Pei Xuanzhi restrained his expression and looked up at Song Jing, "Uncle, do you have time now? I have a few things I want to ask you."

"nature."

Pei Jing saw that Pei Xuanzhi still had something to say, so he did not stay in the front hall. He just smiled and said, "I am old now and my body is not as strong as before. You two are more like father and son now. Just say whatever you want to say."

Pei Xuanzhi saw that his father was about to leave, but he did not stop him. He just said to Song Jing, "Uncle, our family's business in Jiangnan has been stable for several years, but now it has suddenly gone wrong. I think there may be other problems."

Seeing Pei Xuanzhi's expression, Song Jing's face also became more serious. "What does Zhige mean?"

Pei Xuanzhi did not hide anything from Song Jing, "Today, my nephew met Prime Minister Yin in the downtown area. Prime Minister Yin told me that he wanted to marry Wan Ning and asked me to be sensible and not be ungrateful."

"What?" Song Jing hadn't recovered from his surprise when he heard Pei Xuanzhi continue, "My nephew heard that Prime Minister Yin had persuaded all the talented people in the capital to not dare to propose marriage to the general's mansion. I'm afraid that Yin Yichen really wants to marry Wan Ning."