The fish is dead and the net is broken

March 18th, the 16th year of Jiahe.

It’s another spring feast.

A few months ago, Crown Prince Pei declined Emperor Jiahe's offer of marriage to Princess Zhaohe, which caused a lot of discussion between the government and the public.

Everyone saw Emperor Jiahe's preference for the crown prince. Rumors even spread that Emperor Jiahe had promised the crown prince that he would revise the laws for him and abolish the policy that prohibited consorts from entering official positions. This attracted constant criticism.

The two princes in power were particularly dissatisfied.

But the prince actually refused.

He refused this great honor without even frowning.

After that, there were rumors that the prince hid his beauty in the backyard.

It would be fine if she was really "beautiful", but...it seems like she is a widow!

Such news reached the ears of Princess Rong Hua, who was very angry and ordered him to choose a noble girl as his wife at the spring banquet.

Although Wen Ning was in the backyard, some of these rumors could always reach her ears. Early in the morning, she asked Linglan to pack her luggage, and she would ask Pei You for her resignation again no matter what today.

Especially when she thought about the last time she said she wanted to leave, when he put down the tea cup, he said, "Ah Ning, do you think you can leave whenever you want after entering this house?" The half-smile in his eyes at that time almost scared her.

live.

Pei You didn't answer.

Wen Ning almost suspected that he was crazy.

Obviously this life is different.

Wen Ning had already put away her things, and the room looked a little empty.

Although Wen Ning later learned that Pei You had been drugged that night, that night was like a nightmare to her, which she could not understand or forgive.

"I don't want to marry a princess or a girl from a high family, but I want to marry you, a widow!"

Pei You listened carefully every time, and occasionally raised his lips to reveal a smile, and his eyes sparkled. No wonder so many famous ladies in the capital lost their souls.

Wen Ning didn't know how to relieve him, so he came over and tried to say something to make him happy.

Linglan nodded: "The prince is indeed very polite to the girl. If it weren't for the prince taking care of me these days, the girl..."

Wen Ning had never thought that there were such terrible things in the world.

Before she could finish her words, Pei You forcefully pulled her over. The tea cup in his hand fell to the ground. His man leaned down, grabbed the back of her head and kissed her.

She pushed him, bit him, and yelled at him to let her go, but he ignored her.

Whether it was the medicine or the pain on her leg, cold sweat broke out on Pei You's forehead. Whether it was the cinnabar mole on the bridge of her nose or her slightly open lips, they were all strangely red.

She made so many efforts to avoid this ending, but did she just end up with the same result?

Wen Ning agreed that it would be too late to leave Beijing tonight, so he would go to Wen's Mansion for a few days and write a letter to Wen Qi before leaving.

He had no choice but to sigh and said: "Sir, I am a widow, and it is really not suitable for me to live in your house for a long time. I have asked Linglan to go back to Wen Mansion to clean up, so tonight I will..."

When she saw Pei You, she thought of the unbearable shame she felt at that time.

This is probably because the days in the Duke's Mansion were not so satisfactory.

She sighed: "Then I will go back to the Wen Mansion later? The Wen Mansion has been vacant for a long time. I will clean out the Shanti Courtyard first."

Wen Ning deeply felt that she had not encountered a good opportunity, but the matter was over, and she would wait for Pei You to sober up before talking to him slowly.

Wen Ning asked Linglan to put all the packed baggage on the low couch, planning to take all the baggage on the carriage when she came back from Wen's Mansion.

It's funny that before this, she was still trying to excuse him, thinking that he was sensible, gentle and noble.

Wen Ning didn't even bite him desperately like she did in her previous life. She just closed her eyes and passively accepted his hot breath.

Then he raised the tea cup closer and said, "Sir, let's have a cup of tea first, and let Aning talk to you in detail."

I heard that the school he was leading a few days ago also had a lot of troubles. He worked hard but was not understood by the world. Many people said that he was backed by the Duke's government and would only endorse the aristocratic family. Building the school was just an act to gain fame. What was the point?

I really want to do something practical for poor students.

Pei You paused as soon as he entered the room.

Why, the orchids he sent have bloomed, the sweet potatoes she planted are fruitful and sweet when baked, and the screen she embroidered is worth a lot of money.

Today I have to be more patient and explain the stakes to him. He has always been sensible, gentle and noble, so he should respect her ideas.

They were all trivial things, just asking him to not think about the Duke's Mansion and the troublesome things in the court.

I don’t remember when it started, but around the time it was reported that Emperor Jiahe wanted to recruit him as his consort, he started to come more frequently.

She was forced back step by step by his hot breath, but he pressed forward step by step, and finally simply lifted her onto the bed.

Come to think of it, what does it matter if you are the heir to the Duke's palace? You can't make your own decisions about marriage.

Wen Ning saw that his face was flushed, his breathing was rapid, and the smell of alcohol around him was not heavy. He only looked at the bundle packed on the low couch, and then raised his eyes to look inside the room.

Wen Ning opened her eyes and looked down based on the movement just now. Under the faint moonlight, she saw that Pei You had plunged the dagger into his thigh.

She even heard Linglan crying "girl", but she was pulled away after just a few words.

No matter what happens, she can live back in the Wen Mansion first, which is better than living in the courtyard under Pei You's name for no reason and ruining his reputation.

Wen Ning took a quick glance and saw that his face was a little red. She thought he had drunk too much wine, so she hurriedly followed him inside and poured him a cup of herbal tea first.

Linglan went to Wen's Mansion in the evening. Wen Ning had a simple dinner and waited for Pei You in the yard.

The sound of a sharp blade piercing flesh.

When she first came to this courtyard, Pei You didn't come often. He only occasionally came to play chess with her and have dinner with her.

But outside the courtyard, they were all his people.

Wen Ning soon smelled the smell of blood.

"You..." Wen Ning was surprised that Pei You would do such a thing that was harmful to others and not beneficial to herself, and looked at him with wide eyes.

"I hold my heart in front of your eyes, why can't you see it?"

Probably because the pain made him sober, he stood up slightly without suppressing her. He raised the hand holding the dagger and pulled out the dagger without hesitation with another "chi" sound.

It's just that he walked a little hastily when he came in. When he entered the hospital, he said: "Ah Ning, prepare some tea."

Xu was in a bad mood when she bumped into him last time. She said she wanted to leave, but he wasn't very happy.

"Girl, actually I always feel..." Linglan hesitated as she packed her clothes, "I always feel that the Crown Prince treats you as... not simple."

He didn't take the tea, but grabbed her wrist.

Why.

"grown ups?"

From around the 16th year of Jiahe, Pei You came here almost every day.

"Where do you want to go? Where do you want to go while I'm here?"

Pei You pulled her lips and smiled: "Are you leaving?"

Wen Ning heard his hoarse voice, as if he was trying his best to suppress something. She didn't want to tell him this at this time, but he held her wrist so hard and his eyes were locked on her face, and she didn't answer.

He won't let go.

Thinking of this, Wen Ning couldn't help but frown.

But she was innocent towards Pei You. She had already decided to remain a widow for Shen Jin, and now she had not even had one year left.

The heat in his palm was astonishingly hot, and the strength with which he held her was also astonishingly strong.

Although Linglan had just been comforted, she actually had the same uneasiness as her.

In the capital city in March, night falls earlier.

Then there was the sound of the dagger being unsheathed again, "chi"——

But the breath did not continue.

"Sir, take a sip of this first." Wen Ning didn't notice his sudden pause and hurriedly brought the tea cup to him, "I'm going to make hangover tea."

Will not.

Wen Ning was also packing her dowry. Hearing this, she smiled and said, "He had some friendship with me in the past and was worried that I would be alone and had nowhere to go, so he insisted on keeping me for so long. When he comes back from the spring banquet, I will tell him It’s clear, we’ll leave tonight.”

if……

She has been afraid of pain since she was a child. Whether it was her father, her two brothers, or Shen Jin, they all held her carefully, for fear that she would be hurt by knocking.

She had never performed the Zhougong ceremony with Shen Jin, but she had seen the fire avoidance picture before the marriage. She realized what he was going to do and struggled and shouted frantically.

But the most gentle person in front of her almost tore her apart.

Wen Ning grabbed the sachet at her side. After that, everything between her and Pei You was as usual. The day before yesterday, he said that the eldest princess was pressing hard and asked her to advise on which lady to marry.

If he dares...

Then she will never go back to the old path of her life even if she fights him to the death!
To be continued...