Pei Xuanzhi's gaze gradually cooled 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 in us talking any more. I have no reason to lie to you. My father and brother promised you to marry me, but things can be so unpredictable." Song Wanning looked at Pei Xuanzhi and knew that she and he were not destined to be together. However, seeing Pei Xuanzhi's expression, she finally whispered to him, "I've already been married once, and now I'm getting married again. Just pretend that we've never been divorced... Will that make you feel better?"
Pei Xuanzhi's face was pale. He looked at Song Wanning and said 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 what she was saying when Pei Xuanzhi interrupted her. He covered his ears and said with a bad look on his face, "I don't want to hear it. I don't want to hear it anymore. I want to ask the general why what he promised me is no longer valid."
"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. Seeing this, Zhuque beside her came forward to look at Song Wanning, "Miss, it seems that Master Pei is very sad. Do you want to go back and take a look?"
Song Wanning slowly got on the carriage and whispered, "There's no point in saying more. I think he'll 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 and walk in. He stood at the door and knocked. "Uncle, Xuanzhi has returned from Jiangnan. I have some important questions for you. I wonder if you have time to talk to Xuanzhi now?"
As soon as Pei Xuanzhi finished speaking, the door of Song Jing's study opened from the inside.
"Xuanzhi, come in and sit down."
Song Jingyin 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 your business in Jiangnan? You came back so quickly."
Pei Xuanzhi looked at Song Jing's face and finally showed a bitter look. He looked at Song Jing and said, "Uncle, didn't we agree before I left? I would get engaged to Wan Ning when I came 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 obtain the imperial decree to grant the marriage. It's fate that cannot be defied, 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 surely 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 has let you down. 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 children of officials 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.
He now had to go somewhere else: to the Prime Minister's residence, to ask Yin Yichen what right he had, what right had he used such despicable means to snatch away Wan Ning, who was his. If it weren't for the Jiangnan business, he and Song Wanning would have been engaged. Now he was back, but everything that should have belonged to him had become a dream.
Pei Xuanzhi rode his horse quickly and soon arrived at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion. He jumped off his horse and said to the servant at the door, "Please inform the servant that Pei Xuanzhi of the Pei family wishes to see the Prime Minister."
The servant saw Pei Xuanzhi and said with a smile, "The Prime Minister has already given instructions. If you come, just go in. The maid 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. Seeing Pei Xuanzhi coming, he slowly stood up and said, "Mr. Pei, you've arrived even faster than I expected. I've brewed some excellent Beiyuan tribute tea. Would you like to sit down and try it?"
Pei Xuanzhi looked at Yin Yichen's sanctimonious appearance, and there was no trace of guilt on his face. Pei Xuanzhi could not smile and chat with Yin Yichen. He immediately gritted his teeth and said, "Yin Yichen, you took advantage of my misfortune when I was away from the capital, and even went to the palace to ask for an imperial decree. Don't you feel guilty at all? How dare you, the Prime Minister, do such a shameless thing."
"Feeling 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, "Come to think of it, when Pei Langjun was in the capital, he kept trying to please General Song and ask her to marry his daughter to you. Did he ever ask Wan Ningyuan if she was willing?"
Pei Xuanzhi initially felt that his actions were not upright enough, but then he felt that he had fallen into Yin Yichen's trap. "I...anything I do is better than the Prime Minister's stubborn insistence on forcing me to drink water."
"You're forcing a cow to drink even if it doesn't want to? 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 calmly, "Pei Xuanzhi, why don't you think about it carefully? You're using the generals' love for you to force Wan Ning to marry you. You're forcing a cow to drink even if it doesn't want to, aren't you?"
"The Prime Minister said that about me. Didn't the Prime Minister come to the palace to ask for an imperial decree just to have Wan Ning marry you?" Pei Xuanzhi's face flushed a bit and he clenched his fists. "Have you ever asked Wan Ning if she was willing?"
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