Pei Xuanzhi rode his horse into the general's mansion. He led the horse to the stable and handed it 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 currently feeling uneasy because of Yin Yichen's situation. Seeing that Pei Xuanzhi was also in low spirits, she only 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, a smile on his face as bright as a peach blossom, "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, and you think I'm already tired of it?"
Song Wanning looked at Pei Xuanzhi. Knowing that he was always carefree, she didn't bother to argue with him. "How about the house? Can't we live in it?"
"The roof of that house is covered with weeds. We need to pull them down, which will probably take three days. I heard my father say that we will move back in three days." Pei Xuanzhi sighed and half-slouched on the stone table. "If we move away in the future, it won't 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 only chuckled and said, "If a man of a different surname like you keeps living in the general's mansion, people will gossip about you."
"I'm not afraid." Pei Xuanzhi said, and like a magic trick, he took out a jade hairpin from his sleeve and handed it to Song Wanning, saying with a low smile, "How about 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 the downtown area. Although this hairpin is good, don't spend money on it again in the future."
Pei Xuanzhi, however, looked nonchalant as he 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 without money in his life. He wouldn't even blink an eye at the price of a hairpin, 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, the one you said was hard 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 couldn't help but take a breath, "What did you say?"
Pei Xuanzhi waved his hand and curled his lips, "He said he wants to marry you and asked me to stay away from you. Otherwise, if we offend him, our family will be in trouble."
Song Wanning found this ridiculous and sneered, "He's a bully."
"Besides, Wan Ning, do you think Yin Yichen looks familiar?" Pei Xuanzhi half-closed his eyes and expressed his suspicions to Song Wan Ning. "When we were kids, we were playing on the street and met a little beggar. He was covered in dirt. You even tricked me into giving him a bag of fruit. Do you remember?"
After hearing Pei Xuanzhi's words, Song Wanning remembered that she had indeed met 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's claim, "Yin Yichen has been a child of heaven, living a life of luxury. I'm afraid he has nothing to do with that little beggar, right?"
Pei Xuanzhi thought Song Wanning's words made sense, so he 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'd better go quickly."
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Pei Xuanzhi responded, stood up from his chair, looked at Song Wanning and said, "Sister Wanning, you should get some rest early. I'll come and talk to you tomorrow."
Song Wanning didn't say anything. She watched Pei Xuanzhi walk out the door in two steps and soon arrived at the main hall.
Now in the main hall, Song Wanning's father Song Jing and Pei Xuanzhi's father Pei Jing were both present. 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, "I received a letter from your grandfather today, saying that our family's business in Jiangnan has run into some problems, and they are just waiting for you to go back to Jiangnan to take a look."
"Really?" Pei Xuanzhi was a little surprised, and felt a little uneasy in his heart, "He was 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 said helplessly, "Zhi'er, I'm afraid you'll have to make a difficult trip."
Pei Xuanzhi nodded when he saw this, "Don't worry, father. I'll pack up and leave tomorrow."
Seeing that Pei Xuanzhi was young but not sentimental, Pei Jing finally smiled with relief, "Tell your mother about this later, or she might be worried about 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."
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Seeing that Pei Xuanzhi still had something to say, Pei Jing 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 becoming more like father and son. Just say whatever you want to say."
Pei Xuanzhi saw his father about to leave but didn't 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 run into trouble. I think there may be other problems."
Seeing Pei Xuanzhi's expression, Song Jing's face also became more serious. "What does Zhi'er 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 has been trying to persuade talented men in the capital to not dare to propose marriage to the General's Mansion. I'm afraid that Yin Yichen really does have his heart set on marrying Wan Ning."
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