Ming Jian turned around and glanced inside the room. After receiving the order, he immediately gestured, "Follow me."
The military camp in the dead of winter was somewhat cold and solemn. Along the way, they met several teams on duty. They all bowed and saluted when they saw Ming Jian, and ignored the figure wrapped in the commander's cloak behind him.
After walking out smoothly all the way, Xie Wan Ning arrived at the sentry post at the outermost edge. He saw a carriage blending into the darkness in the distance, and heard the person next to him say, "There is something I really want to say."
Without waiting for Xie Wan Ning to speak, Ming Jian continued, "My young master is a famous young hero before he even reached the age of twenty. He is excellent in both literary and military skills, and has lofty ambitions. Nothing is out of reach. How is he inferior to the man from the Pei family that you couldn't wait to get rid of him in such a humiliating way?"
Xie Wan Ning's steps paused slightly, and she was actually a little stumped by the question for a moment.
It's not just Ming Jian who is puzzled. Perhaps everyone in the capital who truly understands Lu Ziyan will be puzzled by her choice.
In the eyes of outsiders, the only thing Lu Ziyan did wrong was to bring back a mistress.
How could the relationship they had growing up together for more than ten years be less important than a mistress? Is a mistress who is not even as good as a concubine worth her making such a fuss about?
Moreover, after she proposed to cancel the engagement, the Lu family also made concessions and were willing to send away the concubine, but she insisted on canceling the engagement and was so determined to marry someone else that she did not leave any room for maneuver for either of them.
The man she married was a prince of the Duke of Pei, who was eleven years older than her and was known to be weak...
Although Pei Yuqing was born into a noble family, no one outside knew that he was secretly in charge of the Qingtian Guard. Therefore, compared to Lu Ziyan, who was young and promising with unlimited prospects, in the eyes of everyone, her actions were extremely humiliating.
Thinking of this, Xie Wan Ning couldn't help but want to smile bitterly. She took off her cloak, handed it to Ming Jian, thought for a moment, and said, "I have a clear conscience."
Ming Jian reached out to take it, and paused for a moment when he heard these words.
Xie Wan Ning glanced at him and said, "You don't need to stand up for your master. I don't feel like I owe him anything."
After saying that, she walked away.
The carriage that sank into the night had approached without anyone noticing.
The driver was Pei Er, and when he saw her coming, he hurriedly lifted the heavy curtains.
Xie Wan Ning looked up and her eyes met with the man sitting inside.
Last night, they did all the intimate things between husband and wife, but they hadn't seen each other for just one day. In this situation, she felt inexplicably strange, as if she didn't know the person in front of her, and stared at him blankly.
It was icy and snowy, and she didn't even wear a cloak. Pei Yuqing couldn't help himself, so he put his arms around her waist and carried her into the car.
The thick curtains were lowered, and the scene inside could no longer be seen. Ming Jian watched the carriage turn around and slowly drive away before he turned back to the military camp to report.
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Inside the carriage, the charcoal stove was burning hot.
As soon as she got in the car, Xie Wan Ning broke free from the hand around her waist, sat opposite him, lowered her head and remained silent.
Pei Yuqing glanced at her, raised his hand to pour a cup of hot tea and pushed it to her, but she didn't even move to take it.
For a moment, no one spoke and the atmosphere fell into a strange silence.
When it comes to keeping calm, probably no one can compare to Pei Yuqing, and the same goes for Xie Wan Ning.
In the oppressive silence, she endured and endured, and the depression in her heart could not be suppressed, so she was the first to speak: "Don't you have anything to ask me?"
Pei Yuqing said: "You caught a cold today, drink the ginseng tea first."
"..." Xie Wan Ning really admired him. She raised her hand to open the lid of the teacup, glanced at it, picked it up and took a sip.
Pei Yuqing naturally saw this series of actions. He asked, "What did Lu Ziyan say to you?"
Xie Wan Ning smiled and said, "I thought you would ask what he did to me."
As soon as these words came out, Pei Yuqing's eyelids suddenly opened, and he looked straight over, just in time to meet her slightly provocative smile.
His eyes darkened, and just when Xie Wan Ning thought he was going to return to his unmoved and indifferent look, the person opposite her leaned over and held her wrist.
Three fingers went straight to her pulse.
Xie Wan Ning did not resist and let him feel her pulse. She asked curiously like a child, "Can we know what he did to me this way?"
She is angry.
Even if she didn't yell at him or show any anger on her face, how could Pei Yuqing not see it?
He glanced at her, then lowered his eyes and took her pulse carefully.
After a long while, he withdrew his hand and said, "Don't believe anything he said... I didn't expect him to kidnap you and bring you to the military camp."
Lu Ziyan kidnapped her to the military camp so that she could see with her own eyes what happened to Liu Manrou. That was a conflict from her previous life, and it was strange that he could have predicted it.
Xie Wan Ning smiled and said, "So, in your expectation, no matter what he does to me, it will only happen in the backyard of Puxian Temple, right?"
"Wanwan..."
"Answer me!" Xie Wan Ning restrained her smile, interrupted him, and asked directly: "Did you deliberately let him see the teeth marks on your neck and shoulders to lure him to come to me to verify everything!"
The man, who was usually calm and reserved, showed a bit of anxiety when being questioned like this.
He moved his lips, remained silent for a while, and then said, "I really want him to know that you and I have consummated our marriage, so that he can give up sooner. Besides, Puxian Temple is an important place in Buddhism..."
"Ridiculous! How could a madman like Lu Ziyan care about Buddhism? Are you gambling with me?" Xie Wan Ning sneered: "If he gets angry and does some irreparable harm to me, will that be what you want?"
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