Chapter 428 Drunk
Why is Wen Jianjia obsessed with being Xie Xin's concubine?
In addition to the fact that Xie Xin is handsome and a promising general, it is also because of her current situation.
Her situation was actually not much better than Fan Yanran's. After the fall of the Great Zhou, the Wen family also fell.
Wen's father and her brother both passed away one after another.
Now, only she and her mother are left in the Wen family.
The only thing that makes her better than Fan Yanran is that she has a cousin named Xie Xin who has a bright future.
Xie Xin's mother and her husband both died of illness during their exile, and now Xie Xin has no elders in his family.
Her mother was Xie Xin's aunt, a rare relative in this world. Furthermore, when the Xie family was exiled, her mother had tried to help them. With only two members left in the Wen family, Xie Xin felt a little more compassion for them.
Wen Jianjia's mother, Changsun, offered to help manage the mansion on the grounds that there was no elder in Xie Xin's family and no one to take charge of the general's mansion.
Xie Xin was often in the military camp and had no time to manage the mansion. In addition, he was grateful for the kindness that Chang Sun had shown him in the past, so he temporarily handed the mansion over to Chang Sun to manage.
He didn't know that because of his momentary pity, the two of them became more greedy and gave rise to many inappropriate thoughts.
At first, Changsun only planned to give her daughter to Xie Xin as a concubine after Lu Zhixi got married.
But Wen Jianjia is no longer satisfied with being just a concubine. She hopes to have Xie Xin all to herself, to become Xie Xin's wife, and the true owner of the General's Mansion.
The desire to become Xie Xin's legitimate wife and the true owner of the general's mansion wrapped around her like a vine, making her blood burn.
After scolding Lu Zhixi, Wen Jianjia took Fan Jianjia's hand in a flattering manner, and asked for help in a weak and pitiful voice: "Sister Fan, what should we do now? She won't be fooled at all."
Fan Jianjia's initial idea was to have Wen Jianjia deliberately tell Lu Zhixi about her past with Xie Xin, causing a conflict between Lu Zhixi and her, thus leaving Xie Xin with the impression that she was jealous and intolerant, and then implement the subsequent plan.
Then he put all the blame on Lu Zhixi.
But she didn't expect that Lu Zhixi would fall for her trick. This led to the failure of their subsequent plans.
Fan Yanran was also a little surprised.
Although she was a few years younger than Lu Zhixi and they had never met, she knew something about Lu Zhixi when they were in the capital.
In her impression, Lu Zhixi is a spoiled, willful and brainless girl.
With her personality, after hearing about what happened between Wen Jianjia and Xie Xin, she would probably fly into a rage and slap Wen Jianjia in the face.
But her reaction was completely unexpected. Did she not care about Xie Xin at all, or had her personality changed?
Fan Yanran couldn't make a judgement for a moment. She frowned and said, "Let me think about it first."
Wen Jianjia's face lit up instantly, and she said softly, "Sister Fan, don't worry. I'll order some tea and snacks, and we'll think about it while we eat."
As she spoke, she rang the bell and called the waiter to come and take the order. Looking at the price of the snacks, her heart ached.
But she thought that after she became the general's wife, she would no longer have to feel sad about such a small amount of money, and she felt that the money she spent now was worth it.
She hardened her heart and ordered some of the teahouse's best snacks.
When the snacks arrived, a hint of sadness flashed across Fan Yanran's eyes. She often ate snacks like these before the Fan family fell.
But now, if Wen Jianjia didn't treat her, she definitely couldn't afford such tea and snacks.
She picked up a lotus-shaped pastry, held it in her hand and savored it carefully, saying, "This pastry is so elegantly made."
Wen Jianjia was now completely focused on becoming a true general's wife, so she had no time for tea or snacks. However, seeing Fan Yanran enjoying her meal, she also took a piece and said with a smile, "As long as Sister Wen, I will invite Sister Wen to eat often in the future."
"No need." She spoke too bluntly, and a hint of embarrassment flashed across Fan Yanran's face.
Wen Jianjia was only thinking about what she had eaten, and hurriedly gave herself some advice, but she didn't pay attention to her subtle expression.
In order to make Fan Yanran help her wholeheartedly, she talked about the generals who were close to Xie Xin, hinting to Fan Yanran that after she married Xie Xin, she would act as a matchmaker for her and let her marry him.
Wen Jianjia had also heard of the general Fan Yanran she had mentioned, and knew that he was a rising star in the dynasty. Although his current status was not as high as Xie Xin's, he was still a very promising general.
Given her current situation, she would never be able to get such a marriage.
After finishing a plate of snacks, she had already made up her mind. She leaned close to Wen Jianjia's ear and whispered.
A hint of viciousness and determination flashed in Wen Jianjia's eyes.
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In the tavern, the waiter quickly brought up the Shenxianzui and other side dishes that Mu Yufeng ordered.
The Immortal Drunk was served in a palm-sized wine jug on a bright white porcelain plate. The waiter held the bright white porcelain plate with one hand, and his posture of serving the wine was very elegant, which made Mu Yufeng unable to help but take a few more glances.
"Tsk tsk tsk, a pot of wine that costs one hundred taels of silver, and this is just this." Dalin was a rough man. He could not appreciate such elegance. At this moment, his whole mind was on the wine.
He really wanted to see what this Shenxianzui was and why they dared to sell it so expensively.
One hundred taels of silver is enough for the annual expenses of ordinary officials in Dayao.
But in Lingnan, you can only buy a pot of wine.
How is this different from robbery?
Were people at that time all idiots? They sold it at such a high price, yet no one made a fuss.
Although Mu Yufeng did not have as many inner thoughts as Dalin, he also wanted to see what was so different about the wine in this tavern that they dared to sell it at such a high price.
He picked up the wine jug and planned to pour a glass to taste it first.
As soon as the cork was opened, a rich aroma of wine wafted out of the bottle.
The aroma of this wine was completely different from the one he had smelled on the first floor. It was more fragrant and unique than the aroma of the wine he had just smelled on the first floor.
As the most honorable prince of Dayao, he had seen many fine wines, but in all these years, he had never smelled any wine as fragrant as this.
Even before he drank it, an idea suddenly occurred to him: no wonder the wine in this tavern is so expensive, the quality is indeed worth it.
Thinking of this, he took a sip from the wine glass. This sip almost made him forget the purpose of his trip and he was completely intoxicated by the aroma of the wine.
Dalin held the honeysuckle tea and stared at his prince's wine glass, hoping that the prince would give him a sip.
But Mu Yufeng, who has always been generous to his subordinates, completely forgot about him this time.
Seeing him drink two or three cups of wine in a state of intoxication, and the pot of wine was about to be empty, Dalin quickly pushed the fish skin peanuts on the table over to him and reminded him, "Master, drinking too much is harmful to your health. Eat some snacks first."
But it was too late for him to remind her. Mu Yufeng praised with a dazed look in his eyes, "Good wine!", and then fell on the table with a "clang".
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