By a twist of fate, the illegitimate son of the Marquis's family marries the county princess.

Chapter 58 Pei Rujing Complains of Her Wrongdoing

Pei Rujing was very quiet all day. She didn't go to play mahjong when the main house called her, and stayed in her room instead.

Seeing that Pei Rujing would drift off into a daze while reading, Granny Feng couldn't help but wonder how Wen Zongji had managed to coax her last night.

Not only did she lose her anger from yesterday, but she also seemed to have lost her soul.

Granny Feng probed, "Princess, tomorrow is the eighth day of the month. You promised Madam Zuo you would play mahjong at the Zuo residence."

Pei Rujing snapped out of her reverie, paused for a moment, and said, "Oh, I remember."

"So, are we still going?"

Pei Rujing looked up at her: "Why aren't you going?"

Granny Feng looked at her with concern: "This old servant thought the county princess was unwell."

Pei Rujing recalled the events of last night, but thankfully a day was enough for her to adjust, and she no longer blushed whenever she thought about it. She said, "I'm fine. If I don't go, Zuo San might come looking for me and fight me to the death."

Granny Feng glanced at the sky outside; it was almost time for dinner. She instructed, "Go ask the young master if he's coming over for dinner?"

The maidservant acknowledged and left.

Pei Rujing's heart skipped a beat, and she subconsciously looked towards the door.

A moment later, the maid returned with the manuscript: "Princess, the young master said this is today's manuscript, and he won't be coming home for dinner tonight."

Pei Rujing lowered her eyes, feeling somewhat disappointed, and casually took the manuscript and placed it aside.

It's funny, really.

She was forced to please Wen Zongji yesterday because of the manuscript, and got angry with him, but now she has suddenly lost interest.

Last night, Wen Zongji used only his hands to make her seem to lose her mind and let him control her without any thought of resistance.

As a result, she woke up today and has not seen Wen Zongji since.

Now they don't even come for dinner.

Pei Rujing pursed her lips, feeling inexplicably wronged.

Granny Feng, accustomed to Wen Zongji not coming to eat, said: "Instruct the kitchen to set out the young master's dinner in the study, and also..."

Pei Rujing suddenly stood up, causing Granny Feng to swallow her next words.

She didn't say anything, but walked around the screen and out of the room.

"Princess of the County—"

Granny Feng and Qinghe and the others quickly followed behind Pei Rujing.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her walk straight to the study.

Before Changdong and Anfeng, who were waiting outside the study, could even exchange greetings, Pei Rujing pushed open the study door and went inside.

Changdong and his companion, along with Granny Feng and the others, exchanged bewildered glances.

Changdong couldn't help but ask, "Granny, what's wrong with the county princess?"

Granny Feng calmly closed the door and said, "Wait here and wait for the county princess's instructions."

Anyway, Wen Zongji was in the study.

Hearing footsteps, Wen Zongji assumed Changdong was asking about the meal preparation: "Dinner can be served in the outer room."

After saying that, he did not hear a response. Wen Zongji raised his head in confusion and saw Pei Rujing standing in front of him. Her bright and delicate face was tense, as if she was angry, but her eyes revealed a sense of grievance.

Wen Zongji was taken aback, then stood up and said, "Why has the County Princess come?"

Upon hearing his words, Pei Rujing's eyes immediately reddened, and her voice choked with sobs: "You...you treated me like that last night, yet you won't even have a meal with me today."

Even though they had just done the most intimate things in the world, Pei Rujing couldn't muster any interest in doing anything after not seeing Wen Zongji all day.

Wen Zongji quickly pulled Pei Rujing into his arms and explained, "I was worried that the county princess would be embarrassed to see me, so I gave her time to calm down. It was my oversight. I should have spent more time with the county princess today."

Although they didn't consummate their marriage last night, they basically did everything except for the final step.

In this era, there is no difference between consummating the marriage and having a wife. The young wife is already delicate, and today he didn't even show his face, so it's no wonder she feels wronged.

"It was my fault!"

Even in later generations, girls still want someone to be with them after their first intimate encounter.

Wen Zongji only thought about how easily his young wife was shy, but forgot that more than feeling embarrassed, she needed him to be with her.

Wen Zongji kissed her forehead tenderly, saying, "I'm sorry."

Pei Rujing leaned against Wen Zongji's chest, her grievances dissipating with his repeated apologies. She hugged him back, pressing her cheek against his chest, and said sweetly, "Have dinner with me."

Wen Zongji nodded: "Okay."

Pei Rujing added another request: "After dinner, you have to go for a walk with me."

"no problem."

"After our walk, you still want to play Go with me."

"I will do as the county princess says."

Seeing that he had agreed to all her requests, Pei Rujing looked up at him, and a strange, indescribable, yet sweet feeling welled up in her heart.

Pei Rujing tiptoed and gently kissed Wen Zongji's lips: "Husband~"

His tone was full of infatuation and attachment.

Wen Zongji smiled and replied with a light laugh, "My wife, I'm here."

Pei Rujing met his gaze, her joy almost overflowing. She wrapped her arms around Wen Zongji's neck, pressed herself against him again, and deepened the kiss...

In the end, dinner was served in the main room.

Granny Feng didn't know what they were talking about, but she knew that not long after Pei Rujing went in, Wen Zongji changed his mind and went back to the main room to have dinner with Pei Rujing.

During the meal, although the two did not speak much, Pei Rujing's gaze remained fixed on Wen Zongji. However, whenever Wen Zongji looked over, she would avoid his gaze.

Granny Feng: "..."

She's a married woman with children; if she still can't see it, she might as well gouge her own eyes out.

Her county princess has finally figured it out.

Thinking back to her visit to her parents' home a few days ago, she was still worried about when the county princess would come to her senses.

And today she received such a big surprise.

Granny Feng's face seemed to bloom with a smile.

OK!

It's good that you've finally figured it out!

Even the inexperienced maids like Qinghe could sense something was amiss about the sticky atmosphere between Pei Rujing and Wen Zongji.

They couldn't explain exactly what happened, but they saw the two walking side by side on the path, both with smiles on their faces.

The greatest wish of these maids is for their masters to have a harmonious relationship.

The moon on the seventh day of the lunar month was a crescent, hanging high in the sky. Its faint light shone on the ground and on Pei Rujing and Wen Zongji, who were taking a walk.

Strolling in the moonlight, Pei Rujing chatted enthusiastically with Wen Zongji about things from the past.

Noisy yet reassuring!