After becoming a widow, I raised my traitor brother

Chapter 311 They are so presumptuous!The people of the Wei family are so presumptuous!
Wei Zi and Zhou Xianji walked through the Imperial Garden. Although the palace banquet ended hastily, the fireworks in the Imperial Street were still going off lively, and the colorful fireworks almost lit up half of the sky.

Zhou Xianji and Wei Zi stopped to watch and said with a smile: "When you were young, you loved watching fireworks. I wonder if you still like them now?"

"I like beautiful things at all times."

Wei Zi watched for a moment, then quietly looked at his side face.

Behind him were several trees of snow-covered plums, the fragrance of which was dense with the color of snow. His face became colder and colder in the flames of the palace lantern, but his narrow pupils showed a strange tenderness. He knew that she was hiding someone else in her heart. , but she is still so tolerant.

As if aware of her gaze, Zhou Xianji was curious: "Xiao Zi, what do you see me doing?"

Wei Zi shook his head.

Deep down in her heart, she said that human feelings are actually the most complicated things in the world, and they do not seem to have any necessary relationship with blood ties. For example, her biological mother did not like her, and even forced her to kowtow to Murong Tao in public tonight to apologize, but Zhou Xianji knew that she Even though he was going against his father, he still praised her for not being afraid of power.

Zhou Xianji treated her better than his biological mother.

The two of them were standing on the edge of the plum forest, with a crystal clear lake directly in front of them.

The fireworks are reflected on the lake, like colorful ripples.

Wei Zi felt sad because of Xue Ziyu and had no intention of watching the fireworks in the sky. When she quietly lowered her head, she saw a slender black figure through the lake, suddenly appearing behind the two of them.

Her pupils shrank suddenly!
She turned around suddenly and pushed Zhou Xianji away!
The man in black was about to push Zhou Xianji into the water, but before he could react, he pushed Wei Zi into the lake!
Wei Zi subconsciously stretched out her hand to try to grab something, but she only pulled off the sweat scarf covering the face of the man in black. She looked at the familiar face in shock. The next moment, she fell into the water with a "plop"!

Water splashes everywhere.

The two of them didn't take the eunuch or maid with them. Zhou Xianji was so anxious that he didn't have time to look at the face of the man in black and jumped straight into the water!
It was a cold day, and Wei Zi was not good at swimming, so she sank straight into the depths of the water.

She opened her eyes, and what she saw was a chaotic darkness. The overwhelming biting chill made her mind extremely clear. The powerful water pressure covered her whole body. All the painful struggles seemed to be in vain. The feeling of suffocation and fear on the verge of death were tight. Surrounding her, it was like countless invisible evil ghosts were dragging her to hell.

She opened her mouth, and the word "help" turned into a string of blisters. Because of suffocation, the time around her was so long and painful, and every moment became more painful.

There was no sound in the water.

Just when she was helplessly in the cold darkness, a moon-white figure suddenly followed, like a beam of moonlight illuminating the darkness.

Warm palms gently covered her waist, dragging her to the surface of the water.

Wei Zi stared blankly at the person coming.

As he jumped out of the water, under the sky full of fireworks, she finally saw clearly that he was Zhou Xianji. His white clothes were soaked, and a few strands of crow-green hair were stuck tightly to his pale cheeks. His cold and aloof face was engraved with Full of worry and fear.

He swam to the shore with one hand, coughed and turned to look at her: "Sister Xiao Zi, are you okay?"

Wei Zi was startled.

At this moment, the memory loosens.

When she was a child, during the palace banquet on New Year's Eve, her mother only took care of her brother. She was lively and naughty, so she sneaked to the imperial garden to play with sesame candy skewers while her mother and the palace people were not paying attention. However, she stepped on the frozen wet mud and fell down. I accidentally slipped into this lake.

It’s also Zhou Xianji…

He was the first to notice that she had slipped away from the palace banquet, so he rushed over and jumped into the water to save her.

There were no palace attendants around that night. They were all soaked and there was a cold wind blowing. He couldn't bear the cold, so he took the big cloak he took off before diving and wrapped it tightly around her, trying to warm her little body.

The tips of his hair were frozen, but he still held her firmly, facing the cold wind and snow, and walked step by step towards a crowded place.

He used to be in such good health, with the blood of the prairie eagle flowing in his body. He was the best at riding and shooting among all the teenagers, much better than his brother. Even the generals in the military camp couldn't help but talk about his talent. Praise, proudly praise him as a fierce general who is about to be born in the Zhou Dynasty.

But after that night, the root cause of his illness fell completely.

His heart and lungs were damaged, and no amount of expensive medicine could cure him. He has been bedridden all year round, coughing and unable to sleep at night. He can no longer lift his beloved red tassel gun, and can no longer ride the horse that his mother and concubine left for him before she died of illness. That little pony.The young man with amazing talent and beauty completely disappeared from the sight of the courtiers.

He keeps company with bitter medicine day and night.

The free wild wind of mountains, rivers, lakes and seas no longer belongs to him.

Wei Zi blinked, and crystal clear tears rolled down her cheeks.

Zhou Xianji had paid so much for her, but after she returned to Shangjing, he didn't say a word about her, let alone repay her kindness.

Wei Zi couldn't help but grabbed Zhou Xianji's sleeve tightly.

When I got ashore, I was in tears.

Zhou Xianji put her on the stone, with pale and trembling lips. He endured the biting cold and the weakness of about to faint, took the cloak and wrapped it tightly around her shoulders.

He knelt down on one knee with difficulty, caressing her cheek with both hands, his voice hoarse and trembling: "Sister Xiao Zi, why are you crying? But you were frightened? I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

He is useless.

He failed to protect her when he was young, and he still cannot protect her when he grows up.

The fireworks in the night sky quietly disappeared without knowing when.

Snow fell in the Imperial Garden.

It was quiet all around.

Wei Zi choked and shook his head.

Seeing that she didn't seem to be injured, Zhou Xianji let out a long, relaxed breath.

After a moment, he could no longer hold on and fainted on Wei Zi's lap.

Wei Zi held his head, and the sound of New Year's Eve firecrackers could be heard faintly in the distance. Thinking of all the things she had done when she was young, she couldn't help but cry more and more sadly.

In the shadow of the eaves not far away, Nan Zhu, who was dressed in night clothes, swallowed his saliva and felt a layer of cold sweat on his back.

The young master ordered him to deal with Zhou Xianji, but he never expected that Miss Wei would push Zhou Xianji away at the critical moment!
He had been staring nervously at the water just now, fearing that Miss Wei would be trapped in it, but fortunately he was rescued by Zhou Xianji.

Zhou Xianji was already weak, but after walking into the cold water on New Year's Eve, his body must have been even more overwhelmed.

It seems that the mission assigned by the young master has been completed?
It's just between Miss Wei and Zhou Xianji...

Nan Zhu's face turned pale and her legs felt like lead as she went to explain the matter to Xiao Fengxian.

At this moment, Xiao Fengxian was being summoned by the emperor.

The bedroom is as bright as day.

A layer of luxurious curtains hung in front of the dragon bed, and several concubines were waiting for him.

Zhou Shuo's figure loomed behind the dragon tent, his voice mixed with thick phlegm sounded a bit old, and his tone was as harsh as ever: "They are so presumptuous! The people of the Wei family are so presumptuous!"

Xiao Fengxian lowered her fox eyes and agreed calmly: "Your Majesty is right."

"You——" Zhou Shuo's white hand suddenly opened the dragon tent, "I promoted you to this position, do you know why?!"

(End of this chapter)