After becoming a widow, I raised my traitor brother

Will you come back?
Xiao Fengxian gently caressed the girl's cheek. In the dim light of the carriage, her little face revealed a deep red color as transparent as jade, like a plump and fresh peony.

He was reluctant to let this peony be imprisoned in the palace and turn yellow.

He thought and said: "What's the point of going to the capital? People here spend their whole lives chasing power and wealth, and even brothers and sisters have to guard against it. It's better for you and me to go far away and be free and happy. Let's not come back from now on. .”

The carriage quietly left Shangjing City under the cover of night.

They traveled far away from the official road of the inn and slept in the open air, until Wei Zi couldn't remember how many days they had walked before they finally stopped in a small northern border town.

The town is located at the junction of water and land. On weekdays, there is an endless stream of ships and caravans. Although it is not as good as the capital, it is still bustling and bustling.

Xiao Fengxian bought a three-story house at the end of the street.

Both of them were abused and mistreated by the Xiao family when they were young. They came from poverty all the way, so after they became rich, they refused to treat themselves badly. Even if they eloped, Xiao Fengxian still tried his best to follow Wei Zi and his own preferences. , spending a lot of money to renovate this house.

He blindfolded Wei Zi and stepped into the boudoir in the inner courtyard: "This is your and my new house."

He released his palm and Wei Zi took advantage of the situation and looked at it.

The new house is furnished with golden nanmu carved furniture. The Babu Qiangong bed in the back is the most luxurious and elegant. The beams are carved with lifelike flowers, birds, fish and insects, and are decorated with expensive and light silk fabrics. Even the Even if the hot summer sun shines through the window, it won't be dazzling.

The window is open, facing several clusters of peonies and Xiangfei bamboos in the courtyard. Taihu stones and banana leaves are placed in the corner of the courtyard. Bamboo poles are used to build a grape trellis outside the corridor. In the spring, green grape vines are wrapped around the trellis. It feels refreshing to look at it.

Wei Zi stood by the window and said with a smile: "This scenery is very good. It doesn't look like a border town, but more like a southern garden."

"I knew you would like it," Xiao Fengxian hugged the girl's slender waist from behind, lowered her head and sniffed her hair scented with osmanthus oil, "from now on, this is your home. I have given instructions. Nanzhu and the others have prepared the wedding hall and wedding gifts, and we will go to the hall to get married tomorrow."

The young man's chest was hot and hot.

Wei Zi lay in his arms. Somehow, at this moment, she couldn't imagine what it would be like to spend the rest of her life with him.

She looked up.

The sky outside the window had a light pink color, and she couldn't tell whether it was sunny or cloudy today.

……

People in the small town are very simple.

The butcher from the butcher shop came with several apprentices to personally deliver the fresh lamb and beef ordered by Xiao Fengxian. When he learned that the newly moved family was about to get married, he smiled and gave half an extra lamb.

He wiped his hands on his apron and looked at Xiao Fengxian curiously while taking the banknote from Nan Zhu.

Bamboo curtains hang down on all sides of the water pavilion. Xiao Fengxian is sitting on a bamboo rocking chair, slowly cutting out oil paper and bamboo strips, planning to make a kite for Wei Zi.

The butcher walked over and said with an honest smile: "You have arranged your schedule in such a hurry. Let me tell you, getting married is a top priority and it should be taken care of properly! The food in the restaurant is expensive and unclean. I think Look, Sir, why don't you hire the village cooks to cook the food? This is how we hold banquets in eight villages in ten miles. Prepare the vegetables and meat, hire them to cook the banquet at your house, cook it for more than a dozen tables, and prepare a few vats to burn knives. Please It’s decent and affordable for relatives and friends to eat, drink and have fun!”

Nan Zhu was frightened.

He quickly stepped forward and scolded: "How dare you speak to my young master without permission?!"

The butcher scratched his head in confusion: "Why, your young master is still the emperor, so why can't I talk to him? The county magistrate in the city didn't say he couldn't talk to us common people!"

Nan Zhu was frightened, but Xiao Fengxian laughed out loud.

He put down the half-finished kite and shook the rocking chair leisurely: "It's time to take care of it."

He originally just wanted to entertain people in the mansion.

But it was so easy for him to marry the girl he had loved for many years. If he couldn't make a big move, he would be really frustrated.He told Nan Zhu: "Go buy a few carts of vegetables, meat and eggnog, and invite a few cooks to come to the house to cook. Tomorrow, we will set up twenty tables of banquets in the yard, invite the neighbors over for a wedding banquet, and say they belong to my wife. A little thought."

Nan Zhu had no choice but to go out to buy things.

There was wedding wine to be had, and the butcher beamed with compliments: "Young Master is so handsome, he looks like a god! I really don't know what the young lady will look like, I'm afraid she is an immortal descended from heaven!"

"That's right, my wife was born like a fairy daughter."

After the butcher left with his disciples, Xiao Fengxian looked outside the waterside pavilion.

Not far away, among the green trees, the eight carved windows on the second floor were all opened. The girl sitting by the window lowered her head and was concentrating on embroidery. Maybe she didn't know how to stitch, and her brows were slightly frowned.

Daylight is thin.

The pavilions and corridors in the mansion are hung with red silk and red lanterns.

But somehow, I was not very happy.

Xiao Fengxian withdrew her gaze and glanced at the pond outside the waterside pavilion. It was probably because they had just moved in and there was no time to plant lotus leaves in the pond. The vegetation in the mansion was sparse, so it naturally seemed deserted.

From now on, it will slowly become lively.

On the wedding day, the house was filled with loud gongs and drums.

The neighbors all came to have a wedding banquet. Wei Zi sat in her new house with her wedding dress covered with a wedding dress, listening to the noise coming from outside, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Qingju brought the cakes: "Girl, I didn't sleep well last night. When I got up this morning and dressed up, my face was very pale and ugly. While my uncle is still eating out, please hurry up and eat some cakes to fill your stomach and keep your complexion clear." Look better."

Wei Zi opened the ribbon and ate a few pieces of cake.

While wiping the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, she subconsciously looked at the bronze mirror with her peripheral vision.

The girl in the bronze mirror has bright makeup, a phoenix crown on her head, and a wedding dress. Such a wedding dress...

She gently touched the wedding dress. It was made of fine red satin and embroidered with a pattern of phoenixes and peonies. It was the standard worn by the royal family.

She should have liked it more than the concubine's wedding dress sent by Beigong to Zhenguo Duke's Mansion.

but……

Wei Zi lowered his head deeply.

Somehow, ever since she left Shangjing, her heart has always been restless.

It was as if everything around her was just a fleeting shadow, and she couldn't enjoy the beauty of spending a lifetime with Xiao Fengxian. Between half-dream and half-awake, she always dreamed of the Zhenguo Palace, her grandmother and father, and dreamed of them being implicated by her and being raped by the emperor. Blame it, when she came back from her dream at midnight, she looked at the moon outside the window, feeling even more ashamed.

Uneasiness spread and fermented in my heart.

Unknowingly, it was already the time when the moon was rising above the willow branches.

Xiao Fengxian pushed the door in smelling of alcohol.

The pair of dragon and phoenix wedding candles burning on the table were blown out by the night wind. Xiao Fengxian's expression changed, and she calmly stepped forward to light them again.

Immediately, as if nothing had happened, he used the wedding scale to lift Wei Zi's hijab, and drank Hexin wine together.

He sat next to Wei Zi, held her hand firmly, and stared at her shy side face with a smile: "Now, it's time for me to change my title."