The Phoenix is Back - Chapter 94
Chapter 094 Call You Husband
Until she got into the carriage, Xiao Xiwei still did not recover from her shock. “It’s so late, where are you taking me?”
Chu Xizhi pursed the corners of his lips and lowered his head to imprint a lip mark on Xiao Xiwei’s cold forehead. Only then did his deep voice ring, “Go home.”
Finally, the carriage stopped.
Chu Xizhi jumped out of the carriage first and then turned around to help Xiao Xi down.
After getting out of the carriage, Xiao Xiwei saw the pair of stone lions at the door with a single glance. Further up, the scarlet door was tightly closed, and the plaque at the door was empty without a word.
“This is …”
“Our home.” Chu Xizhi held Xiao Xiwei’s hand and looked at the house behind him. A light smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, “Do you want to go in and take a look?”
Xiao Xiwei’s cold fingertips were tightly gripped in his arms. He raised his eyes to look at Chu Xizhi’s doting and pampering eyes that flashed like ink jade. His cold and hard heart suddenly felt as if it had been blown by the spring breeze. The pain and despair engraved in the deepest part of his chest seemed to be soothed at this moment …
“Alright.” She heard her voice softly ring.
Perhaps, all the suffering in the past was only for this moment.
At this moment, she was really glad that she could revive once more and make up for what she had missed in the past.
The moment he stepped into the house, he felt that there were carved beams, painted buildings, pavilions, rockery, flowing water everywhere. The entire house did not look like the magnificent north, but was exquisite and elegant everywhere, more like the gardens in the south.
Chu Xi led her straight through the corridor, past the white jade arch, past the winding path paved with bluestones in the plum forest, and finally stopped in front of a two-storey building.
I heard that this house was originally specially built by a general of the previous dynasty for his wife. Although it occupied a small area, it was exquisite everywhere. After the fall of the previous dynasty, there were many nobles who had taken a fancy to this house. However, although this house was exquisite, if it was used as a mansion, they would feel that it was too small. It was not until the Emperor gave this house to Xizhi Chu.
Many years ago, Xiao Xiwei had also come here.
On Chu Xizhi’s birthday, she held a banquet in the garden to set up wine. She came with one of Chu Yan. During the banquet, she was splashed with wine by the girl’s wrong hand. Afterwards, the girl brought her here to change clothes. She did not expect to bump into Chu Xizhi here …
“Do you know that the owner of this house was supposed to be you?”
At that time, his deep eyes were staring straight at her. His black clothes emitted a faint smell of alcohol, but his voice was exceptionally calm, and even carried a faint anger.
At that time, how did she answer? Without saying anything, she turned around and ran away …
“You won’t escape this time, will you?” Seemingly knowing what Xiao Xiwei was thinking, Chu Xizhi pulled Xiao Xiwei’s hand and said to her with a smile.
Xiao Xi raised her eyebrows slightly, “That might be the case.”
Chu Xizhi’s ink-colored eyes sank. He turned around and pressed Xiao Xiwei against the icy pillar.
Xiao Xi didn’t expect him to act like this. She exclaimed subconsciously, but she didn’t want someone to take advantage of the void and directly block her lips. She drove straight forward and kept sucking. The kiss did not end there as it had in previous occasions, Like plundering, like siege, Xiao Xiwei’s brain went blank from the kiss, and her body became a little weak. However, her waist was forcefully hugged by someone. Fireworks exploded one after another in her mind, causing her body to tremble inexplicably. Her entire body lost consciousness, as if she was dragged into a storm by a pair of large hands, and she could only rely on this person in front of her …
After kissing for an unknown amount of time, Chu Xizhi finally stopped.
Xiao Xi subconsciously looked at Chu Xizhi. Her clear eyes were filled with water, and her cherry lips that had been kissed by him were filled with an attractive luster. Seeing Chu Xizhi’s throat tighten, he couldn’t help but lower his head and suck on the alluring cherry lips.
After a long while, Chu Xizhi took a deep breath and placed his forehead against Xiao Xiwei’s forehead. His low voice carried a mood that had yet to completely calm down as he said in a low voice, “Do you still dare to escape?”
Xiao Xi wrapped his hand around Chu Xizhi’s waist and smiled with a red face. “I don’t dare, I don’t dare anymore.”
Only then did Chu Xizhi kiss Xiao Xiwei’s forehead with satisfaction.
“However, I remember that your Prince Yan’s Mansion is not installed here!” Xiao Xiwei raised his face and suddenly remembered something.
Chu Xizhi raised his eyes and stared at Xiao Xiwei with dark eyes. Suddenly, he stretched out his hand and gently flicked Xiao Xiwei’s forehead. “You still have the nerve to say that if it weren’t for you refusing to marry me, I would have settled the palace in that way?” At this point, Chu Xizhi paused, “The owner of this mansion will only be you.”
When he saw this house, he immediately asked the Emperor for help. He remembered that her mother was from Jiangnan. She should like this kind of house very much. Although she was already the wife of another person at that time, he knew that one day she would come back to him …
“I’m sorry …”
No wonder, no wonder he asked the Emperor for this garden and kept coming in. There were several times when Shearer complained in front of her that he wanted to stay in the garden for a while, but he always refused. So it was like this …
He had always kept this house for her.
“Idiot.” Chu Xizhi stretched out his finger and scratched Xiao Xiwei’s exquisite nose. The corner of his lips curled into a spoiled smile, “I was afraid that you would find this house small, so I specially bought the house on the left. When the Spring Festival is over, the two sides will be opened, and then I’ll be able to renovate it.”
“Since when do I think this house is small?”
Chu Xi smiled, “Actually, I’m mainly afraid that this house will be too small and squeeze my son and daughter in the future.”
“Cherish it.” Xiao Xi raised her eyes slightly and looked at Chu Xizhi.
Chu Xizhi raised his hand and hooked up her brocade-like green silk. Her ink-like eyes were filled with a smile, “Yes.”
Suddenly, a firework exploded above his head, followed by fireworks one after another. Under the multicolored light, a pair of jade figures looked at each other and smiled.
Xiao Xiwei raised her eyebrows slightly, and the smile on her lips suddenly blossomed like a lotus flower. Her gentle voice slid through someone’s heart like a feather, “Husband.”
“You, what did you just call me?”
“Husband.”
“Call again.”
“Husband.”
“Call again.”
“Husband.”
…
New Year’s Eve is the first day of the first month.
After breakfast, people came to the manor with gifts to celebrate the New Year. Because Madam Li was divorced and the Marquis Manor did not have a mistress, Concubine Zhou had the opportunity to throw her head out and show her face to accompany Xiao Yan to receive the guests from the various manors.
The men talked happily in the front hall, and the women laughed in the back hall.
When women were together, it was all about the length of the family. As they spoke, they suddenly pulled into Ping An Bo Xin Na’s concubine’s room.
“It’s pitiful to say. This old man has lost his child. Everyone else is overjoyed. She doesn’t even dare to cry for her child. Ah!”
“What’s wrong with losing a child? When did this happen? Why haven’t we heard about it!”
“Just last night. As you all know, our family is located next to Uncle Ping An’s mansion. Yesterday, my Xiao Wu noisily wanted to set off fireworks in the courtyard, but in the end, a fireworks deviator flew to the next room. I was afraid that it would be bad if I got hurt during the Spring Festival, so I pulled Xiao Wu’er to the next room to take a look. I didn’t want to see Uncle Ping’an’s mansion in chaos, but I vaguely heard a woman’s cry in the backyard. I just walked over and was stopped by Uncle Ping’an’s wife. However, before I left, I saw the girls bring out basins of blood one after another. At that time, I didn’t dare to stay any longer. What bad luck did they have when they saw this? However, this morning, I heard that it was the Concubine who accidentally fell and lost the child in the manor … Ah, how pitiful … ”
Xiao Xiwei looked at the lady who spoke. Although she sighed pitifully, there was not the slightest bit of sympathy in her eyes. To her, the sufferings of others were nothing more than her weariness to talk and laugh. However, although she had no impression of Uncle Ping An’s wife in her previous life, she had seen her several times during the winter hunt. She was cautious and should not have done such extreme things?
A smile suddenly appeared on his lips.
What does she want with this? Whether Li Lin’s child was caused by Uncle Ping An has nothing to do with her?
‘”We should be careful when we’re pregnant. To tell you the truth, I haven’t been out of my room these days. Even if I go out, I’ll be careful step by step for fear of alarming the fetal qi.” Concubine Zhou pursed her lips and smiled.
Although Concubine Zhou came to entertain them on behalf of half of the master of the Marquis of Zhongyong Manor, because of her status as Concubine Zhou, although these ladies did not say anything for the sake of the Marquis of Zhongyong Manor, they still excluded her intentionally or unintentionally. However, hearing Concubine Zhou’s words, and thinking of Xiao Yan bringing her out and showing her face, these ladies glanced at each other and secretly guessed, could it be that Xiao Yan was going to help Concubine Zhou as the Marquis’s successor?
“I didn’t know Concubine Zhou was pregnant and didn’t prepare any gifts. It’s really rude.” A madam smiled as she spoke at the banquet.
The other madams also followed suit, and there was no longer any contempt or rejection in their words.
However, she managed to get everyone at the table to put away their thoughts. It seemed that she had underestimated Concubine Zhou back then.
Xiao Xiwei looked at Zhou Shumei and smiled.
“Oh right, I heard that the new concubine in Uncle Ping An’s mansion has something to do with the Marquis of Zhongyong?” Suddenly, a madam looked at Concubine Zhou and said indifferently.
Concubine Zhou raised her eyes to look at Xiao Xiwei, but when she saw that Xiao Xiwei raised the corner of her lips at her and did not say anything, she immediately smiled and looked at the madam who spoke. “No, that concubine is the niece of the madam who was divorced from our manor. Does this have anything to do with our manor?”
When Concubine Zhou asked, the madam pursed her lips and stopped talking.
At a time when many people thought that Concubine Zhou might become the next Marquis Mother, this madam still didn’t give Concubine Zhou any face. If she wasn’t honorable, then she could only know that some people nearby didn’t know …
Xiao Xiwei suddenly remembered what Zi Yan said that day …
If she remembered correctly, this madam should be the madam of the Young Qing of the Dali Temple, and her brother-in-law was her father, Xiao Yan’s Shangfeng Military Minister Liao Yuan.
It seemed that, as she had guessed, those people had already made up their minds to wait for the vacant position of matriarch. However, who was the person they chose? Father, did he agree or not?
