After standing in the corner for a long time, Zhao Chengyan came over.
Seeing his figure, Cui Wenxi smiled warmly and joked: "Hey, what brought Shiro here?"
Zhao Chengyan snorted coldly, walked to the window with an unhappy face, looked at her and said, "Yuan Niang seems to be in a very good mood."
Cui Wenxi smiled and said: "I'm tired of being stuck in the mansion for a long time. Today I got an invitation from Pingyang Mansion. I'm happy to have a spring banquet with her."
Zhao Chengyan put his hands behind his back, looked her up and down, and asked, "What do you mean by throwing the accounts of other courtyards into Tingxue Hall?"
Cui Wenxi lazily shakes the tapestry peacock pattern lacquer-handled round fan. The dazzling multicolored silk of the peacock tail reflects brilliant light. The lazy movements are heart-warming and full of amorous feelings.
She asked knowingly: "Shiro is feeling unhappy?"
Zhao Chengyan pointed at her, "Yuan Niang is very clever and knows how to use Aunt Xue to scold me." He added, "If you are dissatisfied, all the expenses of the other hospital can be paid out of my private account, so why do you need to play tricks?"
Cui Wenxi curled his lips and said with a half-smile, "I'm just telling you why you wanted to come to Yaoguang Garden today. It turned out that I came to raise an army to investigate the crime."
Although Zhao Chengyan was not convinced in his heart, he finally gave in and flattered her: "If Yuan Niang doesn't like the extravagance of other courtyards, I will control her."
Cui Wenxi stood up and said indifferently: "Since it came from Shilang's private account, what does it have to do with me?"
Zhao Chengyan entered the room, and Cui Wenxi twisted her waist to go to the next room, but he was pulled into his arms, looking down from above and saying: "How long are you going to quarrel with me?"
Cui Wenxi looked up at him, with no shame or anger on his face, and even looked like he was very talkative, but his eyes were cold and devoid of any emotion.
She held the fan and pushed him away gently with the handle, as if even touching him felt dirty, "If Shiro thinks I'm making trouble unreasonably, I'm afraid the trouble will last for a while."
Zhao Chengyan frowned, "Whatever you want, I will satisfy you. You can't bear to see Yanlan, and you will send her away after she gives birth to an heir." He added, "I will rely on you and follow you everywhere, what else do you want? ?”
Cui Wenxi seemed not to understand what he was saying, "Why is Shiro doing this?"
Zhao Chengyan spoke in a rare low voice, "You have always known my temperament. As long as you ask for many things, I will agree to it. All my thoughts are on you. Why can't you understand it?"
As if hearing a joke, Cui Wenxi looked at him with a strange expression to see how moved he was.
She suddenly felt that this man was becoming more and more boring, and said with disgust: "If Shiro really loves me, he will give me some dignity and let me leave the house."
These words irritated Zhao Chengyan, and he pushed her away angrily, "Why are Yuan Niang still so stubborn?"
Cui Wenxi ignored his annoyance and went to the wing while waving the round fan.
Zhao Chengyan stopped him and asked, "Are you listening to what I said?"
Cui Wenxi nodded and said seriously: "Listen, but my head has been buzzing and hurting in recent days, and what Shiro said does not make sense."
Zhao Chengyan: “…”
Tremella and lotus seeds soup chilled with well water from the small kitchen was served. The white fungus in the white porcelain bowl was finely chopped and decorated with a few wolfberry and lotus seeds. It looked really pleasing to the eye.
Cui Wenxi put down her fan, went to clean her hands, and asked very generously: "Silang, would you like some tremella soup? It's so sweet."
Zhao Chengyan frowned. He almost never saw her eating sweets. Even if she did, she only tasted a few bites to satisfy her cravings.
Seeing that he was standing at the door without saying a word, Cui Wenxi ignored him. After wiping his hands with a handkerchief, he sat down at the table and took a small sip of the white fungus soup. It was so sweet that he felt a little better.
Zhao Chengyan watched her directly as she used the bowl of sweet soup. Her movements were gentle, her manners were graceful, and she never made any noise while eating.
That kind of dignity and respect seemed to be engraved in her bones, and she never made any embarrassing mistakes.
Sometimes he couldn't help but hate her hypocrisy of respectability, and felt that it was all a disguise, "Cui Wenxi, is your heart made of iron? I'm so humble and flattering, can't you show a little weakness?"
Cui Wenxi was stunned by these words. She slowly raised her head and looked at the man who looked very hurt. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
She slowly wiped the corners of her lips with a handkerchief and asked instead: "How can you be weak? Are you begging for your mercy and love like Yan Lan?"
Zhao Chengyan said nothing.
Cui Wenxi's expression was still calm, but there was a little emotion in his eyes, "The white fungus soup is so sweet that it can suppress the bitterness."
Zhao Chengyan's lips moved, wanting to say something, but he held it back.
Cui Wenxi said: "After seven years of marriage, I thought Shiro knew my temper." He added, "You are a smart person, and maybe you already knew what would happen when you decided to take Yanlan back to Beijing, right? ?"
Looking at those eyes as clear as a mirror, Zhao Chengyan chose to avoid them with a guilty conscience.
Cui Wenxi: "Why doesn't Silang dare to look at me and defend myself?"
Zhao Chengyan said harshly: "I have my own difficulties."
Cui Wenxi said softly "Oh" and said mockingly: "Yanlan must have cried and begged Shiro for protection, saying that she couldn't live without you, right?"
Zhao Chengyan did not answer.
Cui Wenxi said: "Shiro Cai asked me just now why I can't be a little softer. I actually think about it, as they said, if I take a step back and surrender, my life will not be so painful.
"But I can't. I, Cui Wenxi, am a jealous woman and can't stand two women serving one husband.
"I can't stand that my husband is worried about other women and will leave the house at any time and stay up all night. I can't stand that I still have to support my husband and other women's children.
"Shiro, in the next few decades for the rest of my life, am I going to have to learn to compromise and compromise in this kind of suffering, just to win the reputation of a good wife and loving mother?"
"Yuan Niang..."
"Shiro, please teach me how to be as generous and tolerant as you want to be?"
Those tired eyes made Zhao Chengyan worried, and he said with embarrassment: "I just want to have an heir of my own. There will be no other women in the house from now on. As long as you cross this threshold, we will be as loving as before." .”
Cui Wenxi looked at him and smiled, "It is beautiful to be reunited, but the crack needs to be repaired in my life. Shiro, I am tired. I no longer have the youthful frivolity and courage to bet on you.
“If it’s broken, it’s broken. Even if you pick it up again and restore it, you can never go back.
"You and I are both smart people, and we should know some truths better than anyone else. Why can't we save both parties' dignity and separate decently?"
"Cui Wenxi, I will not make peace with you! You are childless, and if you leave me, you will lose your support. People in the world will also laugh at me, Zhao Silang, for my betrayal!"
Zhao Chengyan's emotions suddenly became excited.
Cui Wenxi stared at him silently, as if at this moment, she could completely see what this man was thinking.
Yes, he, Zhao Silang, loves face the most.
When he first proposed to marry, he made a vow at the Cui family to grow old with her, which was known throughout the capital. It was also a legend and was the envy of countless noble ladies.
Now that she is childless, it can be said that it is reasonable for him to bear a child through her belly.
But she was making a divorce at this juncture because she, Cui Wenxi, was petty and intolerant, and her reputation as a jealous woman had probably spread throughout the streets.
If he agrees to divorce, he will be violating the vow he made when he asked for marriage, and abandoning his first wife will inevitably be criticized by the world. How could a man who loves face like that do such a stupid thing
She was only afraid of dying in Prince Qing's Mansion for the rest of her life.
No one cares about her thoughts, and no one cares about whether she can endure it. The once beautiful life of two people has become a shackles to contain her.
Thinking of this, Cui Wenxi couldn't help but laugh. It was in vain that she had previously thought that he was thinking about the couple's relationship and was unwilling to divorce her. She never imagined that the reality was so embarrassing.
This face, it really fucking hurts!
He didn't know whether he was laughing at his own stupidity or at this marriage that was once a good story. Cui Wenxi laughed so hard that he even burst into tears.
Seeing her sudden madness, Zhao Chengyan frowned and said, "Yuan Niang, why are you laughing?"
Cui Wenxi finally stopped laughing and lost his composure: "I laugh at myself for being naive." He then added, "Silang is really cruel-hearted. For the sake of his own face, he would not hesitate to force me to death, right?"
Zhao Chengyan said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Cui Wenxi: "I'm so stupid, I didn't realize until now why you don't want to reconcile."
After saying this, she picked up the fan on the table and went out. There were still a few tears on her face, but she didn't know it.
Zhao Chengyan looked at her back as she walked out and remained silent for a long time.
This is the first time Cui Wenxi has lost her composure, and it will also be the last time she loses her composure in her life. She wiped away the few tears on her face with a handkerchief, applying it so hard that it even left some red marks.
The man said she didn't know how to be weak. Hey, who was pretending to be weak
Are you begging for his mercy and love like Yan Lan
What a joke!
After that, the couple continued to have a cold war until the day of the spring banquet. Fang Ling couldn't help but feel worried. Cui Wenxi sat in front of the dressing table and carefully selected accessories. She hesitated for a long time before saying, "Do you really plan to go to the banquet?"
Cui Wenxi didn't answer but asked: "Why don't you go?"
Fang Ling hesitated and said: "I'm afraid that the news of the discord between Madam and Prince Qing has spread throughout the streets and alleys. Maybe the high-ranking people at the spring banquet are waiting to see your joke."
Cui Wenxi made gestures on her ears with her earrings, and said indifferently: "Look at how embarrassed I am, Cui Wenxi, right?"
Fang Ling was silent.
Cui Wenxi once again showed her calmness and said with her head held high: "Even if my marriage fails, I will be the one supporting the scene at any time. No one can overpower me."
Fangling: "..."
Cui Wenxi stared at the woman in the bronze mirror and said arrogantly: "Come, make me look decent, let those people see if I, Cui Wenxi, am a master who can't live without a man."
Fangling: "..."
She had to admit that this girl's temperament really made people love and hate her.
The kind of confident charm that exudes from the inside out is always hard to ignore. A girl who can be called the model of a noble lady in the capital always has some real ability.