Chapter 268 Wedding Room
Shen Qingtan opened her watery eyes wide and looked at the red in the room in surprise.
The decoration in the room is just like that of a wedding room.
Before coming to Xishan, Shen Qingtan knew that things would not be too peaceful, as the Fourth Madam would always create some "surprises".
She had thought of many scenes about the joy of the boudoir, but had never imagined that the Fourth Lady would decorate the yard where they lived into a wedding room.
Entering the room, she saw that the bed was covered with a mandarin duck pillow and a hundred-child quilt, and the curtains were embroidered with lotus and osmanthus patterns, symbolizing the birth of many sons.
The patterns of plum blossoms and bats on the curtain also symbolize the five blessings of plum blossoms.
Shen Qingtan stroked the bright red dress placed in the middle of the bed with her fingers, and couldn't help but think of her wedding, when she married Zhao Yi with hatred towards the second house and Cheng'en Marquis Mansion.
She had no expectations for marriage and only wanted to use the identity of Zhao Yi's wife to escape from Cheng'en Marquis Mansion and complete her revenge.
She never thought that Zhao Yi would become her destined one.
They went from being strangers to being husband and wife, and after marriage they respected and supported each other, and now they have a deep understanding of each other.
Now that Zhao Yi's illness has been cured, they can grow old together, and everything is moving in the right direction.
Shen Qingtan turned around and looked at Zhao Yi, only to see him staring blankly at the festive decorations in the room, and couldn't help but smile.
Fourth Aunt's arrangement was exactly to her liking.
This is a new beginning.
Shen Qingtan withdrew his hand and slowly walked to Zhao Yi's side: "Second Master, are you tired? Take a rest first?"
Zhao Yi shook his head slightly, his eyes falling on Shen Qingtan's face. She was very calm in the face of everything in the room, as if no matter what happened, she would accept it all.
Fourth Uncle and Fourth Aunt were serious for once and took great pains to decorate a wedding room for them.
Zhao Yi was very satisfied with the layout here.
When they got married, they hadn't planned to spend their lives together. He knew he didn't have much time left, and he knew even more clearly that she had no choice but to marry him.
They tacitly treated each other with respect and fulfilled their responsibilities.
But in their daily interactions, they were gradually attracted to each other and gave their true hearts to each other.
Zhao Yi felt regretful. They were together by accident, and the wedding night ceremony was not held according to the rules. He always felt that it was not perfect.
Now he has finally fulfilled the regret in his heart.
"Not tired." Zhao Yi's eyes were clear and there was a smile on his lips: "There is a hot spring in Xishan. Do you want to take a dip?"
Shen Qingtan's eyes moved slightly and he was about to answer.
At this time, Zhiyi's voice came from outside the house: "Second Grandma, are you in the house?"
"Yes." Shen Qingtan walked to the door, opened it, and looked at Zhiyi: "Aunt Si, is there something you want to see me about?"
"Second Madam, the Fourth Madam invites you to the hot springs tonight." Zhiyi glanced at Zhao Yi behind Shen Qingtan and said with a stiff upper lip, "Are you free tonight?"
Shen Qingtan took a look at the layout of the room and thought that the Fourth Madam would not do anything wrong again, so he agreed.
"Go tell Aunt Si that I'll go to the hot spring pool to wait for her after dinner."
"I will go and report now."
After Zhiyi got the confirmation, he left in a hurry.
Shen Qingtan waited until Zhiyi had gone far away before turning to look at Zhao Yi: "Fourth Aunt has done her best to decorate the yard for us. I have to thank her."
However, Zhao Yi sensed something unusual. Given Zhao Qiyuan's possessiveness towards the Fourth Madam, he would definitely not allow her to take a hot spring bath with other people.
Now the Fourth Madam sent someone to invite Shen Qingtan to take a hot spring bath, which was too abnormal.
"Are you sure you want to go?" Zhao Yi asked, "Aren't you worried that there might be unexpected situations with Fourth Aunt?"
Shen Qingtan believed that the Fourth Madam would not hurt her, which was simply because they had no taboos when it came to love between men and women.
She knew that this trip to Xishan would most likely involve a Zhougong ceremony with Zhao Yi. To her, this was simply a matter of course.
She was always too embarrassed to talk about the private affairs between husband and wife in front of the Fourth Madam, and was often teased by the Fourth Madam until her face turned red and her heart beat fast.
Until today when she saw this bridal chamber, she suddenly felt that love affairs between husband and wife were a very normal thing.
The Fourth Lady deliberately gave them a surprise and would definitely not disturb them from doing something nice. She probably had something to say to her.
"What kind of accident could there be? You can't eat me." Shen Qingtan's eyes were filled with water waves, and he smiled and said, "Second Master, don't you agree?"
Zhao Yi: “…”
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In the evening, after Shen Qingtan finished his dinner, he went to the hot spring pool to keep his appointment.
At the same time, Zhao Jue went to the villa.
He received a letter from Shen Mingzhu early this morning, asking him to meet at the villa to put things to rest once and for all.
Zhao Jue didn't want to see Shen Mingzhu. In his opinion, it was Shen Mingzhu's appearance that destroyed everything for him.
It was just a matter of one thought, and his fate was reversed.
The reason why he went to the appointment was to ask Shen Mingzhu why this villa fell into her hands.
After their second branch was expelled from the clan, everything under their name fell into Shen Qingtan's hands.
Zhao Jue stood at the gate of his villa in the suburbs of Beijing and banged on the door.
After a while, the tightly closed gate opened.
The moment Zhao Jue saw Shen Mingzhu, he was slightly stunned.
I saw that she had long and thin eyebrows, a pair of eyes filled with autumn water, and her cheeks were painted with rouge, making her look like the morning glow reflecting on the snow, pure and beautiful.
Zhao Jue couldn't help but look dazed. Since the collapse of the Marquis' Mansion, Shen Mingzhu had never dressed like this again.
She has been imitating Shen Qingtan, hoping to win his heart.
Whenever Zhao Jue thought of this, he felt that Shen Mingzhu was stupid and could never see through what he wanted.
"Third Master, you're here." Shen Mingzhu smiled, as if she were newlyweds, and called him sweetly, "Third Master, you said you loved the pan-fried fish I made the most, and it was even better than the one made by the cooks in the Duke's Mansion. I haven't cooked for you since we came to Beijing, so today I'll cook for you one last time."
Zhao Jue didn't remember ever saying that he liked the pan-fried fish made by Shen Mingzhu, and he was in no mood to have a farewell dinner with Shen Mingzhu.
He patiently asked, "How did this villa come into your hands?"
"Third Master, come in and tell me what you want to say." Shen Mingzhu grabbed Zhao Jue's sleeve and led him to the courtyard. Seeing that he didn't move, she said casually, "You kicked me out of the Zhao family. I had no place to stay, so I went to find Shen Qingtan..."
Sure enough, as soon as she mentioned Shen Qingtan, Zhao Jue moved his feet and walked into the yard following her force.
Shen Mingzhu, with a smile on her face, led Zhao Jue into the house and closed the door. She then asked Zhao Jue to sit down at the table, personally poured him a glass of wine, and picked up a small fried fish with her chopsticks.
"Try it. Is my cooking any different from before?" Shen Mingzhu sat down opposite Zhao Jue, poured herself a glass of wine, and took a bite of the fried fish. "Hmm, it's even better than before."
Zhao Jue didn't dare touch the food in the bowl or the wine, for fear that Shen Mingzhu had poisoned it.
They are both the same type of people, both selfish and afraid of death.
Zhao Jue asked impatiently, "How did you threaten Shen Qingtan to give you the villa?"
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