Chapter 44: While feigning death

Chapter 44: While feigning death

When we returned to Hongfeng Villa, there was still some time before dawn. Tao Jingyi worked hard all night and felt extremely sleepy, so he took off his clothes, lay down on the bed and squinted for a while. Not long after, someone whispered in her ear: "Miss, wake up, it's time to get up and make up."

Tao Jingyi opened his misty eyes, covered his mouth with his hands and yawned. The sky is already bright, and the sunlight outside the house shrouds the red maple, casting a warm light and shadow.

The maids helped her to sit in front of the mirror, some dressed her, and some washed her. An older woman directed at the side, it was probably the first time for these girls to do this, and they were in a hurry.

Somebody pulled his hair out, and Tao Jingyi frowned in pain. The woman immediately stepped forward and scolded the girls severely, cursing: "Zhong Lingyuxiu, these two lazy girls, disappeared early in the morning. The young lady has always been served by them, and we have never been allowed to touch our hands. If you really want to use them At the time, I don’t know where to fool around…”

Tao Jingyi didn't rest well. The woman's cursing voice was sharp and sharp, as if a knife was stabbing her in the head. She rubbed the center of her brows with her hands, and said in a deep voice, "Stop arguing, the two of you are responsible for the clothes, and you, and you, are responsible for the makeup."

She randomly ordered a few people and interrupted the woman.

It went much smoother.

Tao Jingyi closed his eyes, letting them toss around like a marionette. Her face was smeared several times, and when she opened her eyes, she was stunned by herself in the mirror. The girl in the mirror has fine eyebrows and almond eyes, and a delicate face like a cloud of clouds. When she is smiling and silent, she is actually a bit of a soul-stirring beauty.

Looking at the person in the mirror, she thought with some melancholy that she was a bride for the first time, and she was married to the man whom others dreamed of, but unfortunately, everyone else was happy, but she was the only one who was full of vigor and vitality. to die.

"My God, what's going on with this wedding dress!" Just as Tao Jingyi was staring at it in thought, the maid holding the wedding dress screamed. Tao Jingyi turned her head, and the maid brought the wedding dress to her with a look of horror on her face, "Miss, look, why is there a bloodstain here..."

Tao Jingyi took a closer look, and there was indeed a bloodstain on the dress, because the wedding dress was originally red, so it would be impossible to tell if you didn't look carefully. She sent Su Xingchen away in her wedding dress yesterday, and she was not injured during the journey, so she doesn't know where the blood stains came from.

This ball of blood happened to be at the position of the heart, as if a big hole had been broken in the heart, and the blood fainted out.

"It's okay, just wear it casually." Tao Jingyi took a deep breath, suppressing the chill in his heart.

"How can this be done? This is an ominous sign." Xi Niang said disapprovingly.

"I don't believe this, come on, put it on for me." Tao Jingyi stood up and opened his arms, "This wedding dress took forty-nine embroiderers to work all night to get out, and it's too late to change now. Just don’t say anything about this.”

If such a big change happened to the wedding dress, if Zhang Yang went out, the ones who would be punished would naturally be the girls and women serving in the house. Seeing that Tao Jingyi did not pursue the matter, they all breathed a sigh of relief and nodded in agreement.

Xi Niang also had no choice, as Tao Jingyi said, at this juncture, it is impossible to change another wedding dress. Fortunately, the wedding dress is layered on top of each other, and if you don't look carefully, you won't be able to find the clues after putting it on.

After putting on the wedding dress, it's all about curling up. Tao Jingyi sat back in front of the mirror again, letting the maids arrange her bun.

After putting on the phoenix crown, Tao Jingyi felt as if a heavy stone had been placed on his head, not to mention taking a breath, even breathing normally.

The maids took her arms and put a gold bracelet on her wrist. Tao Jingyi's eyes fell on the dowry, paused for a moment, then stretched out his hand, and put the Buddhist beads on her wrist.

The door was suddenly pushed open, and Su He walked in with his hands behind his back, and the maids and women hurriedly bowed to salute: "Master!"

"Everyone go out." Su He said in a deep voice.

After the maids and women left, Tao Jingyi stood up and blessed him: "Xiyan has seen Daddy."

Su He glanced at her and couldn't help sighing: "When your mother gave birth to you, you were still a small ball, but now you have become a big girl in the blink of an eye, and you are also old as a father. Time is not forgiving."

Tao Jingyi smiled slightly.

Su He opened a stool, sat down, held her hand, and looked at the string of Buddhist beads on her wrist: "Xiyan, father knows that he has wronged you, don't worry, after the matter is over, I will give you a hand." I will definitely choose the best wishful man in the whole world for you."

"Being able to do things for Daddy, Xiyan will not be wronged." Tao Jingyi calmly withdrew his hand, "Did Daddy arrange everything properly?"

Su He nodded: "Tonight, you only need to poison the wine. Once Duan Feibai is hit, throw a cup as a letter, and my father will immediately rush in and take Duan Feibai."

Tao Jingyi said softly, "Don't worry, Daddy, Xiyan has made a note of it."

After giving some instructions, Su He left. After Su He left, the maids and women came in and continued to make up for her.

Tao Jingyi looked at himself in the mirror, waiting boredly for the auspicious time. A little bit of time passed, and suddenly there were firecrackers outside the house.

Taking advantage of the time when the maids gathered in front of the window to watch the fun, Tao Jingyi quickly opened the drawer, picked up a silver dagger, and stuffed it into his sleeve.

"The auspicious time is here! The auspicious time is here!" Xi Niang walked in beaming, picked up the hijab, and covered Tao Jingyi's head.

The sight in front of him was suddenly blocked, and Tao Jingyi lowered his eyes, looking at the road under his feet. Someone stuffed the red silk into her hand, she held the red silk, followed behind Xi Niang, surrounded by maids and women, and walked out of the house.

There was a lot of people outside the house, accompanied by the sound of firecrackers, it was noisy. She was led by the red silk, and she walked around in all directions. She didn't know how long she walked, and suddenly felt a gaze cast over her.

Even through a red hijab, he could still feel that gaze fixed on him.

Although there were noises all around her ears, they seemed to be far away in the sky, only the footsteps of that person walking towards her, one after another, seemed to hit her heart.

Xi Niang handed the end of the red silk to Duan Feibai, and Tao Jingyi felt that the other end of the red silk was tightly grasped.

The footsteps approached her again, and this time they stopped in front of her. She lowered her eyelids and could see his bright red brocade boots and bright red hem. The hem of the clothes is a pattern drawn with gold thread, and it is plated with a layer of warm yellow sunlight.

She thought, he must look good in this wedding dress.

Duan Feibai took the other end of the red silk and led Tao Jingyi to the wedding hall, another round of firecrackers resounded through the sky.

The wedding hall was full of guests, Tao Jingyi crossed the threshold, and stood in the center of the wedding hall with Duan Feibai, receiving the blessings of the guests "to live forever". In the center of the Xitang, a pair of dragon and phoenix red candles are burning high.

In the original book, Duan Feibai drugged the dragon and phoenix red candle, so that everyone was poisoned unknowingly, and was wiped out by the puppet villa.

Su He never imagined that he originally wanted to push the crime of burning down the Red Maple Villa to the Puppet Villa, but the Puppet Villa really proved the crime.

"A bow to heaven and earth—"

"Second obeisance to the high hall—"

Following the best man's loud singing, Tao Jingyi and Duan Feibai bent down together. Although everyone had their own thoughts on this wedding, the status of her and Duan Feibai as husband and wife was proved by heaven and earth.

"Husband and wife bow to each other—" Tao Jingyi paused, turned around, and bowed to Duan Feibai.

"Courtesy, send it to the bridal chamber." As soon as the bridesmaid finished speaking, Tao Jingyi felt his body soar into the air, and was unexpectedly hugged by Duan Feibai.

She froze for a moment, then looked towards him subconsciously, but the hijab covered her sight, where she could only see his skirt.

The crowd booed for a while, even though they knew it was all fake, Tao Jingyi couldn't help but blush, feeling a little shy when he was hugged by him in full view of everyone, being booed by others.

Duan Feibai seemed to know her distress, and walked quickly and steadily. The wind came from the other end of the corridor, blowing the lanterns hanging under the eaves and Tao Jingyi's clothes. The sun slanted and fell on Tao Jingyi's body, giving off a slight warmth.

Not long after they arrived at the new house, the noise subsided a lot, and Tao Jingyi was let down.

"Brother Duan, come quickly, it's not time for the bridal chamber yet, come out and have a drink with us first." A group of teenagers rushed in laughing and surrounded Duan Feibai.

"Miss, this servant will help you to sit by the bed." A pretty female voice rang in Tao Jingyi's ears. Tao Jingyi nodded slightly, and then, supporting her arm with one hand, walked slowly towards the bed go.

The quilts on the bed were all newly changed, and there were big red "囍" stickers on them. Red dates, longan, peanuts, lotus seeds, etc. were scattered under the quilts. Tao Jingyi reached out and groped, found a peanut, put it in his palm, squeezed it secretly, and put it in his mouth.

After the little maidservant left, she immediately lifted her hijab, took off her phoenix crown, and exhaled a foul breath.

After carrying such a heavy weight, he was able to survive all the time, not only sweating all over his body, but even his neck was crooked. Taking advantage of Duan Feibai's absence, she walked to the table with her clothes on and poured a cup of cold tea to drink.

From morning to now, most of the time was spent dressing up, and she didn't even have time to eat. Fortunately, there were some pastries in the house, and after drinking a cup of tea, she ate them from the plate.

I didn't give up until I burped for a long time.

After eating a full stomach, Tao Jingyi returned to the bedside with his clothes in his hands. Under the quilt, apart from peanuts and longan, there was also a white handkerchief.

Tao Jingyi picked up the handkerchief, looked at it in front of his eyes, suddenly understood something, and threw it on the ground in disgust.

Tiredness gradually came to mind, and she couldn't help yawning. From last night until now, she was woken up by the maids after less than an hour of sleep. Now that she calmed down, she felt drowsy.

She sat down at the head of the bed, propped her head on her hands, and decided to recharge her energy first, after all, there were still important things to do at night.

Tao Jingyi slept very refreshed this time, and when she opened her eyes, it was already dark outside. Duan Feibai didn't know who was pestering him, and he hasn't come back yet. Perhaps, those people were deliberately arranged by Su He. He was drunk first, and it would be much more convenient to prescribe medicine when he was here.

Just thinking like this, there was a sound of footsteps outside the house, and then Duan Feibai's gentle voice sounded: "Everyone, I'm really sorry, I'm going back to my room first."

Others are still persuading him to drink more.

A clear and clear youthful voice sounded, with a playful smile: "Stop arguing, today is Brother Duan's big day, did you get Brother Duan drunk because you want the bride to stay alone in the vacant room?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone laughed tacitly.

"Brother Duan, drink again next time you have a chance."

"Yes, yes, next time you are not allowed to refuse."

"What nonsense, there will never be a next time. Brother Duan and Miss Su are a fairy couple, and they will love each other for a lifetime."

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…

You guys pushed me to make a fuss, and it finally dispersed gradually. The sound of footsteps approached the door, and Tao Jingyi was startled before remembering to wear a hijab. She quickly grabbed the hijab in her hand and put it on her head indiscriminately.

When Duan Feibai pushed the door open, she was already sitting upright beside the bed. Not far from her side, a phoenix crown was lying crookedly on the side, and a white handkerchief lay quietly on the ground. In the center of the white handkerchief, there was a black footprint.

Duan Feibai was stunned for a moment, then closed the door behind him, and approached Tao Jingyi.

Tao Jingyi's body tensed up suddenly.

Duan Feibai walked around the room, and when he came back, he already had a jade ruyi in his hand. He lifted the red hijab away with Yu Ruyi, and Tao Jingyi under the hijab looked up at him.

Her jet-black and moist eyes were full of candlelight, and when she looked over suddenly, there was a gleam of light, which was surprisingly beautiful. At that moment, it seemed that something hit Duan Feibai's heart hard, making him dizzy.

Especially when she was staring at him fixedly, this involuntary dizziness became stronger.

Duan Feibai paused slightly, his expression a little unnatural.

Tao Jingyi's expression was also very unnatural.

A careful plan is one thing, but implementation is another. Originally, she thought she would be able to deal with it calmly, but when Duan Feibai stood in front of her and lifted her hijab, her heart felt as if it had been crushed by a big hand. He held it tightly, so nervous that he couldn't breathe.

She raised her eyes in a panic and looked towards Duan Feibai, her eyes were full of water.

"Xiyan." The white lips of Duan Fei opened and closed in front of him, and the name he called made Tao Jingyi suddenly wake up.

"Brother Feibai." Duan Feibai in front of her was dressed in a bright red robe, standing tall in the shadow of the candle, her picturesque features made her breathless.

"Also called Brother Feibai, huh?" He smiled softly. A faint smell of wine came to her face, lingering in her nose. It was on him, he drank a lot outside.

"...Husband." She lowered her head and whispered.

Duan Feibai suppressed his smile, and said softly: "After drinking Heyi wine, it's not too late to call again."