Cen Fengxu raised his head and looked at Xiang Jinzhu, with a smile on his lips. "Miss, what's the matter with calling me?" His voice was low and soft, as if the spring breeze was blowing on his face. Xiang Jinzhu suddenly became nervous, and she felt her face getting slightly hot.
"Well, I want to ask you, how is your injury? How long will it take to recover?"
she asked. Cen Fengxu was silent for a moment and sighed softly. "My injury is serious and it will take at least several months to fully recover."
"So long!" Xiang Jinzhu couldn't help but exclaimed, "Then you won't be able to move during this period of time?" Cen Fengxu smiled slightly and shook his head.
"It doesn't matter, I'm used to it. Besides, I feel safe with the lady around to take care of me."
"Then you eat, drink and live in our house for free. How much money will I lose?"
As soon as Xiang Jinzhu finished speaking, Cen Fengxu couldn't help but be startled, and then chuckled. "Miss, you are joking. I haven't repaid you for saving my life. How can I eat and drink at your house for free?"
"Then when you have money in the future, will you pay it back to me?" Xiang Jinzhu asked with a playful wink.
"Of course I will." Cen Fengxu nodded seriously, "When my injury recovers, I will do my best to repay Miss's kindness."
"With both hands, I presented you with thousands of taels of gold, a hundred bolts of Sichuan silk, ten boxes of pearls and hairpins, and a village full of wandering clouds and wild cranes."
"He is indeed a miracle doctor who is famous all over the world. He is still able to listen to my instructions at this time. I admire him."
Xiang Jinzhu's words made Cen Fengxu stunned. He didn't expect Xiang Jinzhu to say such words. He took a deep breath, suppressed the emotion in his heart, and turned to look at Xiang Jinzhu. "Miss, you are joking. I am just a quack doctor. How can I be famous all over the world?"
During these days together, Xiang Jinzhu had already secretly made love to Cen Fengxu. Xiang Jinzhu was sitting alone in her boudoir, holding an embroidered handkerchief with a pattern of clouds and cranes embroidered by her own hands. She thought of the days she spent with Cen Fengxu, and those warm moments came to her heart like a tide.
However, she had already settled down with Shen An under the arrangement of her family, and this feeling could only be kept deep in her heart. Outside the window, the moonlight shone in the quiet courtyard, and the silver light reflected on Xiang Jinzhu's face. She sighed softly, her heart full of helplessness and bitterness.
That night, she tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
In one night, she will marry Shen An.
This was a family arrangement and she couldn't resist. She had never met Shen An, and she had only heard of his reputation from ordinary people, and knew that he was an out-and-out general.
She closed her eyes and imagined what Cen Fengxu looked like, and she couldn't help but feel an indescribable pain in her heart.
Suddenly the door was pried open and Cen Fengxu rolled in to see her. Xiang Jinzhu hugged him and said, "Take me away."
Xiang Jinzhu's plea shocked Cen Fengxu. He was silent for a moment, looking at the determination and reluctance in Xiang Jinzhu's eyes, he couldn't help but feel a ripple in his heart.
He gently held Xiang Jinzhu's hand and said gently: "Okay, I will take you to a place."
After that, he climbed over the wall and took Xiang Jinzhu to a hidden cave. The cave is dark, but there is a fresh breath, as if it is a world isolated from the world.
"There are many stars tonight, and the moonlight is just right, but not half as good as yours."
That night, looking at the sky full of stars, Xiang Jinzhu lost her identity as the eldest lady of the Xiang Mansion, her family mission, and became a willful and wanton Xiang Jinzhu.
She leaned on his shoulder, just hoping that tonight would go slower.
The glimmer of morning light gradually filled the earth, slowly dispelling the silence and mystery of the night. Xiang Jinzhu stood in front of the cave.
It's dawn, and it's time for them to wake up from their dreams.
"I have to go back."
"Okay, I'll give it to you."
"No, just send it here."
They stood there quietly, looking at the world in the morning light, as if they wanted to engrave this moment in their hearts forever. They both knew that this was the last time they would watch the sunrise together, and from then on, they would go their separate ways and continue their lives.
"I am the eldest lady of the Xiang Mansion. Without Xiang Jinzhu, who is considerate, wise and powerful, what will this Mansion do?"
After Xiang Jinzhu said this, he couldn't help but burst into tears, and turned around to wipe away so that he wouldn't notice.
Cen Fengxu handed a jade pendant to her hand. It was half a jade pendant, dark black with a touch of green, as if surrounded by clouds. The jade pendant is exquisitely carved with a black snake, circling and flying, lifelike. The body of the black snake is wrapped around a bamboo. The bamboo seems to be swaying gently in the breeze, while the black snake perches freely, as if guarding this pure land.
Xiang Jinzhu held this half jade pendant, and a warm current surged in his heart.
"On the day I get married, can you stand on the tower and look at me from a distance? I just want you to see how beautiful I look in my phoenix crown and harem, so I'm not reluctant to leave you."
Cen Fengxu nodded slightly, "Okay, regardless of whether she has Fengguan Xiapei or not, Cen's heart has already been with the young lady."
"Don't stand too close, just let me take a look at you from a distance."
"Okay, it's up to you."
Xiang Jinzhu sighed, holding back her tears and not letting them fall.
On the day of the wedding, Xiang Jinzhu was wearing a bright red wedding dress, with a phoenix crown and a halo on her head. She was breathtakingly beautiful. She was sitting in the sedan chair, and through the gap in the sedan curtain, she saw Cen Fengxu standing on the tower from a distance.
Wearing a dark red robe, he stood there quietly, looking at her deeply.
Heavy snow fell on their shoulders and hair, and Xiang Jinzhu's wedding dress looked even more dazzling in the snow. Cen Fengxu stood quietly on the tower, his eyes always following Xiang Jinzhu's sedan chair. Snowflakes slowly fell, covering his robes.
"Goodbye, Cen Fengxu."
Cen Fengxu stood on the tower and watched the sedan chair gradually go away. Snowflakes were flying, falling on his brows and hair. He held the handkerchief tightly. The handkerchief with the pattern of clouds and cranes seemed to carry the breath and warmth of Xiang Jinzhu.
Snowflakes fluttered in the wind, just like the thoughts in his heart, lingering around Xiang Jinzhu forever.
"I will protect you forever, Miss Jinzhu."
