Chapter 1126 - 1131: Won’t Die If You Don’t Seek Death (1)
The Empress Dowager rarely comes back for a visit, and taking advantage of the moment before her return to the Palace, she needed to have a personal conversation with her mother after dinner. Respectfully, all the ladies excused themselves.
Xiang Yun also bid farewell along with everyone else, but Cai Wei asked her to stay.
During the meal, Cai Wei noticed that Xiang Yun spoke very little and often drifted away into a daze. Just two months into her marriage, she had lost a lot of weight. What was once a round little face had now become sharp-chinned and her cheeks were no longer as rosy as before.
In their previous meetings, Cai Wei hadn’t noticed, but today, being close, she realized that Xiang Yun had changed a lot compared to before her marriage—thinner, speaking less, the once cheerful and optimistic maiden had turned into a quiet young wife. As a friend, Cai Wei couldn’t ignore such changes.
In the back garden of the Mu Mansion, there was an artificial lake with a pavilion surrounded on three sides by water, which was very secluded.
Cai Wei and Xiang Yun entered the pavilion, and she instructed the following maids to stand far away, leaving the two of them alone in the pavilion to enjoy the scenery and chat.
At this time, the sun had already set, and the horizon lit up with a brilliant crimson dusk. The sunset’s glow cast a thin layer of pale gold on the flowers, trees, and the grotesque rocks of the fake mountain, even the lake seemed as if it was coated with a layer of gold paint, and amid the rippling waves, vast patches of gold made the garden look spectacularly unrealistically beautiful.
Xiang Yun and Cai Wei sat on ’The Beauty Leans,’ leisurely tossing food to the fish in the lake.
"Sister Xiang Yun, are you happy living in Duke Li Guo’s Mansion? Has anyone made things difficult for you?"
Upon hearing Cai Wei’s words, Xiang Yun’s expression stiffened momentarily, then she bit her lip and lowered her head, hesitating for a while before replying, "It’s alright!"
Cai Wei glanced at her and said bluntly, "If it were really alright, you wouldn’t have hesitated so long before answering, nor would you have such a troubled expression..."