Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Chapter 264 Li Xiang’s Alienation

After Li Xiang and his wife had breakfast, Pingyang made preparations to go to Anxi Hall to pay his respects to the old lady. Li Xiang was on duty last night. After hearing his wife's words, he felt a little confused: "I didn't sleep all night last night. Now, I'm very sleepy. Today is not the first or fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, so don't go there."

Pingyang saw that Li Xiang was very tired and said with heartache: "You just go to Nuange to rest for a while. I have nothing to do. I went to chat with my grandmother for a while and then came back."

Hearing this, Li Ling stood up and walked to the window, glanced at the snow falling outside, and advised: "It's still snowing outside, I'm afraid the road will be slippery."

Pingyang followed to the window. She stood beside Li Xiang and looked up at the falling snow outside the window, which had dyed everything white: "The snow in Beijing in winter is really heavy, it's so beautiful."

Pingyang said with a hint of excitement in his tone. The plain hand under the wide sleeves involuntarily held Li Xiang beside him. Li Xiang stiffened, but subconsciously withdrew the hand held by Pingyang.

Pingyang turned his head sideways, both husband and wife were in embarrassment.

Li Ling glanced at the loneliness in his wife's eyes, and he hesitated: "If you want to go to greet grandma, please walk more slowly on the road. I'm very sleepy and I'm going to sleep." With that, Li Xiang left Pingyang and took care of himself. Entered the Nuan Pavilion.

Pingyang stood alone in front of the window for a long time. It was not until she heard a slight sound of sleeping in the greenhouse that she called the maid to change clothes.

The maid brought a cloak and helped Pingyang put it on. Pingyang glanced at Li Xiang's hazy profile in the Nuan Pavilion, and then led the maid out of the house with a dull face.

Li Xiang's inadvertent behavior just now chilled Pingyang's fiery heart. To be fair, since she married Li Xiang, Li Xiang had been gentle and considerate to her, with no faults to blame, but she just didn't feel at ease. I always felt that there was something between Li Xiang and her.

Pingyang left the house in a depressed mood. On the way to Anxi Hall, she changed her mind and went to Qingfeng Garden while waiting for her maid.

Pingyang felt very depressed. She had just entered the Zhenguogong Mansion. Although she was not familiar with all the parties, and although she did not have much contact with Jingshu, she inexplicably trusted this husband-in-law in her heart.

Pingyang walked to Qingfeng Garden, but heard the women say that Jingshu had gone to the back garden to appreciate the plum blossoms, so she walked towards the back garden again.

 Snow is falling and plum blossoms are fragrant. As soon as you step into the back garden, you will see a beautiful winter scene in front of you.

From a distance, Pingyang saw Jingshu wearing a bright red cloak, reaching out to break plum blossoms in the plum forest. Li Ling stood beside him, holding a few plum branches broken off by his wife in his hand. Although they were far apart, Pingyang could still feel it clearly. The two of them only see each other, that kind of love between you and me.

This brother-in-law is a very cold and solemn person. It has been a few days since she married into the Zhenguo Duke's mansion. Every time she sees this brother-in-law, Pingyang still can't help feeling a little embarrassed, but he is so cold and solemn. A majestic man, but he is so gentle to his wife.

Jingshu and his wife are so loving that Pingyang is envious.

Thinking about her own husband Li Xiang, who was originally an extremely gentle person, but instead made Pingyang feel that the way he treated her was no different from how he treated others. There was always a trace of alienation in the tenderness he showed her. What annoyed her was that she didn't know how to resolve the invisible and intangible barrier between them.

Pingyang couldn't help but feel sad.

what is this? What should she do to truly get into her husband's heart.

“Are the three younger brothers and sisters also here to appreciate the plum blossoms?” Pingyang was feeling sad here. Hearing this, he turned around and saw that it was Xu Wanning.

“Sister-in-law, everything is well.” Pingyang put away his thoughts and saluted Xu Wanning slightly. Xu Wanning returned the greeting to her and asked with a smile: "Why don't you go into the garden and take a look?"

Before Pingyang could answer, Li Xian hurriedly followed him. As he hurriedly walked this way, he complained to Xu Wanning: "Why are you walking so fast on a snowy day when you are pregnant?"

Hearing the sound, Xu Wanning turned around and said impatiently to Li Xian: "I came out to talk to my second younger brother and sister about something, why are you so eager to follow me?"

Xu Wanning has always had a loud voice. Her words disturbed Jingshu and Li Ling, and they both looked over in unison. Jingshu hugged a few red plums and waved to a few people with a smile.

When Xu Wanning saw Jingshu, she hurried over and shouted with a smile: "I went to look for you in your yard. I heard they said you were here. Look, there is nothing to see in this snowy day." Yes, come back to the house with me, I have a baby to show you."

With that said, Xu Wanning came over and pulled Jingshu to leave. Li Ling hurriedly stretched out his arms to protect his wife and asked, "Where are you two going in this snowy day?"

Xu Wanning then looked at Li Ling and replied with a smile: "I just went back to the house to talk to your wife about something. I think I made you nervous."

Li Ling explained: "You two are pregnant now. In this snowy day, I am afraid that the road will slip and fall you."

Just as he was talking, Li Xian came over to support Xu Wanning, and couldn't help complaining: "Tell me, you are the mother of two children, and you are still so ignorant."

Xu Wanning was impatient with her husband's nagging. She threw Li Xian away, rolled her eyes at him and said, "Isn't it annoying for a big man to be nagging all day long?"

Li Xian saw that his wife did not show any dignity to him in front of others. In front of his younger brother and his wife, he showed embarrassment, but he had no temper at all. He just smiled and said happily: "Your sister-in-law has been pregnant with this baby since , my temper is a bit impatient, haha."

After hearing this, Li Ling acted as if he had not heard anything. There was no expression on his face. Jing Shu only echoed: "Maybe you kid will also be impatient in the future."

Li Xian looked at his wife and said with a smile: "If it is as my brothers and sisters said, maybe you can give me a daughter with a cheerful temperament like you."

After hearing this, Xu Wanning looked at Li Xian with a softer gaze and replied: "I also hope that this child can follow me."

After a few more pleasantries, Jingshu greeted Xu Wanning and Pingyang and said, "I just picked some frost and snow from the plum blossom stamens and asked them to take them back to make tea. I guess it should be done by now. You two." Just go to my place and try it."

Xu Wanning and Pingyang happily agreed, and Ziyun and Si'er came over to support their pregnant wives and go out.

After leaving the plum garden, Xu Wanning turned back to Li Ling and said cheerfully: "Let's go to your yard to drink tea and chat, and the second brother can play chess with your eldest brother."

Without waiting for Li Ling to talk, Li Xian said on his wife: "You are so good to yourself, what we do with what we do, you still need to worry about it."

Li Ling smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, you are not worried about us. She is just worried that I will get in trouble if you follow me back."

 Xu Wanning cast a "you understand" look at Li Ling, turned around and walked side by side towards Qingfeng Garden with Jing Shu and Pingyang.

 (End of this chapter)