Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 681: Getting Married (2)

Xiao Zhengshi was not like her husband, who could summon a smile; her face streaked with tears and her eyes brimming with them, she choked back sobs as she helped her daughter up from the ground. She said nothing in the end, merely clutching her daughter’s hands tightly with both of hers.

The matchmaker, noting that the auspicious time was almost upon them and fearing any further delay might jeopardize it, stepped forward to gently assist the Prime Minister’s wife. She consoled her, "Madam, the auspicious hour has come. There is no need for such sorrow. After all, the Commandery Princess is destined to marry, and now she is to marry the emperor, becoming the mother of the nation. Madam should be happy."

"Madam, please sit back down," the Prime Minister intended to add a few more words, but the words he had reached his lips were abruptly swallowed back. He himself wished to delay his daughter’s departure if only for a moment longer.

Xiao Zhengshi also understood this sentiment well in her heart. With reluctance, she let go of her daughter’s hand and sat back down to receive her daughter’s final farewell.

Under the expectant gaze of the crowd, the bridal sedan moved toward the Imperial Palace to go thank the emperor for his grace and bid farewell to the emperor and Empress.

In the Jinluan Hall, Ministers stood orderly on both sides, while Dugu Chen on the Dragon Throne was lightly embracing Feng Xuxu, awaiting the arrival of the newlyweds. In less than the time it took an incense stick to burn, the pair appeared outside the hall.

Xiao Jiazhen knelt before the hall, lifted her bridal veil, and bowed deeply, "Yumeng bids farewell to the Emperor, the Empress. May the Emperor be blessed with eternal wellbeing and the Empress with happiness and propitiousness."

"Arise."

Upon hearing her cousin’s command, Xiao Jiazhen rose with her cumbersome skirt, looked up at Feng Xuxu, and noticed her cousin’s wife smiling at her. Yumeng returned the smile gratefully. Without her cousin, the person standing beside her would never have been Lou Qianyu.

The two didn’t linger long in the palace. After listening to the emperor and Empress’s advice and blessings, Lou Qianyu led Xiao Jiazhen out of the palace and directly into the prepared carriage. The procession set off instantly for the wedding.

In the blink of an eye, it was already August. Observing the days growing hotter, and with no sign of rain from the heavens, Feng Xuxu felt increasingly irritable and restless. Perhaps it was because her due date was approaching, or maybe it was the weather, but she always felt uncomfortable.

Dugu Chen tried to cheer up his wife every day with all sorts of diversions, ensuring that the ice basins in the room were never without ice for all twelve hours of the day. But still, these efforts did little to soothe Feng Xuxu’s frustration.

"My lady, why don’t we stay in the spatial realm for a while and absorb some Spiritual Energy?" Unable to bear seeing his wife so agitated, he suggested this as he remembered the abundant Spiritual Energy in the spatial realm. However, staying there too long was not good either, because the spatial realm had neither day nor night, and lacked the sun.

Feng Xuxu nodded. After the last time she upgraded the space, she seldom went in. In the blink of an eye, it had been almost half a month since her last visit. She wondered how the three creatures there were now.

Taking her husband’s hand, they entered the spatial realm in an instant. Seeing a huge, a... Jade Tree sprouting in the space, Feng Xuxu was speechless. The space had upgraded once again, granting her a Jade Tree. The leaves of the Jade Tree shone with multicolored brilliance, and each one was translucent and lustrous. Plucking a leaf, she was astonished to find that it was a jade leaf, which felt powerful when held in the palm of her hand.

"Hehehe, my lady, we’ve struck it rich. If we sold the jade from this tree, it’ll probably cause a frenzy," he joked.

"All because the leaves are made of jade?"

"Here, take this and feel it. Does it feel different to you?"

Feng Xuxu took the leaf he handed her, skeptically. Indeed, it was different from when she first arrived, "This jade leaf is smoother than before, and it seems there is some Spiritual Power in it too. It feels incredibly soothing to touch."

"Yes, you’ve made a profit this time," he said, affectionately scratching her nose.

Feng Xuxu blinked her eyes. Indeed, she was right. Smiling, she placed the jade leaf into her purse, to touch it whenever she felt irritated.

"Sister, brother-in-law, I’ve missed you so much!" Xiaojin shot over like an arrow, startling Dugu Chen who was standing by. His hands reacted faster than his mind, grabbing hold of her, and he glared at her fiercely.

Xiaojin blinked her red eyes and chuckled. She stuck out her tongue at her brother-in-law. Feng Xuxu stretched out her fair, slender hand and tapped on Xiaojin’s forehead. She hadn’t expected Xiaojin to become such a mischievous girl after being nurtured by the spatial energy.

"So rash, where are the others?"

"Hehe, sister, Big Brother Bai and Sister Blue Fox are training those silly creatures on the back mountain!"

Feng Xuxu and Dugu Chen exchanged glances, both seeing confusion in each other’s eyes. Following Xiaojin’s pointing, they looked into the distance but saw no one.

"Let’s go, take us to have a look." She did want to see what these ’silly creatures’ Xiaojin mentioned were.

Dugu Chen, supporting Feng Xuxu, slowly made their way towards the mountain. As soon as they entered, they heard a series of frenzied roars. Upon closer inspection, they saw a magnificent sight. Xiaobai stood in front of a group of animals, angrily bellowing as if rebuking them. Of course, Feng Xuxu and Dugu Chen didn’t understand a word of it.

The Blue Fox yawned, then turned to see his sister and brother-in-law approaching. He immediately got up from the stone, ran barefoot to Feng Xuxu, and circled around her, clicking his tongue in wonder, "Sister, your belly looks bigger than it did half a month ago."

"Of course, the baby’s growing every day." Watching the Blue Fox’s big eyes widen, Feng Xuxu smiled and gently stroked her belly. The baby inside seemed to respond to his mother’s touch, kicking slightly, which made Feng Xuxu exclaim, "Husband, look!"

Dugu Chen hurriedly bent down to see, a small bump rising momentarily. He smiled and gently caressed the little bump, his voice filled with indulgence as he said, "Good baby, do you want to come out and see your mother soon?"

"Haha, why don’t you say he wants to come out to see you?"

"It’s the same, either of us will do."

They say pregnancy makes a woman stupid for three years, but she hadn’t become foolish at all; instead, it was the child’s father who had become silly. If the people from before could see him now, they would doubt he’d been switched with someone else.

The Blue Fox envied his sister and brother-in-law. Turning his gaze to Xiaobai who was still intensely scolding the adorable animals, he too smiled sweetly.

"Xiaobai," Feng Xuxu called out, gesturing for him to come over as he turned.

Xiaobai looked back at his sister, waved his hand, then turned again to look at the creatures starting to calm down with their tails perked up. After a few low growls, seeing them settle down, he ran towards his sister.