Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 526: The Eve of Feng Xi’s Grand Wedding (3)

"Ah, Master, where are you off to now?" Mrs. Cao Ruan exclaimed urgently from the bed as she saw him about to leave and quickly called out.

Cao Kun stopped in his tracks, glared at the person on the bed, snorted coldly, and left.

"What are you still doing standing there? Go and see which vixen’s room the Master has gone to!"

"Yes, yes, ma’am, this servant will go now," the maid stood up, took a few quick steps, and went out.

Mrs. Cao Ruan, with a face full of shadows, viciously tore at the quilt on the bed. It was all Feng Xi’s fault; if not for him, she would not have been scolded by the Master. The more she thought about it, the angrier she got.

As soon as daybreak began to show, Feng Xi couldn’t wait to get up, his large, bright eyes betraying no signs of just having woken up.

The pageboy had just reached the door with water when he saw the person inside open the door. The pageboy chuckled, "Young Master, you’re up early."

"Hahaha, stop your chatter, bring it in quickly so I can wash up," Feng Xi said with a hint of red on his face, gesturing with his stomach.

"Right away." The pageboy didn’t dare to keep jesting, noticing that dawn was breaking. The guests would soon arrive.

As Feng Xi washed up, the pageboy had already taken out a bright red wedding robe and placed it gently on the bed. Just then, a series of gentle knocks sounded at the door, and the pageboy rushed to see that it was the personal maid of the young miss.

"Is the Young Master in? I am here on the young miss’s orders to comb the Young Master’s hair," Mei Lenglei said to the pageboy who opened the door.

The pageboy was startled and finally came to his senses under Mei Lenglei’s gradually cooling gaze, "Come in, please. The Young Master is already done freshening up."

It seemed he had been intimidated by her gaze, for after opening the door, he kept his distance from her.

Feng Xi, dressed in his wedding robe, appeared at the door, slightly shy as he looked at Mei Lenglei, "There’s no need, I can comb it myself." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

"Young Master, on this joyous day of yours, please allow this servant to do it. I promise to comb your hair neatly and make you a beautiful groom," Mei Lenglei pressed her lips together in a smile, seeing the Young Master’s nervous demeanor, she made a small joke to break the ice.

Feng Xi, pushed by her firm hand to sit at the vanity, blushed at her mention of ’a beautiful groom,’ wondering why ’beautiful’—a term usually reserved for women—was being applied to him.

In the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Feng Xi’s hair was neatly combed and adorned with a dazzling red gemstone crown, securing the hairstyle firmly. Looking at himself in the Bronze Mirror, it was clear to him that this crown, undoubtedly prepared by his sister, was incomparable to the Jade Crown lying on the vanity.

After completing her task, Mei Lenglei curtsied and exited, returning to Lotus Garden to attend to the young miss.

Baihe, in the bedroom, went through rows of clothes on the bed, finding each dress appealing and wanting to dress the young miss in bright red for the festive day. Yingsu disagreed, noting that the bride would also wear red today, and putting the two together wouldn’t be right. She then considered the light green dress embroidered with entwining branches that would highlight the young miss’s quiet, orchid-like quality, then the purple gown that would give her an ethereal grace, dazzling to anyone who saw her. Yingsu thought the blue dress was decent, and the pink one felt even better. The two of them agonized over the array of dresses, wishing they could dress the young miss in all of them.

Zhu Lengqing today styled the young miss’s hair in a lofty ’flying celestial’ updo, adorned with a phoenix hairpin with outstretched wings. On each side, there were several beads made of multicolored diamonds, and a blooming jade butterfly step by step was obliquely inserted on the right side of the hair, with long pink tassels hanging down, swaying gently among the hair, casting fleeting glimmers, strikingly beautiful.