The splash foam of the champagne tickled Kirly's nostrils, she twitched her nose a few times, and the smile on her pretty face that had been filled with a day had not faded to this day, and she had no idea that she would be with him again.

In the past week, in addition to spending a few hours together every day, today the two even took a carriage to the beach to play for a whole day. Even when she looked at him playing the piano at this time, her beautiful eyes were filled with a happy brilliance, and occasionally she even couldn't believe that it was true, and in the past few days, the two of them were like lovers, playing in and outside the concession.

A beautiful melody echoed through the room, and there was only one sound left in the room: the sound of the piano. A series of notes, crisp, ding-dong-dong, flowed out, Chen Moran's hand flew over the keys, and finally, the song was finished.

Ji Liqiao, who had a smile on her face, sat up from the sofa with a smile and walked towards Chen Moran.

"Same as in the past!"

Under the soft smile, Ji Li's beautiful eyes showed some mischievous looks.

"The music is great, but the piano is average!"

Chen Moran just smiled and picked up the wine glass from the piano, and the crystal clear champagne slowly flowed to the root of Chen Moran's tongue, turning to look at her. His heart began to beat faster, and the girl in front of him, with her long golden hair, was clinging to her perfectly round buttocks, swaying lightly with the pace of her body.

The coquettish smile on his pretty face revealed an elegant and charming temperament, which made him almost unable to control himself.

"You're so beautiful."

As soon as she walked in front of Chen Moran, Ji Li's eyes flickered slightly, looking a little surprised.

"What?"

Chen Moran's words blurted out.

"I've been thinking about you all the time these months. As hard as I tried, I couldn't get you out of my mind. ”

His words only made Ji Li's face a little pale, but there was a joy that could not be concealed between her eyebrows, and a pair of beautiful eyes stared at Chen Moran, and at this moment she almost couldn't believe her ears.

"I have to admit that it was the biggest mistake I've ever made."

Chen Moran shook his head helplessly.

"I know what I missed before - maybe you won't pay attention to me from now on, but I have to say, I love you."

Ji Li stared at him as if it had been a long, long time.

Her silence made Chen Moran can't help but mutter, this time I really messed things up.

Looking at him, Ji Li's gaze was very focused.

"I think it's because I'm not talking about it at the right time, or maybe it's too late."

There was a frustrated expression on his face, but Chen Moran sighed.

Ji Li still didn't answer, just looked at him.

"Oh God! Is this a dream? ”

"Can we go back again?"

Chen Moran smiled helplessly.

"Just act like nothing happened, okay?"

"You can't go back."

"That's exactly what I'm worried about."

"And it's all happened."

"Yes, it's happened."

"You'll regret it."

Ji Li looked at this man seriously, perhaps because of the separation of the past few months, which made her realize the gap that existed between her and him, the man who fell in love because of his talent.

"You want me to get out of here?"

Chen Moran put down the wine glass in his hand, this is not Chen's house, but Ji Li's home, or Catherine's home.

"No, I want you to kiss me!"

By the time Chen Moran realized it, his arms had already wrapped around the girl tightly, and Ji Li's hands had already touched the back of his neck. The softness between his mouths only made Chen Moran, who had been abstinent for several months, tremble.

When the two kissed, Chen Moran seemed to feel breathless, at this moment, he had never experienced such a heart-shaking collision. The two kissed for a long time, deeply. Chen Moran began to tremble, he couldn't control this instinctive reaction of his body, and even had a kind of crazy reaction.

The fingertips were a little numb, and the heart was pounding with the ups and downs of the chest. With both hands, he took off her dress with some excitement and roughness, and kissed her neck, kissing her smooth belly. And Ji Li's body trembled, and she fell down, bringing him to the floor.

The two embraced, rolled, and kissed deeply. At this time, Chen Moran seemed to feel that his soul floated up and left. At this time, in Chen Moran's consciousness, there was only his own ** and Ji Li's**, he stroked Ji Li's smooth and soft skin, and the beautiful skin touch made him even more excited, his hand caressed her frantically, it was the kind of rough and not gentle caressing, and Ji Li stretched out his hand on his head, and there was a seductive moan between his throats. Chen Moran wanted to kiss her like this, touch her, and continue over and over again.

"I love you."

Ji Li's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and her eyes containing water vapor undisguised it showed that she was emotional, Bei Yan bit her lip tightly, and he looked at Chen Moran emotionally with a flushed face, and the beautiful eyes full of water vapor were full of encouragement, and at this moment, I am afraid that even the Buddha could not control it.

…… Opening his eyes, Chen silently stared at the ceiling. The sunset casts crimson beams through the windows. Ji Li, who was covered in **, was quietly curled up in his arms like a koala, she had woken up, and her slender jade fingers caressed his chest. Ji Li, who was smiling, looked at Chen Moran who had just woken up, Chen Moran also looked at Ji Li, under the thin two beautiful eyebrows, a pair of beautiful eyes like two pools of spring water flickered, and the jade-like eyes and the slightly flushed face on her face formed a fairy-like appearance.

There's no denying that she's beautiful! Can...... In fact, the two didn't say a word for a few minutes. But the silence lasted too long. She moved slowly, her beautiful spring-like eyes staring at Chen Moran, caressing his cheeks.

"I said you'd regret it!"

"Nope! I won't! ”

Holding her waist, Chen Moran hugged her tightly into his arms, and then looked at her seriously.

"Now we are the most intimate and loving time, no one can lack anyone, marry a chicken with a chicken, I want you to follow me step by step."

After a glance, Ji Li looked at Chen Moran in surprise, and after a while, she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"What you say is true!"

"Hmmm! That's it. ”

"How can anyone propose like this, you are so lazy."

Ji Li, who was full of delicate faces, looked unwilling.

"What do you want me to do?"

Holding her tightly, Chen Moran asked again.

"Do you want me to pluck a rose and kneel on the ground and plead with you?"

"Don't want the roses, you Chinese, don't you like to knock ......"

When the words came to her lips, Ji Li still took it back, she knew that this man was very sensitive to some things in his heart. But Chen Moran just leaned over and kissed the girl in his arms, slurped the tip of her soft and delicate tongue hard, and listened to the seductive moans in his ears, but Chen Moran was happy in his heart when ** rose, and it seemed that everything was going well.

In the next second, in Ji Li's bedroom, there was once again a sultry moan, and at this time, the two people who were immersed in ** did not suppress the joy in their hearts, but shouted out to their heart's content...... Cather, who bowed her head for breakfast, looked at her sister with a happy look on her face, last night, the voice from her sister's room, did not fall into her ears, the sound only made her sleep all night, until the early hours of the morning, she accidentally saw a person leave her sister's room.

"Ji Li, you've been in a good mood lately, are you with him?"

"Sister, he's been very nice to me now and ......"

Ji Li, who was full of happiness in her heart, lowered her head and nodded shyly.

"He's proposed to me, and I'm ......"

For some reason, when she heard these words, Catherine's heart swelled with a sour taste for some reason.

"You promised!"

"Nope! You are my sister and my only relative, and I want to ask for your consent first. ”

"You know, even if I'm against ......"

Catherine shook her head helplessly and sighed softly.

"The female university is not staying!"

"Smack!" With a bang, a newspaper was thrown in front of Chen Moran, and when he looked up, Chen Moran clearly saw that the newspaper was written on the front page.

"Miss Ji Li: It's not psychotic!"

Looking at the news, Chen Moran just smiled, the sensation caused by his and Ji Li's wedding in Shanghai was something he didn't expect, but it was expected.

"Weiyang, I've already seen this news!"

As he spoke, Chen Moran casually threw the newspaper into the trash can on the side.

The news in the newspapers was not news, and yesterday two Britons went to the British consulate to meet with the vice-consul and ask him to intervene to prevent his wedding to Ji Li, and one of the Englishmen kept declaring it.

"Miss Ji Li must be mentally abnormal, she should ask a doctor to treat her."

Their reason is very simple, Miss Ji Li is a nobleman, although she did not inherit the title, but her noble blood cannot be changed, and a British nobleman will marry a Chinese, this is definitely a mentally abnormal reaction, the British Vice Consul William just replied: "British law does not prohibit British citizens from marrying Chinese, it is inconvenient to intervene." ”

But afterwards, Vice Consul William personally visited Chen Moran, "I hope Mr. Chen can rationally consider the wedding with Miss Ji Li." ”。

"Oh! By the way, you can read this newspaper! ”

As if to show off, Chen Moran pointed to another newspaper on the table, which was in the face of doubts and difficulties from the outside world, Ji Li said, "Chen Moran is an orphan son, and he is a wife in two rooms." Response.

Chinese customs allow concubinage, and the law stipulates that an only son can marry two wives, so someone will intervene to ask Ji Li, the second daughter of a noble with noble blood and although she is a declining nobleman, to sign a letter with Chen Moran to renounce the right to inherit two rooms and concubines when she married Chinese, but Ji Li categorically refused, and after knowing last night, he was that moved! I asked for it several times that night.

"I've seen it! Isn't it "If the law does not allow me to be Chen's wife, I am willing to be his concubine and never leave until death." I admire Miss Gilly's courage, but ......"

Xiao Xinren looked at Chen Moran helplessly, from the very beginning, he opposed Chen Moran's unavoidable plan.

The uproar caused by the marriage of the two of them in Shanghai shook the whole of Shanghai, and in the end, in the eyes of some British, this was no longer a question of the honorary status of the British aristocracy, but in essence, it was based on the national prejudice of the Western colonizers, who believed that the noble white race of the West should not marry the yellow Chinese race. Those people rudely interfered in the marriage of the two of them, and even trampled on the dignity of Ji Li's surname, but let the Chinese public opinion that was originally opposed to it support this marriage, and Ji Li was not coerced and defended her marital happiness, which won applause, "Miss Ji Li and Chen Moran got married, and they had nothing to do with the third party for the issue of personal love. Nowadays, some British people use words to force them to withdraw from marriage, saying that women in strong countries refuse to marry the people of weak countries, and women in weak countries can be playthings for the wives of people in strong countries. Oh, it's a sigh. Miss Lady is so stoic, she is really worthy of being a British woman, which is admirable and lamentable. ”

In this marriage, Ji Li is out of love, but what about Chen Moran?

"When I get married, I'll set up a company in London, and she'll run it, at least nominally, isn't the British Empire still the most powerful country in the world? Ji Li is of British aristocratic blood, and now the United States is in the stage of becoming rich and noble, Americans seem to be free, but they yearn for nobility in their bones, even if they are declining nobles, this identity will be of great help to Ji Li to carry out mergers and acquisitions in Mexico! And only in this way can we keep our oil companies from falling prey to others! ”

When Chen Moran mentioned this marriage, the words rang in Xiao Xinren's ears, and he couldn't help but sigh when he thought of Ji Li who defended his love and the essence of this marriage.

Xiao Xinren's sigh made Chen Moran frown, only he knew the essence of this marriage.

"Weiyang, since I chose her, I will definitely respect this marriage!"

Marriage is like this, it may be out of love, it may also be out of need, even a hundred years later, millions of Chinese are married, or even simply because they need to get married, it has nothing to do with love, just need.

Maybe it's a need, since I have chosen this marriage, then I will respect her, and I will also respect myself.

"I hope so!"

Xiao Qiren shook his head helplessly and said softly, as a traditional Chinese, he clearly knows that marriage is just a need for the vast majority of Chinese, and as for love, it is just an unattainable luxury.

Thinking of this, a person appeared in his mind, Xiyun, his cousin, when he saw the news that Chen Moran was going to get married in the newspaper, the whole person became depressed, his little cousin, perhaps, ...... Shake your head and shake the thought out.

Looking at Chen Moran, who was sitting at the desk in front of him and dealing with official business, Xiao Xinren couldn't help but think of a sentence.

"Those who achieve great things are not informal!"

On October 27, 1901, on the 16th day of September of the lunar calendar, in the sound of "will never be blessed by God", the wedding of Chen Moran and Ji Li was held in Chen's garden, and Xiao Xinren, as the manager of the company, presided over the wedding.

When Ji Li, with her hair combed in a high bun and wearing a golden hairpin, and dressed in a red traditional Han wedding dress, stepped down from the carriage and Shi Shi came, the famous people who came to cheer, especially the ladies, were full of amazement.

"What a beautiful outfit!"

Ji Li was wearing a red full-breasted skirt dress found by Chen Moran from the magazine, the dress was made of tulle and red silk, and the skirt was made of Jiangning weaving brocade, which was Chen Moran's "treatment" in exchange for the official title of Sanpin.

The British consul's wife, who had never seen a Chinese-style dress, even had a light in her eyes, and the flowing beauty in the flowing skirt and shawl made of heavy sheer yarn made of herald made Ji Li look like a fairy, and even those who were originally going to see Ji Li wear a "funny and ridiculous cheongsam and ugly appearance" after choosing a Chinese wedding were stunned by this graceful and luxurious Han costume.

And those Chinese at the wedding were also surprised by the beauty of Han-style clothing, and some local Shanghai gentry who came to congratulate Chen Moran looked at the black-lined red-embroidered placket on Chen Moran's body to hand over the Han-style Ji clothes, but their eyebrows showed some shame, and even Shanghai Daoist Yuan Shuxun, who came to congratulate, looked at the horse coat on his body, and there was a little helplessness between his eyebrows.

Or more than ten years ago, the Han-style wedding and the Han-style auspicious clothes of the single were enough to make Chen Moran lose his head, even if he had all kinds of excuses, but now he has just lost 450 million taels, and the capital still needs the eight-country garrison to "protect friendship" of the Qing Dynasty, the last bit of spirit, with the signing of the treaty between the Gengzi service and the month ago, the face of the lizi is gone.

Originally, there were people who said that this Han-style wedding was irresponsible, and some people said that Yu Law was inconsistent, but this wedding was held in the concession, and the Qing Law was not in place, and Chen Moran also pushed the matter on Ji Li, he was really helpless as a husband, in short, it had nothing to do with him, it was Ji Li's idea at all.

And Ji Li's identity as a British nobleman is the best shield, and even Cixi, who was about to return to Yanjing due to the signing of the "Xinchou Treaty" a month ago, not only did not say anything about the sudden idea of this "noble lady", but even specially sent someone to send a congratulatory gift to the "English noble", in short, the identity of the British nobleman, even if it declined, could still shock the scene in this Qing Dynasty.

After Ji Li got off the carriage, Chen Moran, who wore a big placket and handed over a Han-style auspicious suit, wore a tiara, and greeted him by the door, with gold gauze back curtains, brass road leads, like the collapse of the Han Dynasty, with bronze wine jue, incense burners and other utensils...... Under the golden sunlight of late autumn, this Han-style wedding that reappeared on the land of China after ten years of the Ming Dynasty and 245 years later is not only full of rich classical cultural atmosphere, but also shows endless elegant romance.

During the wedding, looking at the couple dressed in Han family clothes, as one of the students who came to congratulate the Whampoa Sports School, Zheng Chengying kept wiping away the tears from his eyes with his hands. Although he sings all day long, "With my Han family's clothes, I am a state of etiquette." But since the day he was born, he had never seen what the Han family's clothes looked like, but today he saw it, and tears clouded his eyes.

For some reason, looking at the clothes of the Han family wearing on the bodies of this pair of newcomers, Li Pingshu, who came to congratulate him, couldn't help but hum the song that was designated as "great rebellion" by the imperial court in his heart.

“…… The clothes are insignificant, and they will eventually become a sound. ”

(To be continued)