swear not to be concubine

Chapter 104

At dusk in winter, the setting sun has already set, and the darkness and mystery that strikes from the sky gradually envelopes the distant mountains and the vicinity.

There is a cold wind blowing across the bleak field, bringing the chilling air of winter, rolling up the fallen leaves and dry grass by the roadside, and spinning all the way to the lonely mid-air.

In the twilight, a carriage drove along the official road at a leisurely pace.

In the carriage compartment, Xu Zhongxuan hugged Jian Yan in his arms.Because he was afraid that she would be cold, he wrapped her tightly with a crane cloak.

But even so, when he bowed his head and pressed his face against her cheek, he still felt icy cold.

He lowered his head to look at her, and saw that her face was pale, and even though her neck had just been treated by a doctor, and powder was sprinkled on her neck to stop the bleeding, there were still some bright red blood oozing out from the wrapped plain white cloth.

Thinking of the hideous wound and scarlet blood on her neck when she just took off the handkerchief, Xu Zhongxuan couldn't stop feeling a throbbing pain in his heart.

He leaned over, gently touched her forehead with his lips, and then tightened his arms, wishing he could wedge her whole body into his own, so that no one could get out of his The side took her away.

With his head lowered against her cheek again, he asked her softly, "What are you thinking?"

He always felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Earlier when he rushed into the private room on the second floor of Zuiyue Building, he was really frightened when he saw the scene of Jian Yan holding up a hairpin to stab his throat.

If he had arrived a little later at that time, if Jian Yan hadn't shaken her hands when she heard his yell, how could he still be hugging her like this now?
As long as he thinks of that picture, he still feels his heart trembling right now, so the arms holding Jian Yan are tightened even more for a while, as if this can make him feel more at ease.

Jian Yan hasn't said a word since she came out of Zuiyue Building.

At first it was because of fear, the heart in his chest trembled like a sieve, and he didn't know what to say at all, and later it was because Xu Zhongxuan didn't give her a chance to speak at all.

She huddled in his arms, listening to his deep voice, ordering the coachman to drive in an orderly manner, and asked Qisang to find a medical center, then bandaged her and carried her into the warm compartment, tightly holding her She was in his arms.

It was as if she didn't have to think about anything at all, and she didn't have to worry about anything, as long as she lay quietly in his arms.

But now when Xu Zhongxuan asked her, her wandering thoughts pulled back a little.

The soft body rubbed against his arms, found a more comfortable position and nestled in his arms again, then Jian Yan replied in a low voice: "I didn't think about anything."

It's just that Xu Zhongxuan still feels uneasy.

Jian Yan is such a stubborn character who would rather be broken than broken, but now she knows clearly that Zhou Yuanzheng has mentioned to her mother about taking her as a concubine, how could she feel better?When she was in Zuiyue Tower earlier, she had already committed suicide with a hairpin, what about the future?Could it be that he couldn't think about it for a while, and found some way to kill himself?

As long as he thought of this, Xu Zhongxuan felt a great panic in his heart.

"Jian Yan, Jian Yan." While calling her in a low voice, he lowered his head to kiss her lips.

Jian Yan felt sore all over her body after being carried out by Xu Zhongxuan from the Zuiyue Building earlier, as if all her strength had been exhausted. Now that she was kissed so fiercely by him, she felt even more powerless.Even the hand that was on his arm was powerless to support it, and it hung down limply.

Xu Zhongxuan was taken aback by her, let go of her quickly, and stared at her flusteredly.

Jian Yan tried her best to smile at him, comforting him: "I'm fine. Don't be afraid."

But how could Xu Zhongxuan not be afraid?
He tightly hugged her whole body in his arms, pressed his lips to her ear, and whispered pleadingly: "Jian Yan, you have to promise me that you will never do it again. It's such a stupid thing today."

Jian Yan smiled wryly.

If she could, she would naturally not want to do such a stupid thing.But in such a situation, she didn't know why, but suddenly a sense of loneliness and resoluteness surged in her heart, and she only wanted to seek death.

Xu Zhongxuan saw such a scene with his own eyes, so he must have been frightened, right?
So she raised her right hand, patted him on the back lightly, and said softly: "Okay, I promise you. I will never do such a stupid thing again in the future."

Xu Zhongxuan felt a soreness in the corner of his eyes for a moment.

He buried his head on her thin shoulders, and wrapped his arms tightly around her back. After a while, he said a word dumbly: "Jian Yan, you must always remember one sentence, when you are here, I will be here."

Jian Yan was slightly taken aback, but was greatly moved afterwards.

Zhou Yuan is the chief assistant who has power over the government and the public.No matter how talented Xu Zhongxuan was, no matter how young and promising he was, his chances of winning against the old and cunning Zhou Yuanzheng were still very small.But even in such a situation, today he still resolutely stood up and stood in front of her.

So she also stretched her arms around his back, nodded silently in his arms, and responded with a smile: "Okay. I remember your words."

Then he smiled and said: "Just now, can you loosen your arms? I'm afraid that if you strangle me so tightly, I will be strangled by you."

When Xu Zhongxuan heard this, he relaxed his arms a little.But he still didn't want Jian Yan to leave his arms, so he bent one leg so that Jian Yan could lean on comfortably, but his arms were still loosely wrapped around her body.

Only by holding her in his arms all the time can he feel a little bit at ease.

Jian Yan didn't refuse him either.Instead, she rested her head on his chest, leaned leaning on his lap, and wrapped her arms loosely around his waist.

The two hugged each other quietly for a while, and Jian Yan heard Xu Zhongxuan's voice resounding above her head: "Tell me, what happened today? Why did Zhou Yuanzheng suddenly want to take you as a concubine? Zhou Yingying And why did you trick you into meeting Zhou Yuanzheng in the Zuiyue Tower? How did Zhou Yuanzheng persecute you when you were in the private room? Don’t miss a single word, tell me everything.”

Jian Yan leaned her head tightly against his chest, and could hear the beating of his heartbeat in his chest, calm and powerful.

She concentrated her attention, and then slowly started to talk about how Zhou Yuanzheng lost her composure when she saw her in the Zhou mansion and called her Mei Niang, and then Zhou Yingying posted a post for her, and April had no intention Among them, I saw three strange servants and maids coming out of Mrs. Jane's room, the vague words that Mrs. Jane said to her this morning, and all the words that Zhou Yingying and Zhou Yuanzheng said to her after they arrived at Zuiyue Tower , and told Xu Zhongxuan everything without missing a word.

Finally, she said slowly: "I think Zhou Yuan took me as Mei Niang's substitute, so since he met me in his mansion that day, he sent people to find out my origin, and then he told my mother to ask for help. Let me do his outside work. It's just that my mother knew my temperament a little bit when I came here, and she was afraid that I would not want to, so she made an appointment with Zhou Yuanzheng early in the morning, and sent me a post with Zhou Yingying's hand, inviting me today I came out to get together, but I just want Zhou Yuanzheng to take the opportunity to take me away and place me in a courtyard. By then, the raw rice will be cooked, and it will be useless if I think about it. Yes, even if someone wants to use this to impeach Zhou Yuanzheng for taking concubines during the national funeral, it will not work. These two people are really good at planning." ""

"Your mother didn't say a word to you about such things, but let others treat you like this." Xu Zhongxuan gritted his teeth, his tone was full of anger, "Is she still your biological mother?"

Jian Yan smiled wryly.Mrs. Jane was not his biological mother in the first place.

But it's better not to tell Xu Zhongxuan about this matter for the time being.Who knows what her biological parents are like?And at that time, the maid who was holding her was covered in blood and died there. Who knows what happened at that time?It would be even more difficult to deal with if he was charged with a crime after the crime of treason.

Isn't the situation messy enough?
So she just shook her head with a smile, and said with a mocking tone: "Who knows."

Xu Zhongxuan didn't speak any more, and stretched out his hand to hold her in his arms again, slowly stroking her slender back.

It's just that all the tenderness and uneasiness in his heart just faded away at this moment, replaced by a bone-chilling chill.

The revenge of taking one's wife is irreconcilable.From now on, he and Zhou Yuanzheng are naturally like fire and water, and there is no need to pretend to be a snake with him anymore.

He was rapidly analyzing the current and future situation in his mind.

The most unfavorable thing right now is naturally that Zhou Yuanzheng has already agreed with Mrs. Jian to accept Jian Yan as his concubine. This is a foregone conclusion, and he cannot overthrow it for the time being.The most favorable thing is that it is now during the national mourning period, even though Zhou Yuanzheng and Mrs. Jian have agreed to take Jian Yan as a concubine, Zhou Yuan will not be able to accept Jian Yan to enter the house before April next year.

In other words, there are still more than four months left.

Xu Zhongxuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and the upward arc at the end of his eyes was sharp and cold.

In more than four months, he will definitely let Zhou Yuanzheng roll down from his position as the chief assistant of the cabinet, and then kill him cleanly.

But the most important thing right now is still to appease Jian Yan.

"Jian Yan," he lowered his head, resting his chin on her head, his voice was calm and reassuring, "Don't worry, I will never let you become Zhou Yuanzheng's concubine."

Jian Yan has already closed her eyes.

Wrapped tightly in a thick crane cloak, and hugged tightly in Xu Zhongxuan's arms, with the faint fragrance of the Ganan bracelet on his left wrist in her nose, she just felt very relaxed in her heart Tranquility, I can't help feeling a little drowsy.

Hearing Xu Zhongxuan's steady voice, she hummed lightly, but still did not open her eyes.

And Xu Zhongxuan was still saying there: "Since Mei Niang is the obsession in Zhou Yuanzheng's heart, and you are so like that Mei Niang, Zhou Yuanzheng will definitely not let you go. Although you are taken by me now When he came back, in the name of national mourning, he put an end to his hope of taking you as a concubine before April next year, but how could he be willing? And now that he knows about the intimate relationship between you and me, I'm afraid he will send you away tomorrow. Someone came to threaten your mother to take you out of Xu's house and into another house he bought. But Jian Yan, you have to remember that even if your mother agrees to this matter, you must never agree to it—— ——If you live in the mansion he set up, you will undoubtedly be under his control, and everything will be beyond your control—and now that Mei Niang is dead, since Zhou Yuanzheng regards you as Mei Niang’s substitute, then he Naturally, I still value you somewhat in my heart. And today when you were in Zuiyue Tower, you were so determined to commit suicide in front of him. Thinking about it, he didn't dare to force you too much. So tomorrow you only need to be in front of you If you show in front of your mother that you are determined not to leave Xu's house and stay in the house that Zhou Yuanzheng bought, your mother and Zhou Yuanzheng will naturally weigh it up, and will not dare to persecute you again. You have to remember, as long as you Zhou Yuanzheng didn't dare to do anything to you because he lived in Xu's house all the time. It's just that Zhou Yuanzheng couldn't do this plan, and then he should have sent a servant girl over again, in name to serve you, but in fact it was to prevent you and me from doing it again. Meeting, at the same time, is to guard and monitor you. I'm afraid you can't shirk this. It doesn't matter if you accept the servant girl he sent over, it can make Zhou Yuanzheng temporarily relax his vigilance towards you and me in his heart. As for the servant girl he sent over, After all, they are just servants, and they don't dare to do anything to you. Don't be afraid of them, as usual. If they offend you, you can severely reprimand them. As for other matters, you leave it to me Just do it."

After a pause, he said softly again: "Jian Yan, you just need to know that you will only be my wife in this life, and I will protect you well, and will never let you be anyone's concubine. So During this period of time, don't think too much, just live your life as usual."

Jian Yan was on the verge of falling asleep at this time, but she insisted on listening to Xu Zhongxuan.In a daze, his voice was like the sounds of nature, gentle and steady, which made her feel extremely at ease, and she felt more and more sleepy for a moment.

In a trance, a warm hand was gently stroking her cheek, and the voice that made her feel very at ease said in a low voice: "Sleep. Don't worry, I will always be by your side Watch yours."

Jian Yan finally stopped holding on and let herself fall asleep.

And Xu Zhongxuan heard her gentle and gentle breathing, fearing that she would catch a cold, he carefully pulled up the crane cloak, covering her whole body, only showing a small face outside.

Her skin was as white as jade when she was born, but after being frightened today, even though she didn't cry loudly, she was naturally terrified in her heart, so even though such a long time had passed, her face It was still pale.

Seeing Xu Zhongxuan, he couldn't help but began to feel throbbing pain again.

He bowed his head and kissed her soft and cold cheek with his lips, and then couldn't help but folded his arms, trying to hold her tighter.But he was afraid of strangling her and making her feel uncomfortable, so he immediately relaxed a little.

Originally, after today, he would come to propose marriage tomorrow, and from then on, he would face Jian Yan every day, but how could he have thought that Zhou Yuanzheng would actually get in the middle of it.

I couldn't help but think of the scene in the Zuiyue Building before.So for an instant, his eyes sank deeply again.

Zhou Yuan is daring to force Jian Yan like this, he will never let him go.

But now, looking at Jian Yan's sleeping face in his arms, he feels pain in his heart.

I'm afraid that after tonight, before Zhou Yuanzheng is completely overthrown, he will think that the chance of holding her in his arms so intimately like this night is extremely rare.

That's why he especially cherishes this moment.Wishing that this road from the capital to Tongzhou would never end, so that he could always hold Jian Yan in his arms.

It was just that the carriage stopped when it was too late for a meal.Qi Sang's tentative voice sounded softly outside the car curtain: "Master?"

Xu Zhongxuan did not answer.He just looked down at Jian Yan who was still sleeping soundly, his eyes full of reluctance.

Did it arrive so soon?

Qi Sang didn't say anything, just waited quietly outside the carriage with his hands down.

A moment later, a slender white hand lifted the curtain of the car.

Qi Sang hurried forward to help.But Xu Zhongxuan spared him, but carefully protected the person in his arms, pushed her head back into his arms, and then tucked the crane cloak around to prevent the cold night wind will blow to her.

He cherished the solemn expression like that, as if he held the most precious treasure in the world, even if he took a light breath, he was worried that it would melt away.

Qi Sang took a sneak peek, and saw that Jian Yan was completely covered by Xu Zhongxuan's crane cloak, only half of her face was exposed, and her tightly closed eyes could be seen.

It turned out that Miss Jane was asleep.

Qi Sang quickly lowered his head again, turned around and asked Bai Wei to come and wait on him.

Qin Yan came with Bai Wei.

He didn't open his mouth to speak along the way, his mind was filled with cowardice and cowardice at that time, when he and Jian Yanfang were out of danger, blood oozed from his neck, but he still asked with a pale face and concern Watching the scene where you have nothing to do.

He didn't know when he was reduced to what he is now, a coward who he despises so much for his future and power.

Qin Yan lowered his head and fixedly looked at Jian Yan who was sleeping soundly in Xu Zhongxuan's arms.

He was thinking, Jian Yan should feel very safe by Xu Zhongxuan's side, right?Otherwise, she wouldn't have fallen in love with him, and she told him with such a happy face that the reason she was happy was because she was about to see Xu Zhongxuan.

And Xu Zhongxuan is indeed someone who can give her a sense of security.

Under the previous situation, he was able to rush over, mighty and unyielding, regardless of the fact that the person opposing him was the chief minister of the dynasty, he resolutely rushed over and protected Jian Yan behind him.

Qin Yan felt that he had lost.No matter from which aspect, he is inferior to Xu Zhongxuan.

Looking away from Jian Yan, he glanced at Xu Zhongxuan lightly, and then said calmly: "Jian Yan's life here is not easy, take good care of her in the future, don't let her suffer any more grievances."

Xu Zhongxuan was somewhat hostile to his words.

"Naturally," so he looked up at Qin Yan, and replied calmly, "Jian Yan is the one I love, so I will swear to pamper her to the death and take good care of her for the rest of my life. I felt a little bit wronged."

Qin Yan nodded, without speaking, turned and entered the gate.

Bai Wei, who was standing by the side, asked in a low voice with some embarrassment: "My lord, do you want to wake up the girl?"

If Jian Yan was not woken up, would Xu Zhongxuan let Xu Zhongxuan carry her in like this?Words are scary.

Xu Zhongxuan looked down at Jian Yan, seeing her sleeping peacefully, he couldn't bear to wake her up.

But it was bound to wake her up.Although he had already broken his face with Zhou Yuanzheng and was not afraid of what would happen to him, but if this matter got to Zhou Yuanzheng's ears, he would be so angry that he would not use this as an excuse to force Mrs. Jane to take Jane with him. Yan left Xu's house and moved to the mansion he bought, but it would be bad at that time.

So Xu Zhongxuan lowered his head and gently nuzzled Jian Yan's cheek with the tip of his nose, and said softly: "Jian Yan, wake up."

After yelling like this several times, Jian Yan woke up and turned around, looked at Xu Zhongxuan with a blank gaze, stretched out her hand to rest her forehead, and then called out with some uncertainty: "Xu Zhongxuan?"

As soon as the voice came out, Fang felt hoarse.The place where the hairpin stabbed her neck was also painful.

It is always easy to forget those bad things in sleep and dreams.But when she woke up, the pain in her neck was there, reminding her of the horrible scene that happened earlier.

Jian Yan's face suddenly changed color, and the face that had just recovered some blush immediately turned a little pale again.

Seeing this, Xu Zhongxuan knew that she remembered what happened just now, and felt a great pain in his heart.

He hurriedly pressed her body into his arms again, and then said eagerly: "Don't be afraid. I'm here. And look, I've brought you back."

Jian Yan turned her head and saw that this was the gate of Xu's house.The two bright corner lamps under the eaves of the corridor are shining brightly, and the characters Xu are written in big letters on them.

Jian Yan's heart that was beating like a drum just now calmed down a little.

After struggling to get down from Xu Zhongxuan's arms, her footsteps were still a little unsteady.Xu Zhongxuan hurriedly supported her arm to make her stand still.

He was still worried, because he asked again: "Do you still remember the things I told you to pay attention to in the carriage?"

Jian Yan thought about it intently.

Although she was extremely tired just now and couldn't help falling asleep, she still heard clearly what Xu Zhongxuan said.So she nodded and said, "Well, I remember."

But Xu Zhongxuan was still worried.

What he was most afraid of was still that Jian Yan couldn't think about it, and did something stupid on impulse.

"Jian Yan," he held her face in both hands, making her look up at him, and he would definitely ask her to promise him again, "Promise me, I will never do such a stupid thing like today again."

There was panic and eagerness in his eyes, but it was no longer calm and calm as usual.

Jian Yan's heart softened for a moment, so she nodded and said solemnly: "Okay. I promise you, no matter what in the future, even if the situation is exhausted, I will never do such a stupid thing like today again."

Only then did Xu Zhongxuan's heart become a little more stable.

"I promise you too," he said with the same seriousness on his face, his eyes darkened, "With me, neither you nor I will have the day when we will be at the end of our rope. Jian Yan, you have to believe that I."

He will definitely protect her for the rest of her life, pamper her to the death, and never let anyone take her away from him.

(End of this chapter)