swear not to be concubine

Chapter 11

After Zhou Lin sent the news that everything outside had been arranged according to Jian Yan's instructions, Jian Yan called Cui Liu over the next day and asked her to send Jian Qing a wedding dress embroidered with Wenchang Xingjun. pencil case.

Jian Qing needs to bring his own paper, ink, brush and inkstone when he goes to school, and this pen bag is specially used to hold the brush.Although the object is small, Jian Yan still put a lot of thought into it. The Wenchang Xingjun embroidered on it is lifelike and ready to come out.

During this period of time when Jian Yan was free, she would send Cui Liu to deliver some small things to Jian Qing, and Cui Liu was naturally very willing to have more contact with Jian Qing.

She felt that she had such a good-looking appearance that any man who saw her would be fascinated.Even though Jian Qing doesn't pay much attention to her now, and just treats her as her sister's maid, but after a long time of contact, she doesn't believe that Jian Qing will look down on her.

As so many times in the past, after Cui Liu took the pencil case with both hands, she did not go out to Jian Qing's place in a hurry, but went to her own room first, lightly applied a layer of white powder on her face, They each put on a layer of light rouge, changed into one or two clothes of more delicate colors, and then went out.

Not long after she went out, Mother Zhao came.

Perhaps it was because her son secretly deposited the 1000 taels of silver recently, Mother Zhao was a little guilty, afraid that Mrs. Jian would find out, so these days she came to Jian Yan's office on time to report.

It's just that as soon as she entered the courtyard today, before she had time to go to the main room to meet Jian Yan, she heard Bai Wei and Si Yue talking.

There are a few rhododendrons planted in the corner of this small yard. The weather was too cold a few days ago, and a lot of the leaves of the rhododendrons froze. Bai Wei and April are currently taking scissors to cut the withered branches and leaves.

Zhao's mother could hear Siyue cutting and chewing the ears with Bai Wei at the same time.

"Miss just sent Sister Cui Liu to deliver the pencil case to the young master."

Then Bai Wei laughed and said: "The girl and the young master are brothers and sisters. Everyday, the girl often makes something for the young master. What's wrong with sending a pencil case?"

"Of course it's nothing for a girl to give something to the young master, but Sister Cui Liu," she lowered her voice as she said this, as if she was afraid that someone would hear, "Every time the girl asks Sister Cui Liu to give the young master something Well, elder sister Cui Liu would always go back to the house and carefully dress herself beautifully before going to the young master. According to my opinion, elder sister Cui Liu must have fallen in love with the young master and wanted the young master to accept her as his aunt. "

Mother Zhao's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly took two steps forward lightly, leaning forward, trying to hear more clearly.

"You little hoof," Bai Wei scolded Si Yue with a smile, "You are so young, what do you know? I'm guessing here."

Si Yue said anxiously: "I'm not guessing randomly. I met Qingyan, the book boy next to the young master two days ago, and I heard him say it with my own ears. Stuff, Sister Cui Liu is doing business for selfish purposes, just staying at the young master's place, making ink and tea for him, and sometimes sending out their close book boys, I don't know what they are doing with the young master in the house .”

After listening to Si Yue's words behind her back, Zhao's mother felt overjoyed.

As Jian Yan guessed before, Cui Liu's elder brother Qian Laibao went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to sell silk thread by himself. Although he distributed a sum of money to Zhao's mother's son Sun Wangcai according to the old rules, Sun Wangcai still felt that he had lost money.

Because he heard people say that there have been more silkworm farmers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the past two years, and the price of silk thread has been lower than in previous years, so the price difference Qian Laibao made this time should not be based on the price of silk thread in previous years. Forget it, it must be because he secretly hid a lot of money without knowing him, so he began to be a little rude to Qian Laibao in words and actions.But Qian Laibao also felt aggrieved. Usually, the two of them went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to sell silk thread together, and the difference between the two should be shared equally. But this time it was he who went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to sell silk thread alone. Xiaoxing stayed overnight. After suffering so much, Sun Wangcai still eats and drinks spicy food at home with his legs crossed. Even so, he has already shared part of the price difference. He is not satisfied with this, what is going on?Therefore, both sides have grudges in their hearts.

But at this moment, rumors spread in the woolen shop again, saying that on a certain day, because of such and such, Mrs. Jian took 1000 taels of silver and sent Sun Wangcai to do it, but this Sun Wangcai was behind Mrs. Jane's back. I took the 1000 taels of silver.As soon as Laibao heard about this money, he immediately felt that Sun Wangcai hadn't made any effort to sell silk thread last time, but he still divided his money, so logically speaking, Sun Wangcai should share a part of the 1000 taels of silver with him no matter what. .So he went to find Sun Wangcai, and he didn't want to be scolded by Sun Wangcai as soon as he opened his mouth, saying that it was nothing.Qian Laibao was also annoyed, and immediately jumped around arguing with Sun Wangcai, and all the work in the room was full of colorful faces.When the two of them returned home, they both talked about today's events with their family members, and the two families became annoyed at each other.

Now that Zhao's mother heard the conversation between Bai Wei and Siyue, she thought in her heart that Cui Liu, a little hoof, was pretty pretty because of her face. Master's bed?If she really waited for her to climb into the young master's bed, then the Qian family would have to run against their Sun family if they gained power.

So Mother Zhao thought about it, and immediately turned around and headed towards Jian Qing's study in a hurry.

As soon as she left, Bai Wei and Si Yue quickly put down the scissors in their hands, opened the curtain and entered the main room, and reported to Jian Yan: "Girl, Mother Zhao really fell into the trap. Thinking about it, she is going to get it from the young master now." Cui Liu's rape, I'm afraid this matter will come to my wife in a while."

Jian Yan nodded.In fact, she had already seen the scene just now through the thin slit of the window that was specially opened.

Earlier, she was worried that Mother Zhao would not come in time, don't wait for Cui Liu to come back, then today's play will not be able to be sung, and now the timing is just right.

It's just that she was still a little worried, so she told Siyue: "Siyue, you are young and a little maid, the people in the upper room will definitely not care about you too much. You go to the upper room now, If there is any movement, please let me know immediately."

Si Yue promised to turn around and go, but it took half a day before she came back.

"Girl," before seeing her, the voice came from the yard first, "I'm back."

Bai Wei hurriedly went over and opened the curtain, came in to meet her, and asked eagerly: "How is it? Cui Liu and Mother Zhao are moving the lasts to each other, shaking everything out in front of the wife?"

Although Jian Yan didn't ask, her hands on the case were tightly curled up. Although she looked calm, her eyes were full of anxiety.

If this fails, I'm afraid there will be no way to get Mother Zhao away from her side for a while.

Si Yue looked happy, and approached Jian Yan in two steps, without thinking about saluting first, she immediately said happily: "So that the girl can rest assured, everything is as the girl expected before. Now the wife is already Let the boy take all the members of the Sun family and the Qian family to the yamen. He also asked someone to write a detailed report, saying that the Sun family and the Qian family were cheating, occupying the property of the master, and so on. I'm begging the county lord to uphold justice."

Jian Yan and Bai Wei were overjoyed when they heard the words.Jian Yan is fine, no matter how happy she is in her heart, she doesn't show it on her face, but Bai Wei grabs Si Yue's arm and urges her repeatedly: "What's going on? April, please tell me and the girl carefully."

It turned out that not long after Si Yue arrived in the upper room, she saw Zhao's mother yelling and dragging Cui Liu to see Mrs. Jian.Si Yue hurriedly hid behind a thick camphor tree, shadowing herself, the cat was listening to the movement in the upper room.

I saw that Shen's mother came out of the main room first, frowning, saying that the wife was resting, and asked Zhao's mother why she was so loud?
Zhao's mother grabbed Cui Liu's hair, and pushed her in front of Shen's mother, with a very proud face, saying that Cui Liu, a little hoof, ran over to hook up with the young master today, and she caught her right , So she dragged this shameless bastard to his wife to make her angry.

Mrs. Jian was resting on the kang at first, but she was awakened by mother Zhao's yelling so loudly. When she heard that it was about Jian Qing, she turned over immediately.

Ever since the night of Master Jian's Hundred Days Ceremony, Mrs. Jian was worried that Jian Qing had inherited his old man's flirtatious and lustful temperament, so she simply withdrew all the maids around Jian Qing, even the older servants and nuns It was also withdrawn.Even so, when he goes out to school every day, there are several young servants staring at him eagerly.

The reason why she was so guarded was that Jian Qing could abandon the thoughts of those men and women so that she could concentrate on studying, get a good grade in the exam as soon as possible, and earn her a phoenix crown and Xiapei to wear.But it's unexpected that now Cui Liu will take the initiative to run over to hook Jian Qing.

Mrs. Jian opened the padded curtain and came out, and at a glance, Cui Liu was sitting on the ground with a disheveled bun and no image, but it was still obvious that her face was covered with white, powder and rouge .Moreover, she was wearing a pink jacket and a pine flower skirt, which looked very delicate.

Mrs. Jian was furious, and walked down the steps in two steps. Without saying a word, she squatted down first, came up, slapped Cui Liu's face heavily, and then cursed: "Master left, why don't you leave?" In less than a year, who are you going to show off by wearing red and green like this? I have given birth to a son like Qing'er, so why don't you let you, a shameless bitch, hook up with you?"

She scolded vigorously here, while Mother Zhao began to add fuel to the flames, talking about how when she rushed to the young master's study, she saw how shameless Cui Liu was and insisted on studying ink for the young master. Just looking at the young master with a moist look.When Mrs. Jian heard this, she immediately became even more furious, so she waved her hands and slapped her hard again.

Cui Liu was only caught by the rumble in her two ears, she couldn't hear any sound for a while, and could only see Zhao's mother's mouth opening and closing non-stop.When she could finally hear the sounds around her, she heard Zhao's mother still spitting and talking about how she hooked up with Jian Qing.

She was angry for a moment, and the evil turned to the guts. She stood up suddenly and stared at Zhao's mother.

At that time, her hair was in a messy bun, her cheeks were red and swollen, and the corners of her lips were broken. There was a trace of scarlet blood hanging on her sharp chin, and her eyes were like a beast that had fallen into a trap, full of ruthlessness. I mean, it's really scary to look at.

Mother Zhao was so frightened that she took two steps back, her complexion was pale, and she couldn't speak a word.

At this time, Cui Liu sneered and said, Mother Zhao, you also have something in my hands.Since you are ruthless to me, don't blame me for being ungrateful to you, at worst we will fight to the death today.

After saying this, Cui Liu turned to Mrs. Jian, and told the whole story about why Sun Wangcai ignorantly placed the 1000 taels of silver.She also said that she didn't frame Sun Wangcai with a red mouth and white teeth. When she saw it, someone from the woolen shop would testify. The wife just asked that person to come and ask.

1000 taels of silver is not a small amount, the key is that Sun Wangcai actually regarded her as a fool, and she even rewarded him with silver afterwards, praising him for his clever workmanship, who knows if this guy will take her silver in person and secretly But he called her a fool who was easy to fool.So Mrs. Jian immediately called all the workers in the woolen shop over, questioning them one by one.

And this responsibility is great.Not only did he find out the fact that Sun Wangcai was ignoring the 1000 taels of silver, but he also found out the fact that Sun Wangcai and Qian Laibao bought at low prices and paid high prices when selling silk threads over the years, and suffered countless price differences.There was even a guy who confessed that Sun Qian and his family each bought a good house. Mrs. Jian immediately sent someone to investigate, and sure enough the names of Sun Wangcai and Qian Laibao were written on the house deed.

Mrs. Jian was furious at the time, and she asked the boy to bring the board, beat Sun Wangcai and Qian Laibao first, then asked someone to write a petition, and asked the boy to detain Sun Wangcai, Qian Laibao, and Mother Zhao, Cui Liu and others went to the county government office, I'm afraid that the master of Danghui county is trying to resolve this case.

(End of this chapter)