swear not to be concubine

Chapter 12

Mrs. Jian was really annoyed by Sun and Qian's family, so she spent money up and down the county government office, only to be given a heavy sentence.

After a few days, the verdict came down.The 1000 taels of silver that Sun Wangcai lost was of course returned to Mrs. Jane, but even the two houses were awarded to Mrs. Jane.As for the main criminals, Sun Wangcai and Qian Laibao, they were given [-] boards each, a pair of heavy shackles weighing more than ten catties, and they were sent to Cangzhou thousands of miles away.Considering that the members of Sun Qian's family are Mrs. Jian's domestic slaves after all, the others were sent back and Mrs. Jian will deal with them.

Mrs. Jane will not be soft-hearted.But all the people from Sun Qian's family, regardless of men, women and children, directly called the old woman to take them out and sell them, and they also specially asked not to sell them to such good people.

She especially hated Mother Zhao and Cui Liu.Because one is a dowry maid who has been with her for decades, she doesn't want to secretly scheme against her like this, and the other is shameless Xiao who wants to climb into her son's bed.So instead, she took a few taels of silver to the matchmaker, only to let her sell Cui Liu to the most filthy low-level courtyard.

As for Mother Zhao, no matter how much she hated her, there was no way to punish her, because Mother Zhao died in prison.

Zhao's mother is not young, although she is a servant girl, she is also well-clothed and well-fed. When she returns home, she is also served by a little maid.After being frightened so badly, and the conditions in the prison were difficult, one kicked away without holding on.However, Mrs. Jian still became ruthless and refused to let anyone collect Zhao's mother's body.In the end, it was Shen's mother who thought about her relationship with Zhao's mother for so many years, took out her own money, quietly asked someone to buy a thin-skinned coffin, and found a place to bury it.

When Bai Weilai and Jian Yan were talking about this, Jian Yan was just picking up a pen and standing in front of the desk practicing calligraphy.

In her previous life, she was a lazy and impetuous person, and she just learned a piano casually, and she didn't play it very well.In this life, under the persecution of Mrs. Jian, I have learned all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

But the more she learns, the more interesting it becomes.Just like this calligraphy, as you practice and immerse yourself in it, you will naturally meditate.

What she is presenting today is Mrs. Wei's "Near Feng Tie", which is not long, but she still reads every word with great care.

Mrs. Wei's small script with hairpin flowers is delicate and peaceful, elegant and graceful. Even though Jian Yan has been here for so many years, she still feels that she is not ready for it.

Putting down the Tuhaohu pen in her hand, Jian Yan went to sit on the kang by the window, listening to Bai Wei's words.

"...Mother Zhao is dead in prison now, and Cui Liu was also told by his wife that she would sell her to such a place. From now on, our side will be considered clean. I'm just thinking about whether my wife will follow And sent other people to our courtyard?"

Si Yuezheng brought a small begonia-style lacquered tea tray to serve Jian Yan tea.Hearing that after serving the tea, he didn't leave, but took the tea tray with both hands and put it in front of him, and said angrily: "If this is the case, wouldn't it be a waste of all our girls' thoughts?"

"No," Jian Yan pursed her lips and smiled when she saw the two of them fighting against each other, "These days, my mother has almost sold out the servants in the house, and there is only Mother Shen as her confidant. Those two maidservants, Zhuzhu and Feicui, have also followed her for many years, and they couldn't be separated for a while. Who could she send here? Can't Heng just send a little maid here at will? That's useless. And now it's time At the end of the year, things are already busy, and we have to make arrangements for going to Beijing in the spring of next year. I'm afraid she won't have the energy to take care of us for a while. As for living in other people's homes after going to Beijing, everything is not hers. Do whatever you want."

Si Yue's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly asked: "Miss, do you mean that in the future, there will be no wives or people around us?"

Jian Yan stretched out her hand and gently stroked the gold-painted rose pattern on the edge of the teacup, with a clear smile in her eyes: "It should be like this."

She will plan a good future for herself.At present, Mrs. Jane and the people who are placed beside her are excluded, but in the future, she will definitely let herself out of Mrs. Jane's control slowly, and will never let her give herself to anyone as a concubine at will.

What she rubbed between her fingers was the small uneven pattern on the edge of the tea cup, which was a little irritating, but Jian Yan's heart was bright.

She took a deep breath and turned her head to look out the window.

The yard is full of snow.The leaves on the ginkgo tree planted in the corner have long since fallen, and now there are only taupe branches covered with snow, standing rustling in the wind.

But winter will pass eventually, Jian Yan comforted herself, even though it looks lifeless now, as soon as spring comes, new green leaves will bloom on the branches again, dancing with the breeze and sunlight.

When the end of the year came, Mrs. Jane was really busy and messed up.

What is different from the past is that now she has to be busy arranging all the utensils in the house to see which ones should be sold and which ones should be taken away.

On this day, she sent her maidservant Zhuzhu to Jianyan's side to check everything.

Although Jian Yan's small courtyard is not big, there are also a lot of utensils, not to mention dresses and jewelry. Mrs. Jian will call a tailor to sew new dresses for Jian Yan every season, and the same goes for jewelry. From time to time, new and exquisite styles will be delivered, so make sure to dress Jian Yanshi beautifully at all times.

Pearl came with two little maids, holding a booklet with a green satin cover in her hand.

"Pearl has seen the girl," she bowed to Jian Yan with a low body, then straightened up, and said concisely, "Madam sent a servant to your place to check the utensils and clothes that have been placed in your place over the years. dress jewelry."

Jian Yan was sitting on the big kang by the window, drawing flowers.

Soon after the Chinese New Year, it was Mrs. Jane's birthday, and she wanted to make a pair of shoes as a gift.A longevity peach and two bats are embroidered on the upper, implying good luck and longevity.

Putting down the pen in her hand, she looked at Pearl, listening to her with a slight smile on her face, and then turned her head to order Si Yue: "Si Yue, quickly serve tea to Sister Pearl."

He also pointed to the embroidered pier beside him for Pearl to sit on.

Pearl is the capable maidservant in front of Mrs. Jian. Although she is taciturn, she is prudent and meticulous in her work. Jian Yan dare not underestimate her.

Pearl naturally declined, saying: "My servant dare not take tea and sit down. Miss, you just go about your own business, and this servant will leave in a while."

Seeing this, Jian Yan ordered Bai Wei and Si Yue to open the box, and picked out all the items inside for Pearl to check.

From the beginning to the end, there was a faint smile on her face, but Bai Wei was extremely nervous in her heart, and the gauze green handkerchief in her hand was so damp that water could be squeezed out.

A few days ago, she had just served Jian Yan after breakfast, and Jian Yan pointed to a large package of bullets and ink placed on the kang to show her, and asked her to find a free time to take these things to find Zhou Lin, and let him go quietly. She pawned these and exchanged them for bank notes for her.After a moment of silence, he said again, asking Zhou Lin to take some money to find the matchmaker who took Cui Liu away, so that she could not sell Cui Liu to the courtyard no matter what.

Jian Yan thought, after all, Cui Liu had served her for so many years, and selling a 16-year-old young girl to the courtyard was really cruel.But she can only help Cui Liu so much, as for where the matchmaker will sell her in the end, that's out of her control.

Bai Wei didn't know what was inside the package at the time, but she was shocked when she opened it.

Inside the package were several sets of heavy gold silk and satin dresses, the embroidery on them was delicate and beautiful, and they all seemed to be of great value.There was another mahogany box. When I opened it, it was full of jewelry of various colors, and other small and exquisite utensils, which were often placed there in the daily house.

"What are you going to do, Miss?" She changed her complexion and asked with a trembling voice, "I took all these things out as pawns, if Mrs. Jiao finds out that Miss's house is missing these things, how should Miss explain?"

What's in Jian Yan's room, of course Mrs. Jian has records.Even the clothes, dresses and jewelry purchased throughout the year are probably in records, but Mrs. Jane doesn't bother to check them on weekdays.It's just that Mrs. Jian's house is full of people to count all the utensils, and Jian Yan dares to commit crimes at this moment.

Jian Yan didn't care when she heard the words, she just said lightly: "What are you afraid of? Mother Zhao has taken a lot of things from me in the past few years. If I take these things as pawns, if my mother asks , just push it on Zhao's mother. She is dead now, and there is no proof of her death. Could it be possible for my mother to go to the bottom of the underworld and grab her to confront me?"

So this blame, as it should be, should be carried by Zhao's mother.

Bai Wei frightened and took the package out and handed it to Zhou Lin. Two days later, Zhou Lin sent a message to meet Bai Wei, and took five 100 tael silver notes, six 50 tael silver notes, and a pouch Let her hand over the scattered silver to Jian Yan.He also talked about Cui Liu's matter, saying that he had asked the matchmaker to quietly sell her to a wealthy family in a foreign country to continue working as a maid, and did not sell her to the courtyard, so that Jian Yan could rest assured.

The small courtyard where Jian Yan lived was originally close to the backyard door, and the maid who guarded the door had been bought by her with money, so when Bai Wei and Zhou Lin delivered a message, or entrusted him with something, it would not be easy. Also easy.

Jian Yan took these bank notes and these scattered money, thinking in her heart that Brother Zhou is very safe in handling things, but she thought that she would also reward servants on weekdays, so she specially prepared a bag of scattered money The money, this thought is really meticulous.

It's just that she didn't expect that that bag of things could be used as so much silver, a total of more than 800 taels.

Speaking of which, the jewelry and dresses that Mrs. Jane gave her were also very expensive.Not to mention other things, but just that pair of gold bracelets, each one is estimated to weigh more than 100 grams, with rubies the size of a little finger embedded in it.As for the smoked quilt silver incense ball, it is probably worth 20 taels, so it is indeed worth so much silver.

And this directly caused her to be very annoyed, regretting why she didn't take out more jewelry and dresses to pawn.

It's just that she is annoyed, but Bai Wei is worried.

Pearl is holding the booklet with green satin cover and is checking all the girl's things one by one.And she has already seen with sharp eyes that Pearl is checking and frowning a pair of slender eyebrows slightly, presumably because she found that many things are missing.

Bai Wei glanced at Jian Yan again, and saw that she was concentrating on drawing flowers on the small table. One wing of the bat had come out, so she went to draw the other wing, with a calm expression on her face, unexpectedly It's like he doesn't care at all.

(End of this chapter)