swear not to be concubine

Chapter 148

Wu Shi, Ji Shi and others are now waiting for Xu Zhongxuan and Jian Yan to come over in Songhe Hall.

In the past few years, Xu Zhongxuan's official position has become higher and higher, and Wu and others dare not offend him.

How dare you offend?When Zhou Yuanzheng fell from power, all his party members were going to be liquidated. Because of Zhou Yuanzheng's words, Xu Zhengxing became a household doctor and was also included in the liquidation. However, those officials still cared about Xu Zhongxuan's face. , didn't do anything to him, but just made a little appearance, demoted a level, and became the head of the household department from the fifth rank.

But compared to Zhou Yuanzheng's henchmen who were either killed, dismissed, or demoted from the capital, Xu Zhengxing's behavior was considered very good.

Then there is Xu Zhongjing, who won two Jinshi three years ago, and is currently working in the Imperial Academy. Because he is Xu Zhongxuan's cousin, the officials will naturally be extra polite to him, if there is any chance of promotion, then I will think of him in no time.

So Wu, Feng, Yu and others, who would dare to offend Xu Zhongxuan?It was Qin Shi, Wu Shi and others who valued Xu Zhongxuan more, so naturally they didn't dare to be too shabby to her, now the eldest family is really proud.

So even though the sun is high now, Xu Zhongxuan and Jian Yan are not seen coming, even if Wu and the others have some complaints in their hearts, they dare not show anything on the surface.

But fortunately, soon a little maid came in to announce that the eldest son and grandma had come.

Everyone who was still chatting in the room immediately sat down steadily.

The scarlet curtain at the door was pushed away by the little maid, and Xu Zhongxuan and Jian Yan were invited into the room.

Everyone's eyes immediately fell on Jian Yan.

Speaking of which, Jian Yan also lived in Xu's house for a year, but at that time, she was not yet mature, and her figure had not yet grown up. Unlike now, she looked much taller than then, with a graceful figure, Soft and boneless.No matter how thick the winter clothes are, you can still see the slender waist so graceful that it doesn't seem enough to hold.

As for the appearance, it is needless to say.Before reaching the hairpin, she was already beautiful and elegant, and she will be married, adding a bit of coquettishness to the beauty.

Wu and the others couldn't help thinking in their hearts, with such a face, it's no wonder Xu Zhongxuan waited for so many years, and it's really worth it.

What's even more rare is the sense of generosity on her body.Now that three years have passed, her behavior has become more and more decent, and she looks like a noble lady.

At this time, Jian Yan bowed to Wu Shi Yingying.

Listening to Feng holding the pot next to her, Siyue held a small lacquered tea tray with both hands, put a cup of tea on it, bent her knees and handed the tea tray in front of her.

Jian Yan took it with both hands, brought it to Wu Shi, and said softly: "Grandmother, please drink tea."

Wu received it with both hands, took a sip, then helped Jian Yan up with her own hands, and smiled repeatedly: "Good boy, get up quickly."

The maidservant behind him took the red envelope and handed it over, and then said some auspicious words.

Jian Yan took the red envelope, passed it to the little maid who followed behind her, and listened to Wu's words with a smile on her face.

Then Qin Shi, Feng Shi, Yu Shi, Ji Shi and others served tea one by one.

Yuan also recognized her, so it would be convenient if she knew how to recognize relatives.

It's just that when the tea was delivered to Mrs. Yu, Mrs. Yu felt a lot of emotion in her heart.

At that time, she didn't think much of Jian Yan's status as a merchant's daughter, so Xu Zhongjing begged her to speak to Mrs. Jian, but she didn't agree, but who would have expected that she would be the daughter of the Duke of the Kingdom now? And the identity of Le'an County Lord?

As a county lord, it was a great honor for her to be willing to offer tea to her like this.

Yu's sip of tea was very unpleasant to drink, but in the end, he could only say something congratulatory with a gentle smile on his face, and then handed over the red envelope with both hands.

Standing beside Jian Yan is Xu Zhongxuan.Although she just thought about these things in her heart, it took a little longer for Jian Yan to salute, and Xu Zhongxuan looked at her with a chill, which made her back immediately burst into sweat.

In the future, Xu Zhongjing still hopes to get some suggestions from Xu Zhongxuan in his official career. The Yu family does not dare to offend Xu Zhongxuan easily.

All the elders have met, the rest are peers, and there is one junior.

After Xu Zhongjing was awarded two Jinshi, Xu Zhongxuan sent someone to Su's family to propose a marriage, and soon thereafter he held a big ceremony with Su Jinniang. The next year, Su Jinniang gave birth to a son named Brother Qing, and now there is a son. It's over a year old.

Jian Yan was already gifted by Brother Qing early in the morning.

A pair of gold bracelets chiseled with lotus patterns and a longevity lock are shining golden.

Cui Jinniang reached out to take it, called Jian Yan's sister-in-law, and taught Brother Qing to call Jian Yan's aunt.

Children over one year old are at their most cuddly, but at the same time most noisy.Hugged in my arms, like twisted candy, there is no time to stop.Even if the adults taught him to call someone again, he still didn't want to call out. Instead, he turned his head away and lay it on his mother's shoulder, as if he didn't look like a person.

Cui Jinniang felt somewhat embarrassed, and smiled at Jian Yan embarrassingly.

Jian Yan didn't care much.Children, aren't they all like this?Brother Qing is pretty good.It's a headache when you meet someone who climbs up and down all day, and then lies on the ground as soon as you scold him.

But seeing Brother Qing like this, she couldn't help but wonder what kind of child she and Xu Zhongxuan would give birth to.

At first, she was the most resistant to children, and found it very annoying, but now seeing brother Qing's cute appearance, she suddenly felt that it seemed that it would be nice to have a child.

She and Xu Zhongxuan's child, she thought silently, and then couldn't stop smiling lightly on her face.

But Xu Zhongjing looked at Jian Yan like this, and felt mixed feelings in his heart.

He is a reserved and inarticulate person.In fact, during the year when Jian Yan lived in Xu's residence, he only met her a few times.But at that time, the young girl's face was beautiful and her expression was gentle, and he was also moved suddenly.That's why he was so happy when his grandmother said that he would be a matchmaker for him and Jian Yan.It's just that when the Yu family came out to suppress the two matters of filial piety and future, they could only suppress this thought.

Fortunately, Jian Yan's current home is also good.A person like Big Brother can protect him.

Xu Zhongjing laughed rather self-deprecatingly, but saw that Xu Zhongxuan had already turned sideways to block Jian Yan, and looked at him with cold eyes.

For a person as transparent as eldest brother, he must have known about his little thoughts in the past few years.

Thinking of this, Xu Zhongjing withdrew his gaze from looking at Jian Yan, and only respectfully called Big Brother and Sister-in-law, and then turned his eyes away to look at Cui Jinniang and Brother Qing.

He is now a man with a wife and son, those thoughts in his youth are just melancholy when he thinks about them, but he also knows that they are useless, and naturally he can't think of any other thoughts in his heart.

But even so, Xu Zhongxuan still cared.

Regarding Jian Yan's matter, he was always domineering, and he didn't allow anyone to have unreasonable thoughts about her.Otherwise, even if it is his cousin, he will not be soft.

At that time, Xu Zhongze spoke disrespectfully to Jian Yan and behaved badly. Even though it had been three years since then, Xu Zhongxuan did not ask him to go back to Xu's residence, but only asked him to study abroad in the name of letting him stay. Detain him at the school in another place.

What's more, Mrs. Wu said at that time that she would facilitate Xu Zhongjing and Jian Yan's marriage.Fortunately, Xu Zhongjing is also a knowledgeable person. When he said that he wanted to marry Cui Jinniang, he agreed, otherwise Xu Zhongxuan didn't know what he would do.

But now that he and Jian Yan have gone through so many hardships and finally got together, he will naturally not allow anyone to covet her.

Xu Zhongxuan lowered his eyelids halfway, suppressed the chill in his eyes, stretched out his hand, and held Jian Yan's hand tightly.

Jian Yan originally wanted to break free.

She is not afraid of holding hands with Xu Zhongxuan on any occasion, even hugging and kissing, but she always has to worry about whether this will have any bad influence on Xu Zhongxuan.

After all, he is sitting in such a seat now, and he is probably a cold and serious person in front of people, not to mention that there are so many elders in this room.It's just that the more she struggled to break free, the tighter Xu Zhongxuan's grip became. In the end, Jian Yan had no choice but to let him hold her hand.

Wu and the others naturally saw Xu Zhongxuan and Jian Yan's small actions, but who dared to say anything?On the contrary, they all thought in their hearts that Jian Yan was indeed Xu Zhongxuan's favorite person. Under such an occasion, they didn't care about it and insisted on holding her hand.So she dared not underestimate Jian Yan even more.

After confirming their relatives, Mrs. Wu had already greeted Xu Zhongxuan and Jian Yan to sit down, first talked kindly, and then turned to the serious business.

What Wu's meant was that she wanted to give Jian Yan the back seat of the Xu residence.

Now the official careers of all the men in Xu's house depend on Xu Zhongxuan. With the prosperity of the big house, the matter of giving can only be left to the big house.

Moreover, Mrs. Wu also thought in her heart that the income from the farm and shop these years could no longer afford the expenses of the entire Xu residence, but Xu Zhongxuan now occupies such a high position, Xu Zhengxing and Xu Zhongjing are also in the household department, and the other In the Hanlin Academy, no matter how empty it is inside, it can only be said that it can only maintain a prosperous appearance on the outside, but where does the money come from?Over the past few years, Mrs. Wu has often been worried about this matter.

She wanted to delegate the power of giving in the palm to Qin Shi, but Qin Shi didn't know what happened suddenly, but she didn't accept it, and just came out as a wild crane, and she would be deaf Hearing things outside the window, he only wants to care for the elderly.And Mrs. Wu didn't want her only son, Yifang, to take on such a thankless job, so she had long thought that after Xu Zhongxuan got married, she would hand over the right of giving in the palm to Xu Zhongxuan's wife.

Moreover, this can also reflect the importance I attach to this eldest grandson and daughter-in-law, can also win Xu Zhongxuan's favor, and can relieve her of the burden that annoys her so much, why not do it?So now Mrs. Wu couldn't wait to talk about it.

Jian Yan was naturally surprised.

At that time, Mrs. Wu took the matter of the head of the family so seriously, and she held it tightly in her hand and did not let go, but why now she just married Xu Zhongxuan, and Mrs. Wu wants to hand over the power of the head of the house Gave it to her?
It's just that Jian Yan is not very willing to accept this matter in her heart.

As the saying goes, being in charge of the family for three years is also considered a dog, so she is not willing to take such a thankless job.

So she gently squeezed Xu Zhongxuan's hand.

Xu Zhongxuan naturally didn't want her to take care of such things.

People with such a big family in Xu's house, such as being in charge of the house, don't talk about it, but if they don't do well, they will be gossip behind their backs.

He couldn't bear her to be tired.

Xu Zhongxuan held her hand back, then turned his head to look at Wu Shi, and said indifferently: "We accept grandma's kindness. It's just that I was thinking that after getting married, Yan'er will follow me People who live in the capital don't live in the old house in Tongzhou, so it's probably not acceptable for Yan'er to give such a thing in the palm of their hand."

Upon hearing the words, Mrs. Wu was stunned for a moment, and then she pouted her lips and said, "She wants to live with you in the capital? It's just that she is a clan wife after all, so I'm afraid it's not very good?"

Even if Xu Zhongxuan was a concubine in her eyes in the past, even if it was recorded in Qin's name, Wu's refused to really recognize the identity of Xu Zhongxuan's eldest grandson.But now, the glory of the entire Xu residence depends on him, and when other wives chat privately, it seems that Xu Zhongxuan has great power in the court and is ruthless in his actions, but he has a relationship with the chief assistant Wu Kaiji. There is the meaning of fighting against the court, Wu thought how a cabinet woman like her could fight against Xu Zhongxuan?If he really annoyed him, I'm afraid there will be no good end, so Xu Zhongxuan is really treated as the eldest grandson.

It's just that Xu Zhongxuan doesn't seem to care about this at all.He didn't even want Jian Yan to pick up things like palm feeding.Could it be that he had the idea of ​​breaking up in his heart?

Wu's heart inevitably felt a little panicked.She wanted to say something later, but Xu Zhongxuan pulled Jian Yan and got up to say goodbye to her.Immediately without waiting for her to ask to stay, he turned around and pulled Jian Yan out of the room Shi Shiran.

Wu's heart was really blocked right now, and he almost didn't come up in one breath.

If she had known about the present, she shouldn't have sneered at Xu Zhongxuan like that back then, and ignored some of them.But if he could treat him a little better at that time, it wouldn't be the case now.

In Wu's heart, she only felt regretful.

(End of this chapter)