swear not to be concubine

Chapter 24

After Jian Yan walked out of Mei Lin, she walked in front without saying a word, and Bai Wei followed closely.

It was March, and the peach blossoms on the shore were bright red, the willows were green, and the scenery was pleasant.

After walking for a while, Jian Yan suddenly saw a little girl sitting on a big bluestone under a willow tree on the bank, and a maid wearing a double bun stood beside her.

Jian Yan looked at her unremarkably from the corner of her eyes.

The little girl was born weak, her complexion was abnormally white, her chin was sharp, her eyes were clear and bright, and she was looking straight at her.

Jian Yan noticed that in such a warm day, the little girl was still wearing a padded dress.Even sitting on a stone, there is also a thick layer of cushions underneath.

She knew immediately who the little girl was.

It's been a month since she came to Xu's house, and she has basically met everyone in the house.Only the fourth girl, Xu Miaojin, she hadn't seen before, and the little girl in front of her was probably Xu Miaojin.

She was thinking whether to pretend she didn't see it and walk over directly, or stop to say hello to Xu Miaojin, when suddenly she heard Xu Miaojin speak.

"Are you my third sister's cousin?"

This question is quite amusing, Jian Yan thought in her heart, but she stopped, turned slightly to face Xu Miaojin, nodded with a smile on her face and said: "Yes. I am Ning'er cousin."

"You embroidered my third sister's lucky cat purse?"

Xu Miaojin's voice was soft, like the kind of lightness that has just recovered from a serious illness and has no strength in her body.

Jian Yan looked at her pale face that seemed to be transparent, and remembered the news that Bai Wei had inquired back at that time, saying that Xu Miaojin had been born early, her body was always in bad shape, and she rarely came out. When she said that she would not live long, something in her heart suddenly seemed to be touched, and her softness felt a little sour.

"That's right," her voice couldn't help but softened a bit, "I embroidered it."

Xu Miaojin looked up at her, pursed her lips tightly, and didn't say a word.But anyone can see the look of hope in her eyes.

Jian Yan thought in her heart, this little girl is really stubborn, she obviously wants a purse like Xu Miaoning's, but she just doesn't say it.

Seeing her stubborn and soft expression, Jian Yan couldn't help it, but in the end she asked Xu Miaojin on her own initiative: "Do you also want a purse like Ning'er's?"

"Would you like to give me a purse too?"

Xu Miaojin hurriedly answered the words, but the content of the words showed that the purse was not what she wanted on her own initiative, but that Jian Yan wanted to give it to her on her own initiative.

Thinking about this child's thin skin, she was afraid that Xu Miaoning would know that she was envious of her lucky cat purse, so she came here to ask for one, so she repeatedly emphasized that this purse was not what she wanted on her own initiative.

Jian Yan couldn't help laughing.Such an awkward little girl is also cute.

"Yes. I want to give you a purse like Ning'er's, do you want it?"

"No."

Jian Yan was stunned instead.Could it be that I guessed wrong, this Xu Miaojin is not just sitting here, waiting for her here, asking her for a purse?
But she soon heard Xu Miaojin saying again: "I don't want a purse with the same pattern as the third sister, I want a purse that she doesn't even have."

I can't tell that this little girl is quite domineering.Jian Yan couldn't help but laughed again, and then told Bai Wei: "Go back and get the purse with the rogue rabbit embroidered on it."

Bai Wei agreed to go.

Xu Miaojin asked Jian Yan to sit down at this moment.Jian Yan was not polite to her either, so she sat beside her.

Xu Miaojin just kept looking at her with a pair of lacquer-like eyes.Jian Yan didn't move, but had a slight smile on her face, allowing her to look at her like this.

After going like this for a while, I heard Xu Miaojin saying: "The third sister said you are very good. She often boasted in front of me that she has a very good cousin."

Jian Yan could almost imagine what kind of embarrassing expression Xu Miaoning would have on her face when she was showing off to Xu Miaojin, presumably Xu Miaojin must have been aggrieved at that time.

So Jian Yan comforted her: "Don't listen to that girl's nonsense, how can I be so good? She just wants to annoy you on purpose."

"No," Xu Miaojin shook her head and said softly, "Before I also thought she said that because Cousin Xuan was closer to me than to her, so she deliberately said such things to anger me, and took the dog The purse of the lucky cat and the cat fluttered in front of me, saying that she didn't care about the things embroidered by cousin Xuan. But now that I have seen you with my own eyes, I believe what she said."

The implication is that she also thinks that Jian Yan is a very good person as Xu Miaoning said.

Jian Yan was slightly embarrassed.

It's a bit embarrassing to be praised so directly and clearly by a little girl.

She reached out and touched her hot cheeks, thought for a while, and then said: "Your cousin Xuan is also very good. She is gentle and easy-going, and she has always been so kind to you."

The first time she saw Wu Jingxuan was at the gate of Ningcuixuan's courtyard. She thought that Wu Jingxuan and Xu Zhongxuan came out to visit Xu Miaojin at that time.And during this period of time, she also heard people in Xu's house say that Wu Jingxuan liked her cousin Xu Miaojin the most, and would go to her place to see her in a few days, and often gave her some gadgets.

Xu Miaojin pursed her lips tightly again, without saying a word.

Jian Yan didn't know which sentence she said wrong, which made the little girl unhappy.Just when he was about to ask a question, Xu Miaojin suddenly heard Xu Miaojin speak again.

"They all treat me as a child, thinking that I don't understand anything. But I know what's going on. Cousin Xuan doesn't really treat me well."

Jian Yan was puzzled, and asked her what she meant, but Xu Miaojin stopped talking, and just sat there with her lips pursed.

Jian Yan didn't want to ask any more questions. It just so happened that Bai Wei came over with a purse, and she reached out to take the purse, then handed it to Xu Miaojin with both hands, and said with a smile, "This purse is for you."

Embroidered on the purse is a rogue rabbit.With short legs, a fat body, and eyes narrowed into slits, although it looks expressionless, it always feels that it will open its eyes the next moment and say dirty words.

Naturally, Xu Miaojin had never seen a rogue rabbit.So no matter how proud she was before, no matter how much she pretended to be like a little adult, when she took over the rogue rabbit, she still opened her eyes wide, her face full of surprise and surprise.

Jian Yan asked her: "Do you like it?"

Xu Miaojin held the purse tightly in the palm of her hand, looked up at Jian Yan, and said very reservedly after a while: "I like it. Thank you."

This kid is really awkward.Subconsciously, Jian Yan stretched out her hand and stroked her head very familiarly, and said with a smile, "It's just as long as you like it."

Xu Miaojin still kept looking up at her, but there was something different in her eyes.

"Besides my big brother, no one has ever touched my head like this."

Jian Yan felt a little embarrassed.

She hastily withdrew her hands, gathered them in her sleeves, and smiled dryly: "Hehe, that's it. I'm sorry."

"No need to apologize," Xu Miaojin said slowly, "I like it when you touch my head like this."

After thinking about it, I discussed with her again: "The third sister called you Cousin Yan, so I will call you Sister Yan, okay?"

These two little girls really hit it off.

Jian Yan could only nod her head: "Okay."

A very happy look appeared on Xu Miaojin's face, and she took the initiative to hold her hand.

Jian Yan was thinking for a while, could it be that her affinity is so high?Or is this Xu Miaojin just seeing that Xu Miaoning has a cousin like her, and she feels dissatisfied, so she also wants to get in the way?

Just as she was thinking about it, she suddenly heard Xu Miaojin's maid, Qing Zhu, whispering from the side: "Miss, the elder lady and the cousin girl are here."

Jian Yan turned around slightly and looked over, and she saw Xu Miaohua and Wu Jingxuan meandering over there with their maidservants.

They should have come to pick peach blossoms, and the maids following them all held a handful of peach blossoms.

"I don't want to see them." Xu Miaojin grabbed Jian Yan's hand and said in a low voice.Then he turned around, which meant to leave.

But Xu Miaohua and Wu Jingxuan had already seen them.

When Xu Miaohua saw them, she had a sarcastic smile on her face, she just stood there, didn't come forward, and didn't say anything.On the contrary, Wu Jingxuan called Jin'er, and then walked over, wanting to hold Xu Miaojin's hand affectionately.But Xu Miaojin just dodged behind Jian Yan, and even put one hand behind her back.

Wu Jingxuan saw that she was still holding Jian Yan tightly with her other hand, the smile on her face froze a bit.

Jian Yan sighed in her heart, thinking that she really didn't read the almanac when she went out today, and accidentally encountered such a scene of golden branches wanting to do evil.

"Sister Wu."

After all, we all live in the same house, and we have met each other a few times, so it would be inappropriate to call Miss Wu.So Jian Yan held back her skirt, first saluted Wu Jingxuan, and called her.After that, she bowed in Xu Miaohua's direction and called out to Sister Hua.

Xu Miaohua is about to reach the age of Ji, and she is more than a year older than her, logically she should be called elder sister.

Wu Jingxuan also returned the gift, called sister Yan affectionately, and asked what she and Xu Miaojin were doing here?Now the peach blossoms are in full bloom, but come out to enjoy the peach blossoms?

Xu Miaohua ignored her all the time.He just raised his head slightly, as if he didn't care about her.

Looking at Jian Yan from this angle, she could just see her two nostrils exposed by raising her head.

Miss Xu's nostrils are a bit big, almost as big as Erkang's nostrils.

Jian Yan commented silently in her heart, but there was still a slight smile on her face, listening to Wu Jingxuan telling her where the peach blossoms bloom the most beautifully.

(End of this chapter)