swear not to be concubine

Chapter 32

But the next day Mrs. Yu still decided to go to Taoyuan to enjoy the peach blossoms with everyone, because Xu Zhongjing really wanted to take advantage of the good weather to visit Taoyuan.Mrs. Yu was worried that her son would go alone - it would be fine if there were only cousins, but there were Wu Jingxuan and Jian Yan inside, if something happened accidentally, it would be too late to regret.She still expected Xu Zhongjing to marry a daughter-in-law with a higher family status after he became a Jinshi, so that it would help him in his future career.So in the end, I simply followed along.

At that time, Jian Yan was slowly wearing the dress that Mrs. Jian had chosen for her.

Mrs. Jian spent a large sum of money on today's peach blossom feast. She specially wanted to make Jian Yan stand out, so that she could be in Xu Zhongxuan's eyes, so naturally she should not be careless in terms of dressing.

Mrs. Jian was already discussing with Shen's mother last night what dress Jian Yan should wear today, what bun to wear, and what jewelry to wear.After all, it is during the father's filial piety, so you can't dress too brightly, otherwise you will be told that you don't understand etiquette.Besides, if the makeup is too heavy, I'm afraid Xu Zhongxuan will not like it, so after discussing and discussing, he finally chose a round-neck double-breasted top with lavender plum pattern satin with pink and purple trim on the neckline, beige pleated skirt.She combed a peach-heart bun, with a butterfly in the center of the bun, and a small phoenix hairpin with emerald green on the right temple, with long pearl tassels hanging down, and the pearls and jade swayed as she walked, which was very charming.It is enough to wear a goose-yellow silk flower the size of a copper coin on each of the left and right temples, which looks very elegant and fresh.

Jade is the most dexterous, so things like buns are left to her.

In the end, Mrs. Jian looked at it carefully, and then ordered: "Fei Cui, put a thin layer of rouge on the girl's cheeks. Put some lip rouge on the lips too, not too thick."

Fei Cui agreed, reached out to take the rouge box on the dressing table, and then said to Jian Yan: "Please close your eyes, girl."

Jian Yan closed her eyes according to her words, and then she noticed the coolness on her cheeks.

It was Jade putting rouge on her.

But she just felt shame.The hands hidden in the sleeves were clenched into fists, and the heart in her chest was trembling with anger, but she had no way to resist.

What is the difference between this and a dress up item?Let Mrs. Jane take her out for a price?Israel charming?
"Please open your eyes, girl." Fei Cui said softly after she had applied rouge and lip gloss.

Jian Yan opened her eyes as she said.There was clearly a bronze mirror with rhombus-shaped baoxiang pattern in front of her, but she didn't take a look at what she looked like now.

Why go to see it?She was nothing more than a commodity devoid of any dignity.

But obviously Mrs. Jian is very satisfied with Jian Yan's current appearance.I saw her nodding her head, her tone was much gentler than usual, and she was telling her: "All the brothers and sisters of the Xu family will go together today, remember to be smart and smile more later."

She didn't say anything clearly, but Jian Yan didn't know what she was thinking.Speaking of which, everything Mrs. Jian did was to get her on the big boat of Xu Zhongxuan.

Mrs. Jian dressed properly, so she took Jian Yan out of Dongkuayuan.

Mrs. Ji and Nanny Tao are waiting for them in the upper room.Seeing them coming, Mrs. Ji first raised her eyes to look at Jian Yan, and then smiled at Mrs. Jian: "Sister Yan's outfit today is really beautiful, the rain moistens the peach blossoms, like a peony in a smoke cage, it looks very beautiful. It’s fresh and beautiful, and people can’t take their eyes away when they see it.”

Jian Yan just lowered her head and didn't say a word.Naturally, in the eyes of others, she was only shy, but in fact she was pursing her lips tightly, desperately suppressing her anger.

Mrs. Jian was very proud in her heart, and she was very comfortable with the smile on her face, but what she said in her mouth was: "She is a child, why should she praise her so much? If she praises too much, she will become proud."

So Mrs. Ji smiled, stopped talking, and walked to the gate of Xu's house together when they got together.

Xu Miaoning just held Jian Yan's hand and kept looking at her. Suddenly she leaned over and asked in a very low voice: "Cousin, are you unhappy?"

Jian Yan took a few deep breaths, suppressed all the unpredictability on her face, and then put on the mask-like smile that she usually wears when facing outsiders. , said in a calm voice: "No. It's just that I haven't gone out for a long time, so I'm a little nervous."

Xu Miaoning gave a clear oh, then held her hand even tighter, raised her face and said with a smile: "It's okay, don't be afraid, cousin, I will always be by your side. And in the future, Fanniang will take me I will definitely take my cousin with me when I go out to play, okay?"

Jian Yan was moved in her heart, so she held her hand tightly and replied in a low voice: "Okay."

What's there to be angry about?She thought in her heart, Xu Zhongxuan might not attend this peach blossom banquet today, even if he did, what would she have to be afraid of?Mrs. Jane can't strip her naked and tie her to his bed.

And she will definitely get out of Mrs. Jane's control, she comforts herself, she will definitely be able to.Isn't the cashmere shop profitable now?
But after a while, she thought again that the daily profit of 30 to [-] taels of silver for the woolen shop was not enough, and she had to find ways to earn more money.As long as she has enough money, she can ask Zhou Lin to spend the money to go up and down the government to manage, get her a brand new household registration, and then buy a yard in other states and counties.Then she found a suitable time to escape the golden cicada, and the information is not very developed in this day and age, how can Mrs. Jane find her?Wouldn't it be a sea and sky by then?

With a firm mind in mind, the previous anger gradually dissipated.And thinking of the days of freedom in the future, the smile on her face became more sincere for a moment.

At this time, at the gate of Xu's house, a row of sedan chairs and carriages were waiting there.

The Xu family naturally had their own sedan chairs and carriages, but there were not many of them.It is very rare for the whole family to go out like today. How can there be enough sedan chairs and carriages for a while?And Mrs. Jane wanted to show off, so she hired several sedan chairs and carriages earlier, and they were all extremely gorgeous.

So for a while, the old lady, Mrs. Jian, and the wives in each room were in a four-person sedan chair, and the remaining sisters, Jian Yan, Xu Miaoning, and Xu Miaojin took a carriage, and Xu Miaohua, Xu Miaolan and Wu Jingxuan sat in a carriage. a carriage.Other eminent mothers and maidservants also took the carriage.As for the elder brothers of the Xu family, they all followed by on horseback, so for a while, people and horses gathered at the gate of Xu's house, which was very lively.

Jian Yan always ignored these things, and just sat quietly in the carriage.

This carriage is the Xu family's carriage, very delicate and clean.There are hanging curtains embroidered with plum blossom patterns on all sides, and silk tassels hanging around them. There are lattice windows on the back and sides of the shed, covered with light blue gauze curtains embroidered with plum blossoms.

Xu Miaoning and Xu Miaojin sat on both sides of Jian Yan.

What Xu Miaoning wore today was a cross-neck gown with rose red embroidered magnolia flowers and an ivory-colored pleated skirt, which looked both elegant and bright.

She has been looking at Xu Miaojin since she got into the carriage.

Xu Miaojin was also wearing a cross-neck gown embroidered with magnolia flowers, but it was lavender, and the ivory-colored pleated skirt underneath was also very elegant.

"Hey, Fourth Sister," Xu Miaoning looked at it for a while, and finally asked, "Why are you wearing the same dress as me?"

Xu Miaojin snorted lightly, but she didn't look at her at all, she just said coldly: "I don't know who saw my beautiful clothes back then, and asked Fifth Aunt to make exactly the same clothes when I returned. It's just a change of color, do you think I don't know?"

Xu Miaoning reached out and touched her nose in embarrassment.

She lost the first bickering round, but she rolled her eyes, and then asked again: "I remember you never liked to join in the fun, but stayed in your deserted yard all day without going out, why?" Are you interested in going out to play today?"

Xu Miaojin's answer was: "I like to stay in the yard and stay in the yard, and I like to go out and go out, can you control it?"

Xu Miaoning lost again in the second round.She was so angry that she shouted madly: "I am your third sister! Why can't I control my sister?"

Xu Miaojin's answer to this was to turn her head away and ignore her.

Sitting between the two of them, Jian Yan could only hold her forehead helplessly.

Do these two little girls want to get together like this and start pinching?

She had no choice but to stretch out her hand, separated from Xu Miaoning who was about to grab Xu Miaojin's hand, and at the same time slightly raised her voice and said: "Sit down properly."

In her previous life, she was very good at training her nephews and nieces, so when Xu Miaoning heard it suddenly, she really sat there obediently and didn't move.

And at this moment, I heard Xu Miaojin talking slowly: "I didn't want to come at first, who would like to join in the fun? It's better to stay in the yard and watch the ants move. The elder brother said that staying in the yard all the time is not enough." No, it’s good for your health to come out and walk around more. He also said that he would come with me today, so I’m here. Otherwise, who would want to come?”

She was obviously explaining to Xu Miaoning the reason why she came today, but she didn't look at Xu Miaoning at all, she just turned her head to look at the embroidered plum blossoms on the curtain, as if she was talking to the curtain.

Jian Yan could only help her forehead again.Such an arrogant little girl is really simple.

But Xu Miaoning is obviously a person who is easily satisfied, because she immediately forgot that she was almost scolded by Xu Miaojin just a few words, and started talking with Xu Miaojin affectionately.

Although Xu Miaojin still had a fart-like face, she would reply when Xu Miaoning said four or five sentences. At present, the atmosphere between the two of them was quite harmonious.

Jian Yan breathed a sigh of relief.Later, seeing that the two of them were talking more and more speculatively, she simply gave up the middle seat where she was originally sitting, and sat by the window, allowing the two of them to sit and talk together.

It's just that she kept an eye out and changed seats with Xu Miaoning, not Xu Miaojin.

Because she was thinking, Xu Zhongxuan, as a biological sister like Xu Miaojin, naturally cherished her very much.Since he said that he went out to play with Xu Miaojin today, according to his nature as a sister-in-law, even if he just followed outside on horseback, he would definitely be outside the window where Xu Miaojin was sitting.So in order to avoid more contact with Xu Zhongxuan, it's better for her to stay away from there.

It was windy today, and it was not too light. The light blue curtains hanging on the car windows were fluttering, and it was faintly visible that there were many shops on the street outside and the crowds were coming and going.

Since Jian Yan traveled here, apart from the limited few times when she was in Longxing Mansion, she went out with Mrs. Jian to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha, it was the month when she came to Tongzhou Road from Longxing Mansion last time At other times, she basically didn't leave the door, and didn't go out the second door. She really suffocated her.

Seeing the street scene outside suddenly, she couldn't bear it anymore, so she stretched out her hand, lifted a corner of the curtain quietly, and looked out through the moiré window lattice car window.

Crowds coming and going, all kinds of shops, light blue wine curtains are picked out from upstairs, swaying left and right with the wind.

Jian Yan suddenly missed the time when she went shopping with her roommates in her previous life.

Bustling crowds, busy traffic, colorful neon lights, they are wearing short-sleeved T-shirts, knee-length skirts, and flip-flops on their feet in the early summer evening, walking wantonly on the street, talking and laughing, the roses in the sky The colorful sunset covered half of the sky.

Jian Yan suddenly felt a little hot in her eyes, a little sore in her nose, and she really wanted to cry.

Those days of freedom will never come back.

She was dejected.It's just that out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

She looked sideways slightly, but saw a tall green horse not far behind the carriage, and a person was sitting on it.

Straight indigo body, collar, cuffs and hem are trimmed with matte satin with dark blue bamboo leaf and plum blossom dark pattern on white background, indigo trimmed white cloth belt at the waist, and black half-arms on the outer cover. It looks simple and introverted, but also faint It has the meaning of elegance and nobility.

It turned out to be Xu Zhongxuan!He was also looking up at her side, and unexpectedly, the eyes of the two met directly in the air.

There was surprise in Jian Yan's eyes, as well as the sadness that hadn't faded just now.As for Xu Zhongxuan's gaze, it was as deep as a lake in a cloudy sky, she couldn't see through it at all.

She immediately withdrew her gaze, then put down the curtain in her hand, blocking Xu Zhongxuan's gaze.

Young life.She clenched the pink gauze handkerchief in her hand, thinking to herself, shouldn't this Xu Zhongxuan be on Xu Miaojin's side?How did you come to her?
(End of this chapter)