swear not to be concubine

Chapter 33

The Taoyuan that Mrs. Jian booked is the property of the Shen family in the capital.

This Shen family is a wealthy businessman's family.In the early years when a grandfather of the Shen family bought Taoyuan, it was actually just a deserted garden with only a dozen or so ordinary peach blossoms.It's just that this old man loves his wife very much. His wife likes peach blossoms very much, so he ordered someone to transplant nearly a thousand precious peach blossoms and plant them in rows.In the garden, Zhuixia Pavilion, Yuzhao Tower, Brocade Painting Terrace, Zuihua Pavilion and other pavilions were built.When the flowers are in full bloom, he takes his beloved wife and walks together in this peach garden. The breeze blows through the treetops, and thousands of flowers rain down one after another. The garlands of thousands of peach blossoms shine brightly, which is very enviable to others.

And after a hundred years from the grandfather, this Taoyuan was taken over as the property of the public.Because although it occupies a large area, but the location is very remote, there is no other use, and those peach blossoms are all ornamental peach blossoms, they can't bear fruit, but can only bloom.So the family members decided to use it as a fee-paying scenic spot. At least some money can be collected when the flowers bloom, which is better than leaving it there for nothing.It's just that it has been handed down to the current generation of Shen's family members, but there is no charge for this garden, and anyone can enter and exit at will.It's just that a new rule has been established, that is, it is not allowed to bring drinks and food into the garden. There are all kinds of drinks and food in the garden. Immediately.Of course, if there is no need, no one will come to force it.So for a moment everyone only said that the new head of the Shen family was extremely rich.

Jian Yan only found out about this information when she was listening to Mrs. Jian chatting with the wives of the Xu family during the dinner.

A few days earlier, Mrs. Jian had sent people over, and paid a generous price for the entire second floor of Yuzhao Tower, hosting a banquet for everyone in the Xu family.

It's not time for lunch yet, but tea and fruit boxes are served, and everyone sits together and chats.

The tea is Yuqian Longjing, the teacup is Ru kiln pink and green lotus pattern, and the nine-compartment fruit box in the style of sunflowers with red Lino double orioles is filled with various seasonal fruits and various exquisite pastries.

The other ones are fine, but this teacup is not only from the Ru kiln, but the glaze color is still pinkish green.The Shen family is indeed rich, but Mrs. Jian is really willing to part with it. I don't know how much money it will cost for such a peach blossom feast today?

Jian Yan thought silently, then laughed at herself, what is she going to worry about?Better worry about yourself first.In order to make her look lighter today, Mrs. Jane didn't let her eat breakfast.

But there are so many pastries in front of my eyes, and Mrs. Jian has been talking to Wu and others, if I don't eat it now, when will I wait?
So Jian Yan lowered her head slightly, reached out and took a piece of two-color bean cake from the storage box, and ate it, and then took a piece of mandarin duck roll.

She didn't touch some dried fruit preserves and seasonal fruits. Those are not very hungry, and her top priority now is to fill her stomach.

At this time, people in the room were chatting with each other or telling jokes, and Bai Wei knew that Jian Yan hadn't eaten in the morning, and now she saw Jian Yan eating pastry, so when she stood beside Jian Yan, He turned his body slightly to the side, trying to block the sight of others as much as possible.

It's just that Xu Zhongxuan still took all this scene into his eyes.

He saw Jian Yan lowering her head slightly, and after eating one piece of pastry, she took another piece, obviously she didn't eat fast, but in a flash, she had already eaten four or five pieces of pastry.

He was thinking in his heart, this doesn't look like a person with a bad spleen and stomach, but a person who has been hungry for several meals.Why did Mrs. Jane ask her to eat less?

At this time, Jian Yan had almost finished eating, she was holding the teacup, she lowered her head and drank the tea slowly.

Xu Zhongxuan saw her lift the lid of the cup and slowly skim off the tea leaves on the water with the lid.The fringed bead string on the little emerald green phoenix hairpin she wore on her temples swayed gently with her movements, her profile was exquisite and perfect.

Someone pulled his sleeve suddenly, he turned his head to look, and saw Xu Miaojin who was sitting beside him.

It turned out that Xu Miaojin was a little tired of sitting here, so she wanted to go outside for a walk, so she invited him to join her.

Xu Zhongxuan glanced at Jian Yan who was still drinking tea without a trace, and then said to Xu Miaojin: "You and Ning'er are the best friends, why don't you invite her to go out for a stroll?"

After a pause, he added: "Ning'er seems to like her cousin very much, that's all, you should invite her together."

Xu Miaojin didn't notice anything at all, but called Qingzhu to come forward as she said, and asked her to tell Xu Miaoning and Jian Yan that she wanted to invite them to go out for a stroll.

As for Xu Zhongxuan, he got up and said to Mrs. Wu that he wanted to take Xu Miaojin out for a stroll, and then nodded to Mrs. Jian, after all, she was the host today.

Mrs. Jian asked: "Is the eldest son only going out with Lingmei?"

In fact, he was worried that Xu Zhongxuan would go out like this, and he would not have a chance to get along with Jian Yan, so wouldn't her large sum of money today be wasted?

Xu Zhongxuan didn't answer, Xu Miaojin said for him from the side: "There are also my third sister and sister Yan."

As soon as Mrs. Jian heard this, the worries in her heart disappeared immediately, and a smile appeared on her face.

"Old lady," she turned her head and smiled at Mrs. Wu, "it must be that the young people feel bored listening to us talking. That's right, the sun is so good outside, and the peach blossoms are blooming so well, they all It's not good to stay in the house. Anyway, since that's the case, Yan'er, you can go out with Miss Si and the others."

Jian Yan wanted to refuse subconsciously, but after thinking about it, she stood up and obediently said yes.

She absolutely does not want to go out with Xu Zhongxuan.It's just that if he refuses right now in front of Mrs. Jian, he will definitely be scolded by her when he goes back.It's better to agree first, wait for the meeting to go outside, and then find some excuse to slip away.

At this moment, Wu Shi looked at Xu Zhongxuan with a calm face, and then at Wu Jingxuan who was sitting on the side.

She was raising her head, looking at Xu Zhongxuan with warm and eager eyes.One hand tightly held the handkerchief in his hand, and the other hand rested on the armrest of the rose chair. Judging by the posture, he clearly wanted to get up and go out with Xu Zhongxuan and the others.

Wu Shi secretly sighed in his heart.This Xuan'er was still a little impatient, so she might have to help her.

"That's right," Mrs. Wu also tilted her head and smiled at Mrs. Jane, "We are all elderly people, how can they sit here and listen to us patiently? Forget it, let them go out for a walk Let's go shopping. Xuan'er, haven't you always been the best friend of Sister Jin? You should go out with her for a stroll."

Both Mrs. Jian and Mrs. Wu never mentioned Xu Zhongxuan, but they only used Xu Miaojin as a cover.

Wu Jingxuan couldn't wait for the sound, so she immediately agreed, then got up and walked, calling her cousin shyly.

Xu Zhongxuan didn't show any expression on his face, he just hummed lightly, which was regarded as his agreement.

Jian Yan was thinking right now, what a nice person.When there are more people, it will be convenient for her to escape when she goes out, so why can't she make this team that is going out for a stroll bigger?

Thinking of this, she turned her head and smiled at Xu Miaohua and Xu Miaolan who were sitting there: "Sister Hua and Sister Lan also go out for a stroll together?"

Xu Zhongxuan's eyes turned slightly, and he glanced at the smiling Jian Yan, knowing her intentions clearly.

She meant that she didn't want to get along with him.

But Xu Miaohua was a little annoyed when she was sitting there.

Both Xu Miaoning and Xu Miaojin made an appointment to go out to play together, but they didn't ask her to come together.Grandmother obviously loves her the most on weekdays, but this time she only asked Cousin Xuan to go out with them and completely forgot about her as her own granddaughter.And Cousin Xuan is also really hateful, the two of them play best on weekdays, but they don't know how to ask her to go out together.

At this meeting, Jian Yan asked her to go out together.

Xu Miaohua was surprised.It's just that she has always disliked Jian Yan, thinking that she is just a merchant's daughter, and playing with her would lower her status, and in fact, she was somewhat afraid of Xu Zhongxuan, the big brother, so she didn't even think about it. So I refused, just thinking in my heart, can't she go out to play by herself later?Why do you have to be with them?
Xu Miaolan didn't agree either.She was timid, but seeing that Xu Miaohua was not happy, she said to her in a low voice: "Eldest sister, let's go out to play together later."

Xu Miaohua snorted lightly from her nose, not knowing whether to agree or not.

As for the remaining Xu Zhongze, Xu Zhongjing and Xu Zhongan, Xu Zhongze originally wanted to go with them, but he was still afraid of Xu Zhongxuan, so he sat there and did not dare to move.Xu Zhongjing and Xu Zhongan were sitting together eagerly discussing the matter of Shiwen, and they didn't pay attention to this side at all.

Jian Yan was slightly disappointed.But she thought about it again, with Wu Jingxuan around, if she was interested in Xu Zhongxuan, she would definitely look for every opportunity to pester him.At that time, it shouldn't be difficult to find an excuse to leave by myself, and if it doesn't work out, I can quietly make arrangements at the side.

Having made up her mind, she bowed to Mrs. Jian, Mrs. Wu and several other wives, took Bai Wei and Si Yue, turned around and followed Xu Miaoning out of the house.

It is indeed a beautiful spring, sunshine and peach blossoms outside.

Xu Miaoning was out of temper, once she got out of the room, she smiled at Jian Yan: "Cousin, I was really suffocated in the room just now."

On the one hand, she complained to Xu Miaojin: "Why didn't you call us out earlier."

Xu Miaojin immediately choked her: "Since you feel bored staying in the room, why don't you say you want to go out for a stroll, and you expect me to call you out? You usually tell me how bold you are, and it turns out that it's just a sesame seed Big boy."

The Xu family's family education is very strict, and the elders are always talking in the room, so they, being juniors, naturally dare not interrupt and say that they want to come out to play.

Xu Miaoning heard Xu Miaojin taunting her like this. Although she knew she was telling the truth, she was still very dissatisfied, so she replied: "You seem so bold when you say it. In fact, you are not letting elder brother treat grandma Did you say it? If you have the ability, you can tell grandma yourself."

These few words stopped Xu Miaojin.To put it bluntly, although she felt bored in the room at the time and wanted to come out to play, she didn't have the guts to speak directly, instead she urged Xu Zhongxuan to speak.

When Xu Miaoning saw that Xu Miaojin didn't speak, she immediately became complacent.

Usually when she and Xu Miaojin quarrel, Xu Miaojin wins, and she is the one who is choked up and can't speak a word, but today there are rare times when she chokes Xu Miaojin to the point that Xu Miaojin can't say a word, this kind of joy is really useless mentioned.

Regarding the bickering between the two of them, neither Xu Zhongxuan nor Jian Yan said anything.

Xu Zhongxuan naturally knew the virtues of the two sisters, but they would bicker whenever they got together.But their relationship with each other is very good, and he feels that there is no need for him to join in the excitement between the two of them, because this is how they get along with each other.

Although Jian Yan has only been in Xu's house for more than a month, she is careful and observant, and she spends most of these days playing with Xu Miaoning and Xu Miaojin, and she is used to this way of getting along between the two of them. Anyway, they finished choking one second, and they can still continue to play happily together in the next second, so what should they do?Just let the two of them go.

It's just that Wu Jingxuan didn't know this, and she didn't care that Xu Miaoning and Xu Miaojin were arguing with each other, it was actually Xu Miaojin's first choice.She only knew that Xu Zhongxuan was here now, and Xu Miaojin was his most cherished sister, so she felt that it was necessary for her to stand up and defend Xu Miaojin, so as to increase Xu Zhongxuan's goodwill towards herself.

So she frowned, and said in a slightly stern voice: "Sister Ning, why are you bullying Jin'er? You are a sister, so you should let her go."

As soon as she said this, both Xu Zhongxuan and Xu Miaojin frowned, while Jian Yan looked at her in surprise.

As for Xu Miaoning, she opened her eyes wide, looked up at Wu Jingxuan for a while, and suddenly said calmly: "Cousin Xuan, I know you have always liked Fourth Sister, and you think I am a child without a father. Fuck me. But the matter between me and Jin'er has nothing to do with you? Which eye of yours saw me bullying her? Why are you holding her and stepping on me like this?"

After all, he turned around and ran away.

Jian Yan hurriedly chased after her.But after running two steps, she suddenly stopped, turned her head and said to Wu Jingxuan coldly: "Sister Wu, Ning'er is just a child."

She's a short-sighted person.Xu Miaoning treated her well, so she couldn't see her being wronged.

After saying this, she took Bai Wei, Si Yue and others to chase Xu Miaoning.

After being said by Xu Miaoning a few words, Wu Jingxuan felt a little embarrassed at first, her pretty face was flushed, but now she was said by Jian Yan again, her face was so red that it was about to drip The blood is normal.

"Cousin," she turned around, raised her head to look at Xu Zhongxuan, and called out in a low voice, the water in her spring water eyes became more and more intense, and the water beads would not fall off, she looked extremely weak.

Xu Zhongxuan was unmoved, and said nothing with a cold face.

At this time, Xu Miaojin said directly from the side: "Cousin Xuan, what does it have to do with how I get along with my third sister? She and I are direct cousins, a family."

The implication is that Xu Miaoning and I are direct cousins, but you and I are just cousins, so you don't have to meddle in your own business.

After finishing speaking, he turned around and took the maid Qingzhu to chase Xu Miaoning and Jian Yan.

Wu Jingxuan's tears finally rolled down at this moment.

"Cousin," she choked up, and there were two lines of teardrops on her white jade-like cheeks, and I said pitifully, "I didn't mean that, I..."

Before saying a word, Xu Zhongxuan said in a cold voice, "You were really meddling just now."

Although Xu Zhongxuan has never been close to her, but on the face of it, he can get by anyway, and it is the first time that she said in a cold voice so mercilessly.

Wu Jingxuan looked at him in disbelief, for a moment she forgot to cry, but Xu Zhongxuan had already taken Qi Sang away, leaving only her and Xueliu where they were.

"Girl," Xue Liu asked anxiously, "What should we do now?"

Wu Jingxuan tightly held her sleeves with such force that she was about to pull the sleeves off abruptly.

what to do?Naturally, I have to work hard to please my cousin again.As for the rest, that doesn't matter.It's just that Jian Yan is just an outsider, so why can she be accused?
(End of this chapter)