swear not to be concubine

Chapter 39

In fact, Jian Yan regretted it after she came out of Zhuxia Pavilion.

Just now because I was full of grief and indignation, I was happy for a while, but it was fun at that time, but what should I do in the future?
Speaking of which, Li Nianlan is Zheng Guogong's daughter after all, and she also has a sister who is the side concubine of Ning Wang, and she is not a good character to get along with, if she is annoyed by this matter, just give her With her current status, she might not be able to resist.

Jian Yan was full of grief and indignation just now, and she walked fast, but now that she thought of this level, she couldn't help but gradually slowed down, thinking that there was some way to remedy it.

Just thinking about it, she felt that, according to Li Nianlan's personality, even if she would go back and apologize to her right now, she would not let it go.So why on earth did she have to be so hot-headed just now, and acted so quickly.

She was annoyed on one side, while Xu Miaoning and Xu Miaojin on the other side chased after her out of breath.

Jian Yan walked so fast that the two of them couldn't catch up at all.

"Cousin," Xu Miaoning asked out of breath, "Why are you walking so fast? Didn't you hear us calling you all the time?"

Jian Yan looked at her with an apologetic face, and sincerely apologized: "I was thinking about something just now, and I really didn't hear you calling me."

"What are you thinking?" Although Xu Miaoning stood still, she still bent over, with one hand resting on her knee, and she was gasping for breath.

"Idiot." Xu Miaojin, who was at the side, said mockingly, "Sister Yan must be thinking about offending Li Nianlan just now, and how to remedy it now so that she doesn't make trouble."

Jian Yan looked at her approvingly.Xu Miaojin is really a little girl with exquisite thoughts.

Just looking at it made her startled.

Xu Miaojin's body is much worse than Xu Miaoning's. She walked all the way just now, although she is not as panting as Xu Miaoning, but her cheeks on both sides are abnormally flushed and flushed. Taught Jian Yan to read it, she was really worried.

She hurriedly pulled Xu Miaoning with one hand, and Xu Miaojin with the other, and went to a peach tree to avoid the sun, and asked Bai Wei and the others if anyone had brought water, so that the two of them could drink and have a good rest under the shade of the tree a while.

After a while of confusion, fortunately, both of them are fine and nothing happened.

And after Xu Miaoning drank the water, she looked around, but she didn't see half a figure, and she didn't care about the image of a lady, she just slumped on the ground, and took out the handkerchief in her sleeve. While fanning the wind, he still said in his mouth: "But I am exhausted to death."

Xu Miaojin lowered her head and saw her not making progress, so she stretched out her foot and kicked her lightly, and said, "Get up quickly. If someone comes from here and sees you like this, will you be ashamed?"

"No." Xu Miaoning raised her head and glanced at her sideways, and said very shamelessly, "What do I want to do? I just want to be comfortable now."

Then she said with a playful smile: "Oh, Jin'er, don't put on your dignified ladylike appearance, I don't know what you are like? Come on, sitting on the grass is very comfortable, come on!" Come sit beside me."

Xu Miaojin was originally young, and she had always played well with Xu Miaoning, and in her heart she was actually very envious of her cheerful, lively, and freewheeling temperament, so when she said this, Xu Miaojin was a little moved immediately.

Seeing her hesitant eyes, Xu Miaoning guessed that she was tempted.So she leaned back immediately, stretched out her hand to hold Xu Miaojin's hand, used some strength, and said with a smile: "It's better to act than to be moved. Come on, sit down. We won't laugh at you anyway."

Xu Miaojin also sat down on the grass with a half push.

In the past, whenever she went out, she always put on an elegant and gentle appearance, and because of her poor health, the maids beside her took care of her very carefully.Even if she was just sitting on a stone bench, the maid who accompanied her had to take out the cushion and put it on the bench first, and then let her sit down. It was really the first time that she sat directly on the grass like this.

And sure enough, Qing Zhu at the side saw his girl sitting cross-legged on the ground like this, and hurriedly said: "Girl, the ground is wet, you are not in good health, you better get up quickly."

Xu Miaojin pursed her lips lightly and didn't speak, but she obviously didn't want to get up.

Seeing this, Xu Miaoning raised her head and said to Qingzhu: "Where is there so much attention? In the past, you took care of Jin'er too carefully, that's why her health is always bad. Look at me, I can sit anywhere , but the body is very good."

Seeing this, Qingzhu could only say no more.But she was still extremely worried, fearing that Xu Miaojin would fall ill after sitting on the ground for a while.

At this time, Jian Yan also sat cross-legged beside them.

She was really upset and worried.I have been holding back for so many years, why did I lose my temper just now?If Mrs. Jian knows that she has offended Li Nianlan, she will be punished in any way if she is uncertain about going back.Mrs. Jane's punishment is a trivial matter, as long as she endures it anyway.But who knows what kind of stumbling block Li Nianlan will cause her in his rage?Moreover, she reckoned that Li Nianlan should be a man who must take revenge, and definitely will take revenge on the spot, maybe he will go to Yuzhaolou to look for her right now, thinking about how to get back the place...

As soon as Jian Yan thought that she would have to face Li Nianlan later, she wished she could dig a hole in place and never come out again.So she couldn't help but stretched out the thumb of her right hand to her mouth, and bit it slowly.

This is a bad habit of hers.But whenever there is something annoying that can't be solved, he will bite his fingers while thinking about the solution.

So when Xu Zhongxuan came over, what he saw at a glance were three people sitting cross-legged under the peach tree.

Xu Miaoning and Xu Miaojin were putting their heads together and talking in low voices.And Jian Yan frowned with a pair of slender distant mountain eyebrows, biting her fingers in her mouth.The top of the head was full of tree light, which leaked from the gaps in the leaves, and sprinkled on the three of them in mottled patterns, as beautiful as a dream.

Xu Zhongxuan couldn't help but stopped his hurried steps, and stood there looking at them.

He still holds in his hand the painting that Jian Yanxian drew in Zhuixia Pavilion.Looking at this painting alone, it is full of desolation and loneliness. Anyone who looks at it will only think that the person who painted this painting is a rebellious person, but the girl in front of her is a cowardly and cowardly person. appearance.Not only was she extremely beautiful, but also she frowned and bit her own finger, looking at her with the cute and naive attitude of a little girl.

It was Bai Wei who saw Xu Zhongxuan standing there first, and hurriedly bent down and whispered to Jian Yan: "Girl, the eldest son is over there!"
What. "

Jian Yan was taken aback, and subconsciously looked up, and immediately met Xu Zhongxuan's probing eyes looking at her.

She hurriedly looked away, stopped gnawing her fingers, and got up to stand up.

Xu Zhongxuan walked over with his hands behind his back.

"I have seen the eldest son."

She lowered her head and lowered her eyes again, and bowed to him, no matter how dignified and elegant she couldn't be wrong.But he doesn't like to see such a fake her. What he wants to see is the girl who hums and sings to tease cats when she is happy, splashes ink in anger when ridiculed by others, and gnaws on her face disregarding her image when she is upset. Jian Yan with her finger.

Xu Zhongxuan frowned slightly.But he also knew that in Jian Yan's heart, he was just an unfamiliar outsider.And for some unknown reason, every time she saw him, she was always very alienated.

He glanced at her again, but he couldn't see the expression on her face at all, he could only see a delicate section of her neck, which was as white as Chuxue, with her head hanging down.

"Big brother."

Xu Miaoning and Xu Miaojin also hurriedly stood up and called him.

Xu Zhongxuan hummed lightly, then thought about his words, and then said cautiously: "Miss Jian, I once said a word, a good businessman hides like nothing, and a gentleman's virtue looks like a fool. Without foundation, you can show your sharpness." It’s not a good thing, it will lead to retaliation from those who want to, and it will cause future troubles for yourself.”

Jian Yan had seen the picture scroll in Xu Zhongxuan's hand a long time ago, and she was surprised in her heart. Now that she heard him say these two sentences, she immediately knew that he knew what happened in Zhuxia Pavilion just now, so With the idea of ​​doing her best, the association tactfully advised her a few words.

She really shouldn't have confronted Li Nianlan head-on.After all, she is the daughter of the duke of the state, so with her status, she has the capital to run rampant in front of her.No matter how unhappy she was, she should have cleverly used other tactful methods instead of such a fierce and straightforward counterattack. Isn't this Qing waiting to make others hate herself?

She was grateful for Xu Zhongxuan's two words in her heart, then bowed to him again, and thanked him sincerely: "Thank you for your teaching, Eldest Young Master."

The pearl and jade pendant hanging around her waist swayed gently with her movements, like pearls splashing jade, making a light ding-dong sound.

Xu Zhongxuan lowered his eyes, looked at the round hollow Ruyi cloud-shaped jade pendant on her skirt, knew that she understood what he meant, and felt relieved, so he softened his voice and said again: "But Blindly keeping a low profile is not good either. You have to take action when it is time to do so, otherwise you will always be forbearing, and you will only be taught to despise and bully you."

Jian Yan was silent for a moment.

Naturally, she knew that when she should make a move, she would make a move.If it was according to her temperament in her previous life, who dared to slap her, she would definitely return two slaps immediately, and I'm afraid she would have to add another kick.It's just that now, what is she going to do when she should do it?
But she also knew that Xu Zhongxuan had good intentions, so she still thanked him sincerely: "Thank you for your teaching, Eldest Young Master."

Xu Zhongxuan didn't speak any more for a while, just stared at the jade pendant around her waist, thinking in his heart that after seeing the painting just now, his heart throbbed for a while, and then he rushed all the way to chase, urgently Want to see what happened to Jian Yan?But after seeing her now, he only feels peace and comfort in his heart, so what's the matter?

While he was in a daze, Jian Yan asked softly: "My lord, may I ask you to return this painting to me?"

The painting just now was drawn when she was furious, and she didn't want it to fall into the hands of Xu Zhongxuan or anyone else.

Xu Zhongxuan looked at the scroll in his hand, and after pondering for a moment, finally handed over the painting with his palm up.

Jian Yan hurriedly took it with both hands, and said, "Thank you."

She thought in her heart, she would go back later, but she had to destroy the painting quickly.Otherwise, if Mrs. Jian finds out, she may become suspicious.

Unexpectedly, Xu Zhongxuan said again at this time: "Don't destroy this painting when you go back, it's a pity."

Jian Yan chuckled twice in her heart, thinking, do you have a pair of clairvoyant eyes or what?You even know what's on my mind?What are you doing with this curse?It is best not to let Mrs. Jian know a word about what happened in Zhuixia Pavilion just now.

She held the painting in her hand, pursed her lips, and did not answer.

As soon as Xu Zhongxuan saw her like this, he knew that she would not listen to what he said.

He couldn't help but sighed in his heart, thinking, if he had known this earlier, he shouldn't have returned the painting to her just now.It's just that Jian Yan is cautious. If she doesn't return this painting to her, she may always have this matter hanging in her heart, which will be bad for her.

"Brother," Xu Miaoning asked at this moment, "Did you just come out of the Zhuixia Pavilion? Do you know what happened there just now?"

Xu Zhongxuan withdrew his gaze from Jian Yan, looked at Xu Miaoning, and nodded: "Yes, I know everything."

"That Li Nianlan and Guo Danqin are both very airy, they keep talking about my cousin's smell of copper all over her body, no matter how bad they are, I don't know what smell they have and how they can get on the stage Yes. Next time we see you, I have to ask carefully."

Xu Miaojin interjected and said: "What's the smell? The left and right are either rose scent or jasmine scent. They are all smells from the smoker, or the smell from the sachet. Why don't you go ask them what they are doing? Aren't we as shameless as them? It's true that we've lost our identities."

Xu Miaojin's mouth has always been either silent, or very vitriolic when she opens her mouth.

After finishing these two sentences, she stretched out her hand and pulled out the hairpin stuck in the bun. Li Nianlan gave her the red gold butterfly hairpin inlaid with rubies, frowning, and handed it to Qingzhu who was following her. He said with a look of disgust: "I don't want her things, I give them to you."

Jian Yan covered her face with a picture scroll, thinking, what happened just now, it can't be seen that these two sisters-in-law are more righteous and indignant than she is.

At this time Xu Zhongxuan beckoned Xu Miaojin over, bowed his head and whispered a few words in her ear.Xu Miaojin glanced at Jian Yan, then nodded.

"Miss Jane," Xu Zhongxuan straightened up and asked, "May I trouble you?"

Jian Yan took down the picture scroll that was covering her face, and said very obediently and quietly: "Young Master, you are welcome. But please tell me."

"Jin'er is not in good health, and she has been out for a long time today. It's time to go back. Can I trouble you to accompany her back first? Your mother is there. I will explain to her later."

Jian Yan's heart was shocked, and she couldn't help but looked up at Xu Zhongxuan.

Although Xu Miaojin's health is not good, anyone with a discerning eye can tell that she is very happy when she came out today.And it's still in the morning, and I haven't eaten lunch yet, so even if I'm really anxious to get Xu Miaojin back, there's no rush at this moment.Xu Zhongxuan was just thinking, because of the competition in Zhuxia Pavilion just now, naturally Li Nianlan would not let her off easily, this meeting might have already rushed to Yuzhao Tower.If he went back to meet Li Nianlan himself at this moment, he might be ridiculed by her, so he wanted her to go back first to avoid meeting Li Nianlan.But he was also afraid that she would be overwhelmed and that she would feel embarrassed, so he pulled Xu Miaojin out as a cover.

Jian Yan understood in her heart, and was very grateful for Xu Zhongxuan's thoughtfulness for her in every aspect, so she couldn't help lowering her voice, and said, "Thank you."

She must receive this favor.Just now she has been thinking about how to go back first instead of going back to Yuzhao Tower, but after much deliberation, she didn't think of any good way.Even if she pretended to be sick and fainted, Mrs. Jane would not feel pity for her, but would punish her and even let her continue to stay here.And if Xu Miaojin was talking about Xu Miaojin's poor health now, and Xu Zhongxuan came forward and asked her to accompany Xu Miaojin to go back first, then Mrs. Jian would definitely not say anything.It can't be said that she thinks that she has succeeded in getting along with Xu Miaojin and Xu Zhongxuan, and she feels happy in her heart.

At this time, I heard Xu Miaoning say next to me: "Brother, I will go back with Jin'er and my cousin. I have been out shopping for a long time, and I am almost done shopping. I am too lazy to go shopping anymore, and I am too lazy Go back and listen to grandma and the others gossip. You will talk to my mother later."

Xu Zhongxuan nodded in agreement, and then instructed Qi Sang: "Escort the third girl, the fourth girl and Biao girl back home."

Qi Sang hangs down the leader.

Jian Yan nodded to Xu Zhongxuan, then turned around and left with Xu Miaoning and Xu Miaojin.

"Miss Jian," Xu Zhongxuan called her again at this moment.

Jian Yan turned around, lowered her eyebrows, and asked softly: "May I ask what else you want, Eldest Young Master?"

What she wears on her ear today is a pair of pearl pendants.Under the silver chain was a teardrop-shaped white pearl, which swayed back and forth as she walked, showing her soft and fair face more and more.

Xu Zhongxuan suddenly remembered the scene when she was talking to Xiao Maotuan in the plum grove that day, the girl had a pretty and innocent face, and her smile was like a flower.The sound of the wind overhead is delicate and soft, and the sunlight is as fine as gold.

Immediately, he only felt inexplicably as if he had been poked by something in his heart, his softness and soreness were severe.

"You don't need to worry about Li Nianlan's matter." He looked at her drooping eyebrows, and his voice softened, "I'll take care of it myself, just relax."

(End of this chapter)