swear not to be concubine

Chapter 4

For a split second, Jian Yan felt a surge of anger surged from her heart, and her hands and feet were trembling from the burning.

She tried her best to calm down, and then first put the pastel teacup in her hand on the small rosewood table beside her hand, and then answered Mrs. Jane's words with a low eyebrow and pleasing to the eye: "Yes. I think mother knows too, Master Li who taught his daughter the art of embroidery was originally from the lineage of Gu embroidery. Master Li often said that this Gu embroidery is based on famous paintings, so his daughter has been studying calligraphy and painting of famous people these days, and it is only for the sake of What I want to do is to advance to a higher level in embroidery, and I have lived up to my mother's hard work of spending a lot of money to hire a famous teacher to teach her daughter."

What she said was very ingenious.Firstly, of course, he clearly clarified that he didn't copy calligraphy and painting for fun, but secondly, he exaggerated the matter of copying calligraphy and painting on the surface to live up to Mrs. Jian's good intentions.

Mrs. Jane, whom she was sycophanting, felt very good in her heart, and even the expression on her face softened a lot, and her words were no longer as indifferent as before.

"Of course you have to put your heart into embroidery, but I see that your embroidery is pretty good now, so you don't need to spend too much effort on it in the future. But you should pay more attention to dancing. A few days ago Master Zhang, who taught you the dance art, once told me that although the dance you are dancing now looks good on the face, the eyes are still not good enough."

Jian Yan sneered in her heart.

The Master Zhang that Mrs. Jian was talking about, Jian Yan once asked insincerely, knowing that she was originally a teacher of singing and dancing for the young girls and prostitutes in the courtyard, and was later hired by Mrs. Jian with a lot of money to teach her singing and dancing.As for the dances that Master Zhang taught her, not to mention that the limbs must be as soft as willow branches, and the eyes must be as tender as water, ecstasy, how can she learn it?I'm afraid this is not a dance that the daughter of a good family can learn.

But on the face, he still agreed in a very respectful way: "Yes. The daughter will remember what the mother said."

Mrs. Jian nodded in satisfaction, then turned her head and said to Shen's mother standing beside her: "They say it's a song and dance, song and dance, but this song is ranked before the dance. Anyway, this piece of master is originally She is good at singing and dancing, you can tell her tomorrow that she will start teaching Sister Yan how to sing from tomorrow on."

Shen's mother agreed, and then complimented: "Sister Yan's voice is mellow and clear, just like the oriole out of the valley in February. The song sung by such a good voice is not even better than that of the nightingale." I’m afraid that anyone who listens to it will be fascinated by it.”

Jian Yan felt that she was already powerless to complain.

Should Mrs. Jane's thoughts be so clearly put on her face?Then will Gan Minger invite someone to teach her how to please men?Fortunately, she traveled here early in the morning and knew that she was not Mrs. Jane's own. Otherwise, Mrs. Jane would let her learn this under the name of her mother, it was for your own good, and she might sell her in the end. I have to count the money for Mrs. Jane.

But Jian Qing over there heard it, and couldn't help but frowned and said: "Your sister is also a lady of the family, how can there be any reason to learn singing and dancing? No, she is just like those people in the Qin Lou Chu Pavilion."

Turning her head to Jian Yan again, she said, "When you have nothing to do in your daily life, learn some piano, chess, calligraphy, painting and female celebrities to pass the time. You don't need to learn such things as singing and dancing."

Before Jian Yan could answer, Mrs. Jian scolded loudly: "You bastard! How old are you, do you know what Qinlou Chuguan is? Did you follow that group of unprogressive classmates when you were in school?" Have you been shopping?"

Obviously, Mrs. Jian's focus is not on making Jian Yan suspicious of what Jian Qing said, but on Jian Qing's daily style.

Mrs. Jian has always been strong, and she has to intervene in everything about Jian Qing, from the friends she has made abroad to the color of the clothes she is wearing today.On weekdays, she also has to listen to what she says, which is extremely domineering.And Jian Qingyuan is a soft-tempered person, and he is filial piety, so he gradually becomes submissive in front of Mrs. Jian, without daring to resist at all.Today, it was hard for Mrs. Jian to ask Jian Yan to learn singing and dancing. Lu saw the injustice, but he didn't get tough for two seconds. Immediately, Mrs. Jian shrank his neck, like a little quail. Sitting there, he just rubbed his hands uncomfortably, and explained with a shy smile: "Nothing. Mother, how dare I go to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion? It's just that I listened to it when my classmates were discussing together on weekdays. Just an ear. Really, I can swear to you."

However, Mrs. Jian was still so angry that her face turned red, and even her hands trembled a little, she just stared at Jian Qing viciously.

Master Jian is a worthless person. The Qin Lou Chu Pavilion is his home, and he hangs around there every day, never keeping her in the corner of his eyes. How could she let her son follow this old path?
Jian Yan watched coldly from the side, not showing the slightest intention to go forward to persuade her.

How to persuade?Doesn't it appear that she also knows what's going on in the Qin Lou Chu Pavilion?She is a daughter in a boudoir who has not left the court, how does she know what the Qin Lou Chu Pavilion is?Although Mrs. Jian raised her as a Yangzhou skinny horse, she also wanted her to be pure and pure.It is necessary to have pure eyes and appearance, but also to have a charming style in every gesture, so that the sexiness that is half-talked-about can arouse men's desire to conquer even more, doesn't it?

In the end, it was Shen's mother who persuaded him: "Madam is too caring, how can the young master be such a person? Not to mention, when the young master goes to and from school, there are several servants by his side.— —Madam, have you forgotten? These little servants and wives have told you to watch the young master in the morning, and not to let the young master go to the place where he should not go. With so many eyes staring at him, if the young master has been to that kind of place , Madam already knew about it."

"Yes, yes," Jian Qing became more and more fidgety under Mrs. Jian's knife-like gaze, and hurriedly said, "Even if I had the heart, I didn't have the time. If mother doesn't believe it, just arrest those little girls." Just come to ask. I go home after school every day, and I never stay outside for a while."

"Do you still dare to have that kind of heart?" Mrs. Jane gritted her teeth angrily, but after all she believed that Jian Qing did not go to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, she turned her head and said to Shen's mother, "Mother Shen, I remember the old A few days ago, I sent two maids to Qing'er's place to serve? I sent the two of them away from there, and only let the servants serve Qing'er every day."

Jian Qing is now 17 years old. According to the rules of big families, a boy of this age should know about personnel affairs, so Mrs. Jian specially sent two maids to serve Jian Qing a few days ago.It's just that now she is afraid that Jian Qing will be as romantic as his father, so she wants to send these two little maids away again.

It was when Mu Ai was young, so Jian Qing naturally liked those two beautiful little maids who waited beside him to study ink and study. When Mrs. Jian said that they would send them away from him, he immediately felt bitter. made a face.

Mrs. Jane had sharp eyes and saw it at a glance.

The anger she had calmed down just now burst into flames again.

"Why, are you reluctant to part with those two maids? Could it be that they have shamelessly seduced you? See if I will skin these two little hooves later."

Mrs. Jian's words were really a bit vulgar. Even if Shen's mother wanted to stop her, she didn't stop her in the end.

Even clay figurines still have a rustic temperament, not to mention that Jian Qing is the most shameful age now.So he was angry and ashamed for a while, blushed, and said with his sleeves: "Mother, what are you talking about? You are the one who has the final say in this house. It's enough to send the two of them away from my side, so how dare I say anything? It's just that you don't send any maids by my side from now on, I will only be served by servants all my life."

After finishing speaking, he stood up from the chair with a bang, and then left on his own.

Mrs. Jian was so angry that her eyes were dazed, she pointed at the dangling quilted door curtain with trembling fingers, then she turned her head and said to Shen's mother: "This, this naughty son, dares to contradict me, it's because of that!" Two little hooves. What do I still keep those two little hooves for? Mother Shen, hurry up and call the matchmaker, and immediately sell those two little hooves to the cheapest courtyard. Let the two of them flirt with each other shamelessly."

Shen's mother comforted her softly: "Young master, this is not contradicting you. He was just shy and couldn't save face, so he left."

It's just that Mrs. Jian still kept asking people to call the matchmaker quickly, and she was going to take the two maids away from Jian's house immediately.

Jian Yan sat idly by the side and watched this scene with cold eyes, neither intending to come forward to appease her nor getting up to leave.

Mrs. Jane was just in a fit of anger, and she didn't like her in the first place. If she went up to persuade her at this time, she would take all the anger on her head and scold her for being a vixen. She will make up a foxy look to coax people and the like-she is sure that Mrs. Jane will be able to say such things.She really didn't want to make a fool of herself and bring herself to humiliate her.As for the matter of leaving, after all, tonight is Master Jane's [-]-day ceremony, and Mrs. Jane is not allowed to speak, but she dare not speak up and say that she is leaving. At that time, a big hat of unfilial piety will be taken off, Mrs. Jane Still find this excuse to call her a stinker.

So the best way now is to treat yourself as air, you can't hear anything, you can't see anything.

And Shen's mother raised her head while comforting Mrs. Jian, and saw Jian Yan's face was calm, she was tilting her head slightly, her eyes were focused on the pastel plum blossom teacup on the small table, it seemed like It's like being able to see some great mystery from those plum blossoms.

(End of this chapter)