swear not to be concubine

Chapter 5

Jian Yan supported Bai Wei's hand and walked slowly in the Chaoshou corridor, Si Yue picked out a lantern to light the way in front of her.

At first, Mrs. Jian's vulgar drama in the market was in full swing, and in the end, it was Shen's mother who reminded her in a low voice, saying that Sister Yan was still here.Only then did Mrs. Jian remember that there was another one of her coming, and she waved her back impatiently.

Although it is Master Jian's Hundred Days Ceremony, relatives don't need to be by the side to watch all night when doing things. When we arrive at the venue, we can just stay there for a while.So Jian Yan got up and bid farewell to Mrs. Jian, then nodded to Shen's mother, and then turned around and came back.

The current snowstorm is more violent than when they came here before.A lot of snowflakes were blown in by the wind in the veranda, which would have already turned into snow water, frozen like white wax, hard and slippery.

Bai Wei supported Jian Yan's arm steadily, while still telling her: "Miss, be careful where you step."

Jian Yan smiled: "I'm such a grown-up person, is it possible that I can't even walk, and I need you to support me? Wherever the road is freezing, I just go around there, and I won't be so stupid Knowing where to slip, there is a reason to go there.”

Bai Wei was silent, and after a while, she asked in a low voice: "The wife was so angry in the hall just now, why didn't the girl try to persuade her?"

Bai Wei was brought into Jian's house by Jian Yan's nanny.Back then, there were wars and horses, and there were droughts and floods for several years in a row, and countless people died of hunger.The nanny's family fled all the way to Longxing Mansion. On the way, the whole family, including her newborn daughter, starved to death.Later, she picked up a boy and a girl on the road, and she couldn't bear to watch them starve to death, so she took the two of them and sold them into a simple house.The boy is called Zhou Lin, five years older than Jian Yan, now 19 years old, working as a clerk in a silk shop of Jian's family.That girl was Bai Wei, and the nanny took it with her, serving Jian Yan with her.Because at that time the nanny had just given birth and still had some milk and water, Zhou Lin and Bai Wei both drank her milk and water when they were too hungry to eat.And later, Jian Yan also grew up drinking the milk and water of the nanny when she was young. Because of this reason, the three of them felt like brothers and sisters of the opposite sex.

It's just that Bai Wei and Zhou Lin still don't know that Jian Yan is not Mrs. Jian's own, but just adopted.But even so, Bai Wei could still see Jian Yan's embarrassing position in this Jian's house.

Although Jian Yan took the title of daughter of the first wife, Mrs. Jian didn't like her very much, but whenever she saw her, she always had a cold face, and she didn't bother to say a word to her.That's all, I don't know how many patriarchal parents in the world, but they control their daughter's diet every day to prevent her from eating enough, and invite a master who teaches young girls and prostitutes to teach their daughters how to sing and dance Mother is afraid that there are still few in the world.Madam, what are you going to do?Thinking about it, I can break out in a sweat.Therefore, Bai Wei very much hoped that Jian Yan could get closer to Mrs. Jian, if she could please her, Jian Yan's life would always be easier in the future.

How could Jian Yan not know about Bai Wei's worries?But she just smiled, stretched out her hand to pat her hand, and comforted her: "Don't worry, I have my own measure."

It's not that she hasn't flattered Mrs. Jane over the years.She had something like arrogance in her previous life, and that was because she had nothing to be afraid of.But in this life, her fate was pinched by Mrs. Jane like an ant, so she could only bow her head.But even if she bowed her head no matter how much, in Mrs. Jane's eyes, she just thought she was annoying.

That being the case, it is better not to bow your head.

The three of them slowly returned to the small courtyard all the way, and April opened the moon-white quilted door curtain first.

——Because Master Jian passed away not long ago and is still in the midst of mourning, everything in Jian's house is still in plain colors.

Jian Yan lowered her head slightly and walked into the room, and then saw Mother Zhao and Cui Liu standing in front of her closet. Wearing a few dresses, the mahogany red lacquer painting depicting Jin Baoxiang flowers on the dressing table by the window was also opened, and the jewelry of various colors inside reflected the candlelight and jewels.

Bai Wei was very annoyed.

They were just out of the house, and it was as if the house had been burglarized.It was Jian Yan who was no longer favored by Mrs. Jian, but after all, she was also the serious master of this Jian's house.The missing master went out, and the servants rummaged through the clothes and jewelry of the master. Isn't this clearly bullying Jian Yan?
Bai Wei immediately took two steps forward and wanted to scold Mother Zhao and Cui Liu, but Jian Yan grabbed her quickly and shook her head at her.

Then she asked with a smile: "Mother Zhao, what are you doing?"

Zhao's mother was searching through the dresses in Jian Yan's closet, thinking about which ones could be taken out for her daughter-in-law and daughter to wear, and Cui Liu was helping her with ideas.The two were chatting softly and vigorously, and they didn't notice that Jian Yan and Bai Wei had returned.But Jian Yan's sudden utterance naturally startled her.

She turned around immediately.

Even though she never put Jian Yan in the corner of her eyes in the past, and she never showed a trace of respect, but when she was caught in the face, she still couldn't help but blush.

Needless to say, Cui Liu stood there with a white face, wringing the handkerchief in her hand anxiously.

But Jian Yan didn't seem to see it, Shi Shiran walked to the Begonia embroidered pier beside the table and sat down, put the small water mill hand stove that she had been carrying all the time on the table, still looking at Zhao with a smile on her face. Mother.

Mother Zhao collected herself and took two steps forward. Although the redness on her face hadn't faded, her expression was much calmer than before.

"Back to the girl," she stood three steps away from Jian Yan, and said with a cautious smile on her face, "Just now, the girl went to the main hall of the front yard, and Cui Liu and I are guarding the house here, so there is nothing wrong with it." There was nothing to do, so I thought it would be better to take advantage of this free time to sort out the girl's dresses and jewelry, to see which styles of dresses and jewelry were outdated, so that I could repay my wife and let her renew I'll buy you some dresses and jewelry."

Jian Yan glanced at the few dresses on the table, a lilac-colored beige with ten patterns of brocade makeup, a pomegranate red persimmon pedicle pattern folded branch flower jacket, two skirts, one light yellow and the other The emerald green ones are all made of high-quality silk and satin, and the embroidery on them is also exquisite.

Mrs. Jian really didn't treat her badly in terms of dressing. Jian Yan laughed inwardly, reaching out to take the small copper fire chopsticks that Si Yue handed over, and slowly fiddled with the ashes in the stove.

Mother Zhao saw that Jian Yan lowered her head slightly, revealing a delicate and white neck, she just slowly picked the ashes in the stove, although there was no expression of joy or anger on her face, she didn't talk to her for a long time. she talks.

She was a little bit ashamed at first—anyone who was knocked out face to face and casually picked up other people's things, as long as their skin was not as thick as a city wall, they would be a little bit ashamed after all.But this bit of embarrassment fermented into anger in Jian Yan's silent interval.

She is not afraid of Jian Yan, Zhao's mother thought, even if Jian Yan usually looks inconspicuous on the inside, so what?Others don't know, but she does. Where is Jian Yan's wife's biological daughter?It's just an adopted daughter brought in by an aunt to protect the young master from disasters.Even if the wife has given her good clothes and jewelry all these years, and dressed her up with jewels, she was just raising her like a thin horse in Yangzhou. Wouldn't it be a stepping stone for the young master to rise to the top in the future?
It's just a stepping stone, even if you have a city in your heart, so what?

Thinking of this, Mother Zhao's back that was still bent could not help but straighten up, and the red layer that had appeared on her face due to shyness all faded away.

At this time, Jian Yan's voice sounded softly: "Then Mother Zhao checked this, but what should I say?"

When Jian Yan was hugged by Mrs. Jingyuan that day, apart from Mrs. Jian, there were also mothers Shen and Zhao in the room.Shen's mother and Zhao's mother are also the only two people in Jane's house besides Mrs. Jane who know that Jian Yan is not Mrs. Jian's biological daughter.And then Mother Zhao was sent to Jian Yan's small courtyard by Mrs. Jian. On the surface, she said she was sent to serve her, but inside she was here to monitor her.

Ms. Zhao is Mrs. Jian's bright spot by her side. On weekdays, no matter how disrespectful Ms. Zhao speaks in front of her, no matter how much she interferes in her affairs, Jian Yan is very polite to her and doesn't want to be serious. There was some conflict with her, but now she felt a little intolerable.

Randomly picking up her things in front of her is certainly part of the reason, but Mrs. Jane asked her about her hard work in painting and calligraphy in the past two days in the hall, which is also an important part of the reason.

She wanted to live with privacy and dignity, and she didn't want such trivial things as how many cups of tea she drank and how many cakes she ate every day to be heard by Mrs. Jane.

(End of this chapter)