swear not to be concubine

Chapter 56

After Jian Yan returned to her yard restlessly, Si Yue hurriedly came forward and called a girl with a smile.

But Jian Yan just hummed perfunctorily, and then entered the Dongji room without saying a word, sat on the wooden kang by the window, lay down on the small kang table, and buried her head deeply.

Bai Wei and Si Yue followed in.

Bai Wei put the three boxes of snacks in her hands on the kang table, and called tentatively: "Girl?"

Jian Yan didn't raise her head, she just raised a hand and shook them both, then a weak voice came out: "You two go out first, let me be quiet for a while."

Si Yue didn't know why, so she was a little worried, and wanted to go up to Jian Yan to ask if something happened, but Bai Wei grabbed her quickly, shook her head at her, and then pulled her out. into Jian Yan's bedroom.

"Sister Baiwei," Si Yue hurriedly asked after leaving Dongci, "what's the matter, girl? Why do you look so sleepy?"

Bai Wei is in love with Zhou Linlang, so she naturally knows something about the relationship between men and women.Just now Jianyan noticed that Xu Zhongxuan's concern for her was beyond the normal range, and Bai Wei naturally noticed it from the side.And in fact, she had vaguely noticed Xu Zhongxuan's unusual behavior towards Jian Yan a few days ago, but she never dared to speak out to Jian Yan.After all, at that time, what Jian Yan thought about every day was how to make money and how to get out of Mrs. Jian's control. What's more, Xu Zhongxuan was Mrs. Jian's favorite, and she wanted to give Jian Yan to him as a concubine, so Jian Yan would avoid him even more. that's it.

It's just that now Bai Wei can't figure out what Jian Yan is thinking in her heart.

Speaking of it, Jian Yan is just a daughter of a merchant, but Xu Zhongxuan is a third-rank official of the imperial court. Not to mention young talents, he is born with unparalleled elegance, and he is so caring and caring for Jian Yan. If Jian Yan can Being a concubine with him is actually not a grievance.It's just that Bai Wei knows that Jian Yan's heart is high, and she will never give anyone a concubine.

So Bai Wei just sighed, and said: "The girl must be upset at the moment. Let's go, let's go back to the room first, it's better not to disturb her for the time being."

Jian Yan is indeed upset, but what worries her is not whether she should lose her high spirit and become a concubine with Xu Zhongxuan, but what worries her is how she should get along with Xu Zhongxuan in the future.

Before she realized that Xu Zhongxuan was interested in her, she could still greet him in a polite and distant way, even thinking about whether to please him, maybe she could count on him to be her backer in the future.But after realizing that Xu Zhongxuan was interested in her, what Jian Yan thought was that it seemed that she would really be more polite and alienated from Xu Zhongxuan in the future.

Even if she admits that Xu Zhongxuan is very concerned about protecting her, and it's good to have a good skin, so when he smiled at her tenderly and lovingly just now, she was a little bit tempted, but so what?After all, my status and status are here, it is impossible to marry Xu Zhongxuan, I can only be a concubine.And even if it is a wife, she is not willing.

She doesn't want to co-own a man with any woman.Her husband can only belong to her physically and mentally, otherwise she would rather not have it.

It's better to find a way to get out of Mrs. Jane's control as soon as possible, and then live your own life in a chic and unrestrained way.For other things, it's better to leave them behind and don't think about them.

She was in a mess at lunch just now, so she wasn't full at all.This meeting walked all the way back, and I have been thinking about it for so long, and I am already hungry.

There were three boxes of snacks on the kang table, which Xu Zhongxuan asked her to bring back to eat in her spare time.

Jian Yan stretched out her hand to open the box, and saw that there were three snacks inside, namely mung bean cake with apricot yellow like jade, almond cake as white as snow, and rose cake with pink color.

She took a piece of rose cake and took a bite. It was soft, glutinous, sweet but not greasy, refreshing and delicious, and full of the fragrance of roses.

She took another bite, and there was only half of the rose cake in her hand.

Then she suddenly thought of the last time after returning from Taoyuan, Xu Zhongxuan asked Qi Sang and Qi Hui to go to Wulilou to order a table of dishes like today, and when he came back, he also brought some snacks Let her bring it back to eat.At that time, because Xu Miaoning and Xu Miaojin also had them, and Xu Zhongxuan's reason was so high-sounding, so she didn't care too much, but now that she thinks about it, she probably didn't think too much about it.And then Xu Miaojin said that he wanted to eat with her every day, I'm afraid it was Xu Zhongxuan's idea, and Xu Miaojin would send her some pastries and candied fruit from time to time...

Jian Yanfu lay down on the kang table again, thinking in her heart, what is Xu Zhongxuan going to do?Feed her like a kitten?It's just how did he know that she couldn't get enough to eat every day?But feeding her in such a roundabout way?
So how big is her heart, and she has never discovered this.

After finishing the piece of rose cake in her hand, Jian Yan reached out for another piece of almond cake and ate it with a dull face, thinking that she would never be able to eat with Xu Miaojin again.It's a trivial matter to recite a huge favor, the key is that she is afraid that under Xu Zhongxuan's continuous and delicate care and love, she will soon fall in love with him, and then it will be a big game.

Who told her to be a face control!Who told her that she couldn't stand being treated well by others!Moreover, a person with such a handsome and elegant appearance treats himself well!
So after two days passed, Jian Yan found an excuse, she just said that the weather is starting to get hot now, Xu Miaoning and Xu Miaojin are still young, it is easy to suffer from heat stroke if they always walk together and eat together under such a day, so we might as well go ahead for the time being Let's separate and eat separately, and wait until the autumn wind cools down.

This reason is impeccable, and everyone has no objection for a while.After all, it is really unnecessary to eat a meal at the risk of heat stroke.So when Xu Zhongxuan came back from Xiumu again, he was informed of the news.

As soon as he heard the news, he immediately hated himself very much.

That day, he was only happy that Jian Yan had finally revealed her true side in front of him. Although it was only the tip of the iceberg, at least she was no longer as polite and alienated as before. Yan is so smart, she must have seen some clues from it, that's why she was so restless that day, and finally even ran away in despair.

He was so impatient that he frightened her.

Xu Zhongxuan was very impulsive and wanted to go to Jian Yan and tell her, don't be afraid of him, he will never hurt her.But he was afraid that going to her rashly would scare her even more, so after hesitating for a long time, he still didn't go to Jian Yan.

He thought, let her rest for a few days first, and he will look for her again when Xiu Mu comes back next time.

It's just that he didn't come back during the next rest, but was dispatched to other places on business.

And when it comes to the reason why he was dispatched to other places for business this time, it also has some indirect relationship with Jian Yan.

It turned out that after recovering from his injuries, Zhou Lin followed Jian Yan's advice, bought some expensive gifts, and came to find Xia's mother, hoping to recognize her as a godmother.

Seeing so many precious gifts, Xia's mother could only smile happily, and agreed at that time.Yin asked about the relationship between Zhou Lin and Bai Wei—she was a shrewd person, and she had already seen that Zhou Lin and Bai Wei would never be siblings.Zhou Lin is also a smart person, knowing that Xia's mother was suspicious, Dang even stopped saying that he and Bai Wei were siblings, only that the two were originally from the same village and were childhood sweethearts.Later, the village was hit by a disaster, and the two adults were all dead. He and Bai Wei fled together. Later, Bai Wei went to Jian's house to work as a maid, and he worked as a clerk in someone's shop. They still have feelings for each other when they grow up.Now he and Bai Wei are thinking about when Mrs. Jian's family will show kindness. Apart from Bai Wei's slave status, the two will get married at that time. I am grateful for the many conveniences that Xia's mother has given them, and they will definitely take Xia Yunyun's mother is as filial as her own mother, but she only coaxes Xia's mother into knowing the southeast and northwest.From then on, it became easier for Zhou Lin and Bai Wei to meet each other.

While Jian Yan was recovering from Zhou Lin's injuries, she had long been planning to reopen the shop.And she also thought of a way, not only to find a backer for her shop, but also to ensure that no one would dare to make trouble from now on, and to expand her shop to the whole country.

And to do this, you have to rely on one person.This person is Shen Chuo.

On the day when Bai Wei went to visit Zhou Lin and came back, she detailed that the shop was smashed, Shen Chuo was also in the shop when Zhou Lin was beaten, and she said everything she said to those rascals. Jian Yan thought for a long time before Finally, he wanted to understand why Shen Chuo did that.

In fact, he just wanted Zhou Lin to know that he, Shen Chuo, was very easy going in the boundary of the capital.If he wants, he can completely cover Zhou Lin.

Since Shen Chuo has already stretched out this olive branch, Jian Yan has no reason not to continue.What's more, it's still in her favor.

So she told Bai Wei the method she thought of in detail, and asked Bai Wei to tell Zhou Lin that he must do it immediately, and Zhou Lin did go to Shen Chuo that day.

At that time Shen Chuo was sitting under the shade of willows, fishing with a fishing rod.

When the boy came to report that a man named Zhou Lin came to see the young master, Shen Chuo laughed.

This Zhou Lin seems to be quite smart.

He put down the fishing rod in his hand, took the towel handed over by the servant girl and wiped his hands, and then told the boy: "Please meet him in the flower hall."

The Shen family has been merchants for generations, and the family business was even richer when it came into Shen Chuo's hands, so this flower hall is naturally magnificent.

Hanging above the head is a gauze hydrangea bead chandelier made by the Neifu, and the floor is covered with a thick wool blanket, which is silent when one's feet step on it.Not to mention the Isshiki rosewood furniture and the famous calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall.

When Zhou Lin walked into the flower hall, Shen Chuo was already sitting in the main seat drinking tea.

He had already sent someone to investigate Zhou Lin's details, and he knew that when he first came to Tongzhou, he just lived in a dilapidated temple in the suburbs, and later went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to sell silk threads, with the capital of 1000 taels of silver in his hand , In the end, the money in the pawn shop was used, but the goods of 2000 taels of silver were abruptly sold.After opening a woolen shop in Tongzhou, he got a profit, and immediately came to the capital to open Shijin Pavilion. Even though many people rushed to imitate the lucky cats and lucky cats he made, he forced everyone to only It is also a skill to look for the beckoning cat and beckoning cat in his assorted pavilion.

Shen Chuo felt that Zhou Lin was a talent, so he naturally wanted to recruit him.Naturally, if the recruitment fails, then such a talent will be ruined.

One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers.Otherwise, when Zhou Lin grows bigger, either the east wind will overwhelm the west wind, or the west wind will overwhelm the east wind.

So when Zhou Lin walked into the flower hall, Shen Chuo stood up from his chair and greeted him.

"Treasurer Zhou," he bowed his hands in salute, and said with a smile, "it's rare to visit the humble house today to shield Shenghui."

Zhou Lin is also a person who has been in the business field for more than ten years, so he naturally does not do a bad job of politeness.

He also bowed his hands as a salute, and then said with a smile: "Thank you Mr. Shen for your righteous action that day. Zhou has always wanted to come to thank you, but he has always been entangled in trivial matters, so he has time to come here today. I hope Mr. Shen will not blame you."

In fact, he has been lying on the bed these days, unable to get off the ground at all.

Shen Chuo seemed to have a mirror in his heart.But he didn't say anything, just gave up his seat politely.

Shen Chuo raised his eyebrows when the two of them were divided into guests and hosts, and the maid served tea, and asked with a half-smile, "Is shopkeeper Zhou all right now?"

On the surface it was a greeting, but in fact it was a reminder of the gang of hooligans smashing shops and beating people that day.

Zhou Lin is also a smart person, and immediately recognized Shen Chuo's subtext.So he didn't plan to play any tricks with Shen Chuo at all, and said straight to the point: "Today Zhou came here, one is to thank Mr. Shen for his righteous actions that day, and the other is to get along with him." Mr. Shen is talking about a business."

(End of this chapter)