swear not to be concubine

Chapter 64

It was almost noon, Xu Zhongxuan sat on the stone bench in the gazebo, with his head lowered, his slender fingers slowly and unconsciously swipe left and right on the stone table in front of him.

Today is a rest day, but because he hasn't seen Jian Yan for more than a month, he really misses her so much, so he can't wait for yesterday's time to pay off, so he hurried all the way back to Tongzhou, just wanting to see her sooner. she.

It's just that as soon as I came back, when I first arrived at Ning Cui Xuan, all the maids in Ning Cui Xuan looked panic-stricken.

It turned out that Xu Miaojin had a cold and had a high fever.Qingzhu had already sent her maids to tell Wu and Qin, please hurry up and invite a doctor to show them to their girls.It's just that after waiting for such a long time, the doctor still didn't come over, and the maids in the room were as anxious as ants on a boiling pan, bewildered.Coincidentally, now that Xu Zhongxuan came back, it was as if he had grasped a life-saving straw. Qingzhu hurriedly led Xu Zhongxuan to meet Xu Miaojin in Dongci Room.

So Xu Zhongxuan saw Xu Miaojin lying on the bed with her eyes closed, her face slightly red.He reached out and touched her forehead, and the tentacles were hot.

Qing Zhu stood beside the bed wiping her tears, and said on the side: "I sent Xing'er to talk to the old lady and the old lady early in the morning, just asking them to invite a doctor for the girl quickly. But the old lady said Our girl is a member of the big house, she can't be in charge, she still has to ask the big lady for instructions on the matter of asking the doctor. Xing'er went to ask the big lady for instructions, but the big lady said, now the old lady is in charge of the house, girl When you are sick, it is the old lady’s decision to ask the doctor to get the medicine, and she can’t do it. The servant girl became anxious later, so she ran to the eldest lady herself, knelt down, and said that you are also the girl’s aunt after all. If the girl has something good or bad, how can I say it? Even if the eldest son comes back and finds out, what should he say? The eldest wife then let go, and called a servant at the second door to ask him to invite the doctor. This boy has gone to such a big meeting, but there is still no sign of him coming back. The slaves are not good to say anything, so they can only twist the cold handkerchief and help the girl wipe it over and over again. That's it, the girl is still fainted now."

When Xu Zhongxuan heard this, his eyes darkened, and anger arose between his brows.

But he didn't get angry right away, he just walked out in big strides, commanding Qi Sang who was standing outside the courtyard in a deep voice, telling him to hurry up and invite the doctor.

When the doctor came, Qingzhu hurriedly put down the light green gauze tent embroidered with flowers, birds, grass and insects, and took the welcome pillow handed over by the doctor, carefully placed it under Xu Miaojin's hands, pulled the cuffs, revealing a delicate The snow-white wrist came, asking the doctor for diagnosis and treatment.

It turned out that it was nothing more than a cold, and it was not a difficult disease.The doctor stretched out his hand and pressed the pulse of his right hand, then changed his left hand again, pressed the pulse of his left hand, then went outside, sat at the table, and wrote the prescription with a pen.

After the prescription was written, Xu Zhongxuan took it over to look at it first, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong, he ordered Qi Sang: "Follow the doctor to grab the medicine and come back."

Qi Sang agreed, sent the doctor back, grabbed the medicine and hurried back all the way, but gave the medicine to Qingzhu and the others to fry.

After the green bamboo had finished decocting the medicine, a small tea tray painted with black lacquer and gold was brought over, Xu Zhongxuan stretched out his hand to take it, calling Xu Miaojin in a low voice.

After a while, Xu Miaojin finally opened his eyes and woke up.It was just that his eyes were confused, and it took him a long time to recognize Xu Zhongxuan, and he called out weakly, "Brother".

When Qing Zhu saw that her daughters were all sick, she took the tea tray with one hand, and then raised it up to wipe the tears on her face with the other.

Xu Zhongxuan sighed: "What's the use of crying? Hurry up and help your girl up, so I can give her medicine."

Qingzhu hurriedly put the tea tray in his hand on the table next to him, and hurriedly placed a big pillow behind Xu Miaojin, and he also supported her shoulders, letting her sit on the table own shoulders.

Xu Zhongxuan coaxed Xu Miaojin softly: "Drink the medicine and the wind and cold will be fine. It's just that the medicine is a bit bitter, so bear with it."

A bleak smile appeared on Xu Miaojin's weak face, and she said softly: "Brother, I'll save you. I haven't been in good health since I was a child. What kind of bitter medicine haven't I taken? What is such a bitter medicine? You don’t need to feed it, just bring it here, and I’ll just drink it myself.”

She stretched out her hand, intending to grab the bowl, but her hand was sore and tight, and she couldn't use any strength.

Seeing this, Xu Zhongxuan felt sore, but he still took the medicine bowl and brought it to her lips, fed her the dark brown medicine juice in the bowl, and then hurriedly took the candied fruit that had been set aside long ago, and licked it. He took a candied cherry and put it in her mouth, and said softly: "Suck this candied cherry to get rid of the bitter taste in your mouth."

Xu Miaojin lay down again, closed her eyes, but said to him in a low voice: "Brother, go and sit outside, don't let me get sick and make you feel better."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Xu Zhongxuan felt more and more uncomfortable when he heard her say this, because he said to her softly, "I am your elder brother, if I am not by your side now, when will I be by your side? You can rest assured Sleep for a while, big brother will watch over you. When you wake up, your illness will be cured."

Xu Miaojin muttered something, but finally couldn't hold it anymore and fell asleep.

The maids in the yard still didn't dare to take it lightly, for fear that Xu Miaojin's fever would not go away after drinking the medicine.

But fortunately, at the last moment of the ugly time, Xu Miaojin's high fever finally subsided, and the people in the yard were slightly relieved.

Qingzhu saw that Xu Zhongxuan had been sitting there guarding Xu Miaojin, so she stepped forward and said softly: "My lord, go and rest for a while. Miss, Xing'er and I will guard here, just relax."

Xu Zhongxuan waved his hand, and said in a low voice: "No, you guys go down and rest, and I'll just stay here and guard Jin'er."

He only thought in his heart that he was not around on weekdays, and Jin'er was alone in Xu's house. He didn't want to be so sick that even asking for a doctor would be pushed around by those people.What if he didn't come back tonight?So what?It's just that Jin'er has always been sensible and never said such things in front of him, probably because she was afraid that he would worry about her.It's just that she is like this, and he feels more and more guilty as a big brother.

But Qingzhu persisted, persuading her patiently: "Although the girl's fever has subsided now, what might happen tomorrow? Young master, if you don't go to rest now, how can you succeed if you have enough energy? You The pillars of our yard."

Yin said again: "The servant has already ordered Xing'er to spread the quilt for you on the kang in the girl's study, and you go to rest first. The servant and Xing'er are here to guard the girl, so there is something really wrong. The servant will call you immediately, how about it?"

Xu Zhongxuan thought for a while, then obeyed Qingzhu's words, and got out of Xu Miaojin's bedroom, called the maid to fetch water, washed up briefly, and then went to the study room in Xici Room to lie down and rest up.

It's just that even though he closed his eyes, his ears and brain were still buzzing, and he couldn't fall asleep any more.So in the end he simply put on his clothes and got up, thinking that the lotus in the pond is blooming just right now, so he can go to watch it in the dead of night, so that he can relax and come back to rest.

So he went out of the Xici Room, all the way out of the courtyard gate of Ningcui Xuan, looking at the road beside the lotus pond.

The moonlight was faint, and the candlelight in the roadside poking lamp was also very weak.Next to the pond, many tall and low peach and willow trees were planted, and they were growing lush and lush. For a while, the road was covered with black shadows of interlaced mottled branches.When the wind blows, the branches sway along with it, and the black shadow cast on the ground also sways unceasingly.

Xu Zhongxuan didn't care, but walked slowly in the shadows with his hands behind his back.From time to time, I stood for a while, looking at the large lotus leaves and lotus flowers in the pond in front of me, thinking about some things in my heart.

After walking like this for a while, I suddenly heard a few suppressed cries coming from the front.

He paused as he walked forward, looked up, and saw a person sitting on the big bluestone by the water in front of him.Looking at her slender figure, she should be a young woman.It's just that she faces the water, so she can't see her appearance.

At this late night, the lotus leaves and lotus flowers on the water surface of the pond are layered on top of each other, covering only a dark patch on the water surface, which is as deep as bottomless.The branches of the surrounding peach trees and willows are mottled and jagged, and they are as sharp as ghosts. Suddenly, I saw a figure on the stone by the water, and it was still sobbing and crying. If an ordinary timid person sees this In this situation, I'm afraid he would think that he saw a ghost, then turn around and run away?
But Xu Zhongxuan is not afraid.He just thought, this is probably the maid in some room who was wronged, and it is not easy to get angry in front of people during the day, so she ran to the pond to cry in the dead of night.

It's just that he didn't want to be nosy, so he turned around directly, wanting to leave this place.

It's just that he just turned around and didn't take two steps forward, when suddenly he heard the woman choked up and said a few words, he immediately felt as if he was struck by lightning, and he froze in place.

This is clearly Jian Yan's voice.Could it be that Jian Yan is the one sitting here crying?
His heart jumped wildly immediately, and he turned around in a hurry.But she was afraid that she would run away if she noticed that he was here, so she hurriedly walked to hide in the shadow of a willow tree next to her, and then looked up eagerly at where she was.

At that time, Jian Yan was crying concentratingly, as if her throat was strangled by someone's hands, she was a little out of breath, full of extreme sadness and despair.

Standing in the shadows, Xu Zhongxuan looked at her slender back, her shoulders shaking uncontrollably, crying uncontrollably.But even though she was so sad and hopeless, she still didn't cry loudly, she just covered her mouth with her hands, suppressing her crying.

How much wronged did she suffer to be so sad and desperate?
Xu Zhongxuan lifted his foot and took a step forward, wanting to go up to comfort her.But he just took a step forward, he stopped in his tracks, and then slowly retracted his feet, just standing here, pursing his lips tightly, looking at her back with complicated eyes .

He has always known that Jian Yan's self-esteem is extremely strong.And now the reason why she chose to come here to cry bitterly in the dead of night, and she was still afraid that people would hear it, so she just covered her mouth with her hands tightly and suppressed her crying, was that she didn't want people to know.If he stepped forward rashly at this time, I'm afraid that instead of comforting her, it would make her panic, and maybe she would stay away from him because he saw her crying and vulnerable side.

Xu Zhongxuan was thinking in his heart that he had to proceed step by step, let her slowly relax her guard against him in her heart, and then slowly walk into her heart.

Originally, he could go directly to propose marriage to Mrs. Jane regardless, and he expected that Mrs. Jane would definitely agree.It's just that he wants a Jian Yan who is in love with him and who will always show his true nature in front of him, not the Jian Yan who is forced to marry him, who is only elegant and upright, and follows the rules when facing him all day long. .

He didn't want to force her.He thought he could wait.And when she completely trusts him and accepts him, he will definitely not let her shed another tear.

But now, his eyes darkened, and he was only thinking about what happened to her?What kind of grievance did you suffer?If she can tell it, no matter how big it is, he will take it on his shoulders, as long as she can smile brightly every day.

One of them was sitting, the other was standing, one was full of sadness, and the other was full of pity.After a long time, Jian Yan stopped crying, but looked at the lotus leaves and lotus flowers in the pond surrounded by blue-gray mist, and tried her best to calm down her emotions.And Xu Zhongxuan's eyes were only firmly locked on Jian Yan from the beginning to the end.

After a while, Jian Yan sighed faintly, then stood up, turned around and staggered towards the direction of Hexiangyuan.

Xu Zhongxuan stood at the same spot, watching her as she entered the gate of Hexiang Yuan, then walked to the big bluestone by the water where she had sat just now, and sat down as well.

Stretching out her hand to touch it, several places on the stone were still wet, presumably it was the tears she shed when she cried bitterly earlier.

As long as Xu Zhongxuan thought of the painful cry that she was trying to suppress just now, she felt as if a knife had been stabbed in her heart, and felt tight.

After sitting on the stone for a while, he also got up and went back to Ningcui Xuan.It's just that when she was lying on the kang, even if she closed her eyes, her ears were filled with Jian Yan's extremely suppressed crying.Even when she fell asleep, in the dream Jian Yan was still sitting on the rock, with her head lowered, her thin shoulders trembling and crying sadly.

He woke up the next day, staring at the green bamboos outside the window, he was stunned for a while.

Xing'er brought in water from a copper basin, put it on the shelf, and bowed to ask Xu Zhongxuan to wash.

Xu Zhongxuan got up and sat up, because he asked: "How is Jin'er now? Is it still feverish?"

Xing'er smiled and replied: "The doctor's medical skills are really superb. Since the girl drank the medicine he prescribed last night, she slept extremely peacefully all night, and she didn't have a fever. She even woke up for a while , I just said that I was very hungry. Sister Qingzhu heard this, and she was happy or not. Because she thought that the wind and cold were just right for the girl, meat and meat were naturally unpalatable. After thinking about it, she sent a little maid to the small kitchen Li told Mother Xia that she should cook some porridge, not too thick, and thinner would be better. It would be all right to ask for two plates of refreshing side dishes, and prepare the girl to eat it later when she wakes up. After the little servant girl went to the small kitchen, she also brought the eldest son's breakfast, which is already placed on the table in the open room. She also asked the eldest son to have breakfast after washing up."

After hearing this, Xu Zhongxuan felt slightly relieved.But after washing up, he still went to Dongci Room to take a look at Xu Miaojin himself.

Xu Miaojin was still fast asleep, Qingzhu held a footrest and was sitting on the side of the bed waiting.Seeing Xu Zhongxuan come in, she hurriedly got up and bowed her knees to him.

Xu Zhongxuan shook his hand, signaling her to get up, and then stretched out his hand to touch Xu Miaojin's forehead. Sure enough, he no longer had a fever, and now he was completely relieved.

Because he ordered Qingzhu to go down to rest too, and asked the other little maids to guard Xu Miaojin for the time being, while he himself came to Mingjian, sat at the table and started to have breakfast.

A large bowl of fragrant rice porridge, a plate of stuffed steamed buns, a plate of sesame seed cakes, a plate of ten muskmelon eggplants, and a plate of wild rice and white fish.

Xu Zhongxuan took the carved bamboo chopsticks, took a sip of fragrant rice porridge, and then thought again, wondering what Jian Yan's breakfast will be today?I'm afraid there are only two dishes of side dishes and a bowl of porridge, right?These pastries are not supposed to exist.

Thinking of this, he didn't want to eat those two plates of pastries either, he just drank the porridge and put down his chopsticks after eating a few chopsticks of side dishes.

Not long after the meal, Xu Miaojin also woke up, drank half a bowl of green rice porridge, said a few words to him, and fell asleep again.It's just that seeing that her spirit is much better than last night, everyone is relieved for a while.

Xu Zhongxuan guarded her for a while, but Jian Yan was still in his heart.So he told Qingzhu and Xing'er to wait for Xu Miaojin happily, while he himself came out of the gate of Ningcuixuan and looked at Hexiangyuan.

It's just that when he got near the Lotus Fragrance Court, he didn't dare to go in directly to find her.

In the eyes of others, what would they say about Jian Yan?How will she get along with others in this Xu family in the future?So in the end, after he wandered around the Lotus Fragrance Court for a while, he walked to the pavilion with six eaves and flying corners in the middle of the stone bridge built on the water of the pond, found a stone bench and sat down, then just raised his head Looking at the direction of the east side of Hexiangyuan.

It's just that there is a fence, no matter how much he looks through the autumn water, he still can't see the trace of the beautiful woman.

He stared at it for a while, then stretched out his right index finger, lowered his head and unconsciously scratched slowly on the stone table in front of him.After a while, when he realized it, he found that the word Jian Yan was written back and forth on the stone table with his index finger.

He himself couldn't help laughing, because he stopped his hands, and looked up in the direction of Hexiangyuan.

After looking at this for a while, suddenly I saw two people coming out of the gate of Hexiangyuan, talking and laughing, looking at this stone bridge and coming.

He recognized at a glance that one of the figures was Jian Yan.As a result, the heart in his chest immediately jumped uncontrollably, and the hands on his knees were tightly clenched into fists. He wished he could stand up immediately and meet her. and go.

But in the end, he still suppressed his excitement desperately, just sat there with a serious expression on his face, but his heart was full of turbulent waves, unstoppable ups and downs.

The weather is so hot now, and it is such a big sun, people can only stand in the sun for less than a while, but they will feel as if they are being burned by fire.

So Xu Zhongxuan saw that Jian Yan was holding a round fan of Xiangfei Bamboo in her hand, and she was reaching out to put the round fan on top of her head to block the glare of the sun, while she was slightly tilting her head, talking to Xu Miaoning who was beside her.

Xu Miaoning also held a round fan in her hand, and placed it above her head to block the sunlight.

Walking in the middle of the stone bridge for a while, and still a few steps away from the gazebo, Jian Yan seemed to suddenly see someone sitting in the gazebo, and after seeing clearly that this person was Xu Zhongxuan, her face His smile stagnated for a moment, as if he wanted to turn around and leave.

The calm look on Xu Zhongxuan's face could no longer be pretended, so he stood up and called out: "Miss Jane."

Jian Yan pursed her lips, thinking, can this happen?Why did he come here in such a hot noon?It's not afraid of the heat.

It's just that he wanted to get away and leave just now, but now that Xu Zhongxuan had seen her and greeted her loudly, it didn't seem very good for her to turn around and leave.

Jian Yan could only cry bitterly in her heart, but she still walked to the gazebo with Xu Miaoning, and put down the hand holding the round fan above her head, with an impeccable smile on her face, Following the rules, he bowed to Xu Zhongxuan, and also called out: "Young master."

Xu Miaoning smiled from the side at this time: "Hey, big brother, I didn't expect to meet you here? Are you also here to enjoy the lotus? Just now I dragged my cousin to sit in this gazebo to enjoy the lotus together. Cousin still She said it was so hot outside, she refused to come out, and finally I forced her to come out."

Xu Zhongxuan just stealthily looked at Jian Yan, seeing that although she had a slight smile on her white jade-like face, she couldn't see the slightest trace of sadness and pain.It seemed that the Jian Yan who he saw crying by the water in the middle of the night was just his hallucination.

He was thinking in his heart, she really didn't want to show her slightest vulnerability in front of others.It's just that she hides all these pains and sorrows in her heart, how uncomfortable is it?
Thinking of this, he felt more and more distressed about Jian Yan, so his tone softened a lot, and he said, "It's quite hot."

Xu Miaoning smiled and said: "That's not it. I'm so hot that I wish I could not get out of the well."

Seeing that Bai Wei and Qing Ya followed after her, she told Qing Ya: "Qing Ya, go back and get a jar of icy sour plum soup."

Yin turned to Jian Yan again: "Cousin, I remember you made watermelon smoothie when you got up early, do you still have it now? Give it to my elder brother to try too."

Yesterday Jian Qing came back from the Imperial College in Beijing and brought two watermelons to Jian Yan.When she got up in the morning, it happened that Ji Shi sent someone to bring a piece of ice to her again, saying that it was hot, and asked her to put it in the room to cool off.Seeing Jianyan, she simply asked Siyue and Bai Wei to chisel some crushed ice, then made watermelon smoothie, gave some to Mrs. Ji and Mrs. Jian, and asked Siyue to bring some to Xu Miaoning.She didn't want Xu Miaoning to feel that it was delicious as soon as she ate it, so she ran to her side and ate another big bowl.After eating, she was bored playing in the house, so she dragged her out to admire the lotus.He also said that the gazebo was built in the middle of the water, sitting in the pavilion, there is a cool wind everywhere, and there are lotus flowers to enjoy around, no matter how hot it is, the scenery is good.So Jian Yan was also moved, and came with Xu Miaoning under the sun.It's just that I didn't expect Xu Zhongxuan to be sitting here.If she had known that he was here, she would not come with any flowers, let alone lotus flowers.

Now the three of them are sitting around a stone table, Jian Yan heard Xu Miaoning talk about the watermelon smoothie, because she thought of Xu Zhongxuan's ride on the world of mortals a few days ago, and the night gave her Sophora japonica cake, she couldn't help feeling fluctuated a little.She also sneaked a glimpse of Xu Zhongxuan's straight body wearing light azurite gauze, but there was still a little sweat on her forehead and the tip of her nose, so she turned her head and said to Bai Wei: "Go back and put another watermelon on ice. I also cut it up, and chopped some more crushed ice, and brought it together.”

Bai Wei agreed, then turned around and went with Qing Ya.

After a while, Bai Wei, Qing Ya, and Si Yue all came over.

The watermelon was chilled on ice early in the morning and has never been taken off.When you see it, there is still a layer of white frost on it.

Jian Yan asked Bai Wei and Si Yue to put the cut watermelon and crushed ice on the stone table.He reached for the silver spoon and carefully picked the seeds on the watermelon.

What she is wearing today is a water green cross-neck gauze dress and a white gauze skirt.She casually combed a hairpin in a bun, and only wore a jasper hairpin, a light blue pile of gauze and silk flowers, and didn't even wear earrings, looking very elegant and demure.

However, there is still a jade bracelet on her left wrist.The bracelet was of excellent color, like a puddle of green water, which made her complexion like jade more and more.

So Xu Zhongxuan saw her holding the white porcelain plate with one hand and the silver spoon with the other, holding a piece of watermelon with her head down, slowly picking the seeds inside one by one, with a focused expression.As the wind blew, the iron horses under the eaves of the gazebo tinkled softly.

After a while, all the melon seeds in the watermelon were removed, so Jian Yan took a bowl, put some watermelon in it, sprinkled some crushed ice on it, put some honey in it, and crushed the watermelon a little more , and finally sprinkled another layer of crushed ice on it, then held the bowl with both hands, handed it to Xu Zhongxuan, and said with a smile: "It's just for fun, the eldest son will just eat it. "

On the one hand, she was thinking in her heart, although it was not as good as that time when he gave the Sophora japonica cake at night, but it was done by her own hands after all, and it was also her intention.

Xu Zhongxuan lowered his head, and saw red melon flesh in a white celadon bowl with eight treasure patterns, and a layer of white crystal-like crushed ice on it, it was very cold and refreshing to look at.

He hurriedly stretched out his hands to pick it up.It's just that she was a little anxious to pick it up, and her right hand touched her left hand.

Her hands were cold and soft, Xu Zhongxuan was startled, thinking of letting go.

But Jian Yan has already let go decisively and withdrew.

She was also a little flustered in her heart, and her face was a little hot, so she hurriedly took the round fan on the table and shook it.

It's just that the wind blowing from the round fan can't calm the panic in her heart and the heat on her face at all.

"Cousin," at this moment she heard Xu Miaoning calling her, she hurriedly turned her head to look over, collected herself, and asked, "Well, what's the matter?"

"I also want to have another bowl of watermelon smoothie."

She reached out and pulled Jian Yan's sleeve, and looked up at her eagerly.

Jian Yan turned the handle of the fan upside down, lightly tapped on the back of her hand, and then said: "You just ate two big bowls in one go, it will be bad if you eat any more. Just bear with it first." , eat it tomorrow."

Xu Miaoning let out a grievance, let go of the hand holding her sleeve, but asked her again: "Cousin, are you hot? Your face is flushed. You can also eat a bowl of watermelon yourself Let's make a smoothie."

Jane Yan: ...

I really want to help my forehead.As the saying goes, you are not afraid of opponents like gods, but teammates like pigs.

She quickly sneaked a look at Xu Zhongxuan, and saw that although he was eating watermelon smoothie with his head down and holding a spoon, he could still clearly see the corners of his lips curved.

Jian Yan felt a little angry for a moment, her face became more and more red, because she turned her head and gave Xu Miaoning a look, her voice raised two minutes: "I'm not hot at all."

Xu Miaoning: ...

What type of situation is this?Why is it that she just asked her cousin if she was hot or not, but she was a little angry?
Over there, Xu Zhongxuan had already finished eating a bowl of watermelon smoothie, and he said with a smile: "The watermelon smoothie made by Miss Jian is very delicious, after eating it, it feels like nectar sprinkles my heart, and I don't feel hot at all. "

Jane Yan: ...

Why did she feel something was wrong when she heard Xu Zhongxuan's words.

At this time, Xu Zhongxuan has imitated her just now, took a piece of watermelon, slowly went to the melon seeds inside with a small silver spoon, and then sprinkled a layer of crushed ice in the bowl, added The honey was broken, and sprinkled another layer of smoothie on the surface, holding the bowl with both hands, and said with a smile: "Miss Jane, please try this watermelon smoothie I made."

Jian Yan really wanted to cover her face with the round fan in her hand.

She always felt that she was being teased, how could she break it?If it continues like this, it will be a bit dangerous.

She wanted to refuse at first, but looking at the sincere smile on Xu Zhongxuan's face, and thinking of the Sophora japonica cake that night, she just sighed deeply in her heart, and reached out to take the bowl of watermelon smoothie Come on, and said in a low voice: "Thank you, Eldest Young Master."

I wanted to say no directly, but knowing that it's not easy to be affectionate, I couldn't bear to say it.

She lowered her head, took a spoon, slowly stirred the watermelon smoothie in the bowl, and ate it slowly, while thinking about how to get along with Xu Zhongxuan in the future.

Because of the cooperation with Shen Chuo now, no one dares to make trouble in the Shijing Pavilion in Jingli, and the daily income is really gratifying.And for more than a month, Shen Chuo has successively opened a Shijin Pavilion in each of the three provinces. With the [-]% share, the monthly income is also good.According to this, she will soon have a considerable amount of money on hand.At that time, she only needs to ask Zhou Lin to find a way to establish a good relationship with the people in the government, and get her a brand new household post in other provinces, and then she will think of a way to come here when she is out. A golden cicada escaped from its shell, took the household sticker and left.

Even if the information in this era is not very developed, she went to other provinces, not in this capital, where would Mrs. Jane go to find her?To take a step back, Mrs. Jian reported to the official post and found her. At that time, she took the household post and posted it. She just refused to admit that she was Jian Yan. If she wanted to come to others, she would have nothing to say.

And at that time, Xu Zhongxuan's side, he will naturally have his own life, with his own well-matched, delicate wife from a famous family, at most, he will just remember what he did when he was young on a rainy autumn night. There has been a story about giving Sophora japonica cake to a girl regardless of night.As for that girl's face, when he thinks about it again at that time, I'm afraid he won't be able to remember clearly.

Thinking of this, Jian Yan stirred the watermelon smoothie for a moment, feeling a little panicked in her heart and couldn't eat anymore.

She put down the spoon in her hand, and ordered Bai Wei and Si Yue to collect the remaining watermelon and crushed ice on the stone table.At this time, Qing Ya brought up Bing Pai's honey-fried sour plum soup, and put a bowl in front of the three of them.

Jian Yan stretched out her hand to pick up the bowl and took a sip, the feeling of coldness pierced her heart and teeth, and for a moment the heat disappeared.

While holding the round fan and shaking it slowly, she looked sideways at the lotus leaves covering the sky and the sun on the water, but she could not help but listen to Xu Zhongxuan and Xu Miaoning talking in her ears.

Xu Zhongxuan's voice sounded extremely clear and gentle, like a mountain spring in autumn, gurgling slowly all the way down.

Jian Yan was thinking, these days, whenever the maids in the house talked about Xu Zhongxuan, they only said that when he asked Xueliu like that in Songhe Hall that day, he was like a Raksha ghost crawling out of hell. Yes, the sound is like the solid ice on the top of a snow-capped mountain that has never melted for thousands of years.But now, his voice sounds so clear and gentle.

When this person becomes ruthless, I'm afraid it will definitely make people frightened, wishing to stay away from him for a thousand miles.But when this person gets better...

Jian Yan sighed secretly in her heart, thinking, when Xu Zhongxuan was nice to her, he was really delicate and considerate, which made her feel like a spring breeze.It was as if all the troublesome things could be left to him, and all I had to do was stand by his side and be pampered and lawless by him.

At this moment, I heard that clear and gentle voice calling her again: "Miss Jane."

Jian Yan suddenly regained her senses and turned her head, but happened to meet Xu Zhongxuan's smiling eyes.

She hurriedly lowered her head, not daring to look at his handsome eyes, but just asked: "Your Excellency, what do you want me to do?"

Xu Zhongxuan's eyes fell on her right hand holding the round fan.

The so-called slender hands in the old saying, presumably that is the case.

For a moment, he remembered that he accidentally touched her right hand just now, and now the soft and cold feeling between his fingers was still there, so the heart in his chest couldn't help shaking a little.

But she was afraid that Jian Yan would see his gaffe, so she also looked away, no longer looking at her hand, but only at the round fan in her hand.

The fan handle of Xiangfei bamboo is plain white silk, embroidered with two bunches of purple grapes hanging down, the leaves under the green leaves are green and lovely, and there is a golden butterfly flying on the side.

"Your round fan is really special," Xu Zhongxuan actually didn't know why he called Jian Yan just now, but he just wanted to talk to her.Now, he didn't know what to say to her, so he could only talk about her fan, "The embroidered fruits on it are exquisite and unforgettable."

When Jian Yan heard this, she lowered her head to look at the round fan in her hand, and with a smile on her back, she casually agreed: "The embroidery on this fan is really exquisite."

Which one Xu Miaoning smiled at the side at this time: "What is the embroidery on this fan? Cousin's embroidery is more than a hundred times better than this."

When the breeze was blowing, the lotus leaves and lotus flowers on the surrounding water trembled, and the leaves turned slightly. Suddenly, a green wave spread from here to the distance.

Xu Miaoning sighed: "I really want to sit here and admire the lotus every day. It's a pity that in a few days, all the petals of the lotus will fall off, and the lotus leaves will also be ruined. Isn't it a pity?" ?”

After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly turned his head to look at Xu Zhongxuan and Jian Yan excitedly, clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Yes, I have a way to see the lotus and lotus leaves every day. The days are not bad."

Xu Zhongxuan and Jian Yan asked what was the solution.Xu Miaoning said with a smile: "I remember that elder brother is good at drawing flowers, and my cousin is also good at embroidery. Why don't you let elder brother draw a lotus leaf and lotus like the present one, and then let him My cousin embroidered it. Tell me, is my method good or not?"

(End of this chapter)