swear not to be concubine

Chapter 71

Jian Yan sat in the gazebo for a while, saw Xu Miaoning and Xu Miaojin were still playing with water in the mountain stream below, so she sent Si Yue to tell them, and only said that the two of them would go back to Wu's by themselves later , I brought Bai Wei with me, and I didn't have any destination, so I just walked around in the Jade Emperor Temple.

Since it is in a temple, the most natural ones are Buddha statues.Jian Yan walked for a while, saw a wing room with a Buddha statue, and walked in.

Sakyamuni is enshrined in this wing room, sitting on the lotus pedestal, with a kind face and a smile, seeing all living beings widely.There is a three-legged copper incense burner on the glass-patterned incense table in front of it, and red sandalwood incense sticks in the Xiangfei bamboo incense tube next to it, and two celadon candlesticks with twining branches and lotus patterns are placed on both sides.

Bai Wei already took out three sticks of red sandalwood sticks from the incense tube, lit them on the candle, and handed them to Jian Yan without saying a word.

Although she was standing outside the gazebo just now, she still heard some of the dispute between Xu Zhongxuan and Jian Yan. Naturally, she knew that Jian Yan's heart was very chaotic, so it was better for her to be quiet for a while and not to disturb her.

Jian Yan reached out and took off the miter that she had been wearing on her head, handed it to Bai Wei, and then took the three sticks of sandalwood incense she handed over, and put it in her palm.

There were three futons in front of the incense table, and Jian Yan knelt down on the middle one and closed her eyes.Bai Wei immediately knelt down on the other futon.

Jian Yan only felt that her heart was very confused.No matter how quiet and peaceful the face of the Buddha statue in this wing looked, and how light and elegant the scent of sandalwood in her hand was, she still couldn't suppress the turmoil in her heart.

Although she closed her eyes, the image of Xu Zhongxuan always appeared in front of her eyes.She knew that what he said just now about marrying her as his wife was most likely just his impulse, and he might regret it after the incident, and she also knew that the road ahead would be difficult, even if Xu Zhongxuan liked her and doted on her now, But it's still hard to guarantee that he won't change his mind in the future.But even so, she was moved just now, and even wanted to agree to him.

She was thinking, why should she be so rational?Why do you have to think about things that are so many years in the future?Tomorrow is always full of variables, the most important thing is to grasp the present, isn't it?So why not love hard now, love desperately?In this way, even if there will be a flood in the future, at least she will have nothing to regret when she gets old.

Thinking of this, she almost wanted to jump up and run to find Xu Zhongxuan, and ask him, will you really marry me?I'm the only one in my life?As long as you nod your head and say yes, I will not doubt it, and then I will hand over to you, hand in hand, until you let go of my hand first.

It's just that she was laughing at herself for a while, silly girl, who do you think you are?Who is Xu Zhongxuan?He is not a brat who doesn't understand the world, nor is he a lover who is so angry that he becomes a beauty. He has always been sensible enough, and he knows exactly what he wants. When necessary, he will Obviously cruel enough.So even if there is still a romantic relationship now, how can it resist the temptation and temptation of the powerful and powerful?If a powerful daughter of the family appears in the future and can help him take a step forward in his official career, I'm afraid that he will end up in a situation similar to that of his concubine Yin's, which is expedient.

Since he knows that the future with Xu Zhongxuan is uncertain, and it is very likely that one day he will be on a cliff, injured and riddled with wounds, isn't it the most rational choice to choose to leave now and rein in the precipice?
It's just that she still feels confused.These days Xu Zhongxuan's maintenance and care for her came to her mind one by one. The pagoda flower cake that night was as white as snow and as sweet as honey. She will never forget that taste in her life.

"Bai Wei," she held the three thin and long sticks of incense sticks in her white and clean palms, and the bluish-white smoke curled up, blurring her face and the tears from the corners of her eyes, "I feel very sad. .”

With her eyes closed, she felt that her heart was like the sea under a typhoon, constantly ups and downs, and she couldn't calm down at all.She eagerly wanted to pour out all the panic and depression in her heart, and Bai Wei had always been someone she could trust, and she knew about herself and Xu Zhongxuan, so she suddenly wanted to put herself in front of Bai Wei. Say whatever is on your mind.

It's just that she felt very sad in her heart, and she shed tears first without saying a word, so she simply wept softly for a while, and then she choked up and said: "Bai Wei, what should I do? I, I know What he said, marry me as a wife, and I will only be alone in my life is just what he said impulsively, and it is very likely that he will regret it later, but I still want to believe him. But I also know that I am just a The daughter of a merchant, with a low status, how could he really marry me? At most, he just asked me to be a concubine. Because he still has some affection for me, so he can be a concubine? But Bai Wei, what I want is to be a partner who can be in the same position as him, not an accessory attached to others without freedom and dignity. No matter how much I like him, I can’t possibly harm myself I want to be a concubine because of my pride and dignity, and share a man with other women. Bai Wei, I can like him, but I absolutely don’t want to be so self-deprecating for the sake of love, living a life without dignity and status.”

The more she talked, the more excited she became and the faster she spoke.

She has made a choice, hasn't she?Love is precious, but life is more expensive. If it is for freedom, both can be thrown away.

Jian Yan sighed faintly, and let out a long breath, as if vomited out all the sadness and embarrassment in her heart.

Then she opened her eyes, stood up, and inserted the three sandalwood sticks in her palm into the incense burner.

The incense stick has been burnt in her hand for almost a half, and when it is inserted into the incense burner, the smoke still rises slowly.

Jian Yan raised her head and looked at the Buddha statue in front of her. Amidst the solemnity of that Dharma figure, she finally felt the peace and tranquility in her heart.

So she put her palms together again, bowed reverently to the Buddha statue, and then she turned around and said with a smile: "Bai Wei, why haven't I heard you say a word for half a day?"

Then her words stopped abruptly in her throat, and she looked at the scene in front of her in shock and anger.

But there was a tall man in a well-dressed man with one hand tightly around Bai Wei's neck and the other tightly covering Bai Wei's mouth. Bai Wei didn't struggle at all in his hands. There is nothing left to do but stare at her with a pair of rounded almond eyes, full of horror.

Another man was sitting on the futon where Bai Wei was kneeling just now, with one hand on the half-curved leg, and the other holding a gilded fan against his chin, bending his slender eyebrows and eyes, Looking at her with a sloppy smile on the front.

Seeing her turn around, the arc of his lips became wider and wider.

"Miss Jane," he narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at her, smiling softly, with a deep and gorgeous voice, "Long time no see."

Jian Yan thought in her heart, it's been a long time since I haven't seen you, I never thought of seeing you at all.

She naturally recognized this person, and he also asked Zhou Lin to secretly investigate all the background of this person and what he had done in these years.

It's Shen Chuo.We met once in Taoyuan that day, Shen Chuo, who is now her partner.

Just how is he here?And let his followers strangle Bai Wei like this?

Seeing that the panic in Bai Wei's eyes became more and more intense, Jian Yan couldn't help but sink her face, and said in a cold voice: "Let her go."

At the same time, she quietly took two steps back, leaned against the incense table, and quietly touched the incense burner on the incense table with one hand.

Seeing her small movements, Shen Chuo smiled and said: "Miss Jian, it's better not to act rashly. Not to mention it's just such a small incense burner, Miss Jian just held up the big incense burner in the yard outside. That certainly won't hurt Shen in the slightest. If you hurt yourself carefully, Shen will feel sorry for you when the time comes, and your heart will be very distressed."

The big censer in the yard outside couldn't be hugged by two people, so how could she lift it up?
But she still stretched out her hand sideways and took the small incense burner in her hand, and said in a cold voice: "If you don't try it, how will you know if it will hurt you?"

With some confidence in hand, at least it can increase some confidence.Moreover, there is a lot of incense ash accumulated in this censer, which is the best place to sprinkle people's eyes at critical moments.

Shen Chuo chuckled, and then waved the hand holding the folding fan. Shen Jin behind him immediately let go of Bai Wei, and at the same time stretched out his hand to gently push her on the back.

Bai Weiyuan's legs were weak from fright, and she was pinched by Shen Jin, holding her mouth all these times, how could she still have any strength in her body?With Shen Jin's push, she immediately fell to the ground unable to support herself.

Jian Yan immediately rushed over to catch her.

Bai Wei reached out and grabbed her arm, no matter how scared she was, she still said in a low voice, "Girl, run."

Jian Yan turned her head and took a look, and saw that after Shen Jin stretched out his hand to push Bai Wei over, he was already standing in the middle of the door with his hands down. Can't get in.

I'm afraid it's impossible to run away.

So she simply sat down on another futon, raised her head and asked Shen Chuo calmly: "Mr. Shen, which song are you singing?"

Shen Chuo glanced at her, then raised his hands, clapped his hands, and said with a smile: "If other ladies from aristocratic families encountered such a thing, I'm afraid they would have been so frightened that they would only scream and cry. Shen Chuo The girl can still sit here with such a calm expression and ask me which song I am singing, which shows that Miss Jane is not an ordinary boudoir girl, and Shen admires it."

Jian Yan sneered: "Young Master Shen, if you have something to say, you may as well just say it, you don't need to compliment me here."

After all, this is the Jade Emperor Temple, and the people who come and go today are all dignitaries from various families, Shen Chuo definitely dare not do anything to her here.And the reason why he is still sitting here chatting about things with her in a leisurely manner, it must be because he has something to say to her.

So what was he trying to say to her?Jian Yan was thinking quickly in her heart that she and him had only met once in Taoyuan, and they didn't say a word, and there was no intersection at all.And it has been nearly two months since that time, logically speaking, he shouldn't remember that there is such a talent as her, and it is impossible to find her all the way just because he has met her once. Did you come here?

And just now he called himself Miss Jane, but if I remember correctly, she didn't speak a word to him that day, so she couldn't tell him her surname.Even when he asked Xu Zhongxuan his name, Xu Zhongxuan just took it with a vague sentence, and didn't tell him clearly.So, how on earth did he know that his surname was Jane?Let's look at him now, he is completely familiar with you, and I know all eight generations of your ancestors with confidence.

Unless, he sent someone to check himself.And why would he send someone to check on her?Could it be because he knew that the person standing behind Zhou Lin was actually her?
Jian Yan's heart sank slowly.She laughed at herself and thought, how could she treat others as fools?This Shen Chuo, he has two elder brothers who are direct relatives, logically speaking, the Shen family's family business cannot fall into his hands.But he still succeeded in pushing his two older brothers out of the capital with his own strength, and then took over the entire family business of the Shen family when he was weak.And within less than half a year of taking over, he immediately annexed all the tea business of the Zhao family in Jiangnan, and expanded the business of the Shen family from the capital to Jiangnan in one fell swoop, thus improving the Shen family from an ordinary wealthy businessman to the status of a giant businessman today.He is such a man of art and courage, Zhou Lin went to discuss cooperation with him with bare hands that day, how could he not find out all the details of Zhou Lin?And as long as he asks someone to check Zhou Lin, he can easily find her.

Jian Yan thought to herself, she is really too naive.As far as her self-righteous cleverness falls in Shen Chuo's eyes, wouldn't she be ridiculous?

And at this time she heard Shen Chuo laughing and saying: "Miss Jian was so lingering when she was talking about Xu Shilang just now, but now she is so cold when she is facing Shen, it's really Shen So sad."

(End of this chapter)