swear not to be concubine

Chapter 81

Jian Yan has never seen Xu Zhongxuan like this.

In my impression, Xu Zhongxuan's clothes have always been extremely simple and elegant, which makes him look like an elegant landscape painting.Even though he knew that he might be ruthless and possessive on the inside, but on the surface, at least he was calm, gentle and handsome.

But the present Xu Zhongxuan, with the scarlet round neck robe, the peacock patch on the chest and the back, and the leather belt and soap boots, made him look much more handsome and eye-catching than before.

It's just that he is looking at her with gloomy eyes at this moment, which makes her feel extremely stressed.

Originally, Jian Yan just thought that she was drinking tea and chatting with Shen Chuo, but under his gaze, she felt in a trance that she and Shen Chuo had done something to offend him here.

Jian Yan felt a little upset in her heart, so she didn't look at Xu Zhongxuan's gaze, but just lowered her head and looked at the pot of green radishes placed on the table in front of her.

Shen Chuo had already sensed something was wrong.He also didn't want to confront Xu Zhongxuan publicly.After all, to put it bluntly, no matter how rich he is, Xu Zhongxuan is a third-rank court official. If he is offended, it will definitely be enough for him to drink a pot.And if this person is greedy for gold and silver things, it's okay to say, then he will naturally hold the handle in his own hands.It's just that according to the results of his secret investigation, Xu Zhongxuan is not a lover of money, and he is not good at women's sex.I heard that once a subordinate wanted to curry favor with him and secretly gave him a stunning beauty, but he rejected it on the spot with a cold face.Afterwards, he even participated in a copy of that subordinate, and sent that subordinate far away to Yunnan.As for other aspects, Shen Chuo had never heard of Xu Zhongxuan having any special hobbies.

This person's whole body is tight, and the water can't get in. It's really hard to wrap around.

Shen Chuo has always felt that if a person like Xu Zhongxuan is not a true saint who only cares for the people of the court, then he has a very clear goal and knows what he wants in the end.And before reaching his goal, he can endure all the temptations and temptations from this world.

This kind of firm willpower is not available to everyone.And people with this kind of firm willpower will inevitably achieve great things in the end.

And people who are so rational are often extremely terrifying.Shen Chuo didn't dare to face Xu Zhongxuan head-on, not to mention the aura around him still looked extremely cold.

Shen Chuo was thinking that he might have touched Xu Zhongxuan's back.

Does Xu Zhongxuan care about Jian Yan so much?Who cares if she gets so angry just seeing her sitting and chatting with another man?
He thought sadly, as long as Xu Zhongxuan was around, the relationship between him and Jian Yan would not be able to go any further.

But Xu Zhongxuan never gave Shen Chuo a straight look from the beginning to the end since he broke into the door of Shijing Pavilion.His eyes were only tightly locked on Jian Yan's body.Seeing Jian Yan lowering her head to avoid his gaze, he suddenly felt a nameless fire rising up in his heart, which made his heart shake and his sanity disappeared.

He stared fixedly at Jian Yan, and after a while, seeing that she was still pursing her lips lightly, with no intention of looking up at him at all, he finally couldn't hold back, and said in a cold voice: "Come here."

Although he didn't name them, everyone in the room knew who he was talking about.

Jian Yan naturally knew that Xu Zhongxuan was referring to her.In an instant, the coldness in her words made him tremble all over, even the heart in his chest trembled.

It's just that there is a hint of stubbornness and unyielding in this fear.

She just thought, why do you tell me to go there and I will go there?What did I do wrong, so I can do whatever you want me to do?

So no matter how frightened she was, she still pressed her lips tightly, just sitting there without moving.But the hands in the sleeves were tightly clasped together, and a pair of eyelashes were trembling like butterfly wings.

Xu Zhongxuan waited for a long time, but he still didn't see Jian Yan's intention to come over. In the end, he had no choice but to lift his feet and walk towards her.

Qi Sang, who was standing behind him, twitched his eyebrows speechlessly.

Young master, why are you so restless?I didn't see you asking Miss Jane to come over with such a threatening manner before, but now she can't insist on coming over, so you just go over in person.From now on, it will be the rhythm to be suppressed.

And out of the corner of Jian Yan's eyes, she saw Xu Zhongxuan walking over, standing beside her, her lips moved, thinking she wanted to speak to her.But she didn't wait for him to say that, she just stood up suddenly, and then coldly ordered Bai Wei who was standing on the side: "Bai Wei, let's go."

Originally, Bai Wei was standing there, watching the silent and tense atmosphere between Xu Zhongxuan and Jian Yan, cold sweat broke out in her nervous hands.When she heard Jian Yan's order, which clearly meant to confront Xu Zhongxuan, she became more and more nervous.It's just that she naturally wanted to listen to Jian Yan's instructions, so she said oh immediately, took the package that was put aside, and hurriedly followed Jian Yan out.

Xu Zhongxuan didn't expect Jian Yan's temper to be so stubborn.Even though he put down his posture and came over by himself now, she still ignored him, as if she didn't see this person at all, she turned around and left with her maid.

Seeing that she was about to go out, Xu Zhongxuan didn't even think about it, and immediately followed her in big strides.

Qi Sang witnessed this dramatic scene from the sidelines, he was already in such a mess that he didn't even know how to complain.

Obviously, the young master had an absolute advantage in terms of momentum and other aspects before, but now, Miss Jian abruptly reversed the situation, and it became Miss Jian who had the absolute advantage. Advantage.I'm afraid that after a while, it's not Miss Jian who explained to the young master why she was with Shen Chuo just now, but the young master apologized to her and he shouldn't have let her come here in a cold tone.

It's just that Xu Zhongxuan has already chased Jian Yan out the door, and Qi Sang hastily chased her out.

When he chased him out, he saw that Jian Yan had just gotten into the carriage, and was instructing the driver in a low voice to drive back.And Bai Wei originally wanted to follow Jian Yan into the carriage, but Xu Zhongxuan pointed to the sedan chair parked beside him, signaling her to go over.

So Bai Wei immediately became confused in the wind.

That's an official sedan chair.She is a maid, how dare she sit in an official sedan chair?
She shook her hands and stammered, "Slave, I don't dare to sit down."

But Qi Sang was already smiling and said: "If Miss Bai Wei dare not sit down, I'll ask someone to hire a folk sedan chair for you. Just wait."

After all, he hurriedly ordered one of the bearers to hire a folk sedan chair quickly.The bearer got the order, turned around and ran away quickly.

But here Xu Zhongxuan has already stretched out his hand to lift the curtain of the carriage, and stepped into the carriage.

The moment the scarlet embroidered soft curtain rose and fell, Jian Yan sharply saw Bai Wei's helpless eyes standing outside the car.

Jian Yan only felt that her lungs were going to explode with anger, and for a moment she really wanted to raise her foot towards Xu Zhongxuan's face and just do that all at once.

But she still tried her best to hold back, but she put her whole face down, and said to Xu Zhongxuan in a cold voice: "Go down."

She didn't add a rolling word in front of these two words, she felt that she was worthy of him enough.

But Xu Zhongxuan didn't go down, instead he glanced at her lightly, then lightly lifted the corner of his robe, and sat down opposite her.

Looking at him like that, it is clear that he has no intention of going down at all.

For a moment, Jian Yan felt so angry that even her face turned red a thin layer.

She only thought in her heart, okay, if you don't go down, then I'll go down to the head office.

It's just that Xu Zhongxuan obviously saw through her intentions.She just got up, and he reached out and grabbed her wrist, and said in a low voice: "Don't make trouble."

Who is making trouble?He sat with her so disregarding his status, but she still had a reputation.If I go back and teach the people in Xu's house to know, how will she mess around in Xu's house in the future?The spittle of those people is enough to drown her.

She struggled to break free from his restraint, and said in a cold voice: "One of two choices, either you go down, or I go down."

Xu Zhongxuan's choice is: "If you don't go down, I won't go down either."

Immediately, through the curtain of the car, he ordered Qi Sang to let the coachman drive the car, only saying that he would not go back to Tongzhou and go to his place temporarily.

When Jian Yan heard this, she was naturally even angrier.Yin said in a cold voice: "It's getting late now, I'm afraid my mother will miss me, so I have to rush back. Please let the eldest son let me go."

Naturally, Xu Zhongxuan would not let him go.His reason was: "Since it's getting late, your master and servant may not be safe on the way back. I don't feel relieved. Let's take a rest tomorrow. I was planning to go back, and I will walk with you later."

Jian Yan was about to open her mouth to refute, but suddenly Xu Zhongxuan sighed quietly, and then said in a low voice: "Jian Yan, you and I haven't seen each other for several months, do you really want to be so noisy when we meet? "

While the carriage was moving, the curtains on the windows on both sides were blown up and down by the breeze.The warm orange sunlight of late autumn then leaked in, and was blocked by the curtain again, and the interior of the carriage was sometimes bright and sometimes dark.

Jian Yan saw that when Xu Zhongxuan said these words, he lowered his head and lowered his eyes, his crow-feather-like eyelashes trembled slightly, and his face was full of indescribable loneliness.

Jian Yan was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly stopped struggling
She thought of the letter Xu Zhongxuan wrote to her these days.The plain white Goryeo paper, sprinkled with handsome running script, told her word by word, sentence by sentence, what food he had eaten today, and thought it tasted very good, so he specially asked the chef for the cooking method, and when he came back Afterwards, she made them as they were one by one and gave her a taste, she couldn't help but feel soft in her heart.

But she was not willing to give in right away, so her whole body was still tense, and her pair of soft red lips were also tightly pursed.

Xu Zhongxuan observed her words and expressions, and knew that her heart had actually softened, but she was not willing to obey his words immediately on the surface.

He was overjoyed in his heart, so he immediately let go of the hand that was holding her wrist tightly, put his hands behind his back, and said softly: "Sit properly, I promise you won't touch her." You. And don’t worry, later I will strictly order the coachman and those two boys to keep secret about the fact that you and I were in the same car today, and I will never teach anyone else a word.”

Xu Zhongxuan's shrewdness is that he knows that Jian Yan is actually a soft-tempered person.And her heart is also very soft, so whenever she blows her hair, touch it along the fur, say a few soft and pitiful words, and lower her posture, her anger will dissipate immediately. few.What's more, now he even solved all her worries.

So after Jian Yan thought about it, she could only sit back helplessly.

She does have the courage to jump off the car, but what can she do after she jumps off?Do all the noisy people on the street know about it?Since Xu Zhongxuan has already expressed all her worries and made promises, that's all for now.

But when she was sitting there, Jian Yan just sat there motionless with her hands in her sleeves, looking down at the delicate embroidered plum blossom wishful cloud patterns on her cuffs.

But Xu Zhongxuan was sitting in the swaying carriage, looking at Jian Yan without blinking.And the more he looked, the tighter his frown became.

Why does she look thinner now than when he left?Even though it was because of the cold weather, she was wearing a thicker pink and purple gold satin jacket, but she could still see her slender waist, too tight to hold.

Before I left, didn't I clearly tell Mrs. Jane not to be harsh on her in her daily diet?Could it be that Mrs. Jane didn't listen to him?
Xu Zhongxuan's long eyebrows were furrowed even tighter.

After thinking about it, he tapped on the wall of the carriage twice, lifted the curtain on the window, and whispered a few instructions to Qi Sang who was following outside.

Qi Sang heard it clearly from outside, then he pulled the rein in his hand, turned the horse's head, and left in the dust.

Jian Yan who was at the side naturally could hear clearly.

Xu Zhongxuan ordered Qi Sang to book a table of noodles in a nearby restaurant, and then went to Guixiang Restaurant to buy some special pastries and dried fruits.

She didn't even know what to say.Why is it that when he was with Xu Zhongxuan, he always wanted to feed her?He won't give up until he feeds her into a big fat man, right?

Jian Yan originally didn't want to talk to Xu Zhongxuan, it would be best for the two of them to arrive at Xu's residence without a word, and then break up peacefully and go back to their respective homes.But at this moment, she couldn't bear it anymore, and finally said: "I'm not hungry, and I don't want to eat anything."

When Xu Zhongxuan heard her speak actively, he was naturally happy in his heart, so a three-point smile appeared between his brows and eyes, and even the words he said softened a lot.

"I'm hungry and want to eat. Will you dine with me?"

Seeing that Jian Yan was about to speak again, he didn't need to think about it to know that it must be a refusal.So he hurriedly said: "I just rushed back from Shandong early this morning. I hurried to report the autumn incident in Shandong to the Holy One, and then rushed to the Ministry of Rites to deal with other things. I didn't even have breakfast. And lunch is not available in time."

There was a faint hint of pity in these words.When Jian Yan heard this, she was embarrassed and refused to say anything, and she also felt a little bit distressed.However, she still had a calm face and said expressionlessly: "Since you are hungry, you can eat by yourself. Why do you want me to accompany you?"

Xu Zhongxuan laughed and said, "With you by my side, I should be able to eat an extra bowl of rice."

The ambiguous and ambiguous meaning in his sentence is more obvious.Jian Yan also heard it, so she immediately pretended that she didn't hear it, and didn't answer the conversation. She just sat there with her hands in her sleeves, her head down, like a wooden sculpture and clay sculpture, and ignored him.

Xu Zhongxuan was still happy in his heart.

No matter how indifferent she is to him now, at least she didn't reject him harshly.And she still loves him, even if she didn't say it, she didn't show such an expression, but Xu Zhongxuan felt that he knew it.

The two of them remained relatively quiet for a while, and Xu Zhongxuan remembered what happened just now.

How could she and Shen Chuo sit facing each other and drink tea together?And he also ordered the young man to guard the door and not let any idler in.

He wanted to ask, but he was afraid that Jian Yan would be annoyed.When he was in Shijin Pavilion just now, no matter how angry or subdued he was, Jian Yan ignored him.If he asked again, I was afraid that if she got angry, she would really ignore him.

But if you don't ask, this matter is like a stick in your throat. If you teach him to think more deeply, he will feel blocked and panic.

After thinking about it for a while, he decided to ask Jian Yan.But to change the way of asking.

So he asked cautiously: "You and Shen Chuo just happened to meet in Shijing Pavilion, and then found out that they knew each other, so they sat together drinking tea and chatting for a while, right?"

Watching her expression carefully.Seeing that she didn't mean to be annoyed at the moment, she continued cautiously: "It's just that Shen Chuo looks kind and friendly on the surface, but he's actually very cunning on the inside. You'd better not get in touch with him in the future. .”

Jian Yan still lowered her head, looking at the finely embroidered flowers on her cuffs, and did not answer a word.

Xu Zhongxuan couldn't help but feel uneasy.

He couldn't figure out what Jian Yan's silence meant.Is it because she and Shen Chuo didn't meet by chance?Or do you think he interfered with her affairs too much?Or are you unhappy with his evaluation of Shen Chuo'er?Or do you simply not want to talk to him?
The hands on his knees curled up and then loosened, loosened and curled up again, Xu Zhongxuan was thinking, should he explain to Jian Yan the meaning of what he just said?But how can I explain it so that she doesn't misunderstand it?
But what he actually meant was that he didn't like to see Jian Yan and Shen Chuo meeting.To be precise, he didn't want to see Jian Yan meeting any man other than him.She should be his, day and night, all the time, only him in his eyes is enough.I'm afraid that no matter how he explains it, the meaning will not change.

At this time, he heard Jian Yan's cold voice slowly sounding: "Xu Zhongxuan, I think we have explained everything clearly enough when we were at the Jade Emperor Temple last time, so now, you And why are you meddling in my business?"

(End of this chapter)