swear not to be concubine

Chapter 82

After Jian Yan calmly finished speaking, she raised her head and looked at Xu Zhongxuan calmly.

For a moment, Xu Zhongxuan only felt that her gaze had a penetrating power to understand people's hearts, as if she wanted to see clearly all the shady thoughts in his heart.He panicked, and immediately wanted to explain, but the carriage stopped suddenly, and the coachman's voice came in carefully through the curtain: "Eldest son, Miss Jane, we are here."

When Jian Yan heard this, she stood up and was about to get out of the car with her waist half bent.

Subconsciously, Xu Zhongxuan stretched out his hand to pull her.It's just that his hand just touched her wrist, but seeing Jian Yan suddenly turn around, she said in a very cold voice: "Let go."

Xu Zhongxuan didn't know why, but he was burned instantly by the two words she said. He obviously hadn't reacted in his mind, but the hand that was holding her wrist was released first.

But Jian Yan already saw this opportunity, stretched out her hand to lift the curtain of the car, and walked out shortly.

Bai Wei had already been waiting outside the carriage.Seeing Jian Yan come out at this time, he quickly reached out to help her get off the carriage.

Xu Zhongxuan got out of the carriage immediately.

Jian Yan didn't look at him, but looked up at the courtyard in front of her.

Gray and white steps, black painted door, dark gray tile roof.There is a ginkgo tree in front of the door, full of golden leaves.Occasionally, when the wind comes, the branches shake lightly, and a few leaves fall leisurely.

Xu Zhongxuan glanced at her, saw that she was only looking at the ginkgo tree intently, so he didn't say anything, just passed her from behind, and patted the tin ring on the door.

A thin layer of golden ginkgo leaves has long been paved on the dusty green brick road.When Xu Zhongxuan walked over, Jian Yan heard rustling sounds, dense and dense, as if ants were gently crawling across her heart, sour and depressed, but she couldn't express it.

She still remembers that she went to Taihu Lake with her roommate in the fall of her sophomore year.

In the golden autumn and October, it is the season when the sunset and the solitary bird fly together, and the season when the maple is red, the ginkgo and the reed are white, and there are all kinds of colors that hit people's hearts everywhere.But at that time they were young, they were free, and they could control their own lives, so the teenagers didn't know how to feel sad, they just laughed and ran wantonly.It's just that now, thinking of those past events, she just felt that her heart was stuffed with a large ball of cotton that was full of water, which made her feel extremely uncomfortable.

Jian Yan couldn't help feeling that her nose was a little sore, her eyes were a little astringent, and she quickly lowered her head to hide it.

But Xu Zhongxuan had already seen it.

He hurried down the steps in two steps, came to her side, and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong with you?"

Jian Yan was calming down her mood, so she didn't answer right away.

Xu Zhongxuan only thought that she was worried about what happened in the carriage just now, so he said in a low voice: "Don't cry. I promise that in the future, if you don't want to say anything, I will never force you to say it."

Jian Yan only thought in her heart, if I really don't want to say something, then no matter how much you force me, I won't say it.But hearing Xu Zhongxuan's promise to her like this, she was still faintly moved.

So she raised her head, the corners of her lips curled up, and she just said: "It's nothing. It's just that I saw this ginkgo tree just now, and for some reason, I suddenly remembered two lines of poetry, It’s just a momentary feeling.”

"What kind of poem are these two lines?"

Xu Zhongxuan really wanted to reach out to shake her hand, but he didn't dare.

The moment he turned around just now, he saw that the corners of Jian Yan's eyes were red, and the water in her eyes faintly flashed.At that moment, he suddenly felt as if a steel needle had suddenly pierced through his heart, and it was painful.

Seeing his appearance of breaking the casserole and asking the end, Jian Yan couldn't help but quickly searched for two poems that were suitable for the occasion and said: "Xiao Xiao is far away from the sparse forest, and half of the autumn mountains are covered with the setting sun. "

Xu Zhongxuan naturally knew this poem.It is precisely because I know that I know that this poem actually contains the meaning of autumn resentment and melancholy.

Because he remembered that Jian Yan knew his situation since she was a child, and had been enduring it until now, the dense pain in his heart suddenly became more dense.

But she could only comfort her in a low voice: "You are still young, so you should read less poems like this in the future."

After a pause, he said in a low voice again: "Don't worry, I'm in charge of everything, you don't have to worry about so many things."

What he said was vague, and Jian Yan didn't take it to heart.

And she thought, her own affairs must be resolved by herself.Is it possible that if something difficult happens, you have to cry to others for help, hoping that others will help?Of course, relying on no one is worse than relying on yourself to have a sense of security.

The door behind him was already open.Qi Hui stood at the door, feeling a little embarrassed.

When Xu Zhongxuan came over to take pictures of Xihuan just now, he immediately ran over and opened the door, and when he saw Xu Zhongxuan at a glance, the word "Master" was still stuck in his throat and he couldn't yell out. The next moment, he saw Xu Zhongxuan turn around in a hurry After going down the steps, she lowered her head and comforted Miss Jane who was standing at the door in a low voice.Fortunately, at this moment, the private conversation between the two of them was finally finished, Xu Zhongxuan was in front, Jian Yan was two steps behind him, and both of them came towards the door.

Qi Hui hurriedly lowered his hands to stand aside, and called out respectfully: "Master, Miss Jian."

Jian Yan nodded to him and smiled kindly.Then he followed Xu Zhongxuan into his courtyard in the capital.

Two into a small courtyard.There are three small halls above the bluestone platform, and a zigzag Wukang stone road in the front courtyard, with bamboo trees on both sides and jagged rockery.

Xu Zhongxuan led her all the way to the bright room, and asked her to sit first, while he went to the back bedroom to change his official robe.

It's just that after leaving the verandah, he didn't go back to his bedroom immediately, but stood there quietly for a while, and then he saw Qi Hui coming over with a tea tray in his hand to deliver tea.

Xu Zhongxuan beckoned him to come over.After Qi Hui approached, he asked him in a low voice: "Where is the little hairball?"

Qi Hui wasn't wary of his sudden question, so he subconsciously said, "I don't know. Who knows where it sleeps in such a fine weather."

"Go and find it quickly, and then put it quietly in the main room. If Miss Jane asks, do you know what to say?"

Qi Hui was not as shrewd as his brother Qi Sang, he could figure out what Xu Zhongxuan was thinking, so he stared blankly, thought for a while, and finally shook his head honestly, saying: "I don't understand."

Xu Zhongxuan: ...

They all came out of the same mother's belly, so why is there such a big difference?
Fortunately, at this time, he saw Qi Sang followed by a few servants, carrying food boxes and entering the door, so he stretched out his hand to signal Qi Sang to come over.

Qi Sang hurried over.Here Xu Zhongxuan has already instructed Qi Hui: "After bringing the tea in, you take these young men to carry the table and place the dishes, be careful."

Qi Hui let out a groan, and turned around to use his clumsy hands and feet to do the delicate work of a servant girl.

Here Xu Zhongxuan has already said what Qi Hui said just now to Qi Sang, Qi Sang immediately understood when he heard it, and just nodded and said: "Young Master, this subordinate understands. Don't worry, this subordinate will definitely handle this matter to the letter , will never teach Miss Jane to see that we did it on purpose."

Only then did Xu Zhongxuan turn around and change his clothes in satisfaction.

He thought, since Jian Yan's heart is soft, but she is born with a stubborn temper, then he can't use any tough methods on her, he can only do it bit by bit, water drops through stone, slowly, starting from the most subtle things moved her.Until one day, when she got used to his presence and found that she could no longer leave him, at that time, her merits and virtues would naturally be complete and her cultivation would be a positive result.

But right now, he's not in a hurry.He can wait patiently, until the moment when he quietly occupies her heart.

Jian Yan had no idea that Xu Zhongxuan had planned her in this way.She was just sitting in the first armchair on the left side of Mingjian, drinking tea while looking at the furnishings in the house.

On the front wall is a picture of pine and stone by Zhang Tan from the Tang Dynasty, with a pair of pairs on both sides. It can be seen that it should be written by Xu Zhongxuan himself.In front of the painting and calligraphy is a flat-headed long table of rosewood, on which is placed a bonsai made of English stone, and on both sides are two blue-glazed cong-shaped bottles.There are a pair of tall tables on both sides of the long case, on which are placed new flower bonsai.In front of the long table is an Eight Immortals table with two armchairs on both sides.On the left and right sides of the ground are two armchairs, with a small table in between.

Jian Yan still wanted to look at the other furnishings in the house, but suddenly she had to meow, and then she saw a fat shadow jumping in from the door, jumped onto the Eight Immortals table with a bang, and then twirled her tail He got up, squatted on it, and scanned the room with wide open eyes.

When Jian Yan looked over, she saw that it was a chubby cat.Thinking about this cat's life is very good, not to mention the fat body, but the tan fur on its body is smooth and smooth, shining like fine silk.

What's rare is that there is a small piece of white on the tip of its nose, which can be regarded as the finishing touch of the whole body.

This cat is not afraid of people at all. Seeing Jian Yan looking at it, it meowed, then raised one of its front paws, stuck out its tongue and licked it, and finally wiped it on its face a handful.

Jane Yan: ...

Cats are indeed extremely water-efficient animals.At least I never use water when washing my face.

Jian Yan didn't recognize this cat at the beginning. In fact, the little milk cat she saw in Merlin at that time could sit in her palm and could be picked up with two fingers. But the one in front of me is, uh, it's so huge that it needs two hands to hold it.

She was just surprised that someone like Xu Zhongxuan would raise cats?And it turned out to be such a fat cat?After thinking about it, she withdrew her gaze and continued to look around the room.

At this time, Qi Sang hurried in from the door, without even having time to salute Jian Yan, she just ran in front of the cat with three steps and two steps, stretched out her hands to hold it in her arms, and then reprimanded He asked: "Xiao Maotuan, where did you go today? Why are you running around, even if we can't find you? The young master asked about you just now, and he only said that we must find you, otherwise we will all be punished."

Jian Yan was shocked, and quickly turned her head to look at the cat in Qin Sang's arms.

A tan cat with a small white patch on the tip of the nose.And it's also called a little hairball...

"It, what do you call it?" She asked Qi Sang in disbelief.

At this moment, Qi Sang came to her with the little hairball in his arms.He first looked down at the little hairball, then looked up at Jian Yan and said with a smile: "It, it's called a little hairball. Does Miss Jane think it's too fat to be called a little hairball? It's called a big hairball or fat Hair balls are suitable? The little ones think the same way, and they mentioned it to the young master, but the young master insists on calling it small hair balls, and the young ones don’t know why?"

Jian Yan asked again: "Where did you get it?"

Qi Sang shook his head: "The little one doesn't know. The young master brought it back. I remember it was February and March. Anyway, the peach blossoms were just blooming at that time, and suddenly one day the young master Xiu Mu was still there." When I was in Tongzhou, I brought the little hairball back, and I only said that I would let the little ones take care of it. But in fact, he is also taking care of him when he is free, otherwise he would be such a small little milk cat when he brought it back. , how did you become so fat in just half a year?"

When the peach blossoms just bloom in February and March?
Jian Yan carefully recalled that it was at that time that she first saw the little hairball in the plum grove. After squatting under the plum blossom tree and playing with it for a while, she really wanted to take it back to raise it, and give it back. A name is called small hairball.It was just because Mrs. Jane hated cats and dogs the most, so she never took it home in the end.But why did Xu Zhongxuan raise it, and also named it Xiao Mao Tuan?Could it be that Xu Zhongxuan was also in the plum grove that day, but he didn't notice it?

So she began to think about what she had done in Merlin that day, and the more she thought about it, the sweat profusely dripped down her back, and finally she even started to feel a faint pain in her lower abdomen.

(End of this chapter)