swear not to be concubine

Chapter 86

There are those who can be officials in this world, and naturally there are those who can't.

Although the elder brother of the Qin family was born as a Jinshi in the second list, he has been in the ups and downs for more than [-] years, and now he is only a sixth-rank Tongzhi in Qinzhou, Shaanxi.His wife, Zhou Shi, is the daughter of a military officer, with a strong temper and extremely swift and resolute actions.

The Zhou family was married before the Qin family was married. Although the two aunts and sisters-in-law dislike each other somewhat in their hearts, they are still doing well on the face of it.And now that we haven't seen each other for many years, the sudden meeting is naturally much more intimate than before.

So when the two aunts and sisters-in-law met, they didn't say anything at first, but they hugged each other and cried heartily.

The Qin family has not been easy these years. After marrying into the Xu family, they have not been able to give birth to a son and a half.But she was very high-minded, and she was unwilling to record the concubine in her name, only thinking that she would definitely be able to give birth to a son.But who knew that after so many years of suffering, even when her husband died, half a son was not born.At this time, she hastily recorded a pair of concubine son and concubine daughter under her name, but what's the use?The concubine is already grown up, and he is indifferent and extremely assertive, so he will never get close to her at all.In these years, this concubine has been proud of his officialdom all the way, and has become a high-ranking official like he is now, but he is not close to her, his aunt, but he just maintains the appearance of calling her mother on the surface, but in fact, he is only afraid of her. very thin.So she sometimes thinks, without her own children, what will she do when she gets old?Even Xu Zhongxuan's child called her grandmother again, but after all, they were separated by several floors, and they couldn't get close.

And it has not been easy for Zhou Shi these years.Qin's elder brother is cowardly, and his official career has not been smooth. Over the years, there have been ups and downs. He was in this state for a while, and then in that mansion for a while, so she followed him in this state and that mansion.What's more, all these years are small officials, and the monthly salary is only so much, but there is still a big family to support, how can it be enough?This time he gritted his teeth for coming to Tongzhou, and specially bought a new dress, but compared with Qin's body covered in silk, satin and silk, and his head full of pearls and emeralds, it is not enough to look at.So the two aunts and sisters-in-law reunited after this farewell, only to feel that each of them had their own sadness in these years, and they couldn't stop crying.

The maids and mothers next to her naturally came forward to persuade each other.After a while, the sister-in-law and sister-in-law stopped crying, separated the guests and sat down.

At this time, Mrs. Zhou called her daughter and concubine who came with her to come to see Mrs. Qin.

"This is my second daughter, named Suxin, she is 16 years old now." While annoyed at Qin Suxin, "Come and see your aunt soon."

Qin looked up at Qin Suxin, and saw that she was wearing a pink-purple satin cape with flowers and a crimson pleated skirt.There is nothing more than a white beaded hairpin and two crimson piled gauze and silk flowers on the hairpin.She was born soft and delicate, but she was a bit petty. Seeing her, this aunt also blushed, her voice was like a mosquito, and she was very aggressive when saluting, and she couldn't let go.

When Qin Suxin just bowed down to her, Qin Shi already leaned over and helped her up.

"Good boy," she said with a smile, "we're all from our own family, so you don't have to be so polite to your aunt."

One side said, and the other side reached out and pulled out a phoenix hairpin that she was wearing at the side of her temples, raised her hand and inserted it on Qin Suxin's head, and said with a smile: "It's the first time we meet, this is my aunt's kindness, you But don’t think it’s frivolous.”

This is a little green phoenix hairpin.Three thin phoenix tails meander upwards, and the phoenix head is raised high, holding a string of white pearl tassels from its mouth.And this string of tassels hangs down halfway and is divided into three tassels, and at the bottom is a big red pearl pendant tail.

Although this phoenix hairpin doesn't look very big, it is very delicate, and one can tell that it is worth a lot.

Qin Suxin was a little undecided whether she should accept this phoenix hairpin, so she turned her head to look at Mrs. Zhou.

Mrs. Zhou nodded to her, and she turned her head, bowed her knees to Mrs. Qin again, and said in a soft voice, "Thank you, aunt, for the reward."

Qin Shi smiled and asked her to sit aside.At this moment Zhou Shi turned around and pointed to an eighteen or nine-year-old boy behind him, and smiled at Qin Shi: "This is Qin Yan."

Yibi turned to Qin Yan again and said, "Come here to meet your aunt."

Different from the familiar tone when Qin Suxin was introduced just now, Qin's tone now is a bit cold.

Qin Shi thought to herself, her sister-in-law is also a clueless person.Although I knew from the beginning that she was jealous, and didn't like her brother's aunts and maids, and even treated her brother's sons and daughters coldly, but after all, this Qin Yan has passed the Juren exam anyway. It is very likely that he will enter an official career in the future, and the future prosperity of the Qin family may depend on him.Don't say how much you flatter him, but at least you can't make such sarcastic remarks that the nose is not the nose, and the eyes are not the eyes.

So when Qin Yan bowed to her, she also bent down to support his arm as she did to Qin Suxin, and said: "They are all from my family, why is Yan'er so polite? ?”

At the same time, let Rue Xiang take the meeting gift for him.

On a square plate with vermilion lacquer and gold, there are one end inkstone, two boxes of pine ink, and two new books.

Qin Yan stretched out his hand, then handed it to the boy standing beside him, and then bowed his hands in salute: "Thank you, aunt."

Qin's cold eyes saw that he acted with reason, and when talking to her, he was neither humble nor overbearing, not at all bratty, but very generous.Yin looked up at him again carefully.

I saw him wearing a moon-white straight gown, and a royal blue double tassel silk sash around his waist.It can be seen that the straight gown on his body is also newly made. Although the material is not as good as that of Qin Suxin's dress, it looks a little shabby and has many fine wrinkles, but it still makes him wear it a bit noble and arrogant feel out.

Qin Shi nodded secretly, thinking in her heart that her nephew who was born as a concubine might not look like a fish in the pool, and she might have some achievements in the future.So the words became more and more intimate with him.

For a while, he ordered Yun Xiang to bring the two little maids to invite the eldest son and fourth girl over.

Yunxiang agreed, then turned around and took the two little maids with her.Seeing that Qin's words and attitudes are very close to Qin Yan, Mrs. Zhou felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.Seeing that Mrs. Qin asked her maid to invite Xu Zhongxuan and Xu Miaojin, she asked with some displeasure: "Brother Xuan and Sister Jin don't know that I, the aunt, is here today?"

The implication is that some people blame them for not coming to greet them, but instead want Qin to invite them to come and meet.

Qin said: "This brother Xuan is not the old Xuan brother? Now he is the left servant of the Ministry of Rites. Even my aunt will be polite when she sees him, and she doesn't dare to speak loudly. In the past, people have been invited ten times, and it is good to be able to come five times. I don’t know if I will come here later.”

Mrs. Zhou snorted softly through her nose, and said: "You are a aunt, and he is a concubine. No matter what kind of high-ranking official you are, how dare you disrespect you? Our sage governs the world with benevolence and filial piety, okay?" , A paper pleading was filed in the yamen, all he said was that he was unfilial, no matter how big an official would be, with this accusation of unfilial piety, he would not be able to make any great achievements in his official career in the future."

These words are actually quite shocking.Qin Shi secretly glanced at Qin Yan, and saw that his hands on his knees were tightly curled up, the light blue veins on the back of his hands were bulging high, and his handsome face was also tense.

She thought in her heart that her nephew was still young after all and couldn't hold his breath.If this matter is placed on Xu Zhongxuan's body, I'm afraid he will be able to keep his face, and then wait until his wings are full, and then let you suffer from piecemeal crimes all the time, and make you pay for the words you said now cost.

"Sister-in-law, that's a bad word." Qin Shi retracted her glance at Qin Yan, then smiled at Zhou Shi, "No matter how bastard he is, he is also my son in the end, and he and I are considered worthy It's the relationship between mother and child, one prospers and the other loses. There is no reason why he can't do well and I'll be fine."

Zhou naturally knew what she meant by what she said in secret, so she snorted softly, stopped talking, just lowered her head and drank tea, but she still didn't care about her words in her heart.

Qin Shi didn't say anything anymore.To put it bluntly, although she still hopes that the Qin family will prosper, she is a married daughter after all, and she has no hand in how the Zhou family treats Qin Yan.So she just asked some gossip about how they lived in Qinzhou these years, how is her brother doing now, how are her other nephews and nieces.

After changing the tea twice for a while, a little maid finally came in outside to announce that the eldest son and fourth girl had arrived.

As soon as the words were finished, a servant girl had already opened the green embroidered door curtain hanging at the door.

Xu Zhongxuan is handsome, Xu Miaojin is soft, both brothers and sisters are dressed very well, standing together is like someone in a painting.

The two first visited Mrs. Qin, Mrs. Qin hurriedly told them not to be too polite, get up quickly, and then introduced Mrs. Zhou, saying that this was their aunt, and asked them to go and pay their respects.

Mrs. Zhou met Xu Zhongxuan.

The ancestor of the Qin family was also an official in the capital and had always lived in the capital.In the first few years of her marriage, her husband hadn't been able to pass the Jinshi exam, so he only studied at home, so she also lived in the capital.At that time, the Qin family married into Xu's family, and the two families also moved around during the festivals.And Xu Zhongxuan was born at that time, so Zhou must have met him.

So Mrs. Zhou looked at Xu Zhongxuan for a while, only thinking in her heart, but she didn't see that she was just a poor bastard born to a maid, but now she has become a third-rank official of the imperial court.

It's just that Zhou's impression of Xu Zhongxuan is still that of a little person who won't go on that road and will only be hugged and teased by others, and just now he heard Qin's admonishing her to be nice to Qin Yan For some words, I already had a bit of anger in my stomach, so it was inevitable that I would not be angry with Xu Zhongxuan, who was also born as a concubine in front of me, and I didn't have any fear of him in my heart.

So she laughed and said, "It's been more than 20 years, Brother Xuan has grown so big. I remember the last time I saw you, you were still a little hairball who could only spit."

After a pause, she turned her head to Qin and said: "I remember that when I came over, it was Aunt Yun who made the curtain for me and served me tea. After all, she was born as a maid and served people. They are much more skilled than those aunts my uncle bought from other places."

When Qin Shi heard this, her expression changed a little.

Aunt Yun is Xu Zhongxuan's biological mother.And Xu Zhongxuan attached great importance to his biological mother, but when Zhou saw Xu Zhongxuan, his words actually belittled Aunt Yun in such a way, didn't he know death?
Did she think that Xu Zhongxuan was the little hairy ball back then who couldn't speak but could only cry if she pinched it?He is now a high-ranking official of the imperial court who holds great power.

(End of this chapter)