Concubine Sheng Chong

Chapter 217 I Don't Want Her To Get Involved In These Things
After Xu Junyan left, Jiang Jinyan turned around and went back to the inner room. He lifted the curtain and saw Xia He sitting on the window edge drowsing his legs sullenly.

It's very similar to the impoliteness and then coquettishness when she and Xu Ming were laughing and laughing in the flower hall when they first met her.

Seeing someone entering the room, Xia He quickly jumped down, his expression returning to the dignified and elegant before.

Jiang Jinyan understood, and said to the maidservants who were guarding outside the door: "Everyone go down."

But the two maidservants following Xia He were a little apprehensive, stomping their feet anxiously.

The master ordered to take good care of the lady, but the lady suddenly came to the Jing'an Hou Mansion and caught them by surprise!
Jiang Jinyan glanced at the two maids and saw the clues. These two maids must not be Xia He's trustworthy personal servants, but they seemed to have been arranged to watch Xia He.

Her complexion also darkened a little, "Could it be that the two girls look down on our Jing'an Hou Mansion?"

Naturally, the two maids didn't dare to make mistakes. After looking at each other, they hurriedly apologized to Jiang Jin, and then retreated.

Xia He breathed a sigh of relief, and sat casually on a bed.

Jiang Jinyan saw that she was hesitant to speak, so he got up and poured two cups of tea as if nothing had happened, "This is the Lanxi Maofeng sent from Huaizhou by your senior brother, and the taste is quite elegant."

When Xia He thought of Huaizhou, he thought of the days after Xu Ming fell into the river, and her expression quickly darkened. She picked up the teacup and wanted to drink it. Before Jiang Jinyan stopped her, she stuck out her tongue so hot.

"Oh..." Xia He had a bitter face, as if tears were about to burn down.

Jiang Jinyan hurriedly poured her a cup of herbal tea, and couldn't help but laugh a little: "It's still so rash, but it looks much better than when I just entered the door."

Xia He blushed, staring at the scalded tea and said nothing.

Seeing that she was restless, Jiang Jinyan sat down with her, and was not in a hurry to ask, but said leisurely: "I remember that the first time Miss Xia came to Jing'an Hou's Mansion, she pretended to be a servant girl with Xu Ming. The vase Well chosen..."

Xia He felt sore when he heard Xu Ming's name, and almost turned over the hot tea in his hand.

Jiang Jinyan saw her absent-mindedness, and then asked: "Miss Xia returned to Luoyang...hasn't she told Xu Ming yet?"

Xia He lowered his head, "I also beg Miss Jiang to hide this news for me."

Seeing that she was choked up, Jiang Jinyan got up and held her hand, "You can also call me Jinyan."

Xia He's heart warmed up, "Sister Jinyan can just call me Xia He."

Jiang Jinyan nodded, and asked her to refill a cup of Lanxi Maofeng, "This tea tastes best when it's warm, and it's hard to drink when it's hot, and it loses its fragrance when it's cold."

Xia He blinked, "Aren't sister Jinyan curious about my reason for coming?"

Jiang Jinyan laughed, "You probably can't hide things from your temper. When you want to say something, I just listen."

Xia He looked at the gentle and elegant Jiang Jinyan when he was quiet, and said with a smile: "In the past, I only regarded Jinyan's sister as a very lonely person. I didn't expect my senior brother to be so lucky."

Jiang Jinyan laughed angrily, "Aren't you making fun of me?"

After a few words of gossip, Xia He said, "I came to Luoyang this time because of my father's intention, and also for the Xia family..."

After saying that, she was silent for a long time, and then she blinked and begged: "Sister Jinyan, can I live in the Jing'an Hou Mansion? The Xia family's other courtyard is very boring, except for senior brother and Xu Ming... I don’t know anyone in Luoyang either.”

Jiang Jinyan was a little taken aback.

After all, it was instinctive, Xia He came to Luoyang in a low-key manner and concealed Xu Ming, as if he had something on his mind, and the behavior of the two maids also seemed to be in a panic.

In the end, Jiang Jinyan still placed Xia He in the courtyard in the west, but he was careful.

The next day, Jiang Jinyan got up and heard from Yumo that Xia He had already played with Xiao Jincheng in Dongci, and even Xueyan rushed to join in the fun.

She smiled, "It's just for fun."

Yu Mo was a little worried, "Miss, Zhen Guohou seemed to know something yesterday."

Jiang Jinyan naturally remembered this, she nodded and said: "There is indeed something I don't know about it, that's all, you go and prepare breakfast first."

Yu Mo hurriedly responded.

In the afternoon, Xu Junyan rushed to Jing'anhou's Mansion again, and at this time Jiang Shiheng also rushed back after finishing his work in the yamen. When Jiang Jinyan got the news, the two of them had already played chess in the front yard.

Although Jiang Shiheng was very satisfied with Xu Junyan, the prospective son-in-law, after all, he was a little uncomfortable due to the difference in status. It was Xu Junyan who brought good tea and cooked it himself, so Jiang Shiheng smiled a little more comfortably.

An hour later, in the pavilion not far from Wutong Garden, Xia He frowned at Xu Junyan, who had a slightly gloomy face, and said in a low voice, "Brother, Sister Jinyan has promised me to live here!"

"Your identity has already determined that you must not act rashly."

Xu Junyan didn't let go of this matter at all.

Xia He pouted, "You are afraid that I will hurt your little wife!"

Xu Junyan's face softened at the moment, but his tone remained unchanged, "I will never let things that are not beneficial to Jin Yan."

Xia He stomped her feet fiercely, "I have to live here..."

"You decided to stay in the Jing'an Hou Mansion because of Lan Zhaoyi?"

Xia He bit her lip and became serious, "Since the senior brother knows, I won't hide it. I didn't intend to come to Luoyang, but I can't decide this matter. For sister Jinyan, I absolutely have nothing to do with it." Malice, I can protect her in the future, isn't that good?"

Xu Junyan was silent for a moment, "I don't want her to get involved in these things."

"But she has already fallen into it. Brother, have you forgotten how sister Jinyan was forced to go to Huzhou?"

Xia He paused, and continued: "My father has told me about the situation in the palace long ago, that Lan Zhaoyi has long been watched by the Wang family and Concubine Li, and I am afraid that he will not be able to protect himself at this moment, although Sister Ye Entering the palace, but the status is not high enough..."

"I promised Master that I will help you, but Jin Yan cannot be implicated."

Xia He had no choice but to nod, "Okay, I see." Then she stirred the handkerchief in her hand, and asked casually, "When is senior brother going to get married?"

"Wait until she is out of filial piety."

In Wutong Garden at this time, Xueyan hurried into the inner room, "Miss!"

Jiang Jinyan put down the cup in his hand, "What's the matter? Is it something about Xi'an?"

Xue Yan nodded, "I heard from Mother Qin, who was sweeping the floor, that the two maids accidentally slipped up... about entering the palace."

Jiang Jinyan frowned.

All kinds of clues are entangled in my mind. The Xia family was a very prominent family during the reign of the late emperor, and had the same status as Duke Hui, and the two families retired from the court after the death of the late emperor.

Now Mrs. Hui Guogong has arrived in Luoyang, and even the little princess of the Kang family has discussed marriage with Licheng's cousin. Now the Xia family has also started to make moves?
According to Xia He, Xia Changfeng arranged for her to come to Luoyang...

Enter the palace?

An idea jumped into her mind.

There have been many more concubines in the palace after the last concubine selection, but the most important thing is that the palace is empty now!

It is true that the high status of the back can play a role of check and balance, but the Holy One has never had a son, and it seems that this post does not seem to fall on the concubines in the palace. The most likely thing is to choose a woman of the right age from the aristocratic family... …

But it is not easy to obtain this position with the current status of the Xia family, but it is more like the arrangement of the late emperor when connected with the Kang family!
Seeing Jiang Jinyan's frowning, Xueyan was also shocked, "Miss, could it be that something happened in the palace?"

Jiang Jinyan pursed his lips slightly, and said after a while: "If you can see Lan Zhaoyi tomorrow, then ask about the situation in the palace."

Xue Yan nodded again and again, "Yes, we have been walking for so long, and so many major events have happened in Luoyang City, who knows that the palace is too peaceful?"

Jiang Jinyan glanced at her, "Indeed...the change in Luoyang City is shocking. The Li family's downfall was too hasty, and the death of the eldest son of the Wang family is also full of doubts."

Xueyan asked suddenly: "The land deed that Second Young Master Fang sent to Huzhou a while ago...why is Miss so anxious?"

Jiang Jinyan couldn't help feeling worried when he thought of the land deed.

Chengnan Gambling House was controlled by Zhou Chengrui in the previous life, and in this life, he obtained this title deed thanks to Fang Lijin's relationship, but how should this title deed be used?
Another point, will Zhou Chengrui know that the land deed is in his hands?
"It's okay, it's just a small shop."

Just as he was talking, Xia He entered the inner room and said with a smile, "Sister Jinyan, I just received an invitation card."

Looking at the simple and elegant post in Xia He's hand, Jiang Jinyan paused in his heart.

It's the invitation for the Hundred Flowers Banquet tomorrow!

Jiang Jinyan got up without showing any emotion and said with a smile: "It seems that tomorrow we are going to enter the palace together."

Xia He nodded, and explained worryingly: "Princess Kang Xiaojun must have mentioned me, and I went to visit her when I first arrived in Luoyang."

Jiang Jinyan naturally knew about the relationship between the Xia family and the Kang family, so he smiled.

"Sister Jinyan!"

Xia He turned around in astonishment, only to see a blue-clothed boy who was about the same size as him approaching the door.

Jiang Jinyan smiled and said to Xia He: "This is Jin Yuan." Then he said to Jin Yuan: "This is Miss Xia."

Jin Yuan bowed his hands to Xia He, and then said to Jiang Jinyan, "Sister Jinyan is in good health? I just came from the Zhuque Camp, and Master was coming too..." He smiled, "But Master and Captain Xu went to drink."

Suzaku Camp... Captain Xu...

That's Xu Ming.

Jiang Jinyan glanced at Xia He lightly, and sure enough she lowered her head uncomfortably.

"I'm much better now, how are you learning from your master now?"

It's been a long time since I saw him, Jin Yuan's stature is also a bit taller, and he's a bit more handsome than his previous thin appearance, but he can see Xiao Yizhi's appearance, but Xiao Yizhi looks like a literati, and Jin Yuan is more heroic.

Jin Yuan smiled embarrassedly, "Master asked me to learn riding from Xiaowei Xu these few days."

Xia He suddenly whispered: "I'll go first, I remembered that there are still paintings to be drawn."

Jiang Jinyan nodded to her and sent her away.

At this time, Jin Yuan said sternly: "Sister Jinyan, why do you have the title deed of the gambling house in the south of the city?"

(End of this chapter)