Concubine's true colors

Chapter 21
The heavy snow fell continuously for several days, and the accumulated snow was so thick that some of the low trees in the courtyard broke their branches.

Xiao Jinxuan walked on the promenade, looking at the flying snow all over the sky, she lowered her head and sighed, the snow disaster that froze countless people to death in her previous life seemed to be coming.

Zhuzi, who was following her, saw Xiao Jinxuan's frowning, and comforted her in a low voice: "Miss, Master Yao is well now, so you don't have to worry too much."

Xiao Jinxuan paused, glanced at her and followed behind, holding a bamboo food box in her hand, just smiled and said nothing.

She knew that Zhuzi thought she was worried about Xiao Wenyao, because the little guy fell ill after returning.

The cause of the disease was typhoid fever, the same as in the previous life, and he still had a high fever, but now he has received better care and doctor treatment, so he will not die at a young age like before.

And now, she rushed out in the snow early in the morning, just to see Xiao Wenyao, and she also specially made some food that the other party liked.

The master and servant arrived at Yang's yard in a short while. After Xiao Wenyao fell ill, Yang was afraid that his servants would not be able to take care of him, so he took care of him himself, and took his son to his residence.

When she came to the door of the room, before entering, Xiao Jinxuan heard the laughter of her mother and younger brother from inside, and she couldn't help but put a smile on her lips. She wants to protect these two closest people in this life, and let her Their laughter is always so warm and carefree.

After brushing off the snowflakes on her body, Xiao Jinxuan smiled and opened the door and went in: "Brother Yao, are you feeling better? My sister is here to see you."

Xiao Wenyao, who was sticking to Yang's coquetry, saw that his sister had come, and immediately said happily: "Sister, you are here, I miss you these days."

The two siblings grew up in Zhuangzi, and it can be said that they grew up dependent on each other, and their relationship is far closer than that of other siblings, so Xiao Wenyao was happy, and he had already lifted the quilt, turned over and was about to go to the ground.

Yang Shi on the side hurriedly stopped her, and said worriedly: "Wen Yao, lie down quickly, what should you do if you catch a cold, just be obedient, and my aunt will tell you a story tonight, okay?"

Stopping her son, Mrs. Yang looked back at Xiao Jinxuan again, and said in a dissatisfied tone: "Your younger brother has been teasing you since he came here, so hurry up and warm yourself by the fire, and get rid of the cold on his body. Wen Yao can't stand the cold now."

Xiao Jinxuan opened her mouth, but she didn't speak after all, she silently walked to the side of the charcoal basin, and according to her words, she was warmed by the fire, her body was warm, but her heart couldn't be warmed up.

Zhuzi looked at Xiao Jinxuan with a lonely face, his heart tightened, and he hurriedly said: "Auntie, this lady came to see Master Yao, and she specially made corn soup and radish rolls. My lady got up early for this." , just to come here before breakfast, or you can take a look."

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Yang frowned even deeper, and said in a cold tone: "I told you earlier that you don't need to come, why did you come here with food, your brother doesn't lack anything, take it back."

Xiao Jinxuan, who was stretching out her hands to warm herself by the fire, shook her hands violently after hearing these words, and the hurt look flashed in her eyes, but in an instant, she became calm again.

But Xiao Wenyao at the side couldn't listen any longer, took Yang's hand, and said angrily: "Auntie, don't talk about it, in my eyes, no delicacies from mountains and seas are as delicious as my sister's cooking."

Sometimes, Xiao Wenyao couldn't figure out why his mother's heart was so biased. Every time Yang blamed Xiao Jinxuan because of him, he would feel so guilty, and even thought, what would be wrong without him? If it wasn't for Yang, she wouldn't treat her sister like this.

After a pause, Xiao Wenyao continued to say in order to ease the atmosphere: "Sister, how are you doing these days, no one in the house is bullying you."

He didn't forget his sister, who used to be kind and weak, and was afraid of being bullied when she returned to Yangzhou.

Who knows, before Xiao Jinxuan could speak, Mrs. Yang snorted and said, "Bullying? Your sister is amazing now, and it's spread throughout Yangzhou. You can't compare to a thousand pieces of gold, I'm right, Jinxuan."

Xiao Jinxuan took a deep breath, squeezed out a smile, and said softly: "Mother, listen to me explain to you."

But Mrs. Yang took a look at her, and continued directly: "Not only can you play the pipa, but I also heard that you pointed out the upside-down poems of the county lord of Yuanning in the Song Mansion, Jinxuan, you can't even tell me that you can read. , It’s really deep.”

Xiao Jinxuan smiled wryly in her heart, yes, she didn't know it originally, but now she knows it, but she can't explain it. Could it be that if she told Yang that these things were learned in her previous life, even if she said it, Yang would think her I was deliberately lifting it, and became even more angry.

So Xiao Jinxuan just walked up to Mrs. Yang, poured a cup of tea, handed it to her gently and said, "Mother, don't be angry, I'll explain it to you, okay?"

Yang Shi, who has always been calm, was obviously really annoyed, and reached out and waved the teacup Xiao Jinxuan handed over to the ground.

The whole person stood up and said sharply: "You rebellious girl, who allowed you to learn these things, a woman is virtuous if she is ignorant, I don't want you to be literate, and I hope you can live a simpler life in this life, yes In order to save your life. Now that you are majestic, but how many people are staring at you, you will kill our mother and daughter, do you know?"

If the biological mother is so angry, it is the child's fault. No matter how painful Xiao Jinxuan's heart was pierced by Yang's words, she knelt on the ground immediately, letting the tea splashed on her body soak her dress, Didn't even wipe it off.

After the reprimand, the anger in Yang's heart was almost gone, so she sat down again and said, "Tell me, who did you learn these things from."

After Xiao Jinxuan came back from the Song Mansion that day, she knew that she needed a suitable excuse to put these things off, otherwise it would be a trouble sooner or later.

So I saw her this time, and said without any hesitation: "When I was on Meizhuang, my daughter went to the mountain to collect firewood one day, and accidentally rescued an old woman. It turned out that this mother-in-law lived in the mountain, so my daughter and She knows."

Looking up at Mrs. Yang's reaction, seeing that the other party was not angry, Xiao Jinxuan continued: "One time I went to find this mother-in-law and found her playing the pipa. Seeing that I was fascinated by it, she taught me how to play it. play."

Yang narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "Then this old woman taught you how to read."

Nodding her head, Xiao Jinxuan replied: "That's right, this mother-in-law has a lot of music scores. When she wanted to teach me, she realized that I couldn't read, so she took the time to teach me how to read."

Xiao Jinxuan's words are of course made up, but she is not afraid of others to check, because she did save an old woman when she was six years old, and she really lived in the forest behind Meizhuang.

Every time she was ordered by mother Bai to cut firewood, she would go to see this granny, but when she was ten years old, this granny passed away, and now there is only an empty hut left there.

Yang stared at Xiao Jinxuan carefully for a long time, but the daughter in front of her was so calm from the beginning to the end, there was no trace of lying.

Suddenly, there was a wave of unease in her heart. She didn't know when it started. Yang felt that she couldn't understand this daughter who had been raised by her since she was a child. Just like now, she was having trouble distinguishing whether the other party's words were true or false. .

This child is only 11 years old, if it is older, how deep this character should be, Yang Shi doesn't even want to think about it.

The more she thought about it, Yang looked at Xiao Jinxuan more distantly. After being silent for a while, she said in a cold voice: "Get up, go back if you have nothing to do, and save your brother from getting angry with you."

Knowing that Mrs. Yang issued the order to evict the guest, Xiao Jinxuan nodded silently, then got up and said in a low voice: "Okay, Brother Yao will trouble Auntie to bother her, and Jinxuan will leave first."

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Xiao Wenyao, looking at the nervous look on her face, she shook her head inaudibly, gave her brother a look not to worry about her, and then left the room silently.

On the way back, neither the master nor the servant spoke. Xiao Jinxuan was depressed, but Zhuzi didn't know how to comfort her. She was afraid that she would say the wrong thing and make her daughter even more sad.

Zhuzi was actually very angry in her heart, she really couldn't understand why Aunt Yang's heart was so biased.

The young lady is also her own daughter, let alone caring, she has been with Xiao Jinxuan for the past few months, and she hasn't seen this Yang family, and she has been kind to her young lady once.

Zhuzihui signed a deed of prostitution to work as a maid because her biological mother died and her father married a stepmother, and this stepmother always wanted to sell her after she had an anxious child.

Bamboo is also an idea, she thought, instead of being sold to traffickers by her stepmother, it is better to find someone to be a maid herself, at least she can leave a clean body and marry a good family in the future, so she sold herself to Xiao's mansion.

But now Zhuzi looks at this Yang family, and thinks that this mother-in-law is even worse than her stepmother, at least her stepmother can still put on a show in front of her father.

And Miss, the mother-in-law, didn't care about it at all, and would reprimand and punish her every now and then. It really made her, an outsider, look annoyed.

The more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable Zhuzi felt, and finally he couldn't help but open his mouth: "Miss, if you want to feel uncomfortable, just cry out, how could my aunt say that about you? That day in the Song Mansion, how bullied was that county lord? Man, it's fine if Auntie doesn't care about a word, and complains that you shouldn't be in the limelight, so you should be bullied by others, that's what you should be."

Zhuzi grew up in the countryside, and she can't beat around the bush when she speaks. She knows that she shouldn't say that because of her status, but she just can't help it.

Xiao Jinxuan stopped, looked back at Zhuzi, sighed and said: "Forget it this time, don't talk about it in the future, anyway, she is my biological mother, and you are my maid, if someone listens to this Go, you should think that it is because I have resentment in my heart that I allow the people around me to talk nonsense."

Zhuzi stuck out his tongue, knowing that he had made a slip of the tongue, and hurriedly said: "Yes, this servant made a note, but miss, I really feel wronged for you."

Having been by Xiao Jinxuan's side for more than a month, although this young lady is a bit cold-tempered, she is actually a very easy-going person, not as temperamental as a young lady, and takes good care of her in everything.

When I went to the Song Mansion that day, the second young lady taunted her for not being able to get on the stage. As a young lady, she was ashamed as a servant, so the other party should scold her.

But Xiao Jinxuan stood up and spoke for her. Although it was not a big deal, Zhuzi was really touched by that meeting. She felt that it was her good fortune to be able to follow such a master.

That's why the county lord said that he wanted to hold Xiao Jinxuan's mouth that day, even though she was scared to death, she stood up.

But now she is also heartbroken, feeling sorry for Xiao Jinxuan, and feels that it is really pitiful for her to have such a mother.

Sighing again, Xiao Jinxuan was not too cold, so she simply sat down on the corridor, and then said softly: "Don't complain about me, in fact, there is a reason for my aunt to treat me like this, I never blamed her .”

(End of this chapter)