Concubine's true colors

Chapter 32 Cousin Cousin
After waking up in the morning, Xiao Jinxuan finished washing according to the sequence, and the breakfast for this meeting was also arranged.

When she came to the table and looked at the exquisite dishes in front of her, she sighed, and she didn't have the slightest intention to move her chopsticks.

Seeing this, Lan Zhi asked in confusion: "Miss, is this dish not to your liking? The cook has stewed this pigeon and ginseng soup for a long time. It's good to drink it to warm up in winter." But, go ahead and try it."

She raised her head and glanced at Lan Zhi, but Xiao Jinxuan didn't speak. She didn't think the food was bad, it was because it was so good that she couldn't eat it.

Now that the snowstorm is coming, many people in Yangzhou can't even eat. She has experienced the pain in her previous life, and she told the kitchen to keep everything simple. She never thought that such a waste of money would be brought to her dining table.

Smiling lightly, she asked lightly: "I didn't order the kitchen to make this squab, and the ginseng in this soup was stewed whole. I'm afraid that the medicinal effect of this tonic soup will be too strong."

Unexpectedly, Lan Zhi smiled when she heard the words, and quickly explained: "This soup is stewed by the servants. As for the ginseng, it is also stewed in water first, and it is only brought to the soup when it is stewed until it has the best effect. Miss stewed soup, this is all made by servants watching them in person, please taste it quickly and see if you like it."

Xiao Jinxuan raised her head again, took a deep look at Lan Zhi, said "You are interested", then lowered her head and started eating, but she didn't even touch the pigeon soup.

Lan Zhi saw it, and a bored look flashed across her face.

I don't know why, for more than half a month, no matter what she did, this Fourth Miss was indifferent.

On weekdays, I usually tell Zhuzi to do things, as if deliberately alienating her.

At this moment, Zhuzi came back from the outside, and when he entered the room, he said: "Miss, the eldest lady is more and more troublesome now. When I went, there was not a single good thing in her room, and they were all smashed. It seems that the two Miss's matter really hit Madam very hard."

Xiao Jinxuan put down the chopsticks, and said softly: "The meat that fell from my body is naturally distressed. Now that my sister-in-law is insane and locked up in the family temple, it's normal for her mother to make trouble. Since she thinks those decorations are an eyesore, then she simply doesn't have to." After buying things and going in, send someone to look after her, so as not to let her have any accidents."

At this moment, Xiao Jinxuan felt that time really flies by, half a month has passed since the plum blossom feast that day.

Zhao Quan died that day, Xiao Jinlian went crazy, and the two parties became like this, so the matter of sexual intercourse was over.

But afterwards, there were still rumors going against the Xiao family in Yangzhou, and afterward, Xiao Heng also tortured the maid who found the sachet to tell the truth, knowing that there was actually Ning's handwriting in it.

Anxious, Xiao Heng immediately confined Ning's family in his residence, and Xiao Jinlian also sent her to the family temple overnight.

As for Xiao Heng himself, he immediately returned to the barracks to clarify the rumors and stabilize the morale of the army.

Before leaving, Xiao Heng handed over all the family affairs to Xiao Jinxuan, and asked Aunt Shen to help.

Therefore, Xiao Jinxuan, the person with real power in the Xiao family, is a well-deserved top spot.

Xiao Jinxuan didn't eat much, just as she was about to ask someone to remove the food, suddenly the guard maid came in.

He handed her a gold hairpin and said: "Miss Si, someone outside the door asked for an interview, saying it was from Meizhuang."

Xiao Jinxuan was taken aback for a moment, then lowered her head to take a closer look, and after thinking about it for a while, she recognized that this was the hairpin she gave to Liu Langzhong's daughter back then.

Knowing in his heart that it was an old friend who came to look for him, he hurriedly said, "Ask the guard to let people in, and bring them here to see me."

The servant girl stepped back and led Zhang Baishu and Xiao Wenxin in after a while.

Xiao Jinxuan looked in front of her, and this scrawny girl still recognized who she was: "You are Liu Langzhong's daughter, you are called Baishu, right?"

Seeing that Xiao Jinxuan still had an impression of him, Bai Shu was very happy, knelt down and kowtowed and said: "Miss Four, Wanfu, is the little girl. My father is dead, please take in Bai Shu."

Xiao Jinxuan was shocked. During the heavy snowstorm in her previous life, Langzhong Liu was still alive and well, so when she left Zhuangzi, she didn't remind him too much.But why is it dead now?

After all, she is someone who has kindness to her, so Xiao Jinxuan hurriedly asked: "Why don't you go, Bai Shu, get up first, and tell me what happened."

Bai Shu heard the words and shed tears, but she still sobbed and told the story.

It turned out that since Xiao Jinxuan and his group left, Mr. Liu wanted to take care of Xiao Jinfu's face, so he took Baishu to stay at the Zhuangzi for nearly two months.

The heavy snowstorm came a while ago, and their father and daughter were also trapped on the Zhuangzi, but their identities were humble, how could Xiao Jinfu's mother and daughter share the food on the Zhuangzi with them.

Liu Langzhong went to ask for money for his daughter, and was beaten severely. In desperation, he had to escape with Bai Zhu.

But on the way, Liu Langzhong's wound was bleeding, which attracted a bear. Finally, he led the animal away and saved his daughter's life, but he couldn't come back.

Bai Shu was alone and had no relatives to turn to. When she was at a loss, the golden hairpin on her head fell to the ground, and then she remembered Xiao Jinxuan, and came to Yangzhou with the attitude of giving it a try.

After Xiao Jinxuan listened, a trace of loneliness flashed in her eyes, she was reborn as expected, many things have changed.

She ruined Xiao Jinfu's face, was able to return home early, and saved her younger brother's life.However, Liu Langzhong was left on the Zhuangzi because he wanted to heal Xiao Jinfu, and even lost his life.

In this way, the other party's life was indirectly lost because of her. Thinking about it this way, she felt very uncomfortable.

At this moment, an extremely loud voice of swallowing saliva attracted Xiao Jinxuan's attention.

Looking up suspiciously, she saw the young man next to Bai Shu, following in, looking eagerly at the leftover food at her table, and the saliva from the corner of her mouth was about to flow out.

Xiao Jinxuan suppressed the discomfort in her heart, and said with a smile: "You two must be starving, I didn't move much this breakfast, or you two can eat something first."

Xiao Wenxin's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he said without fear of surprise: "Don't dislike it, don't dislike it, little cousin, just don't think we are sloppy."

As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled the restrained Bai Zhu to sit down, then took the bowl that Xiao Jinxuan had used, filled it with a sharp bowl of rice, and handed it to Bai Zhu, while he picked up the rice bowl and started to eat.

Little cousin?Xiao Jinxuan was amused by these words, and asked jokingly: "What did you call me just now, you are also from the Xiao family, which branch."

Just like what Xiao Wenxin and Bai Shu said before, the Xiao family is a big family in Yangzhou, but everyone with the surname Xiao has relatives, it's just that the relatives are different, and many of them don't move around at all on weekdays.

Hearing this, Xiao Wenxin raised her head buried in the basin, and said with grains of rice on her face, "My name is Xiao Wenxin, and my father is Xiao Kuo, the dead Xiao Xiucai, the great-grandfather of my ancestors, and your great-grandfather." We are brothers, we are a great grandfather, you are not very old, I am fourteen this year, so I am your cousin in terms of seniority."

As soon as Xiao Wenxin finished his tongue-twister words, Xiao Jinxuan, Zhuzi and others were amused.

This relative is almost five generations old, and the two of them can't even count as distant relatives. The other party calls "cousin" on the left and "cousin" on the right, which sounds interesting.

Xiao Jinxuan was in a much better mood after being disturbed by him, and said half-jokingly: "The cousin should eat more, otherwise the cousin will feel bad."

Xiao Wenxin brought the bowl of untouched pigeon soup to him, put all the pigeon meat in it to Bai Zhu, took out the ginseng, and put it in the cloth bag on his waist.

But he said in his mouth: "You are a noble person. I can't bear to call me cousin. You should call me Wenxin. By the way, you have already boiled this ginseng soup. Don't give it up. Then I can take it away."

Lan Zhi at the side looked at Wen Xin with a grim expression. This soup was made by her to curry favor with the young lady, but now it was eaten by these two dirty things.

Immediately without waiting for Xiao Jinxuan to speak, she snorted and said, "I just finished dating my relatives, and here I eat and take. Fortunately, in my Xiaofu, there are not many poor relatives like this, otherwise it will not be a few days. Evacuate our house directly."

A flash of embarrassment flashed across Wen Xin's face, but he was used to being teased since he was a child, so he just felt uncomfortable and said with a smile: "I'm full today, but my mother is still waiting at home. The ginseng in the soup, I don’t think my cousin will use it anymore, so let me take it away and make some water for my mother to drink.”

But this time Lan Zhi sneered again, and said in a strange way: "If you want to take it, just say it, and bring out the old lady to talk about the matter. This is to show that you are a filial son. Whose ginseng is not blown by the strong wind, even if it is Waste ginseng can be researched into powder and applied to the face, you want to take it away after a few words, how can such a good thing come from."

Lan Zhi's words were really ugly, the bamboo beside her pulled her twice, and she couldn't bear it any longer.

And Wen Xin also slowly took out the ginseng from the bag, lowered his head, and put it back on the table silently.

Xiao Jinxuan's complexion turned completely cold, she glanced at Lan Zhi who was standing with a tricky face.

She said coldly: "In my yard, I don't know when you, Lan Zhi, will be the ones to make the decision. Otherwise, in the future, if the servants come back and forth to report what happened, you don't have to bring them to me, and you, Lan Zhi, will take them." It’s a good idea to prop up the door.”

At the end of Xiao Jinxuan's speech, her voice suddenly raised, and she even slapped her right hand on the table. Anyone could tell that she was annoyed.

Wen Xin's head was lowered, but suddenly raised, his face was full of puzzlement and surprise.

His father left early, and he lived with his blind mother since he was a few years old. Among his close relatives, there were a few wealthy ones, so he often went to these relatives' homes to ask for things to supplement the family since he was a child.

These relatives are often not good at refusing, so they ask the servants around them to make sarcasm and run him away, just like Lan Zhi just now.

So Wenxin saw that Xiao Jinxuan didn't speak, and only thought that the fourth lady was that kind of person, but she couldn't refuse because she had a good face, so she let the girl humiliate him.

Although he is poor, his skin is not as thick as the city wall, and he knows that people don't like it.So returning the ginseng, he planned to say goodbye and leave.

But now looking at Xiao Jinxuan's frosty expression, Wen Xin felt that she seemed to be wrong, this Fourth Miss was really quite different.

(End of this chapter)