Concubine's true colors

Chapter 9
What happened to Ping'er was just a small episode, and Xiao Heng's ability to escape from the barracks was a major event.

Everyone in the Xiao family gathered together for dinner. It was rare that Xiao Jinxuan was allowed to sit on the table this time. She didn't have this honor before.

After the meal, Xiao Heng went down to rest accompanied by Ning Shi, and everyone dispersed one after another, and Xiao Jinxuan was able to drag his tired body back.

After all, too many things happened that day, and now she just wants to get into the quilt quickly and sleep without thinking about anything.

But the plan is not as fast as the change. As soon as she returned to the room, Xiao Jinxuan knew that if she wanted to rest, she might have to wait.

In her room, she saw two people sitting, one was her younger brother Xiao Wenyao, and the other was their biological mother, Yang Shi.

When she came to Yang's, Xiao Jinxuan said with a smile: "Mother, why did you come here at night? If there is anything to do, let Qi's mother call me over." Qi's mother is Yang's wet nurse and has been taking care of them all these years Brother and sister are very loyal old servants.

Mrs. Yang is a woman in her 25s. She is a native of Yangzhou. She has the unique softness of a woman. Although she is wearing the most common, loose robe and skirt with auspicious clouds on a blue background, her eyebrows are soft and her face is peaceful and beautiful. It is quiet and elegant.

Hearing her daughter's words, Yang said in a cold tone: "Wait for you to go? You are so busy now, and you want to let others down and please your father. I'm afraid you don't have time to come to me."

The smile on Xiao Jinxuan's face froze, and after a while, she said softly: "Mother, it seems that you know everything about today, but my daughter doesn't feel that I have done anything wrong."

Annoyance flashed across Yang's cold face, then he turned to Xiao Wenyao and said kindly, "Wen Yao, you go out first, I have something to say to your sister alone."

Xiao Wenyao hesitated for a while, and went out anyway, but when he came to the door, he gave Xiao Jinxuan a very worried look.

When her son left, Yang's face was as cold as ice again, she slapped the table hard, and scolded: "You didn't kneel down, and now you have learned to contradict your mother."

Yiyan knelt down silently on the ground, and in Xiao Jinxuan's lowered eyes, a touch of sadness and pain quietly disappeared.

But Mrs. Yang didn't see it, and continued to say: "What did my mother teach you on weekdays, who taught you these things, the ability to be competitive, Mrs. Ning regards us as thorns in the side, but you want to fight against her?" , and coaxed Wen Yao to stop me, Jinxuan, you are really capable now."

Biting her lip, Xiao Jinxuan didn't say a word. As early as when she decided to confront Ning, she thought that her mother would react like this, otherwise she wouldn't ask her younger brother to help stop her. Although it feels uncomfortable to be scolded now, but It is also expected.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Mrs. Yang was even more angry, and said more severely: "If you are alone, you can do whatever you want to be a mother, but have you thought about it for your brother? Being guarded by Ning Shi, if you make such a fuss now, you have to force Ning Shi to take your brother's life, so you will be happy, right?"

In addition to Xiao Jinlian's daughter, the Ning family also has a son named Xiao Wenwu, who is Xiao Heng's eldest son and is now twenty-one. He was sent to the military camp for training, so he was not at home.

So Xiao Wenyao, a concubine, was naturally guarded by Ning, for fear that one day he would return to the Xiao family and become a stumbling block to his son, or even a competitor.

But Xiao Jinxuan was smiling wryly in her heart, mother, mother, you are always thinking of your younger brother, but how do you know that younger brother Yao will soon have a catastrophe, and without Ning's action, his life will be in danger.

My daughter is trying to take you out of Zhuangzi as soon as possible, so she did not hesitate to touch the egg against the rock to win a chance of life, but I can't do anything about it, and I can't tell you, I just think my daughter is unfilial, which makes you worry.

Looking at Xiao Jinxuan who was beating and scolding, Yang sighed, and said in a slow tone: "Jinxuan, you know that I have no ambitions as a mother, I just want to see my children grow up safely, you know Yet?"

From the day she gave birth to Xiao Jinxuan and was kicked out of Xiao's house, Yang's heart was dead. She didn't ask for anything else, she just wanted peace of mind and not to be involved in right and wrong anymore.

Xiao Jinxuan nodded, but said in a low voice: "Mom, sometimes, if we don't avoid it, others will let us go. And father has you in his heart, even if you don't want to be with father, for the sake of Yaodi, you don't Would you like to give it a shot?"

In terms of beauty, Yang's is by no means beautiful, but Xiao Heng has never forgotten her. Even after Yang moved to Zhuangzi, he would come to visit every year during the plum blossom season, so Xiao Wenyao was born. son.

And Ning Shi also noticed this, so she would come to admire the plums every year, just to prevent Yang Shi from taking advantage of it. She had already given birth to a son on Zhuangzi, and if another one came, her position would be threatened.

But after hearing this, Mrs. Yang smiled disdainfully, shook her head and said: "You don't understand the relationship between me and your father, and he never cared about me."

In the end, when Xiao Jinxuan sent Yang Shi away, it was already past [-]:[-], standing on the snow outside the house, Xiao Jinxuan folded her arms, looked up at the stars in the sky, feeling a little lost in a daze.

Since what happened with Ri Ping'er that day, Xiao Jinxuan's life has undergone great changes. She has always been regarded as a servant of the air, but now when she sees her, she knows to salute and say hello.

The corresponding expenses were all bought, and Ning's even sent someone to send two sets of new winter clothes, which was never done before.

And the most rare thing is that Xiao Heng, who always came to Meizhuang in winter, must go to Meishan for sightseeing. This year, he also sent someone to support Xiao Jinxuan, asked her to go with her, and prepared a separate carriage for her. , there are no other concubines.

But now, Xiao Jinxuan was leaning in the carriage, holding the Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals in her hand, watching with great interest.

Suddenly the coachman outside yelled, the carriage stopped, the curtain was lifted, and Deng Jiu, the chief housekeeper of the Xiao family, leaned in to greet Xiao Jinxuan.

Xiao Jinxuan also smiled back at the other party, and then asked: "Is Butler Deng okay? Could it be that Meishan has arrived."

Hearing this, Deng Jiu quickly handed the two big food boxes in his hand into the car, and then said: "It's still half an hour away from Meishan, I'm afraid that Miss Si will be hungry on the way, so I have prepared some snacks and tea here , you will use some first."

Xiao Jinxuan smiled gently, nodded and thanked, "It's time for Housekeeper Lao Deng, I'll let you worry about it."

Watching Deng Jiu retreat, Xiao Jinxuan suddenly smiled. This person is indeed the most fickle. When she was shameless before, how could she be treated like this, and she was very satisfied to eat hot food.

But now, she doesn't even need to open her mouth. Someone will naturally prepare everything for you. .

Sure enough, as Deng Jiu said, after half an hour, their team arrived at the foot of Meishan.

As soon as she got out of the carriage, a gust of cold wind rushed towards her face, Xiao Jinxuan hurriedly tightened the shawl on her body, and she didn't feel so cold.

After all, she now has a decent cotton skirt, so she doesn't have to suffer from the cold like before.

Although it is only at the foot of the mountain, the plum blossoms around are also in full bloom. There are elegant white plums, warm yellow plums, delicate pink plums, and bloody red plums. They are all blooming one after another, which is very beautiful.

Xiao Jinxuan lived in Meizhuang since she was a child, and there were also various kinds of plum blossoms there, but there were no red plums, so she strolled to a red plum tree, reached out and picked off a few red plums, and prepared to go back and raise them in a vase. Watch it for a few more days.

She was enjoying picking, when suddenly a little girl behind her stopped her: "Miss Si, my lady invites you to enjoy plum blossoms and tea."

When Xiao Jinxuan turned her head, she found that the person who came was Xiao Jinlian's personal maid, Jinling.

It's really strange that Xiao Jinlian would think of having tea with her, but the sister-in-law invited her, and it would be disrespectful if she didn't go, I have to say this is the sorrow of a concubine, so she nodded, and she accepted the invitation with a smile.

(End of this chapter)