swear not to be concubine

Chapter 119

When Aunt Wan said this, her voice suddenly rose, which really didn't match her usual virtuous appearance.So all the wives and girls in the pavilion were startled, even Li Nianlan was also startled, and called auntie.

Jian Yan frowned, and began to feel a little impatient.But when she turned around, the expression on her face was still flawless, she still had a decent smile, and her voice was soft.

"Why can't my daughter go to see the Duke's wife?" She asked Aunt Wan gently and politely.

Obviously now she has an extremely gentle and polite expression on her face, but Aunt Wan still feels her heart beating wildly.

She felt that although the eyes of the little girl in front of her looked calm and even had a hint of a smile on her face, when she looked at her, she seemed to be able to see her heart, extremely sharp.

Aunt Wan looked away uncomfortably, not daring to meet Jian Yan's gaze.

"Because," she nervously clenched the handkerchief in her hand, and quickly thought of an excuse, "Because Madam is in poor health and rarely sees outsiders."

Such a reason sounds reasonable on the surface, and it cannot be refuted.

Jian Yan narrowed her eyes slightly, and then a gentle and quiet smile appeared on her face, and she said softly: "But it is the Duke's intention to ask my daughter to visit Mrs. Dare to defy."

Since Aunt Wan claimed that Mrs. Guo was in poor health and did not come out under the guise of a foreigner, she pulled the flag of the Duke to come out.

Are the words of the Duke of the country more weighty, or are the words of your aunt more weighty?Aunt Wan will naturally weigh it up by herself.

And sure enough, when Aunt Wan heard Jian Yan say this, her hand holding the handkerchief tightened again.

Now that there are so many female relatives from various families in the pavilion, since Jian Yan has moved the Duke, she will not be able to say anything for a while.

If she blatantly objected, wouldn't it be embarrassing for the Duke?And Grandpa Guo is a person who values ​​face the most, if such words reach his ears, I'm afraid she won't be able to get any good fruit to eat.

Aunt Wan's heart felt like a pot of boiling oil, anxious and dry, but she didn't know what to do.

At this time, Li Nianlan suddenly heard angrily saying from the side: "Jian Yan, what do you mean? You used my father's name to scare my aunt? My aunt thought that you were young and didn't want to be as knowledgeable as you That's all. I'm not so kind, and I'm not afraid. So what if you say what Daddy means? Is Madam something you can see whenever you want? You are a merchant's daughter, and you smell like copper. I'm afraid that you will poison Madam."

If it was normal, when Li Nianlan said something like this, Aunt Wan and Li Nianyi would have stopped her long ago.But now, Aunt Wan felt that it was most appropriate for Li Nianlan to stop Jian Yan.It's just that what she said is a bit vulgar, but after all, she is a girl from the Duke's Mansion, so no one else dares to say anything.

And although Li Nianyi didn't know why Aunt Wan didn't let Jian Yan go to see her aunt, she knew her aunt's temperament.If it wasn't an extremely important matter, how could she lose her virtuous appearance?But Jian Yan's words caught her again, and she was too embarrassed to come forward, so it's the same to let her younger sister come forward.There are so many female family members who saw it here, and she will smooth things over later by saying that the younger sister is arrogant, and Miss Jian, don't take offense, and that's all.

And if it was true what my younger sister said, this Jian Yan was just a merchant's daughter, with such a low status, she was not worthy to stand here with the female family members of officials and eunuchs.

So Li Nianyi just sat in the armchair, took the teacup on the table in the manual, and drank tea slowly with his head down.

After all, her name as King Ning's concubine is here, and now King Ning has a chance to be established as the heir, so although Zheng Guogong only has a title there and has no real power in his hands, all the female relatives here are also Afraid of Li Nianyi's identity.And Li Nianlan is the sister of Li Nianyi's compatriot, so even though Li Nianlan is so aggressive now, it's hard for all the female relatives present to say anything.

What's more, who is willing to offend Li Nianyi and the Duke's mansion because of a merchant's daughter?So all the female relatives did not speak.

The pavilion was very quiet for a while, so quiet that even the sound of the breeze blowing through the plum blossoms outside, rolling the petals and falling to the ground, could be clearly heard.

In the silence, Jian Yan chuckled lightly.

"Miss Li," she said with a smile and soft voice, "you're overthinking. I didn't mean to scare anyone with the name of the Duke. How dare you disobey what you mean? Since you are preventing me from going to see Mrs. Duke, I have no choice but to go down and see Mrs. Guo now, and put your words to rest as they are. Tell the Duke and let him know that it's not that I don't follow his wishes to see Mrs. Guo, it's because you and Aunt Wan feel that Mrs. Guo is not in good health and is not suitable for seeing foreigners. Naturally, the Lord will not blame me for disobeying his wishes."

If she used Zheng Guogong's name to suppress Aunt Wan and the others in secret, then her intentions are obvious now.

But there is no way, if she can't see Mrs. Zheng Guogong today, who knows if she will have a chance to see Mrs. Zheng Guogong again later?After all, as soon as the Duke's Gate is as deep as the sea, based on her current status as the daughter of a merchant, would Mrs. Zheng Guogong be willing to see her?And these two, Mrs. Zheng Guogong was originally in poor health and seldom went out, so it was impossible to have a chance meeting outside.So she must not waste this opportunity that Xu Zhongxuan finally won for her today.

She also thought that her body was the daughter of Zheng Guogong and Mrs. Zheng Guogong.With the status of a daughter from the Duke's Mansion, Zhou Yuanzheng will no longer have the idea of ​​accepting her as a concubine, and the pressure on Xu Zhongxuan will be much less, and he will be able to calmly Dealing with Zhou Yuanzheng.

So today's matter can only be achieved, not defeated.She wanted to see Mrs. Zheng Guogong no matter what.

Thinking about it, Li Nianlan had never been contradicted like this before.She immediately blushed with anger, stood up from the chair abruptly, pointed at Jian Yan and said, "Don't use Daddy's name to pressure me. Daddy always loves me the most, it's hard If it doesn’t work, will you punish me because of you as an outsider? Isn’t it just telling Daddy not to let you see your wife, what are you afraid of? You don’t need to say it, I will go and tell Daddy in person right now.”

After all, he lifted his foot and walked out of the pavilion very quickly.

Jian Yan's heart sank.

Her words were only intended to put pressure on Aunt Wan and Li Nianlan, she just thought that they must weigh Zheng Guogong's words, so she didn't dare to stop her from seeing Zheng Guogong's wife.But who would have expected that Li Nianlan would go to see Zheng Guogong in person.

Speaking of which, she is Zheng Guogong's daughter after all, and she is just an outsider. If such a matter is brought up in front of Zheng Guogong, I am afraid that Zheng Guogong will definitely favor Li Nianlan, and then he will not let himself see Mrs. Zheng Guogong.

Jian Yan only felt that her fingers were icy cold.

In a trance, she noticed that Xu Miaojin reached out and took her hand.Immediately, she heard Xu Miaojin's faint voice: "It is said that the visitor is a guest. Why, is the way of welcoming guests in Zheng Guogong's mansion to be aggressive with others? If that is the case, I would rather I’m going to tell my elder brother that he will come to Zheng Guogong’s mansion as often as possible in the future, otherwise no one will be forced like this.”

Li Nianyi gave a pause to the hand holding the teacup.

Xu Zhongxuan is now the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, with great power in his hands.If this person can help King Ning, then the chances of King Ning being established as the heir apparent will be much greater.Don't let him offend him, and let him go to King Liang instead. Wouldn't the gain outweigh the loss?
So Li Nianyi hastily put down the teacup in his hand, raised his head and smiled at Jian Yan and Xu Miaojin: "My younger sister has always been spoiled and spoiled, and her temper is extremely arrogant. Just now she bumped into the two girls, and she didn't mean it. Yes, I will speak well of her."

On the one hand, he scolded Aquarius who was standing behind her: "What are you still doing? Why don't you chase the second girl back soon? Is it possible that you really want to make a fuss in front of your father because of such a trivial matter? Let outsiders see it, In what system?"

After hearing this, Aquarius hurriedly raised his feet and chased out of the pavilion.

And at this moment, Li Nianlan's angry shout came from outside: "Who walks without eyes and bumps into me?"

Then there was another sputtering sound like a bucket of water falling over, and the sound of porcelain shattering, and then Li Nianlan's high-pitched scream.

All the female relatives in the pavilion rushed out to have a look.Jian Yan and Xu Miaojin also followed out.

Then they saw Li Nianlan sitting on the ground in a state of embarrassment, and there was a big puddle of water on her pink floral skirt.And there were two shivering servant girls kneeling next to them, and another young man lying on the opposite side, facing the ground.

After all, it is a mother-daughter bond, Aunt Wan hurriedly went to pull Li Nianlan up, and asked with concern: "What's wrong with you? Where did you fall?"

Li Nianlan's face turned purple with anger, her lips trembled, she pointed at the boy lying on the ground and the two maidservants kneeling beside her, and said angrily, "I walked all the way just now, who knows not The servant who knew where he came from suddenly ran out from the slant and bumped into me. The two maidservants behind me were also short-sighted, with tea sticks in their hands and teacups in their hands, and they didn't know how to avoid it. , and bumped straight into my body. Auntie, look, this peach-red flowered skirt on my body was only worn today, and now it is so wet."

Looking fiercely at the boy lying on the ground and the two maids, he said angrily: "I can't spare the three of them."

Li Nianyi frowned secretly at this moment.

Her younger sister has been too arrogant since she was a child, and now she doesn't care that there are so many female relatives here, and she speaks and acts so impeccably. there is none left.

Thinking of this, she glanced at Jian Yan with displeasure.

Although her younger sister had a bad temper in the past, at least she behaved very well in front of outsiders.Even when chatting with all the female relatives in the pavilion earlier, his speech and actions were not out of line.But when Jian Yan came...

Li Nianyi withdrew her gaze from looking at Jian Yan, and turned to look at Li Nianlan. Seeing that she was still talking unrelentingly, she couldn't help but berate her in a low voice: "Have you had enough trouble? Shut up yet."

At this time, Jian Yan looked at the boy lying on the ground with a good eye.

The young man was wearing a plain blue robe, with a slender figure and shrunken shoulders.When lying on the ground, both hands tightly grasped the ground, and the knuckles were blue and white.

But the backs of his hands are white and tender, his fingernails are round and smooth, and there is no trace of roughness, so how can they be the hands of a servant?It should be the hand of a pampered son.

Suddenly her heart moved.Then hurriedly passed the female relative in front of him and walked over, squatted down beside the boy, and stretched out his hand to support him.

A boy around eleven or twelve years old, with delicate features and delicate features.It's just that his nose and cheeks on both sides were stained with some dirt on the ground.

Jian Yan took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, trying to wipe the dirt on his nose and cheeks.

The young man was very timid. Seeing her movements, he flinched and hid.

But Jian Yan gently pressed his shoulder, with a gentle smile on her face, and said softly: "You are the prince of the country, right? You forgot, we were at the Jade Emperor during the Dragon Boat Festival last year. seen in the temple."

The boy just stared at her, with doubt and surprise on his face.But obviously he remembered her voice again, so he just thought hard.After a while, he saw a look of sudden realization, with a shy smile on his face, and said, "I remembered. You were the one I met in the Jade Emperor Temple on the Dragon Boat Festival last year with Madam Wei. That sister. At that time you were wearing a scorpion on your head, I didn't see your appearance, but I remember your voice."

Jian Yan smiled and nodded: "It's me."

After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand to help the boy stand up again.

Previously, everyone only thought that this young man came from a servant without a boss, but now they heard the conversation between him and Jian Yan, and he turned out to be Li Xin, the eldest son of Zheng Guogong.As a result, everyone's faces were filled with astonishment.

Aunt Wan also felt a little uncomfortable.

Li Nianlan scolded Li Xin like that just now.

With a soft smile on her busy face, she rushed forward and asked Li Xin softly, "My lord, where did you fall? Come quickly and let my aunt take a look."

But when Li Xin saw her coming, he just tried his best to hide back, with a somewhat panicked expression on his face.

Aunt Wan's original three or four points of discomfort immediately increased to seven or eight points.

She retracted her outstretched hand in embarrassment, then turned her head and said to the female family members beside her: "Our son is timid since he was born, I think he saw so many foreigners at once today, so He was a little scared in his heart. I hope all the wives and girls don't care about the impoliteness."

What they said seemed to be Li Xin's fault, and their mother and daughter were all innocent.

At this moment, a steady voice was heard from behind: "Aunt Wan's words are wrong. Why is our son so timid? Is it worth it for you to say such things when you meet someone?"

When Jian Yan heard the sound, she turned her head and saw a nun wearing an agarwood-colored jacquard brocade jacket and a black silk skirt walking over quickly.

This nun is in her fifties.He is of medium stature, with a round body. Although his appearance is ordinary, his eyes are like a falcon, extremely sharp.

Jian Yan remembered that this nanny was the one who accompanied Li Xin at the Jade Emperor Temple on the Dragon Boat Festival last year.

The next moment, I saw Mammy Wei walking quickly to Li Xin's side. She first bowed her knees and saluted all the female relatives, and then said: "This old slave is served by the Duke's wife. He came out to find his son. See our wife. Please forgive me for offending ladies and gentlemen.”

All the female relatives saw that the jackets and skirts on her body were all made of hang silk, and the golden hairpin with the pattern of longevity on her head, and that she dared to talk to Aunt Wan like that just now, so they knew that this nanny must be the princess of the country. A person who relies heavily on her, so she didn't dare to push her up in front of her for a while, and said things like Mammy being polite and Mammy being serious.

Mother Wei nodded to all the female relatives, then turned to Li Xin and said respectfully: "My lord, Madam, please go over and have something to say. Are you going with this old slave?"

Jian Yan was still standing on Li Xin's right hand side.

He seemed to have a good impression of Jian Yan.So he turned his head to look at Wei Nanny, stretched out his hand to Jian Yan, and said, "Wei Nanny, look, this sister is the girl we met at the Jade Emperor Temple during the Dragon Boat Festival last year. At that time, she We don't even see her with a scorpion on her head. But now you see, she looks very similar to my mother."

When Mother Wei heard this, she turned her head and looked at Jian Yan.Then a look of extreme surprise appeared on her face.

Jian Yan thought to herself, since this Nanny Wei is an old man next to Mrs. Zheng Guogong, she dared to speak to Aunt Wan like that just now. It can be seen that she has two points of prestige in this Duke's mansion, even if Aunt Wan is not Dare to offend her easily.

That being the case, if you don't take advantage of the opportunity at this time, when will you have to wait?

So Jian Yan raised her hand and touched her cheek, then nodded to Wei Nanny with a gentle smile: "Wei Nanny also thinks that my birth is very similar to the Duke's wife? Just now the Duke saw me I also said the same thing, so someone specially brought me here to meet Mrs. Guogong. I just don’t know if Mrs. Guogong might take the time to meet me now?”

(End of this chapter)