swear not to be concubine

Chapter 120

Jian Yan and Xu Miaojin are now on the way to Ya'anju with Mother Wei.

"...I can't see the arrogance of their mother and daughter. What is it! One is a concubine, and the other is just an aunt who can't be regarded as the master. It's just that the madam has been in poor health these years, and she doesn't have the energy to take care of her Regarding the matter of the back house, Aunt Wan acted coquettishly and foolishly in front of the Duke, and the Duke thought that her eldest daughter was also given to King Ning as a concubine, so let her take care of the back house temporarily But the mother and daughter treat themselves as the hostesses of the Duke's mansion. It's like today's matter of entertaining the adults and daughters of various families. Aunt Wan, an aunt, has such a face. Dare to come out to say hello? She didn't position herself right at all."

Mother Wei didn't know why, although she only saw Jian Yan for the second time, she felt that Jian Yan was very close, so she was willing to say such words to her.

Jian Yan followed her half a step away, listening with lowered eyes and a smile on her face.

Just now when she said that to Nanny Wei, she wanted to use Madam Wei's influence to meet Mrs. Zheng Guogong.And Mother Wei also agreed at that time, only saying that Madam is free now, and the old slave will take the girl there now.

Aunt Wan and Li Nianlan naturally refused to do it at that time, they only said that Madam is not in good health, and Jian Yan is a lowly business woman, how can she be worthy to see Madam?But Mother Wei is an old lady, she asked Aunt Wan and Li Nianlan at that time, why is it that the words of the Duke are not easy to use in this Duke's mansion?Do you still want to listen to your mother and daughter?If you feel uncomfortable in your heart, just go back to the Duke, the old slave is waiting here to be punished by the Duke.

Nanny Wei is Mrs. Zheng Guogong's wet nurse, and she has won the trust of Mrs. Zheng Guogong.She also has an upright personality, usually Zheng Guogong would sell her a little bit of face, so since she has said so, Aunt Wan and Li Nianlan naturally dare not say anything more.

Li Nianyi was beside him, but he couldn't stand it any longer.

Her biological mother and younger sister were so blocked by a nun that she had nothing to say, and she would be ashamed if it was spread out.So she said a few words in a cold voice at that time, implying that this is a matter between their family, what's the matter with her as a servant?You should also weigh your own identity.But in the end, Mother Wei immediately stopped her with a single sentence, Madam Yi, you are a married woman, so what does the matter in the Duke's mansion have to do with you?At the end, when Mammy Wei was about to leave, she deliberately said something to Aunt Wan, seemingly kindly, that although there are so many female relatives in the mansion today, Madam has already arranged enough maids, so there is no need for Wan Auntie is here to serve the female relatives of the masters. If Auntie Wan is fine, she should go back to her yard to rest earlier.

The implication is that Aunt Wan is just like a slave.Immediately, Aunt Wan, Li Nianyi, and Li Nianlan's mother and daughter were only irritated by her, their faces were like gold paper, and their mouths were crooked.

Mammy Wei felt relieved, and then ignored them, took Li Xin, Jian Yan and Xu Miaojin, and turned around to come to Ya'anju.

On the way, she couldn't stop looking at Jian Yan, the more she looked at her, the more intimate she felt in her heart, so she was willing to say such things to her.

Jian Yan sighed in her heart, Mother Wei was happy just now, but in the end she offended Aunt Wan, their mother and daughter.I don't know if the three of them will secretly trip up Mother Wei.

If it is because of her that Madam Wei has a hard time in the hands of Aunt Wan and the others, it is really all her fault.

At this time, she heard Wei Mama asking her again: "How old is Miss Jian? Where is she from?"

Since Madam Wei is a confidant whom Mrs. Zheng Guogong relies heavily on, Jian Yan feels that there is nothing to hide from her.Not to mention that it is only through her hand that she can really reveal her life experience to Mrs. Zheng Guogong.So with a faint smile on her face, she answered truthfully: "I am 14 years old this year. I was originally from Longxing Prefecture."

"14 years old? Longxing Mansion?" Nanny Wei muttered a few words in a low voice, then glanced at Jian Yan again.

There was always a gentle smile on Jian Yan's face, she lowered her head slightly, letting Mammy Wei look at her.

Presumably Wei Mammy was thinking in her heart, how did she look so similar to her own wife?

"What month is Miss Jian's birthday?" Jian Yan suddenly heard Wei Wei ask such a sentence at this moment.

So she raised her head and said with a soft smile, "I am born in July."

"July?" Mother Wei paused in her footsteps, her eyes flashed.But she didn't ask any more questions, and just led Jian Yan and Xu Miaojin to Ya'anju.

It's just that Jian Yan glanced coldly at her steady pace, which was faster than before.

Ya'anju is located in the middle of this garden.A single-family courtyard surrounded by verdant trees, outside there are two cranes standing under a large plantain tree picking their feathers.In the pool next to it, the koi swims leisurely, and there are several pairs of grebes with gorgeous feathers floating on the water. The scenery is beautiful, and it is rare and very quiet.

Mother Wei led Jian Yan and others into the gate of Ya'anju, and immediately a little maid came up to greet her respectfully: "Are you back, Mother?"

He bowed his knees to Li Xin again.

Nanny Wei hummed, and asked hastily, "Madam is awake now?"

The little maid smiled and said: "Madam has already woken up. Seeing that the sun is good today, Madam said that she would come out to bask in the sun, so she ordered someone to move the armchair to the sunny place in the yard. The backrest of the armchair and the marten The leather cushions were made by the servants themselves."

Nanny Wei hummed, and then said to the little maid: "There are guests coming to visit Madam. You lead us there quickly."

The little maid hurriedly responded.Curious in his heart, he secretly glanced at Xu Miaojin and Jian Yan.

When she caught sight of Jian Yan, the little girl immediately showed a very surprised expression on her face.

Jian Yan only thought in her heart, how much does she look like Mrs. Zheng Guogong?Why did one or two of them all look so surprised when they saw her?

At this time, Mammy Wei was already urging the little maid to lead the way.The little maid stopped looking at Jian Yan, turned around and led the way.

So after a while, Jian Yan saw a middle-aged woman leaning on the back of the chair with her eyes closed on the huanghuali armchair in front of her.

Her waist was covered with a white fox fur, and beside her was a little servant girl half-kneeling beside her, gently pinching her legs with her hands.

Rao was prepared in her heart early in the morning, but when Jian Yan saw the woman in front of her, she still stood there in shock.

She could finally understand why the people in Zheng Guogong's mansion were surprised when they saw her.

She actually, unexpectedly, is extremely similar to the life of Mrs. Zheng Guogong.

She had an illusion that when she saw Mrs. Zheng Guogong in front of her, she seemed to see herself in her thirties in the future.

Mother Wei has been watching Jian Yan's reaction with cold eyes.Seeing the shocked expression on Jian Yan's face, she quietly walked to the armchair, bent down and called softly: "Ma'am."

After she called three times, Mrs. Zheng Guogong—whose boudoir name was Nie Qingniang when she was at home—had a soft hum, and then slowly opened her eyes.

Seeing Mother Wei, a faint smile appeared on her somewhat pale face, and she asked, "Mother Wei, are you back? Brother Xin also came here?"

He turned his head and looked to the side.

Then she saw Jian Yan standing there, and immediately froze there.

And when Jian Yan was looked at by her gaze, she didn't know what was going on, and suddenly felt that the heart in her chest was tightly grasped by someone's outstretched hand, and she was sore.

"Mother Wei, Mother Wei," Nie Qingniang was holding the armrest of the armchair tightly with both hands at this time, she sat upright, and turned to look at Mother Wei, "Look over there, is there a girl standing there? A girl? A girl who looks like me?"

Her face was originally abnormally pale, but due to excitement, her cheeks were slightly flushed and red.And it may be that he spoke too hastily, and then he couldn't stop coughing.

Nanny Wei hurriedly stretched out her hand to gently caress her back, and at the same time instructed the maid next to her: "It's windy, help Madam back to the house."

He raised his head and said to Jian Yan and the others: "Miss Jian, Miss Xu, please follow the slaves into the house."

Nie Qingniang refused to leave.After her cough got better, she tightly held Wei Nanny's hand, and asked repeatedly: "Wei Nanny, what's the matter with that little girl standing over there? Tell me quickly .”

Nanny Wei held her arm, helped her up, and then said softly: "That is Miss Jane. Because the Duke saw that she was very similar to Madam, he wanted to let her come over. See you."

"Miss Jian?" Nie Qingniang's eyes were only on Jian Yan's body, as if they were stuck, but she refused to move away, and she was also muttering, "Miss Jian?"

My heart is a little bit lost.

When she first saw Jian Yan, she only thought that it was the Duke who had finally found her lost daughter, but she didn't think so, but it wasn't.The girl in front of her was just born very similar to her.

But after all, there is still some suspicion in my heart.So she asked Mother Wei: "What is the origin of Miss Jane?"

Nanny Wei helped her to walk into the house, and said, "Ma'am, I will inform you in detail when I enter the house."

Nanny Wei helped Nie Qingniang all the way into the inner room, and let her sit on the wooden kang by the window.A big welcome pillow was placed behind her, and a white fox fur was covered on her legs, and then Jian Yan and Xu Miaojin were brought over to see her.

At this moment, Jian Yan suppressed the strangeness on her face and heart, and with a decent smile on her face, she stepped forward and saluted Nie Qingniang together with Xu Miaojin.

Nie Qingniang's gaze has never moved away from Jian Yan ever since she saw her.

At this moment Wei Mama bowed her head and whispered a few words in Nie Qingniang's ear.So Jian Yan heard Nie Qingniang say in shock: "It's such a coincidence? Is this Miss Jian from Longxing Mansion? She's also 14 years old this year? Is it July's birthday?"

Nanny Wei nodded, and said in a low voice: "Just now, my servant asked her on the road, and that's what she said."

As a result, Nie Qingniang's eyes on Jian Yan became even hotter.

Jian Yan actually didn't know what to do right now.

Although she knew that she was not Mrs. Jian's biological daughter, according to Xu Zhongxuan's speculation, she was very likely to be the biological daughter of Mrs. Zheng Guogong in front of her.But how should I tell Mrs. Zheng Guogong about this?If she couldn't come up, she rushed over and cried bitterly, saying that I am your daughter.Then she took out the silver lock she was wearing around her neck, and said what kind of servant girl was lying next to her then?This gives people the feeling that it is too deliberate, and I am afraid that people will think that she did it on purpose.

Although if we were serious about it, all of today's events were intentional, but it shouldn't make people look suspicious.

Jian Yan was thinking of countermeasures quickly.At this time, out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the longevity lock on Li Xin's neck.

Li Xin is now leaning on Nie Qingniang's side.Presumably, he saw that the atmosphere in the room was a bit weird, and he was always a quiet person, so he felt a little bored, so he took out the long life lock that he had been wearing around his neck all the time, and kept playing with it in his hand.

This longevity lock is shaped like a crabapple with four petals, the front is engraved with lotus leaves and lotus, and five silver chains with small bells at the bottom hang down from the bottom.When Li Xin took the silver lock and played with it in his hand, he could hear the clear and light ringing of the little bell from time to time.

Jian Yan's heart skipped a beat.

So she pretended to be very interested and took a step forward, looked at the silver lock Li Xin was playing with, and said with a smile: "I see that the silver lock in Shizi's hand is very familiar. The style is the same as the one I wear. That silver lock is very similar."

Nie Qingniang glanced sideways at the silver lock that Li Xin was playing with, and then came over to Jian Yan with a stiff neck, and the tone of her question changed a little: "You, you also have a silver lock like this?"

Jian Yan came out with an innocent and scheming appearance, and nodded with a smile: "Yes. It seems that there are not many silver locks like this with the four petals of a begonia, so the little girl saw the lock in Shizi's hand. This silver lock looks very familiar."

"Then where is your silver lock?" Nie Qingniang was originally leaning against the large welcoming pillow, but now she leaned forward with her upper body, and her voice was full of urgency, "Give it to me quickly. "

Jian Yan seemed to be frightened by Nie Qingniang, she took two steps back, and turned her head to look at Wei Mama anxiously, as if she was asking for her help.

Wei Mama was also very anxious at this moment.

This Miss Jian's birth is so similar to his wife's, and the date of birth matches, and she is from the Longxing Mansion, so she had doubts in her heart at first.And now she heard Jian Yan say that she has a longevity lock that is exactly the same as Shi Zi...

Such a long-lived lock was originally worn by the madam's father when she was a child, and the name of the madam was engraved in a small bell on it.Later, the wife accidentally fell and broke a corner of one of the small bells.Later, when the wife gave birth to her first child prematurely on the way to the capital, she saw that the child was in extremely bad health, so she found the longevity lock she wore when she was a child, and hung it on the child with her own hands. neck, only hoping that the child will live a long life.

But then the child disappeared together with the nurse, and everyone said that the child must have disappeared.But all these years, Madam still has a glimmer of hope in her heart, thinking that her child is still alive, and one day she will be able to see her again.

This is the lady's first child.The thrill of being a mother for the first time is still unforgettable even after all these years.Even though the wife later gave birth to a son, she ordered someone to specially make an identical silver lock for the son to wear around his neck, but she still couldn't forget the first child she gave birth on the way.And because of missing this child, the wife's health has become worse and worse these years.

Thinking of these past events, Mammy Wei felt her eyes became moist.

So she hurriedly said to Jian Yan in a gentle voice: "Miss Jian, do you have that silver lock on your body? If you have it on your body, take it out and show it to our wife. Just take a look at it Well, you don't have to be afraid."

Jian Yan pursed her lips, and looked at Wei Momo and Nie Qingniang warily.

Meanwhile, Nanny Wei and Qingniang Nie looked at her eagerly.Nie Qingniang seemed to be even more afraid that she would be frightened, she suppressed the eager look on her face, and her tone softened a bit: "Jane, miss Jian, don't be afraid. Just show me your silver lock. I just take a look, just one look."

Jian Yan felt that this was almost the foreshadowing of the meeting.Anyway, Qingniang Nie and Nanny Wei probably wouldn't have guessed that she deliberately brought the topic to Silver Lock.

So she nodded to Nie Qingniang, then reached out her hand to take out the longevity lock worn around her neck from her clothes, took it off, stepped forward and handed it to Nie Qingniang's outstretched palm.

The silver lock also carried Jian Yan's warm body temperature.

The same pattern of four petals of begonia, the same front chiseled with lotus leaf and lotus, and the reverse chiseled with the words Longevity and Hundred Years, and five silver chains with small bells at the bottom hanging from the bottom...

And there is a small hole missing in the fourth little bell, and a small blue character is chiseled inside the first little bell.

Nie Qingniang's hands holding the silver lock were trembling, but the heart in her chest was bulging and swollen, as if something was about to burst.

"Mother Wei, Mother Wei," Nie Qingniang turned her head to look at Mother Wei, her face blushing abnormally due to excitement and disbelief, "Come here and have a look at this silver lock."

As early as when Jian Yan handed the silver lock to Nie Qingniang's hand, Mother Wei came closer and took a closer look.

And now she reached out and took the silver lock and looked carefully at the first and fourth small bells, then she raised her head and said to Nie Qingniang with a serious face: "Ma'am, this is the bell you wore when you were a child." You can’t go wrong with the long-lived lock that you used. You can see that the first little bell is engraved with a blue character, which is engraved by the silversmith who the master specially ordered to make this silver lock. The small hole that the fourth little bell lacks here was caused by you accidentally falling down and knocking it off when you were eight years old. At that time, you were still sad for two or three days because of this. "

After saying this, Mammy Wei turned to look at Jian Yan again, and asked in a warm voice: "Miss Jian, can you tell me where your silver lock came from?"

Jian Yan was in a bit of trouble.If it is said that she has had this silver lock since she was a child, she does not know where it came from. I am afraid that Mrs. Zheng Guogong will definitely find Mrs. Jian and Mrs. Jingyuan to ask about it, and it will be revealed by then. not good.So it's better for Mo Ruo to tell the truth.Left and right Xu Zhongxuan said that he would take care of Mrs. Jingyuan's place.And she has always believed in Xu Zhongxuan.

So she answered honestly: "Is this silver lock given to me by Mrs. Jing Yuan?"

"Ms. Jingyuan?" Nie Qingniang was holding the silver lock tightly in her hand, the blush on her face still hadn't faded, she just asked eagerly, "Who is Mrs. Jingyuan? Who is she?" Where did you get this silver lock? Did she say anything when she handed this silver lock to you?"

Jian Yan shook her head: "Master Jingyuan is the abbot of Guanyin Nunnery in Longxing Mansion. I don't know where she got this silver lock. And when she gave me this silver lock, she seemed to be the abbot. Didn't say anything."

Nie Qingniang turned her head to look at Nanny Wei, and asked with a trembling voice, "What's the matter with Mrs. Jingyuan? Then is this silver lock..."

Having said that, he looked at Jian Yan hesitantly.

"Ma'am, there is one more thing you forgot?" Nanny Wei stretched out her hand, raised it over her shoulder, and pointed behind her shoulder.

Nie Qingniang had a sudden realization on her face.

"Yes, yes. I actually forgot such a thing."

Then she turned her head, trying not to look so eager on her face, and her voice didn't sound so excited, she said softly: "Miss Jane, can I trouble you with something?"

"Ma'am, you're being polite." Jian Yan pretended not to know, and replied politely, "If my little girl can do it, I will do it for you, Madam."

"Can I, can I look behind your shoulder?" Seeing Jian Yan's uneasy expression again, she hurriedly comforted her, "Don't be afraid. I don't have any other special intentions. I Just, just want to look over your shoulder, just take a look. Just a look, okay?"

Afterwards, her tone was full of pleading.

Jian Yan secretly sighed.

She felt that it was too inhuman for her to continue pretending like this.

But she faintly felt that her heart was full of guilt.

The person from Zheng Guogong's mansion in front of him only thought that she was her own daughter, and he showed such excitement and eagerness in front of her, but even if the current body is her daughter's body, the core inside is not her daughter.But she was so deliberate that she wanted to take advantage of Mrs. Zheng Guogong's deep love for her daughter to obtain the title of a daughter from the Duke's mansion to resist Zhou Yuanzheng.

So Jian Yan didn't dare to look at Nie Qingniang again, she turned her head away with some guilt, pursed her lips and said softly: "Okay."

Nie Qingniang breathed a sigh of relief, and then ordered Li Xin and the maids in the room to go out.

When Xu Miaojin went out, she looked at Jian Yan worriedly.Jian Yan nodded to her, signaling her not to worry.

For a moment, only Qingniang Nie and Nanny Wei were left in the room.

Nanny Wei stepped forward and comforted Jian Yan softly: "Miss Jian, don't be afraid. Our wife just takes a look behind your shoulder."

After all, she stretched out her hand and was about to untie Jian Yan's clothes.

But Jian Yan took two steps back.

She is not used to letting others reach out to untie her clothes.

So she said in a low voice: "I'll just undress myself."

In fact, it was just a matter of undoing a few buttons on the long coat and inner coat, and pulling the clothes down to the shoulders.

Then she slowly turned around, with her back to Nie Qingniang and Wei Weimao.

But she saw that her exposed shoulders were as white as snow, and there was a plum blossom-shaped birthmark on her back near her right shoulder.

The snow-white shoulders, bright red plum blossoms, stamens and petals are all so clear, as if they were carved by skilled craftsmen.

At this moment, Wei Mama only felt as if a big drum was suddenly beating in her heart, and the booming sound shocked her limbs and bones.

After Nie Qingniang was stunned for a moment, she suddenly climbed down from the wooden kang regardless, staggered all the way to Jian Yan's back, and then suddenly stretched out her hand to hug her tightly from behind.

"My child, my child." She couldn't cry, her tone was trembling, "You have finally returned to mother's side."

(End of this chapter)