swear not to be concubine

Chapter 125

The words Aunt Wan said to Li Yi soon spread to Ya'anjuli.

Wei Momo was talking to Nie Qingniang: "...It's because we girls have the foresight to expect that Aunt Wan will take this matter to the Duke of the country to talk about it, so we are prepared early in the morning."

But Nie Qingniang just felt distressed.

"If Yan'er has been pampering and growing up by my side, how would she know about all the twists and turns? It must be that this child has lived too hard in those years, so she knows how to guard against others at a young age. .”

Nie Qingniang only needs to think of what Shen's mother said that day, how Mrs. Jian raised Jian Yan like a skinny horse, forced her to learn so many talents, and starved her every day to prevent her When she was full, she would reprimand her every now and then, and finally promised her to Zhou Yuanzheng, who was old enough to be her grandfather, as a concubine. Nie Qingniang felt as if an invisible hand was tightly grasping her heart. , The pain is severe.

She only thought about trying her best to make up for Jian Yan now, and never wanted her to worry about anything.

But Mother Wei thinks that Jian Yan's behavior is very good.

"Madam, you and the son of the world are too good-natured, that's why Aunt Wan and the others have been making trouble in this house all these years. Isn't it because Aunt Wan has a daughter who gave King Ning a concubine? Isn't Aunt Wan just counting on it?" If King Ning can inherit the Datong, then her daughter will be able to become a concubine? But the emperor originally had not only the son of King Ning, but also King Liang. Who knows which prince will inherit it in the end? Datong? It's too early for her Aunt Wan to have such a dream for thousands of years."

Having said that, Mammy Wei carefully recounted the few words that Aunt Wan had said to Jian Yan when she went to Xinyi Pavilion yesterday.

"...The old slave didn't intend to say this to Madam, I was afraid that you would be angry if you heard it. But now I can only tell you what I can't say. Madam, think about it, it's just like this now, Aunt Wan dares If you say such things to our girl, and put your status in front of our girl, then you don’t know what you will do to our girl and the eldest son secretly in the future."

Nie Qingniang suddenly raised her head to look at Wei Mama, and only asked: "Did she really say that in front of Yan'er yesterday?"

"Of course it's true." Wei Mama nodded, and said seriously, "This old slave didn't dare to tamper with a single word."

Nie Qingniang was so angry that her heart couldn't stop beating.She gritted her teeth and said: "It's fine to let her double-faced in the past. I'm really too lazy to argue with someone like her. I just want to live in peace with Xin'er. But I didn't expect that behind her back is Said such words to Yan'er. Yan'er has only been in the Duke's Mansion for a few days, and she jumped out so impatiently? No, I will never let her bully my daughter."

"That's not how you say it." Wei Wei hurriedly echoed, "Madam, you rely on your status and don't want to argue with someone like her, but they don't think so. It's not that the old slave is talking too much, our eldest son It's just that they are quieter, don't like bows and arrows and like to read, that's all right, but Aunt Wan, mother and daughter have time to say that our son is weak in front of the Duke, and the three of them became tigers, saying If there are too many, the Duke will not wait to see our eldest son. Now that the girl has just come back for a few days, you feel sorry for her and bought some things for the girl with your own body, but Aunt Wan came to the Duke just like this. If it wasn't for the girl's reminder, we would have told the Duke of Guo about this early in the morning. I am afraid that the Duke of Guo would come here to talk to you at some point under the instigation of Aunt Wan. Let's talk about this matter. Wouldn't it be a big fight between you and the Duke? Isn't Aunt Wan the one who will benefit?"

"No." Nie Qingniang tightly grasped the apricot pillow under her hand, "I will never let her bully my child like this."

Seeing this, Wei Mama knew that Nie Qingniang was really angry.So she hurriedly said while the iron was hot: "That's not the case. Ma'am, now that the girl has come back to reunite with you, your two sons and daughters are by your side. As a mother, you have to take good care of them both." That's right, how can you allow an aunt to be so arrogant in front of the girl and the prince? So you have to relax now and take good care of your illness. When you recover from your illness, you can go and talk to the Duke of the country and give up the rights of the housekeeper. I snatched it back from Aunt Wan. After all, you are the main wife, and Aunt Wan has another daughter who gave King Ning a concubine, so she is just an aunt. How can there be any reason for an aunt to be a director of the family? "

Wei Mama was eloquent, and she only said that Nie Qingniang was as dead as ash, and her heart boiled like magma in an instant.

"Yes, Madam Wei, you are right." Nie Qingniang turned her head to look at her with firm eyes, "I have to cure my illness quickly, and then take good care of my sons and daughters. Yan'er doesn't have to Having said that, I have suffered so much in the past few years, it is Xin'er. In these years, I only cared about my own sadness, and I didn't care about taking good care of him at all. I have to make up for them and take good care of him. guarding them."

When Wei Mama heard this, she only had smiles on her happy face.

She had said such things to Nie Qingniang in the past, but Nie Qingniang never listened to her, and only thought about the unfortunate lost girl day and night.But now it's different, Nie Qingniang finally cheered up.

Nanny Wei felt for a moment that Jian Yan was really a lucky star. Once she came back, everything went for the better.

At the beginning of the morning sun, the gates of the nine palaces opened one after another.

The courtiers in court uniforms exited the hall one by one, and the hem of their crimson robes gently swept across the spotless white marble steps.

It is early spring, standing on the tall white marble platform, you can see the green willows in the distance.The sun shines on it, soft and graceful.

Xu Zhongxuan suddenly thought of Jian Yan.

When she was shy, she lowered her head, closed her eyes slightly, raised the corners of her lips slightly, and blushed on her cheeks.When he is naughty, he raises his eyebrows and opens his eyes, and his eyes squint upwards, with a hint of provocation and teasing.When he was stubborn and sad, he pressed his lips tightly, even though his eyes were already flushed, he still refused to let the tears fall.

Just like the willow tree in the distance, the branches are both soft and tough, despite the wind and rain, they never change their original intentions.

Xu Zhongxuan folded his hands in his sleeves, with a smile on his lips, thinking, wondering how she is doing in Zheng Guogong's mansion now?Will you feel uncomfortable?Will you miss him?

Even if he knew that Jian Yan was actually a resilient, forbearing and strong character, and now he had a girl from Zheng Guogong's mansion and the title of Le'an Township Lord, he would not have a bad life in the Duke's mansion.But he couldn't help but always worry.

When you love someone, even if you know how powerful she is, you still worry about this and that.

He was thinking that when the matters at hand were over, it was time for him to propose marriage to Duke Zheng.

Only when he sees her peacefully by his side every day can he feel at ease.

He raised his foot to go down the white jade steps, but suddenly there was a sinister voice from the side: "Xu Shilang is smiling like this, but what is he thinking of?"

Xu Zhongxuan looked over at the prestige, and saw that the person standing not far from him with his hands behind his back was Zhou Yuanzheng.

He had been thinking about Jian Yan just now, but he never paid attention to the surroundings.

In his heart, he thought he was careless, but he didn't show it on his face, he just cupped his hands in a vain manner, with a false smile on his face: "Master Zhou's eyebrows are so tightly locked, but it's because the emperor reprimanded you in the palace just now? "

Recently, the emperor's health became worse and worse. Liang Wang has been accompanying him beside the dragon couch in his clothes, serving tea and water himself.But looking back at King Ning, he thought that the emperor would not be able to become an emperor, so he just took the time to prepare for the usurpation and power.And Zhou Yuanzheng, as King Ning's party, naturally followed.There is no impenetrable wall in the world, so I don't know who revealed this matter. The emperor was so angry that he almost died, and he almost went straight away without taking a breath.

I have always loved King Ning, but this son can't wait for him to die early.Liang Wang has always been a dislike to see him, but now he is serving him in front of his sick bed like this.

The emperor's attitude towards King Ning and King Liang changed because of this illness.Therefore, during the morning court today, the emperor randomly picked two matters, brought them to King Ning and Zhou Yuanzheng, and gave them a big reprimand.

And Xu Zhongxuan took advantage of this meeting to report the list of some officials, only saying that they were incompetent, and wrote to ask for demotion, transfer, or dismissal.

Naturally, these officials were all part of King Ning's party, and the emperor immediately agreed.

So far, King Ning's party members have been reduced by nearly half by Xu Zhongxuan one after another.Zhou Yuanzheng's power in the government and the public may be greatly reduced.

Zhou Yuanzheng heard Xu Zhongxuan deliberately mentioning this matter, he was naturally annoyed, but he didn't say anything, just snorted softly.

Xu Zhongxuan ignored him and walked down the steps.

It's just that just after walking down two steps, Zhou Yuanzheng's very cold voice suddenly came from behind: "Jian Yan's identity is a problem, but are you playing tricks on it?"

Jian Yan's identity was determined too quickly, and everything was going on quietly. Obviously, someone deliberately suppressed this matter, so he never received any news at all.

So he just took advantage of the Lantern Festival holiday to go home and pay respects to his ancestors. A few days before he came back, he suddenly heard the news that the bodies of Biyun and Cui's mother were found in the suburban forest. .

There are usually bandits there.

When he heard the news, he immediately sent someone to Xu's house to look for Mrs. Jane, but Mrs. Jane was no longer in Xu's house.

After Jian Yan's true identity was revealed, Mrs. Wu thought about Mrs. Jian's treatment of Jian Yan in the past. How could Zheng Guogong and his wife forgive Mrs. Jian?So she didn't dare to let Mrs. Jane stay in her house anymore, so she sent the maid over there, and told Mrs. Jane what she meant tactfully, and she still meant to let her leave immediately.

At that time, Mrs. Jian only blushed in shame.But what can I do?They have already rushed to the front, she can't continue to stay here with the cheek.At the moment, he had to order the servant girl to pack things in a hurry.

Mother Shen and Pearl had disappeared since returning from Zheng Guogong's mansion that day, and she couldn't find them either.But unfortunately, these two people are her confidantes, right-hand men, and the two of them know best what she has.But at that time, both of them disappeared, so they were in a hurry to pack up their things.At the end of the day, he could only pack it casually, asked someone to go to the street and hired a carriage, and hurriedly went to the capital to look for Jian Qing like a bereaved dog.

Because Jian Qing was studying in the Imperial College, she bought a small courtyard near the Imperial College.Now there is a temporary place to stay.

But the next day after settling down in that small courtyard, people from Zhou Yuanzheng approached the door to ask about Jian Yan.

Mrs. Jian had to tell the truth about Jian Yan's identity.After the man went back to report to Zhou Yuanzheng, Zhou Yuanzheng was furious and threw all the official kiln sweet white porcelain tea sets on the table to the ground.

Jian Yan is now Zheng Guogong's concubine daughter, and the emperor has personally named him Le'an Township Lord, no matter what he is, it is impossible for him to take the concubine's concubine as a concubine.

He vented his anger, and even sent someone to go to the Guozijian to spread the word, and he would not let Jian Qing go to school in the Guozijian anymore.Then he sent a servant to drive her and Jian Qing out of the capital.

It's just that when Mrs. Jian left the city, she found Xu Zhongxuan was waiting for her there.

Mrs. Jian treated Jian Yan like that, Xu Zhongxuan naturally couldn't spare her.

Xu Zhongxuan just folded his hands in his sleeves and looked down at her coldly for a moment.

And Mrs. Jian shivered like a quail in the rain under Xu Zhongxuan's cold gaze.

Xu Zhongxuan didn't bother to talk to her.He just instructed Qi Hui to find a secluded temple in the deep mountains, where Mrs. Jian could spend the rest of her life practicing penance with the ancient Buddha under the blue lantern.

Sometimes, the painful lingering is more tormenting than the simple death.Thinking about it, Mrs. Jian spent the first half of her life in rich clothes and fine clothes, but for the rest of her life, she had to suffer from the indifference of others in the temple. She did heavy work every day, but she could only eat bran and swallow vegetables. In the end, she will always regret what she did to Jian Yan in those years.

As for Jian Qing, Xu Zhongxuan didn't give him too much trouble.

He remembered that Jian Yan once told her that Jian Qing had treated her well in those years.And the belongings around Jian Qing are enough for him to live his life calmly, right?

It's just that he can't be allowed to stay in the capital any longer, so he should be sent back to his ancestral home, Longxing Mansion.

Naturally, Zhou Yuan did not know these things.At that time, he was only thinking that the issue of Jian Yan's identity must be caused by Xu Zhongxuan while he was away from the capital.As for Biyun and Cui's mother, it must be Xu Zhongxuan's hands.

It's just that Xu Zhongxuan handled these two things perfectly.No matter how much he guessed in his mind, he still couldn't find a trace of evidence.

But he was always unwilling to be reconciled, so just now when he saw the slightly mocking smile on Xu Zhongxuan's face, he couldn't help blurting out this sentence.

Seeing Xu Zhongxuan turning his head, there was still a gentle smile on his face.

He was talking slowly: "But I didn't expect that the emperor would confer her the title of country lord."

The implication is that other things are within his expectations?
Zhou Yuan changed color on the front.

He gritted his teeth, his eyelids were half closed, and there was a coldness inside.

"Do you think I have nothing to do with her if she changes her identity? Young man, you are thinking too simply. Nothing in this world is eternal. Today she is the daughter of the Duke, Le Mr. An Xiang, but tomorrow she may be nothing. At that time, I will see how you can protect her."

Xu Zhongxuan looked at him, turned his head sideways, and the corners of his lips were drawn deeper than before.

Yes, nothing in this world is eternal.Today you are still the chief minister of the cabinet, but tomorrow you will be a prisoner in shackles.

It is really pitiful to be dying without knowing it, but still talking about it and talking about it.

Xu Zhongxuan stopped talking, flicked his robe sleeves, turned around, and walked down the steps briskly.

(End of this chapter)