swear not to be concubine

Chapter 135

The maidservants in Ya'anjuli are in a panic now, everyone feels like a heart is beating in their chests, they don't know what to do, they can only be confused like ants on a hot pot, three Groups of five gather together, you look at me, I look at you.

When Jian Yan walked in quickly, all the maids seemed to have found their backbone, and they all rushed over and knelt down in front of her, crying uncontrollably, and calling: "Girl."

Jian Yan acted as if she had never heard of it, she just walked quickly to the second room in the upper room.

There is Nie Qingniang's bedroom where she usually rests.

Nie Qingniang was the concubine daughter of the Hou family from birth, and she grew up pampered by her parents holding her in the palm of her hand. When she married Li Yi, she brought a dowry with her.It can be said that in these years, she used her own clothes, skirts and jewelry, down to a thread and a needle, and even every grain of rice she ate, and every piece of firewood burned in the stove was her own. Every penny of Li Yi's was used.Naturally, the antique vases and rare jade bonsai placed in her bedroom are all of great value.

Going around the red sandalwood seat, the hundred birds embroidered with Fengsu, and behind it is Nie Qingniang's Babu bed surrounded by nanmu and begonia flowers.

This babu bed surrounded by nanmu and begonia flowers is also one of Nie Qingniang's dowry.

Jian Yan once heard Nie Qingniang say that when she was a girl, she loved this charming crabapple flower the most.So after she and Li Yi got engaged, she tormented her parents and asked them to make such a nanmu bed surrounded by begonia flowers as a dowry for herself.At that time, her parents laughed at her for being shameless, saying that where would a daughter ask for what kind of bed as a dowry?But what does that matter?She asked her parents willfully to ask for it, and her parents also followed her wishes and found a craftsman with outstanding craftsmanship to rush to build her a Babu bed like this.

Thinking about it, she was full of longing in her heart at that time, she only thought that she could be pampered by Li Yi in this life, have children with him, live in harmony as a husband and wife, and be able to raise her eyebrows for the rest of her life.

But now she died on this bed.

Died on this marriage bed that she was full of longing for, and she wanted to come here even if her parents laughed at her.

Jian Yan's feet seemed to be filled with lead, and every step she took was so heavy.

But she still walked slowly towards the bed.

Then she saw Nie Qingniang.

A double-breasted cloak with a garnet-red pattern of goldenseal, a moon-white horse-face skirt with flowers, and an orange gauze cloak on both arms.

She clasped her hands in front of her chest, closed her eyes, and lay quietly on the silk pillow embroidered with honeysuckle patterns.The eyebrows hanging on the forehead are decorated with red gemstones between the eyebrows, and the pearl tassels on the phoenix hairpin on the sideburns are dropped on the silk pillow.

It was clear that her complexion was lifelike, and her beauty was like Zhilan, but she would never open her eyes again.

With a loud bang, Jian Yan knelt upright on the floor of the Babu bed.

But she didn't shed tears, and she even looked calm and calm on her face.

At this time, there was a commotion outside the house.It turned out that Su Xin rushed over to find Li Xin, and told him about it while crying.When Li Xin heard it, he felt great pain in his heart, and hurriedly threw away the books in his hand and ran all the way over.

And at this moment, he walked around the screen in a few steps and rushed to the bed.

Then he started to cry, and walked on his knees all the way to the floor of the Babu bed, lying on Nie Qingniang's body, and yelled mother loudly.

All the maids in the house covered their faces and wept bitterly.

But Jian Yan still didn't shed a single tear.

It's strange to say that just now, after she woke up from the dream, her face was covered with tears, and she only felt the pain that pierced her lungs, and she almost cried all the way to Ya'anju.But at this meeting, when she looked at Nie Qingniang in front of her, she couldn't shed a single tear.

Li Xin threw himself on Nie Qingniang's body and cried for a while, then turned around and threw himself on Jian Yan's body, crying out of breath and asking her: "Sister, sister, mother, why did she die? Why did she die? She was eating and talking with us just now."

On the one hand, wept bitterly again: "Mother is dead, what will my sister and I do? I can't live without Mother."

Hearing Li Xin's words, the maids in the room began to cry again.

On the other hand, Jian Yan stretched out her hand, and pressed Li Xin tightly into her arms, and then she said slowly and calmly: "Xin'er, don't be afraid. Mother is gone, but sister is here. Sister I will always protect you, and will never let anyone hurt you."

Li Xin just crouched in Jian Yan's arms and was so sad and breathless that he couldn't say anything.

Jian Yan wrapped her arms around his shoulders, while looking at the maidservants in the room.

Weeping Mama Wei had passed out, and was helped by the little maid to her own room to rest.

"How did my mother die?" Jian Yan began to ask calmly at this moment.

Zhu Xin jumped over a group of maids and came out, knelt down in front of Jian Yan and Li Xin, stretched out her hands, and spread her palms upwards.

Suddenly there were two pieces of raw gold lying on it.

Zhu Xin's voice was hoarse from crying, but she still reported calmly: "The servant is in charge of the lady's jewelry. Just now the servant checked in the lady's dressing box, and this kind of lady who gave birth to gold is in the dressing box. There used to be four yuan, but now there are only two yuan left. Madam, she, she..."

At this point, she choked up and couldn't continue.

Then she stretched out her hand and handed over two letters, saying: "This is what the servant girl found on Madam's dressing table just now. Madam left it for the girl and the son."

Jian Yan stretched out her hand to take the letter from Zhu Xin, but she also took the two pieces of raw gold, and held them tightly in her palm.

These two pieces of raw gold, she will definitely let someone swallow them in the future.

At this time, Jian Yan called Qin Xin over again, asking about everything that happened in Ya'anju today.

So Qin Xin cried again, and at the same time told all about the dispute between Nie Qingniang and Li Yi in the morning.

Jian Yan knew it in her heart, she stopped talking, instead she opened the letter Nie Qingniang gave her, and looked down carefully.

In the letter, Nie Qingniang explained the situation of the various shops and farms in her dowry, as well as the various dowry and dowry placed in the anteroom, and explained to her the land deed, her dowry list and the dowry list. The reason is that she asked her to keep these things well, and they will be given to her and Li Xin in the future.Then she said that she had taken back the housekeeper's rights from Aunt Wan. Where are the account books, cards and keys placed? Auntie took back the right to head the house again.The letter is the best, she told again, she is gone, Xin'er is weak, let Jian Yan take good care of him in the future.He also said that her mother was gone, and told Jian Yan not to think about anything. This is what she did for her daughter willingly as a mother. As long as her life is safe and happy, then she will die in peace up.

After Jian Yan read the letter, she carefully folded it again, and put it in her arms with great care.

On the other hand, Li Xin was crying while looking down at the letter.

Crying and crying, he desperately wiped away the tears on his face with the back of his hand, raised his head, his eyes were red, and said to Jian Yan with sobs: "Sister, mother told me to be brave. I can no longer be as weak as before. He also said that we should take care of each other and support each other. So sister, I will not cry, I will be brave, and I will protect my sister well in the future."

But no matter how much he wiped away the tears on his face and said such words, there were still tears rolling down from his eyes.

Jian Yan looked at him for a long time.

This is her younger brother. Nie Qingniang said that if the two of them will take care of and support each other in the future, she has the responsibility to protect him for life.

She stretched out her hand, slowly wiped away the tears on his face, then put her hands on his shoulders, and said softly but firmly: "It's okay. Xin'er, you can cry today. Cry as much as you want, for as long as you want Time is all right, no one will, and no one dares to say that you are weak. But after today, you can no longer cry, and be a strong man who would rather bleed than cry. Xiner, I want you to remember , you are the only heir in this Duke Zheng’s mansion, and the only master in this Duke Zheng’s mansion in the future. The entire Duke Zheng’s mansion belongs to you. If anyone in the Duke Zheng’s mansion dares to say anything about you and obstruct you from doing anything , It doesn't matter, you can just whip him over and sell that person. Even if you beat him to death, there will be a sister here to support you, so you don't have to be afraid."

Li Xin cried and nodded at the same time. Finally, he threw himself into Jian Yan's arms and cried, "Sister, I don't want my mother to die, I don't want my mother to die."

Jian Yan patted his back lightly, looked at Qin Xin who was kneeling on one side, and asked: "Did someone send someone to tell father about my mother?"

Qin Xin hurriedly replied: "I have asked Lan Xin to notify the Duke. I guess the Duke should come by now."

Jian Yan nodded, and then she ordered Qin Xin in a deep voice: "Call all the maids, big and small, in Ya'anju, come in, kneel down, and cry loudly. The more miserable the crying, the better."

She told Li Yi to see everyone's grief-stricken expressions in his eyes after he stepped into this Ya'anju, and hear deafening cries in his ears.

All that her mother has suffered today, she will definitely ask those people back a hundred times and a thousand times.

Li Yi is now talking to Aunt Wan.

At first, Wei Mammy took Qin Xin and Lan Xin to her Tongxiang Courtyard, raised her chin like that, and said proudly that she came to take back her right to head the house under the orders of the Duke and Madam, and let her Hand over the account book, the pair of cards and the key and come out.

Naturally, Aunt Wan refused to obey, she only said that she would go to the Duke of the country to clarify this matter.

But Mother Wei is the most resolute person, so she just sneered and said disdainfully: "It's just a concubine's room, and you have been in charge of the house for a few years. It's because of our wife's generosity, I'm too lazy to argue with you, but you still don't care about it." You got up on your own. Why, now our wife wants to take back your right to be a concubine in charge of the house, but you refuse to do so. What kind of justice do you have to go to the Duke of the country to ask for justice? What is justice? Our wife is the mistress , and you are just a concubine, this is fair. Do you really think that just because your daughter is serving King Ning, you treat yourself as a dish, and you can turn the world upside down? It is useless to say that King Ning Now he is only a prince, and he has not become an emperor. Even if he becomes an emperor in the future, your daughter will only be a concubine. What if she becomes a noble concubine? You can also drive our wife away and let you be a concubine. Is this the wife of Zheng Guogong's mansion? It's not dark yet, so don't dream here."

After all, he ordered Qin Xin and Lan Xin to go to Aunt Wan's house to search for all the account books, matching cards and keys, and then ignored Aunt Wan, whose face was as purple as a pig's liver, and brought Qin Xin and Aunt Wan together. Lan Xin turned around and left arrogantly, never giving Aunt Wan a good look during the whole process.

Needless to say, Aunt Wan was so angry that her hands and feet were trembling at the time, and she almost didn't let her anger go.

She admitted that in the few years when she first came to Li Yi's side, she didn't really think about what to do.After all, Nie Qingniang was born in a noble family, and such an identity was something she, the daughter of the county magistrate, could only look up to.Moreover, Nie Qingniang was born so elegant and beautiful, even if she is also a woman, she can only secretly envy and envy her when she sees it.At that time, Aunt Wan only wanted to be an honest and responsible aunt.

But who knew that Nie Qingniang looked weak and gentle on the surface, but she had a strong personality on the inside, and she would not give in to the Duke.And Grandpa Guo is such a big man with good face, if he can't show that kind of low-key, soft-spoken appearance, the distance between the two will gradually drift away.And Aunt Wan naturally saw these things in her eyes, so after she thought about it carefully, she became more and more gentle in front of Li Yi.

Li Yi really likes a woman like her who clings to him in everything and regards him as the sky, so he loves him more and more.And Nie Qingniang has an extremely arrogant personality, no matter how upset she is in her heart, she doesn't show anything on the surface, and she can't do the kind of thing that uses the identity of the mistress to coerce a concubine's room.

As a result, Aunt Wan's status beside Li Yi became higher and higher.And then she gave birth to three children so smoothly.

Li Yi's eldest daughter and eldest son were all born from her stomach.Later, her eldest daughter was allowed to be a concubine to King Ning at the discretion of the emperor. What a great honor it is.Moreover, Li Yi had let himself be in charge of Zheng Guogong's mansion for more than ten years at that time.So what's the difference between her and Nie Qingniang?

Nie Qingniang just has a weak-tempered son, and the Duke doesn't like him, a person who can't be supported by mud.And Nie Qingniang herself was immersed in the grief of losing her daughter all day long, so how long could she live?And when Nie Qingniang died, for Li Nianyi's sake, Li Yi would surely set herself upright, so she wouldn't be his wife by then?

So what about the daughter of Hou Men?What about the county magistrate's daughter?No matter how good the background is, how good the appearance is, if you don't know how to figure out the mind of your own man, so what can you do if you are tactful and accommodating?Didn't she win in the end?

She will be the wife of the duke's mansion, and her son will be the heir at that time.The eldest son, of course, should inherit the entire Duke Zheng's mansion.And then there will be a daughter who will be a concubine in the palace, and no one can shake her position.

Aunt Wan had made such a good plan in her heart.It's just that she didn't expect that Nie Qingniang would force her to take back her right to head the house.

Nie Qingniang never bothered to do such a thing in the past, what happened today?

So Aunt Wan thought about it, and finally she was supported by Aunt Liu, and went to the study in the front yard to look for Li Yi, and asked carefully.

In the end, Li Yi was blaming her.

"... After all, Yan'er is the daughter of the prostitute, and she has the title of the township lord, how can you and Yi'er decide her future hastily? The prostitute of the government of our country has such an identity In the future, I will marry an important official of the court, who can help my Li family. But look at what you are doing? If you let her marry far away to the northwest, what can you do for my Zheng Guogong's mansion? Why do you and Yi'er didn't come over to discuss with me before doing such a thing, so she went to find Princess Tong'an and the Queen Mother without authorization? Could it be that you two have the final say on Zheng Guogong's mansion?"

Aunt Wan's expression was weak, and her tone was soft: "Yi'er was just thinking at the time that the Empress Dowager and Princess Tong'an had a lot of headaches because of the matter of County Lord Wen'an recently, and they were in harmony with the emperor every day. She Then I thought, if Sister Yan could replace Wen'an County Lord and marry far away in the northwest, then the Queen Mother and Princess Tong'an would definitely think of our Zheng Guogong's mansion. I resent you for telling you right and wrong in front of the emperor, which is why you have had the title of duke all these years, but you have no real power in your hands. But after this incident, the empress dowager and Princess Tong'an must have hated you in their hearts It will make a big difference in your impression.”

As she said this, she carefully watched the expression on Li Yi's face.Seeing that he seemed to have listened to it, he went on to say in a warm voice: "And the emperor must also think of your kindness. Recently, the queen mother and Princess Tong'an have been arguing with him about this matter every day. Didn't the emperor be overwhelmed by the disturbance and escaped to the hot spring villa in the suburbs? If Sister Yan can replace Wen'an county head, how can the queen mother and Princess Tong'an fight with him again? At that time, the emperor, the queen mother, and Princess Tong'an will be in their hearts. You are all satisfied with this matter, the Duke is still worried that there is no official position in your hands? So Yi'er and the concubine feel that Sister Yan will marry Wen'an County Lord and go to the northwest, but it is better than marrying Sister Yan. Any honorable family is good. And if our Duke's mansion is well, wouldn't the younger brother of Yan'er, the son of the world, have a better future? Yi'er only said such things at the time, and you would definitely agree. And she had important things to do at that time, so she didn't have time to tell you. Please don't blame her, Lord Guo. "

Li Yi listened and fell silent.

According to what Aunt Wan said, it is true that if Jian Yan is married to the Northwest instead of Wen'an County Lord, it will be more helpful to Zheng Guogong's mansion than asking her to marry some honorable family.In this way, Li Nianyi deserves to be his daughter, she really thinks very carefully about everything she does.

But just now Qingniang got into trouble with him like that, and even said such unfeeling words to him, which made him unable to come to the stage...

But at this time, Aunt Wan was still asking about her right to head the house, which was suddenly taken back by Nie Qingniang.

Hearing this, Li Yi was still a little annoyed, so he said to her angrily: "You and Sister Yi decided Yan'er's future without authorization, but did you tell Qingniang? After all, Qingniang is Yan'er's biological mother, why couldn't she know about this in advance? Now Qingniang is arguing with me and wants to take back your right to run the house from you. What can I do? Let her be the head of the house. What are you asking again? Could it be possible for me to have a fight with her because of this?"

Aunt Wan's face was swollen when she was blocked by his harsh words, blood was surging in her heart, and she didn't speak for a while.

After she finally calmed down, she was thinking about opening her mouth to discuss this matter slowly with Li Yi, when she saw a young servant coming in outside the door to announce that Lan Xin, who was beside Madam, was outside. I am anxious to see the Duke.

Li Yi frowned when he thought about what Nie Qingniang said to him earlier.

What is this Lan Xin doing here?Don't Nie Qingniang think of something again, why don't you ask him to go over and tell him that kind of talk?

So he waved his hand and said to the boy impatiently: "Go and tell her, I am impatient to go to Ya'an to live again. Don't care what Madam asked her to come over, let her go back without saying anything." That's it."

The little servant agreed, bowed and retreated.

But in just a moment, the boy left and returned.And after entering, his face changed drastically, and he knelt down directly facing Li Yi.

Li Yi frowned, and only asked, "What are you doing?"

The boy's voice was a little trembling, but he still insisted on saying: "Lan Xin said, Madam, she has gone."

Li Yi didn't react for a while, his brows were still frowning, and he asked, "Go? Where did Madam go?"

The boy had a pale face.

How did he dare to say that word so bluntly?But now that Li Yi was unlucky and didn't understand what it meant to go, he could only bite the bullet and say: "Lan Xin said Ma'am, she is dead."

"What did you say?" Li Yi suddenly got up and stood up, widening his tiger eyes, his face was full of shock and disbelief, "Ma'am, she died? How did she die? How did she die?"

How could the boy answer his series of questions?

But Li Yi already strode towards Ya'anju in a hurry.

As for Aunt Wan, when she heard the boy said that Nie Qingniang was dead, she held her handkerchief to her mouth in shock at first.But after she realized it, she was overjoyed.

Nie Qingniang is actually dead?Doesn't that mean that she can take back the power to head the family that Nie Qingniang just took back?

Nie Qingniang is dead, who will be in charge of the family again?Aunt Jin and Aunt Zhen are unworthy, could it be Jian Yan?Ha, what does a young girl like her know?Is it possible that she will still be in charge of the house?
Therefore, this family can only be controlled by oneself.Moreover, Nie Qingniang is dead now, and the Zheng Guogong Mansion will be her world in the future.

Thinking of this, Aunt Wan could not conceal her complacency.But she was also afraid that others would notice it, so she hurriedly lowered her eyes, suppressed the complacent look on her face, instead, squeezed two tears out of her face, and said: "Why did Madam leave so suddenly? Sister-in-law Liu, follow me to Ya'anju to see what's going on."

After saying that, he helped Mrs. Liu's hand, and hurriedly chased after Li Yi.

(End of this chapter)