swear not to be concubine

Chapter 139

Li Nianyi was complaining to Aunt Wan.

"...Recently, the concubine has become more and more cold-hearted towards me. She even owes my brother Lian's monthly payment. Why bother? It's not because she can't give birth to a son. It's just that in the palace People here are all snobbish, and they only look at money in their actions. If Brother Lian and I had thought better, we would actually use money to manage those servants. Mom, you have to help me."

Li Nianyi can also be regarded as up-to-date.Although King Ning has a concubine and several concubines, she gave birth to a concubine's eldest son in one fell swoop.Naturally, this concubine's eldest son is her confidence, but needless to say, Princess Ning dislikes her in every possible way, and her actions are either to show face, or to deprive her of what she deserves.

And the meaning of her words is also very obvious, that is, asking Aunt Wan for money.

Li Yi only has the title of duke of the state, but has no real power, and his annual salary is limited.Besides, Li Nianlan was just a concubine after all, and she was a concubine for King Ning, so her dowry was limited back then, and she would come back to ask Aunt Wan for money from time to time in these years.

As usual, whenever she asks, Aunt Wan will definitely answer.just now...

Aunt Wan said in embarrassment: "You also know that the right to head the house has been firmly held by that little hoof recently, and I can't even touch it. How can I gain anything? It's just Every February or two, it’s just a payment of money. That’s it, this month’s money hasn’t been paid yet. I sent a maid to ask, and the little hoof said that the money in the Duke’s mansion was spent on funerals for her mother. Now there is no money in the public school, everyone should be more frugal. No, you see, these days I can’t even see a trace of oil in the food I eat, it’s all vegetarian."

Li Nianyi frowned when he heard the words, and only asked: "Mother, why didn't you tell Daddy about this? That little hoof must be using the pretext of being the head of the house to deliberately deduct your expenses. Complain to Daddy and let Daddy take care of it." The son will punish her. It is best to take back her right to head the house and hand it over to you again. "

As long as you have the right to be the head of the house, is it not money to drop a sip wherever you want?

But Aunt Wan just sighed: "Last time because my wife's two natal brothers beat and scolded the Duke, the Duke treated me and Lan'er much colder than before, and he didn't even want to see us Twice I went to the front yard, begging to see your father, but a cold-faced guard came from somewhere, only said that the Duke was sick, and the doctor said he wanted to rest, and no one would come. I I was about to force my way in, but he pulled out his knife with a cold face, so I had no choice but to come back."

Li Nianyi frowned when he heard this.

Because just now she wanted to see Li Yi, but was stopped by a cold-faced guard.The reason given was also that the Duke was ill, and the doctor said he wanted to rest, and no one would see him.

But she was short of money after all, so she paused for a moment, and then said: "Mother, you should still have money on hand? When you were in charge of the house in those years, you took the servant's monthly bill and went out to lend usury , Which month does not have an income of several hundred taels of silver? And you still have a farm and two shops, you should have income every month, right? Can you give me a sum of silver now? Wait for King Ning to inherit it in the future As soon as I took the throne and became a concubine, I will naturally return the money to you a hundred times and a thousand times."

It was good that she didn't mention it, but when it was mentioned, Aunt Wan couldn't help but also began to complain.

"Your useless brother, I begged your father last year, and finally found him a position in Wucheng Bingmasi. I only hoped that he would make progress, but who knows that he is still a mud that can't support the wall. A few days ago, he drank too much yellow soup, and under the instigation of a few friends, he saw a beautiful village girl selling vegetables on the street, and she went up to tease her. Who knew that village girl was actually With a strong temper, he hit the wall and died on the spot. The village girl's family went to court, and your brother went to jail. I dare not tell your father about this. Your father's fiery temper, if he knows about it , I’m afraid I will directly kill your brother. No way, I can only take all the money I have saved around me these years, and entrust someone to go up and down the yamen, hoping to save your brother’s life. It’s just that the yamen I still won't let you go after collecting the money. I'm also in a hurry. I just saw you here, and I'm about to talk to you about it. Go back and talk to King Ning about it, and let him come forward. Say a few good words, and after all, you will let your brother out."

Li Nianyi immediately agreed to this matter, and told King Ning immediately when he went back, so that Aunt Wan could rest assured.

But how can Aunt Wan feel relieved?
Since Jian Yan was in charge of the family, she has been constrained everywhere, so how can she still look as good as she used to be?
At this moment, Li Nianyi was still frowning thinking about the matter of money.

How can it be done without silver?After all, she is going to live in the palace.But the concubine is so embarrassing her and Brother Lian's expenses, and all the money from the mother is spent to save the younger brother...

After thinking about it, she suddenly leaned over and asked in a low voice: "How many servant girls are guarding the courtyard where Madam lives?"

Aunt Wan didn't know why she would ask this question, but she still replied: "Since Madam is gone, that little hoof released all the maids who served Madam in Ya'anjuli out of the house a few days ago. Only one Mother Wei was frightened and stimulated that day, and she was not in good health. She was lying on the bed all day long, and she had already taught that little hoof to be moved to her Xinyi Pavilion to take care of her. Therefore, where Ya'an lives, I am afraid that only How about a few little maids who clean up? I guess they don’t go there very often, after all, the lady is not easy to die, so who is not afraid of it.”

Li Nianyi thought for a while, and then asked: "The things that are placed in Ya'anju, are they still there?"

Aunt Wan glanced at her upon hearing this.

Now she probably knows what Li Nianyi means.So her voice also lowered: "A few days ago, a little girl beside me went to Ya'anju to find her a little sister who cleaned the house. When she came back, I heard her say that the dowry my wife placed in the ear rooms on both sides was I asked that little hoof to move to the Xinyi Pavilion early in the morning, but the antique vases and jade bonsai placed in the room seem to be still there."

After a pause, she still couldn't hold back after all, and asked, "Do you want to..."

Li Nianyi nodded, and then her voice became lower and lower.

"Madam is the daughter of the Hou family. The objects placed in her house are actually her dowry. Which one is not worth more than a hundred taels of silver? If you can sell a few pieces..."

Although she didn't say what was said later, Aunt Wan understood it.

If they can take the items from the wife's house and sell them outside, or pawn them in the pawn shop, the two wives will no longer be short of money.

Aunt Wan was also a little moved in her heart, but she was still a little frightened, so she said hesitantly: "But if someone finds out..."

"What are you afraid of? The bold ones will die, and the timid ones will starve to death. Auntie, you just said that there are no maids in Madam's yard. It's just a few little maids who clean up every day. Is it impossible to stay inside all day? And I reckoned that the little hoof took away all the dowry of the lady, but did not take these placed objects. It’s very quaint, and I just thought it was worthless. After all, I was raised in a merchant’s family a few years ago, with shallow eyelids. How can I know what is good? Not to mention, the few calligraphy and paintings hanging in Mrs. Guang’s room It's all written by a famous artist, and no amount of money can be exchanged for it. Besides, we went to get it secretly, but someone saw it. We just said that we missed Madam in our hearts. Although she is gone now, we I still want to take a look at the yard where she lived before, who would think of going to other places? It’s just that later we found out that something was missing in Madam’s house, and we would have replaced those things by then. It has become silver, even if they keep shouting and checking, they will not be able to find us."

When Aunt Wan heard this, she clasped her hands tightly together.

She was still a little hesitant.

At this time, Li Nianyi was urging: "Auntie, have you thought about it? Since the meeting is currently taking a break in the afternoon, wouldn't it be good for us to go to Ya'anju without anyone noticing it?"

"Otherwise, let the little maid go and get a few?" Aunt Wan hesitated and said, "It's not good for us to go by ourselves, right?"

"What do little maids know? How do they know which one is valuable and which one is not? Let's just go together. After I get the things, I'll pack them up and find a pawn shop on the way to deal with them. Wait." After I got the silver, I sent a servant girl to bring it to you, wouldn't it be unnoticed?"

Aunt Wan's hands gripped tighter and tighter.But after a while, she made up her mind, and her eyes were firm: "Okay. Then let's go now."

With regard to Li Jing's matter, there might still be money to be spent in the future.How can she do it without money?So such a thing had to be done.

It's midsummer, and the two rows of ginkgo trees in front of Ya'anju are in their green leaves.When the wind blows, a piece of Sharara's light sounds pass by.

As usual, the courtyard gate of Ya'anju is tightly closed.But in the past, when you wanted to go in, you had to knock on the door first, and the little maid came out to check who it was, and then notified you to go in. Only after listening to Nie Qingniang did you decide whether to let you in.

But now, Li Nianyi just stretched out his hand and pushed lightly, and there was only a soft creak, and the two vermilion lacquered courtyard doors were pushed open.

Aunt Wan was afraid, so she stood far away and didn't say anything, and asked in a trembling voice: "Why, why does the courtyard door open as soon as it is pushed?"

Li Nianyi glanced back at her, and then said impatiently: "What are you afraid of? Maybe those little maids who clean up are lazy and didn't lock the door before leaving. Besides, this is the Duke's mansion, yours Home, my natal family, what if we come to my wife’s yard? People are not afraid when they see it. We have something to talk about. You just follow me in, so why bother to shrink back? Shrunk and stood there motionless?"

It's just that although she said so in her mouth, she was still a little scared in her heart, and the palms of the hands holding Bao Ping's arms were all wet.

But she still strengthened her courage in her heart, turned her head and said to Aquarius: "Let's go."

It wasn't until she walked in that she realized that there was no one in Ya'anju.

But even so, the place is still clean, not even a single fallen leaf can be seen on the ground.

Li Nianyi hurried all the way to the front main room, and then quickly looked around the five main rooms and the two side rooms on both sides.

As Aunt Wan said, the things placed in the side room were indeed emptied long ago.But the five main rooms were still the same as when Nie Qingniang was there, and all the things placed there were untouched.

Li Nianyi thought with some disdain in his heart, after all, he was raised in a merchant's family since he was a child, and he only saw gold and silver in his eyes, so how could he know that these calligraphy, paintings and antiques are really valuable.

While thinking like this, she ordered Aquarius and a few maids to pick off the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, while she picked out all the items on the brocade, and picked out the valuable things to bring with her. Walk.

Compared to her calmness at this moment, Aunt Wan felt fear in her heart.

All the furnishings of this Ya'an residence have not changed, everything is as it was when Nie Qingniang was alive.

There is an Arhat bed surrounded by red sandalwood and marble, a large pillow of autumn-colored python satin, and two pots of roses are placed on the high tables on both sides.The leaves are emerald green, and the color of the flowers is pink and white, which is Nie Qingniang's favorite.

It seemed to be an illusion, but Aunt Wan just felt that Nie Qingniang was still in this room.

She protected her daughter by swallowing gold and committing suicide, but it was she and Li Nianyi who came up with that method to get rid of Jian Yan...

Just when a gust of wind blew in through the two open doors, the light blue curtains in the room were blown away.

Aunt Wan was so frightened that she stretched out her hand and grabbed Aunt Liu's arm beside her, and her whole body trembled with fear.

She stood at the door, even though it was the noon day that shone on her body, she still felt that her hands and feet were icy cold.

"You, are you alright?" She asked Li Nianyi quickly, her voice trembling naturally, "I always feel that this place is eerie and really creepy. Let's get out of here quickly."

Li Nianyi was also afraid when he came in earlier.But when he looked at the famous calligraphy and paintings, antique vases, jade bonsai and so on in this room, he didn't know how to be afraid.

Now all she has eyes and heart on is money.

So after hearing what Aunt Wan said, she didn't pay attention to her, but still ordered the servant girl to take the things in the house.I opened the cabinets and boxes to have a look, and picked up whatever was good.

In the end, Aunt Wan urged her several times, and she just put away the things she picked out, packed two big packages, ordered her maid to follow her to take them, and then planned to go out with Aunt Wan.

When they came in, they naturally closed the courtyard door.At that time, she specially left a little maid outside to watch out, and only said that if anyone came, she would come in and report immediately.

But when she opened the courtyard door, she saw that the little maid she had left outside was held by two stout maids and stood aside, with a ball of cloth stuffed in her mouth. He kept whimpering and whimpering.When I saw her, I shook my head and cried.

And beside her stood a girl.Zi Ru white dress, the back is slender and light.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, the girl who was looking at the ginkgo tree with her back turned to them slowly turned around.

With a beautiful and elegant face, who else would it be if it wasn't Jian Yan?
Jian Yan was born seven to eight points like Nie Qingniang, and Aunt Wan has a ghost in her heart, so when she suddenly saw Jian Yan who turned around, she only let out a low cry in fright, He stepped back two steps.

He didn't notice that there was a threshold behind her, but he tripped her. He immediately looked behind and fell down, sitting on the ground with his buttocks, very embarrassed.

Aunt Liu hurried over to help her up.

Jian Yan's eyes that looked like a smile but not a smile circled around her face, and then moved to Li Nianyi.

After seeing the two big packages carried by the maidservants behind Li Nianyi, Jianyan pulled her lips slightly and showed a faint smile.

(End of this chapter)