swear not to be concubine

Chapter 140

Jian Yan was sitting on the Arhat bed in the Ming Room of Ya'an Ju, while Ting Tong and Ting Feng were opening the two big packages, taking out the contents one by one for Jian Yan to have a look.

"Yan Zhenqing's handwriting, Zheng Yiweng's ink orchid painting, Ru Kiln's porcelain washing, jade screen, elder sister, your eyesight is very good."

Jian Yan raised her eyes, with a smile on her face, she slowly teased Li Nianyi.

Li Nianyi is also smart.

Just now when she opened the courtyard door to go out, she saw Jian Yan was outside, and she caught the little maid who was watching the wind outside, and covered her mouth with a cloth strip, presumably because she didn't want the little maid to make a sound to report to herself the meaning of.

Furthermore, when she came here before, the courtyard door opened as soon as it was pushed, and the courtyard and the house were so clean everywhere, obviously someone was cleaning it frequently, but there was no one inside...

"How dare you set a trap to harm me?"

Li Nianyi's face changed color, her willow eyebrows stood upright, she even stood up with her hands on the handrails, pointed at Jian Yan and said angrily.

Jian Yan raised her slender eyebrows slightly when she heard the words, and said with a smile: "Elder Sister's words are wrong. What do you mean I set up a trap to harm you? My mother's things are well placed in this room, and I don't have any Calling elder sister you to steal, this is your own dirty mind, but I was caught on the spot."

Speaking of which, she lightly tapped the table with her right hand on the kang table, looked at the items taken out of the package beside her, and said with a look of embarrassment: "Let me estimate the age of elder sister. How much are these items stolen from my mother's room worth? This jadeite screen, this jade bonsai, and antique vases are valuable, but these famous calligraphy and paintings are priceless. 1 taels? 2 taels? Going to the yamen, I don’t know if it’s enough to be hanged? Or just be beaten a hundred times with a stick, exiled for three thousand miles, and serve for life?”

After she said these words, the blood on Li Nianyi's face faded instantly.Needless to say, Aunt Wan, if it wasn't for Aunt Liu's support, her whole body would have slid out of the chair to the floor long ago.

She didn't know that theft would be punished with such a serious crime.

At this time, Li Nianyi said sternly: "Stop scaremongering here, let alone throw dirty water on my aunt and me. What about stealing? It's just that my aunt and I talked about it earlier. Madam, I miss you very much, so I thought that I would come to visit the place where Madam lived before, and it is also the meaning of paying homage to Madam, so there is no such thing as theft?"

"Oh?" Jian Yan raised her chin slightly when she heard the words, motioned Li Nianyi to look at the things placed on the table, and then said unhurriedly, "Then what should be the explanation for these things? Is it possible that Miss Chang misses me in her heart? Mother, before leaving, I still have to bring some things from my mother back home? If it’s just one or two pieces, it’s fine. How can I explain the two big packages that are so full? Steward Zhao, Do you think it makes sense?"

Steward Zhao is over fifty years old, but his back is straight, his hair is black, and his eyes are piercing.

When Li Yi was still Uncle Ning Yuan, Steward Zhao served Li Yi by his side. It can be said that he was a very senior old man who was extremely trusted by Li Yi.

Jian Yan also thought that only she saw Li Nianyi and Aunt Wan doing such a dirty thing, and no one would believe her if she said it, so after hearing that Li Nianyi and Aunt Wan entered Ya'an Residence sneakily, she Immediately asked Ting Tong to invite Butler Zhao to come over and guard outside Ya'anju, which also meant that he was invited to be a witness.

Butler Zhao nodded when he heard Jian Yan's question, and replied, "That's a good reason."

During the ten years that Aunt Wan has been in charge of the family, she has treated her servants extremely harshly.Not to mention that the monthly payment is always in arrears, and the payment is often deducted due to some trivial matters.According to his wife's words, Aunt Wan just fell into the eyes of money, and she would deduct her monthly payment for any reason.Where did the deducted monthly bills go?It's not all because of her own ignorance.

That's all.Steward Zhao's daughter is also on duty in the Duke's mansion. One day she came back and cried. He cried and said that she picked a few wintersweets from the garden to bottle for his wife, but when Aunt Wan saw it, she was punished. Watching her kneeling in the snow for half an hour.

These flowers and plants in the garden, even if it is just a dead branch, Aunt Wan cherishes it very much, and won't let people break it easily.

Isn't Lamei also sold for money?There will be those who don't have wintersweet at home to buy and bottle it.Housekeeper Zhao's daughter picked a few wintersweets, which was equivalent to taking a few copper coins from her purse, and Aunt Wan would naturally punish her.

So Butler Zhao has long held grudges against Aunt Wan in his heart, and now that it is such a clear situation, he is naturally on Jian Yan's side.

When Li Nianyi heard Zhao Steward's words, he immediately pointed to his nose and shouted: "What nonsense are you talking about? What's the point? This mansion is my home, so I really took it." These things are not considered theft.”

"The water poured out by the married daughter, elder sister, don't forget that now your surname is preceded by the word Zhao. And the things you stole from my mother's house just now can't be regarded as this Zheng Guogong." In the mansion, this is my mother's dowry. The dowry list is clearly listed, do you want me to show you my mother's dowry list? "

Li Nianyi still wanted to quibble, but Jian Yan turned her head and said to Butler Zhao: "Butler Zhao, please go to your father's place and tell him about the eldest sister and Aunt Wan, and ask him what to do about it disposal."

Butler Zhao agreed to go.

On the other hand, Li Nianyi stood upright, and said with a proud face: "So what if you told my father about it? My father always loves me the most, so he definitely won't say anything."

Jian Yan glanced at her.

She naturally knew that Li Yi would not do anything to Li Nianyi even if he knew about it.He also wanted to rely on Li Nianyi to become a noble concubine, and then lead the future of the entire Duke Zheng's mansion.

But it doesn't matter, letting Steward Zhao tell Li Yi about this was just to make Li Yi feel disappointed in Li Nianyi and Aunt Wan in his heart.

The eldest daughter he valued so much, and the aunt who was so gentle and gentle in front of him, would actually do such a despicable thing.

Presumably he must feel very uncomfortable in his heart, right?
She just wanted to make him feel uncomfortable, and it became more and more uncomfortable.

While waiting for Butler Zhao to come back, Jian Yan asked Ting Tong to come over with paper, ink, brush and inkstone.

Bai Wei took the ink ingot and began to grind the ink.

She has always been good at studying ink. In these years, whenever Jian Yan wanted to write something, she always came to study ink.

When Jian Yan matched her and Zhou Lin together and married her, she never thought that one day Bai Wei would stand beside her like this.But now Xu Zhongxuan is worried about her, and always hopes that there are some trustworthy people around her, so he thinks of a way to send Bai Wei to her.

Jian Yan looked up at Bai Wei, pursing her lips and smiling slightly at her.But when she turned her head to look at Li Nianyi, the smile on her lips disappeared.

"Elder Sister, speaking of which, you have stayed in Prince Ning's Mansion for several years, why haven't you learned some rules?"

Li Nianyi didn't know why she suddenly said such a thing, when Jian Yan said lightly again: "You, a concubine of King Ning, should you kneel down and salute when you see the Lord Xiang?" ? Instead, just sit like this all the time?"

The expression on Li Nianyi's face changed again.

She had forgotten that Jian Yan was the Lord of Le'an Township personally appointed by the emperor.It's just that Jian Yan seldom used her identity to speak out on weekdays, but now she brought it up. It stands to reason that she should bow down to her, but she is her elder sister...

Li Nianyi sat in the chair without moving.

Jian Yan chuckled: "Why, is it possible that you don't know how to kneel and bow? Do you want me to teach you?"

Li Nianyi gritted her teeth tightly, her complexion became more and more ugly, but she still sat in the chair without moving.

At this time, Jian Yan had already spread snow-white rice paper in front of her, and she took a lake brush and dipped it in the inkstone to grind it.

When the tip of the pen was dipped in ink, she lowered her head and picked up the pen to write on the paper in front of her, while she said calmly: "Listen Tong, since Eldest Sister doesn't know how to bow down to me, a country lord, You ask the servant woman next to her to help her. Presumably she made a fuss about this matter in front of her father, or King Ning, even in front of the emperor, it was all because of her disrespect, and I can't blame it in the slightest."

Ting Tong took the order, and then walked up to Li Nianyi with two burly servants, and asked, "Madam Yi, do you want to bow down to the Lord by yourself, or do you want the servants to help you?"

Li Nianyi never thought that Jian Yan would dare to force her.

Immediately she cursed: "What kind of thing are you? You want me to kneel down to you? You don't even look in the mirror yourself, are you worthy? I'm King Ning's man."

Jian Yan turned her head to look at her, her tone was light: "What am I, worthy of making you kneel? You can ask your Highness King Ning, or ask the emperor at the Jinluan Hall? But it must be Just you, King Ning's concubine, with a low status, the emperor won't see you, right?"

After finishing speaking, he winked at Ting Tong.

Listening to Tong's understanding, he immediately asked the two servants to pull Li Nianyi up from the chair, one on the left and one on the right, and forced her to kneel on the ground.

Naturally, Li Nianyi scolded non-stop.

Jian Yan smiled and said: "You said that you stole the belongings of your aunt, and I caught you, and then you dare to say such a shameless thing to the king who was sealed by the emperor himself. Are you courting death? Why, look at you as King Ning I don’t dare to punish you if you are my concubine? Then you are really wrong.”

Immediately, he ordered to the two servants: "Bring the board and come here, if Mrs. Yi dares to curse again, you will beat me up. Don't be afraid, just beat hard. If anything happens, Mr. Benxiang will take care of it."

Jian Yan originally wanted the two servants to slap Li Nianyi, but after thinking about it, the slap on the face is too easy for others to see, and she is afraid that it will cause unnecessary trouble for herself, so it is better to spank her butt Come on safe.

She can't just take off her pants and show her butt in front of people, can she say that someone beat her?
The two servants agreed.Immediately, he slapped Li Nianyi hard on the buttocks.

Aunt Wan screamed in a low voice, and her whole body slid off the chair.

She didn't need the maid to teach her, she just knelt down and begged aloud: "Third Miss, today is our fault, you have a lot of adults, please forgive us."

Jian Yan looked at her indifferently: "You are just a lowly aunt, how dare you call yourself me in front of Mr. Benxiang?"

Aunt Wan was stunned.

At this moment, she felt that Jian Yan looked at her coldly, just like the one Jian Yan turned her head to look at her on the day Nie Qingniang died.

There is really no temperature at all.Like the icicles hanging under the eaves of the cold winter, they are cold and sharp.

Aunt Wan knew that Jian Yan hated them.That day, it was their mother and daughter who were discussing to let Jian Yan replace Wen'an County Lord to marry far away to the northwest. It can be said that they forced Nie Qingniang to death...

But now, Jian Yan started to avenge Nie Qingniang.

It's just that Aunt Wan didn't expect that such a young girl like Jian Yan would be so vicious when doing things.

What's more, Jian Yan is really a very thoughtful person.Right now, Aunt Wan has a feeling that Jian Yan has arranged everything, and none of them can escape.

What happened today, if you think about it carefully, isn't it just a trick carefully set by Jian Yan?

It is Li He's matter, I am afraid that she has tampered with it, otherwise why would she go out with the name of Zheng Guogong and the money she had accumulated all her life, and Li He would still be imprisoned Didn't it come out?
And Jian Yan must have wanted to squeeze all the money out of her, forcing them to have nowhere to go, and in the end they had no choice but to come to Ya'anjuli to steal the items left by his wife.

All the objects in the lady's ear room have been removed by Jian Yan, why are all the ornaments in this room not taken away, but still put in the same place?If it is said that she does not understand the value of these ornaments, but just now she clearly stated the names of these ornaments one by one.

She clearly used these objects in the wife's house as bait to let them fall into the trap.

After figuring this out, Aunt Wan only felt a huge fear rising in her heart.

Thinking about not seeing Li Nianlan yesterday and today, I thought she was just lazy to stay here, but now that I think about it, I suddenly feel panic in my heart, and my hands and feet are trembling.

"Lan'er," she looked up at Jian Yan, her eyes tightened, "Did you, did you do something to Lan'er?"

Jian Yan raised her eyes and looked at her, but said nothing.

Regarding Li Nianlan's matter, she naturally blocked the news and did not leak a word.

She wants to break down one by one.

So at this moment, she just showed a mocking smile and said, "Aunt Wan, it's better to worry about yourself."

Aunt Wan was only shaken by her smile, and her heart was flustered for a while, and cold sweat broke out on her back.

And Li Nianyi beside her finally didn't dare to curse any more.

Whenever she uttered a word of curse, the two servants would really beat her up.

These two servants have always been doing rough work and their hands and feet are heavy. How can Li Nianyi, who is used to rich clothes and fine food, stand such a plan?All he could do was to grit his teeth tightly and look at Jian Yan viciously.

Jian Yan ignored her gaze directly, turned her head and continued to write letters.

When Butler Zhao came back, Jian Yan's letter would be finished.

With both hands, she picked up the rice paper filled with hairpin small letters, and gently blew on the paper, waiting for the ink on it to dry before folding it and stuffing it into the envelope that Si Yue handed over go.

Housekeeper Zhao had already stood still in front of her at this moment, and said respectfully with his hands down: "The old slave asked the Duke what he meant, and the Duke said that it is a family scandal that cannot be played outside, so we should let Mrs. Yi go back for the time being, and don't let Mrs. It's fine for her to do such a stupid thing again. As for Aunt Wan, let her stay in her own Tongxiang courtyard to reflect on herself, and not to leave the courtyard easily."

Li Yi's protection of Li Nianyi and Aunt Wan was really undisguised.

But this was in Jian Yan's expectation.

Now Li Nianyi is Li Yi's all hope, and Aunt Wan is Li Nianyi's biological mother, so Li Yi will naturally not do anything to her.

So Jian Yan nodded with a smile, and said to Steward Zhao: "I already understand what father means, and please trouble Steward Zhao to tell father to let him rest assured that I will do what she wants .”

Steward Zhao agreed, turned around and backed out.

At this time, Li Nianyi had already struggled to get up from the ground, with an unconcealable complacency on his face.

"I said earlier that my father has always loved me the most, and he will never do anything to me. I have firmly remembered the things you hit me just now, and I will definitely repay you a hundred times and a thousand times in the future." of."

The corners of Jian Yan's lips were slightly pulled, and she showed a cold smile: "So, then I will wait here."

After saying that, she held the letter she had just written in her hand, stood up from Luohan's bed, and walked to Li Nianyi at a leisurely pace, with a slight smile on her face: "Father won't to you, but of course there will be others to you."

She shook the letter in her hand, Li Nianyi sharp-eyed saw the words on the cover of the letter that Princess Ning personally acknowledged.

Li Nianyi's face changed drastically in an instant, and he rushed over to snatch the letter in her hand.

But Jian Yan made a very quick dodge, and she had already moved sideways to hide.Li Nianyi wanted to rush over to snatch the letter in her hand again, but a servant woman beside her stretched out her hand to hold her firmly.

Jian Yan pursed her lips and smiled: "Concubine Ning has always been displeased with Elder Sister? She is worried that she has no excuse to punish you. But it's all right now, I gave her such a good excuse. Ning The king's concubine ran back to her mother's house to steal the belongings of the aunt. If this matter is publicized, will the entire Prince Ning's mansion lose face? Concubine Ning will definitely be furious when she finds out about this. So Eldest sister goes back to Prince Ning's mansion this time, after Princess Ning has read my letter, I'm afraid she will give you a good meal and punish you immediately, and then order you to be imprisoned, and you will never be allowed to step out of your courtyard again One step."

Speaking of this, she slowly approached again, leaned into Li Nianyi's ear and whispered with a smile: "Do you still remember what I said to you earlier? Hanging, exile, I'm afraid it won't be too long For a long time, your end will be to die, or be exiled, and then be imprisoned for life. So you don't have to do the dream of being a noble concubine in the future."

Li Nianyi's pupils contracted violently.

The implication of Jian Yan's words is that King Ning will definitely fall.

Among the princes vying for the throne, the loser must have no good end, and naturally even the family members will have no good end.

"How dare you be so sure?" Li Nianyi recovered from the initial panic, gritted his teeth and said, "Who do you think you are? How do you know the final outcome of such a thing?"

Jian Yan just smiled and didn't answer.

Laughing without answering will only make people panic even more.

Then she looked at Bai Wei, handed over the letter in her hand, and ordered: "Find Qi Hui in the front yard, and ask him to send Mrs. Yi back to Prince Ning's mansion. As for this letter, Bai Wei, You have to hand it over to Concubine Ning personally."

Bai Wei took the order, took the letter in Jian Yan's hand with both hands, and ordered the two maids to follow Li Nianlan to follow her.

Li Nianlan cursed all the way, but Jian Yan acted as if she had never heard of it.

Aunt Wan had already been bluffed with tears all over her face, and now she crawled up to Jian Yan with her hands and feet, reached out to grab her leg, and begged, "It's all the servant's fault. I only ask for three The girl spared my sons and daughters, and this servant is willing to bear all the punishments of the third girl."

She is a mother who cares about her children wholeheartedly.

But in this way, will you be able to base your love for your children on being cruel and vicious to others?
Jian Yan kicked Aunt Wan away fiercely.

After all, Li Nianyi is a member of Prince Ning's mansion now, she can't do anything to her, so she can only use Princess Ning's hand to punish Li Nianyi.But Aunt Wan...

Jian Yan looked down at Aunt Wan who was kicked by her and was half lying on the ground, her voice was cold: "Aunt Wan, now it's time to settle the accounts between us."

(End of this chapter)