swear not to be concubine

Chapter 144

The winter in Beijing seems to be very cold this year.However, at the end of autumn and early winter, the first snow fell in the capital.

And two days after the first snow fell, the emperor who had been seriously ill finally came to the end of his life.

The empress dowager passed away in the middle of the year, and the emperor passed away at the end of the year. For a while, even the first snowfall of this year looked a lot colder.

While the whole country was in mourning, King Liang succeeded to the throne as the next emperor.

As the saying goes, the emperor and the courtiers in one dynasty, the succession of King Liang will inevitably promote his cronies, and at the same time suppress those who oppose him.

And Xu Zhongxuan, as a person who once served as a lecturer in Liang Wangfu, has secretly supported Liang Wang unswervingly all these years, so as soon as Liang Wang ascended the throne, he was moved to the Minister of Rites the next day, and at the same time, he was a scholar of the Jianji Palace. , is the second assistant of the cabinet.

As for King Ning, the princes fight each other, and the loser will never end well.

Just after the new year, the emperor came down with a decree. First, King Ning was demoted to the king of Luling, expelled to the capital, to the fiefdom, and at the same time sent people to closely monitor him.In the next year or so, he said that the king of Luling had a conspiracy and gave him a glass of poisoned wine.As for his family members, some committed suicide along with the King of Luling, and some were exiled to the Longmen Guards and imprisoned for life.

But to Jian Yan, she doesn't care about these.

It's a new year, but there are only her and Li Xin in Zheng Guogong's mansion, so it's a bit deserted.

So she asked Qi Hui to pick up Bai Wei and Zhou Lin into the house, ordered people to buy a lot of lanterns and firecrackers back, and made a lot of dishes cooked in the kitchen.When it was time to light the lanterns, she asked people to close all the main gates and second gates of the Duke's Mansion, and everyone, regardless of master and servant, gathered in the flower hall, intending to celebrate a lively New Year.

Although Li Xin's temperament has become more and more calm these days, he is still a teenager after all.At this moment, he suddenly saw all kinds of lanterns hanging inside and outside the flower hall, as well as all kinds of lanterns hanging in the courtyard, and there was still a very innocent smile on his face.

Since Nie Qingniang's accident, Jian Yan has already released a group of servants.And after the news of Li Yi's accident came, she let out another batch of servants, so now in this huge Duke's mansion, all the maids and servants in the inner courtyard are less than three tables.As for the other servants and guards, another banquet was set up in the front yard for them to enjoy.

There are three banquet tables in the flower hall, and a copper hot pot is placed on each table.The charcoal fire inside is booming, the soup is gurgling, and there is curling heat steaming up.At the same time, a large brazier was placed in every corner of the room, so even though it was the middle of winter, the room was as warm as spring.

Jian Yan let the word out early in the morning, saying that no matter what the master and servant are up and down today, everyone eats and drinks to their heart's content.There is enough food and enough wine, even if he is really drunk, it doesn't matter, no one will blame him.

The first ones to make a fuss were the maids and servants in the Xinyi Pavilion.

They followed Jian Yan every day, knowing that she meant what she said.And on weekdays, when she confronted them in private, she didn't have any airs, so they immediately ate and drank wine glasses without any scruples, and even lined up one by one to pour Jian Yan, only Si Yue and Bai Wei was scared to death.

But Jian Yan never refuses anyone who comes.

Chinese New Year is supposed to be lively and lively.Besides, she had already arranged for Qi Hui to lead the guards to spend the night in various places, even if they were all drunk, nothing would happen to them.What's more, she felt that her drinking capacity was not bad, even if she really drank this jar of water and wine, she would not be really drunk.

But it turns out that she still overestimated herself.

Because after she drank a jar of water and wine, she felt that everything in front of her was a double image.Until she fell into an embrace that was still carrying the cold outside, she became more and more unconscious, and the double images in front of her eyes turned into triple and quadruple images.

But even so, she still knew that the person holding her would definitely be Xu Zhongxuan.

Because of the faint scent of Ganan wood in her nose, and the feeling that made her extremely at ease.

So she stretched out her hands, tightly grasped the man's front, tiptoed hard, kissed the man's lips, and then smiled sweetly.

The wine-smelling kiss made Xu Zhongxuan instantly angry and moved.

After she was drunk, did she kiss others so casually?If the person holding her at this time is not herself, but someone else...

But at this moment, Jian Yan's voice with a smile sounded softly.

"Xu Zhongxuan," she tilted her head, looking at him with a bright smile, "Why are you here?"

She actually knew who was holding her?But looking at her drunken appearance, it is obvious that no one can recognize her.Didn't she just call Li Xin Bai Wei after Li Xin, and Li Xin after Bai Wei?But now she recognized him immediately.

Xu Zhongxuan felt indescribably happy.For a moment, the corners of his lips rose, and there was a smile between his brows and eyes.

Qi Sang, who was at the side, saw it, and had no choice but to help his forehead.

No matter who it is, it will not be comfortable to rush from Tongzhou to the capital without stopping under such a cold north wind.

At first they were still worshiping their ancestors in Tongzhou, but Xu Zhongxuan didn't stop after the ancestor worshiping, no matter how dark it was outside, they would come to the capital no matter what.

He just wanted to come here to spend a New Year's Eve with Jian Yan.But just now when they rushed over, Qi Hui opened the door and led them to the flower hall, but Xu Zhongxuan stood in the courtyard of the flower hall and did not go in.

Qi Sang was puzzled, so he couldn't help asking, but Xu Zhongxuan said yes, Jian Yan was finally so happy, he better not go in and disturb her.

When Qi Sang heard this, he almost vomited blood.

The inside of the flower hall is warm as spring, but the wind in this courtyard is like a knife.

In the end, he didn't know how many times he had been stabbed, he only knew that when his whole body was about to freeze into a piece of ice, he finally saw Bai Wei and Si Yue opened the door of the flower hall, and helped Jian Yan out.

It turned out that Jian Yan was drunk, so she just sat there, holding a wine glass to her forehead and giggling there.When Bai Wei and Si Yue saw that this was not a problem, they thought of helping her go back to the Xinyi Pavilion to rest, but as soon as they went out, they saw Xu Zhongxuan standing under a plum tree in the courtyard.

He was wearing a dark green brocade robe with a round collar and a black velvet crane cloak, and his figure was as tall as a green bamboo.

The red plum blossoms on the branches are clustered and clustered, and the fragrance is overwhelming.

Seeing that Bai Wei and Si Yue helped Jian Yan out, he rushed forward in two quick steps, and stretched out his hand to pick it up.

Bai Wei and Si Yue had always trusted Xu Zhongxuan, so when they saw him reaching out to pick him up, they both let go.

Xu Zhongxuan embraced Jian Yan.

Her usually clear autumn water eyes are now stained with a layer of drunkenness, becoming more and more hazy and seductive.The cheeks were even more flushed, like a halo of sunlight, delicate and charming.

But even if she was drunk like this, she still knew him and recognized him at a glance.

Xu Zhongxuan only felt that his heart would melt in front of Jian Yan like this.

Jian Yan was too drunk to walk now, she just grabbed the front of Xu Zhongxuan's brocade robe and smirked.From time to time, he would call Xu Zhongxuan delicately and tenderly.

Xu Zhongxuan felt more and more that his heart had melted like a puddle of water. In the end, he simply stopped hugging her and hugged her horizontally.

Bai Wei and Si Yue led the way ahead, while Qi Sang and Qi Hui stayed where they were, taking care of various parts of the Duke's Mansion.

It's impossible for everyone to really go out to eat, drink and have fun. Someone still has to watch everywhere in the Duke's mansion.

The Xinyi Pavilion where Jianyan lives is in the depths of the garden.All kinds of lanterns are hung along the way, dotted on the branches and corridors, looking from a distance, it looks like a thousand pearls.

Jian Yan huddled in Xu Zhongxuan's arms, and when the cold wind outside blown her, she woke up a little bit.

"Xu Zhongxuan."

This time when she called him, she was not as confused as she was just now, but she became more articulate.

When Xu Zhongxuan heard the words, he lowered his head, looked into her eyes, then gently rubbed the tip of her nose with the tip of her nose, smiled lightly, and asked, "Are you sober?"

Jian Yan didn't answer, but looked up at the dark sky, and exclaimed in surprise: "Xu Zhongxuan, look, it's snowing."

The sky has been gloomy in the morning, and then the new wind blew all day, and now it is finally snowing.

The fine snowflakes all over the sky, like catkins flying, fell on her cheeks and the tip of her nose, but it took only a moment for it to turn into a drop of cold water.

Jian Yan giggled, stretched out her hands to catch the snowflakes, and then stuffed a pair of cold hands into Xu Zhongxuan's neck as a prank.

Xu Zhongxuan was about to hide, but was threatened viciously by Jian Yan: "Do you dare to hide?"

He had no choice but to let Jian Yan play around like this.

Soon the Xinyi Pavilion arrived, but Jian Yan didn't want to enter the house, she just wanted to watch the snowflakes in the yard.

It's impossible to reason with a drunk person.So Xu Zhongxuan had no choice but to follow her, but asked Bai Wei to take a cloak and put it on for her, and put the hood on her to prevent her from being cold.

The snow-blue cloak has a circle of white fluffy fur around the edges.The edge of the hood is also a circle of white fluffy fur, which seems to cover half of her face, making her face appear smaller.

Jian Yan was running in the snowflakes all over the sky, and stopped sometimes, looking up at the sky.

At this time, the Xinyi Pavilion was also brightly lit up and down, and a lantern was hung on each tree in the courtyard.So even though the sky is pitch black, tiny snowflakes can still be seen falling wherever the orange candlelight reaches.

The snow fell silently.

Xu Zhongxuan folded his hands in his sleeves, looking at Jian Yan who was rejoicing in the snow, with a smile on his lips.

Since Nie Qingniang's accident, he saw Jian Yan several times, and there was always a faint gloomy look between her brows. It is really rare to see such joy today.

So Xu Zhongxuan couldn't bear to disturb Jian Yan at this moment.

But because he didn't bother Jian Yan, it doesn't mean that Jian Yan won't bother him.

After running in the snow for a while, Jian Yan saw Xu Zhongxuan standing still, so she hurried forward to pull him.

"Xu Zhongxuan," she laughed loudly, "I'm very happy that you can come and celebrate New Year's Eve with me."

"I'm also very happy." Xu Zhongxuan held her hand tightly to prevent her from falling, and with a smile on his face, he asked softly, "Then let's spend New Year's Eve together every year from now on, shall we?"

"Okay." Jian Yan nodded cheerfully, "We will spend New Year's Eve together every year from now on."

Xu Zhongxuan embraced her gently into his arms, bowed his head and kissed her deeply amidst the flying snow and the fragrance of plum blossoms.

Then he hugged her tightly in his arms, resting his chin lightly on her head, and said in a low voice but firmly: "Everything is over. Yan'er, we will spend New Year's Eve together every year from now on of."

Jian Yan buried her head in his arms, weeping silently.

On New Year's Eve of the following year, Xu Zhongxuan was still the same as he is now. After worshiping the ancestors in Tongzhou, he rushed to Zheng Guogong's mansion to watch the new year with Jian Yan.

When the sweet osmanthus was fragrant in the next year, Xu Zhongxuan asked the emperor to marry him and the Lord of Le'an County, and the emperor readily agreed.

So after Jian Yan got rid of her clothes at the end of the year and before New Year's Eve, Xu Zhongxuan finally married Jian Yan back home.

(End of this chapter)