Concubine's true colors

Chapter 129 Qian Yunhong proposes marriage

Although the old lady's unceremonious words seemed arrogant, none of the people present felt that she was talking big.

Even Zhou Xiantai, who was very annoyed by being hit by a crutch on his hand, had to suppress his anger, not daring to be as presumptuous as before.

Although there is Empress Xue's backing behind him and the support of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the 60 soldiers in the Marshal's Mansion cannot be shaken by anyone.

Zhou Xiantai was also too angry just now, he only thought that Xiao Jinxuan was a concubine, so she could just go away if she was caught, but he ignored that the woman who caused him trouble was also surnamed Xiao, if he moved her, then It was to provoke the majesty of the entire commander's mansion, and immediately the Prince of Thailand was in a dilemma.

And Ji Lingfeng also saw that the situation was not good, and he didn't expect that Zhou Xiantai would directly attack without any explanation. Now that Xiao Jinxuan didn't catch him, he angered the ancestors of the Xiao family, so he hurried out to smooth things over and said:

"Old lady, don't get angry. Maybe you don't know that Marquis Huai'an has died by hanging, and the Second Highness found out that the death of Marquis seems to have something to do with Miss Jinxuan, so he wants to bring him back to the official department. You If you stop it like this, I'm afraid it will be said to be a short-term protection, and it will not sound good if it is spread out."

But when the old lady heard this, she stared straight away, then swung the crutch in her hand again, and hit Ji Lingfeng hard on the chest.

Just now she even beat Zhou Xiantai, the prince. In the eyes of the old lady, Ji Lingfeng was just a nobody, and he was too worthy to point fingers in front of her.

Seeing Ji Lingfeng snorted and was beaten back five or six steps, the old lady sneered.

"Second Highness, the servants in your house are too unruly. When the masters are talking, he can't let him interrupt. As for the life and death of Marquis Huai'an, he doesn't care. If you say that my granddaughter is related to this matter, there is evidence. You can't just take someone from my Xiao family just based on your few words. Jinxuan is a daughter's family. Where."

Every time the old lady said a word, she took a step forward, forcing Zhou Xiantai to retreat again and again, but he couldn't refute.

Because they wanted to take Xiao Jinxuan away just to cut off Zhou Xianrui's arm and suppress his arrogance. Where did they get any evidence in their hands.

Seeing that Zhou Xiantai was talking nonsense, the old lady immediately snorted, and commanded loudly with one stroke of the leading crutch:

"Listen, everyone in the Xiao family. Let me leave this place with my old man. I want to see who dares to stop the people in my commander's residence."

As soon as she finished speaking, the old lady passed Zhou Xiantai directly, and walked forward with her head raised.

At this time, Mrs. Zhao pulled Xiao Jinxuan, followed closely behind the old lady with a serious expression, and also walked out of the guest house.

Seeing that the members of the Xiao family were not afraid of him, they left as soon as they said they would, a savage look flashed across Zhou Xiantai's eyes.

The Xue and Xiao families, one handsome, one handsome, one literary and one military, have always been incompatible and hostile to each other, so Zhou Xiantai had to endure it even though he wished to kill everyone in the Xiao family.

After all, his grandfather, Prime Minister Xue, once warned him that the Xiao family would not be able to act recklessly if they did not relinquish their military power, so he could only watch Xiao Jinxuan helplessly, and left safely under his nose.

After there was no Xiao family in the guest house, Zhou Xiantai sneered at the corner of his mouth, and said to Ji Lingfeng beside him:

"This time, my highness knows Ling Feng, why you are so afraid of this concubine of the Xiao family, she really has some tricks, and she knows how to use the feud between the Xue and Xiao families to lure the old lady to deal with me. I didn't expect that such a cunning girl would appear among a group of rough warriors in the Xiao family, it seems that I have to guard against it in the future."

Guanyin Academy's commander-in-chief's pilgrimage lasted for three days, and three people died in a row. Once the news spread, it immediately caused a sensation in the capital.

In addition, when Hua Yangsheng went to incense, he also appeared the shadow of a snake and made Guanyin fall to the ground. Everyone said that it was a monster that appeared to harm people.

There is a folk saying that this mountain spirit monster is the most capable of confusing people's hearts. In order to harm people, Changchang will first captivate people, and then instruct the other party to commit murder when they are unconscious.

As for the three consecutive murder cases in the Guanyin Temple, the word spread among the common people became more and more legendary, and became more and more outrageous.

Even at the end, everyone said that the one who killed Lianxin and Huayang was actually Marquis Huai'an, and this Marquis was possessed by a snake spirit, who sucked the woman's vital yin to practice demon techniques.

And in the end, the big snake had hurt enough people, so it turned into a rope and directly strangled Huai Anhou to death.

But no matter how widely rumored the matter of Guanyinyuan was, Hua Yang died miserably. This was a royal scandal. Since the murderer had been identified as Marquis Huai'an, the case was closed hastily.

But what's interesting is that the relationship between the murderer and the victim was determined to be the relationship between the murderer and the victim. Huai'anhou and Princess Huayang, because they were still husband and wife until their death, they were buried together in the same place when they were buried.

This really confirms the saying, not to seek the same life but to seek the same death. I don't know if it is ironic or sad.

But no matter what shocking and bizarre thing, with the passage of time, it will be slowly washed away and become a dusty memory.

June passed quickly, and July also passed by in a flash, and soon came the sweet-scented osmanthus full of August.

And the Huayang massacre at the Guanyin Academy has completely become a thing of the past, only occasionally being mentioned.

Now Xiao Jinxuan, the real behind-the-scenes organizer of the Guanyin Temple, is standing on tiptoe in the Forsythia Courtyard with her skirt on her back and a bamboo pole in her hand, with petals under an old osmanthus tree.

It has always been the habit of planting trees in all the courtyards of this back house. For example, in the Ningtai courtyard of the old lady, the elms were planted, which is a homonym for surplus every year.

As for Shen Chuyun's Changxin Courtyard, crabapple trees are planted, and the Da Furen's yard is planted with locust trees.

The Forsythia Courtyard where Xiao Jinxuan lives is planted with an old osmanthus tree. Gui and Gui have the same pronunciation, which naturally means looking forward to a good omen.

When Xiao Jinxuan was in Meizhuang, she had the habit of picking plum blossoms and smashing plum fruits every year, so she was very skilled in this technique. After a while, Baishu and Lianxin, who were squatting on the ground, each picked up a basket of osmanthus flowers.

As for Shen, who was sitting on the purple bamboo and rattan chair beside her, seeing that her picking was almost finished, she stood up with the help of her maid Siru.

Then she saw Shen took out her silk handkerchief, walked towards Xiao Jinxuan, wiped off the fine sweat on her forehead, and said dotingly:

"Look at how old you are, and you're still a young lady. You take great pleasure in beating flower petals with a bamboo pole. If the old lady finds out, I'll punish you again."

Shen's body is weak, although in the past six months she has been recuperated by Atractylodes macrocephala and accompanied by Xiao Jinxuan from time to time, her condition has improved a lot, but in the end she hasn't recovered, and she still coughs occasionally.

Therefore, Xiao Jinxuan didn't want Mrs. Shen to be tired, so she quickly took the silk handkerchief and wiped off her sweat, while helping the second aunt to sit back on the bamboo chair.

"Auntie, you don't know. Osmanthus fragrans is a good thing. Not only can it be used as medicine and tea, but it can also be used to make wine and cook pastries. Jinxuan looked at this osmanthus tree. It should be a good variety of golden osmanthus. Collect more during the flowering period, and when winter comes, you won’t have to worry about tasting sweet-scented osmanthus desserts.”

After receiving the flower basket from Zhu Xin, Xiao Jinxuan sat beside Shen, reached out and carefully picked out the defective petals in the basket, and continued:

"And this osmanthus flower is also very effective in relieving cough and asthma, promoting body fluid and nourishing the lungs. When I have time, I will pick out some petals first, and then add warming ingredients to brew two jars of sweet-scented osmanthus wine. Although drinking too much wine hurts However, if you drink less than one cup a day, it will be very good for your health, and when Jinxuan brews the wine, I will send it to you, auntie."

Seeing that Xiao Jinxuan was thinking of herself in everything, Shen Chuyun's eyes flashed with love, and he also took a handful of sweet-scented osmanthus, and helped them choose together.

"Jinxuan, Auntie's body has troubled you, but actually I feel very happy with you by my side."

As soon as the words fell, Shen turned around and motioned to her maid, Siru, and handed a package to Xiao Jinxuan.

Then I heard Shen said with a smile: "A few days ago, the old lady brought me two pieces of ice brocade, and it happened that one of them was made of lavender material with willow and moon patterns. I thought you always liked purple, So I made a skirt according to Jinxuan's figure, and I don't know if it suits you."

When Xiao Jinxuan heard this, she was stunned, and then she lost her mind, and opened the package in her hand, and then a beautifully embroidered skirt came into her eyes.

Thinking of her past and present lives, in a total of two lives, no one has ever sewed a piece of clothing for her by herself.

Even in this life, when she was in Yangzhou, she was already the No. Shi also never made a dress for her.

Therefore, she saw that Chen was looking at her nervously, as if she was afraid that she would not like it, and Xiao Jinxuan's nose was slightly sore when she saw it, and she almost didn't shed tears immediately.

She and Shen are not mother and daughter, but Xiao Jinxuan can always get the feeling of mother's love from each other.

Holding the skirt in her hand tightly in her arms, Xiao Jinxuan took a deep breath, resisted the urge to shed tears, and said to Shen with a smile:

"Thank you, Auntie. Jinxuan likes the skirt you gave me very much. This is the best gift I have ever received since I was a child. I will cherish it and never make this skirt dirty."

When Xiao Jinxuan said that she likes it, Chen's smile was happier than her, and while laughing at her, she shook her head and said:

"You kid actually said something stupid. Clothes are not for offering when they are finished. If they are stained and worn out, Auntie will make them for you. As long as you like Auntie, you will be satisfied."

Just when Xiao Jinxuan was so moved by Shen's words that she didn't know what to say, Baoge suddenly walked in from outside the courtyard.

As soon as she saw Baoge, Xiao Jinxuan immediately regained her composure, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she was already guessing in her heart what the other party's purpose for coming this time was.

When Baoge arrived, he hurriedly greeted Shen Shi and Xiao Jinxuan.

Then she glanced at Xiao Jinxuan awkwardly, faltered for a long time, and finally said in a soft voice:
"Miss Jinxuan, my lady invites you to the main hall. Hou Huai'an visited the mansion and brought a betrothal gift to propose marriage to my lady. The lady said that this is a happy event, so she must ask her servants to invite you over."

Now Marquis of Huai'an refers to Qian Yunhong, whose son inherited his father's career. Once Qian Ming died, he became the new Marquis of Huai'an.

And after hearing Baoge's words, Xiao Jinxuan had no intention of getting up, she couldn't tell that that sister-in-law was showing off to her, she was too lazy to get involved in such a thing.

After all, as a princess, Hua Yang just married a Marquis. Xiao Jinyu's status is not as noble as a princess. To be able to marry into the Marquis family is indeed a high marriage.

Moreover, Qian Yunhong would marry Xiao Jinyu, which was expected by her. After all, the two of them had been married once in their previous life, so it's not surprising that they are getting together now.

But Xiao Jinxuan wanted to refuse, but Baoge knelt down for her directly, and even shed tears.

"Miss Jinxuan, this servant is begging you, just follow me. If I can't invite you, the lady will definitely not be able to spare this servant, so please pity me."

(End of this chapter)