Chapter 1 Confession
The twenty-fifth year of Baoqing's wax moon. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The snow is thin and the frost is cold.
In Yanjing City, located in the north of Dongyu Hutong, the Yan family of the Ministry of Servant Lang Mansion is a family with deep roots in the Great Chu Dynasty.
Not long ago, the second master of the Yan family, who was formerly the prefect of Zunyi Prefecture, expired, and the officials issued a document for the promotion of the post of Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and the second master Yan returned to Beijing with his family.
In the east room of Langxian Garden, two staggered golden flying flower stoves bubbled and sent warm currents everywhere.
Yan Guan, who was wearing a water-red satin embroidered brocade jacket, was hugging Tang Pozi and curled up on the big kang near the window, the jade belt was rolled tightly, obviously shivering, and the window was wide open.
In the courtyard, some red plum and green calyx are planted, and the colors are very beautiful. Helplessly, a heavy snow fell, and now the residual snow is pressing the branches, the wind is swaying, and only a tree is hanging on the ice, and it is difficult to peek at Suyan.
Yan Wan was bored holding his chin to look at the court, and occasionally the tile sparrow flew in, and it was difficult to forage for food, which gave birth to a bit of fun.
"Hey, my good girl, why did you leave the window open again?"
Yan Guan, who was facing the bar sideways, shook his shoulders, revealing a worried and bitter look, and when he turned around, he hurriedly changed into a pleasing smile, and said with a bright face: "Mama, you came at the right time, I just woke up a little stuffy from this nap, and I regretted it after a while, this Beijing is really colder than ours, Mama come and close it for me." ”
After speaking, he inadvertently tilted his body a little, and a pair of cunning clear pupils blinked innocently, and unconsciously clouds rose again, but there was really a sense of new awakening.
Mama Ji walked over with a clear mind, shaking her head while looking at her, and her complexion was a little doting in helplessness.
She is the person next to Mrs. Yan's second wife, she has watched Yan Guan grow up since she was a child, how can she not understand the other party's careful thoughts?
The long window with red edges was closed, and the room instantly warmed up.
Yan Wan loosened the Luo Shu on his body, looked up at the person in front of him, and said blankly: "Why didn't Mama accompany her mother, and suddenly came over?" Is there something going on? ”
"The wife asked the slave to see if the girl was awake, and if she was awake, she would change her clothes and make. The eldest lady just sent the girl over, saying that Mrs. Fu and the eldest aunt and grandmother had brought the third young master Fu to the mansion to make amends to the girl. ”
The eldest aunt and grandmother are Yan Wan's lobby sister Yan Hui, who just married Fu Mingxuan, the eldest son of the Auxiliary General's family last year.
When she got married, she didn't rush back with her father, because even if Yan Wan knew about this relationship, she was not familiar with it when she returned to Yanjing.
She asked incomprehensibly, "Reparation?" ”
Let Mama Ji help her to sit on the edge of the kang, her legs swaying subconsciously, staring at the distance between her toes and the pedal a little annoying.
Why does she grow so slowly?
If it is taller, you can abandon the jujube foal and ask the second uncle for a tall and mighty horse.
Yan Wan left Yanjing with her parents when she was three years old, and lived in Zunyi Mansion for five years, and her second uncle was Ji Renguang, the general soldier of Guizhou, who loved her very much and always took her to ride horses and hunt.
Her mother, Mrs. Yan Er, came from the former infantry army commander Ji Mansion, and the daughter of the Jiangmen family was a little less rigid than the hairpin family. Seeing that his brother loved his daughter, he did not object, so that Yan Guan had been indulged by his uncle wanton and willful over the years, and everything was always done by his own temperament.
The second master Yan was born in a family of poetry, books and etiquette, and he was always unhappy to see that Yan Guan did not have the cultivation and morality of a young lady from a family, and the couple often had a verbal dispute over this.
Mama Ji widened the homely thin cotton jacket for her, took the gold-cut hundred butterflies that had been resting next to her earlier, and caught a glimpse of her messy feet with the buttons, and hurriedly pressed her left leg and said bitterly: "My little ancestor, your feet are not good yet, why can't you behave more rules?" ”
Yan Wan has been used to being casual since she was a child, and she doesn't like the rigid rules in the gate compound the most, but since her father received the paperwork to return to Beijing, her life has not been smooth.
In the past, the needle chisel girl who learned so-so is now picking it up again, and the ladies of the family need to be proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting also have to work harder, and they are not even free to go out, but they are very complaining.
If it was someone else who said this now, she would definitely turn her face, but respecting Mama Ji, she had to pout and pout: "This is not what I want to do, and it is not serious, Mama don't be too nervous, I used to fall even worse when I learned to ride a horse with my uncle." ”
As soon as her words fell, Mama Ji couldn't wait to cover her mouth, looked back at the felt curtain that was still solid, and reminded in a low voice: "Girl, don't talk about your past anymore, and when I hear it, I have to talk about you again." ”
Yan Wan let out an "oh" sound and shut up very familiarly.
Mama Ji carried her down to the ground, and called someone to bring hot water in, and said while helping her to walk inside: "Outside the western suburbs that day, you shouldn't have gone on horseback without permission and accidentally entered that forest.
This is Yanjing, not the Zunyi Mansion where we used to live, but if something happens, the second uncle will carry it for you. There is no shortage of nobles in this Yanjing City, and there are many famous families in the noble family, and there are really some things that our house may not be able to solve.
That's the forest hunting in the western suburbs, how dangerous is it? Little ancestor, fortunately, nothing happened to you, otherwise how could it be good. ”
Five days ago, their return to Beijing team passed outside the western suburbs, Yan Guan saw that he could no longer ride his horse wantonly when he entered Yanjing, and his heart was itching, so he took advantage of the team to rest for a while and went out with two entourages.
Her riding skills were taught by Ji Renguang personally, and she was very good, plus she was young and didn't know how thick the sky was, so she didn't care about the people behind her, and she threw her entourage away as soon as she slipped away.
Coincidentally, on that day, the Yanjing children led by Shen Jue, the prince of Nanyang Houfu, were winter hunting in the west enclosure.
When Yan Wan found out that he was lost and was spinning around, he was almost injured by an arrow that shot his prey.
Fortunately, her mind is sharp and her body is also agile, so she dodged to the side and avoided it. It's just that the paddock arrow has no eyes, and his foot is tripped by a bush during the dodge, so he sprains himself.
There were many children of famous families present at the time, and they couldn't tell whose son's arrow it was, and Yan Guan's identity was the daughter of the boudoir, and it didn't look good if it was big, so he suppressed it after the incident.
Yan Wan returned home with an injury, and the house couldn't hide it.
Second Master Yan felt that he had lost face because of this, and he kept a straight face for the past few days.
The second Mrs. Yan is not a willing to suffer a loss, she was spoiled by her father and brother when she was at home, and she entered the Yan family as a daughter-in-law, because today's Mrs. Yan is the first old lady's house, not the biological mother of the eldest master and the second master, it is inconvenient to do the rules, and she has not restrained.
And in the past five years, she has served in Zunyi Mansion with her husband, and her second brother Ji Renguang is stationed there.
The girl who is regarded as the pearl of the palm has been injured, and the Ji family doesn't care about the powerful clansmen, and they always send people to inquire these days.
Yan Wan purified his face, and couldn't help but think back to Mama Ji talking about the things in the hunting forest that day.
She was lost in the woods when she heard the boys talking and joking, and after she avoided the first arrow, someone had already spotted her.
But after that, the arrows that were fired one after another, where they were fired by mistake, were clearly their own lives!
She is young, but she has been with her uncle since she was a child, and she has heard and seen a lot, and she is not easy to fool.
If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't dodge left and right because of a few arrows in a row, how could she wrestle?
Yan Wan was shocked in her heart, she left Beijing very early, and she didn't come back often during the New Year's holidays in the past few years, and she didn't even remember offending people, how could anyone want to put her to death?
So, she didn't tell her mother.
Just thinking about it, the maid outside the door opened the curtain, and the second wife, Ji, who was dressed in a gorgeous costume, walked in.
She has a good color, a slight powder, and wears a garnet-red brocade jacket, which looks graceful and luxurious, and is particularly bright.
Speaking of which, Yan Wan only inherited three points from her in appearance, and she was more like her father.
The second master of Yan is handsome and handsome, and he is a famous handsome boy in Yanjing City back then.
The reason why Ji was willing to marry this family back then was because of her husband's appearance. In her opinion, if she can't even surpass her appearance, won't she affect herself in the appearance of her children in the future?
Ji is a person who wears a lot of makeup, and he pays more attention to his daughter's clothing.
Mama Ji is the person next to her, and she will never make mistakes.
The second wife touched her daughter's head and said softly: "Guanguan, the person who accidentally caused you to fall by shooting arrows in the forest that day was your eldest sister's brother-in-law."
The in-laws personally brought him over to make amends for you, and my mother will accompany you to see you, okay? ”
She was afraid that her daughter would be petty.
The long house and the second room are the blood of the relatives, the eldest lord has passed away, in the past few years, only the Shen family has brought a son and two daughters in the house, and the Ji family knows that it is not easy, and does not want to embarrass the concubine.
In fact, Yan Guan is really reluctant to meet outsiders.
But maybe the blood relationship is a problem, she can't get close to the people in the third and fourth rooms, but she feels that the quiet aunt is particularly friendly, and the other party is the husband and wife of the lobby sister, so she really wants to give face.
Yes, she nodded.
When Ji saw it, he smiled and smiled: "I know that we are the most sensible in Guanguan, you go back to the kang and sit down first, and my mother will bring them over." ”
Yan Guan is young, so he doesn't need to be particularly particular.
It didn't take long for Ji to lead them in.
The eldest wife, Shen, wore lilac-colored assorted makeup clothes, and her makeup was low-key and decent; In comparison, Mrs. Fu, who was about the same age as her, was much more gorgeous, and both of them looked at Yan Wan with a loving face and comforted her injuries.
Yan Guan's legs and feet were inconvenient, so he only bowed his head on the kang and asked for peace.
The eldest aunt and grandmother walked up to her in a few steps and sat down closely, "The third sister's feet are better?" I was going back to the house to see you and my second aunt early, but it snowed heavily a few days ago, and it was inconvenient to travel and delayed until now. ”
Yan Hui spoke softly and softly, which was very comfortable in her ears, Yan Wan liked to listen to her voice very much, looked up, shook her head and said directly: "But just for a moment, where does it matter?" I've long thought it's okay, but my mother doesn't let me move.
It's my sister, the snow is deep and slippery, and your body is not good, but you have to be careful. ”
Yan Hui took her hand and smiled, Mrs. Fu was also happy when she heard this, and turned back to the eldest lady and Ji's and said: "I just heard the third girl complain and thought that she loves to be coquettish when she sees people at a young age, but I didn't expect this to feel sorry for my sister, what a sensible child." ”
This is much more than the praise of Ji.
She looked proud, but she still had to pretend to be a little modest, and the corners of her lips bent and smiled even more: "Mrs. in-laws, don't praise the child like this, although you say the truth, but she is young, and she should be proud of hearing too much." ”
Yan Guan is also used to it, but her mother is also a little ashamed to say this in front of so many people, and she dragged out her voice and said: "Mother~"
made a room full of people laugh.
After a while, Mrs. Fu beckoned her youngest son to the door, "Brother Jun, what are you still doing standing there, come over and make amends to your sister Guan." ”
After the words fell, he looked at the white jade-like girl on the kang and said again: "It was all your foolish brother's fault that day, I wanted to shoot that hare, but I almost injured you by mistake." ”
Fu Mingjun is two years older than Yan Guan, but he is still a young and childish teenager, and he is unconvinced.
He moved his steps slowly, or was explained when he was at home, and stared at the girl in front of him for a long time before he reluctantly bowed his head, "It was mine that day, and please don't be surprised." ”
thought that this would be the end of the matter, but no one expected that after Yan Wan received his gift, he looked up at his mother: "Mother, it wasn't him that day." ”
The one who killed her with arrows was not Fu Mingjun.