041: The Past
The first time I met Mr. Thirteen, it was a cloudy day.
At that time, she hated herself for being cowardly and incompetent, and she could only watch her father behead in a different place, but she couldn't do anything about it.
She held her father's tablet and hid in the garden closest to her father's study, her body tightly curled into a ball, and she quietly wept.
She was afraid that Xiao Yu would be sad when she saw it.
So she was so uncomfortable that she had to avoid everyone even when she cried.
The pale magnolia in the garden bloomed just right, and the faint fragrance of flowers mixed with the air made her feel even more painful.
Yan Jin cried a lot, the original fresh floral fragrance made her feel a smell of blood.
Blood...... Rot......
Her chest became more and more uncomfortable, and when she raised her head to vomit, she was greeted by a pair of dark eyes.
"Why is Miss crying?" The old man smiled kindly, "Lord Yan will be sad when he sees it." ”
Yan Jin looked at the person in front of him and was slightly stunned.
Who is he and how will he find out where she is.
Later, Yan Jin learned that Xiao Yu always couldn't sleep well when she saw her being too sad. Therefore, the doctor who came from the Yu family came to help her see the problem of insomnia.
Mr. Thirteen's surname is Xie and his name is Thirteen.
That's why she kept calling him Mr. Thirteen.
In Yan Jin's eyes, Mr. Thirteen is a master of the world, he can't help but know the rhythm of music, and he is better at painting and playing. Even the medical skills are superb. It's just that Mr. Thirteen is weak and seems to have been suffering from a stubborn illness that cannot be cured.
"There are some things that need to be looked at carefully." Holding his chin, Mr. Thirteen taught her, "What is on the surface is easy to hide. Miss, you have to remember that you have to see everything thoroughly. ”
Yan Jin looked at the tearful mole under Mr. Thirteen's eyes and nodded.
Because of the appearance of Mr. Thirteen, she gradually stopped grieving and lived a good life as her father wished.
It's just that after falling asleep every night, she still sees her father's sad look, and her sleep is getting worse and worse.
Maybe she can deceive many people, but she still can't deceive her own heart.
For her father, she has always been concerned and has never forgotten jì.
Mr. Thirteen is old, but he always seems to be idle. In addition to teaching her to practice the piano, he would do other things every day.
Even, later, out of nowhere, I found some special Gu Zhu purple bamboo shoots, saying that I wanted to make tea for her to taste.
On that day, Xiao Yu was also there.
"This tea ......" Xiao Yu rubbed his eyebrows, "how could it be this tea." ”
Yan Jin raised his head, a little puzzled, "Mother, don't you like Gu Zhu's purple bamboo shoots either?" ”
"It's not that I don't like it, it's just that I don't want to see it." Xiao Yu squeezed out a smile, "He doesn't like it." ”
The 'he' in Xiao Yu's mouth, Yan Jin knew who it was.
Mr. Thirteen seemed a little curious, wondering why Yan Jichang didn't like Gu Zhu's purple bamboo shoots.
He was very clever and began to slowly test Xiao Yu's family.
In the end, when he got the answer, Mr. Thirteen's face was a little ugly, "How can there be such a thing, it is simply unworthy of being a parent." ”
Xiao Yu didn't say anything, just shook his head and left.
Yan Jin was confused when he heard this, so he began to ask, "Mr. Thirteen, why does my father hate Gu Zhu Zizhu?" ”
"Miss, let me ask you a question first." Mr. Thirteen put down his work and sat up straight, "Do you know why the uncle's face was disfigured?" ”
Yan Jin didn't think much about it, and soon said, "Smallpox, grandmother said that my father had smallpox, but he didn't listen to the doctor's instructions and scratched his face." ”
"Smallpox?" Mr. Thirteen shook his head and said disdainfully, "How can it be smallpox, this woman would use excuses to cover up her badness." ”
Yan Jin listened to Mr. Thirteen, and talked little by little about why his father hated Gu Zhu's purple bamboo shoots.
When her grandfather, Mrs. Yan, first inherited the throne, he offended many people because he was young and a little arrogant.
Later, these people will always make stumbling blocks for Mrs. Yan secretly.
In desperation, Mrs. Yan married Qiao's wife, but because the status of Qiao's family was not too high. In the end, he accepted the young daughter of the Feng family as a concubine.
Although the Feng family is a merchant family, they have a relationship with many nobles in the capital in private.
Because the Feng family reconciled in the middle, later, there were many fewer people who hated Old Lady Yan.
Aunt Feng is the youngest daughter of the Feng family, she is not only beautiful, but also able to dance enchantingly, and as soon as she enters the house, she hooks the soul of Old Lady Yan. Qiao's old lady Qiao at that time was just a woman who had just entered the deep house, and she didn't have too clever a way to deal with Aunt Feng at all. Although she is Mrs. Hou, she is still awake at night by Aunt Feng's motherishness.
Fortunately, God had mercy, and when Aunt Feng was most proud, Mrs. Yan became pregnant.
Mrs. Yan was overjoyed, and Mrs. Yan was obviously attracted by the good news, and began to slowly stay by Mrs. Yan's side at night.
However, the woman was pregnant and should not have a room, and after a long time, the old lady Yan felt that she couldn't hold it back, and began to go to Aunt Feng's yard again. In private, Mrs. Yan also told Mrs. Yan that she hoped she would not be jealous.
This sentence is also a warning to Mrs. Yan.
After Mrs. Yan heard this, how could she swallow this breath, she was even more harsh to Aunt Feng in private.
Spoiling his wife and destroying his wife is not a good thing in the first place, and it is very shameful to say it.
The Yan family is a Houmen, so this kind of thing shouldn't happen.
However, Mrs. Yan knew that if this matter was spread, Mrs. Yan would be ruined. Old lady Yan's current situation is already difficult, and if such a thing happens again, I am afraid that the throne will not be kept.
She had just become Mrs. Hou and didn't want to leave this position at all.
So, Mrs. Yan gave Mrs. Yan another concubine, but unfortunately these women are still not as capable as Aunt Feng, and they can always attract Mrs. Yan's attention.
In August, because of a mutton fat jade bracelet given by Mrs. Yan, Mrs. Yan and Aunt Feng had a dispute, and the two had a big quarrel, and finally Mrs. Yan was angry and gave birth prematurely.
At that time, Mrs. Yan thought that she was angry with Aunt Feng like this, and Mrs. Yan would definitely punish Aunt Feng. It's a pity that Old Lady Yan didn't do this, he just reprimanded Aunt Feng a few times, and then he didn't do it.
Mrs. Yan looked at the child in her arms and couldn't help crying. Her current status is not as good as a concubine, she doesn't know what to do, and she is a little confused about the future.
The premature child was a baby boy, and Mrs. Yan named the child Ji Chang.
Yan Jichang is very smart, and he can write a lot of words when he is one year old. Mrs. Yan was proud and felt that there was a prodigy in the family, and she liked to take Yan Jichang with her wherever she went.
Yan Ji is often very well-behaved and clever, and he will fight for Mrs. Yan wherever he goes.
Because of Yan Jichang's excellence and the favor of Old Lady Bo Yan, Old Lady Yan was favored again, but Aunt Feng, who had always been proud, was left out in the cold.
Aunt Feng was unwilling, especially when she heard that the emperor rewarded some Gu Zhu purple bamboo shoots to the Hou Mansion, but she couldn't share them at all, she was even more angry.
On that day, Mrs. Yan was cooking Gu Zhu's purple bamboo shoots for Yan Ji to taste. Because of Aunt Feng's arrival, she had to put down her work and sarcastically mock each other with Aunt Feng, regardless of her image.
Aunt Feng was so angry that she looked at the boiled Gu Zhu purple bamboo shoots, and lost her mind for a while. She picked up the hot water that was boiling tea on the side and poured it at Mrs. Yan.
She hated Mrs. Yan's smug appearance, why could Mrs. Yan eat Gu Zhu's purple bamboo shoots, but she couldn't.
Yan Jichang, who was still young, saw Aunt Feng's movements, and quickly pulled Mrs. Yan, the hot tea did not burn Mrs. Yan, but it was all splashed on Yan Jichang's face.
Aunt Feng was frightened, and when she stepped back, she knocked down the small stove on the side again, and the charcoal fire fell on Yan Jichang's face again.
"Crazy...... Old Lady Yan hugged Yan Jichang and shouted to Aunt Feng, "You are crazy, you want to kill my son." ”
Yan Jichang's face was burned very strictly, and when the old lady Yan looked at her son's scar, she felt very uncomfortable. He handed Aunt Feng to Mrs. Yan, and then said no more.
After a few days, Aunt Feng died.
The scars on Yan Jichang's face could not be healed again, and the originally white child had a somewhat hideous face.
He wounded part of his face, so if he covered it with a mask, he could see people.
But Mrs. Yan was reluctant to take Yan Jichang out to meet people again, saying that Yan Jichang had smallpox, did not listen to the doctor's instructions, and scratched his face.
Mrs. Yan, who was supposed to be grateful to Yan Jichang, ran away as if she was hiding from an evil ghost after seeing her son's terrible face.
Especially later, after Mrs. Yan gave birth to two sons for Mrs. Yan, she became even more indifferent to Yan Jichang.
Old lady Yan, too.
For Mrs. Yan, the scar on Yan Jichang's face seems to record her most unbearable past, fighting with her aunt and losing face. But Old Lady Yan thinks that Yan Jichang's scars are evidence that he spoiled his wife and killed his wife.
They are unwilling to face their sad past, so they are even more reluctant to see Yan Jichang more.
Gu Zhu's purple bamboo shoots, which naturally caused this incident, have also become their forbidden words.
Yan Ji was often burned for protecting his mother, but was disgusted by his parents. He was very clever and quickly figured it out, so he was estranged from his parents since he was a child, locked himself in his study, and did not want to go out.
Perhaps, it was from that time that Yan Jichang began to get used to loneliness.
After listening to Mr. Thirteen, Yan Jin couldn't help but redden, "It turns out that grandmother has always hated her father, so the death of her father is a relief for her?" ”
"Hmm." Mr. Thirteen did not refute Yan Jin's words, "For them, it is a relief." ”
Yan Jin's heart was as uncomfortable as being pricked by a needle.
Tiger venom does not eat children, how can they do this......
After a while, Mr. Thirteen said slowly, "Actually, burns can be cured, but it just takes some time." ”
Yan Jin finished recalling and slowly opened his eyes.
If her father could untie this knot, she would definitely do her best to find these medicines for him.
It's just that she doesn't know if she can untie her father's heart knot this time.
On the other side, Yan Jichang frowned after hearing Dou's mother's words.
As soon as he put down the official document in his hand, he raised his leg and walked towards Yirong Courtyard.