Chapter 22: Awakening
"Why is this young lady of Yanfu above the top?" Ji Yunsheng was a little man in cloth behind him, pouting, and his words were full of dissatisfaction.
"People are noble women, so naturally they can't look down on us from a small place." Ji Yunsheng opened the folding fan in his hand and fanned it twice. Raising his eyebrows, he didn't expect the Yan sisters to be discordant?
"What about the concubine of the high gate? Our young master is still the only seedling of the Ji family, and his status in the Ji family is more noble than them, hey! The little servant looked at the master and servant who had disappeared at the end and disagreed. But the slave looked at the eldest lady well, she had a gentle temperament, and she looked like a fairy, just now the slave looked at her and the young master standing in the same place, it was very right! The little guy's eyes narrowed, and he said flatteringly, waiting by Ji Yunsheng's side for a long time, and from Ji Yunsheng's actions just now, he could see Ji Yunsheng's careful thoughts.
Ji Yunsheng closed the fan, looked at the little maid with the appearance of a chicken thief, and struck the little guy on the head, "Hey, it's the young master, I'm too used to you on weekdays, and the eldest lady is also arranged by you as a minion?" But there was no anger on his face, and he could see that the little girl's words had entered his heart.
"Eh, it's a slave, isn't it, the young master will spare the slave." The little servant responded to Ji Yunsheng's fluttering fan, covered his head with both hands, and his eyes rolled in his small eyes, "But what the slave said is also true, this eldest lady is indeed extraordinary, and before she came, her wife also said that if you marry Miss Yan home..."
"Okay, the more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes, it's too early to see it today." Ji Yunsheng didn't know that marrying Miss Yan was undoubtedly a relief for their Ji family, he frowned, and the fan kept beating his palms, the eldest lady of the Ji family is good, but in the end it is a concubine, if it really wants to help the Ji family, it is best to be the fourth lady of the Ji family, as the only concubine of Yan Bocheng, the real thing behind the noble status is the support of the Yan family, so as to stabilize the situation of the Ji clan. Now there is intrigue within the Ji clan, and he is eyeing the Ji family's lineage, and he has caused a lot of trouble, although he has a mother who is on top, but in case someone finds out... Ji Yunsheng couldn't help but have a headache, blaming him for being drunk and mishaving, and being blackhanded, thinking of this, his eyes were covered with a layer of gloom.
In the study, Yuchen, who was standing next to the desk with his head down, looked up from time to time and sat at the table with his eyes closed. Since they returned, Yan Meng called her into the study alone, and then sat there without saying a word. With the passage of time, Yuchen's heart became more and more bottomless, she raised her head slightly to look at Yan Meng, and saw that the girl was still like that, if it weren't for the fingertips nodding the handle from time to time, making Yuchen think that she was asleep.
Yuchen unconsciously clasped her fingers, listening to Yan Meng's fingertips tapping on the armrest and making a slight knocking sound, as if the sound was knocking on her heart.
finally couldn't bear it anymore, "Girl, do you want to drink tea, I'll make you a pot..."Yuchen pretended to be calm and said to Yan Meng.
"Don't drink it."
The study returned to calm, the sound of beating was uninterrupted, and Yan Meng's slow and shallow breathing seemed to be short and deep. Yuchen suddenly knelt on the ground and bit his lip
"Girl, the slave knows that she is wrong." looked at Yan Meng with blank eyes, his back straight.
Yan Meng opened her eyes, and when she saw Yuchen's appearance, she inevitably had a headache, knowing that she just admitted her mistake, but she was afraid that she still didn't think so, so she pressed her forehead
"I remember that I asked Tinghe to talk to you many times, pay attention to your words and deeds." Since she woke up, because of the nostalgia of the old days, she knew that they had done some out-of-the-ordinary things for herself, so she didn't take it to heart, but now she felt that the connivance given to them when she was not capable was the harm to them.
"Yes." Yuchen lowered his head a little weakly.
"But why do you always take it on deaf ears?"
"Slave... Slave..."Yuchen thought about how to respond, but Yan Meng didn't seem to have the intention of listening to her explanation, and continued
"Go back, you won't be by my side for the past two days, think about what you're doing wrong."
Yuchen raised his head suddenly, his eyes widened, and he said tremblingly, "Girl... The girl doesn't want to be a slave anymore? โ
"Go out and call in Tinghe."
Two lines of tears slipped down Yuchen's face, she knelt down two steps, grabbed Yan Meng's legs, and begged with her eyes, "The girl has something to order, and it's the same to find me, the girl said that if there is anything to order, the slave will do it." โ
Yan Meng looked at Yuchen's appearance, thinking of the heartache in his previous life because he was worried that she would be killed, he couldn't bear to face her coldly, and reached out to help her up, but was resisted by Yuchen, Yuchen wiped his tears with his sleeve, and said with a smile as much as possible, "Girl, you say, it's okay for me to kneel here." โ
"Well, when did I say I didn't want you?" Yan Meng got up from the chair, squatted down, and looked at Yuchen at eye level, "We grew up together, how could I not want you?" In the past, you and I had similar personalities, and I naturally wanted to protect your liveliness, but I don't want the liveliness I protected for you to hurt you one day, do you understand? Yan Meng took Yuchen's hand and held it tightly in his hand, his slightly round Ruifeng eyes were full of sincerity.
"How can a slave and a maid harm themselves if they are not stupid?" Yuchen was puzzled, his eyes were slightly widened, and he was a little sluggish.
"Today's words were heard by Ji Yunsheng, fortunately he is an outsider, and he can't point fingers at the relationship between Yan and the Mansion, but what if the people around Yan Jingyuan hear it? You also know that my relationship with Yan Jingyuan is not good, she may be helpless against me, but if she targets you and casually finds a reason in front of the Zhao family, can you still get out of the way? Yan Meng couldn't help but blame herself, although she was a third-room concubine, she had nothing to rely on in the house, obviously she couldn't protect her, but she still wanted her to change.
"Slave... The slave and maid see that they are gone..."Yuchen opened his mouth and defended himself.
"But have you thought about it, even if no one around Yan Jingyuan hears it, if it is heard by anyone in the house, let's not say that you are just a temporary escape, if Yan Jingyuan makes something wrong in the future, then the first person to suspect is you who are dissatisfied with her, even if it has nothing to do with you, if the old lady knows, you will also be guilty of the following crimes!" Yan Meng painstakingly analyzed the stakes and the rain and dust.
"Slave... The slave maid never thought about it..."Yuchen's pupils dilated, she just thought that it would be okay if she wasn't discovered, the girl only said that it was not good for herself, but she instantly thought that if she made a mistake, her girl would also cause trouble, Mother Du originally taught her the truth of being prosperous, did she feed the dog?
Yan Meng observed Yuchen's every move, and when she saw the self-blame in her eyes, she knew that she heard her words in her heart, raised her hand and pressed her slightly trembling shoulder, looked at her face crying because of tears, and wiped her face clean with the other hand, "Yuchen, now I have no ability to protect you, can you suffer some grievances for the time being, and one day I have the ability to protect you, I promise you, I will definitely let you live freely, okay?" โ
Yuchen looked at Yan Meng's sincere and distressed gaze, the guilt in his heart hit like a wave, his back was no longer straight, he leaned down and lay on Yan Meng's lap, and whispered, "Girl, the slave knows that she is wrong." "Slave never again!
Yan Menghu pursed his head, and after a while, he felt a tingling sensation from his calves, "Come on, my legs are numb." โ
Yuchen hurriedly helped Yan Meng to the chair and smiled a little embarrassedly, but she didn't know that now her face was full of tears, and she was crying like a cat just now, and now her smiling face is wrinkled together and ugly than crying
"Poofโ" Yan Meng couldn't help laughing.
Yuchen was a little confused by this sudden smile, thinking that Yan Meng's appearance was happy, and he shouldn't have scolded her anymore, so he smiled even more when he thought of this.
"Okay, don't giggle, you go back, and call Tinghe."
"Okay." Yuchen responded to Yan Meng with a smile, just took two steps, and asked with a sad face, "Won't the girl let Tinghe come, and don't let the slave and maid follow her?" โ
Yan Meng shook his head a little helplessly, it seemed that he really scared her, "No, just tell her something to do." Go back and wash your face. โ
Wash your face? Yuchen touched his face, thinking that he was crying so fiercely just now, he must have a lot of flowers on his face at this time, and he was a little embarrassed, but he was happy to get an accurate reply, and simply responded "Yes!" He turned and walked out of the house.
Yan Meng was left alone in the room, she spread out the rice paper, thinking about Ji Yunsheng's intentions today, according to the content found out in her previous life, Ji Yunsheng came to Yan's Mansion at this time to take refuge, which can also be glimpsed through the initial attitude of Mrs. Yan just now, but why did the Zhao family behave like that today, although Ji Yunsheng's eyes were hidden, but because everyone didn't care about her who was inconspicuous on the side, she saw Ji Yunsheng's desire really, could it be that the Zhao family intended to match Ji Yunsheng and Yan Jingshu, But the Ji family has nothing to plan now, Yan Meng doesn't believe that the Zhao family will let Yan Jingshu go to Ji Yunsheng as a concubine, after all, with Yan Jingshu's qualifications, if she is small, it will not be the turn of a famous Ji family. If Yan Jingshu is allowed to be the main room, even if Yan Jingshu is considered a high marriage, it will not be beneficial to Yu Yanfu, after all, it will be difficult to get out of the mess of the Ji family.
So what is the Zhao family planning? Or the Zhao family knew that Ji Yun was born, and letting Yan Jingshu marry him was really to take revenge on Aunt Jiang. Marrying the Ji family, if you don't want to get involved in the mess of the Ji family, then Yan Jingshu will undoubtedly become the abandoned son of the family, so there will be one less qualified Yan family daughter to marry. Thinking of this, Yan Meng couldn't help but laugh sarcastically, just now she looked down on the Zhao family, with the Zhao family as a person, how could she regard the interests of the family as greater than the sky like Mrs. Yan?
However, it is still necessary to implement Zhao's plan.
"Girl, do you have something to order?" Tinghe walked in.
"Well, you find an opportunity to find Qingli and let her test the Jiang family's mother and daughter's opinion of Ji Yunsheng." Qingli is now following Aunt Jiang, just now Aunt Jiang looked at Ji Yunsheng with full satisfaction, if Aunt Jiang is optimistic about Ji Yunsheng, she will make some moves, then Zhao's plan can be figured out.
"Yes." Tinghe was a little puzzled about how Aunt Jiang and Young Master Ji could be connected, but looking at Yan Meng's tone, he felt that this matter was quite important, and he felt a little worried in his heart.
"According to the method I have explained, don't make extraneous branches." Yan Meng didn't say anything more, lowered his head and began to read.
Hearing this, he was stunned, buried his head, put his hands together, and pressed on his left side, "The slave knows." โ