But Fu Yunxi's rescue was something she didn't expect.
The warmth of his fox fur still seemed to remain on his shoulders. This man was really strange. Han Yan thought, could it be that he recognized the wrong person? Thinking of this, I had a strange feeling in my heart. If it was discovered that she had admitted the wrong person, King Xuanqing might not take as much care of her as he did today. His chest felt a little heavy, and he turned over several times. It wasn't until late at night that Han Yan fell into a deep sleep.
Early the next morning, Han Yan got up very late and felt a little dizzy. After Ji Lan fetched water for her to wash her face, Shu Hong came back from outside and said that Zhou was making trouble in Furong Garden.
Han Yan just smiled when he heard this: "Let's go and have a look too."
When Fang walked to Furong Garden, he saw a piece of snow-white porcelain smashed to pieces on the ground. Zhou's former gentle and considerate appearance was gone. Her hair was disheveled, her expression was haggard, her eyes were red, and her voice was hoarse: " I want to see the master, let go!"
Two maids were holding her back. Han Yan took a closer look and saw that one of the maids was Jiao Meng beside Aunt Mei.
"What's going on?" Han Yan asked doubtfully after the show was almost over.
When Zhou saw Han Yan in a blink of an eye, her eyes suddenly darkened. The deep-seated hatred was shocking. She gritted her teeth and said, "Miss Fourth."
Han Yan smiled at her: "Why do you look like this? Sister Yushan's whereabouts are unknown now. If you come back and see your aunt looking so haggard for her, I'm afraid she will be heartbroken."
It's a good thing she didn't mention it. When she mentioned Zhuang Yushan, it was like rubbing salt on Zhou's wound, which immediately made Zhou excited: "Shut up, it's all you bastard..."
With a "pop" sound, Han Yan clapped her hands under the disbelieving eyes of the people around her. The slap from Zhuang Hanming yesterday was finally returned to her.
"You...you dare to hit me?" Zhou covered her face and looked at her.
Han Yan stood beside Mother Chen with a smile, and said calmly: "I am not the following, but as the legitimate daughter of the Zhuang Mansion, I really cannot afford to call my aunt a 'bastard'. If the legitimate daughters are all 'Wild species', Han Yan doesn't know what sister Yushan is, let alone what Aunt Mei is in her belly? I dare to ask Aunt Zhou, where does she put her father in this way? You are just a concubine, how dare you Satirizing the imperial official, Han Yan, is just taking the place of his father to teach the ignorant servants."
"You... you are unfilial!" Mrs. Zhou was so angry that she was shaking all over. She had been hunting geese all her life, but today she had a goose peck her eyes, and she was still a goose without even a single feather.
"Why did my aunt say this? Filial piety is the word for parents. You are just a concubine. Is it possible that you still want Han Yan to treat you like a mistress? Don't break the rules!" She said every word with a smile on her lips. , but his expression was extremely arrogant, and he glanced at Zhou with disdain.
"You..." Mrs. Zhou saw that there was nothing she could do to Han Yan, tears filled her eyelashes immediately, and she said in a pitiful voice: "Now that Yu'er has been kidnapped by bandits, her life and death are unknown. Why should the Fourth Miss add insult to injury? You and Yu'er are both sisters. , and now..." As he spoke, the tears became more and more raging, and he almost fainted from crying.
Han Yan looked at her calmly and said: "It's understandable that my aunt can't help herself, but it's Aunt Mei who is in the room. Now Aunt Mei is pregnant with her father's child, Han Yan's younger brother. At that time, the whole family It's such a happy event. It's okay if Aunt Zhou doesn't come to congratulate her. She's crying in Furong Garden and disturbing the child in Aunt Mei's belly. I don't know if it's intentional or not."
As soon as these words came out, the door of the back room in Furong Garden opened, and Zhuang Shiyang walked out, looking unhappy and said: "What are you still making! Mei'er is pregnant now and needs a good rest. What's going on with the noise here? ?”
He must have heard what Han Yan said just now.
However, Mrs. Zhou became more and more aggrieved and hated Aunt Mei and Han Yan even more. Early this morning, the servants in the mansion had various opinions and sent a maid next to them to inquire. Unexpectedly, the news that Zhuang Yushan was abducted by bandits became known to everyone. For a time, the whole capital was full of rumors about Miss Zhuang's innocence.
Zhou didn't believe it at first. It was true that she had said hello to Magistrate Yin in advance, but she also made it clear that the person was Zhuang Hanyan. If it had been another person who understood the fishiness and couldn't hide it in time, how could the news have been released.
Later, after further inquiries, it turned out that Magistrate Yin was investigating a case in the county yesterday. He suddenly heard someone beating drums outside to complain about grievances. When he saw it was a servant dressed as a maid, he thought it was someone arranged by Zhou, so he came and went in front of everyone. The passerby loudly said that he could make the decision for the maid. Unexpectedly, the maid revealed that Miss Zhuang Er had been kidnapped by bandits. There were many passers-by in the city at that time, and he could not refute it in full view, so he took his subordinates to investigate. Therefore, I don’t know who spread this incident.
What made Zhou even more angry was that there were various versions of the messages in the market. Some even said that Zhuang Yushan was insulted when he was kidnapped by the bandits, and his clothes were torn apart, fearing that his body would be damaged. It has long been unclear. Besides, after a night, I'm afraid there really is no room for recovery.
Thinking of Zhuang Yushan, Mrs. Zhou felt even sadder. Looking at Han Yan, she asked: "Today, there are rumors in the city that Yu'er lost her innocence when she was kidnapped by bandits and her clothes were torn. At that time, only the fourth lady and Yu The two of us went up the mountain, why did the Fourth Miss accuse me of injustice like this?"
Hearing this, Zhuang Shiyang swept away his previous displeasure with Zhou and looked at Han Yan with some suspicion: "Yan'er, what's going on?"
Since yesterday's incident, Han Yan knew that he and Zhuang Shiyang could no longer maintain a superficial peace. The slap he tolerated Zhou's slap to Zhuang Hanming had made Han Yan see clearly that it was better to knock the mountain to shake the tiger than to give in to the snake. Then she smiled and said, "I'm afraid my aunt has forgotten that there were twelve guards besides Han Yan. Han Yan had no ill intentions towards Sister Yushan, otherwise he wouldn't have accompanied Sister Yushan up the mountain to pray. .Now that Sister Yushan is missing, Auntie is so sad that she faints for a moment, and Han Yan will not care about you. However, the twelve guards cannot be spared lightly, and they also ask their father to punish them severely, not afraid that they will not get the truth from their mouths. talk."
Zhou was shocked and furious. The twelve guards were arranged by her, so nothing could have happened. However, Han Yan put all the blame on the guards. In front of so many people, Zhuang Shiyang I'm afraid they will be punished. This had nothing to do with her originally, but if those guards were lax and were tricked into saying something, she would be doomed. Zhuang Shiyang has some sincere love for Zhuang Yushan. Now that she has done something bad, she is afraid that Zhuang Shiyang will be unhappy. Now that Hu Meizi is pregnant again, she can't take this risk. So he said softly: "It's because I'm stupid. It's actually my fault that Yuer's incident made me too sad. I bumped into the Fourth Miss and the Master. Those guards are from the Zhuang Mansion. It's assumed that nothing happened." The alienation must have been spread by people outside."
Han Yan shook his head, looking very disapproving: "My aunt's words are wrong. Even if they didn't say anything outside, they still failed to protect Sister Yushan. They should be punished for dereliction of duty. This time If he is not punished, the guards in the house will definitely follow suit in the future. If he meets a bandit outside now, if a bandit enters the house in the future, then none of the guards here will be able to rely on him. Who will protect his father's safety? "
(End of chapter)