After all, Xi Yan's stubborn temper is better than her fate, ha ha!
Ming Yan's whole body seemed to be soaked in an ice cave, and at the end there was still a little warmth in his heart, the heat seemed to be unable to stay any longer, and was slowly dissipating.
Leaning against the icy courtyard wall, Ming Yan's drowsy mind played back the scenes in Zheng Guogong's mansion.
Old Zheng Guogong went to Guilinju more and more frequently. After Guilinju opened for a month, he almost used it sooner or later, except for the morning meal.
Chu Lian specially prepared a small courtyard for the old man in Guilinju. As long as the meal is over, there is no need to queue up, and he can eat all the noodles owned by Guilinju.
Gradually, Lao Zheng Guogong began to feel that the dishes she cooked were not to his taste.
One day, the old man came back from outside. In the evening, Mrs. Zheng Guogong asked him what he wanted to eat. The old man casually reported a "Yipinguo". He ate this dish at Guilinju at noon. Lin Juxin's dishes, he only had one meal at noon, and he still didn't feel satisfied, so he subconsciously said it.
The former cooks in Zheng Guogong's mansion were useless at all, and Ming Yan was in charge of the old Duke's small kitchen. Once the names of the dishes were reported, the task of cooking naturally fell on Ming Yan.
In addition, she usually drove everyone away while cooking in the small kitchen, and the servants in the small kitchen had long held prejudice against her.
Lao Guogong announced the name of this dish that she had never heard of before, how could anyone speak for her.
Mingyan is very anxious, she doesn't know this "Yipin Guo" at all!
At that time, she resented Chu Lian, why didn't she teach her a few more secret recipes at the beginning, if so, she would not be stretched in Zheng Guogong's mansion now.
In the end, the "Yipinguo" was naturally not made, and Ming Yan was scolded by Mrs. Zheng Guogong.
It wasn't until he knelt in front of the old lady that Ming Yan realized that he couldn't wait like this anymore.
So, she began to plan for herself in Zheng Guogong's mansion.
Zheng Shizi would come to the old man's courtyard every morning to eat food. She took this opportunity to drug Zheng Shizi. Before Zheng Shizi could eat the food with the medicine, Ming Yan's behavior was caught The little maid stabbed Mrs. Zheng Guogong.
There is only one son in Zheng Guogong's mansion, and he usually hurts his eyes in front of his eyes. Mrs. Zheng Guogong is even more careful. When she finds out that her son was almost plotted by a maid, it's okay.
So Mrs. Zheng Guogong killed Mingyan herself, and ordered someone to buy medicine to disable her cooking hands.
There is always no lack of privacy in the high-door back house. Those mistresses look glamorous and graceful on the outside, but they don't know how much blood is on their hands.
Mrs. Zheng Guogong is not a soft-hearted mistress, not to mention that Ming Yan is just a slave, and at the top of his head, he can only be regarded as a slave who can cook. In the eyes of most masters, he is no different from a dog.
Ming Yan was punished, and the old Duke didn't even say a word of intercession. In the end, Ming Yan used all his wealth to buy the doorkeeper's maid, so that he could escape from Zheng Guogong's mansion.
The first person she thought of asking for help was Chu Lian.
It's a pity that I will never see you again.
When the last touch of warmth in Ming Yan's heart disappeared, the warm sunshine above his head did not rise either.
The next day, Xi Yan took a few little maids out of the corner gate to go back to Linju to do some business. When she looked up, she saw the tattered figure on the courtyard wall outside the gate.
The woman guarding the gate frowned at Xi Yan, and quickly apologized with a smile: "Miss Xi Yan, that's a lunatic. She insisted on entering the mansion yesterday because she was a big maid next to our third grandma, but she was caught by the guards guarding the gate in the front yard. After beating her up and throwing it out, she crawled to the squatting one by herself, maybe she had died by this time!"
Big maid
Xi Yan suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.
She hurriedly called for two servants, and when she went to check, she was indeed out of breath. When the servants brushed the messy hair off the woman's face, Xi Yan took a deep breath, and it was really Ming Yan!
Standing in front of the sisters who served Chu Lian together in the past, Xiyan felt mixed emotions in her heart. She stood for a long time before the servant beside her carefully asked, "Sister Xiyan, what... what should I do?"
Xi Yan took a deep breath, suppressed the turbulent emotions, took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and gave it to the boy, "Buy a coffin and bury it!"
Ming Yan was the dowry maid that Chu Lian sent out as a dowry when she got married.
Xi Yan took one last look at the cold corpse, and Xi Yan led the people away without hesitation.
At the beginning, Ming Yan chose the road by herself, and she can only blame herself for the current result.
On the day when Chu Lian rushed to the northern border, the British mansion was very lively. Early in the morning, the British mansion opened the main gate and began to welcome guests. Even the guards at the gate put on brand new clothes.
Xiao Bojian held a teacher appreciation banquet in the British government, which made the declining British government stand in front of the celebrities in Shengjing City again.
The British government has never been so lively even if the first son is married or the daughter is married.
When it was close to noon, almost all the guests had arrived, and everyone gathered together to greet the old British man.
In a study room in the front yard of the British Duke, Xiao Bojian had already changed into a brocade robe and a white jade crown on his head. At this time, his slightly slender peach eyes swept away the haze of the past, and became energetic , shimmering.
He was standing at the highest peak of the young disciples at this moment, overlooking the mountain, no wonder he was in a good mood and in high spirits.
Xiao Bojian tidied up the ribbon around his waist, and he solemnly put the Wanfu jade pendant into the pocket around his waist, and stroked it very gently before putting the jade pendant in.
When he was ready, Wei Jia also knocked on the door and entered the study.
Wei Jia stood beside him, silently, with his head down, as if he didn't dare to look at him.
Xiao Bojian was happy today, and didn't care about Wei Jia's mood, and asked directly: "Is she here?"
Wei Jia was startled, paused, gritted his teeth and pretended not to be clear: "Who is the master asking?"
Xiao Bojian's mood, which was originally still in the clear sky, suddenly became cloudy. His eyes sharpened, and he glanced at Wei Jia who was standing beside him, "Wei Jia, you don't have to pretend to be confused, Lian Er!"
Knowing that he couldn't hide it, Wei Jia said angrily, "Mr. Jinyi Township is coming today, and the old lady of the Jing'an House sent someone to send a congratulatory gift."
"what!"
Xiao Bojian's whole demeanor became frighteningly cold, "How is it possible, I specially asked the second master to post the post, how could Lian'er not come?" Moreover, today is the big day for him to hold a teacher appreciation banquet, and it is in British government!
Wei Jia was so frightened by Xiao Bojian's current situation that he dared not hide anything, "Master, it's not that Lord Jinyi Township is not coming, but Lord Jinyi Township has gone to the northern border!"
North!
Xiao Bojian's head was like a thunderbolt in the clear sky.
He was summoned by the emperor in middle and high school, and then there was the Qionglin Banquet, walking with the newly promoted scholars... These days, he didn't pay attention to Chu Lian's movements at all. Who knew that when he recovered, he was looking forward to meeting her. At that time, she actually went to the north!
Xiao Bojian also knew about the war in the northern border, but he was a newly promoted scholar, and he hadn't been able to interfere in the government affairs. After he was appointed as an official, he had to hone in the Imperial Academy, and he couldn't make decisions about these things. He was even secretly happy that once there was trouble in the northern border and He Changdi was in the northern border, if the war went badly and He Changdi died, then no one would snatch Lian'er from him!
How could he have thought that Chu Lian would go to the north!
She would rather take the risk of finding her heartless husband than come and see herself who is infatuated with her!
Xiao Bojian's good mood today was completely gone, he clenched his fists tightly, "Tell me, when did Lian'er leave!"
Wei Jia lowered his head, "Back to Master, Lord Jinyi left early this morning."
Xiao Bojian couldn't hold back his anger anymore, and slapped his palm on the desk, his white palm turned red, but he didn't care at all, "Send someone to chase after her! Even if it's a robbery, I will take Lian'er back!"
Wei Jia immediately took a breath in shock, and he hurriedly stopped him: "Master, you must not! Mr. Jinyi Township has people from the King of Jin by his side, and she is going to reward the Northern Frontier Army on the order of the old queen. If we are found out by meddling, then our previous forbearance will be in vain!"
Xiao Bojian bit her lips hard, and finally swept all the things on the desk to the floor as if venting. For a while, the study room was in a mess.
Wei Jia stood in the corner, not daring to move, trying to reduce his sense of existence. After a long time, he heard the quiet Xiao Bojian order: "Send someone to follow, don't startle the snake..."
When Wei Jia heard this order, he immediately cupped his fists and left the battlefield without gunpowder.
Xiao Bojian slumped on the chair behind the desk, his originally feminine face was mixed with cruelty and heartache, at first glance, he looked like a blood-licking demon who had come out of hell.
He yelled frantically in his heart, Lian'er, how could you abandon me and choose him!
Could it be that everything about the two of them before was a lie!
Xiao Bojian's heart aches when he thinks that Chu Lian will live with He Changdi when he arrives in the north.
With one hand, he tightly held the brocade pouch containing the jade pendant around his waist.
I swear secretly in my heart that one day, one day, he will make Chu Lian regret it, and then beg to come back to him!
If Chu Lian knew Xiao Bojian's thoughts at this time, he would definitely roll his eyes again, feeling how all the men around him were snake spirits.
The team going north is like a march in a hurry. In order to get to the north as soon as possible to find out the situation, everyone is tense.
The family who came with Chu Lian this time will be the old subordinates of the old Jing'an Bo's mansion. He is now in his forties and has excellent martial arts. Uncle died in battle and returned to Shengjing and became the general of Jing'an Uncle's mansion.
This old subordinate was called Mo Chenggui, and he was quite a prestigious figure even in front of Uncle Jing'an.
This time, when the critical moment came, he would dispatch the rescue mission.
The family members of Jing'anbo's mansion do not live in Jing'anbo's mansion on weekdays, but guard the mansion in shifts, and the rest live in Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Shengjing City.