The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 125

"You go to sleep in the study on the first night of your wedding," Seventh Lady said coldly. "Do you think the Xu family's jokes are not big enough?"

Xu Fengjia may already dislike her very much, and may be very self-willed, but he is a general after all, and he will not be ignorant of the struggle in Xu's inner house.

It's one thing for two people to quarrel in the bridal chamber on the wedding night, and it doesn't even matter if the consummation is consummated or not, but if he sleeps in the study, it's too embarrassing for Qin Niangzi.

The newlywed lost face and was despised by others in her husband's family. In the end, it was the sixth house of the Xu family who suffered the most.

Xu Fengjia didn't take any further steps. After a long while, he finally turned around, bent down to pick up the long sword, put it back into its sheath, and patted it on top of the cabinet.

"Don't move the sword indiscriminately in the future." His tone was still cold, but he was no longer angry.

They are no longer children. Although quarrels can vent their emotions, they can't solve the problem.

Seventh Lady nodded slightly, and pulled her lips at him. Even if it was a temporary truce, she whispered, "I want to take a bath, so I have to ask someone to come in and take care of me."

Seeing that Xu Fengjia didn't seem to have any objections, she opened the door and went out, called Li Xia to come in, and gave a few orders, and Li Xia went to settle down naturally, but it took only a quarter of an hour, and before the little clock struck twelve o'clock, Seventh Lady was already there. After washing up properly, he settled down on the Acacia bed.

Xu Fengjia seemed to be used to taking care of daily life by himself, so he waved away the maid again, leaving only a bucket of hot water for her, and after a while, he also came out of the house, and lay down on his own, with his back to Qin Niangzi. There was a slight snoring sound.

Only then did Seven Lady feel relieved.

It must be a nightmare to perform Zhougong's ceremony in such a mood.

She pushed the pillow, brushed her long hair to her chest, and closed her eyes securely. Perhaps this confrontation with Xu Fengjia was too exhausting. She originally thought that she might have no sleep all night in a new environment, but she just closed her eyes Just fell asleep.

Xu Fengjia woke her up early the next morning.

"There's still a lot to do today." His face was cold, and although he couldn't see any displeasure, he definitely wasn't happy.

Seventh Lady rolled over and got out of bed silently. Li Xia and others were waiting on the side, and went into the clean room to wash up. Then she wanted to ask Xu Fengjia, "Where are the people serving in Mingde Hall?"

Xu Fengjia shook his head, and casually explained, "The people in the west wing and the east wing are always different. The people who go in and out of the west wing are all my usual servants. There are not many maids. I have seldom been at home in recent years. Except for a few A sweeping woman, there is no one else in the West Wing."

Seventh Lady pondered silently with her eyebrows lowered, she responded softly, sat down at the table, and had a wordless breakfast with Xu Fengjia.

When the bride enters the door, it is reasonable to want the same family to meet each other, but Ping Guogong wants to bring Xu Fengjia into the palace to thank her. Xu Fengjia bit two steamed buns and hurried away. She only said "the old mother will come and take you" and disappeared. silhouette.

He wasn't there, but Qin Niangzi relaxed. Seeing that it was still early, and the bell had only rung to 05:30, she lowered her eyebrows and meditated while biting the small chestnut noodles.

The fight between her and Xu Fengjia was not over yet, but both of them called for an intermission.

In the future, conflicts will definitely break out again.

From the first meeting to now, Shizi always has a sense of superiority towards her. Indeed, this sense of superiority comes naturally.He is the son of a noble family, his parents are of noble blood, and his own ability is strong. Looking at her as a concubine, he is naturally condescending.

In the past, she had nothing to say, under the eaves, her own life may not be worth Xu Fengjia's hand in the eyes of the eldest wife and elder.She can disdain Xu Fengjia and the Xu family's good self-feeling from the bottom of her heart, but she has to admit that they are also superior for a reason.

But now it's different.

The good life of the concubine's daughter is before she leaves the court, but the good life of the concubine's daughter is after she leaves the court.

Before leaving the cabinet, the birth mother was in power, and the daughter of the first daughter was Jin Zunyugui. She was also a sister named Yang, so she insisted on being more dignified. People are better than dead people. Of course, the first daughter has a sense of superiority in her heart, and her life goes smoothly.After leaving the pavilion, a sense of gap came immediately.The concubine's daughter-in-law can bear the suffering that the new daughter-in-law has to suffer, but the concubine's daughter may not be able to bear it.

The concubine must be careful before leaving the pavilion, her life is as cheap as paper, anyone who doesn't like it can rub it with her hand.After leaving the cabinet, their decency represented the decency of the Yang family. No matter their parents would allow anyone to bully the daughters of the Yang family, it had nothing to do with their decency at home.Even if the eldest wife doesn't like San Niangzi any more, if San Niangzi is excluded by the Zhang family, she still has to stand up for San Niangzi, otherwise, what is the dignity of the Yang family?Therefore, the days after the three sisters, Chu Niangzi, San Niangzi, and Si Niangzi came out of the cabinet, were more pleasant.

Although she has the status of a prostitute, in the bottom of her heart, she never treats herself as a concubine.Before leaving the court, she had to think twice before she said a word, and she had to look forward and backward when doing a thing, because she didn't have a backer, and it was all on her own.

After she got married, things were different. She had the only one, the most powerful, and the most justifiable backer: her natal family.

She was like a duckweed in the previous two lives, when, what to say, what to do, how could Seven Lady have countless things in her heart?In the past, life was cautious and aggrieved, it was because she had no reliance.Even if the Elder Master is her real father and the Eldest Wife is her aunt, she will act like an orphan, and even be more careful than an orphan—she cannot let her carelessness hurt Brother Nine.

Although she entered the backyard of Xu's family as a concubine, although the family background of several sister-in-laws were more noble than her own, although her mother-in-law didn't like her at first, even though she still had a scheming mother-in-law who had had conflicts with her .

But now that she has left the cabinet, Qin Niangzi never intends to accept it.

It's a joke, her father is the old man, her aunt is her mother-in-law's sister, her cousin is a famous person around the emperor, and the Xu family owes the Yang family a murderer... If she is still pleasing to the eye at a time like this, she is not prudent , is cowardly.

Besides, Seventh Lady did not forget her promise to Fifth Lady.

She is sure to find the murderer.

She didn't have any experience in solving cases, so she probably wasn't capable enough to start with subtle clues, not to mention that the case had actually passed for more than a year and a half, which was enough for a murderer to clean up the battlefield and erase all traces.

Seventh Lady naturally has her own way.

With Fifth Lady's character, what will she do after she becomes popular?
Following this path, one can naturally find out which opponent she is most likely to offend, and whose character she is most likely to kill to eliminate the thorn in her side...

The old mother arrived soon.

"Ouch," he exclaimed as soon as he entered the door. "Why haven't you dressed up yet..."

Seventh Lady lifted her eyelids and gave her a cold stare.

The old mother stopped talking immediately, lowered her eyes, showing rare uneasiness.

Although with her previous style, she definitely wouldn't use this attitude towards an important minister like an old mother...but that was also in the past.

She doesn't lack wrists, what she always lacks is strength.

Qin Niangzi now has absolute strength to crush all opposing voices.This may be the biggest benefit to her from getting married.

She winked at Li Xia, and Li Xia immediately understood.

"You don't need to worry, isn't it time for Mao Shi?" She pulled the old mother aside with a smile, and Qi Qiao and Shang Yuan immediately rushed forward to help Seventh Lady change her clothes.

These two have been serving Seventh Lady for many years, how could they not know the master's temper?They have all practiced a pair of clever hands and feet, but within a short time of burning incense, they have combed Qin Niangzi's hair in a bun, and put on a set of gemstones that the eldest wife collected for her as a dowry. The red and green gemstones are as big as cat's eyes. Then I put on the gold and silver embroidered double-breasted gown gifted by the second lady, which was processed by the Jingcheng semicolon of Xianxiufang.

Seventh Lady got up Yingying, took a picture of herself in the mirror, and smiled at the old mother again, "I have delayed my mother's waiting."

She sat and ate at first, and didn't feel anything, but now she got up together, and she was full of energy... The old mother felt that something was wrong.

The bride tried Yunyu for the first time, no matter how reserved she was repeatedly on the second day, in the eyes of the old people who had passed by, the slight stagnation in her gait was always obvious.

Just by looking at the lightness of Seventh Lady's walking back and forth, you can feel that something is wrong, not to mention that the old mother is the best at contemplating girls, just by looking at the expression on Seventh Lady's brows, you can know that she must not have received grace last night...

What kind of character is the old mother?She remained calm, but just smiled, "Where, Madam's timing is just right."

I walked all the way to explain to Qin Niangzi, "The lady in the house gets up early. She always gets up at the second quarter of Maozheng, eats breakfast at the first quarter of Chenchu, takes a nap at noon, and rests at the second quarter of Xuchu. Madam has been in poor health for these years. , daily life is not regular, several young wives have greeted Mrs. Tai at Chenshi, and then greeted my wife. Because of housework, the fifth young lady is doing business in Leshan Residence every day at the time of the day and the end of the day."

When it came to housework, she glanced at Qinianzi.

Qin Niangzi can naturally taste the taste in the words.

She smiled and nodded, listening carefully to the old mother's introduction.

"Today, because of a happy event, the whole family gathered in Leshan Residence. The only one missing is the Duke of the State and the First Son, who went to the palace to thank you. The fourth master did not come back from the northwest. The uncle, the fifth master, the seventh master, and the eighth master They are all there, and of course there are three young wives."

The old mother took out her pocket watch and looked at it again, and said with a smile, "It's the right time now, I'm afraid people are coming soon, young lady, please—"

Then Qin Niangzi followed her old mother and stepped into the Leshan residence with flying eaves, brackets, carved beams and painted buildings.

Leshan Residence is the center of Xiao Cuijin, and the architecture is of course particularly complete. The northern architecture is different from that in the south of the Yangtze River. They are all rooms. Taking a modern building as an example, it is more like an office building, with various houses on both sides of the corridor.

Qin Niangzi was led into the third room in the east wing of Leshan Residence. As soon as she entered the door, her eyes lit up: this should be the conference room of Leshan Residence.

Mrs. Ni has not been seen yet, but several young wives have already entered the house. When they saw Seventh Lady, they all smiled, "Sixth younger siblings are here!"

Seventh Lady naturally showed a polite smile and said hello to each of them. For a big family, there must be enough etiquette on the face.

She is a bride, so she is naturally dressed in a fancy dress, and the sisters-in-law are undoubtedly dwarfed by comparison. The fourth young lady's eyes turned on the top of Seventh Lady's head, and she curled her lips again. Seeing it in his eyes, he had a preliminary understanding of the personalities of the sisters-in-law in his heart.

It's always shallow on paper, no matter how much the eldest wife says, it can't reveal the character of several people more than these winks.

Not long after, a few more girls in gold and silver came in, greeted each of them, and went forward to salute Seventh Lady—these were Xu Fengjia's concubines.

The Xu family is different from the Yang family in that it has a large population. There are more than ten children from Duke Pingguo's family alone. Of the eight sons and five daughters of Xu Chi, the second young master and the third young master are no longer alive. After getting married years ago, she died of dystocia, and the fourth girl died in infancy. Today, there are still nine brothers and sisters alive, but there are more boys than girls. At this time, the house will be much more lively than the Yang family.

Seventh Lady had just introduced each other to the concubine sisters, and several young masters stepped into the threshold again. Guided by the old mother, they greeted Seventh Lady first, and the formal tea ceremony would naturally have to wait for Mrs. Tai to appear on the stage.

The young master Xu Yufei and the young lady are actually quiet and docile printed out of the same mold. Although he is over the age of standing, he looks as young as the young lady. Only when the seventh lady salutes, the young master invites the old mother Helping her to get up, she spoke softly and politely, and then stood together with the eldest and young lady, the husband and wife whispered softly, ignoring others.

The Fifth Young Master Xu Yujing will be much more enthusiastic. Comparing him with the Fifth Young Madam, they are like two paintings, but the Fifth Young Madam is a beauty in the works of the Song people, while the Fifth Young Master is like a big man in the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, a vulgar and a prose complement each other.

Seventh Lady greeted him, so he sat down on one of the Taishi's chairs facing each other in front of the kang, raised his feet and called the servant girl in the room, "Come and squeeze my feet! Yesterday I entered the palace and stood all night, like Another old cold!"

He was brought up by Mrs. Ni, and of course he is the most comfortable living in Leshan.

Seventh Lady looked at Fourth Young Madam again.

The fourth young master Xu Yuqian can be regarded as the most capable of the Xu family's concubines. Before Xu Fengjia joined the army, he had already made a name for himself. Over the years, his accumulated achievements have risen to a thousand households. Considering that he is less than 30 years old Even with Xu's family taking care of her, she must have considerable ability to achieve such an achievement.It is precisely because of this that like Xu Fengjia, he has been away from home for many years, which has delayed the Fourth Young Madam. Up to now, the Fourth House has no heirs, and the few promoted houses have nothing.

Although the Fourth Young Madam still looked proud, she still appeared lonely in front of these two couples.

The seventh young master and the eighth young master came forward to greet his sister-in-law. When everyone was in a hurry, Mrs. Xu's cough came from the door of the house.

Since Mrs. Xu survived the serious illness last year, she seldom came out to socialize, and Qin Niangzi caught a glimpse of her when she visited last night.

After everyone saw Mrs. Xu again, Mrs. Ni came in a long time ago. She was escorted by two strong mothers and entered the house.

After all, Leshan Residence was her territory. As soon as Mrs. Tai entered the door, the atmosphere became quiet. Headed by Mrs. Xu, everyone went up to meet Mrs. Tai, and it was the turn of the bride, Seventh Lady, to offer tea one by one.

Ping Guogong is not there, so the first bowl of tea is to respect Mrs. Tai first, and several servants brought small lacquered plates with black rabbit hairs on the plate, and a small cup with a heavy mouth, and Qin Niangzi stepped forward and knelt down on the futon. Kneeling twice and knocking six times to Mrs. Tai, she picked up the lidded cup in the small plate, brought it forward and said crisply, "Daughter-in-law is serving tea to grandma."

Mrs. Ni raised her eyes and looked at Qinianzi meaningfully, for a while, she didn't pick up the teacup in Qinianzi's hand.

Seventh Lady was safe and sound, she only looked up at Mrs. Ni, waiting for her reaction.

Mrs. Ni is not surprised that she wants to save face.

Xu Fengjia's two previous wives were both from the Yang family. This is certainly a matter of circumstances, but it is also a real victory for Mrs. Ni. If Mrs. Ni does not give herself a blow, how can she stand up to the years of grudges against Mrs. Xu?
The room was so quiet that you could hear a needle drop, everyone's hands gathered on the teacup in Seventh Lady's hand.

Qin Niangzi's heart was calm, she looked at Mrs. Ni with clear eyes.

Mrs. Xu coughed twice, seemed to sneer slightly for a while, and then fell silent again.

Unexpectedly, the fight within the Xu family could be so fierce... Qin Niangzi thought to herself, but the teacup in her hand was still held firmly.

Mrs. Ni's demeanor gradually softened, she finally reached out to take the tea in Mrs. Qin's hand, and opened her mouth as if to say something.

As soon as Qin Niangzi gave it away, she put the tea bowl on the small table beside Mrs. Ni, smiled slightly, knelt down and kowtowed three times, then got up and turned to Mrs. Xu, and knelt down to salute Mrs. Xu.

"The bride has seen her mother." Her voice was extraordinarily sweet and crisp.

Mrs. Xu smiled gratifiedly, a rare smile appeared on her haggard cheeks due to years of illness.

"Okay, okay." She leaned over to take the tea bowl from Qinianzi's hand, and patted Qinianzi's shoulder again, "Once you enter the door, my mother will feel more at ease."

The tit-for-tat confrontation between the two a year ago seems to have been forgotten by Mrs. Xu.What appeared on her face was genuine joy.

Seventh Lady boldly scanned the room again.

Everyone in the room reacted differently.

This bowl of tea was her stones, and this trick of throwing stones to ask for directions really caused ripples in the pool, causing everyone to respond more or less, revealing the true face behind the mask.

(End of this chapter)