The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 128

In the early morning of the second day, it was Li Xia who sent the news: the son of the prince will spend the night in the palace, and it was already midnight when he returned to Mingde Hall.He didn't disturb Qin Niangzi, but simply packed his bags in one of his bedrooms in West Wujian, woke up Li Xia who was on duty at night, gave a few words, and left Mingde Hall, surrounded by several soldiers. He got on his horse and went out.

"The elder son said that the matter in Guangzhou is very urgent, and he has to go to Guangzhou immediately. What's the matter, you can wait until he comes back to deal with it, don't worry." Li Xia's brows are full of complaints that cannot be concealed, " It's the second day of the wedding and I went to Guangzhou..."

Seventh Lady couldn't help smiling.

This busy person really came and went in a hurry, and this time he left home on the second day of his wedding.

For some reason, she relaxed a bit—at least this time, the pressure of consummating the house would not be considered until three or four months later.

So she washed up and went to say hello to Mrs. Tai.

The fifth young lady arrived early, and the fourth young lady arrived not too late. The seventh lady stepped on her back and forth with her, and almost drove the figure of the fourth young lady into Leshan residence.The eldest young lady came a little later, and apologized as soon as she entered the door, "I'm late today, alas, Da Lang has a stomachache again, and I wasted a lot of time."

The irresistible flavor of Shanxi in her words seemed to make her very disliked by Mrs. Ni. Mrs. Ni frowned, and responded lightly, "Mr. It’s not very good, you, as a mother, have to take care of her more carefully.”

The eldest young lady immediately responded with a lowered eyebrow, "Yes, grandma taught you the right thing."

Seventh Lady stood at the end of the crowd, watching with cold eyes, only thinking that Mrs. Ni really deserved to be a noble lady in the capital. Although she had a smile on her face and couldn't find fault in her words, there were only two tone of voice, and the closeness and intimacy were completely different.

Not long after, the men and a few unmarried concubines also arrived, and the room immediately became lively. Mrs. Tai seemed a little too noisy, and everyone would agree with her slight frown.The eldest young lady was the first to get up and leave to say hello to Mrs. Xu, and the seventh lady slipped out of Leshan residence by chance.

It is also good to have more people. Everyone came up to say hello to Mrs. Tai. It has been half an hour. How could Mrs. Tai have the intention to keep her in trouble?

Seventh Lady walked and thought all the way, and when she entered Qingpingyuan, she was in vain: Mrs. Xu didn't sleep well last night, she was fast asleep now, the old mother blocked the drive, and several young wives still couldn't go in to visit her mother-in-law.

The eldest young lady went back to her Zhishan hall early, and the seventh lady had a face-to-face confrontation with the young master. Both sides smiled and saluted friendly, and then parted ways.

There is a large population, so even asking for peace has to go a few more times - this is because Ping Guogong stayed in the palace last night and did not return to the mansion early in the morning, otherwise he would have to go to Menghuaxuan one more time.Qin Niangzi only felt that after this trip, she had a great appetite, and she had a rare snack in addition to breakfast, and then she recovered, and told Li Xia, "Bring in the deacons and women from the east wing. , Let them come in one by one to see me."

She is the rightful master of Mingde Hall, so it is logical to gather the personnel in Mingde Hall. Li Xia went out to give orders without saying a word. In less than an incense stick, the limited number of servants in Mingde Hall gathered in the west. first room.

The first room in the west is for living decoration, and it is furnished with a set of iron wood furniture inlaid with precious treasures that the eldest wife found. The exquisite workmanship is even better than the decoration of the residence of the eldest wife in Suzhou.Even Qiniangzi couldn't help but admire the emerald jade and mother-of-pearl decorations on the bedside before starting the first interview in her life.

In the past, when she was working, she was the only one who picked her, not her. After she came to the Yang family, although she also had a certain degree of power to appoint and remove personnel, she still had to worry about the wishes of the eldest wife.Now that Mingde Hall has three acres of land, it is really Seventh Lady who decides: Xu Fengjia also made it very clear that he is away all the year round, and the affairs of Mingde Hall will eventually be taken care of by Seventh Lady.

Qin Niangzi also had some vague thoughts in her heart. Although she brought a lot of dowry, it was still not enough to fill the establishment of Mingde Hall.Besides, she didn't plan to use only her dowry.

All the servants originally prepared in Mingde Hall are still locked in the Zhuangzi where Madam Xu married, and now the two middle-aged servants borrowed from Madam Xu’s yard are in charge of cleaning inside and outside. They are both honest and measured, For those who are clear and bright, although they can't read, they are very effective in controlling the four or five handymen and five or six little maids under him.In fact, these low-level positions don't require much effort, they can work honestly, and it's enough for them not to be frivolous and jumpy.

Qin Niangzi sent someone to ask the old mother, and took advantage of the situation to keep the two mothers to continue to manage things. She directly handed over the matter of the east wing of Mingde Hall to Mama Hu and Mama Chu.Going first is nothing more than cleaning the east wing, the original bedding and other things, washing and drying, changing... and so on, and so on.

Yu Yuxuan's original two mothers who were in charge also came here as a dowry with Qin Niangzi. After getting along for many years, no one knew Qin Niangzi's temper better than them. Mother Hang and Mother Xiao Wang took over the duties of stewards logically, but she As the wife of the eldest son, there are only eight women-in-charge who clean up the yard and greet and send them off, and there are dozens of women-in-charge under Mrs. Xu's command. These two mothers can't do everything. work.

Seventh Lady was also prepared, so she simply invited the old mother and the fifth young lady into Mingde Hall. She held the roster herself, and asked the old mother to pick four servants who were honest, cautious and unreliable on weekdays. The young lady directly transferred the four mothers into the Mingde Hall.

The fifth young lady had a calm and gentle face, and she agreed with the old mother's eyes. "They are all the people I use the most smoothly in my daily life, or the ones my mother used to make me have good eyesight."

When she spoke, her voice was crisp and thin, resembling the accent of a little opera singer, with a Beijing accent, not strange, not strange and a little strange, so that people listened to it, and felt everything in their hearts.

The old mother glanced at Qiniangzi and just smiled.

Comparing to playing machine front, Qin Niangzi is confident that she will not lose to anyone.

"Fifth sister-in-law, don't take offense." She smiled slightly, and took a sip of green tea from the baby play colorful small cup.

Ben was going to mention that after he was in charge of the family, he had to deal with the mothers in charge. It was only natural to gather these four capable generals under his command first.But Qin Niangzi suddenly thought of Xu Fengjia's instructions.

She couldn't help frowning slightly.

Originally, he planned to use the housekeeper as an excuse to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger as soon as he passed the door, to test the reaction of the fifth young lady.

But Xu Fengjia repeatedly and solemnly told her not to muddy the water rashly, maybe he had his own reasons.

She just continued casually, "There are too few people available in Mingde Hall, and there are too many things to do. I am young, so I can't lead a group of foolish soldiers to fight. Make people laugh, right?"

Her words were funny, and the old mother immediately smiled with wrinkles all over her face, "Young Madam is just funny. You said that, of course, the mother in charge of Mingde Hall has to choose and choose. In the future, she will pick and choose. Wouldn't it embarrass the Xu family!"

She is the most trustworthy mother by Mrs. Xu's side, and she seems to be the chief executive of the inner palace. Although Mrs. Xu has been ill for a long time now, and the old mother has lost her former glory, she is still a majestic tiger. It's still quite natural to say.

The fifth young lady's eyes flickered, and she lowered her eyes and smiled, "Just make a joke, and the sixth sibling will take it seriously. Don't worry about the old mother. I will ask them to come to Mingde hall when I turn around."

He said it as if Qiniangzi and the old mother were small-minded and couldn't take a joke.

The Fifth Young Madam is indeed a typical noble lady in Beijing, she looks gentle, but every sentence is hidden, and a single sentence can make people frown and savor the meaning for a long time.

Seventh Lady smiled.

It was unavoidable that Mrs. Fifth Young Master would be unhappy in her heart. She called people from both sides to confront each other. One side picked someone and the other wanted someone. She made it clear that she did not give Mrs. Fifth Young Master a little time to react, an excuse to shirk.Whether to give or not is a matter of one sentence, and it saves a little time for Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Tai to discuss.

It's no wonder that she was trying to grab whites everywhere, with the intention of choking Seventh Lady to death.

"Hey, I was just joking, Fifth Sister-in-law, don't take it seriously." She suddenly covered her mouth with a smile, "It's a joke to still be Fifth Sister-in-law, so I just said it along the way, I don't want Fifth Sister-in-law to take it seriously--this Misunderstanding, it’s interesting to be mistaken!”

She and the Fifth Young Madam looked at each other and smiled, and both of them showed faint smiles.Like this misunderstanding, it is really very interesting.

The Fifth Young Madam got up and said goodbye, "There are many things at home, and there are still many mothers waiting at Leshanju..."

Seventh Lady hurriedly got up and took her to the door in person, "I've delayed my sister-in-law, but what the old mother said was right. The matter of Mingdetang is not about Yang Qi alone. After all, it is related to the dignity of the Duke's mansion. I have to take the liberty bother..."

The spark in the fifth young lady's eyes flickered again.

Isn't it just a heir, it seems like the entire Xu family only has six roofs...

She smiled more kindly. "Where, the sixth younger siblings are right. When the former one was alive, we didn't care about the affairs in Mingde Hall—it was my negligence. I forgot that there must be new movements when the sixth younger siblings enter the door. Mingdetang prepares a few mothers in charge. I will apologize to you later."

Sweeping again at the splendid decorations inlaid with treasures in the house, his eyes sank slightly. "Then take my leave."

Seventh Lady didn't bother to quarrel with Mrs. Fifth Young Master, she sent her out of the gate with a smile, and then took the old mother back to the house to talk.

"Are the four mothers in charge clean behind their backs?" she asked the old mother.

Without being in front of outsiders, the old mother also put away the kindness on her face, and changed her face to be solemn.

"It's all clean. There are a lot of people coming and going in the mansion. There are official slaves rewarded by the palace over the years, private slaves bought, tenant girls promoted from tenants to serve, and family-born children who reproduced on their own. The mothers in charge are all official slaves rewarded by the palace, because most of them are married in the original owner's house, and their children are sold to other places. Now they are alone in the mansion, and they have never had much backing. They all rely on real skills Get promoted to do some dirty work to earn a living."

Seventh Lady frowned slightly.

Although she has gotten used to all the ugliness of this society, she still can't bear to hear that people are being sold like livestock, causing relatives to be separated.

However, the old mother's vision is indeed very sophisticated.

Serving in the Mingde Hall is a decent job. These people can be said to be lonely in the mansion, and they can only rely on their ability to rise to the position. Naturally, they are flattered to work in the Mingde Hall, and they can only serve with more heart.A lonely family, even if you make friends with anyone, it's just a matter of face, and you can eat whoever you get...

Just picking out these four mothers is tantamount to knowing half of the general situation of the fifth young lady in the mansion - after all, she works under the fifth young lady's hands, so it is impossible to have no rumors about some inside stories.Qin Niangzi had a lot of time to win people's hearts, and then asked little by little about the trivial matters of Wufang and even Leshanju.

If the candidate is well chosen, the choice is even more clever... Madam Fifth Young Master will be unhappy, which is also the meaning of the question.

She praised the old mother, "After all, you have gone through a lot of things. In the future, I need your advice on the affairs of Mingdetang. Let alone those who are far away, those who are near, when Shiro Goro returns to the mansion, the people who serve around him will need you." Let's choose."

The old mother looked respectful. "Young madam is really too polite. The old man's talent is not all taught by madam."

The two were polite again, and Qin Niangzi wanted to send the old mother out in person, but the old mother was so frightened that she didn't dare to do it, "Please sit down, young lady, please sit down, young lady."

Then he stepped backwards out of Xishoujian, and was sent out of Mingde Hall by Lixia.

Seventh Lady also took advantage of the situation and sat on the small kang by the window, watching the old mother's back go away.

The old mother had seen her look down and out when she was a child.

At that time, she was just a little concubine, although she was the master, she didn't have much dignity.When you meet your old mother, you should timidly address her as "Mom".

Although the old mother was kind, she just smiled and made a blessing, even if she had seen the ceremony.

Now, even if I got up to see her off, I didn't dare to act...

There are also five young ladies.

If she said a favor, she would have to drop the matter at hand and come to Mingde Hall to speak... If it wasn't for her identity, would she be worthy of giving face like this?
It's strange that Xu Fengjia was so confident back then that he thought he would agree to this marriage.As the eldest son's wife of the Duke's Mansion, how could such a powerful position be imagined by a little concubine back then?
He is clearly still in the deep house compound, but has just changed his identity. It turns out that life has many different tastes.

Qin Niangzi was stunned for a long time before slowly letting out a sigh of relief.

In the early morning of the second day, she greeted Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Xu, and took Lixia and Shangyuan, two confidant maids, with Mama Hang and Mama Xiaowang following the car, loaded a car and returned to the door by Daddy. The young master and the seventh young master personally escorted him back to Yang's house for the return ceremony.

Although Xu Fengjia was absent, the Yang family still held a banquet for relatives and friends, and the eldest wife also invited Seventh Lady to talk in the house.She was actually in a good mood, looked at Qin Niangzi a few times, and suddenly smiled.

"Why didn't you consummate the room with Feng Jia?"

Although she had expected that she would ask this question, Qin Niangzi still couldn't help being a little tired: she knew that she would perform the ceremony that night, so as not to have to explain to everyone.

"My cousin got drunk that night and slept until dawn. The next day, I entered the palace before the sun went down... Then I went to Guangzhou."

The eldest wife couldn't stop being funny, and even Grandma Min couldn't help making jokes. "It's because my brother-in-law is too busy. This newlywed will go to Guangzhou on the second day - does he have a predestined relationship with Guangzhou?"

Even the eldest wife was amused and laughed.

She seemed to be pleased by Xu Fengjia's going south to Guangzhou, but it was only after dinner that she remembered to ask Qin Niangzi, "Is there... anything wrong in the Duke's Mansion?"

Seventh Lady shook her head lightly. "When I first arrived, I couldn't see anything."

The eldest wife couldn't help sighing—she was naturally impatient.

"That's all," he sighed, "If it was so easy to investigate, your third aunt would have found Zi Wu Yinmao long ago, and it would be your turn to show your skills."

Having said that, there is still a three-point lack of interest.

Seventh Lady moved her lips, but closed her mouth again.

Isn't she used to the eldest wife's coldness?

Finally, the eldest lady still remembered that Silang and Wulang were still at Uncle Qin's house. After drinking tea for a minute, she remembered to ask, "How is it? Can you stand in Xu's house? If you need anything, just ask your mother." Open your mouth!"

This is what Seventh Lady was waiting for.

"It's nothing else." She lowered her eyes, a little hesitant. "I just want to borrow someone from my mother."

Just adding and subtracting, she told the young people in Mingde hall that she asked four women to join the establishment.

"Although these four people are capable, they haven't been on stage for many years, and their behavior is so despicable. I want to ask my mother to lend me a few months from Mama Liang, so that I can train the staff inside and outside Mingde Hall. .”

The eldest lady agreed without hesitation. "What's so difficult about it? Let's take Mama Liang back with me today!"

Seventh Lady smiled. "Then thank you, mother."

(End of this chapter)