The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 138

Perhaps it was because this operation was not suitable for seeing the light. When the Xu family received the news, Xu Fengjia had already boarded the boat and was on her way back to Beijing.He had already arrived in the capital just after the Lantern Festival, but he happened to avoid a series of cumbersome celebrations in the first month.

When I was a girl at home, Qin Niangzi hid away from time to time every year, at most, she went around eating spring wine with the eldest wife, but now that she has become a married woman, she realizes that the first month is really not a rest for a royal order The seasons, the first day of the first lunar month to go to the palace to congratulate, the second day to visit relatives, the third day to go back to her mother's house, and the fourth day to eat spring wine all the way to the Shangyuan Festival-this is because she has no housekeeper, so she doesn't have to worry about the annual rituals, even so , as the wife of the eldest son, Seventh Lady also had to socialize with Mrs. Ni Tai, and there were many people from the Xu clan who had returned to Beijing for the New Year to see them.

Because the queen mother in the palace had an old problem, and Quan Zhongbai was not in the capital and went to the Western Regions to collect medicine, the atmosphere in the palace was somewhat dull, and the seventh lady and the sixth lady just looked at each other a few times, and could not be alone in the private room. After socializing with the empress for a few words, she was unable to enter the palace to pay her respects again - she didn't even take a picture of the concubine's face.Mrs. Tai didn't seem to mind either. Although the meeting was not too salty or bland, she didn't take Qin Niangzi too much.

Although she has lived in Xu's family for two or three months, Qi Niangzi has never felt that she has truly integrated into the family.

Her life is monotonous and peaceful. She gets up every day to say hello to the two old people, and then returns to Mingde Hall to sit with Shiro and Goro.If there is anything wrong with the two children, they will naturally report it to Li Xia, and when Li Xia can't make up his mind, Qin Niangzi will make the decision.The first young lady, the fourth young lady, and the fifth young lady didn't go to Mingde Hall anymore, so they had to take their two children to Qingpingyuan to show Mrs. Xu, and then returned to Mingde Hall to read, write, paint and play the piano by themselves. Leisurely, but there is an indescribable "floating".

No matter how meaningless the bad rules look, they actually have their reasons.Seventh Lady couldn't help feeling helpless, if she and Xu Fengjia consummated their marriage on the night of their marriage, it would be a different scene now.At least Mrs. Madam would actively want to take over the housekeeper's job herself, and Mrs. Fifth Young Master's attitude towards Mrs. Ni would not be just such a gentle alienation.

It's not that she likes to fight, it's just that these three months of tranquility were stolen after all, and Qin Niangzi didn't feel that she got a rest, just like a big drama that was delayed for no reason, and it couldn't be staged for a long time, so that the lead actor himself, There is unconscious anxiety.

Under such complicated thoughts, when she returned from Sun's house on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, there was a man's voice in Mingde Hall.

Xu Fengjia did not stay in the third room of the west, but opened the door of the fifth room of the west, and could faintly hear several male voices talking among them, and Seventh Lady frowned after she entered Mingde hall.

Isn't it absurd to bring the male relatives into your living place?
Then I saw that Zhongyuan brought two or three servant girls out of the house, holding a large silver basin in his hand, with a fine white cloth on the side of the basin - it seemed to have a few touches of shocking red on it.

Qin Niangzi's brows twisted a few knots.

"Is the son at home?" she asked in a low voice.

Zhongyuan nodded hurriedly at Seventh Lady, handed the silver basin in his hand to the little maid beside him, and behaved himself, "Young Madam is back. Shizi is the door of the two-hour advance, first to Menghuaxuan and the country. The lord had spoken, and he just went in to change the medicine. There are several eunuchs in the palace serving, and we are just laying hands."

After all, it was Qin Niangzi who sent her out, these few words were crisp and clear, and she explained several things about Xu Fengjia after entering the mansion.

Only then did Qin Niangzi gradually loosen her brows: Although it is a bit strange for the servants in the palace to go in and out of the inner curtain, it cannot be said to be a taboo.

She walked a few steps towards West Fifth Room, then turned around again, unconsciously touching the head jewelry on the top of her head.

"Go and salute the son," she sent Li Xia, "Just say I'm going back to the house, and ask why the son is injured? I'll come to see the son later."

Li Xia pursed his lips and showed a small smile, "Yes, the servant must bring the words."

Seventh Lady glared at her, then turned around and entered Xisanjian.

After removing her head and face, she changed her life's wife's fine clothes, went into the clean room to wash up, and Li Xia came back to return. "The elder son said that he is fine, but he is in a hurry, his wound is a bit torn, and he will go to the palace to see the emperor in a while. Young Madam doesn't have to wait for him to eat with him."

What a busy man.

Seventh Lady couldn't help frowning, "Where is the injury, have you looked?"

"It seems to be a bruise on the back of the elbow." Li Xia also answered uncertainly, "When the maidservant entered, the Shizi had already changed his medicine - he seems to be in good spirits."

Qin Niangzi frowned when she heard the footsteps and whispers from outside.

If it is a later life, when the husband returns from a business trip, he will spend some time with his wife first, and then consider business and family affairs.It's a pity that in Daqin, official business comes first and filial piety comes second. When Xu Fengjia came back from the palace, she might go to Qingpingyuan to pay her respects. It would be nice to go back to Mingdetang for a night's sleep.

That's okay, if you can't die, just let him go.

She pushed this matter to the back of her mind, and greeted Li Xia with a smile, "Go, go and see Shiro and Goro."

In a winding northern building like Mingde Hall, the east wing and the west wing are simply two apartments. The east wing is in a state of chaos, and the west wing can only faintly hear the movement.Therefore, even though Xu Fengjia went back to Mingde Hall to change some medicines, the children in the East Wing didn't know anything about it, and they were still laughing and making noises in the nursery.

Seeing Qiniangzi coming, Wulang shouted "Aunt Qi", and rushed over with a smile, but was tripped by a small stool at his feet and fell on the thick cotton blanket, stabbing his hands for a moment, struggling Trying to get up.

Suddenly there was a burst of low laughter in the room——Goro, this child is indeed a pain in the ass.

Shiro was much quieter, he rolled his eyes and smiled at Qiniangzi, even though he had greeted him, then lowered his head again to fiddle with the small building blocks in his hand.

Maybe it's because the twins have changed several environments since they were born, and they don't recognize each other very much. Goro quickly accepted Seventh Lady. When he saw her, he always called Seventh Aunt affectionately. There is not much resistance to Qin Niangzi appearing in his life.

A child of this age grows as fast as blowing up a balloon, and has gained a lot of weight in the past few months. Goro can already speak several strings of sentences fluently, and Qin Niangzi can speak very fluently every time she teases her.Although Shiro still doesn't like to talk, he has already learned a few commonly used words: at least his intelligence doesn't seem to be a big problem, which can already let Qiniangzi breathe a sigh of relief.

She hugged Shiro in her arms, and teased Shiro with a small rattle. When Shiro left the building block, he was about to cry, but he got the rattle again, but instead he started giggling, and while spinning the rattle, he went to recruit Goro.The two children walked around Qin Niangzi, one on her lap and the other on her knees, playing jokes on each other, and everyone couldn't stop laughing.

After a while, Goro was tired first, yawned, and threw himself on Qin Niangzi's lap, flapping his eyelashes, and said inarticulately, "Mom, sleep..."

The mother he was talking about was the adoptive mother. While smiling, the adoptive mother stepped forward to pick up Goro and put him on the small bed. Goro still remembered that he was hanging a rattle, and then rushed towards Shiro, stretching out his hand and saying, "Brother, drum..."

Before he finished a sentence, his eyes were closed, his breathing was even, and he was actually asleep.

Shiro pursed his lips and giggled a few times, stuffed the rattle into his arms, and clamored to go down to the ground and build blocks.Qin Niangzi put him on the ground, smiled and said to Lixia, "Children are like animals, so cute."

The two adoptive mothers immediately laughed: "Madam's words are interesting."

While talking, Gu Yu and Chun Equinox came in to change the two adoptive mothers out for dinner, and Shang Yuan also came in to greet Seventh Lady, "Young masters have a good appetite today, you see, they ate more than usual."

(End of this chapter)