The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 145

"Speaking of it." She said softly, "Since the world...since you are going to live at home, you must have your own maid and wife in Mingde Hall."

Xu Fengjia was a little too late before raising his eyes to look at Qin Niangzi.

"I'm away all year round, and I don't have any confidantes at home. I have a few confidantes who can help with things outside. It's really dark inside, and you can decide." He casually pulled his collar, revealing his wheat-colored neck , "Why is it so hot at home?"

Seventh Lady couldn't help frowning, and turned her eyes away in embarrassment. "Okay, I think, since you usually live in Xisanjian, let the maids around me take care of your chores. You don't need to add more staff, it will be troublesome. Just choose two honest and proper mothers to arrange clothes for you , sorting out the paperwork. They are all brought over from her natal family, and they are very reliable."

Xu Fengjia seemed to be listening but didn't listen, he hummed slowly, and went to the residence newspaper again.Qin Niangzi was a little annoyed for a while, she simply stretched out her hand, closed the scroll, forced Xu Fengjia to look up at her, and then asked softly. "Tell the emperor about Nanyang... how sure are you?"

Xu Fengjia's eyes darkened instantly.

He looked at Qiniangzi, as if he was weighing her weight, guessing her details, in the chocolate-colored eyes, countless thoughts were shining brightly and fleetingly.

After a long time, he opened his mouth slowly.

"When I was in Northwest, I asked about you."

Seventh Lady sat up straight and looked at Xu Fengjia in astonishment.

Her back was straight again, and it was a little stiff under the light...

That's right, why did I forget that Xu Fengjia spent her entire teenage years in the Northwest!In terms of emotion and reason, of course he will have contact with the second wife!

"Even in the south of the Yangtze River, I have been looking for news about you. Yang Qi...you are like a pool of water whose bottom cannot be seen. Even I can't fathom your depth."

He seems to be talking to himself, and he seems to be explaining to Qin Niangzi, "Even my fourth uncle is willing to let you serve in the study outside... What can I not tell you? Even if you are reluctant, you are now my Xu family people."

Qin Niangzi flicked her back, and she narrowed her eyes.

As much as she didn't want to admit it to herself, she really hated that she was simply divided into camps.It's as if Xu Fengjia can take it for granted that she can enjoy all the services she can provide just because of her status.

However, even if she doesn't want to admit it to herself, she also knows that everything Xu Fengjia said can't be truer: In Daqin, she married into the Xu family and is a member of the Xu family, so naturally she has to plan for Xu Fengjia's benefit. .If even his wife can't be trusted, Xu Fengjia won't have many people to trust.

She stiffly, reluctantly, slowly relaxed her back, and squeezed out a smile.

"Don't mention the past." There was genuine awkwardness in her tone. "It's more important to look at the future first."

Xu Fengjia rested her chin and looked at Qin Niangzi thoughtfully, her fingers slowly walked on the small dark red Kang table, her long fingers bent up, and lightly tapped on the table, once, once, again.

"King Lu is not a ostentatious person." He opened his mouth suddenly, his eyes still locked on Qiniangzi's. "Back then in the capital, not many people knew him. Even under the great changes, his appearance and temperament have changed a lot. It's not the same people in the past. It's hard to recognize him in the melee."

Qin Niangzi's heart jumped into her throat.

She has always known that she is not a timid person, but when she talks to Xu Fengjia, she always feels that she is not brave enough.Ever since the marriage, this person has never been reassuring in his work!

Isn't he afraid of a person like the emperor who knows everything and has no plans?Even the elder was made less courageous and more guilty for no reason... But Xu Fengjia dared to blatantly play with the emperor?
"Are you... sure no one will recognize him except you?" She swallowed and asked dryly. "It's not fun to make a fuss about this."

"At that time, we were bombarded across the water, and it was at night. Without clairvoyance, we couldn't see the scene on the other side's ship at all. We don't know whether this group of people are Nanyang pirates or King Lu's troops." Xu Fengjia replied indifferently, "In the army The only pair of clairvoyance is in my hands, and I am sure that besides me, only Liao Qianhu on the whole boat can recognize King Lu. However, judging by his performance along the way, he may be in the dark and not It’s hard to tell if you didn’t recognize him.”

"It's hard to say, I'm not sure after all." Seventh Lady frowned. "Besides, there may not be any neighbors around King Lu. Liao Qianhu might recognize him."

Xu Fengjia raised the corners of his eyes and squinted at Seventh Lady.

There was a slight cunning in this look.

"But Liao Qianhu belongs to even the eunuch."

His voice lowered, like a hoarse invitation, and like a vague flirt.The flirtatious young man from Chang'an seemed to wake up behind the mature politician.

Seventh Lady is suffocated.

She looked at Xu Fengjia up and down, and it took a long time before she grabbed the white jade in her hand and knocked it down bitterly. Xu Fengjia immediately let out a slight cry of pain, retracted her red knuckles, and said angrily, "If you don't agree, then If you don’t agree, what are you beating someone for?!”

"If you want me to help, you should have said it earlier!" Qin Niangzi was also very angry, and knocked Xu Fengjia a few more times, "You want me to go around and ask you, why are you playing tricks, still hesitating, hesitating Should you trust me? Is it fun to play tricks... You hate it!"

After talking about it, she couldn't help laughing herself, and knocked Xu Fengjia a few more times before she put it away and corrected her expression.

"Isn't it a bit of a joke to expect the eunuch Lian to hide such an important matter with a single word from me? Of course, the old man may not mind giving me a little help, but for such a big matter, safety is the top priority."

Xu Feng's good stories are all about this, and Qin Niangzi is too stupid if she doesn't know who rewarded the golden jade Ruyi.It's just that even the eunuch will use his influence to encourage the emperor to reward him with gold and jade to support him, but he may not necessarily deceive the emperor for himself because of the illusory past.

Xu Fengjia rubbed his hands and chuckled, "I didn't ask you to talk about it. You may not be able to talk about this kind of thing. Now there is no money in the internal treasury. After many years of fighting, there is going to be a commotion to go to Nanyang. The treasury is also very empty... ...The emperor has repeatedly spent money to hunt down the king of Lu, and even the eunuch may not have no opinion. It's just that he is a cautious old man. Although he has been proud of himself for many years, he has no contact with our foreign ministers. Please come forward, I just want to invite you to connect .”

Qin Niangzi raised her eyebrows at Xu Fengjia in doubt.

"If this way doesn't work—"

"Then I have no choice but to tell the truth to the emperor, saying that I am not capable enough, that I can't fight water battles well, and that I can't even handle family affairs well." Xu Fengjia's eyebrows darkened. "Based on my understanding of the emperor, he will probably use the fourth brother: after all, it is the Xu family—"

To deceive such a smart person as the emperor, excuses are useless, you can only play tricks on the facts.Rather than make some poor excuses, it is better to tell the truth.Of course, this truth may make the emperor's impression of Xu Fengjia drop, but it is the only way.

As soon as Qiniangzi gritted her teeth, she had already made a decision in her heart.

"Then let's try the road of being an eunuch first, see if it works or not!"

Suddenly, she remembered Li Xia's words again.

"When it was time to leave, Mr. Huang said to himself again, saying that it is this person, and now he probably doesn't even have a name, only a hyphen... He owes too much to the Feng family, if you can find him , I'm afraid he will give you whatever you want..."

Mama Liang's words also reached her ears.

"On the day Brother Jiu was born, the master took Brother Jiu to his wife's room and let his wife take care of him. Aunt Jiu was very reluctant. The wife was afraid that something would happen to her again, so she simply asked for a dose of medicine..."

Seventh Lady lowered her eyes again and sighed.

"I still have a lot of things I want to ask you." Her tone had unknowingly been stained with a lot of heaviness. "You are fighting outside, but there are people plotting behind your back, why doesn't your father care about it? It makes us seem to be fighting alone..."

Xu Fengjia then sighed.

"Father is also difficult." In his words, there was a deep sarcasm. "The Xu family's family affairs have never been under the control of the Xu family alone. Grandma has her aunt behind her, and there are many things that my father can't help."

Seventh Lady unexpectedly followed Xu Fengjia and sighed.

"You have one night, you can tell me about the family affairs slowly." She tried her best to lift her spirits, and opened her mouth with a forced smile.

The road Madam Xu is going to walk is really full of thorns.

(End of this chapter)