The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 150

Seventh Lady frowned slightly.

Of course, there may be other ways for Xu Fengjia to contact Eunuch Lian and arrange a meeting.But he was not familiar with even the eunuch, so it seemed unwise to reject Feng Jin on this matter.

Is it because of Fifth Lady?

She couldn't help but looked at Xu Fengjia exploratoryly, and sighed deeply from the bottom of her heart.

Although both of them can avoid mentioning many things, they will not fade away. After all, Wu Niangzi used to be Xu Fengjia's wife, and he may have adjusted his mentality to treat her as his wife, so he lacks affection for Feng Jin. It also seems to be a very natural thing.

Xu Fengjia didn't avoid Qiniangzi's eyes, he looked back at Qiniangzi, and explained calmly and solemnly, "Feng Zixiu is in charge of intelligence, and even the eunuch's identity is sensitive after all, and it's not good for him to report it to us when we meet in private. It’s not good if you don’t report it... I think it would be much better for you to report it to Eunuch Lian in person.”

Qi Niangzi suddenly became curious, and she questioned, "Even if he gave me Jinyu Ruyi, how can you be sure that this is what he meant, maybe it was my cousin - I don't think he will come in as soon as Concubine Ning invites me." Jingren Palace speaks. Even if we meet, I may not be able to ask the eunuch Lian to arrange a meeting..."

Xu Fengjia suddenly laughed. He raised his hand to his lips and hissed softly.

"Yang Qi, you've let me down so much." It's more a joke than an accusation. "I thought you could figure it out."

Qin Niangzi took a step back and narrowed her eyes suspiciously.

Of course, she didn't understand the meaning of Xu Fengjia's story. In fact, this was also her suspicion these days.

If only relying on the good luck of gold and jade, dare to put the work of contacting the eunuch Lian on the shoulders of Qi Niangzi, not to mention Duke Ping, even Qi Niangzi herself will lower Xu Fengjia's evaluation.

But how did Xu Fengjia know?Even the eunuch's past should be his most unbearable secret, and if even the Xu family knew about it... would the Yang family also know about it?

"Tell me." She asked softly. "Don't play around with me in this matter!"

After the words were out of her mouth, Qin Niangzi realized that her tone was a bit too intense: This is of course not a good thing, and now she has revealed that she cares about the eunuch.

Xu Fengjia's eyebrows immediately went up, and he smiled.

"beg me?"

See, once you don't disguise yourself well, the consequences will immediately emerge.

Seventh Lady sighed in frustration.

From childhood to adulthood, this man really hasn't changed!

"Stop making trouble!" She frowned, "This kind of thing is not for jokes!"

"Oh, good." Mr. Xu nodded obediently, his expression became serious, and he sat up straight again, requesting in a solemn tone. "beg me."

For the first time in her life, Qin Niangzi had the urge to strangle someone to death with her bare hands.

"You hate it!" She casually grabbed the small pillow at hand, and threw it at Xu Fengjia, "Speak the matter well, don't be a rascal—oh!"

Xu Fengjia took the pillow casually, hugged her whole body horizontally, and put her on the kang directly. Although Qin Niangzi struggled hard, what's the use?

Generals are bad!If you are a scholar, not to mention grabbing him and throwing him on the bed, but even hugging him horizontally, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort.How could it be like Xu Fengjia, the same as catching a chicken, catch it as soon as you say it, and throw it away as soon as you say it?
Not long after the first night, her little days came.Xu Fengjia was so busy that she was already asleep when she returned to the house...

"It's still daytime!" Seventh Lady yelled as she struggled, "I have to say hello to my mother later... Ah! Go, go to bed..."

In front of the unsheltered kang, Qin Niangzi didn't have the guts yet—let alone the curtains. Through the bright glass window, if people outside are interested, they can easily find out what's going on inside the house .

The deep laughter accompanied her all the way to the mother-of-pearl bed. The picture of a beauty inlaid with jade on the head of the bed seemed to be a little more radiant in the daytime. Seventh Lady stared at the beauty's eyes and thought absently. Many problems in the mind.

Even what kind of person the eunuch would be, did he also have the truth about the past in his heart, would he...would...

Her thoughts floated up and gradually fell into fragments. Under Xu Fengjia's pressure, she turned and protested. However, all objections were eventually crushed by the young overlord forcefully.

"Is it much more comfortable this time?" After a long time, Xu Fengjia asked lazily. He rolled over from Qin Niangzi's body, and crawled on the side of the pillow to scramble through his long messy hair.

Qin Niangzi blinked her eyes and tried to recover from the severe panting. Before she could think about it, she complained, "It's not uncomfortable at all! It still hurts..."

In the misty vision, she noticed that the white gauze on Xu Fengjia's shoulders had been removed, and her hands seemed to have self-consciousness, so she parted her long hair and carefully examined Xu Fengjia's body.

The wound has almost healed up, Xu Fengjia didn't lie, it wasn't a serious injury in the first place, but the scrape on the right side of the chest still left traces, and the several wounds on the back of the shoulder, even the scars have faded now.

"It got better so quickly." She said in a low voice, her senses came back little by little, but unfortunately, the original anger disappeared somewhere.

Xu Fengjia smiled lazily.

"With the road of Lian Eunuch, it will be better soon."

It seems that he only came up with the idea of ​​using Qin Niangzi to contact the eunuch Lian after he returned to Beijing. Before that, Xu Fengjia probably wanted to use his injury as an excuse to avoid the trip to Nanyang.

Qin Niangzi narrowed her eyes, and her vision blurred by pleasure gradually became clearer. She turned her head to meet Xu Fengjia's eyes, bit her lips, and urged, "When did you know... about Uncle Lian Shi and my mother?" of?"

Of course, the mother here does not refer to the eldest wife.

Xu Fengjia was not surprised at all - this further confirmed Qiniangzi's guess: he had more or less guessed the past between the eunuch Lian and Yiniang Jiu.

"Although the eunuch is low-key, he is by no means a mysterious figure." His voice was mellow and smooth, like a warm ribbon, lingering in Seventh Lady's ears. "Since the Jin Yu Ruyi incident, my father has inquired about some past events in private. After all, our Xu family has been operating in the capital for many years, and some sources of information are unmatched by other families."

Seventh Lady's eyes suddenly darkened.

Xu Fengjia's knowledge of Jiu Yiniang's private affairs back then and Ping Guogong's personal knowledge are two completely different things to Seventh Lady.

No matter how unwilling to admit it, the upper-class women in Daqin have never remarried. Xu Fengjia is already the only man in her life. It is justifiable for him to participate in many things.

But Ping Guogong is different, for her, this is a complete outsider, let him dig out Jiu Yiniang's privacy back then, Qin Niangzi just felt sick for a while.

"Even the eunuch's hobby of embroidery for many years is well-known in the capital." Xu Fengjia didn't seem to notice Qiniangzi's unhappiness, but continued to narrate freely.One end said, and the other reached out to comb Qiniangzi's messy long hair, untied the messy hairpin, and twisted it in her hand to play with. "Father paid a little attention, and found that he had a special liking for Mrs. Xiantou's embroidery. Over the years, the small pieces of raised embroidery in the capital were almost all collected by the eunuch himself."

"However, after all, my father never went to Jiangnan in person." His tone softened, like whispering in his ears, "Do you know how many of the troops I brought down to Jiangnan were Yan Yunwei generals? Yang Qi, I'm afraid it's hard for you to imagine that these people are much more capable than you think. When I went to Guangzhou, I stayed in Suzhou for two days, just to check around Mrs. Ru's old house. It will be much clearer."

He was the one who arranged Yan Yunwei's people to various places in the south of the Yangtze River, and he can be regarded as the old boss of this group of people. On the surface, this kind of thing is just concerned about his new wife. Yan Yunwei can't do it conveniently without this reason.And Eunuch Lian had already abandoned his old surname, so it was a bit difficult to think of Eunuch Lian from this past event.Even if Feng Jin knew about it, he probably wouldn't do anything to Xu Fengjia - after all, there was a seventh lady between the two of them.

Seventh Lady once again admitted to herself: Although the man beside her has countless flaws, he is not incompetent.

"Does father know about this?" She also lowered her voice, frowned and shook her shoulders, "Oh, it's so itchy."

Xu Fengjia smiled lowly, while retracting her long fingers that were prowling around her shoulders and neck.

"I've already married and started a business, and even have my own children." His eyes were deep, "Our sixth room must always have our own cards."

After all, the Xu family has seven or eight sons, which is not like the Yang family. Even if the elder is dissatisfied with Brother Jiu, he has no other choice.

Seventh Lady's eyes also became darker.

Ping Guogong is the unyielding head of the family in the Duke's Mansion. It can be said that although he does not participate in many things, the decision-makers and adjudicators cannot be left alone.Wu Niangzi's death, the succession of the throne, and even Xu Fengjia's future behavior will all be checked by him in the end.

She always thought that the relationship between Xu Fengjia and the Duke of Heping was harmonious. After all, since he was 13 years old, he had been fighting with his father.So there are a lot of things to say, and Qin Niangzi doesn't want to say too much.

Just listening to Xu Fengjia's implication, between him and the Duke of Ping, he is by no means honest with each other and talks about everything.

"Have you seen even the eunuch?" She changed the subject.

Close relatives and distant husbands and wives, even though the two have the same interests in many things, Seventh Lady would never talk to Xu Fengjia about Duke Ping and Mrs. Xu at will.

"I've seen it a few times." Xu Fengjia didn't stick to the previous topic either. "You can rest assured that if you want to guess the connection between him and Mrs. Ru, you must be familiar with the Yang family and him. There are not many people like this in the whole capital. Mrs. Ru's privacy is not It will be excavated and talked about at will, making the dead still have no peace in the ground."

Seventh Lady bit her lip, turned her head away, and didn't look at Xu Fengjia.

No matter how right or wrong should be calculated, Jiu Yiniang's life was undoubtedly extremely sad, desolate and embarrassing.No matter what the reason was, Qin Niangzi did not want her death to become a topic of conversation after so many years.

I am afraid that only she can understand her persistence in the most subtle feelings, Xu Fengjia...why do you say it so plainly!

She took a deep breath before letting go of the topic as if nothing had happened.

"That's good." She replied hoarsely, staring at the bare honey-colored shoulders in front of her eyes, watching the gentle rise and fall of Xu Fengjia's chest. "What kind of person is he?"

"He is very kind and elegant. He has read a lot of poetry and books. He is not the servant of an ignorant eunuch. He always has a smiling face to everyone, and he rarely gives favors." Xu Fengjia's long finger found Qin Niangzi's chin again, Gently top. "look at me."

Qin Niangzi wanted to hide, but her fingertips were still burning with the tiredness after passion, and Xu Fengjia's grasp was so gentle, she could only let herself be caught by Xu Fengjia's eyes, shrouded in the fiery temperature .

It's not comfortable at all.

"The emperor never pretends to be eunuchs and servants." Xu Fengjia's voice is still not high, "Only the eunuchs are respected, even more confiding than the courtiers. State affairs are intricate, and family affairs are also Don't worry, many things that our courtiers are inconvenient to do are even arranged by the eunuchs for the emperor. The friendship between the two even made me take a few steps back. Feng Zixiu has been very popular these years, it seems that the emperor The only confidant, in fact, when talking about Xinzhong in private, he still counts the eunuchs. Feng Jin just took advantage of her beauty, and also suffered from her beauty."

When Feng Jin was mentioned, there was another astringency in his words.

Seventh Lady immediately thought of Fifth Lady.

She lowered her eyes, only to feel that her mind was extremely chaotic, like a ball of numbness, it was difficult to find a clue.

"It sounds like a kind elder."

She pushed all the messy thoughts deep in her heart, and focused her thoughts on the conversation with Xu Fengjia again.

"Harmony is true, there is not much difference in wrist and scheming." Xu Fengjia's tone faded. "He was the only attendant Zhou Gui placed next to the prince. If he didn't have three parts of the city, he would have been eliminated long ago. After so many years, he has not only stood tall, but also won the emperor's heart properly...Here It's not just a little wrist that hides."

Seventh Lady responded softly, and pictured the appearance of the eunuch Lian in her heart. So far, what appeared in her heart was a kind old eunuch. Except for the blank face, her behavior and actions seemed to have a default impression.

"Then... where is the concubine?" She turned over and lay down on the pillow with Xu Fengjia, wearily smoothing the broken hair on her temples, "This time when I enter the palace, I have to greet the concubine no matter what..."

Xu Fengjia seemed to let her go temporarily, and didn't intend to continue to look at her. He turned over, looked at the ceiling, pondered for a moment, and then said softly, "Since I went to the northwest, I haven't been in the harem for many years. Greetings to the concubine, the impression of many years ago is already blurred. My mother has been in poor health for the past few years and cannot enter the palace, and my grandmother is old. If you want to know the concubine's temperament, you have to ask your sisters-in-law."

He thought for a while, and then said, "Perhaps sister-in-law knows it well, after all, she passed the family early, and mother brought her into the palace several times in the past few years, that is, after sister-in-law took over the housework, she changed people to go out to socialize. When you are free, you can also go to the Zhishan Hall more often. The eldest brother has a gentle temperament and has always had a good relationship with me. "

Xu Yufei only has the fame he donated, and he has no intention of becoming an official for many years. Of course, his relationship with Xu Fengjia is not that bad.

It's just that when Qin Niangzi thought of the lifeless performance of the eldest young lady, she couldn't help but feel a little hairy, and she responded softly, "I see, I will go to the Zhishan Hall tomorrow."

Xu Fengjia hummed in satisfaction, and then told her softly, "After all, the concubine is my grandmother's biological daughter. Although she and her mother get along well, there are many things that are not easy to talk about... If you are wronged, you can just bear it." Anyway, I don't see you a few times a year, so just bear it if you can."

Qin Niangzi already understood: Xu Fengjia said it politely, I am afraid that Mrs. Tai and Concubine Xu knew the marriage candidate back then, maybe the concubine had a preconceived prejudice against herself because of this, and I don't know.

She couldn't help giving Xu Fengjia a whining look before agreeing, "I know what time it is, why don't you get up and change quickly? It's time to go and see Shiro and Goro... Oh! You, you are here again ..."

Only half of the bed curtain was raised, and then it was lowered again, and the voice from inside the tent quickly became blurred.

(End of this chapter)