The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 154

Early in the morning on the first day of February, Seventh Lady was carefully woken up by Li Xia.

This girl was too afraid of Xu Fengjia, so she went around the head of the bed, inserted a finger through the gap in Babu's bed, and played with Qin Niangzi's braids. If it wasn't for Qin Niangzi's light sleep, she might not be able to wake up. .

She opened her eyes, yawned lightly, rubbed her eyes, and it took a long time to see Li Xia smiling at herself on the bedside with a guilty face.

I am really proud of being favored.Qin Niangzi was angry and funny, but she didn't care about it with Li Xia. She blinked again, and when the drowsiness subsided, she realized that her waist was very heavy: Xu Fengjia fell asleep next to her at some point, holding most of her body. She covered her whole body, wrapped up a strip of brocade quilt, pressed half of the bed curtain, and slept soundly.

It's strange that Lixia dare not lift the bed curtain and call someone.

Qin Niangzi was angry and funny, she struggled, she wanted to get out of bed lightly, but she didn't want to move, Xu Fengjia woke up.

He woke up very quickly, without the trance of ordinary people, almost opened his eyes, and half sat up, stretching his waist full of energy.

"What time is it?" There was still some lazy tone in the words.

He usually speaks authentic mandarin without any dialect accent, and it was at this time that he began to speak a lazy Beijing accent, with a particularly evil demeanor.Just this question made Lixia take a few steps back in fright, and replied respectfully outside the tent, "The bell has just struck four times."

Xu Fengjia replied lazily, seeing that Qin Niangzi was about to get up and get out of bed, she stopped her and asked, "Leaving so early?"

Qin Niangzi was startled, before she was about to reply, she suddenly realized that there was something under her waist... She shouldn't be so energetic in the first place.

She blushed all of a sudden, broke free from Xu Fengjia's grasp, and slid off the bed to scold him, "It wasn't just last night——I don't care about you!"

"I didn't ask you to take care of me." Xu Fengjia chased her out of bed in a playful tone. Seventh Lady ignored him and was busy asking Lixia and Shangyuan to put on her middle coat, and changed into a homely burqa, and entered After cleaning the room, she came out and sat down in front of the glass mirror, while hastily dismissing breakfast, she asked Qi Qiao to comb her hair.Qiqiao is good at making high buns, and while oiling Qiniangzi's hair, he tells jokes with Qiniangzi, his voice is as gentle as an oriole, and one joke after another makes the room lively.

Not long after, Xu Fengjia simply got out of bed, went into the clean room to freshen up, and when he came out, a maid came forward to help him dress, so he sat down on the edge of the kang, eating breakfast while watching Qiniangzi make up.

Looking at the towering bun in the costume drama, it is a fresh look, sitting in front of the glass mirror, combing the hair on the hair, tightening the bun to the point where the scalp hurts, and then inserting the top of the head , it is by no means a bad thing.Seeing Xu Fengjia's peaceful appearance, Qin Niangzi couldn't help being extremely jealous, and frowned, "Didn't you get up every day to practice a set of long fists? Why don't you practice today?"

Every morning before eating, Xu Fengjia would do a set of fists to relax his muscles and bones.

Mr. Xu grinned, "I see you working harder than me punching."

Before Qiniangzi could reply, Qi Qiao first gave a pooh-chih laugh, and couldn't help laughing.She lowered her body again, picked up a bouquet for Qiniangzi, carefully inserted it behind Qiniangzi's head, then got up and said, "Put on the crown before going out, Madam can do her makeup now."

Qin Niangzi looked at Qi Qiao thoughtfully, smiled slightly, and nodded.

Qiqiao was busy dressing up, Zhongyuan was on the sidelines, and Shangyuan Lixia prepared a full set of dresses for the wife of the son for Qi Niangzi. Not long after, the two adoptive mothers came in to greet Shiro and Goro with their arms in their arms. Mingde hall was very lively early in the morning very.After half an hour, when the sky was getting dark, Seventh Lady was fully dressed, and went to Leshan Residence with Xu Fengjia to pay her respects.

They arrived early today, and only Madam Wu was standing in the outer hall of Leshan Residence. She nodded with Xu Fengjia and his wife, and entered the side room like a whirlwind. Her clear and steady voice could still be heard through several curtains. "I'm all asking, when the ceremony of Duke Liang enters the inner court, we will send the car out immediately."

"Why didn't you see Mrs. Zhang in the small kitchen? Mrs. Tai had a lot of food last night. I want to eat some snacks made of hawthorn this morning. I want sour ones, not sweet ones..."

Seventh Lady explained to Xu Fengjia in a low voice, "Although the women in charge come in after breakfast, there are some things that need to be assigned early in the morning."

Xu Fengjia nodded with a half-smile, "Although I left home since I was a child, I grew up by my mother's side."

Seventh Lady was taken aback, only to realize that she judged others by herself, and that Xu Fengjia, like herself, was a guest of Xu's family.It was rare for her to be confused, so she couldn't help but feel a little shy, blushing and didn't make a sound.

Xu Fengjia looked at her with a smile, and lowered her voice, "Yang Qi, Yang Qi, do you have a day to be stupid?"

When he wanted to talk again, Seventh Lady became furious, she pushed him lightly, and said angrily, "Don't make noise, I'll hear how Fifth Sister-in-law manages the house."

"Oh, you dare to push me." Mr. Xu feigned anger, and pinched her nose, "See if you can hear better by pinching your nose."

Such a grown-up person is still like a child!
Qin Niangzi was about to slap his hand, but she heard light footsteps: the fourth young lady entered the flower hall.

Seeing the young couple's intimacy, her eyes shrank, and for a moment, she revealed a loneliness that was very similar to that of the young lady yesterday.

This time, there was no need for Qin Niangzi to slap her, Xu Fengjia herself felt a little shy, let go of her hand in embarrassment, looked at her nose, nose and heart, coughed lightly, just drank tea and didn't speak.

Greeted Mrs. Tai, and went to Mrs. Xu for a cutscene. Seventh Lady took two old mothers and surrounded by her followers, got into the carriage and left Xu's house, went straight out of Chongwenmen Li Street, and walked along the road. Andingmen Avenue, from the back of the imperial city, went around to the gate of Dingguohou's Mansion in Mingyufang Stone Stele Alley, and met Er Niangzi.

The second lady has also put on a lot of make-up according to her style and changed into a dress. The seventh lady just went in to pay a visit to Mrs. Tai, and then went out of Dingguohou's mansion with the second lady one after another. She took out her pocket watch and looked at it. At this time, it was only after seven o'clock in the morning.

What followed was a long and tedious series of ceremonies. The Queen's birthday was a major event in the harem. Although it was not as extravagant as the Longevity Moon, the imperial edict of the capital entered the palace to congratulate her according to her rank, and she had to follow the rules of etiquette.Because Mrs. Tai is nearly seventy years old and Mrs. Xu is not in good health, the seventh lady represents the Xu family, surrounded by the mistresses of the first-rank and second-rank families—they are not too young, and occasionally there are one or two young daughter-in-laws, It all just passed by at the edge of her field of vision.

She followed Er Niangzi, everyone must be polite to her, some old acquaintances exchanged greetings, and new acquaintances nodded in salute.Because they were waiting in the side hall of the Kunning Palace, no one dared to talk and laugh. Everything was as the young lady said, just follow the steps. The seventh lady waited for the queen to ascend to the palace all the way. Everyone entered the palace and kowtowed to the queen Chen, sitting cross-legged on the ground again, solemnly enjoyed the song and dance of "Twin Phoenix Towers in the Imperial City in the Clouds, Spring Trees in the Rain", and received the palace banquet given by the Queen, and then got up to congratulate the Queen Long live, the cai cai file out, it's the end of a big show.

The second lady and the seventh lady sat in the side hall for a while, and all the three or three couples were ordered to leave gradually, except for a few who were invited by the queen mother and other concubines of the Taizi generation to speak. Two palace servants came in to invite Second Lady and Seventh Lady, "You two ladies, please enter the apse to talk."

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Seventh Lady has seen the Queen—this is a kind young woman, five or six years older than Seventh Lady, she is now 23 years old, her face is a little round, she looks friendly, even though she is wearing a Queen's dress, she is Still not daunting.

Although in the past she followed everyone's pilgrimage step by step and did not have private contact with the queen, she was still very kind to Seventh Lady, and she smiled and excused Seventh Lady before she could see her again. "It's been a long time since I got up and knelt down. I'm impatient with this."

Smiling again, he looked carefully at Seventh Lady, "Compared to Concubine Ning, she looks weaker, but she is still a beauty! It's just not as cute as Concubine Ning!"

The second lady just laughed, "Our Yang family sent in the most beautiful Xiaoliu, so we dare not hide anything!"

She and the queen seemed to have a good relationship, and they seemed to be talking and laughing a little bit, but it was a rare joke.

The queen smiled immediately, "Sister-in-law is in high spirits today, how long has it been since you told me a joke?"

He was also polite with Qin Niangzi, "Don't be restrained, I am the most easy-going, and I am very congenial with your two sisters, so there is nothing wrong with you treating me as a sister."

That being said, how dare Seventh Lady take it seriously?Naturally, she was careful, and accompanied the second lady to socialize with the queen for a few words—it was just that the second lady and the queen had a lively conversation, and she didn't interrupt rashly, and she still stayed with the queen for a long time after all.

The queen was quite satisfied with the prudence of the seventh lady, and the second lady asked the old lady, brothers and sisters carefully, and asked a few sisters about the days after they got married and the harvest of the family's farm. Together for lunch.

"Invite Concubine Ning, too!" She ordered the female officer beside her, "This child, it's rare that my younger sister is here, but she's still embarrassed? She just avoided coming to see me! I came to meet me in the morning, but I don't know where I went went!"

Just hearing the Queen's tone of voice when she mentioned Concubine Ning, one could tell that the relationship between the two was, at least on the surface, still very warm.

There was a rustling sound outside the house, and within a short while, Liu Niangzi entered the room with a smile, "My lady is looking for me? Coincidentally, I am thinking about my lady too!"

Seventh Lady's eyes suddenly brightened.

When I was in the south of the Yangtze River in the past, Baifang Garden was full of watery little beauties when I went in and out. Although the sixth lady was good, she didn't feel her fragrance when she was in the Zhilan room. , Liu Niangzi's romantic and agility from the south of the Yangtze River is particularly eye-catching. Once she enters the house, she compares with all the female relatives.

The queen was born really ordinary, at best she was not delicate, in front of Liu Niangzi, she almost had to kneel on the ground to find her self-esteem.But when she saw Liu Niangzi's smiling face, she was not jealous at all.

Qin Niangzi saw it in her eyes and felt that the queen was not a simple person.

"Sixth Sister!" She stood up and greeted with a smile, temporarily refraining from thinking, just immersed in the joy of reuniting with Sixth Lady.

Doing the math, the two sisters hadn't seen each other for two or three years.Communication was inconvenient in ancient times, and Liu Niangzi was in the court, so it was only now that there was no communication.

Liu Niangzi is 19 years old this year, just at the age when her youth is just blooming, the pure spirit between her brows can scatter everywhere, and she is also unspeakably charming: such a beautiful daughter's family is indeed only in the palace, Only then did I find my place.

Seventh Lady was slightly taken aback as she looked at her eyebrows and eyes.

She is someone who has experienced it. In the past half a month, when she looked at herself in the mirror, even if she didn't sigh, she knew that for a girl, the difference was very obvious.Girls who have gone through human affairs will naturally have a radiance flowing between their brows, and their demeanor in all aspects will also be more charming.

But although the sixth lady is beautiful, this beauty still belongs to a young girl, and her temperament is obviously different from that of the second lady and the empress.

"Finally meeting Seventh Sister!" Sixth Lady said joyfully, and she hugged Seventh Lady for a while before letting go of her hand.

Both the queen and the second lady laughed, "This Concubine Ning, the older she gets, the more innocent she becomes!"

Seventh Lady was also a little dizzy: Although she and Sixth Lady were close in the past, they rarely acted out of line like this.

Besides, Liu Niangzi has never been so overwhelmed by joy that she loses her character in front of others.

"Your Majesty is laughing at me!" Sixth Lady suddenly pouted, "Even Your Majesty is laughing at me, Concubine Ning is dead."

Immediately, the queen was amused again, "You pistachio!"

So we set up lunch in the back hall of Kunning Palace, and when everyone sat down and finished eating, Liu Niangzi winked at Qi Niangzi and said with a smile, "My Lady, the princess will come to ask for someone later, so you can send him to How about going to my Chongkang Palace? I haven't seen Seventh Sister for a long time, and I have a lot to say to her!"

"Oh?" The queen teased her, "Don't you miss your second sister?"

Liu Niangzi lowered her head, looking forward to Ai Ai, "Second sister often enters the palace..."

There was another burst of laughter in the Kunning Palace. The queen stroked her chest and waved her hand, "Go, go, little pistachio, talk to your sister well, and you don't have to come over tonight to say hello. Tomorrow Come talk to me again!"

Sixth Lady immediately beamed with joy, saluted the Queen, and then pulled Seventh Lady out of Kunning Palace.

A small warm sedan chair had been prepared outside the Kunning Palace, and the two got on the sedan chair one by one, walked along the long street for a short distance, and turned a few more turns, Qin Niangzi felt a slight turmoil in the sedan chair, It must be the arrival of Chongkang Palace.

The two sisters entered the Chongkang Palace hand in hand. The sixth lady smiled and told several palace people, "The bearers come out in such a cold day, and give them a bowl of warm wine to drink. I will talk to Seventh Sister on the warm pavilion in the east. You go up." Get out after tea!"

The palace servants responded immediately with a smile on their faces, surrounded Seventh Lady on the warm kang and sat down. Seeing her rubbing her knees, they found someone to beat for Seventh Lady, and waited for Sixth Lady to take off her big clothes outside and enter The Nuan Pavilion closed the glass door, lowered the curtain outside, and gave the two sisters a small secret room.

Liu Niangzi immediately lowered her face, revealing a look of boredom, she rubbed her forehead wearily, then collapsed on the kang, and let out a long sigh.

"My cheeks hurt from laughing!"

Seventh Lady immediately felt relieved: Behind this brand new mask, Sixth Lady is still that Sixth Lady after all.

(End of this chapter)