The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 156

"As long as you want to get something, you have to endure it, you have to be firm, accurate, and able to bear it," Qin Niangzi tightened her hands, "No matter how hard it is in your heart, don't show it to the outside! Wait another year , when you canonize the crown prince, your good days will come soon."

This is the case with many things. It is often difficult to stick to one's own opinions when one is alone. Only by having a partner to analyze, comfort, and relieve the boredom in the heart can we have the motivation to continue to persevere.

Sixth Lady took a deep breath.

"Is Qi Yiniang doing well at home?" She suddenly changed the subject again.

"Well, very good." Seventh Lady nodded without hesitation. "Besides the wife, she is the most respectable person in the family now. My father often goes to sit and talk to her."

Liu Niangzi wants to enter the palace, isn't it because Qi Yiniang can have a better life in the Yang family?
Liu Niangzi covered her face again, "That's good, that's good."

She was like a drowning person floating and sinking in the sea, as if she came out of the water by accident, every breath was hysterical.

Although Qi Niangzi was worried, she didn't ask again: this psychological barrier can only be passed by Liu Niangzi in the end.

There was silence in the small warm pavilion.

After a long time, Liu Niangzi opened her mouth.

Her voice was dreamlike, like a midnight dream.

"Actually, what I'm most afraid of isn't right now, Seventh Sister, I can understand what you're saying."

"I, what I'm afraid of is the future."

"I live in this small world, I can't leave the palace for the rest of my life, I go around here and there, there are just these people, the husband is not my husband, and the son is not my son. It is more difficult to see relatives than anything else. ...I've been seeing my head like this for the rest of my life, for the rest of my life! What's the fun in living like this? Zhang Guiren passed away from illness last year, and I'm really envious of her. When I kicked my legs, everything was gone, but it was clean!"

Seventh Lady patted Sixth Lady on the shoulder lightly, countless words swirled in her heart like flowing water, and in the end, only a sigh came up.

If ten years later, if a more mature Liu Niangzi were to choose, would she rather abandon her parents' favor, abandon her own dignity, and refuse to enter the palace for the family?

It's a pity that the world is always cruel, and she can only make choices for her life when she is fifteen or sixteen years old.

"There is hope in life." Her voice was as cold as ice, "So if you want to give birth to a son, Sixth Sister, if you want to walk out of the palace, you have to give birth to a son."

Several vassal princes of the emperor's generation all received their biological mothers as fiefs to support them.

The only hope for Liu Niangzi to leave the Forbidden City is to have a son.

The crying continued for a while, but finally stopped, Liu Niangzi wiped away her tears, and straightened her back again.

Her demeanor is somewhat similar to that of Seventh Lady.

"Yeah, if you die, you can't do anything?" She regained her composure little by little, and smiled shyly at Seventh Lady, "It's rare to lose your composure!"

Wiping the tears from his face carefully, he asked Qin Niangzi, "Is General Xu treating you well?"

Seventh Lady paused for a moment before admitting, "Although the prince is busy, he always does his best for his family. He treats me very well."

Even so, there was a shyness in his expression.

Seeing it in her eyes, Liu Niangzi couldn't help being a little surprised, "I thought you two had a relationship before, and it must be because of deep affection to be able to stay together again..."

"It's not that simple!" Seventh Lady couldn't help laughing.

She sighed, regained her senses again, and then asked Liu Niangzi. "Do you love the emperor?"

Although Liu Niangzi didn't answer, judging from her sneering attitude, the answer is self-evident.

"Living life is one thing, loving after all is another." Seventh Lady explained softly to Sixth Lady, "My son is not bad to me, but staying with one person for a lifetime, and loving someone for a lifetime, here is Two very different things."

If Liu Niangzi has realized something.

"Yes!" She laughed to herself. "Let's talk about the empress, if she really loves the emperor, whether she can be so virtuous or not is really a matter of two opinions."

There was a hint of bitterness in her tone.

It was only then that Qin Niangzi realized: Even if you want to talk about love, in the entire palace, only the queen is qualified to talk about love with the emperor.Liu Niangzi, when she was young, was just a plaything for the emperor to amuse her boredom, so how could she have the right to have a romantic relationship with him?
"However, judging by the temper of the prince, it doesn't seem like a matter of peace." Liu Niangzi shook off the bitterness just now, and cared for Qi Niangzi with great interest. "In the first few years, you still have to stabilize his heart and don't let him be seduced by some wild house. When you have two or three children around you, and then promote a few obedient and honest little girls, life will pass It's a relief!"

Seventh Lady was noncommittal, just laughed, but didn't speak.

She and Xu Fengjia have only lived together for more than half a month, half a month, how can they see a person clearly?

Liu Niangzi also changed the subject. "Fifth Sister's death, have you found out the clue?"

Seventh Lady raised her eyebrows and looked surprised, "How do you know I'm looking for this?"

"Even if you don't investigate, wouldn't your wife ask you to investigate?" Sixth Lady snorted, "Otherwise why would you marry to the Xu family?"

The injustice in her expression warmed Qin Niangzi's heart.

"I don't have a clue yet." She said frankly, "I haven't established a firm foothold in Xu's family, and investigating the case is just empty talk."

So he told Mrs. Liu about Mrs. Tai's attitude, adding and subtracting.

Liu Niangzi was quite disdainful, "Isn't it just because of the concubine's face that she can dominate the Xu family? The Ni family and her are no longer close, don't be afraid, the concubine can't take care of herself, how can she think about it?" Hit you, as long as you can manage the housework, I'm afraid it's hard to say that the concubine is here to curry favor with you!"

Liu Niangzi lived in the palace as an adult, and she and Qi Niangzi were biological sisters. When it comes to the concubine, of course it is an authoritative source.

Seventh Lady's expression changed, "Oh?"

"Ever since the emperor came out of the cabinet to study, there has been some discord between the queen mother and the concubine." The sixth lady did not hide the truth from the seventh lady, and answered calmly, "Although the emperor is impartial, the queen mother has taken the title after all. The family got up quickly, and the life of the concubine gradually became a little difficult."

If at this time, the concubine and her natal family were estranged again, of course her life would not be easy.

However, this kind of thing is originally a matter of mutual benefit if it is combined, and harm if it is divided. If the concubine is lost, the Xu family will have no connections in the palace, and they will feel a little uneasy.

It's just that this uneasiness may be compensated by the connections of the Yang family...

Suddenly, Qin Niangzi understood why Ping Guogong hired herself as Xu Fengjia's successor without hesitation: she was indeed his best choice.

Just as she was meditating, Sixth Lady suddenly came out of the Nuan Pavilion again.

She rummaged through the hall for a while, then returned to the warm pavilion with a small box.

"When you were newly married, I wanted to return this to you." She smiled and pushed the small box to Seventh Lady's hand. "However, I'm afraid that there will be troubles caused by too many people, so I have to wait until today to pay you back."

When Seventh Lady opened it to look, there was nothing else in the wooden box, but only a yellowed embroidered handkerchief.

There was a lump in her throat.

"Even the eunuch..."

"Even though Eunuch Lian is one-sided in the palace, he is very cautious in his conduct, and rarely speaks about the affairs of the harem." Liu Niangzi explained, "There have been a few times when I have been taken care of by him, both openly and secretly. I'm afraid that the queen will be jealous, and the loss outweighs the gain. I have never had the opportunity to give him this veil, and I presumably won't need such a light veil when I ask him in the future. After all, it was handed down by the ancestors, and Seventh Sister should keep it for herself let's go."

Seventh Lady gave Sixth Lady a grateful look.

Although the favor of this handkerchief will not be too heavy, it will never be too light. It represents a kind of posture of oneself.

Liu Niangzi would rather not have it, and instead gave it back to herself, so as to make her miss Jiu Yiniang.

"When you got angry at Xu's family, don't take it too seriously." Liu Niangzi didn't notice how moved Qi Niangzi was, and instead told her. "In a few years, when I get pregnant, everything will be different."

Seeing Qiniangzi's surprise, she just simply smiled.

"Entering the palace is so that the people I care about don't have to be wronged again." Sixth Lady took Seventh Lady's hand. "Fifth Sister and you are of course people I care about."

Seventh Lady took a deep breath.

"You have to bear it too." A rare hoarseness appeared in her voice. "In a few years, when Brother Nine grows up and Second Sister and I become the mistress. Many things will be different."

Liu Niangzi then gave her a smile.

This smile showed off her beautiful appearance.

"Okay, I'll wait." She replied softly, "You wait too, wait a few more years, and the good days of blooming will come."

There were soft footsteps outside the house, and the palace servants came to report: Concubine Xu invited Seventh Lady to Ningshou Palace to talk.

(End of this chapter)