The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 173

When Wu Niangzi was there, she entered the two Tongfang of Mingde Hall, one was surnamed Wang and the other was Mao. Because they were rewarded as Tongfang openly and aboveboard, they had the title of concubine when they entered the door.Although she is beautiful on the surface, she has been locked in the courtyard by Fifth Lady in private, and she is never allowed to go out if there is nothing to do. That is, the second day after Seventh Lady came out to serve her tea, there was not much movement.

The ones who live in the main courtyard of Mingdetang are Yufen and Yufang who the eldest wife asked her to bring along.

Qin Niangzi didn't know what happened to Yufen and Yufang in private, but in front of Qin Niangzi and her confidantes, they always behaved like cats, and never dared to enter the main room at will to block the eyes of Qin Niangzi, in front of Xu Fengjia , although it is inevitable to wink, but there is nothing wrong with the action.These maids who come from their natal family as dowry, life and death, honor and disgrace can only be thought of by Qi Niangzi, but anyone with a little brain will of course know what to do.

Qin Niangzi hummed thoughtfully, "It's really difficult to beg for a coincidence."

After all, Yufen and Yufang have no status, they are just insignificant little people, but Qiqiao is different. After all, she has served by Qinianzi's side for several years, and she has a vague idea of ​​many things. This kind of cronies should not be properly arranged. , It is easy to chill the hearts of those around you.

But she was clearly tainted with suspicion. If she didn't kill the chickens to make an example of the monkeys, I'm afraid the new maids who come in in the future will have hope in their hearts. Even if Xu Fengjia has no intentions, it will inevitably cause ugly troubles, which will give Mingdetang a handle in Leshanju.

Li Xia lowered his eyes and did not dare to look at Qiniangzi, while slowly buttoning her up, he pleaded softly for Qiqiao.

"Speaking of it, it's actually a misunderstanding. Qi Qiao never has the guts to make things difficult for a girl..."

Isn't this coming?Lixia is a kind person, and she has been with Qiqiao for two or three years. With her temperament, she will definitely intercede for Qiqiao.

"She's lucky." Seventh Lady said to herself, and patted Li Xia's forehead again. "Even you pleaded for her. It may not be..."

Thinking of Qi Qiao's performance in front of Xu Fengjia several times, she couldn't help but smiled mockingly.Qi Qiao was able to get away with such a coincidence, which she never thought of.

Forget it, after all, they have been together for several years, and it is not without feelings.

"Okay, now that you've said that, let her come and see me." She left the clean room and stretched wantonly. "I'm really starving to death, I didn't have a good meal last night..."

Of course, a sumptuous breakfast had been prepared in Xici's room, and Qin Niangzi rinsed her mouth after eating breakfast, and Gu Yu and Chunfen came to pay her respects with Shiro and Goro in their arms.

"I heard that the young lady got up late today, so I didn't let them come here." Gu Yu smiled, "But the two gentlemen are thinking about the young lady, and asked several times in the morning, why don't they go to the west?"

Seventh Lady smiled and nodded at Shiro and Goro's little noses, "Is it true? Huh? Do you really miss Qiyi that much?"

Goro had already been distracted by the plates and bowls that hadn't been removed from the table, and while struggling to get down to grab them, he hummed absently.Shi Lang looked at Qin Niangzi and nodded, hummed softly, and hid his cheek on Gu Yu's shoulder, not looking at Qin Niangzi.

The kid was really endearingly shy.

Qin Niangzi weighed him in her arms, and said with satisfaction, "It seems to be heavy again."

She teased Shiro with the rattle, and when Goro also came to play with the rattle, she generously took another small toy of the same color and let Goro play with it.After the two children were engrossed in playing, they asked Chun Equinox to hug Shiro away, and then asked Gu Yu, "Did your son often come in these days to visit?"

Gu Yu glanced at the two children, then said softly, "I come in every day to have a look, but the children don't recognize their father very much."

In a wealthy family, it is not uncommon for children to know how to get close to their parents until they are sensible. After all, they are taken care of by nurses and maids from birth, and they often have no special attachment to their parents.Seventh Lady didn't take it seriously, and asked again, "Did you bring the pamphlet?"

I casually flipped through the daily notes written by Xia Yuan, and carefully read the daily chores of the two children in the past few days.After slowly drinking a cup of tea, Gu Yuchun equinox took Shiro and Goro down for dinner: these two children had to eat several meals a day, and their schedules were quite different from those of adults.

Lixia brought Qiqiao into the house when Shiro and Goro's footsteps could no longer be heard.

But after a few days of not serving by Qiniangzi's side, this girl has become haggard, her cheeks are even slightly sunken, and her usual natural grace and beauty have long since disappeared.Looking at Qin Niangzi, she knelt down with sobs, kowtowed and murmured, "Girl, be merciful, be merciful, girl."

Qin Niangzi frowned, the little bit of anger that was still there turned into water in front of Qi Qiao's affectation.

This girl's life and death depended on her thoughts... Such a master-slave relationship was extremely abnormal.Even if Qi Qiao had some unreasonable thoughts, they still hadn't come true before they met such an embarrassing coincidence.

"You are literate." She took down the roster at hand and handed it to Qiqiao, "I may be somewhat familiar with the servants of the Yang family. These are all unmarried men...you choose one yourself Bar."

Qi Qiao's trembling stopped immediately, she raised her head almost in astonishment, and met Qiniangzi's eyes directly.

Seventh Lady looked back at her calmly, her expression as calm as still water.

Lixia touched Qiqiao's back with his toe, and it seemed that Qiqiao had been electrified, and he jumped up and kowtowed to Qiniangzi again. "Girl be merciful!"

Even if there is no such embarrassment, Qiqiao will end up in this way, with a useful steward, to be a steward's wife... The maid who must be used by the master's side is either promoted to be a housekeeper, or else it is the way of Bailu .After such an embarrassing incident, Qin Niangzi's handling of Qiqiao in this way is already very lenient.

A small smile appeared on her lips, and she suddenly felt an unspeakable relief: After all, Qi Qiao has been with her for a while, and the two always have feelings for each other.

After lunch, Seventh Lady asked Yufen and Yufang to come in and talk.

The eldest wife really put a lot of thought into choosing these two rooms. These two little girls are only fifteen or sixteen years old this year. Although they are not beautiful, they are very attractive and have a special innocent attitude. Even when a woman sees her, she will feel pity and love.

Both have a good temper. Although Yufen sometimes likes to be petty, she is very submissive in front of her masters. Yufang doesn't say a word, and she is rubbed like mud.Seeing Qin Niangzi, even before she opened her mouth, she had already softened into a puddle of mud, trembling, and couldn't even speak smoothly.

Qin Niangzi was not in a hurry, she left the two maidservants on the ground, drank a few sips of tea by herself, and then carefully looked at the pair of sisters.

The main wife is married to be the head of the house, and the housekeeping is what pleases the men, and the training of the housekeeping is also considered a craft. The big families in Daqin cannot do without the housemanship, and of course there is a marginal industry that emerges as the times require.In particular, the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River gather, and Yangzhou's skinny horses are famous far and wide. Even if the elder sternly refuses, some bureaucrats from all over the world will deliberately cultivate beautiful girls who are accustomed to all kinds of obscenity and send them to Yang's house.Fortunately, although his old man is lustful, he is self-sufficient. Most of these women were handed over or sent away for marriage, because their backgrounds are not decent enough, unless they are adopted by a serious person, it is rare to see the sisters in the boudoir.

I am afraid that the sisters Yufen and Yufang were carefully selected by the eldest wife from the housing that she received.These people's lives are wandering, and they don't have any relatives, friends and family members to rely on. Housewives are not pleasing to the eye. Dare not compete with the mistress.

The eldest wife gave her this pair of roommates, but she didn't intend to harm her, but she still wanted to help her with personnel affairs.

Qin Niangzi just looked at Yufen and Yufang a few times, and then sighed from the bottom of her heart.

(End of this chapter)