The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 202

Seventh Lady couldn't get up the next morning to pay her respects.

The two couples only went to bed at dusk. After all, Xu Fengjia had a good foundation. After sleeping for less than an hour, she got up at the o'clock and came back with a set of punches. Qin Niangzi was still asleep. After Xu Fengjia had invited An back, she managed to open her eyes, but her whole body was already sore and limp. When Li Xia poked her forehead, she jumped up in fright, "Girl, you have a fever!"

Ever since Seventh Lady passed the door, she seldom yelled wrongly. She didn't expect her behavior to be so abnormal when she touched her head. Seventh Lady herself was a little surprised. She checked her forehead, only to find that her forehead was already warm.His throat was also swollen and sore, and when he wanted to speak, he coughed a few times before saying hoarsely, "Go ask Mr. Zhong to take a look!"

Li Xia had already got up to call for someone, and not long after, Xu Fengjia came in from the outside, sat down beside Seventh Lady with concern, touched her forehead, and sighed, "It was my negligence, your body is also weak, and you haven't been here all night. If you sleep well, you will become sick like this, if you are on the battlefield..."

He smiled self-consciously again, "I always forget that you are a daughter's family, so you can't go to the battlefield."

On the battlefield, military orders were like a mountain. In order not to neglect the military aircraft, it was not surprising for the soldiers to stay up for several days and nights. Qin Niangzi forced a smile from the corner of her lips, and did not forget to order Xu Fengjia. "I don't know if it will be contagious... Don't let the two children come in today to say hello!"

When she said the previous sentence, she suddenly realized that in a trance, her wording was inappropriate, bringing out the terms of later generations. She hurriedly covered up and coughed a few times before laughing at herself, "It's rare to have a fever, and my brain is confused!"

Xu Fengjia's face darkened, she touched Qiniangzi's forehead, and said, "Lie down and sweat first! I'll ask someone to burn the kang and move you to the kang."

He also personally ordered Li Xia to say, "If it burns like this, you can't just wait for Mr. Zhong to come over. Go and fetch two catties of white wine, and after a while, I will wipe your body with wine for your young lady, and then move to the kang to sweat."

Li Xia glanced at Qin Niangzi, his lips moved, and saw Qin Niangzi was drowsy, with two spots of dark red on her face, so red that she was almost bleeding, her heart became more and more uneasy, for a moment, she forgot her fear of Xu Fengjia, He blurted out, "Master, our girl has a special and weak constitution, I'm afraid she may not be able to stand up to your prescription..."

Xu Fengjia's movements were just a pause, he glanced at Li Xia, seeing Li Xia moved his eyes to look at Qin Niangzi inquiringly, and followed her to look at Qin Niangzi.

Qin Niangzi was dizzy, she just felt that she was lying on a big bag of cotton, but she was cold all over, she wished she could cover her with more clothes.Although she heard the conversation between Li Xia and Xu Fengjia, she couldn't turn her head around for a while, she was stunned, and then slowly understood: Li Xia was afraid that she would be too weak after being poisoned, and could not withstand Xu Fengjia's brutal cooling method .

Her thoughts were chaotic, and it was difficult to make a decision, so she waved her hand and said softly, "Let's talk about it when Mr. Zhong comes to help his pulse." She half sat up, "I want to drink water."

Now that Mrs. Seven had spoken, Li Xia and Xu Fengjia stopped arguing. Li Xia brought half a glass of water mixed with floral dew, and Xu Fengjia fed her half a glass himself, then helped Mrs. Qin to lie down to rest, and stood up in a low voice. Complained, "Quan Ziyin is the same. It has been more than half a year since he left. It seems that the Chinese New Year is almost here, and there is no news yet!"

Qin Niangzi drank the half cup of hot water, and felt better. She closed her eyes on the bed and listened to Xu Fengjia's restless footsteps moving back and forth in the room. After a while, she calmed down again.She couldn't bear to be curious, so she opened her eyes slightly to look, only to see that he was bending over and looking at herself carefully, the anxiety and worry on his face were clearly identifiable.

Her heart suddenly softened, and she comforted Xu Fengjia softly, "It's okay, I'm fine——it was often like this when I was in Suzhou."

Xu Fengjia was taken aback, "Is this okay? Having a fever for no reason is not a good sign!"

When Li Xia entered the room with a big cloak in his arms, he followed Xu Fengjia's words, "Young Madam loves to have a fever when she hasn't slept well."

She pursed her lips and gave Xu Fengjia a dissatisfied look, as if to say, "With you taking care of me, how can I let the young lady not have a good rest?" While putting the big cloak on the screen in front of the bed, Shang Yuan waited for the maids to file in , put a warm pot in the quilt for Qiniangzi, and pressed a thick blanket for her. Xu Fengjia looked at the side with her hands clasped, and asked, "Since she is not in good health, shouldn't she be like this?" ..."

Li Xia glanced at Xu Fengjia——suddenly, she was no longer afraid of this fierce son.

"When the young lady was in Suzhou, whenever she had a fever, she handled it like this."

Xu Fengjia took a step back, glanced at Li Xia in surprise, and when he was about to say something, Li Xia turned and walked away, looked at the chiming clock in the corner, and urged Shang Yuan, "Didn't Zhong Yuan go to soak in the fat sea? Didn't fry it?"

She has been with Qin Niangzi for so many years, so she naturally has a set of experience in serving her.At the moment, she was discussing this and that, and by the time Mr. Zhong entered the room, Seventh Lady had already changed into heavy clothes, wrapped in several blankets, and drank the fried fat sea fresh off the fire. Accompanied by Xu Fengjia at the head of the bed, Li Xia and others surrounded him under the bed, quite majestic.

Even with Dr. Zhong's knowledge, facing such a battle, he still couldn't help being slightly taken aback, so he and Xu Fengjia nodded in salute to each other, sat down on the round stool, and stretched out their hands to support Qiniangzi's pulse.

As soon as his finger touched the pulse, he couldn't help but frowned slightly, and patiently read it carefully for half a day before opening his eyes and asking Qin Niangzi.

"Young Madam, I'm afraid that not only has your mind been exhausted in recent days, but you haven't even been able to sleep well? When I came to help you with your peace pulse ten days ago, your pulse condition was still strong, and you looked very energetic. Why? Looking at it today, it looks like it is overused, and even the pulse condition is weak by three points..."

He shook his head and sighed, then changed his tone to comfort Xu Fengjia - the major general had already slumped, his brows were furrowed, and his whole body exuded a low spirit. "After all, the young lady is still young, and the fever is fine. I didn't sleep well, and the fire was strong. The fever is stronger than the root cause of the disease. Take two doses of medicine later and it will be fine."

He rolled Qiniangzi's eyelids again and saw that her eyes were bloodshot, she couldn't help shaking her head and sighing, then got up and asked for a pen and paper to write the prescription.

Seventh Lady was drowsy, watching Xu Fengjia go away with Mr. Zhong, she couldn't hold it anymore, tilted her head, and fell asleep.

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She had been ill for two or three days before recovering from the fever. Naturally, her family affairs were delayed.

Although Xu Fengjia wanted to stay by Qiniangzi's side, he was a busy man. The emperor summoned him from time to time. In the busy season of the official office, there were many things for him, the commander, to decide, not to mention that Pingguo still needed to serve. Therefore, at night and in the morning, I can be with Qin Niangzi.

Seventh Lady has rarely had such a high fever since she came to Beijing. Ninth brother from her natal family knew about it and brought Quan Ruiyun to visit her. The eldest wife also sent some fresh fruits and vegetables and precious medicinal herbs. People from every house came to express condolences. She didn't get up to greet her at all, and slept on the bed for three days. When she woke up on the fourth day, she felt refreshed. There is a refreshing feeling of energy in the limbs and bones.

She lifted the curtain and looked at the chiming clock in the corner of the room——Seventh Lady woke up early this time, and even Xu Fengjia didn't get up to punch her fists, she was still sleeping soundly on the kang in the corner of the room. Sitting half leaning back to doze off, when she heard the sound of Qin Niangzi getting out of bed, she opened her eyes and stood up.

"The young lady is awake!"

Qin Niangzi nodded with a smile, waved her hand and said, "I seem to have a fever."

Hearing her voice, Xu Fengjia also opened his eyes. He didn't seem to be asleep, and he woke up immediately, "Why did you get out of bed?"

These two people immediately surrounded Seventh Lady, added clothes to her, and touched her forehead to test the temperature. After a long time, Li Xia passed on the hot water and personally helped Seventh Lady into the bath.When she got up and came out, Xu Fengjia had already washed up, took a bowl of medicine and waited outside, and poured it down for Qin Niangzi while it was hot, before saying, "Healed from a serious illness, it's good to sleep for another day!"

Seventh Lady was slightly taken aback, and suddenly understood, "I said, why do I love to sleep so much...Mr. Zhong gave me medicine to help people sleep?"

Li Xia glanced at Xu Fengjia, and did not answer immediately, but Xu Fengjia was very calm, "I asked Dr. Zhong to prescribe it--if you don't ask, you don't know, but I only know when you ask, you have a problem for many years... You have a lot of thoughts! Don't tell me." You have a few bowls of medicine, I am afraid that you are only slightly better, and you will start thinking wildly again, how can you get better if this continues?"

Seventh Lady immediately glared at Xu Fengjia, and before she was about to speak, she remembered the scene of him leaning over to visit her in a daze, and her heart softened again.

"It's not that I want to think wildly, it's that time can't be delayed..." She entered the Xici room and sat down at the table with Xu Fengjia. The breakfast here hasn't been fully cooked yet. "It's fine if it's not good, it's all good, and it's worth wasting another day, isn't it worth it?"

Xu Fengjia snorted, and said in a low voice, "Compared with your life, what is it worth?" So he scooped up a bowl of gruel for Qiniangzi, and urged, "Eat a bowl of porridge and go back to bed, don't eat too much. If you eat it, it will not be able to dissolve it."

Seventh Lady was helpless, but she felt drowsy and tired. After eating a bowl of porridge, Xu Fengjia and Li Xia helped her go back to bed, and she was coaxed to sleep.

This time she woke up again, it was already in the afternoon, Xu Fengjia went out to do errands, only Lixia Shangyuan was working in the house, seeing Qiniangzi waking up, she said with a smile. "It can be seen that it is better, and the face is shiny again."

Qin Niangzi pursed her lips, revealing a rare complaint. "My son is ignorant, so don't persuade me! It's not that I don't know, I don't like sleep aids..."

The two servant girls looked at each other and smiled, and said, "My son is the master, we are servants, how can we twist our arms over our thighs?"

Qin Niangzi has something on her mind, so it is difficult to fall asleep at night, but she is very afraid that if she takes the traditional Chinese medicine that has a sleeping effect, if her mind is confused, she will miss many important clues. But she rarely uses it.Unexpectedly, this time Xu Fengjia couldn't help but pour the medicine for three days, but the medicine made Qi Niangzi lose her temper, and even the two maids waved their hands feebly, "Forget it, it's hard for you guys."

She leaned on the pillow and ate a few bites of snacks, drank hot tea for another hour, got out of bed to wash up, and then she began to meditate again, and asked Li Xia after a while. "In the past few days, grandma has sent someone to ask me if I have?"

"Several courtyards in the mansion send people to pay their respects every day, and the fifth girl from Lu Tianyin even visits you every day. I heard that Mrs. Tai also greets you every day when paying your respects, my son. The Lord just said that you have caught a cold, and you will be fine after a few days of sleep." Li Xia hurriedly waited for Seventh Lady to sit by the kang, and then reported to her.

Seventh Lady nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "Who will come to see me in person—only Fifth Sister?"

"The first young lady and the fourth young lady have both been here, but you fell asleep, and they just sat outside and left." Li Xia thought about it for a while, and felt something was wrong, "The fifth young lady has never been here."

It seems that Fifth Young Madam really hopes to arouse her suspicions, so she doesn't follow the crowd in every way, and wants Seventh Lady to notice her mistake.

Perhaps because of the good rest, Qiniangzi's thoughts were unprecedentedly clear, she turned her head and thought about it again, and a faint smile hung on the corner of her mouth.

"Mr. Zhuang and Mr. Ji have left the house, right?" She asked Shang Yuan again.

Shangyuan has always been in charge of the reception of these two gentlemen.

"I didn't dare to release the mansion. I'm afraid you will wake up at any time and have to ask questions. For the past two days, two guests have been arranged to live in the side courtyard... but the gentlemen have not left the courtyard." Shang Yuan quickly understood The meaning of Seven Lady. "Although there are many people coming and going, but if you know the two gentlemen, the servants dare to guarantee that there will not be many."

These two people entered the mansion under the name of the following people, and they knew how to keep a low profile. It is common sense that their identities can still be kept secret.

Seventh Lady nodded in satisfaction, and said with a smile, "Okay, you can arrange for someone to send them out tonight, or settle them in a small courtyard in the alley, and entertain the gentlemen for a few days. When I use them, I will naturally Let them know."

She stretched and asked Li Xia again. "How are Shiro and Goro these days?"

The matriarch of the family naturally has a myriad of things to care about.Li Xia hurriedly went to the east wing to bring the two children to Qin Niangzi: "The children were very worried when they heard that you were sick. Wu Lang wanted to come into the house to see you!"

The two children hadn't been in Xisanjian for a few days, and they were both a bit fresh. Wulang looked around, and then rushed to Qin Niangzi's side, and said with a smile, "Qi Yi! I heard that you are sick!"

The child speaks in a very organized way now.

But Shiro walked to the table, walked around, and then asked Shang Yuan with his head tilted, "Aunt Qi doesn't take medicine?"

Shang Yuan suppressed a smile and said, "Aunt Qi has finished taking her medicine."

Shiro breathed a sigh of relief. "Also... be the seventh aunt, like a younger brother!"

The two children occasionally suffered from the cold several times. Shiro was fine and took the medicine very happily, but Goro was full of tricks and refused to take the medicine.As soon as Shiro said this, everyone laughed, Gu Yu laughed and said, "I heard that you are not well for a few days, Brother Shou is very worried, I am afraid that you don't like taking medicine like Wulang, that's why you won't get better! "

It was rare for Seventh Lady to be amused so much, she couldn't help laughing, "The children are getting cuter at this age!" As she spoke, she personally hugged the two children to her side and promised, "Auntie Seven drinks medicine every day. , so get better soon!"

The two children immediately showed a look of reassurance - precisely because the children will not lie, this concern is more sincere.Wulang rubbed against Seventh Lady, then threw himself on her, giggling, "Aunt Seventh will play with us!"

"Wow, so I was thinking about Aunt Qi, because I was thinking about Aunt Qi playing with you!" Chun Equinox followed up with a joke, and the room suddenly burst into laughter.

Qin Niangzi really let go of her worries and played with the twins until dinner time.

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Xu Fengjia came back late today, and Qin Niangzi had already had dinner, so he hurried into the house.

"How is it? You don't have a fever anymore?" As soon as he entered the room, Mr. Xu walked up to Qin Niangzi, and tried Qin Niangzi's forehead with his cold hands. "Well, it seems to be all right!"

Seventh Lady frowned immediately, took his hand and asked, "Why is it so cold? Is it because I didn't wear enough clothes?"

"It's okay." He waved his hand indifferently, "I came back from Tongxian County on horseback. It's too late—I haven't eaten yet!"

Seventh Lady had no choice but to sit down with him for dinner again. "It doesn't matter if you come back slowly if you are late, it's not like you don't have a token..."

Xu Fengjia smiled and glanced at Qin Niangzi, but did not answer.On the contrary, Seventh Lady understood by herself——

He hurried back, of course to see her.

She blushed instantly, and sat down beside Xu Fengjia with her head down, resting her chin and watching him gulp down the rice, feeling a little pain in her heart.

Never in her life has she been cared for and loved like this.Everything she once had seemed pale and powerless in front of these people who cared about her.

It turned out that over the years, bit by bit, she had owned so much.

Qin Niangzi reached out to remove the rice grains from Xu Fengjia's face, and softly blamed, "Don't eat so fast, no one will grab it from you."

She casually put the rice grains on the table, put her face on her face again, and smiled lightly at Mr. Xu.

"What a fool."

(End of this chapter)