The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 209

Qin Niangzi quickly called Wu Xun's family to Mingde Hall for questioning.

This middle-aged mother in charge has a Chinese-character face, with a rigid and stern expression, which looks a bit hateful, even if it is better, it is cold and daunting.Even in front of Qin Niangzi, she didn't look like she was smiling.Please be safe, she glanced at Qinianzi, then turned her head away, not making eye contact with her.

Qin Niangzi didn't speak for a moment, she just turned her head away and slowly blew the light brown tea.On the other hand, the old mother kept moaning and sighing, and her frustration was beyond words.

Wu Xun's family secretly looked at the old mother, and then sneered from the bottom of his heart.

This new Mrs. Shizi, I am afraid that she would also like to have such a thing. She can sort out the old people from the past to make room for her own troops.

Purchasing a large kitchen and managing a small warehouse are both lucrative tasks. Once Lin Shan’s family and Peng Hu’s family are gone, it is logical to arrange for her own dowry to be in charge. In a few years, her private money will be even more invaluable up.In the future, when one's own child is born, even if there is no title, there will be rich family affairs waiting.

Not to mention that if you dig down this matter, you will be able to find Zhang Zhangfang's house, which is a heavy blow to Mrs. Wu Shao. In the past year, the two sister-in-laws have been fighting openly and secretly. in the eyes.

If Mrs. Shizi is willing to let go of such a good opportunity, she is either crazy or simply does not want to be in this family.That is to say, the old mother is so confused that she thinks that her tears can impress Mrs. Shizi.

She was calm and relaxed, ate tea without saying a word, and after a while, she heard Qin Niangzi ask. "What's wrong with this account?"

Wu Xun's family immediately showed a look of distress. She held up her skirt, knelt down, and kowtowed to Qin Niangzi first.

"Young Madam, please tell me..."

So he added and subtracted and told Qin Niang what the two accountants said at that time.It’s nothing more than the prices in the capital. There are suspicions of false reporting in the purchases. Although it’s not obvious at a glance, but if you pay attention, you can find that there are many things that can be discussed.And based on this account, the money in and out has been at least a thousand taels.

Her words were more conservative than those of the two accountants, but it was understandable, after all, Wu Xun's family would continue to work in Xu's family, so she talked too much, and it was inevitable that she would be a bit awkward when meeting two colleagues in the future.

With Mrs. Shizi's shrewdness, of course she can hear the meaning behind her.

Sure enough, she showed some emotion, and slowly flipped through the account presented by Wu Xun's family, groaning silently.

After another half hour, he sighed softly. "Although I said that, how glorious is Fifth Sister-in-Law, I don't believe that something like this happened to her. Not to mention that Zhang's mother is also an old man in the family. She hasn't had any accidents for so many years. Why? What happened in just a few years?"

The words are not only mournful, but also have the meaning of retreating.

Wu Xun's family immediately thought of Mrs. Wu's eyes.

Those ice-like eyes seemed to have penetrated into her brain, and now they were staring at her coldly, causing Wu Xun's family to break out in a cold sweat.

In the blink of an eye, she had already heard her own voice.

"Accordingly, I shouldn't have said this to the Young Madam." It was also rare that her voice was only a little dry. "However, the dowry brought by Mrs. Fifth Young is not as prominent as yours. Even if the furniture is included, it is only [-] to [-], and more than half are large items that are hard to cash. In the mansion, food and clothing There must be extra rewards everywhere, the young lady is clear about this..."

Seeing that there was still some hesitation on Qin Niangzi's face, she swallowed and added more fire. "People die for money, and birds die for food...Young Madam has always been pampered and pampered. I'm afraid I don't understand that many people are willing to do anything for money."

"Is that so?" Seventh Lady raised her voice slightly, as if a little surprised.

Wu Xun's family couldn't help raising their heads to look at Qin Niangzi.

Mrs. Shizi's eyes were like two bottomless pools, and now the two pools were bent into crescent moons, staring at her with a smile, and repeated it again. "Is that so?"

Wu Xun's family suddenly felt that she couldn't read Mrs. Shizi's mind at all.

She bit the bullet and nodded, and assured her hoarsely, "Young Madam, it is so."

Seventh Lady restrained her smile, and with her long fingernails, she tapped the white jade sinker lightly, making a soft clicking sound.

"Don't spread this matter for now." Her voice became cold. "When the time is right, I will naturally tell my grandmother and mother. It's not something we can decide on our own, whether to investigate or not...you know?"

Wu Xun's family just felt their hearts sinking.

This damned Mrs. Shizi chose the path that was least likely to go wrong.

Forget it, Madam Fifth Young Master had already made arrangements for this situation.

With a low voice, she answered. "But according to the young lady's order."

Seventh Lady didn't say anything else, and asked someone to take Wu Xun's family out.

As soon as she left, the old mother stopped sighing.

Instead of sighing, he straightened up, revealing a look of disdain. "I didn't expect that it was really her! She's so greedy, she's so blinded by money! It's lucky that she still has the face to arrange other people's affairs!"

How can a person who has experienced battles like the old mother not see that Wu Xun's family is so eager to persuade Seventh Lady that there must be a conspiracy behind it.

Seventh Lady also smiled with satisfaction.

"What a capable person," she slowly praised Wu Xun's family. "I couldn't make up my mind whether it was her or Mama Cai. I didn't expect Mama Wu to be so anxious to solve my problems. She almost pointed at herself and made it clear."

Wu Xun's family was indeed too eager. Compared with her previous indifference towards herself, she was so eager to get Seventh Lady to believe the problems on the books, which had almost exposed her own camp.

It seems that everything is not too different from what I guessed. The fifth young lady is going to use Wu Xun's family's trick.

Seventh Lady fell into deep thought again, and after a long while, she casually told the old mother.

"It's time to let everyone in the house know that our fifth sister-in-law has done a good job."

The old mother's expression changed, "Are you a little too anxious?"

Seventh Lady smiled and explained to her. "The pretentiousness just now was nothing more than trying to convince Fifth Sister-in-law that I've been tricked. Since that's the case, the bigger this incident gets, the more she will be able to do what she wants."

The old mother suddenly realized, "It's my fault!"

Qin Niangzi stood still, acting as if she only wanted to take over the account book in a safe and sound manner, and she was nothing more than trying to hang the inside line in the accounting room.Now that the insider has surfaced, she can turn passive into active, and she doesn't have to wait for the fifth young lady to reveal herself.

"Besides, if Fifth Sister-in-law comes to release the news, won't things go at her pace?" Seventh Lady laughed as she spoke. "A good rumor can kill two birds with one stone sometimes, depending on how it is manipulated. We don't want to give up such a good opportunity to others."

She gently put the teacup on the table. "Fifth sister-in-law wants to play with me, so I'll play with her... But, how to release this news depends on the arrangement of the old mother."

The old mother stared at Qiniangzi, and said sincerely, "With your methods, the Zhang family may end up with hatred—please rest assured, Young Madam, the servants will never let you down."

It was at this time that she was truly convinced by this stepmother who was born as a concubine.

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In the next few days, Mrs. Tai was abnormally quiet, as if she suddenly lost interest in torturing Qin Niangzi, and even the fourth young lady became abnormally quiet, leaving Qin Niangzi a rare free time.

Seventh Lady was very happy, and usually set aside an hour in the morning to take care of the housework. Usually, if something happened to her, she would send someone out to find the mother in charge at any time. She could do whatever she wanted, and there were not many things that Seventh Lady needed to do herself. arrange.

Since Li Geng's family handed in two reports, the attitudes of all the mothers towards Qin Niangzi have softened one by one, and Qi Niangzi casually picked Sheng Jin's family, who is also an old man next to Mrs. Xu, and told her to write a report The report and personnel briefing, Sheng Jin's family was overjoyed, and early the next morning in front of everyone, they handed over two stacks of paper that were thicker than those written by Li Geng's family to Qin Niangzi.

In the eyes of everyone looking at her, unexpectedly, there was a little more enthusiasm: people are so weird, no matter how rare things are, they are also rare after being so appetized by Qin Niangzi.Lin Shan's family and Peng Hu's family have already written reports in private and sent them to Qin Niangzi.

When Qin Niangzi got up early in the morning to fight Xu Fengjia, she laughed and told Xu Fengjia about these methods as if they were stories.

Xu Fengjia's eyes flickered when he heard it, and it took him a long time to ask Qin Niangzi, "How did your head grow? This kind of imperial means—it's better to come under my hands and do things."

Qiniangzi was sweating all over her face, took out her handkerchief and wiped it, and then said, "A little bit of tricks is just a way to push the boat along the way. If you can't even see through such tricks, how can you lead troops to fight? It's nothing more than If you look down on the small world of the inner house, you have to fight like this, so you don't bother to use scheming."

For a moment, although she knew that Xu Fengjia was just joking, she still showed a little longing. "But there is no need to fight with you. If I were a man, I would be willing to travel all over the country with you."

Xu Fengjia laughed out loud. "Nonsense, if it were me, I would prefer to travel around the mountains and rivers, and I am too lazy to go to war."

Qin Niangzi made a face at him, smiled lightly all the way into the house, and after washing up, she couldn't wait to take a bite of the small bun made of chestnut noodles. "I'm starving to death. I wanted to eat a bowl of noodles before going to bed last night, but your elder son insisted on refusing to do so. Why can't I fall asleep after accumulating food... Wulang, is your father bad?"

Gu Yu and Chunfen carried Silang and Goro into the house, Goro was first, and when he heard Qiniangzi say this, he smiled and said, "Daddy!"

Shiro disagreed, "Father is not bad!"

The two little guys started babbling and chattering: the two kids can speak fluently now, and they often quarrel with each other in speed and terms that people can't understand.

Just as it was bustling, Xu Fengjia also entered the room, wearing the refreshing fragrance after bathing.He smiled and said, "Okay, once I'm not here, your mother will make up for me." Then, he sat down beside Qinianzi, took a bite of a steamed bun for himself, and Qinianzi ordered Lixia, "Pretend a steamed bun for the son. A bowl of clear syrup."

Shiro and Goro didn't have any special reaction to the word "mother". Goro and Shiro quarreled for a few words, felt it was boring, and twisted their bodies to join Qin Niangzi on the kang. "Aunt Qi will play with me!"

Gu Yu and Chun Equinox hurriedly coaxed him, "Aunt Qi is eating!" After making Zhang Zuozhi, they also gave the two children something for adults to eat, and the couple had breakfast, straightened their clothes, and went out together to say hello to Mrs. Tai.

Xu Fengjia told Seventh Lady while walking, "I am afraid that the fourth brother will be home in the next two days. You should also go and sit at the Shendu Hall and see if there is anything you can't prepare. Don't let the fourth brother feel that you are hurt. neglected."

His voice suddenly paused, and his steps slowed down.Seventh Lady stood still and followed Xu Fengjia's eyes to look over, only to realize that at the gate of Xiaocui Jinyuan, two or three mothers in charge whispered to each other as they walked, and kept looking at Seventh Lady and his wife.But as soon as Xu Fengjia found out, they scattered in all directions, each bowing their heads to do their work.

She couldn't help smiling, and said in a low voice, "It's really reassuring for the old mother to do things."

In the past few days, rumors have spread in the Pingguo mansion, and I am afraid that it will be a few steps down before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Xu Fengjia looked at her and pulled her lips, and replied in a low voice, "It's because you arranged it well, even I heard it, let alone them? Look at grandma's face these days..."

Seventh Lady cheered up.

"Even you know?" She grabbed Xu Fengjia's sleeve and asked anxiously, "Damn it, you didn't tell me earlier! You have to tell me now."

Xu Fengjia was quite surprised, "I just found out yesterday, didn't I come back late again, and I didn't say anything because I was afraid of arousing your worries, and then I forgot about it when I looked back—why, you don't want me to know?"

"You are stupid," Seventh Lady rolled her eyes. "You know, father must know too."

Except for walking around Mingdetang and Leshanju, Xu Fengjia seldom enters Xiaocuijin, and even he already knows about it, so Duke Pingguo Xu Heng also received the news in all likelihood, knowing that the account was found to be wrong up.

With Xu Fengjia's cleverness, of course, after thinking about it for a while, he understood the twists and turns inside. He folded his hands and said with a half-smile, "It's a pity that I'm going to Tong County again... Otherwise, I really miss Menghua. Check out the excitement in Xuanli!"

Seventh Lady rolled his eyes at him again, and then smiled lightly.

"It's not just you? I'm afraid there are hundreds of people who would like to ask me in person, why there is no movement yet."

After all, there was a problem with the account. After all, it was just a rumor. Although Qin Niangzi did not deny it, she did not admit that there was a problem with the account.No matter whether Mrs. Fifth Young Master wanted to clarify or plead guilty, she immediately lost her goal.It's not easy for her to come forward and ask for a careful investigation - after all, it is a rumor without a trace, so it is taken seriously, but it seems that Mrs. Wu is too guilty.Because of this, although the atmosphere in the mansion has gradually become more and more tense these days, everyone still maintains a group of harmony on the surface. When talking and laughing, it's like no one knows about it, and they all look happy.

"I'm just surprised," Xu Fengjia was also thoughtful. "It stands to reason that it was grandma who came forward to speak at this time. Why did her old man settle down instead, as if she didn't know about it? Mouth."

Qin Niangzi glanced at Xu Fengjia, smiled lightly and said, "When you figure this out, the day lily will be cold!"

After all, she also felt a little uncertain, "But grandma's performance is indeed intriguing..."

Seeing that Leshan Residence was right in front of them, both of them silenced their voices, went up the stairs, lifted the curtain and filed into the main room.

(End of this chapter)