The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 219

After seeing off Mr. Zhong, Seventh Lady went back to Mingde Hall to meditate alone.

After a while, he called Lixia to talk again.

"I can only discuss this with you!" She joked with Li Xia with a smile.

The more you know about secret affairs like this, the greater the danger will be. As long as you are a really smart subordinate, you will never ask more questions or say more questions. Doubts, none of them dare to have.

Only Lixia, who grew up with Qiniangzi like this, whose love has surpassed that of master and servant, and who has a hint of family affection, can discuss the case with Qiniangzi.

Qin Niangzi told Li Xia what Mr. Zhong had said in a few words, and she sighed with Li Xia, "Although I guessed, Mr. Zhong might know something, but I didn't expect that he would hold such an important clue in his hand. Never showed his feet."

Li Xia was a little bit dissatisfied, "Send someone to tell Madam, what can Mr. Zhong be implicated in? I have to wait until now, when everything is over, and then tell you..."

She is a thousand and ten thousand people who don't want Seventh Lady to come to settle Fifth Lady's case, so it is understandable that she would complain about Dr. Zhong like this.

"After all, it's not easy for him. At that time, my wife made a fuss like that, and her emotions were so intense. If he revealed the truth, wouldn't it be another disturbance that might involve Dr. Zhong himself?" Seventh Lady said I made a distinction for Dr. Zhong. "The older you get, the less courageous you become. Doctor Zhong is at this age, so how dare he get involved in this kind of turmoil. Now that the time is right, we just use a little bit of tricks, and he will step down from the stage along the slope, which is the best of both worlds—— It's just that I didn't expect that Yu An would be involved in this matter."

With Yu An's diligence and care, it is not uncommon for him to come to see Fifth Lady on the second day after giving birth, when the blood energy has not yet dissipated.

Although Li Xia was not enthusiastic about investigating the case, Qin Niangzi asked her to come in and talk, and she always analyzed it with all her heart. "I didn't think before, whether the fifth girl would be--this is hard to say!"

There may be thousands of different motives for killing.Even if he is at peace with the rest of the world, he may be murdered because of some hidden conflict of interest.Especially in such a case, anyone who came to visit Wu Niangzi while boiling the medicine that day might add something to the medicine. Yu An was also one of the visitors, and she might have heard what Mr. Zhong said. Although the suspicion is not great, it still exists.

Qin Niangzi pondered for a moment, then shook her head and said, "I don't think it's Yu An. Yu An himself may not even have heard what Mr. Zhong said clearly."

She analyzed her thoughts to Li Xia, "I said something like this the day before, and then I took two herbs the next day. If it was Yu An, at least it would take three to five days before I could calmly get the two herbs." Medicine—that’s not the kind of medicine that girls take at home. It’s just that ordinary grandmas and wives will always have such medicinal materials in the house.”

Wang Buliuxing can produce milk, and it is also a medicinal material for promoting blood circulation and promoting menstruation. As a common gynecological medicine, it is easy to obtain.Even Qiniangzi's room is now prepared—she was not sure when she was a child, and in the prescriptions prescribed by Dr. Zhong and Quan Zhongbai, there are a small amount of Wang Buliuxing.However, except for Yu Qiao, all the girls have not menstruated, so they don't need this medicinal material.

Saffron is one of the main ingredients of Bizitang. There are no young wives in the house who have married families. Even the fourth young wives live in two rooms. Besides, this stuff is a small amount. It can be used to regulate menstruation, so although it is famous and expensive, it is not uncommon in wealthy families.It is precisely because the two medicinal herbs are commonly used that Mr. Zhong specially warned Wu Niangzi not to let these medicinal herbs touch her lips.

Li Xia nodded thoughtfully, "In this way, it may be that some mothers and maids who came to pay their respects from other rooms heard it so well, and when they went back, they learned their words—"

Qin Niangzi smiled wryly, "So this matter still has to fall on An, it depends on whether Yu An can remember who else was around at that time."

After thinking about it, Lixia let out a breath of cool air slowly, and said sincerely, "Fortunately, you usually treat Fifth Miss well."

If the relationship between Qinianzi and Yu An is cold, Yu An might not dare to rely on his own memory to lead Qinianzi's investigation direction, and it is more likely that he will presume that he has not remembered clearly to avoid possible troubles up.

Qin Niangzi corrected Li Xia, "Fortunately, I can sit firmly in the position of mistress."

Otherwise, no matter how good Yu An is with her, he probably wouldn't have the guts.

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Seeing that it was getting dark, Xu Fengjia also went back to the house, changed clothes and went to Leshan Residence with Seventh Lady to pay her respects.

"Although it's cold this winter, it's better than being dry." Xu Fengjia sniffled vigorously as she walked. "Father hasn't had a few bad legs this year, and he's in a much better mood. He even praised you to me just now, saying that your housekeeper is well-managed, and everything at home has gone smoothly this year, without any mistakes."

This is the case of a person who can really do things, and you can't tell what is so special about him in doing things. It's just that he can handle daily chores decently.This means that only those who really understand the world can appreciate his brilliance.

Seventh Lady couldn't help showing a faint smile, "Father just wanted to be polite to you, did you take it seriously?"

She made an appointment with Xu Fengjia again, "Come in earlier tomorrow, I have something to talk to you before please."

Although in the case of Wu Niangzi, the main force of the investigation can only be Qi Niangzi herself, but proper reporting is still necessary.Also let Xu Fengjia know that she hasn't put this matter behind her.

Xu Fengjia nodded in satisfaction, and rubbed Qiniangzi's face, "Have you learned it now? As I said long ago, proper work and rest can only make your body healthy."

He was referring to the attitude that although the two of them spent a lot of time together at night, Qin Niangzi didn't want to talk to him about such troublesome things.

Qin Niangzi took Xu Fengjia's hand and gave him a blank look, "Under the public!"

Before Xu Fengjia could reply, the laughter of Yu Ning and Yu Tai came from behind him.When the two looked sideways, it turned out that the two little guys had been walking on the stone teeth outside the corridor for a while, and now they opened the cotton curtain, walked in and walked side by side with the couple.

The two brothers were still more lively than Yu Ning, so he bumped Xu Fengjia's shoulder with a smile, "Sixth Brother and Sixth Sister-in-law are talking so lively, but we can't understand a word!"

Xu Fengjia also laughed, hugged Yu Ning and twisted the tip of his nose affectionately, "Little rascal, how dare you eavesdrop? Huh?"

Everyone walked to the corner of the corridor, and the Fourth Young Master and Fourth Young Master came face to face. The Fourth Young Master smiled rarely, and raised his hand to call Yu Tai over. "I asked you and my seventh brother to come with me to Yuquan Mountain to hunt pheasants in the afternoon. Why didn't any of you come?"

The fourth young lady greeted Qin Niangzi with a smile, "Let the brothers play, your fourth brother killed more than a dozen pheasants today, I just ordered someone to send you two, and you will go down the mountain tomorrow." The chicken pot is very fresh and delicious, much better than those sold outside."

Over there, Yu Ning finally escaped from Xu Fengjia's grasp, hid behind the Fourth Young Master, and said with a smile, "Fourth Brother, Quan's house will set up wine tomorrow, are you going? I heard that this time will be very lively! It's for death The eldest princess of the house is holding a birthday party, and the wine is placed in the place of Quan's house, which is also bigger. The Qilin class will sing the full set of "Red Maned Horse"..."

This group of people talked and laughed and entered the small flower hall of Leshanju, which immediately added a bit of excitement to the small flower hall.

Mrs. Tai came in early today, and she was already sitting in front of the kang talking to the five young lady, fifth young master, Yu Qiao and other three daughters. When she saw a group of people coming in, she couldn't help laughing, "What are you talking about, so happy!"

Yu Ning hurriedly said, "Let's beg the fourth brother to take me and the eighth brother to Quan's house to have a drink and listen to the opera, and listen to the "Red Maned Horse" by the Qilin class!"

When it comes to the Qilin class, even Mrs. Tai said, "The operas of the Qilin class are really well sung, but the operas of the men's class are much longer than those of the female class."

Yu Qiao immediately begged Mrs. Tai, "In the first month of this year, let's invite the New Year's wine and the unicorn class to sing. Do you agree?"

Mrs. Tai laughed and said, "Don't ask me about this, but you have to ask your sixth sister-in-law. Your sixth sister-in-law says it will work, but your grandmother can't help it."

Everyone laughed, and Yu Qiao looked at Qin Niangzi with a pleading face, "Sister-in-law Liu, you just follow me this time?"

She has always been unhappy, and has never been so caring about anything. Seeing the rare sparkle in Yu Qiao's eyes, Qin Niangzi's heart suddenly softened, and she smiled and said, "Okay, let's get along with you." It’s the same as this year, eating in the Moon Tower and letting them act in the Liushang Pavilion, they can see and hear clearly, and it’s convenient for us to avoid, it’s the best."

Yu Ning and Yu Tai suddenly cheered, and even Yu Qiao showed a rare smile. "Sister-in-law Six, you are the best!"

The atmosphere in the room was suddenly peaceful.

There are quite a few theater fans in the Xu family, even Mrs. Xu is one of them. When she came to Qingpingyuan to pay her respects, she heard that there was a play by the Qilin class, and she was also very interested. "I haven't gone out to socialize for many years!"

Since living in Xiaotangshan for a month or two, Mrs. Xu's spirit has obviously improved, and her face even has a slight blush.She is willing to go out for a walk, what else can everyone say?After some discussion, it was decided that Mrs. Xu would bring Yu Qiao and other three girls to the house, and the eldest and fourth young masters would bring Yu Ning and Yu Tai for the male guests. Kong followed.

After sitting in Qingpingyuan for a while, everyone scattered away. Yu Qiao pulled Yu Ping and Yu An, and went out of the room while telling jokes. Even Xu Fengjia looked at her back and said with a smile, "Second sister is rare." So happy."

Seventh Lady remained silent for a while, walked a few steps, distanced herself from the crowd, and then sighed, "She's only been happier for a couple of years. After marrying in Yangzhou, the next time she hears Beijing opera, she won't be so happy." know when it is."

Xu Fengjia also fell silent, and said slowly after a while, "How can one be happy everywhere in one's life?"

He made a smirk again, leaned close to Qin Niangzi's ear and whispered, "It's like me, every day I look forward to the hour and a half at night, but I always have to do the things during the day! "

Seventh Lady couldn't help laughing. She looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so she put her hand into Xu Fengjia's arms, leaned her head gently on his shoulder, and said softly, "I know you are impatient, so I will give you a little sweetness." , put it on first."

As soon as he finished speaking, he laughed and wanted to withdraw his hand, but was caught by Xu Fengjia, "How dare you run if I caught you?"

The two of them fought and went back to the house with a smile. Xu Fengjia temporarily left and went to clean the room. Seventh Lady was washing her hands and removing makeup here. When she saw that it was Xiao Huangpu who came to serve her, she laughed, "I didn't expect you to come back so early today. .”

Little Huangpu often goes out to play in her spare time recently, and she only said that Seventh Lady pityed her for her young age and asked her to play for a few more years.She sneaked back home all afternoon, talking to Mrs. Tai's sister who was on duty at home to rest, but she didn't expect to come back so early.

Little Huangpu was sullen, and complained softly to Qiniangzi. "The old lady didn't let anyone come back temporarily, so she let me run for nothing. When I came back to see the old mother, she was beaten up and said that I was running around..."

"This kind of thing is not in a hurry for a day or two." Seventh Lady comforted her with a smile, "After the Chinese New Year, if you find out when your sisters will go back, I will also give you a day off. You go back and have a good talk with them."

The two were talking, when Lixia came in again and said, "Lin Shan's mother and Peng Hu's mother are waiting outside to see the young lady."

The rule of Qi Niangzi ignoring things after dinner has spread to the Xu family invisibly. Now there is no big deal, even the masters seldom have anything to do with Qin Niangzi after dinner. Seeing that dinner is approaching, the two mothers If you want to come in and talk to Seventh Lady, there must be something important.

Seventh Lady looked at the chiming clock, and then softly ordered Li Xia, "Please come to Xisanjian to talk, if it is too late, please invite Shizi to eat first."

Li Xia nodded, turned around and closed the door, and after a short while, brought Lin Shan's family and Peng Hu's family into the house.

The two mothers looked a little anxious, and when they saw Qin Niangzi, their expressions were even more excited. They went forward to greet Qin Niangzi with all their hands and feet, and then got straight to the point.The leader of Peng Hu's family said, "Young Madam, please forgive me. The two of us made up our own minds and thought about a strategy that would not be able to get on the table. The more we talked, the more we felt that there was a way. I couldn't wait all night, so I had to come here to bother you, Young Madam."

Qin Niangzi's expression changed, "Mothers, don't worry, just speak slowly."

The two mothers looked at each other, and Peng Hu's house made the way. "In the spring of the next year, there will be some changes in the Young Madam's personnel. The Lin Shan family and I have guessed privately. I'm afraid the Young Madam is planning to switch the positions of the two of us."

Seeing that Qi Niangzi was silent, but her face was silent, Peng Hu's family said again, "It's just that Wu Xun's family has been working in the account room for many years. If the young lady has no clue, she should be transferred. People will definitely not be too convinced. I am afraid that even the two elders will blame the young lady for acting recklessly."

In fact, Wu Xun's family has already had an impression of Ping Guogong. If she is transferred, Seventh Lady will encounter a little resistance, but it will never be too big, but she doesn't make a sound, just nods with a smile.

The Lin Shan's family connected and explained, "Young Madam, in order to fulfill the two of us, did not hesitate to get confused and let that hateful bitch go. The Peng Hu family and I couldn't bear the Young Madam to be angry with her again. As soon as I figured it out, I thought of a way: Wu Xun's family can use fake accounts to fool the young lady, and the others like me can also use fake accounts to embarrass her."

She lowered her voice and said, "Young Madam also knows that the accounts in our hands are not the same as the accounts in the accounting room, and the receipt of money is based on the account in the accounting room..."

Qin Niangzi already understood what the Lin Shan family's plan was.

She couldn't help applauding resoundingly from the bottom of her heart: This Lin Shan family is really a talent.

These two mothers have been in charge of fat jobs over the years, and when they leave office, they always need to pay a little blood to make up for the too conspicuous shortfall.

Now the two mothers want to transfer this shortfall to Wu Xun's family. For example, in a certain year and a certain month, the kitchen actually bought a hundred catties of cabbage and spent five coins, but Wu Xun's family wrote one or two taels in the account. , and then sent five coins to the kitchen, and kept five coins for myself.At that time, Qin Niangzi suspected that the cooperation between the two and the accountant was not enough, and she thought of such a method, but if someone responded in the kitchen and falsely reported from the time of purchase, the method would be much more subtle.And if the deficit of Wu Xun's family is such a deficit, to expose it, all you need is an account that can withstand interrogation, an original bill that can match the account, and the testimony of several merchants who have been with the Xu family all year round. Convicted of framing Wu Xun's family.

In the twelfth lunar month, accounts are being settled everywhere, and there will be a change of personnel in the spring of next year. This year's accounts are of course carefully calculated.Since the two mothers proposed this plan at this time, it can be said that they want Wu Xun's family to not live well for a year: after Laba, they will have to settle the accounts. At this time, tell Qin Niangzi that of course they want to choose Wu Xun's family after Laba. the shot.

This plan is sinister and venomous, bloody and bloody, and combined with Qin Niangzi's high pressure, it must be difficult for Wu Xun's family to defend themselves.At that time, if someone is randomly sent to her room to 'search' for a few bank notes, Wu Xun's whole family will be in bad luck.

Even when Qin Niang wanted to come, she couldn't help breaking out in a drop of cold sweat: The housekeeper mother for many years is really not inferior when it comes to calculations.It was a blessing that I didn't believe in the foreshadowing laid by the fifth young lady at that time.

She was noncommittal and pondered for a moment.After the two mothers gradually showed a trace of uneasiness, they said slowly. "But this ledger... is not just done if you say it."

The two mothers looked at each other with joy on their faces, and the Lin Shan family reached into his arms and took out a ledger.

(End of this chapter)