The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 221

When she woke up the next morning, Lady Seven was going to talk to Yu An, but unfortunately, the little girl had a stomachache when she came back from watching a play at Quan's house yesterday because of the cold wind.It is unavoidable to invite Dr. Zhong to come over to take the pulse, and Qin Niangzi will find some ointments and pills for diarrhea and send them to Yu An for later use.

It was so easy to get rid of all the housework, Mrs. Xu came to pick her up again to talk, and Xu Fengjia was sick today and was not on duty, so she wanted to listen to her talk about the trivial matters in the house these days, and Seventh Lady was very busy , I talked to the mothers in charge here, and then rushed into the west third room to settle down with Xu Fengjia, "If you have nothing to do, go to the small study to read the military books, and talk to dad, or go out and talk to the young master of the Lin family. Let's socialize. My mother has something to do with me, so I'm afraid I won't be back so soon."

Xu Fengjia was unhappy, and complained, "It's rare that I want to talk to you a few more words today..."

"He's such a big man, he still looks like a child." Qin Niangzi smiled while talking, "Come here, I will reward you with a piece of cake to sweeten your mouth."

She picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake and put it in front of Xu Fengjia. After Xu Fengjia opened his mouth, he turned around and ate it by himself.So amidst Mr. Xu's complaints, he brought two girls out of Mingde Hall briskly, and went into Qingpingyuan to talk to Mrs. Xu.

Maybe it's because in the past few months, Qin Niangzi has managed the housework with vigor, and Mrs. Xu's attitude towards her has become more and more kind.Seeing her coming in, he sent Shiro and Wulang who were playing in front of the kang aside, and then said to Qin Niangzi with a smile, "I just took a closer look, and the behavior of the two children is not bad, and they are already very good towards outsiders. Be polite. When Mr. comes here in the next year, the Xu family won't lose face—it's you who taught me well."

"The two adoptive mothers chosen by mother will teach more." Seventh Lady smiled and waved her hands. "I'm usually busy too. I just see the two children during meals, occasionally play with them, and the daily necessities are all taken care of by the adoptive mother."

Mrs. Xu pondered for a moment, then discussed with Qin Niangzi. "After all, the child has grown up, and the adoptive mother is always by his side, so it is inevitable that he will develop an arrogant temperament. Besides, after all, you and Feng Jia are the parents, and there is no reason for a child to be closer to the adoptive mother. I have waited This year, let's send the two adoptive mothers home to take care of the elderly, and send Shiro Goro back on the day of the valley rain and the spring equinox. I think they take care of the two children very well, so let them take care of them in the house, that's all. .”

Qin Niangzi had this intention in the first place, and she didn't want Mrs. Xu to bring it up on her own initiative, but it was a surprise, so of course she agreed. "Xiao Qi also has the same idea. Since you also think the same way, then go back and do it. Just after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I will pay you a few taels of silver. The children are fresh, so there is no need to adopt a mother."

Mrs. Xu nodded, and cast her eyes around Qinianzi's fingers, but she didn't see the gold ring, so she raised her eyes to look at Qinianzi.

Seventh Lady naturally understood, she explained with a smile, "It is enough for everyone in my family to know that I got this ring, after all, it is a precious thing, and Xiao Qi usually puts it in a box, looking at it for the New Year's Eve, and then Wear it out."

Even when I got this ring back then, once I got it, I never took it off again.When I first got it, I turned it over and over from time to time, admiring its appearance.

Only Qin Niangzi can keep such a low profile and decent after gaining power.

Mrs. Xu thought that even Mrs. Tai hadn't started any more troubles these days, so she couldn't help but sighed, and said slowly, "Mother is really old, and often times, her knowledge is not as good as yours."

Without waiting for Seventh Lady to be humble, she revealed her intentions. "This time when we went to Quan's house for a drink, Mrs. Quan asked me about Yu Ping. From the looks of it, she really wanted to tell Quan Ziyin about Yu Ping as a sequel."

Seventh Lady couldn't help raising her eyebrows in surprise, "Father..."

Madam Xu shook her head. "I haven't told your father-in-law yet—I want to discuss this with you first. If it doesn't work, I'll go back to Mrs. Quan in private."

Seventh Lady immediately understood.

After all, Yu Ping is the fourth young master's same mother and sister. On this matter, the position of the sixth room and the position of the Pingguo government are not quite consistent.

She lowered her eyebrows and pondered for a long time before hesitantly asked Mrs. Xu, "Actually, Quan Ziyin himself may not agree to this matter? I heard from Shanjiu that he went to Jiangnan last year, and it seemed that he had a quarrel with his family because of this matter." Not happy. Since his first wife passed away, he seems to have no intention of continuing."

Mrs. Xu nodded and said, "That's what you said, but your arms can't hold your thighs, and Mrs. Quan wants to renew the strings for him, but he can't do anything about it. I think it's not good for Yu Ping to accept this marriage. You I also know that Yu Ping's aptitude is even more vulgar than Yu Qiao's, so I originally thought about matching her with a bastard from an ordinary family, and that's fine. I'm afraid she won't be able to sit in the position of the second young mistress of the Quan family."

The Quan family is also a long-standing family, and they are also related to the royal family. Many things are only more complicated than the Xu family.Moreover, as the second son, Quan Zhongbai outshone others and won the favor of the emperor. If the eldest son is an inefficient lamp, there will inevitably be many conflicts between the two.With Yu Ping's method, sitting in this position, her life will definitely not be very satisfactory.

Seventh Lady couldn't help thinking of Yu An.Speaking of it, Quan Zhongbai is indeed a good-looking talent. Although he misses his dead wife, he usually acts like a breeze...

Immediately, she remembered Yu An's confession again.

"Don't talk about Yu Ping, even Yu An, I think it's very difficult." Seventh Lady shook her head. "These two children were not raised as mistresses. In many things, they may lack means and courage..."

Mrs. Xu couldn't help shaking her head and sighing when she thought of Yu An's trembling and cowering look. "Yu An is really timid, otherwise I would rather praise her."

She paused, and then said, "Then when you go to Quan's house for New Year's wine in the next year, you can find a chance and go back to Mrs. Quan in private. To put it nicely, it's best not to let them go to Pingguo Gong again." Bring it up."

Mrs. Xu intends to keep this matter private, and no one will know.

Qin Niangzi felt something was wrong in her heart, she frowned and said, "Now that Fourth Brother is back, many things may not be hidden—"

Mrs. Xu's expression became more gloomy, "You listen to me about this matter, the Duke will blame him if he finds out, and I will stand in the way."

Although she kept saying that power should be delegated, Mrs. Xu obviously hadn't completely changed her role, and there was already a hint of involuntary and domineering in her words.

Seventh Lady had no choice but to lower her eyebrows and agree.

Seeing that she agreed readily, Mrs. Xu's expression softened, and she asked again, "Feng Jia has been eating well and sleeping well recently? I heard that you have been practicing boxing with Feng Jia, and your health is much better?"

Qin Niangzi was answering one by one, when she suddenly saw the old mother shaking her body outside the house, her heart moved, and she smiled slowly, "There may be something outside—"

Mrs. Xu also saw the figure of the old mother, she frowned, "What's the matter, so sneaky, even you dare not come in?"

Then the old mother came in and smiled, "You are talking to the young lady, so there is no place for us to come in and interrupt, but they have something to ask the young lady outside, so they asked me to come in and pass on the message."

Only then did she wave to Qiniangzi, "There is something wrong with the accountant, please go over and talk."

Qin Niangzi knew very well that it was Wu Xun's family that happened.She smiled and stood up, nodded to Mrs. Xu, and said, "The daughter-in-law will leave first."

Madam Xu also hurriedly waved her hand, "You are busy, you are busy."

Seeing Qiniangzi talking softly with the old mother while calmly leaving the house, Mrs. Xu felt a little melancholy for a while, and finally sighed slowly after a long while.

This seventh lady is really too powerful.Inside and out, how many strings are drawn on her body, if Fengjia is a little weaker, she might just be...

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That night, when everyone gathered in the small flower hall to greet Madam Tai, Madam Tai's expression was indifferent, and she didn't even look good towards Duke Ping.

Not to mention her, even the Fifth Young Madam's face had a rare unnatural look on her face. Even though Xu Fengjia and the brothers were talking and laughing happily, she didn't even smile.On that face like a traditional Chinese painting, there was a faint wave, and even when he spoke, the babbling and babbling energy of the hanging voice faded a little.

(End of this chapter)