The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 224

Seventh Lady was speechless at once.

old mother?
How could it be an old mother!
Yu An looked at Qin Niangzi and didn't speak for a moment. She closed her eyes again and pressed her forehead. It was obvious that she was trying to recall the situation at that time. After thinking for a while, she finally said with certainty. "It's true that the old mother can't be wrong. At that time, I just listened to her and Xiaosonghua's family life, so I didn't hear Mr. Zhong and his sister-in-law."

Qin Niangzi bit her lower lip, tried her best to calm down, and quickly ran through countless possibilities in her mind.

She breathed a sigh of relief, and said firmly, "This matter must not be the old mother!"

The old mother wanted to harm Wu Niangzi, and she would never use such a clumsy method.

Just looking at how many times Mrs. Xu sent her old mother to deliver messages to her, she knew that the old mother was in Qingpingyuan, and she was probably more respectable than ordinary young wives.With her status, if she wants to kill Wu Niangzi, there is no need to be so anxious, let alone such an obvious method as mixing medicinal materials. If nothing else, it is such a poison that immortals cannot save. Just put a copy in the camera, and Wu Niangzi will turn around in a few days There is no doubt that you will die, and you can not show your traces. If you want to investigate afterwards, where should you go to investigate?Why make such a big commotion?

Besides, the old mother is the eldest wife's mother Liang, and the seventh lady's Lixia. Her honor and disgrace are closely related to the face of the sixth room. What motive does she have to harm the fifth lady?

Qin Niangzi shook her head, stood up, and said to An Dao apologetically, "Although you are not good at blowing the wind, this matter is of great importance after all—I still need to invite Fifth Sister and I to stand in Mingde Hall for a while."

Yu An looked serious, got up and said, "Sister-in-law doesn't need to say more, being able to do a little bit for the kindness of the first sister-in-law is Yu An's repayment of her kindness and concern..."

The two aunts and sisters-in-law called the maids to put on their cloaks, and walked back to Mingde Hall in the light snow.

As soon as she entered Mingde Hall, Seventh Lady took Yu An straight into Fifth Lady's delivery room.

After all, someone died in this room, and it was not auspicious for a young man to die. Since Wu Niangzi passed away, it has been dusty, and even the furnishings have not changed much.It's just that the chairs and blankets have been removed, and the whole room is empty. Even though there is floor heating in Mingde Hall, there is still a hint of coldness. A light gray layer. .

Yu An shivered as soon as she entered the room. She stared at Wu Niangzi's embroidered bed, with countless inexplicable expressions on her face, and said slowly after a long while, "It's so different——"

After all, he was young and hot-hearted, and in the middle of speaking, he already shed tears.

Seventh Lady couldn't help sighing with Yu An, and then asked Yu An, "Can you remember where you were standing at that time? You and Mr. Zhong had a face-to-face look, it must be..."

Yu An paced back and forth as she recalled, and finally she seemed to have decided on a place to stay. She stood beside a large cabinet next to the side wall next to the door, and said softly, "There is nothing wrong with Xiao An standing here. .”

Before Qi Niangzi continued to ask, she was thinking, muttering something while turning the direction.When Seventh Lady approached to listen, she heard her muttering softly, "Young Madam, how are you? Have you finished all your medicines? Last time I sent someone to send you ginseng. You should be careful when using it. It's from the Northeast." Old mountain ginseng, the price is better than gold..."

Qin Niangzi couldn't help being shocked: I didn't expect Yu An's memory to be so good, even the conversations a few years ago can be remembered so clearly.

"Mr. Zhong, why didn't you come out? Oh, you little girl, it's not like I'm playing tricks. When you listen to people talking, why do you always look inward? How many times have you never seen a doctor? It's so easy to come and just look like this, yes If you are sick, no one will show you—"

While muttering, Yu An finally turned in one direction and said in a daze, "It seems that the sound is coming from here."

She pointed to a small open space beside the curtain.

Seventh Lady suddenly let out a long sigh.

No wonder someone once said that there are less than one in a hundred people who are truly discerning in this world.

If Yu An could have heard Mr. Zhong's words at that time, and paid attention to the meaning of the old mother's words, maybe the truth about Wu Niangzi's case would have already been revealed.

She patted Yu An on the shoulder and said in a low voice, "Have you not understood yet? The person who heard Mr. Zhong's words was Xiao Songhua."

After thinking about it again, Yu An seemed to have finally linked several things together. She stood there blankly, with a look of horror on her face, and said after a while, "But Xiao Songhua's family——also—are all The mother's dowry background is the best with the old mother, otherwise, how could she work in Mingde Hall? How could the old mother talk to her in such a casual tone..."

Don't look at Yu An's peace and quiet, he really knows a lot about the personnel in the mansion.

Qin Niangzi's heart skipped a beat, she looked at Yu An, but rejected her own thoughts.

Let Yu An'an live in peace!There are some things that she, a little concubine, can't get involved in at will.

She held Yu An's hand and said softly, "Good fifth sister, you have already done what I asked you to do - don't mention this matter in the future. Just pretend it never happened. "

She already knew that Yu An's mind was not very quick in this regard, and seeing Yu An's puzzled face, she became more blunt. "No matter who the person behind this matter is, they are too insane. You are a little girl who hasn't gone out, so it's really not easy to get involved."

"Then Sister-in-Law, you—" Yu An turned over and worried about Seventh Lady.

Seventh Lady smiled helplessly. "I have no choice. This matter must be investigated thoroughly. You are different. The Xu family is just your natal family. One day, you will get married."

Yu An blushed, and said softly, "Sister-in-law is doing it for my own good... Yu An knows, thank you sister-in-law for thinking about me."

Seventh Lady smiled at her, "We are all concubine daughters, we know the hardships of being concubine daughters, so we should take care of each other."

Yu An nodded, looked around again, and carefully looked at the furnishings in the house. After a while, he took a deep breath and said softly, "My aunt... died of dystocia when she was giving birth to me."

Seventh Lady was stunned, and then she heard Yu Anxu say, "Children without a biological mother always have a harder life, unlike the second and third sisters, who have their biological mothers to take care of them, and they only passed away one after another a few years ago. I think Now, the sixth sister-in-law in front of me is probably the same as my aunt, and the children in the underworld are the children of the underworld..."

She turned her head again, glanced at Qiniangzi shyly, and said in a low voice, "Yu An thought, if the sister-in-law in front of me knows about it, I'm afraid, I still hope that Shiro and Goro can grow up safely and happily, and hope that my sister-in-law can……"

She bit her lip again and didn't say any more.

Qin Niangzi's heart was surging for a while, and it took a long time to find her own voice.

"Fifth Sister is really a kind-hearted person," she sighed. Seeing that Yu An wanted to speak modestly, she hurriedly said, "If you know how to treat yourself with others, you have the heart of a Bodhisattva."

Yu An smiled shyly, lowered his eyes to look at his toes, and said softly, "If sister-in-law is not also a kind person, Yu An would not dare to say such a thing."

Qin Niangzi turned her eyes away again, and looked at the light coming in from the door: it was getting dark, and the candles had already been lit for the first time.The laughter of Shiro and Goro came out faintly.

After all, Wu Niangzi is a dead person, she can no longer provide her children with her own care, Yu An reminded her vaguely like this, it is nothing more than hoping that she can give Shiro and Goro some sincere maternal love.Instead of treating two people as one of their own responsibilities.

After all, he had no biological mother since he was a child. In this respect, he is really observant.At the same time, she was willing to take the risk of offending Seventh Lady to speak for Shiro and Goro, two children who could not understand what she was doing.

Qin Niangzi immediately liked An more.Although she is not outstanding, and even her brain is not so clear-headed, she has a kind heart.

It's just that many things are always easier to know than to do... Besides, after seeing the embarrassment of the eldest wife, Seventh Lady always has a small knot in her heart that can't get rid of it.

She pulled herself together and greeted Yu An, "Or just have dinner at my place tonight—"

But Yu An was determined that she would rather go back to Lutian to hide, Qin Niangzi had no choice but to send her to the door herself, and ordered Shang Yuan and Li Xia Haosheng to accompany Yu An back, holding her hand again, looking into Yu An's eyes. Yan nodded, then leaned against the door, watching Yu An's back, which gradually disappeared in the fine snow.

As soon as she turned her head, she lowered her face and told Zhong Yuan, "Let Bai Lu come in and see me immediately!"

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Bai Lu quickly entered the West Sanjian and saluted Seventh Lady.

Qin Niangzi didn't beat around the bush at all, and asked Bai Lu straightforwardly, "You have a good idea of ​​the personnel affairs inside and outside Mingde Hall, right?"

How shrewd is Bai Lu?Seeing that Qin Niangzi had a different expression, she immediately turned serious. "What's the matter, girl, please tell me."

Qin Niangzi asked while thinking, "Do you have any impression of the name Xiao Songhua?"

"This is the servant girl in the deceased Fifth Lady's house." Bai Lu did not hesitate at all, "Parents are still alive, and there are one or two uncles and aunts who are also serving in the house. Doing work in Zhuangzi, but it is not too heavy work. Mostly it is just a name... You also know that the group of people in Mingdetang, except for the grain rain and spring equinox, are now still in custody in the dowry Zhuangzi of the Duke’s wife. No strangers are allowed to see each other, nor are they allowed to meet each other."

Mrs. Xu handled it like this, of course, for the convenience of Seventh Lady to investigate the case.

Seventh Lady breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a low voice, "Go and ask without any trace, you can ask the old mother, no one knows this matter better than the old mother, when she was investigating the case, she must have participated in— —Ask her what kind of errand she was on when Fifth Sister had an accident. Be careful and don't give away. Let's take a look at the details of this girl's family. Don't worry. Be sure to do it carefully. Come back and tell me. Again, keep a low profile."

She paused, and then added meaningfully, "This girl is probably the traitor in Mingde Hall—if someone knows our actions..."

Bai Lu was terrified, and hurriedly knelt down, "Slaves must be careful!"

Seventh Lady nodded and supported her forehead. Countless thoughts swirled in her mind like a vortex. She said wearily, "Okay, then go and get busy. There were a lot of things a year ago, and I have worked hard for you..."

After a few words of consolation, she sent Bai Lu out, then she rummaged for a quill, scribbled furiously in the book, and wrote down thousands of private notes in simplified Chinese characters interleaved with English that only she could understand. Only then did he stop to draw another relationship network, and began to meditate in a daze.

I don't know how long it took, suddenly there was noise outside the house again, Gu Yu's voice came into the house, "Little ancestor, Seventh Aunt is busy!"

Then came Goro's coquettish voice, "I want it, I want it!"

When a child grows up, it really changes every day. Goro has grown up a lot in the past six months, and now he speaks in a very orderly manner.

Seventh Lady came back to her senses in a flash, she hurriedly closed the notes and stuffed them into the cabinet before she raised her voice, "Gu Yu comes in."

As soon as someone opened the door for Goro, the two children rushed into the house—it turned out that Shiro was there, but they followed Goro silently.

"Aunt Qi." Wulang looked timidly, looking at Qin Niangzi embarrassedly, and seemed to feel that he had no reason to be so guilty, so he jumped forward again and threw himself on Qin Niangzi's lap, "We want to enter that Check out the room."

Seventh Lady raised her head to look at Gu Yu in astonishment, Gu Yu explained helplessly, "The two children just saw you and Fifth Miss entering the former Young Madam's house..."

She was a little sentimental, "I was curious, so I asked me and Chun Equinox. We didn't think too much, so we told the children that it was the house where the young lady lived. I didn't expect that Shiro would go to see it as soon as he heard about it. -"

The next thing is very clear, Shiro encouraged Goro, and Goro was easily instigated by him, so they came and went again and again, and they made a fuss in front of Qin Niangzi's house.

Qiniangzi looked at Shiro, the child seemed to know that his request might be a bit unfair, and was shrinking behind Gu Yu, looking at Qinianzi with a little anxiety.In the big eyes, there was a bit of childish cunning, but also a bit of stubbornness. For a while, there was a subtle resemblance to Wu Niangzi.

Looking down at Goro again.

The expression on Goro's face is much more righteous, with the natural innocence and superiority - he is more like Wu Niangzi than Shiro.

For a moment, Qin Niangzi really had mixed feelings.

Yu An's words and the eldest wife's words were twisted into two inseparable threads in her head.

After a long time, she managed to squeeze out a smile, beckoned to Shiro kindly, and said in a harmonious voice, "Come on, Shiro, come to Aunt Qi's arms. It's not that you are not allowed to go in and see that room, but it has been there for a long time. There is no one to live in, and the dust is huge—if it wasn’t for something she forgot, Seventh Aunt would not have taken Fifth Auntie in.” Besides, there have been deaths, the place is not clean, and it is not suitable for children to go in.

Shiro moved slowly into Qinianzi's arms, and listened quietly to Qinianzi's explanation.

"When Shiro and Goro grow up a bit, Aunt Qi will open the door and take you in, okay?" After much deliberation, Qi Niangzi could only clumsily push the excuse to the future.

The two children blinked their eyes and looked at each other for a while, as if they were having a wordless conversation.Wulang suddenly turned his head again and asked Seventh Lady. "Cousin Sun said, Aunt Seven is our aunt... Aunt... is... Mother's younger sister. Aunt Seven, where is my mother?"

A little sadness appeared on Gu Yu's face.

Seventh Lady was stunned for a moment, then said softly, "Your mother, went...to a very far place."

"Then will she come back?" Shiro finally couldn't bear it anymore, and asked, his small face was no longer concealed, full of longing. "Cousin Sun has a mother, everyone has a mother... Only my younger brother and I don't have a mother..."

At the end of the conversation, there was finally a little crying sound.Goro still looked ignorant, as if he only knew he was lost, but he didn't understand the meaning of Shiro's question.

This kid is really smart since he was a child!Now that I am almost four years old, I already know that I have to compare the family environment of the people around me to detect my own shortcomings!
Seventh Lady swallowed and spit, feeling a little helpless for a moment.

But still so young, I am afraid it is difficult to understand the meaning of death.I only know that there are people around me, but I don't...

She glanced at Gu Yu almost helplessly, and seeing that Gu Yu was already in tears, she sighed helplessly, then hugged Shiro a little tighter, and said softly. "She won't come back, she loves you very much, so, let Seventh Aunt take care of you. Although you don't have a mother, you have Seventh Aunt—"

Shiro suddenly wanted to shake off Seventh Lady, "Seventh Aunt, Seventh Aunt and Sun Cousin! Seventh Aunt and... and Fourth Uncle's child!"

Qin Niangzi suddenly felt that she seemed to be controlling Mingdetang too tightly.

It seems that Gu Yu and Chun Equinox must have kept a close eye on the two adoptive mothers, so no one has ever educated these two children, the difference between stepmother and biological mother.And Shiro is smart enough to understand that "Seventh Aunt" is not like "Niang", which has its own exclusiveness.The child of any of Seventh Lady's brothers and sisters can be called Seventh Aunt.

Suddenly, she felt a figure flash past the door, and when she looked up, it was Xu Fengjia.

He was leaning against the door with his hands folded and watching this scene, the expression on his face finally became a little more sentimental.

(End of this chapter)