The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 237

After the first month, the palace was unusually quiet, because the queen mother was not in good health, and the queen's orders did not enter the palace to pay their respects on the queen's Qianqiu Festival.For a while, there were different opinions, and they all said that the queen mother was probably doing something wrong, so the palace dared not make any publicity.

Mr. Jiao Ge himself finally wrote a letter to beg for the bones in early February, and the court was full of excitement. Ping Guogong and Xu Fengjia each had their own busy schedules. One was busy with the old man, secretly communicating with the old man, and the other was busy making arrangements for the emperor. Sun Liquan's many requests in the Guangzhou area seemed to be the chief logistics officer for the trip to Nanyang, but the inner courtyard was relatively quiet.The Fourth Young Madam devoted herself wholeheartedly to serving the Fourth Young Master, and the Fifth Young Madam was also abnormally quiet. When she met the Seventh Lady, she was only more polite than ordinary people.

Not to mention the First Young Madam, she went to Guangfu Temple for incense once in February, and then Grandma Min came to see Seventh Lady for a sit-down, spending her days leisurely and restlessly.Of the three sisters-in-law, none of them made any trouble for Qiniangzi, and Mrs. Xu went to Xiaotangshan to continue her rest after the first lunar month, so it was only Mrs. Tai who had to socialize in the mansion.

Because Yu Qiao's marriage is approaching, Fan's family has already sent someone to propose a marriage, and there are also some trivial matters for a while, which need to be decided by Seventh Lady herself. Although her life is quiet, it is not too leisurely. ——In addition, Lin Shan's family and Peng Hu's family have moved their positions, and she naturally has to put her confidant in the two vacant positions. When a newcomer takes office, even if there is the wholehearted support of the old man, there will always be ups and downs. Do your best to avoid any mistakes and give the Fifth Young Madam an opportunity.

On this day in the West Fifth Room, she sent back all the reports that had been submitted by everyone in the past ten days, and said, "The parts circled in red pen above are all questionable. Everyone read it, and come to me this afternoon to explain. Just a moment. There are still a few mothers who have something to do and haven't recorded it. I will remember it myself, and I will come to talk about it in the afternoon. If I can't remember it, forget it."

Although these words are unremarkable, all the mothers who are in charge can feel the cold sweat all over their bodies: if there is something that has not been recorded, it is easy to say if it is really forgotten, if it is deliberately forgotten, the master will know, don't look at her Now speak calmly.At that time, it will be recorded in the private account, and when the general account is settled at the end of the year, it will be taken out in front of everyone and asked one by one, that is a very shameful thing.Not to mention that the questioning is over, it might be that Lei Ting's means are waiting behind... So they are all busy thinking about whether they missed a few things and didn't report them, and then they were reported by the relevant others.Or a few unconscionable things were inquired by some opponent, and secretly told the young lady.

Seventh Lady ordered a few more trivial matters, "Mother Lei, remember to explain to the outside world that the weather in Yangzhou is hot, we don't want too many thick materials, but we should buy more thinner materials, so that when Miss Fifth arrives there, a lot of clothes will be too much. If you can't wear it, then it's not good..."

"And Mama Sheng, I have already asked the third aunt in the south to write a letter, asking for two local mothers to come over, and they should have arrived by now. When you let them be free, teach the maids to speak Yangzhou dialect: Jiangnan The dialects in the area are not easy to understand when you come here." Seeing that Lei Xianqing's family agreed, Seventh Lady remembered to tell Sheng Jin's family. "When you're free, you tease the two mothers to talk about the things in the old family. The little maids who are motivated will naturally listen. When the time comes to choose a dowry, you also know what to do."

Sheng Jin's family hurriedly flattered, "So the lady of the world has arranged it well. I really don't know how this darling can be born so cleverly. It's really hard for the lady of the world to come up with such a method!"

After Yu Qiao married to Yangzhou, her natal family was far away in the capital, so she naturally had to rely on a few relatives in the family. She could learn more about the situation in the Xu family from the mouths of her two mothers.And the little maid who can see through this is naturally quick-witted, and being by Yu Qiao's side can be regarded as one more helper.Qin Niangzi's arrangement was understated, but there was nothing imprecise about it, so it was no wonder that Sheng Jin's family wanted to flatter her like this.

Everyone followed suit, "The arrangement of Madam Shizi, there is nothing more to say!"

Seventh Lady just laughed, and she said casually, "Oh, it's just a matter of saving face. I have to ask the mothers to help me a lot so that I won't show myself..."

While speaking, he stood up and sent all the mothers away with a smile.

As soon as the mothers dispersed, Li Xia immediately brought Zhong Yuan, Xia Yuan and others to sit at the table and began to transcribe the reports of all the mothers.Seventh Lady rested her chin and looked at it for a while, and couldn't help laughing, "As the head of the family, I don't know how much more I spend on buying paper every year. I remember it's such a trivial thing. It's too wasteful. I really should buy it."

"It's unavoidable that what you say is unsubstantiated." Bai Lu was copying while chatting with Qin Niangzi with a smile. "Written in black and white, this can't be relied on. Is there any other way, it can't be relied on, and it doesn't waste paper?"

"Why not, it's called paperless office." Qiniangzi answered, seeing everyone's puzzled faces, she laughed for a long time before saying, "I'm just kidding you, just write it down—Xiayuan will get two Let me have a look at the child's report."

Shiro and Goro have started to go to school since the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.The Mr. Dingguohou's Mansion really has excellent teaching quality, and the lectures are very interesting. He even drew a lot of picture books to help the children recognize characters. These two children are very smart, and they have known each other for less than a month. With hundreds of words, hundreds of surnames will be memorized.Usually loves going to school, Qin Niangzi decided to take one day off every five days, and on the rest day, she still wanted to go to play with her husband.

Qin Niangzi read a few pages, and saw that the two children left their adoptive mother, and they had only been arguing for a few days, so she stopped thinking about it, and instead became more and more closely related to Guyu and Spring Equinox. With the center of gravity, the usual naughtiness is greatly reduced, and I can't help but feel more relieved.When the children and Xu Fengjia came back in the middle of the afternoon, they arranged, "Take the two children to Leshan Juli as well, and pay my respects to great-grandmother."

Now that Silang and Wulang are enlightened, Seventh Lady is not like before, confining them in the Mingde Hall and not allowed to go out for a while.Not only did they often send them to Zhishantang to play, but they also occasionally brought their two children into Leshan Residence to pay their respects to Mrs. Tai.

Even if Madam Tai despises the two children from the bottom of her heart, she always behaves kindly in front of her great-grandson.Both Shiro and Goro liked this kind-hearted great-grandmother very much. When they heard that they were going to live in Leshan, they all cheered.Gu Yu and Chun Equinox hurriedly hugged each other, while coaxing in low voices, while threatening at the same time, "When we get to Leshan Residence and make such a fuss, Minger will tell Mr. to spank your asses!"

Shiro and Goro were most afraid of being reprimanded by their husbands, and when they heard this, they all became quiet.Wulang had a bad temper, so he twisted his body to be hugged by Seventh Lady, "Aunt Gu Yu is bad!"

Qin Niangzi took Goro with a smile, and then glanced at Xu Fengjia. Xu Fengjia touched his nose, and stepped forward to hug Shiro: This child has burning eyes, and he has been staring at Goro enviously for a while.Now being hugged by Xu Fengjia, he smiled happily, put his arms around Xu Fengjia's neck and said, "Father, Shiro will recite the thousand-character text for you."

A four-year-old child can already recite a thousand-character essay!

Qin Niangzi couldn't help feeling very emotional, so she discussed with Xu Fengjia, "Is the progress of the class a bit too fast? Or tell the teacher, or teach slowly, so as not to tire the children."

Xu Fengjia was very disapproving, "There are so many impatient families. They ask their children to be enlightened at the age of three, and at the age of four, they already have to learn Qianjia poetry. When Quan Ziyin was four years old, he could memorize the recipes of Tangtou by heart... Brother Shou and Brother Fu can't lag behind their peers, it's pretty good."

Qin Niangzi rubbed her nose, didn't dare to say anything more, and asked him in a low voice, "You are going to the palace today, has my aunt sent someone to see you?"

Liu Niangzi took the anti-fetal medicine sent by Qin Niangzi to the palace, and at the beginning of this month, she asked Quan Zhongbai to help the Ping'an pulse.Although Seventh Lady did not have an excuse to enter the palace, she asked Feng Jin to bring a message, suggesting that Sixth Lady should tell Concubine Xu about this matter.

The fetus is already seated, and with the Emperor's acquiescence, she wants to keep a low profile, so naturally Concubine Xu will not yell about this matter out of nowhere.With the help of Concubine Xu, it is much easier for the two sides to pass on the message.

"My aunt sent someone out to report her safety, saying that everything is fine, and she wants us to live in peace and wait for the chance to meet each other." Xu Fengjia said casually, "The old man is safe, and it doesn't matter if we see each other or not. Isn't that the reason?"

(End of this chapter)