The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 253

Qin Niangzi did not immediately enter the side court to interrogate Xiao Songhua.

"You let her think about it, if she dares to lie to me, what will happen." She calmly ordered Li Xia, "Before I finish the housework tomorrow morning, she still has seven or eight hours, she can think slowly, Think about it carefully, and when you understand it, give her food and drink, but don’t let her sleep, and don’t turn off the lights.”

A trace of unbearableness flashed across Li Xia's face, but she quickly put on her usual calm expression. She nodded and exited the room.

Xu Fengjia glanced at Qin Niangzi, put down the Qiqiao Tu in his hand, and nodded to Gu Yu.Gu Yu stepped forward to hug the two children, "Shiro and Goro should go to bed too!"

Goro pouted, as if acting coquettishly, Shiro looked at his parents, but shook his head at Goro, rushed out of the room first, and said with a smile, "Brother, come after me!"

Xu Fengjia and Qiniangzi watched the two children leave the house without making a sound for a while. After a while, Xu Fengjia said slowly, "Silang is really much more sensible than my younger brother."

In the past few months, he has given a little attention to the two children, unlike before, he just regards getting close to the children as his own task.Qin Niangzi also followed him and sighed, "It's a pity that it was revealed a little later. If it had been earlier, the ranking of the two children would have been more distinct."

"That's fine." A smile appeared on Xu Fengjia's lips, "The future son must not be a wimp. If he can't even control his twin brother to his heart's content, how will he control his cousins ​​in the future?"

"It's like you, going to the battlefield at the age of 13?" Qin Niangzi was very disapproving, thought for a while, but then smiled, "However, there are not so many concubine brothers, even if Shiro wants to go to the battlefield, he can come later." Go. You don’t have to be as anxious as you were back then.”

Xu Fengjia smiled, and didn't bother about this matter much, he asked again, "Why, you don't go to the side courtyard now? I will take your order just now, and just let her calm down temporarily, if you don't expect it again ..."

Qin Niangzi waved her hands with confidence, "With Xiao Songhua's temperament, it is absolutely impossible to survive for several hours. Especially these days, although they have been guarded, they haven't suffered much. At least they have enough to eat. Sleep well. I figured she would have to persist for more than twelve hours before she could feel the difficulty of this method. Surrender at the beginning of the change? It's too fake."

"You mean..." Xu Fengjia squinted her eyes and said every word, "She still wants to make a false confession to frame others?"

"I didn't say that." Seventh Lady sighed, and said again, "It's just that if she doesn't understand my strength from the bottom of her heart, it's always difficult to interrogate her. You men have killing power, what about her? How can I interrogate a delicate little girl who is beaten to pieces after a few sticks? Besides, that is too cruel. Although the current method is a bit difficult for her, it does not cause too much harm. She rests It will be over in a few days."

Xu Fengjia couldn't help laughing, "According to her crimes, she will either be beaten or sold sooner or later, otherwise she will not be able to get rid of her death sentence. Why, you still want to intercede for her and let her go out to be a good match?"

"Death or not, that's not up to me." Seventh Lady couldn't help sighing again, "Anyway, it's in my hands, I don't want to make the scene too miserable, so you can just call me a fake compassion, anyway ..."

She smiled self-deprecatingly, "It's true that there's nothing wrong with false compassion."

Xu Fengjia fell silent, and after a long while, he gently stroked Qin Niangzi's beautiful hair.

"In life, there are many things that have to be done." There was also a rare bit of melancholy in the young general's voice, but he was cheered up again immediately. "If you don't want to, or if you find it inconvenient..."

There was a flash of anger in his eyes, and he said decisively, "Then I will do it."

Qin Niangzi couldn't help feeling warm, but also felt ironic: when people fall in love, there is always boundless love, but the friendship between herself and Xu Fengjia seems to be proved through killing and blood.

"Let's take one step at a time." She was noncommittal, "When the day comes, even if you don't want to, I will definitely find you..."

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The next morning, when Lady Seven went to greet Mrs. Tai, Mrs. Tai asked about the two beauties bestowed by Duke Ping.

"In any case, it was sent by the King of Minyue. Although it is a servant, you should be more polite to him." Mrs. Tai said with a fair and compassionate face, "Is everything settled down? Which part of Mingde Hall is it?" place?"

Because the Fourth Young Madam was unwell again this morning, neither the Fourth Young Master nor she came over to say hello.Seventh Lady looked around and saw Fifth Young Madam with a smile on her lips, as if she had nothing to do with herself, she was holding Hexian's hand with Fifth Young Master and talking in a low voice.The young master and the young madam were loading wood again, and she knew what she knew: Mrs. Tai picked this morning to say this, and it must be aimed at her.

"Everything has been settled." She replied with a smile, "Because there have been a lot of things recently, I didn't ask where I live. If grandma wants to know, just ask Li Xia."

She glanced at Xu Fengjia, and made a gesture to call Lixia, Xu Fengjia hurriedly said, "No need to ask, I will let them live with Aunt Mao."

Mrs. Tai made a puzzled look, "A room as big as Mingde Hall can't accommodate two common rooms. Are you going to send them to a side courtyard?"

Although she was asking about Xu Fengjia, her eyes were on Seventh Lady. Even Ping Guogong couldn't help turning his eyes, looking at Seventh Lady and twisting his beard without saying a word.

"Oh." Xu Fengjia still had a stern look on his face. "It's not that grandma doesn't know. I'm usually the quietest one. Apart from me and Yang Qi, the maids in the west wing of Mingde Hall rarely come in. Do you want them to live in the east wing? There are Shiro and Goro again." The living place is not convenient, it is better to live directly in the side courtyard, so that everyone can be quieter."

Mrs. Tai was speechless.

Even if she knew it was what Qin Niangzi meant, but she could make Xu Fengjia say what she said, that was her ability.

She glanced at Ping Guogong, and saw that Ping Guogong also showed a little helplessness, so she smiled and said, "Forget it, I, a grandmother, can't take care of your junior affairs. Anyway, Fengjia can do whatever she wants. Arrangements, there will be no mistakes."

Duke Ping Guo glanced at Qinianzi, and seeing Qinianzi's calm face, she didn't seem to be delighted by Xu Fengjia's words, and even sighed several times in his heart.

A big family can't have only one or two heirs. If the Yang family can bear children, it's not that they can't wait until she gives birth to a legitimate son, and then arrange for others to sleep with them.

But now she can't give birth by herself, and she won't allow others to give birth. If something happens to Shiro and Goro, will Liufang want to adopt a child to inherit the heir?
His eyes drifted to Xu Fengjia again.

Sigh, forget it, I'm only in my early twenties, so I can wait.

"This year's Dragon Boat Festival is coming to the palace to congratulate, and Mrs. Yang remembers to bring some long-lived strands into the palace." Ping Guogong said in a leisurely manner, "It's not good for our relatives to have a private relationship with the female family members in the palace. , but Wang An is the adopted son of the concubine after all, so he must be careful during the holidays."

Seventh Lady immediately responded solemnly, "Xiao Qi understands."

Ping Guogong glanced back and forth between the first young lady and the fifth young lady, he hesitated for a moment, and then said, "This time, Mrs. Zhang will also enter the palace to greet the concubine. Don't let Mrs. Yang enter alone. Gong, it seems that you are not diligent enough."

The Fifth Young Madam was overwhelmed by the flattery, raised her head to look at Ping Guogong, and then went to look at Mrs. Tai, seeing Mrs. Tai smiling and nodding at her, she said anxiously, "Yes, Mrs. Zhang must be good at flattering the concubine."

The young lady couldn't help but give Seventh Lady a worried look.

This is the first time that Ping Guogong re-promoted the fifth house in front of everyone since the accident happened in the account check in August last year.

In such a large feudal family, the preferences of the parents are almost everything. Now, Duke Pingguo looks at Wufang differently. Mrs. Xu, the biggest backer of Liufang, is recuperating in another place, and Mrs. Tai is clearly standing on Wufang's side. , I am afraid that the life of Liufang will be a little difficult.

Seventh Lady didn't take it seriously at all, she calmed down and looked at Fifth Young Madam with relief, as if she was very happy for Fifth Young Madam to be favored again, "I will have a companion when I enter the palace this year!"

On the contrary, Xu Fengjia showed a little bit of dissatisfaction, but this emotion quickly dissipated, leaving a little trace at the corners of his eyes and brows.

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After leaving Leshan Residence, Xu Fengjia had to go to the institute again, and Qin Niangzi sent Silang and Wulang to the family school, and then distributed the household chores in the West Wujian.Then he entered the side courtyard unhurriedly. In terms of timing, it happened to be one day after the trial of Xiao Songhua yesterday.

Although the ancients did not allow prisoners to sleep when trying cases, no matter how strict the supervision is, in the dark cell, if the prisoners want to get lost, they will always find a chance.But there is no distinction between day and night, and the eyes of the interrogated are illuminated by headlights, which makes people unable to rest, and they are not so sleepy that they can ignore the lights and get confused. It is extremely uncomfortable to hang up and down like this.

Sure enough, just one day later, Xiao Songhua seemed to be a different person, not only her face was swollen and her hair was disheveled, but even the expression on her face could not help showing a three-point trance and a three-point anxiety.Seeing Qiniangzi come in, she didn't even say hello, but just changed her posture on the chair in a numb manner, as if she wanted to avoid the light that was shining directly into her eyes.

Qin Niangzi didn't talk nonsense with her, but said indifferently, "Didn't you say you want to recruit? Then you should recruit."

Xiao Songhua raised her eyes again, as if concentrating her energy, and looked at Qin Niangzi carefully, and Qin Niangzi let her look at it.

In the final analysis, this interrogation is a psychological contest between the two.The reason why she has such confidence in interrogating Xiao Songhua is mainly because the social status of the two is very different. No matter from which point of view, it will be a matter of time before she overwhelms Xiao Songhua's defense.

However, there is no physical evidence now, if Xiao Songhua dares to lie, it will always bring great inconvenience to Qiniangzi.

How to completely destroy Xiao Songhua's psychological defense has become her top priority now.

Therefore, she did not avoid Xiao Songhua's eyes, but naturally put on an arrogant attitude, as if she had everything in her heart, and she didn't care much about what Xiao Songhua would say next.

Xiao Songhua lowered her eyes again, and the eyelids of this exhausted little maid trembled, she said softly, "Maidservant, can you dare to ask the young lady why you listed your maidservant as a first-class suspect, and must be tortured like this to force Get the slave to speak."

Although Seventh Lady had never been in contact with interrogation in her previous life, she had at least read a few related books, knowing that Xiao Songhua must not be fooled by Xiao Songhua at this time, so she told the clues she knew, and she smiled noncommittally, "Guess what?" .”

Xiao Songhua gritted her teeth, remained silent for a while, and then said in a low voice, "Servant... there is something added to Mrs. Xian's medicinal materials."

This is the first time she has pleaded guilty to this crime.

Seventh Lady couldn't help cheering up, she suppressed the tension and excitement in her heart, and responded lightly, "Oh?"

Xiao Songhua raised her eyes again, glanced timidly at Qiniangzi, and said with a bloodless face, "However, behind this incident, of course someone ordered... This person... This person is the young lady!"

Qiniangzi shrank her pupils, she bit her lip, and didn't speak for a while, but Xiao Songhua seemed to have found the courage to speak intermittently.

"That day, the servant girl went to Qingpingyuan to fetch medicine for the young lady. On the way, she met the young lady. It seemed that the young lady had just come out of Leshan Residence. When she saw the servant girl, she stopped and asked her a few words."

She choked up again, her shoulders twitched, tears slid down her face, and she looked very pitiful, "The eldest young lady brought two maidservants with her, and the three of them surrounded the servant girl, and the young lady asked the servant girl if she wanted to earn money."

"The servant girl was already panicking at the time, so the eldest and young lady took out another stack of banknotes, stuffed them into the hands of the servant girl, and said that this was hard-working money for the servant girl. While talking, the two maidservants beside her opened the medicine bag , Some things were mixed in. The servant didn't know what it was. Just when she was panicking, the eldest young lady said: If this matter is shouted out, it will be a slave. There is no real evidence for this matter. The only thing to do is to be obedient, and then hide the banknotes, so that the money will not be exposed and known to others."

Xiao Songhua's voice was a bit broken, and there was a little fear on her face, "The slave girl was in a mess and didn't know what to do. She went back to the house in a daze, and the mother who made the medicine snatched it away." After passing the medicine bag in the hand of the servant, while blaming the servant for walking slowly, he filed the medicinal materials... the servant just...just..."

Compared with the calmness and calmness of the day before, Xiao Songhua seemed to have changed. She lowered her head and wept, "I never dared to mention this matter again..."

The eyes of Seventh Lady looked at her, and gradually became cold. She said softly, "You mean, the sister-in-law cut you off halfway, gave you some money, and mixed other medicinal materials into the medicine bag. Tell you You don't need to say it, otherwise your family will suffer without any real evidence. So you were timid for a while, and just obeyed the arrangement of the young lady, didn't you?"

Xiao Songhua choked with sobs, and nodded, "Yes...you should be damned, this servant is timid... But young lady, please check clearly, this stack of silver notes is 1000 taels, and this servant didn't dare to spend it. Throw it into the water..."

"So you have no evidence at all for what you said?" Seventh Lady asked again, "Then do you know, why did the Young Madam do this?"

Xiao Songhua shook her head, and said in a low voice, "You are a little girl, how do you know what the Young Madam is thinking?"

She paused, then sobbed again, "Young Madam is aware that this servant deserves to die, this servant deserves to die, but... but this servant was also coerced by Eldest Young Madam..."

Seventh Lady said impatiently, "Why are you crying! Don't cry!"

She rested her chin again, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Then what do you think, why did the young lady want to harm people like this?"

Xiao Songhua paused obviously, as if she was searching her brains for an answer. After a while, she said hesitantly, "I don't know about it...or maybe it's about the housekeeper of the young master. First, the young lady said something to us. This time, the outside affairs should be handled by the housekeeper, maybe the eldest young lady just..."

Seventh Lady hummed, and asked again, "Then before the incident, were you familiar with the Young Madam? How many times have you spoken?"

Xiao Songhua shook her head desperately again, "Servant, servant can't remember."

If it wasn't for the ropes that tied her to the chair, she would have almost slipped to the ground, "It doesn't seem to have made any special contact."

"Then why did the sister-in-law put those two herbs into the medicine bag? Do you know why?" Seventh Lady stared at Xiao Songhua again and asked, "Do you understand why?"

Xiao Songhua obviously hesitated for a moment, then she shook her head again. "The servant does not understand..."

On the contrary, Qin Niangzi relaxed. She leaned back on the chair relaxedly, showing a disdainful smile.

The fatigued interrogation, after all, paralyzed Xiao Songhua's thinking, and she still showed her flaws.

Without saying anything, she stood up and left the room.

(End of this chapter)