The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 255

Seventh Lady asked a few more questions, and then let out a weary breath, and handed the leaflet to Xiao Songhua, "Look for yourself, if you're right, just make your fingerprints."

But Xiao Songhua didn't even look at it, she just wiped her fingers on the clothes, and was about to bite, Qin Niangzi hurriedly stopped her, picked up the ink pad, and asked her to press her fingerprints.Then, while packing up the things on the desk, he called someone in, "Take her down to take a bath and eat, let her have a good sleep, and bring the next person in!"

Unexpectedly, he didn't rest at all, and just passed the trial of the remaining seven or eight people as usual, and then motioned for the people to come in to rest, took the books by himself, and left the room with Xu Fengjia.

Xu Fengjia has been silent since entering the room, and until she walked out with Qin Niangzi at this time, she didn't even say a word.The two couples stood outside the house, looking at the twilight, and no one spoke for a while.

Seventh Lady worked hard all day and was overworked. At this moment, she just felt dizzy. After standing under the eaves, she managed to gather her strength and urged Xu Fengjia softly, "It's past time for dinner..."

Xu Fengjia hummed, but still had a face full of deep thought. She touched her chin and asked her slowly, "The layout of your room is very interesting. Paste the windows with paper, What is this for?"

A man is a man, and in this situation, if it was a daughter's family, I'm afraid he would have discussed the sinister intentions of Wu Fang with Qin Niangzi, but what Xu Fengjia thought was that Qi Niangzi arranged the interrogation room very well.

Qin Niangzi couldn't help laughing, "You don't need torture now, even if you do, which torture room is not dark, my little means are nothing."

Xu Fengjia was very serious, "It's nothing. I see Xiao Songhua is at the back end, so I can't wait to tell you everything in order to let her sleep. I never thought that it would be so cruel not to let a person sleep. penalty."

He was full of admiration, staring at Qin Niangzi with fiery eyes, and sighed after a while, "Oh, it's a pity that you are not a man. Otherwise, if you were by my side during the Western Expedition, I don't know how much it would have saved us." thing!"

Seventh Lady gave Xu Fengjia a blank look, and said softly, "If I were a man, I wouldn't go to such lengths to fight in the inner house... I took money from the Yang family and went to the countryside to buy a few acres of land. How comfortable it is, how can it be the same as it is today, exhausting my mind, fighting, fighting, fighting with several sisters-in-law like this! Even if you take a concubine or not, you still have to be treated with embarrassment."

When she usually mentioned the Xu family, she never said anything bad, especially in front of Xu Fengjia, she never complained about Duke Ping. The head of the lady said cautiously, "Why, do you have a fever again? Seeing the tiredness on your face - I don't think we should talk about this tonight, go to bed first?"

As soon as Qin Niangzi said that, she also regretted it. Seeing Xu Fengjia being so careful with her company, she felt more and more guilty. She shook her head and apologized somewhat embarrassedly. "It's just that my heart is very annoying for a while..."

After a pause, he walked slowly to Xu Fengjia's side and leaned his head on his shoulder.

Xu Fengjia moved his arms, immediately hugged her tightly in his arms, stroked Qin Niangzi's vest up and down, and comforted her, "Since it is determined that it is Wufang, you will leave the rest to me Do it, don't worry about it anymore. Didn't Mr. Zhong say that you need to work less hard to take care of your illness..."

Thinking of Quan Zhongbai's words, Qiniangzi felt even more depressed for a while, she said sullenly, "I forgot to tell you—"

He told Xu Fengjia what Quan Zhongbai had said, stomped his feet again, and said angrily, "It's really annoying, he is too, so is fifth sister-in-law, so is father-in-law, and so is grandma. The family is living a good life, but I'm plotting against you." You plotted against me. I, I... made it impossible for me to have a child!"

It was rare in her life to show such emotions, Xu Fengjia couldn't help laughing out loud, and whispered in her ear affectionately, "If you were willing to show such coquettish anger to me when I was young, I don't know how happy I would be..."

Seeing Qiniangzi's eyebrows raised, he hurriedly said, "I'm happy now, I'm happy now."

He lowered his voice again to comfort Seventh Lady, "It doesn't matter, you are still young, in the next ten years or so, you can have as many children as you like, even if you don't have children, it's no big deal."

At that time, there was no man in the world who did not value his heirs, especially Xu Fengjia's identity. Even though he already had Shiro and Goro, he still had a lot of pressure to bear children.Although Qin Niangzi felt sweet in her heart, she couldn't help but said sullenly, "Lying, you really can't give birth, you should worry again."

Xu Fengjia shook her head.

His scorching hot eyes aimed at Qiniangzi's scissored pupils, with a rare seriousness.

"For things like children, it depends on fate, and you can't ask for it." Xu Fengjia tightened her arms again, and hugged Qiniangzi tightly. "I asked Quan Ziyin, and he said that you are weak and weak. Even if you get better in the future, the risk of giving birth will always be greater. If you don't pass this hurdle, wouldn't the gain outweigh the loss? I would rather just be Shiro or Goro in this life Two, I don't want you to risk your life to fight..."

He has always been joking and laughing freely, rarely showing his thoughts on his face.Only when she was emotional a few times did she reveal the emotions in her heart. Qin Niangzi met his eyes and couldn't help being stunned. This gradually dissipated.Thinking of him defending everywhere, disobeying Ping Guogong again and again for the promise at that time, privately he was even more open-minded, even though he was jealous of her relationship with Feng Jin, he also respected her own wishes...

Her lips lifted slowly.

For many things, it really takes a long stream of water to wear through a stone.

"That's not how I said it." She said softly, "I didn't think it before, but now I understand that having children is not to pass on incense."

She thought about it, and felt a little embarrassed, she just stared at Xu Fengjia's neckline and said softly, "If I marry into someone else's family, I might not think about it."

With Qin Niangzi's temperament, these words are already rare sweet words.

Xu Fengjia immediately clicked his tongue again and again, "Is the sun coming out from the west today? Yang Qi actually said such a thing——"

Qin Niangzi beat him several times in annoyance, thought about Xiao Songhua's words, and couldn't help sighing again, speaking in a low voice. "I just suddenly felt that I've had enough of the days when everything has to go around seven or eight detours."

She raised her head, looked at Xu Fengjia pleadingly, and said softly, "After investigating Fifth Sister's death, in a few years, wait for father... Let's separate. Live a simple life, take me You can still give birth, take good care of your body, and give birth to a doll for you. In this life, I don't want to calculate anymore. "

Xu Fengjia stared deeply at Qin Niangzi, nodded for a while, and said, "Okay. After finding out about Shanli, you don't have to worry about it in this life."

As always, this sentence was not romantic at all, but it made Qiniangzi feel extremely at ease.She jumped into her arms and hugged Xu Fengjia tightly again, feeling relieved in his arms, she let out a long sigh.

Suddenly there was a clear and crisp laughter from a child outside the house, followed by the crisp and tender voices of Shiro and Goro coming through the door, "Did mother and father have dinner?"

The two husband and wife hurriedly separated, and Qin Niangzi opened the door while tidying her temple hair, "Have Shiro and Wulang eaten again?"

Both Shiro and Goro said, "I've eaten." Goro blinked his eyes even more, and asked Qiniangzi, "We came over before dinner, and Auntie Lixia said that Dad and Qiniang have something to go out—what are you doing?" ?”

Qin Niangzi couldn't help laughing, "Of course there is something to do, Wulang even wants to take care of this matter?"

He settled the two children and sat down beside him, "Since you're here, I'll punish you to eat with dad."

Shiro held a piece of pine nut candy in his mouth, and asked Seventh Lady vaguely, "Mother, don't you want to eat?"

Qin Niangzi smiled and said, "I didn't eat it at first, but if I want to accompany your father, I have to eat a little bit."

Xu Fengjia knocked on Miss Qin's forehead before taking a seat opposite the two children, and asked majestically, "What did you teach me today?"

However, the stricter he was to the children, the more the two children clinged to him. Goro would climb onto Xu Fengjia's lap and sit on Xu Fengjia's lap, waving his hands and feet while saying softly, "Mr. taught us how to draw, and also taught us Wrote ten words—"

"He also taught us to recite a poem!" Shiro rushed to recite it again, "Goose goose goose, singing to the sky—"

Goro hurriedly said, "The white hair floats in the green water...the red palm touches the clear water!"

"Yeah." Xu Fengjia nodded, and said again, "It's best for you to be able to write down this poem silently later on."

Seventh Lady hurriedly said, "Don't listen to him, do what the master tells you to do. Your father will only give you homework on a whim!"

Xu Fengjia stared, but before he could speak, Shiro and Goro smiled and said, "Mother is the best!"

In the Xici room, the maids shuttled back and forth, setting up dinner and adding lights to the Xisan room.Through the glass windows, the lights are harmonious, and the laughter of the family can be vaguely heard one after another.

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Although both of them were able to hide their affairs in their hearts, they would not start discussing Xiao Songhua's confession as soon as they went out, but after all, Seventh Lady had no other entertainment and devoted herself wholeheartedly to handling Fifth Lady's case.After dinner, the two children were coaxed back to the west wing to go to sleep, and after each of them washed up, Seventh Lady discussed with Xu Fengjia. "Look, should we invite the old couple of the Xiao family to interrogate?"

It was rare for Xu Fengjia not to mention the rule of 'don't talk about romance after dinner'. He put down the book in his hand, pondered for a while, and asked Qin Niangzi in a consulting tone, "I think it's better not to startle the snake?"

In the past, I only knew what to say, but now I finally ask for my own opinion.Seventh Lady pursed her lips and smiled, and after thinking about it for a while, she said, "That's what I mean too. Pulling people up for interrogation is already enough to make eye contact. Fifth sister-in-law has been so restless recently, I'm afraid it's because of this incident." Well, if the Xiao family and his wife are interrogated, I'm afraid she will get anxious..."

She also pointed to a knife, drew it vaguely in the air, and continued, "Although Wu Xun's family was sent to Zhuangzi, they didn't take any medicine after all. When necessary, her testimony is quite useful. We don't have to worry about it." It's a small loss, now, we still need to find evidence of Fifth Sister-in-law's plan."

Xu Fengjia thought for a while, then sighed again. "I heard that it was her, why didn't I even feel surprised at all, I just thought it was her... Sigh, this woman can be regarded as a character, I didn't expect that she would go so mad and do such a thing."

He is a man after all, he just sighed a little, and asked Qin Niangzi, "How do you plan to investigate this matter? Is there anything I can use?"

It turned out that there was already a faint meaning that only Seventh Lady would follow suit.

In Daqin today, there may not be too many children from aristocratic families who are as broad-minded as Xu Fengjia.

Qin Niangzi was emotional in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face, so as not to make Xu Fengjia proud again. She pondered for a while, and then discussed with Xu Fengjia, "What I still can't let go is the 10 taels of silver that my grandmother has disappeared. Take Wufang With her ability, she will definitely not do business at a loss. 10 taels of silver will definitely not be lost. There is also the 5 taels of silver mentioned by the fourth sister-in-law, which adds up to 15 taels of cash. It is a huge sum of money. Her motives are not difficult to guess, and I already have some ideas. I am just very curious about where the 15 taels of silver went. "

"Is there any news about usury?" Although Xu Fengjia didn't approve of Seventh Lady's finding out about Mrs. Feng Jinqi's fifth young lady, since she sent the letter to her, she asked more actively than anyone else. "It is reasonable to say that it is a matter in Sijiu City. How to say, there should be an answer within a few days."

"My cousin is busy with work, so I can't take care of here for a while." Seventh Lady could not help defending Feng Jin a few words, and continued, "I always feel that it is too unsafe to take out 15 taels for usury I'm afraid she doesn't dare... I'm afraid there are other places to go for the 15 taels. It's just that I can't think of it for a while. How can a business with 15 taels be done secretly? And why can't I tell my grandmother I understand, I have to cheat to get the 10 taels."

The two discussed it for a while, and both felt strange.You must know that although 15 taels is not much, it is definitely not much. It is enough to open a silver house.But no matter what kind of business it is, it cannot be done quietly.And if it's a legitimate business, there's no need for Mrs. Wu to hide it from Mrs. Tai.

After all, there are still too few clues and no answers.Xu Fengjia simply didn't mention this matter, and said thoughtfully, "Tell me, how well does Fifth Brother know these things?"

The Fifth Young Master was usually joking and joking, but he looked very affectionate with Xu Fengjia.Qin Niangzi was not sure about the relationship between the two of them. When she was thinking about it, Xu Fengjia said again, "It stands to reason that the fifth brother has the same temperament as the eldest brother, and he doesn't have much desire to compete, unlike the third and fourth brothers. It's so determined to forge ahead. At such an advanced age, I'm still working as a guard in the palace, and I don't have any intention of seeking to be released..."

He couldn't help but put his hand on his chest again, slowly rubbing it.

Qin Niangzi knew that he must have thought of the accident in Guangzhou again, she sighed softly, and said in a low voice, "People will change. Especially after marrying the fifth sister-in-law, the pillow is blowing..."

Xu Fengjia's eyes widened, and he said slowly, "Oh, I was punished by my husband when I was young, and when I got angry with the prince, that's when fifth brother will listen to my complaints."

He closed his eyes, tightened his fist again, and said softly after a while. "I only look forward to the matter of the brothers fighting against the wall, the next generation, there will be no more."

(End of this chapter)