The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 264

There is nothing more tiring than taking care of a patient. Even if the Feng family no longer lacks staff to serve, Feng Ling's mental burden is still quite heavy.

She softly told the two maids in the house, "Auntie has fallen asleep, you all go in and keep watch, lest the old man wake up and there is no one around."

Then stopped Feng Ling's personal servant girl from calling her, and said in a low voice, "It doesn't matter, I'll go for a walk and let my cousin sleep!"

The servant girl then brought Li Xia out of the side room, and said softly, "Young Master said, when Mrs. Shizi comes out, I invite you to speak in the outer study. This servant girl will take you there."

As he spoke, he brought in three or four little servant girls with a hanging bun, and they walked around Feng Ling to serve her, and they put on clothes for her, and someone came to gently fan Feng Ling.Seventh Lady looked back and saw that these people were moving in an orderly manner, and in terms of temperament, they were no less than ordinary ladies. Thinking of Mrs. Feng's ups and downs in this life, she couldn't help feeling deeply moved.

She sighed softly, helped Li Xia out of the house, and Li Xia held up the oil-paper umbrella to shade Seventh Lady from the sun.A group of people passed through the small garden with sparse flowers and trees, went out the second door, passed through the empty bluestone corridor, and turned into the outer study.

In the study outside, it was another scene. It was after the Dragon Boat Festival, and it was midsummer, and the weather was relatively hot.Mrs. Feng is a patient who can't stand the cold, so she didn't use ice, but there are two small icebergs displayed in the outer study, and several maids are slowly shaking their fans near the icebergs, bringing the coolness into the house.Qin Niangzi just entered the room, and she felt the heat dissipated nine out of ten. After seeing Feng Jin, she sat down beside Xu Fengjia.

Xu Fengjia and Feng Jin were obviously discussing the situation in the court hall before, seeing Qiniangzi coming in, Feng Jin just said, "Whether this matter can be done or not depends on Master Yang's will." Then he smiled at Qiniangzi, Said, "It's inevitable that the old man is more verbose, delaying my cousin for so long."

This was his politeness, and Seventh Lady naturally couldn't take it seriously, both sides hurriedly said a few polite words before Feng Jin said, "Feng Jin has already found out the truth about the two things my cousin asked me to do. It's just these few days I was busy a few days ago, which delayed my cousin's work."

He was always so polite that even Xu Fengjia couldn't bear it. He smiled and said, "Why is Zixiu so polite to us? You are busy, and we all know it well. It is you who can help with this matter." No matter how polite you are, it will make everyone seem unfamiliar."

What he said was very intimate, Feng Jin smiled, but didn't reply, and then talked about the fifth young lady, "In fact, Yan Yunwei is very close to the few families in the capital who are in the dark. , who will release loan sharks. There are a total of [-] big villages in Sijiu City. Although it is not stated clearly, this is a fixed number. The merchants, or simply joined the big family. Although the few families who are related to the cousin are self-respecting and do not want to be involved, there are also some dignitaries who have dirty hands and feet in private, and have contacts with such families. Evidence must be obtained , it is inevitable that you will offend the people behind the head of the village, especially the village that the fifth young lady of your mansion is looking for. The action is too big, it is inevitable to be too ostentatious, I am afraid that I will lose the original intention of my cousin and his wife."

Feng Jin has always done things lightly, and he will not tell how much work he has done behind the scenes.This time it was rare to explain the process of finding out the matter in such detail, and Qin Niangzi's heart had already been raised, but she did not rush, but looked at Feng Jin patiently, waiting for him to continue talking.

Feng Jin's eyes flicked over the faces of Qin Niangzi and Xu Fengjia, and then retracted them. He looked at the note in his hand, with a look of contemplation on his face, and after a while, he said slowly, "However, although there is no It was transcribed, but Feng was a bit of a scumbag after all, so he still looked through their account books. Over the years, Mrs. Zhang has continued to make profits one after another. In the autumn of the second year, when I paid it out and stopped doing it, the sum of the principal and interest was already 1 taels of silver deposited with Zhuangtou."

Even in the city of Qin Niangzi, he couldn't help exchanging a few glances with Xu Fengjia. Feng Jin saw her eyes, and her beautiful brows frowned slightly. According to the rules of the underworld, although Zhuangtou took the insidious way of loan sharks, he was also a person who kept his word. The 5 taels of silver did not leave any trouble at all, so he took it for Madam Zhang Shao. My cousin also I can only inquire here, as for how the 5 taels of silver note was spent for Mrs. Zhang, I have no way of inquiring."

He was able to provide such information, which already made Qiniangzi overjoyed, even Xu Fengjia said, "Cousin, don't say that, without your news, where are we going to inquire about such things?"

He had some regrets again, "It's a pity that I still can't copy the account book. This matter, everyone knows..."

In the middle of speaking, Qin Niangzi pulled her sleeves, but she stopped talking.

Feng Jin smiled, and said again, "It doesn't matter, the next news may be better for you."

He pushed the stack of colorful papers in front of Xu Fengjia, and said with a smile, "Look for yourself. This old earthworm has a lot of money behind it."

Before Xu Fengjia could look through it, Qin Niangzi had already pulled out a colorful deed paper and examined it carefully. While looking at it, she asked in amazement, "How did my cousin even get the original deed paper?"

Feng Jin casually said, "Yan Yunwei ransacked his house upside down, there's no reason why this thing can't be found."

He praised Seventh Lady again, "It's still my cousin who was in charge of the house, and this draw has won his most valuable property. It's much more poisonous than Shengluan's vision."

Xu Fengjia didn't think it was disobedient, and leaned over to take a closer look at the things in Qiniangzi's hands, his eyes froze for a moment, and it took a long time before he said in a low voice, "This boat and the goods on it must be worth exactly 15 taels, right? "

Feng Jin clapped his hands a few times before saying, "Although it's not 15 taels, it's not far off. Without the whole ship and its cargo, the total is 20 taels of silver. The 14 taels are the old earthworm's capital, and the remaining 5 taels The two are another local owner, and he personally supervised the construction of this ship. There are still 5000 taels of silver, which must be counted as the dry stock of the boss of the ship and others. A group of military ships will go to sea together. This autumn at the earliest, and spring next year at the latest. But this matter, of course, depends on what my cousin-in-law wants."

With the relationship between Er Niangzi and Qi Niangzi, it was the captain who pinned his relationship on Sun Liquan's most popular adjutant. As long as Qi Niangzi said a word, it would be easy to detain him. Both Qi Niangzi and Xu Fengjia understood Feng Jin's subtext.Seventh Lady hurriedly stood up and bowed to Feng Jin, "I really don't know how to thank my cousin!"

Feng Jin waved his hand, and used Xu Fengjia's words to block her, "No matter how polite you are, it will make everyone seem unfamiliar."

He smiled again and said to Xu Fengjia, "I know you must interrogate him, so I didn't let you bother, and locked his family in Beijing. Now it's locked up in prison. Write a note and pick him up."

Just seeing that Feng Jin has thought about this for Xu Fengjia, one can know that he really cares about this matter.Even the inside story of Xu Fengjia's injury back then, and even the internal struggles of the Xu family, may have been vaguely guessed.

Xu Fengjia grinned, and thanked Feng Jin generously, "That's a good relationship. I'll arrange a place tomorrow, and I'll come to my cousin to ask for someone."

When it came to calling out cousin, he called out with sincerity, and called out a little bit of sincerity.

Qin Niangzi also didn't care to be polite to Feng Jin anymore, she had already started to think nervously.

Feng Jin's eyes fell on her, and he shrank back slightly. He suddenly said to Xu Fengjia in a low voice, "If Shengluan doesn't mind, there are some things that Feng wants to ask his cousin in private. It's about elders..."

Xu Fengjia also took a look at Qin Niangzi, and saw that she ignored her, her eyes were full of sparkle, and her fingers were pointing on the cases, she was happy for a while, and frowned for a while, she couldn't help laughing, "Yang Qi has lost his mind again."

He lightly patted Qiniangzi on the shoulder, "You and cousin are talking here, I'll go out and drink a bowl of tea." He didn't ask Feng Jin what he wanted to ask Qiniannzi, so he stood up and swaggered out of the house.

Only then did Qiniang come to her senses, and she apologized to Feng Jin with some embarrassment, "Sheng Luan's rude behavior has offended my cousin."

Feng Jin smiled and waved his hands, "The Major General is a man with a big heart, and it's your blessing that Shan Heng can be with him."

As he spoke, he pushed open a window, raised his hand to cover his forehead, and looked at the scorching sun in the sky. The strong sunlight shone on him, and it dyed his skin like the most beautiful white jade. It shines brightly in the sun, making it hard to look at.

Qin Niangzi thought of this trick of fate, which caused the small Feng family to have ups and downs for many years. Feng Jin also changed from a rich family child to a poor boy, and then leaped into the dragon's gate. Now he is in a high position, but it seems that there is no She was much happier than she was back then, and she felt emotional in her heart. She sighed and said in a low voice, "Cousin wants to know what my aunt said to me?"

Feng Jin turned his back, half of his body was still leaning against the window door - he was deliberately exposing himself and Seventh Lady to the sight of people outside the window.

"Didn't you always want to find the trace of Huang Xiuniang?" He said in a low voice, "In fact, she lives in a small village on the outskirts of Beijing. At the end of last year, she married a local widower, and the dowry was even arranged by her mother. This matter I also inadvertently got some clues in recent days. After tracing the thread, I realized that it was my mother's intention. If Shanheng wants to ask her something, although it's not good to disturb her peaceful life, Zixiu can also convey it for you. "

Qiniangzi shrank her pupils and almost reflexively wanted to agree, but after thinking about it again and again, the words of gratitude finally turned into a sigh.

What happened back then may be told by Huang Xiuniang, which is another different story.But how meaningful is this story?

Jiu Yiniang has turned into dust, and as a loser in life, she will never speak for herself again.In the story of her life, whether Huang Xiuniang, Uncle Feng, the eldest wife, the elder, even the eunuch, and even Mrs. Feng, may have made their own mistakes in her tragedy, but standing on everyone's side From the point of view, they seem to have their own last resort.Enmity and resentment, how could it be possible to distinguish between black and white.

Even if Huang Xiuniang betrayed Jiu Yiniang and passed on her protruding embroidery method to everyone in Xianxiufang, it was because Jiu Yiniang wanted to persuade the eldest wife to hire her as a concubine.

As for why Jiu Yiniang wanted to push the eldest wife like this, it was because she had broken with her natal family and had no support at all. If she wanted to find her own foundation in the backyard of the deep house, she would do even the most dirty things.

Uncle Feng regarded the protruding embroidery method as the private property of the Feng family, which was indeed unkind, but he did not allow Jiu Yiniang to associate with Eunuch Lian, so there was nothing wrong with that.Zheng Lianji was not the most ideal marriage partner. As Jiu Yiniang's eldest brother, he has this status to supervise Jiu Yiniang's marriage...

What's the use of trying to find the division between gratitude and resentment after so many years, even if you have already found the answer?

Does she want to take revenge on Mrs. Feng, Huang Xiuniang, and even the eunuch?

What would she use to take revenge on the Elder Master? What bargaining chip would she have to take revenge on a man who occupied absolute authority in the patriarchal clan without harming her own life?
The best way, of course, is to destroy the only thing he values: the heir.

The only heir of the Elder Master is Brother Nine.

If she will not retaliate against the above-mentioned people at all, what position does she have to take revenge on the eldest wife?How should she take revenge? How should she take revenge? Should she turn herself into a murderer to take revenge on another murderer, or...

Seventh Lady let out a sigh of relief, and said in a low voice, "My cousin's kindness, Shan Heng appreciates it. However, I already know what I want to know, and if I ask more questions, I will only be troubled. In this matter, I think it’s better to forget it.”

Feng Jin also fell silent for a while, and after a while, he smiled softly again.

"Xianheng is beyond words."

Just hearing this sentence, Seventh Lady knew that Feng Jin really meant to inquire about Mrs. Feng's private conversation with her.

Suddenly, she felt a deep exhaustion.

In this world, in the final analysis, how many things are just because two people can't talk about it, which leads to many misunderstandings, and even years of knots.

"Auntie said that she doesn't really mind the incense of the Feng family." She said in a low voice, "She just hopes that cousin and cousin can live happily and be with people who are in love with each other."

She raised her eyes, looked at Feng Jin, and repeated, "Auntie doesn't care about anything else as long as the two are happy with each other."

Feng Jin was suddenly moved in horror.

This jade-like man, his beauty used to be fragile and gentle, but now it has become more and more restrained as time goes by, all emotions seem to be covered by a leisurely and polite mask.

In this moment of astonishment, he seemed to be that beautiful and fragile young man back then, radiating the ultimate publicity from his whole body. At this moment, he reminded Seventh Lady of Sixth Lady on the Mid-Autumn Festival night.They are both extremely beautiful and extremely lonely.

It's just that a trace of sincere joy finally gradually appeared in Feng Jin's eyes. He stood up and asked Seventh Lady, "Mother really said that?"

Seventh Lady smiled, and she said wearily, "The old man has experienced ups and downs in his life, and he has never experienced any kind of storm. Don't worry, my cousin, my aunt is more open than you."

She hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Even if one day, my cousin transfers his love to someone else and falls in love with someone else. Maybe other people's face will change, but cousin can rest assured that Shan Heng's face will never change." Yes, on that day, if there is anything that needs help, cousin please just ask."

Feng Jin's joy was only fleeting. He stared at Qiniangzi, tilted his head and pondered for a moment, then smiled, and said politely, "My cousin remembers Shanheng's words."

Seeing it in her eyes, Seventh Lady couldn't help sighing after all.

It's not that easy to leave that Ninth Five-Year Venerable.Feng Jin is extremely wealthy now, holds monstrous rights in his hands, and is favored by the real dragon, who can be so decisive and give up all of this without saying no to love.

And if he really wants to give up, how can a promise of his own make Feng Jin feel at ease?Although the Xu family is also at the top of the pyramid, they still lack energy to wrestle with the emperor.

At this moment, apart from "he treats me well and I treat him well", between him and the emperor, no matter whether Feng Jin himself is willing or not, there may be a little more conflict of interest in the end.

When she stood up and was about to say goodbye to Feng Jin, Feng Jin asked again, "Is Mrs. Zhang Shao related to Miss Yang Wu's death?"

Seventh Lady was slightly surprised, hesitated for a moment, and finally told her frankly, "As far as the current situation is concerned, I'm afraid I can't get rid of the relationship with Fifth Sister-in-law. But to find evidence, I'm afraid it will take a lot of tricks."

Feng Jin nodded and said, "Cousin, don't be polite if it's useful to me."

A cold light flashed in his eyes again, "Although the Zhang family has some foundations, in Zixiu's eyes, it's nothing."

Qin Niangzi felt a chill run down her spine, she forced a smile, and said in a low voice, "Okay, Shan Heng thanked my cousin first."

(End of this chapter)