The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 266

Although Tanzhe Temple is good, Mrs. Tai has never spent the night outside for many years. She only had lunch and took a nap, and did not watch a play, so she sent people to arrest the children and rejoiced in Tanzhe Temple. Then he got into the car and slowly returned to the capital.

It was rare for Shiro and Goro to play in the countryside. Both of them blushed with excitement, and pestered Qiniang all the way, "Little uncle took us to ride a horse and walked around in the woods. Mom, when can we ride horses again?"

Goro thought again, "In autumn, many fruit trees will bear fruit. Can we come and eat the fruit?"

"Mother, mother, why didn't dad come here today? Uncle also played polo with Brother Guang and Brother Liang for a while. Uncle said we were too young and wouldn't take us to play..." Shiro looked forward to it, "Next time Wait for dad to come, let dad take us to fight!"

Goro nodded loudly and echoed, "Mother is here to fight too!"

The two children made a fuss all the way, so that Miss Qin couldn't rest, until Mrs. Tai sent someone to ask, "Why are the two young gentlemen talking so much?" Then they all quieted down, but they still lowered their voices and whispered in Qin's ear Talking about her own experience, Qin Niangzi was annoyed all the way, so she had to say, "Okay, next time I ask your father to bring you to play, and let him take it alone, and annoy him to death!"

Speaking of Xu Fengjia, Shiro thought about it again, "Father is so busy recently, I haven't seen him for a few days."

Qin Niangzi had no choice but to explain, "Recently he came back late and left early. He didn't come back until you fell asleep. Dad went out when you didn't wake up."

Wulang's childish face also showed a bit of longing, and he asked Seventh Lady in a murmur, "If daddy comes back late tonight, can mom ask him to wake us up? Just say... just say we want to see daddy! "

I don't know if it's because I'm not the brothers' biological mother, and Xu Fengjia is too young to know how to be a father, or because the child grew up in Qin's parents for the first two years of his life and didn't get much support from the elders. care.The two children are not only very sensible and well-behaved, but they are always so cautious and timid when asking adults to care for them.

Seventh Lady felt a pain in her heart, she hugged Silang and Goro in her arms, kissed each of them on the face, and said with a soft smile, "Of course, if Father is disobedient, Mother will...well, Mother won't allow him to eat!"

After all, it was his own son, and Qin Niangzi just said something, and Wu Lang hurriedly said, "No, mother is bad! Why don't you let dad eat!"

It's still Shiro who is shrewd, "Mother is joking, silly brother."

While talking, he peeked at Qin Niangzi's expression, as if he was sure that Qin Niangzi was just joking and didn't mean to abuse Xu Fengjia.

Qin Niangzi felt emotional in her heart, but there was a little smile on her face, "Just wait and see, whether Mother is joking or not, you will know tomorrow."

The two children naturally refused, and they entangled with Qin Niangzi for a long time before raising the curtain, scrambling to see the night scene outside, and having a late dinner when they entered the house, they were already tired The preface was inconsistent, and he fell asleep in the arms of Gu Yu and Chun Equinox without even taking a bath.

Of course, Qi Niangzi's spirit is much better than that of the two children. She entered Leshan Residence again and asked Mrs. Tai that Mrs. Tai had settled down. Then she returned to Mingde Hall, took a bath, and then asked someone to serve a bowl Sweet porridge to drink slowly.

After the first watch, Xiao Huangpu came in to see her. Today she happened to be unwell, so she didn't go out with Qin Niangzi.Seeing Qiniangzi, she saluted, smiled and asked a few words about the scenery of Tanzhe Temple, then took out a stack of coral paper from her arms, and respectfully sent it to the small kang table in front of Qiniangzi.

Qin Niangzi's eyes flashed, she pressed the stack of smooth and crisp rice paper thoughtfully, and said softly, "You got it?"

There was also a slight tremor in Little Huangpu's voice, but she couldn't tell whether it was because of excitement or vague fear. She also lowered her voice and approached Qin Niangzi, "There is a big maid in Leshanju, all of them followed out of the house. Even the respectable old mothers followed suit. In the house is the threshold where the second sister can enter Leshan Residence alone, and the rest are all little maids who sweep the floor and fetch water in the yard. I went to talk to my second sister, and the two of us sat in the room for a while, the second sister moved the things out, and we hurriedly copied a copy. I checked it again, and there was no mistake in any number, so I stuffed it in my arms, Then they chatted up and left the house, from the beginning to the end, they didn't even meet a single person: those who couldn't stand and followed out the door, all of them didn't know where to wipe the dominoes, who else is standing in the yard stupidly?"

Qin Niangzi let out a long breath from her heart, first she flipped through the stack of papers, and saw that it was Xiao Huangpu's graceful handwriting that wrote the whole article.Copying the accounts in and out of the past year, how much silver was sold somewhere, among them, the 10 taels of silver sold in the twelfth lunar month of the second year of Taiping is impressively listed on it. , already occupied a whole page of coral paper.

Seventh Lady let out a sigh of relief, and sent Xiao Huangpu, "It's hard work, go down and rest. Tell your second sister, what I, Yang Qi, has never counted. As long as the important matter in front of me is over, I will take a rest." Start arranging her affairs."

Of course little Huangpu could not fail to understand what Qiniangzi meant by the big event, so she respectfully saluted Qiniangzi, and then silently left the room.

Seventh Lady rested her chin, casually flipping through the ledger in front of her, the countless thoughts in her heart were like waves, spinning around and spinning out of her mind.

If you want to drag Mrs. Tai into the water, the evidence in front of you is indeed sufficient, but once you just drag Mrs. Tai into the water, Wu Fang will probably do her best to plant the blame in order to protect herself. impossible.

Without Mrs. Tai, the fifth room is like a grasshopper after autumn, and it doesn't make much movement.But... let Fifth Young Madam get away with it like this, Seventh Lady is very unwilling.

But if the fifth young lady's behavior is to be made public, the current evidence is really not convincing.Mrs. Tai is like a big mountain, blocking all the clues to herself, but protecting the fifth young lady who is behind hiding too well.

After entering the second watch, Xu Fengjia also came back.

As soon as he entered the room, he waved his hands and told Li Xia, "Get some hot water, I've sweated a lot today, if I don't take a bath, I'm going to be rotten!"

Then came to look at the sweet porridge left in Qiniangzi's bowl, "I won't eat well if I don't look at you! I can't drink a bowl of porridge, how can I do this? Wait until I come out of the shower to clean you up!"

Seventh Lady hurriedly took off her robe for him, and then asked, "Have you had dinner yet? Would you like to arrange some snacks?"

While talking, he saw that the corner of Xu Fengjia's robe was faintly stained with blood, so he turned his head, called Li Xia to give her the clothes, and said, "I'm afraid this dress won't be clean, so throw it away."

Xu Fengjia seemed to be in a good mood today. He walked towards the clean room and said, "The next bowl of noodles is just for me. Tonight, I want to have a bite of Suzhou's fried eel noodles. I don't have any appetite for anything else."

When Qin Niangzi was told by him, she also aroused greedy people, and felt hungry, so she told Li Xia, "Give me a bowl of yellow croaker noodles, too. If there is no yellow croaker, I want a bowl of shrimp noodles. Please be quiet, please don't eat." Put the shrimp oil in."

When Xu Fengjia came out, two bowls of noodles were also delivered. The couple met and ate most of the bowl of noodles, and Qin Niangzi put down her chopsticks and told Xu Fengjia, "I copied that thing from grandma's house."

Xu Fengjia immediately stopped the chopsticks, glanced at Qiniangzi, and said, "Let me finish eating first!"

After swallowing the noodles in a few mouthfuls, he flipped through the paper and said, "Coincidentally, I also have good news today."

Qin Niangzi couldn't help raising her eyebrows, and said half-believingly, "It's only been a few days, and Qiu Zhi has already recruited?"

"Using torture, because of how tough he is, he can't sleep for four or five days, so he can talk about everything." Xu Fengjia said lightly, and then changed his smile to tease Qin Niangzi, "Guess who in the house does he have any relationship with?" connect?"

Seventh Lady glared at him, but didn't speak. Xu Fengjia couldn't tell the truth, and said angrily, "It took four days to tell me that he is Wu Xun's wife's distant cousin, and Wu Xun ordered him to do everything. I don't know who the person above is. I only know that this person has always been generous, willing to promote him, and very capable, so he has always followed Wu Xun's orders."

"Then your injury..." Seventh Lady couldn't help elongating her voice.

"He also told about the injury, and the person above ordered him to do it, but this kind of thing is unfounded, and I didn't ask him to write it down." Xu Fengjia's tone softened again, "I really need to understand, in After hearing about his business, my father also understood."

Seventh Lady nodded, and said again, "According to your opinion, there is evidence to prove this relationship?"

Xu Fengjia smiled and glanced at Qin Niangzi, "It's really not a mistake, have you forgotten? They are cousins ​​in the clan, and the Wu family is not a poor family of refugees. Life, old age, sickness and death are all listed in the genealogy."

Only then did Seven Lady understand, and she couldn't help complaining to herself, "Oh, I forgot that Wu Xun's family is also from Hebei, otherwise, a few months earlier, he might have been directly involved in him, and there would be such trouble!"

She couldn't help but cheer up, "With this level of relationship, things can be done. Who are you going to entrust to handle this matter?"

"Liao Qianhu is already on his way to Hebei." Xu Fengjia took a sip of tea and said slowly, "If things go well, we can come back in two or three days. With this key evidence, things will be easy to handle."

Seventh Lady suddenly laughed, "Fifth Sister-in-law still lost to her arrogance this time."

Xu Fengjia couldn't help raising one eyebrow, and looked at her questioningly.

"If the fifth sister-in-law is not so confident, confident that her plan will never be seen through by me, how can she rashly arrange for Wu Xun's family to charge into the battle, not to mention losing a general for nothing, and let my father feel worried about the relationship between the two?" There is no doubt about the connection." Seventh Lady analyzed Xu Fengjia softly, "How could we get her sore foot because of such a small flaw. As a result, we lost everything? Embarrassing me is the only step she took wrong Chess, if you lose your reputation in the future, you will come from this step."

She sat up halfway, and said in a low voice, "I still have to tell my mother about this matter. I think you should go to Xiaotangshan one day and tell your mother the whole thing, and ask her opinion by the way."

Although Mrs. Xu has retired now, she is still the legitimate mistress of the family after all. For such a big matter, if Seventh Lady wants to make her own decisions, she has to go through the motions first.

Xu Fengjia's expression suddenly softened, and he gave Qiniangzi a very appreciative glance, "Just do as you say, and when the genealogy comes back, I will go to Xiaotangshan to talk to my mother immediately."

He paused for a moment, then asked Qin Niangzi, "Are you going to poke out the 10 taels?"

Qin Niangzi shook her head recklessly, "10 taels including the matter of the sea-going ship, there is no need to disclose it now, and it will mess up the situation in vain. I still have other arrangements for this matter. In the case of Fifth Sister's death, grandma Whether it's clear or not, you can tell a thing or two just by looking at her reaction to this matter."

She sneered again and said, "I have always been manipulated by Leshanju, and I have not yet returned the gift to my grandmother seriously. Don't rob me of the 15 taels of boat deed. I am looking forward to delivering it to my grandmother with my own hands, so that she can see it." What a good grandson and daughter-in-law I have taught myself!"

Xu Fengjia was stunned for a moment, he looked at Qin Niangzi carefully, and said in a deep voice, "Why, is it that grandma is still beating you about the room in private? I thought, after I made my attitude clear... "

"You just don't understand. In this world, if a man doesn't take a concubine, he must be an unvirtuous wife." Seventh Lady sighed, waved her hand again, and said softly, "Let's not talk about such an unpleasant matter." The matter is settled like this. I will talk to Yu An another day. It is best if she can stand up and identify Xiao Songhua. The whole line will be complete immediately. "

Speaking of Duke Ping, no matter how gloomy Xu Fengjia looked, he was silent for a while, and then said calmly, "Father is not so biased. After seeing the evidence, even if he still has the mood to calm things down, at least for Sister-in-law Fifth, yes. It will never be tolerated."

Fifth Young Master, as Duke Ping's own son, is a tiger that does not eat its own child. Of course, it is impossible for him to receive a fatal blow, but Fifth Young Madam is different.

Embezzlement of public wealth, poisoning the wife of the prince, buying murder to kill the prince, each of these things is enough to destroy a commoner's family. The combination of things is enough to ruin her reputation, and she will never recover.

Thinking of Fifth Lady's last request, Seventh Lady couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

After the third anniversary of Wu Niangzi's death, she finally fulfilled her promise to Wu Niangzi. The real culprit who killed her seems to have fully surfaced and got her own destination.

I don't know when she will be able to fulfill her promise to Jiu Yiniang and give birth to a lovely grandson or granddaughter for Jiu Yiniang?
Qiniangzi's thoughts drifted away, Wang Buliuxing, saffron... the names of the familiar medicinal materials were like pebbles, arousing waves of ripples in her mind.

She suddenly sighed irritably again, and murmured to Xu Fengjia, "Tell me, why is there a saffron besides Wang Buliuxing?"

(End of this chapter)