First Class Concubine

Chapter 23
"Where is my mother?"

Grandma Liu petrified instantly, her eyes were filled with sadness, and her mouth was bitter.

Seeing her reaction like this, Qi Jing couldn't help being disappointed.That's right, for someone who is a minister of the Ministry of War at any rate, careful thinking is the basic requirement.If it's someone close to you, just ask casually.Then he would have no bones left.

"Miss Hui, old slave...don't know." Nanny Liu looked ashamed.

"Oh, what can I do? You don't know this, and you don't know that. You just tell me, what should you do if you let Miss Ben?"

"Miss, this old slave really doesn't know. This old slave swears, if this old slave deceives me, I will be struck by lightning and die a terrible death."

Qijing twitched the corners of her mouth: "Okay. For the sake of your swearing, miss, I will give you another chance. Inquire for me. Your nephew's life will be saved first. He dug the hole. Keep it for him too."

Speaking of this, she scanned the people around her: "You all heard me clearly. Miss Ben came to Su's house because of my mother. If anyone has news about my mother, report it, Miss Ben Her benefits are indispensable. If you let me know, whoever has the news but hides it and doesn't report it, and finally let me know... Don't blame Miss, I don't show affection."

"The slaves dare not."

Among these people, Nanny Chen really knows the most practical things, and she stepped forward: "Miss, this old slave has something to say."

"Say."

"This matter, the old slave can't say well. I only know that a few days before the miss came back, the old slave drank with the woman who was watching the night on the second gate. There was a dark figure, carrying something on his back, into the backyard of the Zhengqi courtyard. Later, the black The one in the shadow came out, but the one on the back was missing. The old slave usually likes to find out things, so he inquired. I heard that after that day, there were more people in the bamboo garden behind the Zhengqi courtyard. The strange thing is that, The old servant has seen someone deliver food, but he has never heard a sound. Do you think this news is useful?"

"Okay!" Qijing clapped his palms and said loudly, "Mother Chen, whether this news is true or not, I will give you credit."

"Miss Xie, Miss Xie."

Qijing took note of the bamboo garden and decided to visit it at night.

However, the matter in front of me still needs to be settled first: "Mother Liu, take Aiyu to the cashier and bring me the money the old lady said."

"Yes." Nanny Xu and Aiyu heaved a sigh of relief.They were afraid that the master would abolish them again because of what happened before.

Don't blame them for being afraid, this person always bullies the good and fears the evil.This young lady broke the master's arm and smashed down the door of Su's house.Up to now, no one has said anything, right?If such a person really wants to kill a servant, I'm afraid no one will blame her.

"Hua Zhi, ask someone to go ahead and see if those princes have left. By the way, let me know how they treated my father's illness."

"Yes." Huazhi sent Qingli to go.

Qijing waved everyone else away, leaving Nanny Chen alone.

"Tell me about the masters in our mansion."

"Yes." Nanny Chen usually collects gossip a lot, not to mention the truth or falsehood, but the content is really wonderful. "The old slave came from Tongcheng with the old lady back then. At that time, the old slave saw the young lady wrapped in swaddling clothes. Unfortunately, the old slave was not lucky, so I just took a look."

"The old lady was taken to the capital, and she had a lot of trouble with the current wife. The father of the lady is the right minister, and an aunt entered the palace. She is a noble concubine. The second prince is born of the noble concubine. Now, he is the most favored. Time. When the old lady came, the wife was pregnant with the child, and the old lady took the opportunity to seize the power in the mansion. It's a pity that the old lady came from the countryside, so how can she compete with the lady. "

"As a result, after the wife gave birth to the child, she snatched back the power of the house and beat all the people around the old lady to the lowest place... The old lady was so angry that she confronted the lady. Yes. After all, the old lady is a mother-in-law, and her status is there. She just made an excuse and put her niece, Aunt Qi, into the master's room."

"Madam willing?"

"What if you are not willing? Who told her not to give birth to a son? I heard from the old sisters that when the wife gave birth to the second lady, her body was broken and she could not conceive again. Therefore, the old lady stuffed people into the master's room." , she can only bear it."

Seven scenes are clear, in this era, not having a son is a woman's original sin.

"and after?"

"Later, it was just a fight. The east wind overwhelmed the west wind, and the west wind overwhelmed the east wind. Later, the old lady became smarter, and she fought with the wife. As long as she lost, she would be unhappy. She put someone in the master's room... This time, again Once. Madame is smart. No matter what you do, do yourself a favor for the old lady... gradually you will live in peace."

In this way, there are as many as six concubines in this mansion.However, only three who gave birth to daughters became aunts.The other three are just concubines who don't even have titles.I don't dare to run around at ordinary times, which is eye-catching.Therefore, until now, Qijing hadn't seen them.

There are probably only these three things in this mansion: the dispute between wives and concubines is a topic that never falls out of date.The dispute between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has not been resolved for thousands of years.Coupled with the dispute between the concubine and the concubine...

Well, if you study it carefully, it's still quite interesting.

"Mother Chen."

"The old slave is here."

"In the future, don't wait in this yard anymore."

Mother Chen panicked: "Miss?"

"Don't worry. It's not that I don't need you. I just feel that if you stay in this yard, it's too condescending. What you did in the past, you still do now. I want to know all the news in this mansion... Remember, it's all Yes, as long as you can find out, it doesn't matter if it's useful or not... But you understand?"

Chen Momo immediately smiled and twisted her mouth: "This old slave understands."

"There is one more thing. You can hear the news about our yard from outside. Those villains who talk about us behind their backs count one by one and write it down for me. Miss is free, one Let's settle accounts with them."

"Yes, the old slave saved me. From now on, the old slave will be the eyes and ears of the young lady. I will never let you down, young lady."

"very good."

……

Not a moment later, Nanny Liu came back with Aiyu.There were six other people who came with them, and two of them carried a box.The box was half as tall as a person, and the two of them lifted it up and down.

"Miss, the accountant told me that Miss's account is a bit fragmented, and I'm afraid it won't be fixed in a short time. Now a separate accountant has been assigned to calculate the account of Miss. However, I am afraid that Miss will need it urgently. The young lady has prepared some things for the young lady to use first. If there is something missing, I will fill it up later."

Grandma Liu tremblingly stepped forward to answer, while she was speaking, secretly watching her expression.

But Qijing was smiling all the time, she couldn't see anything.

Carefully open the box.

Inside one box is full of gold and silver: "There are 500 taels of silver in total here. One dendrobium of pearls, several gemstones of various colors. Sixteen incense fans..." The other box was opened, "This is the fabric of the season, a bolt of buttercup silk. , one piece of brocade, one piece of blue satin, two pieces of fine cotton, and four sets of ready-made clothes from Yunshang Pavilion..."

When the third box was opened, Qijing was immediately delighted.

"A deep-sea coral ornament and a pair of white jade bottles."

"Aiyu, go and call me the accountant who handles this matter." Qi Jing leaned on the soft couch, smiling softly at the corner of her mouth, but her eyes were cold: "Mother Chen, go to the street and give me the money." Find a knowledgeable shopkeeper and tell me that I have something to sell."

"Yes."

The two left quickly, and Nanny Liu's face turned pale again.

Qijing asked again: "Has the pit been dug?"

"Miss Hui, not yet, it's only half a person deep!"

"Then keep digging."

While talking, Qingli came back.The news she brought back was similar to Qijing's guess.

"Several highnesses and princes have left. The servant asked Wen Yi who was beside the master, and said that Prince Jing said: Your Excellency has nothing abnormal in his body, let alone poisoning. He didn't prescribe medicine for the master at all... The four The Taoist priests next to His Highness left some pills, but they didn't say why. It was written in the same way in the medical records of Royal Doctor Liang. I didn't ask Prince Jing to sign it..."

"It should be so."

"Wen Yi also said that after the nobles left, the old lady punished his wife to copy the scriptures, but the master didn't intercede this time!"

"Wen Yi also secretly told the maidservant that when Prince Jing's son left, the Second Miss secretly stuffed him with something." Speaking of this, Qingli showed some disdain on her face.

Qijing didn't care about this private giving and receiving, she was only curious: "Who is this Wen Yi?"

Qingli lowered her head, "Miss Hui, he is a fellow slave."

"That's right." He took the ingot of silver and threw it over, "Your reward."

"Miss Xie." Qing Li happily accepted it.

Soon, the accountant came.The accountant is a mustache man in his forties, he is fat, very rich, and his attitude is very contemptuous.

"My slave, Xu Hanzhang, has met the eldest lady." Xu Hanzhang had to bend his waist, which he couldn't find, with great effort.Just a little arc, then straight back.

Qi Jingyan glared: "Mother Liu, give me the mouth of this confused slave."

Xu Hanzhang straightened his waist and looked straight at Qijing with a righteous face: "Miss, what did the slave do wrong?"

"Liu Nanny, this is your last chance. Are you going to fight or not?" Qi Jing looked at Liu Nanny gloomily.

"Yes. The old slave takes orders!" Madam Liu went up to Xu Hanzhang: "I've offended you." She raised her hand, "Crack!"

"Ah!" Nanny Liu screamed, and was sent flying by Xu Hanzhang's protruding slap.

"Miss, if this old slave has done something wrong, you can just say it. The owner will punish you..." In other words, you are a young lady, and you are not qualified.

"Heh!" Qi Jing laughed suddenly. "Who is Xu Wenfeng to you?"

Xu Hanzhang was taken aback.Didn't he come here for those things?How: "Miss Hui, Wenfeng is the child."

Qijing laughed, "So it's your son! Recently, Xu Wenfeng invited a doctor? He took a lot of medicine, right?"

Xu Hanzhang was startled, and suddenly raised his head to look at Qijing, suspicion and panic crept into his heart.

Qijing didn't even look at him: "It should be, it's still a heart attack!"

"Miss, if you offend me in any way, please forgive me." Xu Hanzhang said anxiously.

"Forgive? When you hit my people just now, you were very hard-headed!" Qijing glanced at Liu Nanny who finally got up: "Only the head of the family has the right to take care of your affairs. I am a lady from the inner house. , but I can't help it."

"Come here, take Xu accountant back."

Xu Hanzhang's face froze, he gritted his teeth, and knelt down with a plop: "This old slave has eyes that don't see Mount Tai, and lard has covered his heart. Please forgive me, miss, this old slave will never dare again."

"Don't you dare?" Qi Jing squeezed her fingertips: "Liu Mama, continue to slap your mouth. When do you think it's enough, when will you stop?"

"Yes." This time, Nanny Liu deserved it more simply.When walking towards Xu Hanzhang, he brought a more majestic and high-spirited momentum. "Crack!" Well, the strength of his hands is also much better than before.

(End of this chapter)