The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 56

Brother Jiu woke up that night.

In the morning, it is already possible to walk around in the ground.

The eldest wife was still trying to carry the little bamboo sedan chair, but was stopped by the elder.

"It's not that I hurt my foot, but when I made such a big commotion, my sister-in-law knew about it, and her face became even more unsightly."

I had to call my strong mother to carry Brother Jiu into the east room of the main room.

Brother Nine was lying on the big bed, half-closed his eyes weakly, and the eldest lady asked a few questions, but only hummed twice, even if she answered.

Mrs. Xu heard that Brother Nine had woken up, so she took Xu Fengjia into the main courtyard after breakfast.

"Let your cousin apologize to you!" She put her hand on Xu Fengjia's shoulder.

Xu Fengjia also dressed very solemnly today, with a black body decorated with hidden bamboo leaf patterns. It seemed that she was three points more solemn for no reason.

Brother Jiu looked at Xu Fengjia.

The two men's eyes met, and they both looked away, neither showing anything wrong.

"It's my fault that I accidentally hurt my cousin during the play!" Xu Fengjia apologized sincerely.

Brother Nine's eyelids trembled, and he looked up at the eldest wife, the eldest master, and then at Mrs. Xu.

The black eyelashes drooped down again.

"I was also careless, don't mind my cousin." He replied cautiously.

Brother Nine's wound was close to his jaw, so he had to be very careful when speaking and eating in the next few days.

The eldest lady smiled and patted Xu Fengjia on the shoulder.

"Don't take it to heart, it's just a little thing!"

Everyone went out of the room talking and laughing, and went to the main room to have tea.

Brother Jiu lowered his eyes and looked at the delicate embroidery patterns on the quilt. Not long after, he fell asleep again.

After finally sending Mrs. Xu away, the eldest lady came in to visit Brother Jiu, and became anxious again, "I slept so long last night, why are you still so sleepy!"

He looked at the old man again, "I can't say, so I have to ask Second Young Master Quan to take a look."

The Grand Master didn't make a sound.

The eldest wife ordered Lichun, "Go to Yu Rongyuan and talk to the third concubine, borrow her name, and find two experienced stewards to go to Ouyang's house, and invite the second young master of the Quan family to come and see Brother Jiu's injury!"

Li Chun responded briskly, got up and was about to go out.

The eldest wife changed her mind again: "Ask Lidong to do it! Some things, you have to learn to let the people below do it!"

Lidong is the second-class maid in the eldest wife's house.

Lichun bowed his head and respectfully answered yes, dragged Lidong outside the door and muttered a few words, then turned around and entered the Dongji room.

The Elder Master looked at her back, and for a moment revealed a look of deep thought.

The eldest wife did not notice that something was wrong with the elder.

"Although the acupuncture and moxibustion technique of the Quan family is said to be a secret from ancient times, and it is extremely effective, but the second young master is only 16 years old this year!" She discussed with the elder, "Is it too young?"

The old man coughed, "Although he is young, he is a well-known child prodigy in Beijing. It is said that he wanted to follow the path of kindness before he studied medicine, and he was able to recite poems and compose Fu at the age of five or six. There is no match... Yang Shen and Li Dongyang from the previous dynasty were not bad! Later, they accidentally took the medical profession, and they were actually more favored by the old genius doctor than the direct descendants of Ouyang's family. They were only 15 years old and could consult the empress Huifei..."

The second young master of the Quan family has such qualifications, so even if you can't trust him with intractable illnesses, showing brother Jiu a knife wound is naturally a no-brainer.

Besides, there was the diagnosis of the old genius doctor Ouyang, but the old man was too airy and didn't want to move around, so the follow-up work was left to the disciples.

It should be nothing to worry about.

The eldest lady felt relieved, and urged the elder, "Don't delay the affairs of the yamen."

The elder also nodded and left the main room.

The eldest lady breathed a sigh of relief.

Turned around and entered the East Room.

Brother Nine was already in a deep sleep and wanted to scratch the wound from time to time. Li Chun sat beside him, holding Brother Nine's dishonest hand again and again, and gently stuffing it back into the quilt.

The eldest lady stared at this scene with a deep expression on her face.

The second lady's voice came from outside again.

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Qiniangzi tossed and turned, and didn't fall asleep until the middle of the night.

After entering Maozheng, he opened his eyes again, staring at the willow-green peach-patterned tent in a daze.

After a night of rest, her thoughts gradually became clearer.

If you just want to keep yourself, it's not too difficult.

It wasn't involved in the first place... As long as you get Liu Niangzi to speak clearly, no matter how much Mrs. Ren interrogates, Qi Niangzi will have the confidence.

But Qin Niangzi is not only worried about herself now.

No matter what motive Brother Nine had for causing such a mess, the result would always be beneficial to Qiniangzi.

It was impossible for Xu Fengjia to trouble Qiniangzi again.

Seven Lady can see this, and so can others.

It's not a good thing for Brother Nine to do this for his twin sister.

To put it bluntly, this kid values ​​love and righteousness.At worst, it was that he valued his sister more than anyone else in his heart.

The eldest wife would be the first to be unhappy, let alone the elder who blamed the fifth lady last night.

The reason why it hasn't happened to Qiniangzi yet is because brother Jiu hasn't woken up yet!

If brother Jiu can't come up with a strong explanation, this matter will still have to involve her in the end.

Seventh Lady sighed lightly.

The eldest lady's performance last night was quite remarkable.

Before the grand master arrived, Xu Fengjia, Wu Niangzi and Shu Xia were asked to make a confession.

Now these three people are considered to stay out of the matter.

But how should Brother Jiu explain his women's clothing?
Seventh Lady turned over and looked out the window.

Through the clear glass window, the dim yellow light under the rust-colored clouds came into her eyes.

It's the right moment... Should Bai Lu get up?

Sure enough, not long after, the sound of light footsteps entered the room.

Seeing that Qin Niangzi had half sat up, Bai Lu was not particularly surprised.

Such a big incident happened yesterday, it's normal for Qiniangzi to get up early to sort out her thoughts.

She went up to hold the silver basin and helped Seventh Lady to wash.

Li Xia also entered the room, and brought a small brass kettle to add water to the small teapot with animal face patterns on the table.

"Has brother Jiu woke up?" Seventh Lady asked in a low voice.

Bai Lu's expression remained unchanged.

"This morning when the courtyard door was opened, the slaves went to ask about it. Brother Nine woke up in the middle of the night, ate something, and then went back to sleep. He had already entered the hall in the morning, and I heard that he had spoken a few words to Young Master Biao. "

Just wake up.

Seventh Lady let out a sigh of relief.

"Is it reasonable to speak?"

Although in modern times, it is rare to see children being frightened out of their souls, but people in ancient times had little knowledge and believed in strange things.

"He's very sane, but he doesn't have much energy."

Seventh Lady completely relaxed.

Snooze may be the effect of those few sedatives.As long as there are no serious problems, the next step will be easy.

"Let Shangyuan go outside the main courtyard to inquire, whoever enters the main room, the second sister or the fifth sister, we will go in again." She ordered Lixia.

Li Xia nodded calmly, turned around and left the room.

Bai Lu talked to Qin Niangzi about what happened last night.

"... I was doing needlework in the house, when I heard a commotion outside, all the women in Huanshawu rushed into the house, saying that your face was scratched." She said with a smile on her face. There was a faint haze, "We were all so frightened that we lost our minds, but Lixia has the sense to let me go to Huanshawu to serve you. She is waiting for news in the western courtyard."

Li Xia's composure is indeed worthy of admiration.

Seventh Lady remained calm. "I didn't see you in Huanshawu!"

"Just after leaving the yard, I bumped into my wife head-on." Bai Lu showed displeasure, "My wife asked me to send a message to each house, so I didn't ask you to come out...and told them not to come out if they had nothing to do. Just this time, it was delayed." A long time."

If something happened to Seventh Lady, Bai Lu, as the big maid beside her, should go to Huanshawu as soon as possible to stay by her master's side.

If something like this happened to the fifth lady and the second lady, the eldest wife would just urge the accompanying maid to go to Huanshawu as soon as possible.

In an emergency, you can best see a person's mind.

No matter how kind the eldest wife is to Qin Niangzi, last night's order has revealed her true colors: in the bottom of her heart, she probably hasn't taken Qini Niangzi seriously.

Seventh Lady smiled slightly.

"Don't take this matter to heart." She comforted Bai Lu in turn, "Mother is also in a hurry, you are a person from the main room, don't you know mother's temper?"

The eldest wife is indeed not calm in times of crisis.

Bai Lu didn't say much.

As a maid in the West Side Courtyard, of course she wanted to go with her master, and it was her duty to feel displeased by the eldest wife's negligence.

But now even Qin Niangzi is not angry, so she doesn't have to be angry.

After breakfast, not long after, Shangyuan came back to report, "The second lady has entered the main room."

Seventh Lady hurriedly tidied up her dress, and took Bai out of the house.

Given her current embarrassing situation, if she rushed into the main room early in the morning to visit Brother Nine, she would inevitably run into Mrs. Xu, which would only cause embarrassment.

But delaying going is not an option... I have to wait for Er Niangzi to hit the headshot, and then she will follow in, so that it will not be so conspicuous.

The eldest lady was talking to the second lady by the window in the east room.

Qin Niangzi only stayed in Dongci Room for a while, and then entered Dongshao Room.

"I still think you won't come this morning!" The eldest lady said with a smile, and there was no discomfort on her face.

After everyone had met each other, Seventh Lady sat down next to Second Lady and asked with concern, "I heard Brother Nine woke up last night?"

Bai Lu came over several times to find out the news, but she couldn't hide it from anyone. Even if the eldest wife didn't know it now, she would soon know it.

Seventh Lady didn't intend to hide it either.

Ninth brother is her life's future, so of course she has to care about it, pretending to be indifferent, it will make people suspicious.

The eldest wife's face became more pleasant, "I just woke up and used the official room, and then fell asleep again after having some snacks."

"I'm afraid it's the effect of the medicine." Seventh Lady also had a hint of a smile on her lips. "It's fine."

The eldest lady looked at Seventh Lady.

There was really a thousand words for a while, but I couldn't ask them.

The second lady looked at the seventh lady, then at the eldest wife, and frowned.

Just as she was about to speak, Mama Liang suddenly stepped into the east room.

"Uncle Sun went to the city yesterday evening! I just sent someone to report, I'm afraid he will visit the outer courtyard in a while!" Mother Liang smiled all over her face.

The eldest wife was surprised at first, and then overjoyed.

"Okay, okay!" She stood up and patted the hem of her skirt in a panic, "Let's change into another clothes, this is the first time I've met my uncle!"

The second lady blushed and immediately got up and left the room.

Qin Niangzi also took advantage of the momentum to get up, and quietly exited Dongshaojian.

I saw Fifth Lady and Second Lady talking softly in front of Brother Nine's bed.

The palm prints on Wu Niangzi's face had disappeared, but there were two bruises under her eyes, which couldn't be concealed no matter what.

He also looked a little more haggard.

"Fifth Sister." Seventh Lady saluted.

Fifth Lady glanced at Seventh Lady, and responded lightly.

The second lady sighed, her shame was gone.

Lidong entered Dongshaojian again, with hurried steps.

"Second Young Master Quan has already entered the door!" She was a little out of breath, "Master is not here, it will be more convenient for Madam to see where to settle down."

The second lady had no choice but to take the two sisters out of the Dongci room again, standing and talking in the main room.

Brother Jiu was still asleep, so there must be no reason to move him, so he had to lead Master Quan into the East room.

The second lady is getting old, and it's not convenient to stay in Dongci room.

After a while, the eldest wife took Lidong out of the house.

She has already changed into a long silk silk jacket with silver and precious flowers, an eight-panel skirt with gold string patterns on a red background, and a set of red gold and ruby ​​heads on her head.

"It's not good to keep my uncle waiting for a long time. Your father is not at home, so I have to go to the outer courtyard to support the situation first." She explained to the second lady with a smile.

The second lady turned her head, blushed and looked at her toes, showing a rare shame.

The eldest wife and Mama Liang looked at each other and smiled heartily.

How can they not understand the thoughts of the daughter's family!
"Let Mama Wang take..." The eldest lady glanced at Wu Niangzi and frowned slightly, "Let Mama Wang take Lichun to serve in Dongjijian, you sisters stay in Dongshaojian, what's the matter?" matter, Er Niangzi will be the master on my behalf."

The eldest wife hurried out of the house and took Liang Mama into the small bamboo sedan chair.

The Sun family's visit was indeed not to be neglected, and besides, this was the first time the eldest wife met her son-in-law.

According to Daqin's custom, before getting engaged, the mother-in-law will often find a suitable occasion to have a good time with her son-in-law.Some people will send the son-in-law to the mother-in-law even if the woman's family is thousands of miles away from the man's family when they say goodbye.

But the young master has a noble status, and he has been stationed in the frontier with his father all year round, so he has no skills. This is the first time the eldest wife has seen the uncle, so naturally he is more concerned about visiting him than ordinary people.

A few little girls were sitting idle in the east room.

The fifth lady is listless and preoccupied, and the charming and naive in the past is no longer seen.

The second lady was also shy thinking about her own thoughts, and the seventh lady sat by the green gauze cabinet with her chin resting on her back, watching the movement of Dongci.

Mama Wang was standing in front of Brother Jiu's bed, talking to Li Chun in a low voice.

Before Master Quan arrived, Lidong came in helplessly.

"Second wife is here to visit brother nine."

All the little ladies came back to their senses.

The second lady glanced at the seventh lady.

"Fifth Sister, let's go back to the East Side Hospital!" She quickly made arrangements. "I must have not had a good rest last night, so don't be brave."

Facing Lidong again, "Take Second Aunt to Xici's room, and I'll go and have a few words with her."

Seventh Lady couldn't help but her heart skipped a beat.

Second Lady glanced at Seventh Lady again.

"Seventh Sister is here to take care of you." She smiled slightly. "I'll accompany Second Aunt when Master Quan leaves."

Although the second wife and the second young master Quan are very different in age, there is no reason for the aunt in the next room to watch the nephew for consultation.

Seventh Lady nodded and said softly, "Xiao Qi knows what to do."

I am not grateful from the bottom of my heart.

Since Brother Nine's accident, he has never lost anyone around him.

Even if Lichun and Qiniangzi are friendly, Lidong, Wang Mama and others are always in and out of Dongcijian and Huanshawu.

Qin Niangzi never found a chance to talk to Brother Nine.

This time, Er Niangzi gave her a firm hand.

Er Niangzi just nodded, and walked out of the East Wing side by side with Fifth Niangzi and Lidong.

Bai Lu came in with tea, only to see Qiniangzi sitting by the window alone, she couldn't help being a little surprised. "Why are you the only one left?"

Qin Niangzi didn't have time to explain to her, she lifted the curtain and went out of Dongshaojian.

Li Chun was standing in front of Brother Jiu's bed talking to Mama Wang, "...Master Quan is probably coming soon!"

With the status of the Quan family, Mama Wang naturally took people out to greet her.

In the room, only Lichun, Bailu, Qiniangzi, and Brother Jiu, who was still asleep, were left in the room.

(End of this chapter)