The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 69

On the Dragon Boat Festival, all the children are long-lived, with a king painted on their foreheads, paired with Aihu and drank realgar wine, and then entered Baifang Garden to play.

Ba Niangzi timidly approached Wu Niangzi, "Fifth Sister, I'm going to go home to study after the Dragon Boat Festival."

This child has also grown a lot taller, but compared to Brother Nine and Lady Seven of the same age, he is still much more timid, and there is a wheezing sound when he speaks.

Wu Niangzi was still a little puzzled, "If you come, you will come!"

But Liu Niangzi grabbed Ba Niangzi's hand, smiled and dragged hands with her and bit her ears.

The first lady smiled and called the fifth lady to her side, and had a private conversation with her.

The third lady and the fourth lady were picking Qionghua at the other end of the Eight Immortals.

Qin Niangzi was also happy to be quiet, and simply walked to Huanshawu from a distance, distanced herself from the crowd.

The Dragon Boat Festival is a big solar term, and everywhere in Baifang Garden is very lively. Even the eldest aunt and the fifth aunt, who have always lived reclusively, are wearing light red silk dresses and talking against the Taihu stone under the rockery.

Seeing Seventh Lady pass by, both of them smiled and stood up respectfully. "Seventh Lady!"

Apart from greeting the eldest wife every day, these two aunts only devote themselves to practicing Buddhism in Changqinglou every day.

But he has a very good grasp of the situation in the mansion.

At this time, when facing Seventh Lady again, there will be more outward respect, just like the attitude towards Second Lady in the past.

Qin Niangzi's heart moved, she simply stood still.

Now that the eldest wife has said that it is inconvenient to disclose the matter of the third aunt to an unmarried little girl, it is actually tantamount to giving her the right to know.But for the sake of my aunt's face, I didn't say it clearly.

The eldest aunt is an old man who was promoted earlier than the third aunt. Isn't it more appropriate to ask her than anyone else?

Seeing that Qiniangzi hesitated to speak, the two aunts also exchanged a few glances.

All showed a faint smile.

It seems that they came prepared... Seventh Lady was not too surprised.

She didn't think of this until now, but it doesn't mean that the aunt and the fifth aunt are also so slow.

Seventh Lady usually has a lot of affairs, and she has to deal with all kinds of people, but Da Yi Niang and Wu Yiniang have almost completely withdrawn from the stage, focusing on practicing Buddhism... There are not too many things that can bother them.

She smiled and greeted the two aunts.

"It's hot this year, and it's only May, so we're going to wear gauze shirts!" I exchanged greetings with the two aunts.

Both the aunt and the fifth aunt said that the seventh lady was young and couldn't help being hot. "At our age, before the beginning of autumn, we can't wait to put on cotton padded jackets."

Seventh Lady laughed and teased the two aunts, "Mother hasn't said she's old yet, so why are you talking about it?"

Big Aunt and Fifth Aunt quickly blamed themselves, "I made a mistake, I made a mistake."

In the deep house compound, everything is about status.With the current status of Seventh Lady, she can only bow her head in front of the eldest wife and the eldest master. In front of these two aunts who have fallen out of favor, she is a high-ranking young lady.

"The Qinghong Pavilion has been tidied up, but it makes the peach trees look particularly green." Seventh Lady pointed to the small building not far away, and chatted with her two aunts. "I don't know when these peaches became popular in previous years, but they made me come in and out, and I was greedy after seeing them."

Auntie couldn't help laughing, "Seventh Lady was joking, how many peaches are missing in your room?"

Fifth Yiniang was pensive.

Seventh Lady smiled slightly, but didn't answer.

Wu Yiniang carefully brought up the past, "I think back when Sanfang was alive, these ten or so peach trees didn't produce fruit every year... After the flowering period, all the small fruit buds were knocked down, so as not to worry about it. If the energy of the tree is exhausted, the peach blossoms will not bloom well in the coming year."

Being able to get an aunt in the compound of the deep house, even if you are honest, is limited.

Seventh Lady responded curiously, "I see."

"Actually, they are all poor and exquisite three-bedrooms!" Auntie looked at Qinghong Pavilion with nostalgia and a trace of hatred, "At that time she was favored! Even the wife dared to lose face... Master also Let her make troubles, but unfortunately, no matter how hard she makes troubles, she is still an aunt! I have to pay attention to it in such a place."

"Master is really fascinated by ghosts!" Fifth Yiniang still had lingering fears, "At that time, I was still the girl by my wife's side...Master lived in her room for four or five months in a row, and all I wanted was to give her an heir so that I could let her go." She has someone to rely on for the rest of her life. The fourth aunt and sixth aunt have to stand aside!"

The third aunt was so favored back then!
"At that time, Fifth Sister wasn't born yet, right?" Seventh Lady also expressed emotion.

The auntie sneered, "It's not just the fifth lady, there's no sign of the fourth lady..."

Both the eldest wife and the fourth aunt are still of fertile age, and both have only one daughter.

He must have regarded San Yiniang as a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh.

Compared with the bloody turmoil in the past, the current struggle in the back house is probably nothing.

"I'm afraid Seventh Lady doesn't know that Third Aunt was originally the most popular and upright official in Jiangsu and Zhejiang..." Auntie was a little embarrassed, "Oh, you are still a child, we shouldn't talk about it!"

Qin Niangzi lowered her eyes, showing a bit of shyness, "I heard that her background is not clean..."

Fifth Yiniang smiled and took Seventh Lady's hand, and the three of them walked slowly to the depths of the rockery where there are few people.

"I'm afraid that a daughter with such a family background has taken some medicine from an unknown source... Third Auntie has never given birth, and she is also very anxious." She paused, "In the back house, except for the master, she has no one who can speak well. The person who spoke, I’m afraid that’s the case, he was bored with everything, and finally became a little crazy... and did some shameful things.”

Qin Niangzi made a surprised and curious expression cooperatively.

She was also really curious.

Ability to overwhelm the eldest wife and fourth concubine, dominating the back house, it seems that the third concubine is not a simple person.

Presumably her death is also full of stories.

Fifth Yiniang was about to speak, but she closed her mouth again, showing an expression of listening.

Only then did Qiniangzi notice the sound of footsteps coming from the direction of the rockery.

Then, several people heard the laughter of the first lady, "Since I got married, the farthest road I have traveled is from this acre of field to that acre of field. I haven't climbed a rockery for a long time."

The uncle's dull voice came over, "I will take you to climb Tianmu Mountain next year."

The two aunts hurried out of the rockery with Seventh Lady, and saluted the first lady and eldest son-in-law.

"So Seventh Sister is here." Chu Niangzi's eyes lit up, "I didn't see you anywhere just now, and Sixth Sister was still talking about it."

"Eldest sister." Seventh Lady said with all manner of courtesy, "Eldest brother-in-law."

Li Yixing blushed again, unable to speak after eating and drinking.

The first lady gave him a complaining look, "Forget it, you can go back to Yu Rongyuan and rest!"

There are female relatives everywhere, and it is indeed inconvenient for the elder uncle to walk in Baifang Garden.

Li Yixing seemed to be pardoned, and while wiping the sweat from his cheeks, he hurried along the rockery to the small bamboo bridge on the Wan/Hua/ Creek.

The first lady greeted the seventh lady with a smile, "The fifth, sixth, and eighth sisters are all swinging in Xiaoxiangxue, and the third and fourth sisters are taking a boat in Wanhualiu, so you can sit on the rockery with my sister."

Seventh Lady readily obeyed, bid farewell to Da Yi Niang and Fifth Yi Niang, and followed Chu Niangzi to the rockery.

The aunt and the fifth aunt watched them enter the Siyi Pavilion, and then they looked at each other and smiled.

"The first lady is still so scheming." The auntie sighed.

Fifth Aunt hurriedly tugged on Auntie's sleeve, "You're still so careless in talking in the garden..."

The aunt was also a little scared, the two looked around for a while, seeing the passers-by, they didn't pay attention to the words of the aunt, and then walked away together.

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This time when the first lady returned to Ning, she gave the maids and mother around her a holiday. The two of them entered Siyi Pavilion, and there was no one to serve tea.

Seventh Lady had no choice but to greet the maid at the foot of the rockery casually, and asked her to send a message to the West Side Courtyard, asking Bai Lu to come into the small kitchen and bring some tea and snacks.

Chu Niangzi watched with a smile as Qiniangzi dispatched servants to entertain Qinianzi in an orderly manner.

Although there is a big difference in age, the first lady Gui Ning is a guest, and it is true that the seventh lady should settle her down.

It seems that although this child is young, he is indeed very mature in his dealings.

Bai Lu quickly brought Li Xia into Siyi Pavilion with food boxes and tea.

(End of this chapter)