The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 79

The eldest lady was stunned.

The most taboo thing about proposing marriage is face-to-face gong and face-to-face drumming.

At this moment, the eldest wife has not yet considered the pros and cons of this marriage.

But Mrs. Li is sitting opposite, yes or no, she has to bring out a charter.

The eldest lady had no choice but to smile and said, "How can a good boy like Shishilang be cheap!" After thinking for a while, she said slowly, "It's just that there are four older sisters in front of Xiaoqi who haven't talked about their relationship. It's not good at all." Make an appointment with her first."

Mrs. Li hurriedly said, "I'm actually impatient!"

Families like the Yang family and the Li family also pay attention to the order of the relationship.

There are still a few concubines in front of Shishilang who haven't talked about marriage, not to mention Shilang, who is 16 years old and hasn't talked about marriage yet.

The eldest wife pushed the boat along, "Let's talk about it in a few years, Xiaoqi is still a little younger this year after all."

Mrs. Li and the eldest wife sighed, "It's not easy to tell your children a happy marriage right now. You have to be of the same family, and you have to be of the same appearance... How can there be such an easy marriage. Our fourth child is eighteen this year. Didn't you also delay not talking about marriage?"

The two wives set up another Longmen formation, and Mrs. Li got up to leave and went back to the guest room to rest.

The eldest lady leaned against the window and meditated.

Mama Liang brought a small bowl of chicken blood into the house herself, "Madam, don't just be lost in thought—let's use a few mouthfuls of bird's nest first."

The eldest wife half-bowed, took the small bowl and stirred the sugar water in the bowl. "This Mrs. Li is interesting."

Mama Liang didn't wait in front of the eldest lady, and she didn't know what the eldest lady meant, so she answered yes with hesitation.

The eldest lady smiled and said what Mrs. Li meant.

"This Mrs. Li is really scheming..." Mama Liang also praised.

Although Eleven Lang is a legitimate son, he can't keep up with Dalang and Saburo from his original partner, no matter in terms of age or the origin of his first mother.

Over the years, I have gotten closer to Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li told him that the concubine of the Yang family could bring the relationship between the Yang family and the Li family closer, win Shi Shi Lang over, and suppress the influence of Da Lang and San Lang invisibly.

After all, Mr. Yang has been Mr. Li's immediate boss for many years. If Seventh Lady really married into the Li family, Eleven Lang will always be more valued by Mr. Li.

But Seventh Lady is a concubine... In the future, Mrs. Li will not have to worry about it, and she will naturally be able to say a better marriage for Twelve Lang.

"This is a move that kills three birds with one stone." The eldest wife said with emotion.

Liang's mother couldn't help being a little curious, "Then you see, is this a response or..."

The eldest lady smiled and waved her hands. "Seventh Lady is not my own, and the marriage is not good, so why don't you ask her what she thinks... Besides, there are so many older sisters ahead, and now that Third Lady's marriage has not yet been decided, why are you in such a hurry?"

He felt a little regretful, "I knew I would have mentioned it earlier, but I think Shiro of the Li family is pretty good, and he is not far from the third lady in age, so he is a good match for the third lady."

Speaking of which, Li Silang's third wife is three years old, not far behind in age.

Aunt Cui, the biological mother, was doing the housework of the Li family, so she was naturally a celebrity in front of Master Li's eyes. Shiro himself could not be said to be uneducated, and he was admitted to Juren at a young age.

However, it is not good at all...

Liang's mother also laughed, "You have a good idea, and you should have forgotten about the third lady! Li Silang is also an excellent young man, and he is also close to Dalang and Sanlang, and the master can't find any faults. !"

The eldest lady hummed, and pushed the small chicken blood red bowl aside, "I'm a little tired after socializing with Mrs. Li for a long time. You go down, after dinner, let Seventh Lady stay with me to talk."

Mother Liang smiled and agreed.

Over the past few years, the eldest wife has always thought of asking Qin Niangzi first when encountering problems.

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After dinner, Seventh Lady really stayed.

She was already familiar with it, and she lost a lot of unnecessary politeness. After sitting down under the eldest wife, Seventh Lady stared at the eldest wife with a questioning look.

The eldest lady couldn't help smiling: this seventh lady, sometimes she is so old-fashioned, almost as good as a first-time lady, and sometimes she is so childish.

She added and subtracted, and told Seventh Lady that she wanted to betroth Third Lady to Li Silang.

But he didn't mention Eleven Lang.

Seventh Lady couldn't help hesitating.

Li Silang's name is indeed well-known throughout Suzhou, at least Seventh Lady also knows it.

Li Silang is also a handsome young man this year, he is good at everything, even his literary talent is better than Dalang and Saburo, is it because of his personality, a little weird.

Daqin can't help masculinity, especially in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian. It's not surprising that a handsome young man has several same-sex lovers.Qin Niangzi herself has no discrimination against homosexual love.

However, Li Silang's love history is somewhat vigorous.He has maintained a stable love relationship with a young man in Nanfeng Pavilion for three or four years, and Ye Chuzhai's Xiaoyu belongs to Li Silang, which is known to everyone in Suzhou City.

In the past three or four years, Li Silang has fought seven or eight fights for Xiaoyu, and offended eight or nine dudes from official families. It doesn't matter if you can't get out of bed... Li Silang just can't do without that young lady.

Apart from this point, he is indeed an ideal marriage partner, of course, the premise is that his wife can bear that Li Silang will always have a man in his heart.

Still a legendary good-looking man.

Seventh Lady was speechless when she thought of Third Lady's round face.

"It's a good candidate!" She thought about her words, "However, the relationship between the Li family and our family is too close, I am afraid that Li Silang is also worried about his father, so he will not do anything out of the ordinary in the first two years. "

The eldest wife just wanted to torment the third lady, if Li Silang didn't dare to torment, she would be disappointed.

The eldest wife was a little amused, "You're still young after all, don't care if he's in the first two years or not... In her heart, this woman never likes to see her husband promiscuous outside."

Seven Lady also felt that she had made a slip of the tongue.

Although the eldest wife didn't shy away from her desire to torment the third lady, she couldn't give her advice along this line of thinking.

"Mrs. Li, I'm afraid she won't be willing?" She changed her mind. "Although Xiaoqi is not very clear about the Li family's affairs, but just seeing that Shiro is not around Mrs. Li, he knows..."

The eldest lady showed a pensive look.

No matter how bad the relationship between the third lady and the eldest wife is, she is also the daughter of the Yang family.

Whoever marries the daughter of the Yang family will naturally have a certain advantage in the Li family... Li Silang is also a concubine, and he is worried that he does not have a strong wife to support him.

Mrs. Li probably wouldn't be happy to see another older son grow up.

She looked at Qin Niangzi with a gentle look in her eyes, "It's Xiaoqi who can see clearly."

Seventh Lady secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although she can't play a good role in San Niangzi's marriage, at least it can prevent San Niangzi from marrying such a man... who was born in the wrong era.

"Let's see." The eldest wife was noncommittal, "The Li family wants to marry our family, so they can only choose one of the third lady and the fourth lady."

The fifth lady is the daughter of the first wife, with a noble status, so naturally she will not marry lowly.

Her in-law's family, no matter what, must be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Dingguo Hou Sun's family.Although the Li family is prominent, it is still a few grades behind the old powerful and powerful like the Sun family.

Seventh Lady mentioned Eleventh Lang's specialness to Sixth Lady, "...it's really interesting, Fifth Sister joked about him a few words, and then avoided it..."

The eldest lady couldn't help laughing. "Eleventh Lang and Sixth Lady? This is not acceptable."

Qin Niangzi was a little confused, she looked at the eldest wife and said nothing.

Seeing Qin Niangzi's ignorant face, the eldest lady couldn't help laughing.

"This is all for later." After laughing, he found an excuse to perfunctory, "The Li family is not the only one who wants to marry our family. This Gui family is still hanging there... Sigh, if you want It’s not that the northwest is too desolate, I want to marry Wu Niangzi.”

Seventh Lady had no choice but to laugh along with her.

But I still have some doubts in my heart: Is the pairing of Eleven Lang and Liu Niangzi so unbelievable?
The eldest wife laughed too exaggeratedly...

Is there anything here that I don't know about?
The eldest wife had already talked about other things, and Qin Niangzi had no choice but to calm down and joke with the eldest wife.

In all fairness, serving the eldest wife these past few years has not been as painful as Qin Niangzi thought.

Although the eldest wife is petty and suspicious, she is from an official family after all, and she is well-informed. Whether it is politics, military affairs, or personnel affairs, she has her own set of views.

As long as there is no conflict of interest, most of her opinions are quite pertinent. Usually, it is Qin Niangzi who benefits a lot from discussions with Qin Niangzi.

After the entertainment with the eldest lady, Qin Niangzi went back to the house.

Fifth Lady and Sixth Lady sat by the window and muttered, but they didn't know what they were talking about.

Seeing Seventh Lady come in, both of them laughed.

"Madam asked you to stay, did you ask about your Li family's marriage?" Sixth Lady asked impatiently.

Fifth Lady was so angry that she slapped Sixth Lady's forehead, "Silly girl, why did you open your mouth to ask?"

Seventh Lady couldn't help being surprised.

The marriage of the third lady is just an idea of ​​the eldest wife.It hasn't come true yet... It's fine for Fifth Lady to know, but why does Sixth Lady seem to know everything well?

Seeing the astonishment on Seventh Lady's face, Fifth Lady also became complacent. She didn't care about blaming Sixth Lady, and revealed her hole card by herself.

"Didn't you think so? Gu Yu just listened to a few words... Ask Mother Liang again, what else is unclear? What do you mean? Let me tell you, although the Li family is good, there are more people after all. , if it were me, I would not marry!"

Liu Niangzi didn't think so, "Brother Eleven has a very good personality after all!"

Qin Niangzi thought of the inexplicable smile of the eldest lady.

She suddenly understood.

Seventh Lady still recognizes Eleven Lang's character.

But the Li family is by no means an ideal living environment.Even more sinister than the Yang family.

In addition to the romantic master, powerful wife, and countless concubines, there are more than a dozen young masters with different thoughts and abilities!

"...My mother didn't tell me about this! Don't talk nonsense!"

She couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

The fifth lady and the sixth lady were even more happy and quickly turned their backs.

"Who is talking nonsense to you!"

"Mother Liang told us everything..."

All night, they just patronized bickering.

When it was time to go to bed, the two elder sisters let Qiniangzi go.

The sixth lady was timid, so the seventh lady lived in the big room with her and gave up the single room to the fifth lady.

After the two of them washed up and went to bed, Seventh Lady gently asked Sixth Lady, "Is it true about the marriage?"

Liu Niangzi's voice was very cheerful, "Mmm! I really don't lie to you! Gu Yu heard a few words and came back and told us... We went to ask Mama Liang in person! It's all true!"

For some reason, Seventh Lady felt a little guilty.

"I...I won't agree!" She promised Liu Niangzi. "Besides, I'm afraid mother has no intention of agreeing..."

Sisters seldom marry into the same family.

Since the eldest wife wants to marry the third lady to the Li family, she will definitely not consider herself.

Seventh Lady couldn't help feeling annoyed secretly.

Helping the third lady to talk was just giving her a hand, but I didn't expect that it would drag me down instead.

Six Niangzi giggled.

"What are you talking about!" She seemed to be amused by Seventh Lady, "Who cares about this...Silly boy, do you really think I like Brother Eleven?"

Seventh Lady was startled.

Over the past few years, she has gotten to know Liu Niangzi very well...

If Liu Niangzi didn't like Shi Shilang, why did she talk to him about entering Hong Kong like that?
There are some things that you can only hide from yourself, not from others.

She said "Oh?" softly.

"Didn't I tell you?" Liu Niangzi simply lay down on the pillow and propped herself up, "My husband-in-law in the future must be majestic and capable... After I marry, I don't have to please anyone! Only People want to please me..."

Seventh Lady smiled in response to her, "You are right, I forgot."

"That's right!" Sixth Lady quickly responded, "Although Eleventh Brother is good, Fifth Sister is right! There are no less messes in the family than ours... and there is no mother... I see, You are absolutely right not to agree. You are supported by the main courtyard. With our family status, what kind of family will you find in the future? Brother Eleven is good, but he is still not worthy of you!"

In just a few words, two elder brothers from the eleventh generation came, not bad...

Alas, Liu Niangzi's status as a concubine is one level lower than her own.

Even if she wanted to marry, it would depend on whether the Li family liked her or not.

Seventh Lady just laughed, "What you said is true, what you said is true, go to sleep."

Liu Niangzi smiled and said, "Then I'm going to sleep!" She turned over and lay down, pulling the quilt over her head.

Seventh Lady was also thinking about something, and she fell asleep after thinking about it in the middle of the night.

Woke up the next day with stuffy nose and tinnitus.

In ancient times, the medical conditions were not good, and even a small illness could lead to a long-term illness.

The eldest lady was very nervous, so she quickly ordered stewed ginger soup for Qiniangzi to drink, and then asked people to come down the mountain to ask for a doctor.

Not long after, Liang's mother brought people back.

"Just arrived at the foot of the mountain, and met Mr. Zhang. Mr. Zhang brought a few young and handsome men, and wanted to go up the mountain to visit the plum forest... The servant girl made her own decision, so she agreed."

The eldest lady didn't have another word.

With the friendship between the Eldest Master and Mr. Zhang, of course the hilltop of the Yang family is open to Zhang Weiting at any time.

"It just happened to mention Seventh Lady's illness, so Mr. Zhang invited the second young master Quan who accompanied him to come and treat Seventh Lady." Liang's mother smiled, "I was afraid that Guangfu's doctor's skills were not good enough, which would delay her illness...it's a coincidence! The second young master sent someone back to get the medicine box, and he will be here in a while!"

The eldest wife had no choice but to accept Mr. Zhang's kindness, and asked someone to go outside to draw a curtain so that the female relatives could avoid it.

Mrs. Li and the eldest wife discussed, "It is said that the little genius doctor of the Quan family has the appearance of Pan An Songyu, so I will see it now."

Sixth Lady lay down next to Seventh Lady's pillow, and told Seventh Lady what Mrs. Liang and Mrs. Li had said.

"When Second Young Master Quan came to our house last time, I didn't see it. This time, I'll hide behind the screen and take a look."

Looking at the young talents behind the screen is a rare pleasure for the ladies of Daqin.

Seventh Lady has no intention of talking to Sixth Lady.

My heart is full of the words of Liang's mother: Mr. Zhang has brought a few young and handsome people, and wants to go up the mountain to visit Meilin.

Feng Jinke is also young and handsome, and Mr. Zhang's apprentice...

(End of this chapter)