The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 36

Mrs. Xu also sent the old mother and Mrs. Wang to visit the second wife three times a day.

He also sent tonics, "My cousin, my cousin is here, she is so sick that she can't even get out of bed, it's really pitiful."

The second wife had no choice but to delay for two days, and finally sent someone to hold a banquet at the second master's mansion to clean up Mrs. Xu's dust.

Now it's Mrs. Xu's turn to take Joe.

"I'll just stay in Yu Rongyuan, and I won't go anywhere!" She discussed with the eldest wife, "My cousin is in the south of the Yangtze River, and she doesn't come to say hello, but wants me to be a guest. What's the reason for that?"

With a status like Mrs. Xu's, the second wife, a wife of the Hanlin family, should come to see An, and then invite her cousin to the second master's mansion, which is in line with etiquette.

Of course her words spread, and even the mother-in-law in the Nanpian Courtyard knew about it.

The two households were originally relatives. Although they were half-divided, the family members had many contacts with each other. In less than half a day, the word spread throughout the second master's residence.

But what Mrs. Xu said is justified.

The second wife had no choice but to bear the shame and come to pay Mrs. Xu a greeting.

Coincidentally, it was the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there was no class at home school, so everyone came to say hello to the eldest wife, because it was hot, and they all came after breakfast, so they sat down a bit late.

In fact, I just want to see the second wife's jokes.

The second wife was taken into the yard by Ms. Wang and Ms. Liang. She was dressed very plainly, not at all looking like a guest. His complexion really looked like he was just recovering from a serious illness.

"I've met my cousin." Seeing Mrs. Xu, she showed a smile, and then tugged on the eighth lady beside her, "Call me."

"Third Biao Aunt." Eighth Lady bowed timidly, and then to Xu Fengjia, "I've seen my cousin."

So the second wife also sat down and talked with Mrs. Xu and the eldest wife.

Xu Fengjia stood beside the second wife, half-closed her eyes, and patrolled the room boredly.

All the daughters tensed their backs, as if they were facing an enemy.

After a few days, the mischievousness of this Young Master Biao has become well known to everyone in the Yang family.

Putting spiders in San Niangzi's drawer is no longer a big deal.

Liu Niangzi was swinging outside Xiao Xiangxue, and he watched him, stepped forward and pushed hard, and Liu Niangzi almost swung to the outside of the wall, so scared that she burst into tears on the spot.

Si Niangzi walked in Baifang Garden with her maid, and was blocked by him with a vicious dog. She was too scared to move, and she started crying at that time. Xu Fengjia felt bored, so she pulled the mastiff away.

Mrs. Xu knew about it, but she only reprimanded him, didn't say much, and acquiesced in allowing him to come and go in and out of Baifang Garden.

Now only Wu Niangzi, Qi Niangzi and Ninth Brother have not tasted his power.

Xu Fengjia looked around, her eyes fixed on Qiniangzi.

With Qin Niangzi's keenness, how could she not feel Xu Fengjia's gaze?

She remained calm.

To be honest, these tricks to scare little girls are not enough to frighten Qin Niangzi.

It's just that Xu Fengjia makes her feel very uneasy.

In his demeanor, Qin Niangzi never saw any kindness.

In modern times, I'm afraid Xu Fengjia is that kind of school bully type character!

"Second lady, take your younger siblings out to play!" The eldest wife said, "It's rare that the second wife is here, so don't go to school today."

Mrs. Xu smiled and said to the eldest wife, "I heard that Zhang Weiting's nephew is sitting in the family school. Zhang's family has been scholarly for generations. I think this nephew is also a learned man?"

It is said that Zhang Weiting is the author of "The Biography of the Sons and Daughters of Gold and Jade".

"Biography of the Sons and Daughters of Gold and Jade" was so popular in the Qin Dynasty that even the palace people rushed to read it, and even the emperor applauded it. He forgot to sleep and eat after reading it, and Zhang Weiting was recruited into the court in the name of talent.

Of course, this is just a rumor, but Zhang Weiting is indeed a great Confucian in the south of the Yangtze River, and the emperor did recruit him to serve as an official in the court, but Zhang Weiting was not summoned. He would rather die in poetry and wine in the south of the Yangtze River.

The Zhang family is also a well-known scholarly family in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Master has passed the school examination himself, and said that his knowledge is not bad, but it's a pity that he has no intention of career." The eldest wife seemed to have expected Madam Xu's meaning.

"Then let Fengjia hang around in the homeschool." Mrs. Xu looked at Xu Fengjia. "So as not to sneak around all day long, go to the house to expose the tiles, and cause trouble for the fourth sister."

Xu Fengjia made such a big commotion, and Mrs. Xu said it was just an understatement to cause trouble.

"Not to mention causing trouble!" The eldest lady gave Xu Fengjia a loving look, "They are all her own children, but Fengjia will live in the south of the Yangtze River for a while, and it is really difficult to let go of her studies. I will ask the master to tell Mr. Zhang , let's go to school with Brother Jiu from tomorrow!"

The second lady took the hand of the eighth lady and led a group of daughters out of the main house.

"The weather is very hot!" The third lady opened her mouth first, the smile on her round face was so tight that it seemed to be about to break, "The fourth lady and I will go back to rest first." Pulling Fourth Lady, the two hurriedly left the crowd.

Sixth Lady took a look at Xu Fengjia, then teased Seventh Lady.

"Are you going to play in Xiaoxiangxue?" She timidly hid her body behind Seventh Lady.

Qin Niangzi received Xu Fengjia's nonchalant eyes.

Looks like it's her turn?

"You take Ba Niangzi to Xiaoxiangxue to play on the swing." She had no intention of entering Baifang Garden with Liu Niangzi.

Six Lady was always afraid of Xu Fengjia.

In case young master Biao followed behind and something happened again, it would be bad to scare her.

Sixth Lady beckoned to Eighth Lady, "Follow Sixth Sister to Xiaoxiangxue to eat plums."

Ba Niangzi was timidly led by the maid to Liu Niangzi's side.

The fifth lady took the second lady and the ninth brother to play in the eastern courtyard.

"Seventh Sister is coming too!" Second Lady waved to Seventh Lady.

Seventh Lady could only smile apologetically at Fifth Lady, and stood beside Second Lady.

Fifth Lady didn't show obvious displeasure either.

It's not easy to hate someone like Qin Niangzi.

"Cousin, come too!" She tugged at Xu Fengjia's sleeve.

Xu Fengjia had already turned and walked away, but now she turned around helplessly and followed behind everyone.

There are a lot of gadgets in the east side courtyard, Wu Niangzi took Brother Jiu to build blocks, and then asked Xu Fengjia, "Cousin is also coming to play?"

Xu Fengjia actually picked up the building blocks and fiddled with them, although every move was boring.

Qin Niangzi saw it in her eyes, but she was amazed.

Xu Fengjia was really kind to Fifth Lady.

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The sons and daughters have all dispersed, and only the eldest wife and sisters are left in the house.

The smile on Mrs. Xu's face slowly faded.

The old mother and Wang's mother exchanged glances, and they stepped forward and closed the door of the main house.

It was dark in the room.

Mrs. Xu stood up and slapped the second wife's face with a backhand.

The second wife was whipped so that she turned half of her body and leaned on the back of the chair, unable to make a sound for a while.

Immediately, clear fingerprints appeared on her face.

There was a trace of distinct joy and pleasure in the eyes of the eldest wife, she lowered her head and took a sip of tea, only then did the second wife recover, she stroked her face and remained silent.

"Thinking of how many immoral things you have done in the past few years in Jiangnan, I can't sleep!" Mrs. Xu's face was cold, her tone was like ice.

Mama Wang and Mama Liang looked at each other, feeling the fear in their hearts.

The old mother still had a solemn face, and stood behind Mrs. Xu, looking at her nose and heart, and became the door god.

Mama Wang and Mama Liang quickly followed suit.

"Third cousin..." The second wife just opened her mouth, and Madam Xu slapped her on the face again.

The burning pain and humiliation turned into tears in her eyes.

"You still know that I am your cousin?" Mrs. Xu shouted, "Kneel down!"

The eldest wife couldn't help being startled.

The habit she has developed over the years makes her open her mouth and relax her cheeks.

"Three sisters..."

Mrs. Xu cast a sideways glance over.

His eyes were colder than ice.

The eldest lady swallowed what she was about to say. .

"You don't kneel now, do you want to wait until I report to the patriarch, open the ancestral hall, and remove you from the genealogy?" Mrs. Xu laughed back angrily. "Okay, okay, Wang Xingai, you have always been courageous. In front of me, you still dare to cheat and show off your brazenness. I will let you know what pain is!"

If things get so bad that the patriarch is reported, the ancestral hall is opened, and the second wife is removed from the genealogy, the Yang family will not have much respect, but the second wife and her children will have no foothold in the Yang family in the future.

The second wife burst into tears and knelt down slowly.

The blue brick floor is hard and cold.

"Since I was a child, I have regarded you as my own sister. Seeing that you lost your mother at a young age, and you are not close to your stepmother. You have always had a fourth sister, and you will never lose one." Mrs. Xu became more and more angry, "19 I haven't talked about getting married when I was old. I wrote a letter to my fourth sister and asked her to come forward to protect the matchmaker and marry you to the Yang family. My sister-in-law is the big matchmaker. Sad... all my painstaking efforts are devoted to the dog, and the dog knows how to wag its head and tail at me and show me a lot of flattery!"

"Third cousin!" The second wife choked up and called out.

"A few years ago, I told your fourth cousin that it was a good thing that I married you into the Yang family... Both of them are family members who know everything about themselves, the uncle who raised them with their own hands, and the cousin I kissed, the two families will definitely work together... Look at what is happening now? Wang Xing'ai, ask yourself, do you still have a conscience, are you still a person?" Mrs. Xu grabbed the tea bowl and threw it on the second wife, everyone exclaimed In the middle, the tea bowl fell to the ground with the tip of the second wife's hair, but the tea spilled on the second wife's face.

The eldest lady couldn't sit still anymore.

"Three sisters..."

Mrs. Xu let out a cold snort, and slowly sat down again.

"Your fourth cousin is a kind-hearted person." She blew on her delicate jade hands, and her tone slowly calmed down. What kind of resentment is born... But you are so stupid! Made a wedding dress for someone else!"

The second wife showed a little confusion.

From just now until now, she has not spoken.

He just didn't want to be charged with murdering his nephew.

After this recognition, he will be under the control of the eldest wife for the rest of his life.

Madam Xu is angry, she can bear it, anyway, she will return to Beijing sooner or later.Being humiliated is nothing.

But these words made the second wife panic from the bottom of her heart.

"Third cousin, what you said..."

The eldest lady smiled slightly, and said softly, "My brothers and sisters don't know, has Aunt Xiang, who is next to my uncle, been favored in recent years? When the tenth lady came to see me, she was surrounded by more than ten maids. A nephew, there is no such pomp."

The second wife immediately lost her composure.

"Yang Haixi, how dare you!" She half raised her body and was about to roar.

Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Xu looked at each other and laughed.

Mrs. Xu took a sip of tea calmly and did not speak.

The second wife was dripping with cold sweat.

It was she who got into a dead end.

I only knew that the second master was looking at the big house's furniture, but I didn't expect that Aunt Xiang was that bitch!

It's still that she doesn't have a son.

If there is a concubine...

"If Aunt Xiang has a concubine, don't you have to guard against Aunt Xiang just like Fourth Sister guarded against you?" Mrs. Xu's voice was tinged with sarcasm.

You can still see through her mind at a glance...

The second wife suddenly felt that she was worth kneeling!

"Sister-in-law, I'm obsessed with ghosts!" She walked up to the wife's side and hugged her calf, "I'm obsessed with ghosts! Sister-in-law, don't argue with me!"

Both Mama Wang and Mama Liang were a little surprised.

The second wife's attitude changed too quickly.

The eldest wife is sharp-hearted.

Aunt Xiang from the second bedroom has always been very favored. The second master went to Beijing to be an official, but left the second wife in Suzhou. On the one hand, it was out of the ninth brother's idea, and on the other hand, he didn't want the second wife to be an eyesore by his side.

Aunt Xiang is not living up to her expectations and has no son yet.

Otherwise, there would be no room for the second wife in the second bedroom.

A woman does not have the favor of her husband, and relies on her natal family—the second wife's natal family is not close to her.

She should have been rushing to curry favor with the eldest wife.

Unexpectedly, he was fascinated by the beautiful flowers of the previous years, and he was thinking about adopting, wanting to repeat the beauty of the eldest wife who came to please her a few years ago...

Sometimes it takes an outsider like Mrs. Xu to wake up the second wife's dream.

The second wife was able to bend and stretch, and when she woke up, she grasped the crux of the problem.

Whether or not to help her now depends on how happy the eldest wife is.

Mother Wang looked at Madam Xu with admiration written in her eyes.

For a real master, one sword can seal the world.

"You only know you regret it now?" Mrs. Xu sneered again. "If I hadn't heard from Simei, I wouldn't have believed it! Although you weren't smart when you were young, you were honest and honest. How did you become what you are now? You only quarrel with your closest relatives. You have tricks, don't you?" The concubine who went to my own room was sent to my sister-in-law!"

The second wife bowed her head in shame, with regret written all over her face.

Mrs. Xu eased her tone, "Xiufei, you can figure it out."

Xiufei is the maiden name of the eldest wife.

The eldest wife looked at the second wife and almost laughed from the bottom of her heart.

The third sister is worthy of being the third sister, and once she made a move, she untied this knot.

"They're all my sisters, so there's nothing to worry about." She said kindly, "Sisters and brothers, get up quickly."

The second wife wiped her tears, but did not get up, "I have no face to sit on an equal footing with my sister-in-law."

It's also fortunate that she can let go of her figure.

The eldest lady laughed again, "Get up."

Mrs. Xu saw it, shook her head and sighed inwardly.

Xiufei was spoiled and spoiled since she was a child. She has never experienced wind and rain, so she can't let go of her airs and face.

In this regard, she is inferior to the second wife.

Living at home, sometimes you can't save your face!

If you want face, you have to slap your face swollen to pretend to be fat, and swallow the bitterness to your heart!
Thinking that the eldest wife has not been far or close to the Qin family all these years, her eyes became even more misty.

Still angry with Master Qin, blaming him for marrying himself into the Yang family...

Alas, it's no wonder she has hatred in her heart.

The appearance of the Yang family is really too corrupt.

On the surface it looks glamorous, but in private, counting from Yang Haidong onwards, there is not a single good person in the whole house!
I thought that sending my cousin to be my sister-in-law would give her a boost, but I didn't expect that it was this cousin who kept tripping her up!

Mrs. Xu looked at the second wife with cold eyes again.

(End of this chapter)