Concubine Survival Guide

Today's wind is very quiet, with a dull sandalwood fragrance, just like the big incense burner on the incense stand that forgot to add incense and is about to burn out.

Sheng Yan was so quiet that he felt a little more surprised, strange, why did someone forget to add incense?

Don't think it's a trivial matter, if the eldest lady finds out, she will definitely raise her long slender eyebrows and punish the maidservants to kneel down in a long row.No matter if it is an ordinary, close-fitting, or common room maid, she has to kneel down to receive the punishment, and kneel down to the steps of the front hall.

The pomp and circumstance in the backyard of the eldest lady of the Long family has never been small.Not only the aunts are afraid of her, but the older brothers are also afraid of her.So every time he saw the eldest lady discipline the backyard from a distance, as the son of an unpopular aunt, Sheng Yan would hide far away.

But is today a special day?Why did the eldest lady send a personal mother-in-law to pass the word, asking him to go to the front.Earlier, I was talking about a place called Fenxiangtai. The place is very large and majestic, and it looks a bit like a palace from the outside.

When Sheng Yan first learned how to read, she pronounced these three characters as Lin Hekou. When the third aunt who was passing by heard this, she covered her stomach and laughed all the way.At that time, Si Yiniang hurriedly pulled him to the side, although Sheng Yan didn't understand why he had to retreat, but he also knew that he had made Si Yiniang embarrassed, and embarrassment in Long's house depends on the face of others.

He firmly remembered this point.

Sheng Yan tilted her little head and thought for a long time, but she still didn't dare to see the eldest lady, and turned around in embarrassment to run away, but the nanny pulled him tightly, and there was still a bit of panic in her voice.Ever since the fourth aunt died, Sheng Yan was most afraid of this kind of voice. When the nanny called him with a trembling voice, he could only raise his round face listlessly and follow obediently.

The nanny led him through the corridor of red bricks and ran to the incense stand.As soon as he walked around the incense stand, Sheng Yan blinked his pretty phoenix eyes, and caught a glimpse of several mothers dressed in the same clothes running towards the same direction, with panicked expressions on their faces.

I felt that my little hand was being held tighter by Qin's mother.

Along the way, because the hem of his clothes was too long, Sheng Yan tripped several times and almost fell down.In order not to be embarrassing, he had to keep lifting the hem of his clothes while running, and his little face was flushed red because of this.

After running for a while in a hurry, Sheng Yan realized that something was wrong, these people could not all be called by the Da Furen to go forward.Although he is only eight years old, he still knows some things.For example, I was born in not an ordinary family, but the Long family, a century-old wealthy family in Yongjia, the most prestigious family!As long as the common people mention it, they will be extremely envious and give a few words of praise.

Also, the hereditary and hereditary Rongyonghou salary, how much virtue must be accumulated by the ancestors to get this kind of glory.

Therefore, there are many rules in the house, no matter which housemaids or maids, even the last servants, never dare to run around in the house.But running so anxiously today, something must have happened.

Taking a peek at Qin's mother's anxious and serious face, Sheng Yan unconsciously bit her thin lips until they turned purple.

I hope that no matter what happens, the Elder Master will not be angry.

The elder is his biological father, who should be called "Daddy" by him, but Sheng Yan is very unfamiliar with this title, except for calling it once through the screen, he has never called it again.What was strange to him was that the nanny would pat him on the back and sigh every time he called him Grand Master in private.

In fact, he didn't want the elder to come to see him, because he couldn't even call him daddy, so what if something happened to him?Now no one took his hand and stepped aside.

As he was walking, Sheng Yan suddenly remembered that he had just offended Second Aunt yesterday, since today is a big event, maybe it is inevitable to meet up, and he should find a chance to make amends, anyway, she belongs to Third Brother Mother, even if he speaks a little bit harshly, he should not reject the box of aloes that was in the same box as the dowry of Fourth Aunt before she passed away.

He's just a bastard, the son of the most unfavorable fourth aunt.Sheng Yan could clearly hear what Second Aunt's accompanying maid Xiao Xi secretly said to the other women.

Following the nanny around the corridor, to the front of Zhuluan Courtyard, Sheng Yan saw a group of maids standing under the enchanting peach trees outside the courtyard, they gathered together, almost smashing the gate of the courtyard.

Sheng Yan's ears are naturally pointed, and when she turned her ear, she heard a maid from who knows which room sighed.The maidservants at the side also looked in anxiously, discussing in low voices, but they didn't dare to take a step beyond the courtyard gate.There were also a few maidservants who secretly wiped away their tears.They also said that it was a pity, that the elder was very angry, that the second aunt fainted several times from crying, etc...

From the outside, Mother Yan saw Mother Qin coming with Shengyan, walked over quickly, gave him a slight salute, and called "Ten Young Masters".Then he straightened up immediately, frowned and scolded Qin's mother, saying that she shouldn't have picked it up at this time and led people over.

"Something happened in the yard, Second Auntie just died from crying, the Eldest Master and the Eldest Madam are here, if we meet..." She paused, her eyes were disdainful, "Maybe she will bleed out of anger Come!"

She squinted at herself openly and secretly, who was she talking about if she wasn't herself?Sheng Yan raised her head uneasily, then tiptoed to poke inside——

Which brother has something wrong?

He tugged Qin's mother's hand anxiously, wanting to ask.But Qin's mother gave him a gloomy look, raised her hand to cover his mouth, and shook her head.

Sheng Yan immediately understood, it seems that this is not something he can ask.

After a long reprimand, Mama Yan asked Mama Qin and Sheng Yan to wait aside, turned around and walked into the yard.Coughing at the other end, the group of maidservants quickly dispersed to make way for her.Look, even though they are also servants, as long as they are in front of the eldest lady, they are more honorable than the young masters and ladies in the side room.

When Sheng Yan looked at Mother Qin's eyes, she felt a little more pitiful.Thinking of myself again, my nose is a little sore.

He is young and knows limited things, but he always listens to the old woman gossiping under his mother's room, saying how hierarchical the Long family is, how noble the main house is, and often speaks ill of those favored women behind his back, full of words. jealous.This Yan's mother was the most scolded behind the scenes, saying how arrogant she was, how she was full of the air of a noble family.

Sheng Yan thought, in fact, she is nothing special, but she is lucky to rely on the name of the main house.My mother once said that mothers-in-law and maidservants are all slaves, no matter how powerful they are, they are all bullshit, nothing to be afraid of!He is in this family, but he is a serious young master!

After waiting for more than half an hour, with waves of people coming in and out, Sheng Yan still didn't know what happened.Only intermittent and indistinct whimpers and cries could be heard, from far to near, like a kite that had broken free from its string.

After shedding Qin's mother's hand, Sheng Yan found a clean stone bench and sat on it. His fine eyelashes cast shadows on his fair face, and the bangs on his forehead fell slightly, revealing a mole on the tip of his left eyebrow.

This mole is very small, with a little reddish color, it doesn't show much if you don't look closely.

After a while, several servant girls came in and out with hot water and handkerchiefs.The housekeeper, Uncle Lin, brought three or four doctors over, and they never came out once they went in.

One of the doctors, Sheng Yan, recognized him. He brought two medicine boys with him. He was the most famous old imperial doctor in Yongjia City who retired from the imperial hospital. Once he came to treat the fourth brother, and he saw it in the dark.The nanny said that any disciple of aristocratic families in Yongjia City, if they have a headache, they are willing to invite him with a lot of money.Now that even he has come, it can be seen that the person lying in it is really someone whom the Elder Master attaches great importance to... Could it be the third brother?

Several elder brothers lived in this courtyard together, but they are all standing outside the courtyard now, except for the third elder brother...

Sheng Yan pinched her fingers uneasily, clasped her nails habitually, took a few deep breaths, and finally calmed down a little.After a while, he was stunned by a sudden cry.

Everyone saw a maidservant in a brocade green dress stumbling out with a bloody dress in her arms.The clothes were sprinkled with bright red blood clots, which were full of rich black, smudged with a large black and red and magnificent color.

Anyone who doesn't understand medical theory can tell that the blood is poisonous, and it's not an ordinary poison.

Immediately, a shrill cry crossed the sky and firmly nailed Sheng Yan to the ground.

"Xi'er, my son—"

This shrill cry was like a flood, instantly destroying the entire Zhuluan Courtyard, and the peach blossoms, bamboo branches, and red and white walls in front of Sheng Yan's eyes gradually shook.

All the women and maids fell to their knees one after another, bowing their heads and weeping.Sobbing and sobbing, no one could utter a word.

Shocked by the battle, Sheng Yan hurried to the nanny, but unexpectedly tripped over a stone and fell directly at Qin's mother's feet.He was dazzled by the splashed dust, and before he had time to get up, he pulled at the hem of her skirt and asked stammeringly, "Nurse, who are they crying... who is Second Aunt crying... who is crying?"

Tell me, it can't be the third brother, right? !

The day before yesterday, he came to me secretly and stuffed a bag of good snow and mist new leaves from Yuntai Mountain.The day before yesterday, he even praised my handwriting for better, not bad at all!So, it can't be him... It must not be him who Second Aunt cried!He is the third elder brother who father loves the most, the third elder brother who caught Ambergris right from birth!

But why, that dress is his!

Qin's mother squatted down, hugged Sheng Yan tightly, and repeated only one sentence over and over again: "Later, if the elder asks you, no matter what you are asked, you will say that you don't know! Do you know?"

"Why?" Sheng Yan vigorously wiped the tears that were falling from the nanny's face.

What will the elder ask him again?From his birth to the present, his father has never spoken a word to him.Even when Fourth Aunt passed away, she never came to see her.

Qin's mother wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, then gave him a few more instructions, patted the skirt of her skirt and knelt up straight.When she faced her, she saw the Elder Master rushing out from the pavilion, holding the family law, and the Second Concubine, who was barely supported by two maidservants.The second aunt had already been crying, her face was full of make-up, her cheeks were full of red teardrops.

The elder stepped forward, raised his hand and slapped Qin's mother hard to the ground. "Last night, were you the one who gave the fragrant pills to Xi'er?" He asked.

Qin's mother lay on the ground, panting, and replied, "It's a slave."

"You dare to send incense to the young master's room that has not been inspected in the warehouse? You, you... this is intentional to kill Xi'er! Come on, come on, beat her to death, kill her!"

The old man showed his blue veins, and shouted out of breath, and while shouting, he greeted her with the barbed and short thorns.

Sheng Yan was stunned, and didn't know how to dodge, so he was hit by several guards holding sticks on the bluestone slab.In an instant, he felt cold sweat from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, and the coldness from his inner clothes to his boots and socks.

The brothers all turned their heads away, unable to bear to watch this scene.But no one came to cover Sheng Yan's wide-open eyes, so he just sat on the ground in a daze, watching Qin's mother lying in a pool of blood, with thin blood dripping from the corner of her mouth, her forehead and temples turned outward.

The stick didn't stop, neither did Second Auntie's crying.

"Third Brother... Nanny, Nanny..." He muttered and repeated, but no one around heard him crying like a kitten, and no one looked down at him and helped him up.And no one came over to tell him whether the third elder brother Long Bixi was really dead; no one told her why her father shot his nanny on the spot.

When he came to this world, the first person who gave him warmth and a smile was the nanny.And the first person who reached out to him to teach him to read, write, and identify spices was the third brother.However, these two people died in front of his eyes on the same day!

Sheng Yan suddenly wanted to cry, but stepping on the bluestone slabs that were quickly cleaned up under his feet, looking at the little blood stains seeping into the soil in the gaps, he got up in a daze, and returned to the long-term room in Mianxiang Tower. The forgotten room...does nothing.

He finally knew how despicable the tears of a bastard are.

Sheng Yan lay on the cold bed, tossed and turned all night, his heart felt as if it had been drenched in autumn rain, and he forgot to close the window in a trance.He only knew that he was holding tightly the Pisces jade pendant given to him by the third brother, until his arms froze, and then he slowly let go.

He turned to the back of the jade pendant, and saw a line of words carved in small seal script: "Saliva on Pipa Leaf, Xiangbi", which was carved by the third brother himself after a few nights.When the third brother was born, the eminent monk of Puhua Temple approved a hexagram for him, just such a sentence.

I heard that the elder had a big banquet at that time to celebrate the birth of a rare talent in the Long family.After he grasped Zhou, he even held it in the palm of his hand. When he was five years old, he gave him a piece of ambergris as thick as a finger.

When he was seven years old, the Elder Master went to Beijing and received a gold-plated unicorn incense burner from the imperial court, and gave it to his third brother when he returned home.Even the elder brother and the second elder brother who were the eldest son did not receive this kind of favor.The third elder brother was in the Long family, and he really doted on Jiaoer in every possible way, a handsome young man of gold and purple.

Who knew... just after his tenth birthday last month, he left.Died in the early days of Guanghua.

Sheng Yan felt suffocated in his heart, he didn't know anything if he didn't want to, and he couldn't do anything if he didn't want to.

Putting on the thin-faced boots, Sheng Yan walked towards the backyard under the bleak moonlight.Stepping through the small door with crumbling red paint, it is the residence of the servants in the house, and then you enter a larger remote area, which is the butler's private courtyard.

At this time, it was getting darker and the dew was heavy, and there was no one in the middle of the night. He walked to the window in the cool mist, hesitated for a moment, took out a gorgon seed-sized, earth-colored incense pill from his pocket, and crushed some of it on his fingertips. , flicked lightly, and bounced from the half-open window into the incense burner not far away.

This is a sweet pill that he secretly hid, a star that can induce deep sleep.

About half an hour later, Sheng Yan opened the window and crept in.Slowly groping to the side of the bed, he reached out and groped around the butler's pillow.

Hearing the butler's steady breathing, Sheng Yan's trembling hands stabilized slightly, and continued to grope carefully, from the butler's pillow to his clothes and shoes.

A quarter of an hour later, he let go of his hand dripping with sweat, and a cold light of grief and indignation burst out from his eyes.Why not?What about the emerald pendant he stole from the nanny a few days ago?

This is the only valuable burial that can be buried for the nanny... Sheng Yan returned to the room in a daze, bowed his head and stuffed the Pisces jade pendant into his bosom, and couldn't hold it anymore, weeping in a low voice.He didn't even dare to cry happily.