Concubine Survival Guide

The eldest lady paced out of the eldest master's study, and saw Yan's mother who was admonishing the maids on the corridor.

Seeing the little girls who have just entered the mansion with red lips, white teeth, and clear complexion, like flower buds that have just received dew, the lady feels depressed for no reason.

Just now the old man edited a book with warm words, which shows that he is very concerned about Bi Sheng's accidental rescue of Mrs. Zeng.In a flash, he wrote a few pages of rice paper, and chose an envelope sprinkled with gold powder to seal it, carefully glued it on, and then handed it to her.

Just when Mrs. Cen came with a message saying she wanted to say goodbye, the eldest lady was in a hurry to take the letter.

But the elder grabbed his wrist and said with a normal expression: "The back of the east courtyard has been empty for three or four years, and it's not good if it is always deserted. Uncle Lin asked for instructions that day to see if he wanted to repair it for other uses. After thinking about it, I think it’s feasible. The courtyard was originally used by female relatives, so it’s not appropriate to leave a few small ones, if you don’t, just give it to Lulu, and she’ll move out, so you won’t be quiet.”

The eldest lady felt her ears buzzing, and just as she was about to raise her brows, she was pushed back by her high heart pressure, and said with a smile: "Master, this is a good idea, and the verdant green is serving the master recently, so how can I treat you badly, since the repairs have already started Alright, let’s do it like this. Let Uncle Lin make a list later, the cost should be the same as other aunts.”

"Well, Ma'am, I'm overworked." Only then did the Elder let go of her wrist with a relaxed brow.

Mistress, hmph... so what if you can be in charge of the backyard, you still have to obey the three rules and the four virtues. What your husband says is your own imperial decree.

Sighing almost inaudibly, the eldest lady nodded to Yan's mother, and the two returned to Lingling Pavilion, talking privately between master and servant.

"Are all the girls selected this time new? Where are the women in the mansion, didn't they come to you?" The eldest lady sat on the rich chair with mats, and looked at her whole body indifferently. hands.

The hands that used to be as soft as jade are now somewhat dull.

"Look at what you said, there is no place where no slaves are stuffed with people, they all want to squeeze into the room of the eldest and second young masters, and the slaves have paid attention to a few prudent and graceful people... If you say this is not a trivial matter, I will wait for you to show me Next, either have a look for yourself, or let the two young masters choose in person, and then make a plan." Seeing that the mistress's face is not right at the moment, Mama Yan is more careful and distracted when she speaks.

The eldest lady snorted softly, and said: "Well, let's keep it for now, don't rush this matter... The second election is to directly promote the Tongfang girl in the future, so it must be carefully selected, not sloppy. Fei'er and Sheng My son is still young, so there is no harm in waiting another two years."

Responding nonchalantly, Mama Yan gave another sharp reprimand, noticing the concern for the two locust trees in the east courtyard revealed between the lines of the mistress's words, she suddenly had a lot of cares in her heart.

The next day, Uncle Lin, the housekeeper, sent someone to transplant the locust tree, and saw that Mama Yan had also sent someone to look for it.

Mama Yan's words were delicate, she said that the pagoda tree is getting old, it seems to be showing signs of decay, this sign is not good, don't rush into anything, she dismissed Uncle Lin in a few words, and asked her servants to take the pagoda tree The tree was cut down and dragged away.

In the east courtyard, there is no decent big tree, looking from the outside to the inside, there is no shelter.

As far as the layout is concerned, the door of the house here is not very good facing the courtyard door, and a screen wall should be erected, but... Lingling Pavilion has never had a screen wall, so how could it set a precedent here.

Yan's mother looked around and walked out with a smile on her face.

Uncle Lin watched from behind and felt the meaning behind it, but he couldn't do anything about what the mistress told him, so he turned a blind eye and ordered his servants to start cleaning the yard, ready to fool him. Errands of the day.

Lulu is favored now, but after all, she is a girl without foundation, hoping that her favor will last for a long time, and it is not enough to rely on youth and beauty alone.

Shaking his head lightly, Uncle Lin asked someone to put the bamboo chair under the shade of a tree outside the courtyard gate, and sipping a pot of tea, he hummed a fashionable opera.Thinking of today's Eldest Young Master, Second Young Master, and Ten Young Masters all went out, and the Eldest Master also went out to Fu Yin's mansion, he was too lazy to take a leisurely turn, so he decided to sit lazily until the sunset.

On that side, the three young masters of the Long family had already boarded the painting boat newly rented by Fourth Young Master Fang, lying on the side of the boat to watch the scenery on the shore.

The swaying willow branches are flexible, like a beautiful woman blowing her beautiful hair in the breeze, arousing the hearts of everyone who broke through the birdcage.

Sheng Yan circled around on the painting boat, feeling that everything was a novelty.

The long snow-white curtains hang on both sides, the windows are wide open, and there are patterns of flowers, birds, insects and fish carved on them. On the chair, bring a round table full of snacks, sweets and ice cream, and enjoy the sparkling green waves on the lake with the fragrant jasmine tea.From time to time, fish spit bubbles and jumped out of the water, splashing water droplets all over them.

"Hehehe..." Sheng Yan lay down here and watched the fish on his own, completely ignoring what the brothers were talking about, so he was really contented.

Second Young Master Cen turned his head to look at him several times, with an indistinct soft light in his eyes.

"Brother Cen, is there a perfumer who is good at using incense pills in the northwest?" Long Bifei deliberately interrupted his silent trance because he didn't understand what he was looking at.

"...When it comes to Yaoxiang Wan, there is indeed a person in the northwest who is good at using Xiangwan, but...he is best at treating body odor for official women." Cen Shuyan picked up the teacup and blew on it, the corners of his mouth still Ping Zhan, this serious look when talking about gossip, is also really interesting.

"Ha, body odor? Really... If this woman has body odor, she might not be able to get married. In this way, this person has done a great deed." Fang Ling was the first to laugh, but he didn't Being rude, I quickly suppressed my sharp laughter.

Who made him most afraid of Long Bisheng looking at him with disdain?

Long Bifei raised the corner of his mouth, and asked curiously, "Is there a general prescription?" This kind of prescription that benefits everyone is generally not a secret, and perfume makers sometimes come up with a general prescription. This way, small households who cannot afford the high amount of incense pills can find incense workshops to do it themselves.But the one with the best effect must be the Yaoxiang Wan made by himself, because there are one or two secret recipes that he does not pass on to the outside world.

"Let's listen to Brother Cen." Long Bisheng blinked, and it was inevitable to join in the fun.

Sheng Yan also pricked up his ears now, and looked away from the railing.

"I've heard that this body odor is not entirely a lesion of the skin, but the root is still in the internal organs. If it is the edema caused by the excess of dampness and the bad smell of the five sense organs, you can use the smell of the seven orifices to treat it. This prescription is not complicated. , use cardamom, clove, wrinkled ager, lingling, green wood, cinnamon, Cyperus cyperi, rosin, angelica, and betel nut to make honeyed pills. Take one tablet a day, avoid spicy and meaty food when taking it, walk more on weekdays, take it continuously for more than a month, immediately aromatize and dehumidify, promote qi and dehumidify, pull out the root cause, and the body odor will naturally disappear." Most people have heard It's fine, I won't write it down deliberately, but Cen Shuyan has an ability that is different from ordinary people - never forgetting by ear.Therefore, I can remember clearly and speak to them calmly and orderly.

"It doesn't sound like anything special." Fang Ling pouted with disdain.

Long Bisheng gave him a secret look, and asked, "I heard that it's fashionable in Northwest China to drink wine, drink fragrance, and loose body. Does Big Brother Cen know about this?"

"Xiangti powder... There is indeed one. Use melon seeds, pine roots, white skins, and jujubes to make a fine powder, and drink it three times a day. It is said that this powder will make clothes and quilts fragrant for a hundred days. Several younger sisters in my family have tried it, and in addition, a powder made of melon seeds, Chuanxiong, Xixiong, Asarum, and Fangfeng, taken after meals, once or twice a day, seems to be effective." Only slightly After thinking about it, Cen Shuyan opened his mouth to speak.

"Jiangnan has never been fashionable to drink alcohol and deodorant. Come to think of it... this method can also be tried." Long Bifei thought about his thorny problem of improving methods, and felt that this could be a direction to look for.

Seeing that Long Bifei still wanted to ask, Fang Ling leaned over and picked up a candied winter melon and stuffed it into his mouth, and said with a smile, "I heard about it earlier, Brother Cen, who is well-known and strong, and seeing it today is really true."

There was a sour pickle smell in the words.

Sheng Yan stopped looking at the fish, came over and sat down next to Cen Shuyan, with a faint admiration in his eyes, "Brother Shu Yan is so amazing, it's not like we all learn how to make incense, but we know so much."

"Cough..." Long Bifei pursed his lips and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, taking a peek at Er Shao Cen's face.

Cen Shuyan has never been praised by anyone since he was a child, but they are all high-sounding words, half true and half false.It's not as touching as Sheng Yan's innocent two words, but he felt narrowed for a while, and stared at him blankly, not knowing how to react.

"Ah, our little eleven's words embarrass Brother Cen!" Long Bisheng occasionally had an outburst, teasing other people's gossip factor, which was exactly the same as Fang Ling.

"Actually, it's just that I have a better memory." Cen Shuyan said slowly with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

First Young Master Long and Second Young Master Long were amazed to see it, and they thought to themselves that it was Xiao Shiyi who would fight for the front!Even this iceberg has a tendency to shake.

The elder brothers saw Sheng Yan solemnly blinking and said: "Really, I'm so envious... Does brother Shu Yan have any tricks? Sheng Yan always has to memorize it ten or twenty times before he can memorize the words in the book. Jerky sentences."

"This..." There is really no secret, Cen Shuyan is born with a good memory, and never bothered to memorize books.But he didn't want to say that, for fear of shocking Sheng Yan, so he thought for a while and said: "You can try to connect the sentences in the book with the artistic conception, and endorse with the picture in mind, it should get twice the result with half the effort."

"Really?" Sheng Yan's eyes lit up, comparable to the silvery white waves floating on the lake.

Unknowingly, Cen Shuyan raised one corner of his lips, and nodded to him with a slight smile.

"Pfft—" Fang Ling was drinking tea, and when he saw his smile, he was taken aback, thinking that it was raining red.He put down the teacup and leaned over the railing to look out, muttering incessantly with his small mouth: "Hey, what's the matter...it's not raining red."

Long Bisheng also laughed out loud, covered his mouth, and shook Long Bifei's arm back and forth.

Sheng Yan looked at them in confusion, and asked, "What's wrong? Is there something on Brother Shu Yan's face? Second Brother, you're going to laugh out loud! Brother Ling, laugh again and be careful to fall into the water... It's strange, Shu Yan Brother Yan looks pretty when he smiles, so what are you laughing at, tell me to listen to Xiao Shi."

"Oh, why is my little ten so cute, come here and give the second brother a hug!" Long Bisheng said that he wanted to hug Sheng Yan into his arms, but was held down by Long Bifei and pulled back.

At this time, Fang Ling also reached out to hug Sheng Yan, but he didn't notice that a wooden board under his feet was protruding, and he tripped and fell to the ground all of a sudden, and fell to the ground.

Before he fell to the ground, he twisted his body and tried to hold it up, but he still couldn't hold it up, so the posture of falling to the ground was very ugly.The body is twisted, the side is facing the ground, the mouth is opened wide, and the arms are still facing outwards.

"Ahahaha, Fang Ling, you have today too! Hahaha, the dog gnawed shit, I laughed so hard!" Now, Long Bisheng burst out laughing, fell into Long Bifei's arms and stomped his feet on the table.

Long Bifei also raised her brows with a smile, patted his back for comfort, and wrapped his arms around his waist to prevent him from falling off his knees laughing.

Fang Ling got up angrily, patted his clothes, and saw Sheng Yan covering his mouth to suppress a smile, the smile lines on the corners of Cen Ershao's mouth on Bingshan's face were longer than before, and the fire came up in an instant.

"Long Bisheng, stop laughing!" He frowned and rushed over, trying to pull him out of Long Bifei's arms.

"Oh, I just laughed at you, how?" Long Bisheng raised his neck, with an expression of "who is afraid of you".

Fang Ling stopped staring at this moment, stretched out her hand with narrowed eyes, and scratched at Long Bisheng's armpit. "Hahahahaha..." Long Bisheng jumped up in shock, chasing Fang Ling to fight, "You come with me, want to escape? See if I don't beat you to the ground, Fang Ling... dare to attack Ben Master!"

The gallery became lively for a moment, Second Young Master Long and Fourth Young Master Fang jumped up and down, fighting from the bow to the stern, and from the stern to the bow.

Sheng Yan propped his chin and sat at the table eating melon seeds with Cen Ershao, sighing: "Second brother and Ling brother are so close."

Long Bifei, who had been sitting for a while, frowned slightly, unable to sit still.

"Sheng'er! Sit down and rest, stop making trouble..." He hesitated for a while before standing up, inserted between the two, and hugged Long Bisheng lazily, "Okay, okay, look, your temples are wet gone."

Long Bisheng stopped panting, feeling a little tired.

Fang Ling also lay panting on the side of the railing, and waved at him, "Forget it, forget it, don't bother with your little wild cat!"

"What, who are you calling the little wild cat?!" Hearing this, Long Bisheng became angry again, pulled away from Long Bifei's arms, and kicked Fang Ling's ass, "I want you to play tricks!" Master Ben!"

"Ah!!!" Unexpectedly, the railing was not strong enough, and Fang Ling was kicked over by him.

Plop!This is the sound of Fang Sishao screaming and falling into the water.

Long Bisheng was dumbfounded this time, and quickly lay down on the side to look down, "Fang Ling, Fang Ling! You, you... can you know how to swim?"

"I, I...I..." Fang Ling was bouncing on the lake, and had already drank several sips of water, "I don't know... water."

"It's over! I've caused a disaster this time!" After saying that, Long Bisheng was about to take off his coat and jump down.

Long Bifei quickly took off his long coat, and pulled him inside, "You stay on the boat, I'll go!"

Then he jumped into the water without hesitation.

At the same moment the two boatmen at the helm jumped in.

"Brother!" Long Bisheng looked down anxiously.I know you are better at water than me, but...doesn't this make me more worried? !

Second Young Master Cen was also terrified when he looked behind, so he pulled Sheng Yan in, "It's better not to get too close."

"If I knew it was like this, I shouldn't have driven the boy and the book boy off the boat. Now it's really..." The situation in the water was dangerous, and Sheng Yan was also a little nervous and at a loss.

It was still Cen Shuyan who was a few years older, turned around and dug out in one of his bags, found two fireworks bombs, reached out the window and threw them high into the sky.

"Don't worry, when you see this, someone will come to the shore immediately." But there is still a certain distance from here, and Cen Ershao feels that there is no hope in his heart, but at least he can be helped and served immediately after the rescuer arrives.

But at this juncture, the sky suddenly sprinkled fine summer rain, splashing circles of ripples of different sizes on the lake.

Long Bifei's water skills are indeed very good. With the help of two boatmen, he finally dragged Fang Ling to the bow of the boat.

"Hey, Fang Ling, Fang Ling!" Long Bifei folded his hands and pressed on his chest. Fang Ling spit out several mouthfuls of water, and then calmed down. He pointed at Long Bisheng to say something, but I was so exhausted that I rolled my eyes and passed out.

When he woke up, he had already changed into clean clothes inside and out.

As soon as he looked up, he saw Long Bisheng wiping his hair with a towel, his mood immediately improved, and he slightly raised his eyes.

"You're awake, drink ginger soup when you wake up!"

"Wait to drink...why are you wiping my hair?" Fang Ling grabbed his hand and refused to let him go.

Long Bisheng sighed, and said helplessly, "You don't like people touching your kelp... I think their fingers are rough and hypocritical, so I have to reluctantly wipe it for you... Well, I'll give you an apology."

seaweed strips?Just as Fang Ling was about to have a fit, he heard the last few words he said in a low voice, and scratched his ears and said, "Ah, speak up, can't I hear you? "

"I'm sorry!" It was indeed his fault for pushing him into the water, Long Bisheng dared to do it, yelled in his ear, and continued to wipe his hair.

"Then why don't you just fulfill the bet, last time you only fulfilled half of it and then you dropped the pick!" Now is a good time to take the opportunity to make a request.

"You really...why do you want me to take a nap with you for 30 days! What's wrong with this, how old are you?" Thinking of this bet, Long Bifei felt his head was full of black lines, "I still have to Go to the gallery to sleep, but you still insist on me sharing the bed with you, if your tendon is broken, I will find a doctor to fix it for you some other day!"

Fang Ling got up suddenly, put his arms around his waist, and shouted shamelessly: "No, you clearly agreed, don't go back on it! If you go back on it, I'll tell your elder brother to know!"

Long Bifei stomped his feet and pinched the back of his hand a few times, "Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you! Starting tomorrow, I will come to the boat until I fulfill the bet. Are you happy now?"

"Hehehe..." Fang Ling narrowed his eyes in satisfaction, and then he was willing to go back to lie down on the couch obediently.

Arriving at the pier, Fang Ling felt that the cabin was stuffy, and insisted on coming out to breathe. Since his hair was still wet, he had to let it loose. When Sheng Yan saw it, he exclaimed: "Brother Ling, you are so beautiful!"

Long Bifei's hair was half wet, but he still tied it up, fearing that it would not cause any confusion, and pondered a poem: "The hibiscus in front of the court has a very different appearance. The first flower is slightly green, and the fairy is light and cloudy. Wait and change Shiny and white, jade bones are clean and free of dross. When the luster is about to thank, Chao's face is flushed."

Cen Ershao nodded and said: "It is appropriate to describe Fang Sishao when he just came out of the water."

Seeing that Fang Ling blushed, the two continued to drink tea without moving.

"Speaking of which, isn't your sachet the scent of drunken lotus..." Long Bisheng patted Fang Ling's shoulder with a suppressed smile, lowered his head and smelled him, and said, "White in the morning and red in the evening, three colors a day Drunken hibiscus is considered the most beautiful kind of hibiscus... No wonder people say that Fang's family has planted all hibiscus trees, and the branches and branches near the water are beautiful!"

"That's...that's because I often had a fever and cough when I was young, and I needed hibiscus flowers for medicine, so I grew so many hibiscus at home!" Fang Ling blushed, and immediately argued.

"Ah, so you grew up eating hibiscus flowers!" Long Bifei found a chance to tease him, and looked at him with a half-smile, seeing that he suddenly became emaciated and speechless, and sat with a cigarette in his hand. Moved to the side, pursed his mouth and said softly: "Xiao Shi, your brother Ling really grew up eating hibiscus flowers, look at his face...is it more beautiful than a woman?"

Sheng Yan stared at Fang Ling for a long time, then nodded sharply: "Yeah, really!"

"Long Bisheng!!!" Fang Ling was annoyed, her cheeks were flushed with anger, and with her long hair, she looked more like a slender woman with rouge from a distance.But his temper is nothing like that of a gentle woman.

"Brother Ling, don't be angry, in fact, you don't look like a woman when you are angry, really." Sheng Yan nodded seriously.

Fang Ling finally got his breath stuck in his throat, scratched his head sullenly, and walked towards the stern with his head buried.Suddenly, it rained heavily again, and he was drenched as soon as he went out.

He was so angry that he turned around and dragged Long Bisheng out, but wiped rainwater on his face.

Seeing that the two were about to get into a ball again, Long Bifei had no choice but to chase out, picked up Bisheng and wanted to drag him in, but Fang Ling refused to let him, and the three of them were all wet in an instant.The thin clothes were attached to their bodies, revealing the colors of their respective skins indistinctly.Every inch of Fang Ling's skin is white and clean, glowing like pearls; Long Bisheng's arms and chest are almost wheat-colored, already somewhat masculine; Long Bisheng's body is filled with a touch of pink, The rain and mist shrouded both sides of his collarbone, which seemed unreal.

The three of them got entangled and started to play, pinching and hitting each other, seeing Sheng Yan sitting in the room giggling, but a faint loneliness surged in the depths of his eyes.

Cen Shuyan looked carefully, raised his arm from his side, and pulled Sheng Yan up, "We will go too."

Two more people joined in, and the squabble eventually turned into a water-splashing frolick of the five young masters. Since they were already approaching the shore, the few people were no longer afraid of falling. Then he can stand up, so the more he plays, the more crazy he becomes.Not to mention Sheng Yan's whole body was wet, even Er Shao Cen was splashed with water on his forehead.

Unable to bear it, Fang Ling, the most mischievous person, took a bucket to scoop up water from the lake while they were not paying attention!

"Ah!" Sheng Yan slipped and almost fell, fell back, but was caught by a warm embrace.

In fact, his legs have been hurting all the time, but seeing his brothers playing so hard that they couldn't walk away, he endured it for a long time, and now he can't bear it anymore.

Cen Shuyan looked at his hand holding his leg, and asked softly, "Does your leg hurt?"

"Hmm..." Sheng Yan answered with a deep frown.

Long Bifei and Long Bisheng also noticed at this time, they walked over quickly to support him, and told the boatman to put down the sampan quickly, they were going to get off the boat immediately.

Cen Shuyan looked at his suddenly empty hands, and slowly sank into an inconspicuous corner of his heart.