Concubine Survival Guide

Long Lanyan has never seen such Shengyan before, his arrogant expression is similar to that of Bisheng in the past, his steps are vigorous and steady, just like the usual steady Bifei, the smile that seems to be absent from the corner of his mouth, with eight parts of complacency and two parts of ease, has completely disappeared. In my impression, the tenth son who was somewhat submissive and timid.

The fourth aunt was reluctant to give birth to the son she gave birth to him back then, and named him Shengyan's ten sons, is that true?

Seeing Long Lanyan in a daze, Sheng Yan walked a few steps closer with a smile on his face and said, "Dad, did you need me?"

"Well, I have something to ask you!" The displeasure in Long Lanyan's heart has surfaced on his cheeks. Usually, at this time, no matter if it is Bifei, Bixun, Bichen or Bilian, they will bow their heads in front of him. He dared to raise his eyes, but Sheng Yan not only raised his chin without looking sideways, but also opened his eyes wide to meet him.

Who gave him such courage!

Sheng Yan stood beside his desk covered with ledgers, cleared his throat and replied: "What's the matter, please tell me."

Long Lanyan was extremely dissatisfied with the feeling of being looked down upon by his son, so he asked him to sit on the side in a cold voice, with calm anger in his nose, and said, "I heard from your elder brother that several incense shops in the Northwest have listed their accounts on the account. He was anxious to go back to Yongjia to discuss the countermeasures with me, so he handed over the affairs there to you! However, you made such a decision rashly without my permission. The defective rose water should be taken back. , but you, how can you treat the business in the northwest as a trifle! You actually gave the ignorant people who bought fake rose water with fragrant pills, do you know how much loss this will bring to the Long family!"

His beard was trembling slightly, and the corners of his mouth were pulled down and tensed, all signs of anger.

Sheng Yan's expression remained unchanged, and he still stared at the old father with a smile on his face. After he had recovered his breath, he said slowly: "Father, why do you say that I treat the business in the Northwest as a joke? First, this matter is I made the decision after discussing with my elder brother. This is a unanimous decision between the two of us, and it is by no means hasty. Second, the accounts of Northwest China are more serious than what you see in front of you, and must be rectified! Third, elder brother should I have reported the false letter to you, and finding out this inner ghost...is the most important thing right now!"

Long Lanyan frowned, leaned back, and scanned Sheng Yan's face probing, "Okay, now the wings are stiff, but after going to the northwest, you dare to disobey your father when you come back?"

Sheng Yan pursed her lips and smiled, half-closed her eyes and said, "Father is really joking. From childhood to adulthood, I did not do anything according to my father's instructions. Even if you broke my leg... I I didn't even complain. It's just that this time, the journey is really far away. If I wait for my father's reply before proceeding, the reputation of the four shops in the northwest will not be preserved... Besides, although I came up with this idea, my elder brother also said that I agreed, but my father put such a big label on me as a disobedient, did he mind that I only asked my elder brother for instructions but not my father, or did my father not trust my elder brother?"

To actually turn over old accounts and hide needles in the cotton, what does he mean by that!

"You! You..." Long Lanyan was suddenly blocked by him, his face was wrinkled and darkened, "Your elder brother will never act like you! Okay, let's not talk about fake rose water." What do you say about this matter now?! Do you dare to say that your elder brother has approved the matter of Wuxie? You see that your elder brother is not here, and I am far away in Yongjia, so I am in charge of it without authorization. Hmph... old ten, now the entire Northwest Knowing your name, Long Shengyan, you have ulterior motives!"

Are you angry?Oh, just right.Sheng Yan got up slowly, raised her head and strutting, raised one brow, and stood in front of Long Lanyan with her hands behind her back, with a touch of unruliness in her tone: "Don't you have any intentions? Dad, what you said is really unfair Xiao Ten, right? You should have known that Northwest has been in the red for the past two years, but you blindly listened to the words of the shopkeepers, thinking that the shortfall was only temporary, but you didn’t know...you have been blinded for a long time, and all the accounts in the past four years have been A big mess! You are deaf, blind, don’t know how to tell the truth from lies, don’t listen to anyone’s opinion, go your own way in business, and don’t know the current situation in the Northwest, which has led to the decline of Northwest’s business. ...The four shops in the northwest are already four empty shells, even if Xiao Shi has the guts to have ulterior motives, what benefit can he get from it?"

"Presumptuous!" Long Lanyan stood up against the table, staring at the tenth son who seemed to have changed his face overnight, "Impossible! When Bi Lian came back from the last audit, the accounts were clear. , How can you say so! It is clear that you exaggerated, changed the accounts of the Northwest, and bought four old shopkeepers in private, and staged such a trick for me to rescue me when I was in danger!"

"Oh? Then tell me, what is the purpose of my emergency rescue?" Sheng Yan smiled wryly, "Is it to gain your appreciation so that I can manage a part of the business? Or, do you think I want to separate the Northwest business?" Go out and separate from you?"

Long Lanyan's chest heaved violently, and he was about to splash the teacups on the table.

Sheng Yan raised her eyebrows, took a step forward, pressed his hand firmly, and said in a low voice, "Don't say I don't like the business in the Northwest, even if you take the initiative to throw this mess to me, it depends on whether I am in the mood or not." Don't worry, Dad, you're really stupid... Why don't you think about it, if I want to fight against you, if I find out that something like this happened in the Northwest, the most important thing I should do is to blame Sixth Brother? Sixth Brother has been to the Northwest to check the accounts But I didn't see the slightest problem, why don't you think about it, but here you doubt my son who has turned the tide!"

"In that case, I have to thank you?" Why didn't I realize in the past that this little ten had grown from a lamb to an aggressive wolf without knowing it!Long Lanyan tried to force Sheng Yan to give in and be afraid with all his hostility and majesty, but unexpectedly, he couldn't see Sheng Yan shrinking back.

Sheng Yan said with a light smile: "Yes, father should thank me. This time, in order to prevent the time-honored Long family brand from falling down in the northwest, and not become an incense shop despised by the common people in the future, Xiao Shi can't help it." I have put in a lot of effort, and I have not slept for days and nights... Dad should encourage me, instead of suppressing doubts as soon as I come back! Could it be that Dad won't allow his son to become outstanding, or are you afraid of something... Afraid I, the son you dislike the most, have transformed too well, do you really want my mother to rest in peace under the Nine Springs?!"

Long Lanyan naturally knew that the mother he was talking about at this time was not the eldest lady, but the fourth aunt.

"Okay, okay... Finally, I can't help but tell your purpose!" Long Lanyan clenched his hands, shook off his wrists, and said sharply, "You unfaithful and unfilial son! Look at you for my father! I have made progress in the past year, and being a high-quality incense maker can be regarded as honoring my ancestors, so I don’t plan to care about those past events! I didn’t expect that you have been harboring ulterior motives for so many years, and you have never forgotten your dead mother’s resentment towards me! Good! Wow, I knew that even after she died, she cursed the Long family to have no peace. Why... Before she died, what did that bitch say to you? He told you to endure in the Long family for many years, wait for the opportunity, and come when the wings are full. Is there a typo in what I said about embezzling the Long family's property?"

Sheng Yan's lips trembled, his eyes splashed with deep wounds, "You are not allowed to slander my mother!"

Fourth aunt's untimely death is a scar that will never close on his heart. Originally, he only thought that his father was extremely indifferent to his mother. The perennial indifference caused their mother and son to be looked down upon all the year round and looked down upon by the Long family. , but he never imagined that the mother he respected wholeheartedly would become so unbearable in the mouth of his father.

"She dares to do it, so she's afraid of being scolded by me!" Long Lanyan sneered contemptuously, "She hates me, and even more so wants me to die, so she puts all her scheming on you... Okay, now I finally understand. You are my son, no matter how disobedient you are, I can't kill you. That's your mother's idea, right? It's vicious to wait for our father and son to kill each other! It's a pity, you and It's too early for me to show my cards, if you wait until half of the Long family's business is controlled by you, and you come to threaten me, then I really can't do anything to you, but now... I still have this right!"

Taking two steps back unsteadily, Sheng Yan squinted his eyes, cast a sad light with a half-smile, and said, "Really, so father has always treated mother like this, I'm really not worth it for her... In vain, the only thing she told me repeatedly before she died was to tell me not to hate you! Ha, ha ha ha... Mother, you are really blind, blind. Originally, I didn't intend to disobey to the end... But Dad, you really disappointed me, but that's right, you interrupted the father-son relationship between us when I was eight years old, and I still dreamed that one day you would wake up, it's so naive !"

"What... what did you say?" Long Lanyan was furious, and felt that everything Sheng Yan said was against the law, and he had heard it, but he didn't believe it.

Sheng Yan raised her hand, rubbed the center of her brows, raised her face for a long time and gave a chilling smile, "If I'm not wrong, daddy wants to imprison me next? It's okay, I will Stay in Lianxiangju and don't go out, but within three days...you will come to me in person...Do you really think that I will have a showdown with you when I am not sure? Heh...Father, how much do you know about me? , No, you have never tried to understand what I think in my heart, so... you'd better think about your own health, if you get angry, the bad debts of the Long family will be even more confusing."

"Nizi! Nizi! Come here, Lao Lin, Lao Lin, bring me someone, tie me up this Nizi, and lock him in the woodshed. I want to lock him in the woodshed!" Long Lanyan shouted hoarsely He was so angry that he clutched his chest and shouted out the door.

The butler, Uncle Lin, staggered in and ran in, but he didn't dare to do anything to Sheng Yan. He only persuaded softly, "Master, please calm down. The ten young masters are young and ignorant, and they contradicted you for a while. The slave will bring you a cup of ginseng tea. Calm down." !"

Sheng Yan looked sideways and smiled secretly, bowed his hands to Long Lanyan, and said: "Father, please rest, I will go back first."

"Nizi...you, you...Old Lin, how dare you disobey my orders?" Long Lanyan leaned against the table panting, a little breathless, Uncle Lin hurried forward and helped him to sit down.

Uncle Lin naturally did not dare to disobey the order of the Eldest Master, but the Eldest Young Master told him this morning, saying that the Tenth Young Master would be scolded by his father when he returned home, and he should just persuade him to calm down, and he must not listen to it. He said in a fit of anger what to do to the ten young masters, otherwise he would be held accountable afterwards.

Now, the Eldest Master is in a state of desperation, and all affairs of the Long family are handled by the Eldest Young Master. Uncle Lin has a long-term view, and of course he dare not offend the Eldest Young Master. Isn't it the young master who has the final say?The tenth young master is now the eldest young master's right-hand man, and he shares all the benefits, so why don't he stand up as a slave as soon as possible.

Sheng Yan glanced back at the study room, frowning deeply, walked back and forth to Zhu Luan Courtyard with a cold face.

Why did his father treat fourth aunt like that? This question was like a thorn in his heart.

However, this matter is not the top priority, there are too many things to do right now... Bear the brunt, I must let my eldest brother stand on the same front as myself, against the stubbornness and arbitrariness of the elder master, this business in the northwest and southwest of the Long family He is determined to win.In addition, the eldest lady and the second aunt should also deal with it... If he doesn't do something to impress his father, he will still treat himself as a brat!

Fortunately, he expected that the old man would question him when he returned home, so Sheng Yan repaired the book and sent it back first, expressing his worries in his heart, clarifying his father's prejudice against him over the years, and asking his elder brother to help him In this way, even if I quarreled with the Elder in the study, the servants who had been informed by Long Bifei outside the house would not suspect that I deliberately annoyed the Elder.They could only think that the elder master was picking on the ten young masters again.

Back at Lianxiangju, Sheng Yan gave Xing'er and Xin'er the special products brought back from the Northwest by the boy, and ordered them to go on: "The big bag contains gifts for each house, and the remaining small bag is for you. What...what to give to which room, I can figure it out, so I don't need to say more. "

Xing'er immediately nodded with a smile and said: "Master, don't worry, I will leave this matter to the slaves and Xin'er, and it will be done properly." Then she took the things down and prepared hot water for Sheng Yan, so that he can wash up after washing. Take a nap.

Sheng Yan changed his clothes and washed his clothes, seeing Xiao Si and Xiao Jiu walking around under his feet since he entered the room, his mood brightened instantly.Holding them and playing with them for a while, he asked Xing'er again: "What did Fifth Brother do to get locked up by the elder?"

Xing'er put down the cloth towel in her hand, sighed softly, and said, "Not even the servants can find out the specific inside information, but it is said that it is not a trivial matter, because the elder first called the fifth young master into the incense stand, and ordered him to be killed without using half a stick of incense. He was framed back. Besides, the fifth young master...was beaten with a board?"

"Oh?" Sheng Yan didn't expect such a heavy punishment, it seems that the elder is really angry.Tell him to go to the incense stand first instead of the study... It should be related to the batch of tribute ambergris powder, and I will definitely talk about this matter after the elder brother returns home.

By the way, during my first grade test, elder brother's ambergris was secretly taken away by fifth brother, and later on the day of entrance examination, elder brother Ling gave elder brother a new one.Could it be that Fifth Brother didn't realize for a long time later that the ambergris in his hand was fake?After Fang Ling knew what Fifth Brother was doing, he secretly asked the boy next to him to secretly exchange ambergris for him, and put a fake one with Fifth Brother. When he entered the exam, Fang Ling took the ambergris Big brother's ambergris, and big brother uses Fang Ling's.

If Fifth Brother really had something to do with the ambergris powder incident this time, then in a panic, he used the handle of ambergris in his hand as a shoddy.

Thinking about Shengyan's two things together, I think it's not possible, but I still need to ask my elder brother about the truth.

But tonight he is not planning to go to his elder brother's place. Firstly, he is tired from the journey and wants to rest earlier. Secondly, he wants to know what Second Aunt has been doing these days since he left, and whether it is related to the forged letter from the elder.

After the second watch, Sheng Yan took out Su's jade token and shook it outside the window a few times.

After a while, the shadows of trees outside the house moved in the wind, and a black shadow swept down from nowhere and appeared outside his window.

"The last time I asked you to monitor Second Auntie, how did you go?" Sheng Yan asked him in a low voice.

"Returning to the little nobleman, the second aunt has not done anything special recently, but recently she has been going to the Lingye Temple outside the city to offer incense more frequently. What is strange is that the second master of the Long family, Long Selan, also often goes to this temple recently. Meeting with the host... In addition, the sixth young master Long Bilian met the second aunt once, but he was spying in the room, and it was daytime, so the little one didn't approach because he was afraid of scaring the snake." The dark guard replied cleanly.

Sheng Yan pursed her lips and stared at her eyes, and said to him after a long silence: "Thank you, I still want you to continue to monitor. If you find that Second Aunt is going to offer incense again, you can boldly follow her, just pretend to be a pilgrim, and use your means... ...presumably she won't notice you."

"Yes!" The dark guard took the order, and disappeared into the dense night in a blink of an eye.

"Why does Sixth Brother have any relationship with Second Auntie?" Sheng Yan murmured to himself, lay on the bed with Xiao Si in his arms, dragged Xiao Jiu, who wanted to join in the fun, to the pillow, pinched his long ears to play, and slowly Thinking slowly.

Suddenly, he sat up with fluttering eyes, startled.Only then did I think of it, if he said that he would disobey the Elder Master for the sake of Fourth Aunt, then the posthumous Sixth Brother, if someone told him part of the truth with ill intentions, how could he not avenge Fifth Aunt's death in vain?