Zhang Zhaoci said, "You know my temper. I'm not the kind of person who can tolerate being wronged by others. If you're nice to me and I'm nice to you, then we'll all be fine. If you make me happy, then I'll make you happy in return. If you don't make me happy, why should I make you happy? I said the same thing in front of Xiao Jiu. Women's lives are already hard enough. Why should we have to put up with even more filth?"

Upon hearing this, Granny Lu knew that the Marquis's residence was not a happy place for Zhang Zhaoci. It was only because the old lady and the Marquis were still there that she would have moved out long ago.

After talking for a while, Zhang Zhaoci said somewhat embarrassedly, "I just wanted to vent all the anger I've been holding in. Granny, let's go back. We should just do what we always do. There's no need to deliberately accommodate anyone. We're all descendants of the Marquis's family. If others can live comfortably in the mansion, we don't need to make ourselves unhappy just to accommodate some rules, right?"

Granny Lu nodded repeatedly. Xu Bai, sitting in Zhang Zhaoci's arms, had a plan for his upcoming life in the Marquis's mansion. At his age, he was at the age to act cute and charming, but to be effective, he had to consider who he was acting cute towards. Xu Bai decided that he would make the old lady and the Marquis the targets of his cuteness.

The old lady is the most respected person in the inner courtyard. Although she is not in charge of the household, the Marquis is a filial son and naturally takes the old lady's opinion as a reference or even adopts it in some matters. As for the Marquis, he is the master of the entire Marquis's mansion. He makes the decisions in the mansion. If you can please these two people, how can you not have good things to do?

Thinking of this, Xu Bai couldn't help but grin, and drool uncontrollably dripped from his mouth again. Xu Zhi, who was sitting next to him, quickly took a handkerchief made of fine cotton cloth and wiped it for him, saying, "Mother, why is my little brother's drool so much?"

Zhang Zhaoci grabbed Xu Bai's arms, making Xu Bai face her, looked at Xu Bai's mouth, and said, "He's about to get teeth. It'll be fine once all the teeth grow in."

Xu Zhi nodded and asked, "Mother, when do you think my little brother can leave?"

Zhang Zhaoci said, "This kid is so resilient. It would be better if he couldn't walk yet. Since he can't walk now, we can just keep an eye on him. Once he can walk, he'll be out of sight and we won't be able to find him."

Xu Zhi said, "Then I'll keep a close eye on my little brother and make sure he doesn't get lost. Mom, once he grows teeth, will he be able to eat lots of things?"

Zhang Zhaoci said, "It's not that he can eat a lot of things. Once his teeth come in, he can bite things and eat by himself, unlike now, when everything has to be mashed into a puree for him to eat. But I estimate it will take another six months or so before he can eat with his own teeth."