Hongye immediately pressed, "Tell me slowly, what happened to Seventh Miss?"

The maid hurriedly waved her hand: "It's hard to explain in a short time. If we go too late, I'm afraid the Seventh Miss will suffer a great loss. Our young lady urged me to come and invite the Lady of Dingbei Marquis. She said that only the Lady can persuade the Seventh Miss not to risk her life."

Qin Yuan chuckled and said, "What exactly happened? If you can't explain it clearly, I'll have to rush over and then find out that I'll have to ask the old lady to come over. Wouldn't that be a waste of time?"

The young maid, sweating profusely, kept urging them on. When pressed, she said she couldn't explain it clearly, but her master insisted that they must be invited no matter what.

As they were talking, the women of the Marquis of Wuding's household turned around and asked with a smile, "What's going on?"

Qin Yuan stood up and said softly, "I'm not sure what's going on either. This little girl said she serves Miss You. I don't know what trouble my sister-in-law has gotten into. If I don't go, I'm afraid things will get out of hand."

But this was my first time visiting someone's home with my mother, and I really didn't know what to do. When I asked her what was wrong, she couldn't explain it clearly, and just kept urging me. I didn't know what to do at all.

The women of the Marquis of Wuding's household surrounded the little maid and kept asking her questions. The little maid was almost in tears, saying that Miss Gu had caused a great disaster and that only the Lady of the Marquis of Dingbei could persuade her to stop.

Qin Yuan then said, "If it causes a big disaster, then we should ask Mother to go and take a look. I really can't make up my mind."

The two ladies of the Marquis of Wuding's mansion, being daughters-in-law and granddaughters-in-law themselves, naturally understood Qin Yuan's predicament and said, "Yes, we should hurry and invite Old Madam Gu."

The young maid hurriedly stopped her, saying, "Madam Gu has probably already sent people over. Lady Dingbei, you should come with me first."

Hongye suddenly asked, "Just now you said that only our lady could persuade the Seventh Miss, so Miss You hurriedly sent you to invite our lady. How come you're saying now that you've already sent someone to invite Old Madam Gu?"

Cui Ming said, "Madam, we should go and invite the old lady first. If the old lady arrives first, she will naturally be able to persuade the seventh young lady. If the old lady is unaware of this matter, then we should go and invite her even more."

Qin Yuan no longer hesitated and nodded, saying, "What you said is very true. Let this maid come with us, and we'll go find Mother and talk to her about this matter first."

The young maidservant inwardly groaned, but there was nothing she could do but follow Qin Yuan and the others to find Old Madam Gu.

The women of the Marquis of Wuding's household stopped wandering around and followed behind to watch the spectacle.

Old Madam You was chatting with a group of old noblemen from the Duke's and Marquis's mansions. They were talking about the young wife of the Gu family. Old Madam Gu praised Qin Yuan again and again, and as if on cue, she appeared.

Ru Hua, having received the message from the maid, smiled and said, "What a coincidence! The Lady of Dingbei Marquis has arrived. She must have something important to discuss with Old Madam Gu."

Madam You pursed her lips: "Look how close you two are, mother and daughter. It's only been a short while, and your new daughter-in-law has already come looking for you. I've had seven or eight children, and I've never seen any daughter-in-law act like this."

The implication is that Qin Yuan can't handle things and comes to her elders for the smallest things.

Ru Hua laughed and said, "What are you saying, Madam? Even someone as old as me knows there's an old saying that goes, 'People who aren't family don't enter the same door.' Madam Gu just likes a daughter-in-law like the Marquis of Dingbei. Otherwise, why wouldn't she be a daughter-in-law of our Duke of Zhenguo's mansion?"

Everyone burst into laughter.

Ru Hua's words were somewhat disparaging of the Lady of Dingbei Marquis while elevating the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion. However, everyone present was an old and shrewd person, and no one wanted to offend Old Madam Gu. After all, the current Lady of Dingbei Marquis seemed to be in the limelight.

Everyone just treated it as a joke, laughed it off, and moved on.

Madam Gu turned around and asked, "What's the matter? Is there something in the household that I, as your daughter-in-law, cannot decide?"

Madam You said, "Why don't we invite them in to talk? Let us hear what's going on so we can help you and your wife discuss it."

As he spoke, he instructed Ruhua, "You silly girl, you're always so talkative. Why don't you hurry up and invite Lady Dingbei in? I've always heard that she's managed the household at such a young age, and no one inside or outside the household dares to disobey her. I must meet such a clever person."

They've made up their minds to get involved in the affairs of the Marquis of Dingbei's household.

Everyone pretended to be drinking tea.

A short while later, Qin Yuan and the others were led in by Ru Hua. As soon as they entered, she bowed to everyone and then said to Old Madam Gu, "Mother, it's good that your daughter-in-law insisted on coming to find you. The person Miss You sent to invite you hasn't arrived yet. Let's hurry up and go. Miss You sent someone to say that Baozhu has gotten into trouble and is waiting for us to go and persuade her."

These words caused an uproar among everyone.

"What's going on?" When Madam You heard that her eldest granddaughter was involved, she quickly asked.

Others were also discussing it.

Madam Gu was startled, but seeing Qin Yuan's demeanor, she felt relieved. However, she was very anxious: "Tell me in detail, what exactly happened to Baozhu? How did she cause trouble in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion? What kind of trouble did she cause? With Madam Gu here, don't worry, just tell me and ask Madam Gu to make a decision."

Qin Yuan hesitated and said, "...This...This is my first time accompanying my mother on a visit, I'm really not sure how to handle it..."

"What's wrong with talking about this?" Old Madam You smiled broadly, looking very kind. "This is in our Zhenguo Duke's Mansion. Tell us about it so everyone can hear it."

Qin Yuan then ordered someone to push the little maid who was hiding in the back forward, saying, "This junior doesn't quite understand this matter either. We were enjoying the scenery in Su Garden when this little maid rushed over, saying that Miss You sent her and that we should hurry over with her to see what was going on. She said that Baozhu had caused a lot of trouble and that we should go over to persuade her. She talked for a long time but still couldn't explain what happened. I think if Baozhu has caused any trouble, it would be best to ask Mother to step in."

Madam You was taken aback. She lifted her drooping eyelids slightly and looked the timid little girl up and down.

Hesitantly, he asked, "This girl looks unfamiliar. Come and see which side she belongs to."

Ru Hua stepped forward and said with a smile, "This is indeed the young lady's maid, named Ning Hong. However, she doesn't serve by her side, so she hasn't shown her face much in front of the old lady."

Madam You nodded kindly. "She looks quite pitiful. She was probably bought from outside and hasn't seen many distinguished people. She's trembling like this and can't even speak clearly. Cough cough, Ninghong, tell me properly, what exactly happened?"

Ninghong trembled even more violently.

Why is Lady Dingbei acting so unpredictably? What is she supposed to say now?