Who can bear it when a little baby acts like a spoiled child in your arms?
Old Lady Lu was so soft-hearted that she said, "Okay, okay, great-grandmother, don't be angry, don't be angry. Be good Ping'er, let me give you some New Year's money."
The maid immediately brought a tray, and Old Madam Lu stuffed the only and most generous one into Ping'er's arms, trying not to be too biased.
Lu Yan's half-brother, Mr. Lu's face suddenly darkened.
Even though there is a difference between legitimate and illegitimate children, his children are also the great-grandchildren of the mansion. The old lady's move is too biased!
He snorted, "I haven't even greeted my grandmother yet, but I've already received a red envelope. This isn't a good etiquette."
Upon hearing this, Bai Wanyi quickly asked Ping'er to kowtow to Old Lady Lu and wish her a happy new year. She then smiled and said to Mr. Lu, "Ping'er is young and hasn't reacted yet. Besides, we haven't even started wishing each other a happy new year yet."
Bai Wanyi lightly conveyed the message: This red envelope is given by Old Lady Lu. The New Year greetings haven't even started yet, why are you in such a hurry?
Lu Yan quickly tried to smooth things over: "Let's go and wish Grandma a happy new year. Uncle and the others will be here soon."
The maid also hurriedly brought a cushion.
There were many guests in the room, and not everyone had a cushion, so only three cushions were placed at the front.
Lu Yan took the lead, and with his brothers, they knelt down to greet the New Year: "Grandson wishes New Year to grandmother."
After that, it was Bai Wanyi and Wu Ziya's turn to come, bringing their younger brothers and sisters, to kowtow and wish a happy new year. As concubines, Qi Jing and Jia were not qualified to attend such an occasion. However, Qi Jing lived with Old Madam Lu, and it would be embarrassing if she didn't come. And Jia was sent by the Fourth Prince, so Wu Ziya took the initiative to bring her along.
So the two concubines followed behind and kowtowed to congratulate.
Old Lady Lu prepared red envelopes for everyone, filled with auspicious gold and silver ingots. There weren't many, but the meaning was very good.
Finally, Ping'er led her younger brothers and sisters to kowtow. The children's tender voices and pure and admiring eyes made Old Lady Lu smile from ear to ear.
Old Madam Lu was very happy looking at these great-grandchildren. This meant four generations living under one roof. If she lived a little longer, she might be able to see Ping'er get married, and then it would be five generations living under one roof!
Thinking of this, Old Lady Lu smiled even more happily and hurriedly had people distribute red envelopes to the children. The silver ingots she prepared for them had better meanings. The silver ingots for the girls were all beautiful little animals, with cute expressions. The silver ingots for the boys were pens, swords, and the like.
The implications and expectations are also full.
After Lu Yan and Bai Wanyi finished their New Year greetings, Lu Yan's second uncle, third uncle and others who lived in the back also came over to pay their respects.
Following them were the younger members of the clan, making the room full of people, very lively.
In order to avoid suspicion, Wu Ziya and the others went to the side room and waited until the men paid their New Year's greetings to Old Lady Lu before going over to talk.
Bai Wanyi entered the palace yesterday, and today many people surrounded her, asking her what the palace was like.
In the past, Qin Wan would go to the palace to attend the palace banquet every year, but for some reason, the female members of the clan were a little afraid of her and felt that she was difficult to get along with, so they never asked her about these things.
Now Bai Wanyi behaved very kindly and was easy to talk to. They gathered around her and asked her questions all over the place. Bai Wanyi really enjoyed the feeling of being the center of attention. She became more and more proud and talked more and more.
There were relatively few people on Wu Ziya's side. After all, her father was the Minister of Personnel and she was a rich lady. The young wives in the family were of ordinary origin and she was afraid that others would look down on them.
But the young ladies of the Lu family liked her very much, especially Lu Linglin and others.
During this period, Bai Wanyi and Lu Yan were busy outside, and Wu Ziya was at home. She had won the hearts of all the sisters. These young girls gathered together and chatted in soft voices, which was also very warm.
Bai Wanyi looked at Wu Ziya from afar, and then looked at her own side. The contrast was too stark. The people around her were all elderly women from the clan. They came from ordinary backgrounds and dressed in ordinary clothes. Not only were their clothes and jewelry old, but the colors were also old. People in their twenties dressed like grandmothers in their seventies or eighties. This made the young girls on Wu Ziya's side look even more tender and beautiful.
Bai Wanyi was a little unhappy. Just as he was thinking of finding an excuse to get away, he heard a child crying in the flower hall next door.
Bai Wanyi quickly got up and went to check, and saw Ping'er lying on the ground, crying with tears and snot all over her face.
Bai Wanyi was heartbroken and quickly picked up Ping'er: "What happened? Who bullied you?"
She looked at the children around her, very angry: "None of you know how to look at your own status! Do you think Ping'er can be bullied? He is the future son of the Marquis of Pingyang! The heir to the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion. What is your status and what is his status? How dare you touch Ping'er!"
A little girl in red clothes with two small pigtails stood up and said crisply, "I pushed him. What's wrong? You made my grandfather sick with anger. So I can't push him anymore?"
Bai Wanyi looked at the little girl and couldn't remember whose child she was. Her maid reminded her from behind, "Madam, this is the granddaughter of the old patriarch. She is very favored and only five years old."
Bai Wanyi remembered that this little girl was the daughter of the old patriarch's youngest son, and she was very smart and clever.
But Ping'er was already nine years old now, and she felt extremely ashamed that she was beaten by a five-year-old girl and burst into tears.
Bai Wanyi grew increasingly angry. She glared at the unimpressive Ping'er and said to the little girl, "Just because you're young, you can bully others? Is this how your clan leader raises his children?"
The clan leader's daughter-in-law stepped forward to defend her daughter. "A few days ago, Madam Bai came to visit and made my father-in-law sick. The Marquis personally came to apologize, and my father-in-law understands. I don't want to say anything more."
"But now, Madam, you want to talk about upbringing. Then I have to ask you, what is the upbringing like in the Pingyang Marquisate? Even though a young man angered the clan leader so much that he became ill and couldn't get out of bed, you didn't come and apologize in person? And you're still walking around the streets all day as if nothing had happened?"
Old Lady Lu was not happy to hear this. She slammed the table and said angrily, "What do you mean by 'Pingyang Marquis Mansion'? We are all members of the Lu family. When we are outside, we must say that we are from Pingyang Marquis Mansion."
The clan leader's daughter-in-law scoffed, "Don't! I can't afford to marry someone like that. Madam and I are of the same background, and she might even be inferior to us. She looks down on us from the bottom of her heart. Speaking of which, Madam Bai has been married for over half a year now, hasn't she? She's been with the Marquis at the border for eight years, and she doesn't even know what a salary is, yet she uses silver to humiliate you, my Lord."
"My father-in-law said a few words, and she turned irritated and insulted him, making him sick. He couldn't even get out of bed during the New Year. We can't even enter the gate of your Pingyang Marquis Mansion. Goodbye!"
"Let's go home!" The little girl responded crisply. The child didn't know what was going on, but she knew that she could go home, so she was very happy. She jumped up and down and ran out with her mother.
Old Lady Lu quickly ordered someone to stop the clan leader's daughter-in-law: "What are you doing? You're causing a scene out of nothing. You said the clan leader was sick, but how did he get sick? Did Bai Shi get angry? What's going on?"
The little girl was very articulate and quickly told what happened that day, repeating Bai Wanyi's words word for word.
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