Mrs. Xiang was very attentive to Amber, and after a few visits, Amber got to know some of the situations in her family.

The only son died of illness before the age of 20, leaving behind a son and a daughter. She couldn't bear to see her young daughter-in-law become a widow, so she let her remarry. The old man helped feed the horses in the stable, and his food and drink came from the government. He received a monthly salary of 500 coins. She didn't have a proper job, and it was really hard to bear to take care of her grandchildren.

After hearing this, Eleventh Lady fell silent for a while.

Not to mention that the maids in her room were all dedicated to their work, even if they wanted to replace them, they would not hire a talkative one. In her previous life, she had everything going smoothly, but when she came to Luo Mansion, she was forced into the dust by the environment, and she had to beg for help from others. Her feelings were deeper than those of ordinary people. Do not impose on others what you do not want others to do to you. She gave Xiang such great hope, and then sent her away with a light sentence of "no replacement for the time being". I am afraid she will not be able to sleep for most of the month. And the two roast chickens, I don't know where the money was saved to buy them. Her pity for her was related to her own experience. And Amber felt guilty when talking about this, which surprised her!

"How old are Mrs. Xiang's grandson and granddaughter?"

Amber's eyes lit up when she heard this: "The older granddaughter is named Fangfei because she was born in April. The younger grandson is named Suoer because he is ten years old this year."

Shiyi Niang remembered that there was a girl named Fangfei in Yuanniang's room: "Is she working in the eldest sister's room?"

"No." Amber smiled, "I heard that she is very smart, so people in the mansion call her Da Fangfei or Xiao Fangfei."

Eleventh Lady pondered and said, "Mrs. Xiang talks too much, she is not suitable to stay with us. When the time comes, you can see if there is a need for a maid, find a job for Fangfei, and give her some pointers, so that she won't be as talkative as her grandmother, and then she will be able to stay in the job for a long time."

Amber is the most capable maidservant beside Shiyi Niang, and everyone in the Xu Mansion knows it. Although Shiyi Niang is not the head of the family, if there is a vacancy in the mansion and she wants to put someone in, the Third Lady will not refuse her face for this. This matter is naturally not difficult to handle. Amber happily agreed, and the two talked about the affairs of the mansion.

"…The old marquis took three concubines in succession. The first one was a former servant and gave birth to the third marquis. She died of illness in her thirties. The second one did not give birth to a child and died of illness two years after the old marquis passed away. The third one was taken in by the old marquis in his later years. She was only in her early twenties when the old marquis passed away. The old lady gave her some money and let her go. When the old marquis was alive, the concubines stayed for five days each and stayed in the old lady's room the rest of the time. The third lady followed this rule after she married in, and the eldest aunt also followed this rule before."

Eleventh Lady didn't know that the Third Master also had concubines: "...How many concubines does he have? Do you know where they came from?"

"There is only one, her surname is Yi, she is the third lady's companion, she was given a face when the third lady was pregnant with the eldest young master. She has never given birth. She is very close to our concubine Qin."

We are all maids, so we have more in common!

Eleventh Lady nodded slightly.

"…The Second Master passed away on the tenth day of the first lunar month in the fifty-second year of Jianwu. Madam Wen was carried into the mansion on the sixth day of the eleventh lunar month, and Madam Qin and Madam Tong died shortly afterwards. The old Marquis passed away on the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month."

Qin and Tong were both born as maids and served Xu Lingyi since childhood. It is said that Tong died a long time ago, and Qin was promoted to concubine because she gave birth to a concubine's eldest son...

"As I recall, Qiu Luo didn't seem to mention Auntie?"

"You remember correctly. Aunt Tong was not promoted." Amber knew what Eleventh Lady wanted to ask, and whispered, "She told the maid that Aunt Tong was already four months pregnant when she died. If the child could be born, the eldest young master would be older... She also said that Aunt Tong's appearance and temperament are unmatched in the whole mansion. When she served the Marquis, she never went out to watch the fun. Even on days like the New Year and the Mid-Autumn Festival, when everyone in the yard went out to play, she would stay in the room to fumigate the quilt and warm tea for the Marquis. She was the most liked by the Madam, so she promoted Aunt Tong when she was ready."

Pretty, sensible, and polite, she became an aunt as soon as she had her face opened, and then got pregnant with her first child...but in the end, two people died!

Eleventh Lady felt a chill in her heart: "Do you know how he died?"

Amber's face turned slightly pale: "It is said that she had a miscarriage..."

Isn't it said that the first three months are the most unstable? How come in the fourth month...

"Where is the Marquis?" Eleventh Lady asked in a low voice, "What was the reaction of the Marquis when he found out that Aunt Tong was dead?"

"It is said that Yanjing was in turmoil at that time, so the Madam sent the Marquis to his hometown in Henan to guard the old Marquis's mausoleum. When he came back, Aunt Tong had been dead for almost two years. It was hard to see that the Marquis was any different. But not long after, the Marquis had a quarrel with the eldest aunt over the Second Madam. Then the two gradually became estranged."

"Oh?" Eleventh Lady listened and moved her body, "Why are you arguing?"

"The house we live in now is to the east of the main hall. It is the upper courtyard where the marquises and their wives lived in successive generations. After the second master got married, he originally lived in the courtyard where the concubines in our house now live. At that time, Dianchun Hall had not been demolished yet. The marquis and the eldest aunt lived there. The fifth master was still young, so he lived in the west wing of our courtyard. Later, the second master died. The second wife was a widow. Logically, she should move to a more secluded place to live, but she was so sick at the time that she was confused. In broad daylight, she actually said that she heard the second young master coughing in the study and asked the maid to send a cloak to the second young master... The old lady heard tears streaming down her face and cried there with her. No one dared to mention moving. Later, the second lady got better, the old marquis passed away again, and the old lady fell ill. It happened that something happened at home. It was said that the old marquis was a party of some kind and might want to take away the title. Thanks to our old master who came forward to deal with it, everything was safe. So when you married in, everyone said that the Xu family was repaying the Luo family's kindness!"

This was the first time that Eleventh Lady heard of such a thing happening between the Xu and Luo families.

"...The Marquis and the Third Master were out every day. The eldest aunt was in charge of the household affairs, and the Third Madam was pregnant, so the Madam couldn't help but not take good care of her. It was all thanks to the Second Madam who dragged her sick body with the Fifth Master to serve medicine and soup to the Madam, and supervised the Fifth Master's homework. She was so thin that she was just a bag of bones. After the incident was over, the Marquis and the Third Master went to their hometown in Henan to guard the mausoleum, and the Second Madam helped the Madam manage the family property. She stayed in the Madam's room nine out of ten days. Naturally, no one mentioned asking her to move."

Eleventh Lady was stunned: "Has the Second Madam ever helped the Madam manage the family business?"

"Yes." Amber said solemnly, "I have asked repeatedly. I told the maid that the managers of the outer courtyard had to go to the second lady for instructions. The matters of the inner courtyard went to the eldest aunt for instructions."

Eleven fell into deep thought.

Amber continued, "Later, the Marquis and the Third Master came back, and the Third Master took over the management of the family business. The Second Madam proposed to move to where the Tai Madam now lived. The Marquis disagreed, and said, I didn't come back to drive my widowed sister-in-law out. After hearing this, the Second Madam was reluctant to bring up the idea of ​​moving again. The Tai Madam saw that this was not a good idea, so she had two new courtyards built next to Dianchun Hall, which are where the Fifth Master lives now and where the eldest aunt used to live."

"So, the courtyard where Fifth Master lives and the house where Eldest Aunt lives were both built later?"

"Yes!" Amber nodded. "And when the two courtyards were built, my aunt invited Taoist Changchun from the Imperial Observatory to look at Feng Shui. Taoist Changchun talked about the Marquis's offspring, and said that my aunt lived in the west, which conflicted with the Marquis's birth horoscope, so he had few children. If she could move to the Xu family's Kunwei house, not only would the Marquis be able to turn misfortune into fortune and have many descendants, but my aunt would also be able to revive and give birth to a son. When my aunt heard this, she immediately asked Taoist Changchun to perform a ritual..."

Eleventh Lady had seen too many bloody cases when handling divorce cases. Any trivial matter that others thought was trivial could become the fuse of divorce. She could also guess what happened later: "It turned out that the Kun position of Xu Mansion happened to be the courtyard where we live now!"

Amber nodded repeatedly: "At that time, the courtyard next to Dianchun Hall had not been built yet. When the second wife heard this, she immediately moved to the current house in the back garden. The Marquis thought that the eldest aunt was too nosy. He also said that the second wife was a woman who lived alone in the back garden. You might as well drive her directly to the nunnery, at least there would be someone to keep her company. The eldest aunt was very aggrieved and said that she had lived in the upper courtyard of the Xu family for three years and I didn't say anything. If I wanted to drive her away, I would have driven her away long ago. Who knew that the Marquis was even more angry after hearing this, saying that the eldest aunt was thinking about the upper house every day, and also said, now I am the Marquis of Yongping, I have made progress, are you satisfied now? Are you happy? The eldest aunt was so angry that she cried and said, I didn't live with you when you were not a marquis? The two of them talked more and more deeply. The Marquis, who never spoke loudly in front of the eldest aunt on weekdays, actually slapped the yellow pear wood kang table beside him into pieces with one palm, and scared Wanxiang to run to find the lady."

"Then the Madam scolded the Marquis?"

Amber stared at Shiyi Niang with wide eyes: "How did you know?"

Eleventh Lady smiled slightly: "The Dowager is a person who helps the weak and not the strong. The Second Lady is alone, so she pities the Second Lady; the Fifth Master is like a child who never grows up, so she is afraid that the Fifth Lady will be wronged; the Third Lady has two sons, and the Third Master listens to the Third Lady. The Dowager will definitely not worry about her having a bad life. She is most at ease with her and naturally pays the least attention to her." She has seen many mothers-in-law like this. The daughter-in-law often feels that the mother-in-law is not fair, but the mother-in-law hopes that everyone can live a good life. She thinks that if you are capable, I don’t need to help you anymore. "Now that the eldest sister and the marquis are quarreling, she will naturally help the eldest sister to scold the son and calm things down!"

A trace of admiration flashed in Amber's eyes: "As a result, the Marquis, who usually kept silent in front of the Madam, also moved to the back garden in anger."

"Half Moon Pan?"

Amber jaw.

"Then the eldest sister also moved to the current house out of spite." Eleventh Lady couldn't help but smile, "How did the two of them reconcile later?"

Otherwise, how could there be Zhun Ge?

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