Chapter 176: The Moon (Part 2)

Xu Lingyi saw that Shiyi Niang's face was angry, and he felt very bored. For a moment, the room was silent, and only the sound of Shiyi Niang getting dressed could be heard.

At this awkward moment, a little maid timidly reported through the curtain: "Manager Bai is here!"

Xu Lingyi said "Oh" and walked out quickly.

For some reason, Eleventh Lady felt particularly aggrieved, and her eyes were filled with tears.

"Madam..." Amber walked in lightly, and seeing the mess in the room, she said cautiously, "Shall I get you some water to clean your face? It's time to go to the Madam's place."

After listening to this, Eleventh Lady quickly wiped her eyes and nodded.

Amber called Luyun and Hongxiu to come in and pack up the things, and she and Binju personally rolled up their sleeves to help Shiyi Niang clean her face.

"Where is the Marquis?"

You can't go alone, right?

"have no idea!"

Shiyi Niang felt a little cold in her heart. She knew that she had to go to the Madam's place to pay her respects at this time every day. "Just call Sister Zhen."

Amber looked embarrassed when she heard this: "Sister Zhen passed away early in the morning. Xiaoli came to tell her that the master was in the room at that time..."

Zhen Jie'er must be embarrassed to travel with him, and Amber saw Xu Lingyi in the house and didn't know how to report it.

Eleventh Lady nodded and went to the lady's place alone.

Xu Sijian was playing spinning tops with Zhe Ge in the yard. When he saw her come in, he hurried forward to greet her.

Xu Sijian even asked: "Are you here alone? Why don't you see Fourth Uncle?"

"Oh!" Eleventh Lady said calmly, "Your fourth uncle has something to do, come back later."

Xu Sijian nodded, and accompanied her with his brother to meet the lady.

The lady also asked, "Where's the fourth brother? Is he still busy?"

Eleventh Lady nodded. Third Master and Third Lady came. Seeing Eleventh Lady alone, they asked curiously, "Where is Fourth Brother? Why are you alone?"

"He is busy with something!" Eleventh Lady replied with a smile.

The third wife heard this and exclaimed, "Oh my!" "What's wrong with you? Why are your eyes red?"

"Are my eyes red?" Eleventh Lady was a little surprised, "Why didn't I know?"

"If you don't believe me, take a look!" The Third Lady dragged Eleventh Lady to show her to the Grand Lady, when a little maidservant came in and said, "The Marquis is here!"

The third lady was startled, and Xu Lingyi had already strode in.

The old lady looked at Eleventh Lady deeply, accepted the gift from her fourth son with a smile, and went to the east room to have dinner, surrounded by her sons, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren, chatting and laughing.

After sending the man away, he called Mother Du over and said, "Go and find out why the couple is quarreling!"

Mother Du smiled and said "yes", then went through the back door to the back room where Amber and the others lived.

The back room was quiet, with only a woman on night duty guarding there.

Mother Du asked curiously, "Where did this person go?"

The night watchwoman smiled brightly and said, "They were all called away by Miss Amber to be reprimanded."

"What's the point of this?" Aunt Du frowned. "I've heard that Miss Amber in the Madam's room is a very capable person, but I didn't know that she can even train the maids on behalf of the master."

The night-watchwoman immediately flattered him, "Who said it wasn't true? It's not a big deal, but she took it as a token of authority. From the tone of her voice, she's going to provoke me!"

"What's going on?" Mother Du's face darkened.

The maid on night duty smiled awkwardly, "It's not a big deal." She lowered her voice and said, "Today, the Marquis was in the Madam's room, and that little girl Xing'e, you know Xing'e, the niece of Madam Cai from the laundry room, broke in without knowing the consequences..." As she spoke, she lowered her voice a little more, "...and saw the Marquis hugging the Madam and doing that..." As she spoke, she blinked at Madam Du in an ambiguous manner.

The always solemn and dignified Marquis did such a thing in broad daylight...

Mother Du felt her head buzzing and the words "I must have seen it wrong" came out of her mouth.

"How could that be possible!" the night maid whispered, "Otherwise, why would Miss Amber call someone to give her a lecture..."

"Oh..." Not to mention believing it, even thinking about it was unbelievable. Mother Du's mind was in a mess.

"What are you doing here?" The night maid was an old lady from Yuanniang's side. She looked down on the people who came in with Shiyi Niang. She said with a gloating look, "How about I call Miss Amber to question you!"

"No need!" Mother Du said absentmindedly, "Since she is busy, it will be the same if I come to see her tomorrow." After saying that, she hurried back to the lady.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Mother Du looked unhappy, the lady became anxious.

She is old and is most afraid of discord among her children.

Mother Du's face turned red and white, and she leaned over and whispered something in the lady's ear.

The lady was stunned when she heard this: "You, you are not mistaken, are you?"

"Probably not." Mother Du said, "Otherwise, how could Amber say such offensive words?"

"I was wondering why the two of them arrived one after the other today." The lady laughed as she spoke, "The one with red eyes looked like he was crying... He must have been caught and felt embarrassed..." She joked, "I didn't realize that my son is an impatient person!"

Mother Du couldn't help but laugh and cry when she heard this: "Madam...how can this be what a mother-in-law should say?"

"Young people are always ridiculous." The old lady smiled and waved her hand in disapproval, "It's okay, it's okay! It will be fine when you get older."

…

Over there, Eleventh Lady lowered her head and did needlework, but from time to time her eyes would glance at Xu Lingyi, who was leaning on a large pillow at the head of the bed reading a book.

Why aren't you leaving yet...

When I went to the Madam's place to eat, I went alone. He didn't even look at me while eating, and didn't say a word when he came back... I just poured him tea in a nice way, but he didn't respond. I had already bowed my head, so why was he lying here without saying a word?

Eleventh Lady complained inwardly and winked at Amber.

Amber nodded slightly, went out to fetch some hot water and refilled Xu Lingyi's cup of tea. Then a little maid came in and said, "Madam, Sister Xiuyuan from Aunt Qiao's place came to ask if we should leave the door open for the Marquis today?"

Eleventh Lady looked at Xu Lingyi.

Xu Lingyi seemed not to have heard anything and continued flipping through the book in his hands without even raising his eyebrows.

Eleventh Lady had no choice but to put down the needle and thread in her hand, stepped forward and whispered: "My Lord, look..."

Without even raising his head, Xu Lingyi said "Oh" lightly, "Please fetch me some water to help me hot my feet." He meant that he would not go tonight.

Eleventh Lady wanted to persuade him, but seeing his serious expression, she told the maid, "Go and tell Aunt Qiao that the Marquis has something to do today, so he won't be there."

The little maidservant left immediately.

Eleventh Lady looked at Xu Lingyi again.

Seeing that his eyes were fixed on the book without even his hands trembling, Shiyi Niang curled her lips and asked the maid to pour hot water for Xu Lingyi's feet.

…

"The Marquis is not coming!" Qiao Lianfang was stunned. "Does the Marquis know?"

The little maidservant said a little aggrievedly: "Miss Amber asked me to wait first, and then came out and told me to go in and report. At that time, the Marquis and his wife were both in the room. The Marquis did not say anything, but his wife went up to him and asked a question. In the end, the Marquis asked his wife to help him with his foot hotting..."

Qiao Lianfang's face suddenly turned pale.

Xiu Yuan, who was standing behind her, immediately took out a few copper coins from her sleeve and gave them to the little maid: "Thank you for your hard work. Use this to buy some candy!"

The little maid happily accepted it, knelt down to greet Qiao Lianfang, and retreated.

When she reached the door, she remembered something and stopped, saying, "Aunt Qiao, I heard from the sisters in the courtyard that this afternoon, the Marquis was holding Madam's arm and doing that thing, and Sister Xing'e saw it... Madam got angry with the Marquis because of this, and the Marquis was so angry that he ignored Madam for the whole afternoon."

With a "clang", the brocaded teacup from the old kiln in Qiao Lianfang's hand fell onto the carpet covered with bright red folded-branch flowers, rolled a few times, and stopped on the green bricks outside the carpet.

Xiu Yuan's face changed drastically, and she hurried forward and pushed the little maid out: "I know, it's getting late..." Before she finished her words, she heard faint crying sounds coming from behind the curtain.

She wanted to go and take a look, but then she remembered what Mother Tao had told her to do, that is, leave after talking... In the end, she suppressed her curiosity and trotted all the way to Mother Tao to reply.

…

Eleventh Lady looked at Xu Lingyi, whose face was cold and solemn under the light, and told herself again: I am right. It is against etiquette to have sex in broad daylight. What is the reason for him to lose his temper? I feel guilty, but I am afraid of his power. In this matter, I am not wrong!

Thinking of this, the depression in my heart was relieved a lot.

She turned over with her back to Xu Lingyi. The light from the bedside was too glaring, so she turned over again, facing Xu Lingyi, buried her head between the pillows, and closed her eyes.

Let him do whatever he wants! I have to go back to my parents' home tomorrow. If my eyes are swollen, my fifth aunt will think I've been crying...

Xu Lingyi held a book in his hand, but from time to time he glanced at Shiyi Niang who was tossing and turning beside him.

It seems that she feels uncomfortable because I ignore her!

Noticing that she had turned over again, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

I was just teasing her, but who knew a maid would come in...

It wasn't intentional.

Aren't you just as embarrassed?

Besides, he just went out with Manager Bai, and he went to the Madam's place without waiting. If someone saw it, they would think that the two of them had a quarrel.

He deliberately put on a stern face just to make her anxious.

The smile on Xu Lingyi's lips deepened.

Wait a moment... and then talk to her.

Who knew that the person next to me turned over and was silent for a long time.

He was startled and leaned over to look, and saw that she had fallen asleep with her head tilted peacefully.

"Eleventh Lady!"

Xu Lingyi's face was gloomy.

The sleeping person flared his nostrils and rubbed his face on the sheets.

"Moyan..." Xu Lingyi raised his voice.

Eleventh Lady mumbled something incoherently and buried her face even deeper into her head.