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 quietly. Seeing the mess in the room, she said cautiously, "Shall I get you some water to wash your face? It's time to go to the Madam's place."

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

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

"Where is the Marquis?"

You can't go alone, right?

"I don't know!" Amber said carefully, "She went out with Manager Bai... I'll send someone to find out."

"No need." Shiyi Niang felt a little cold. He knew that he had to go to the Madam's place to greet her every day at this time. "Just call Sister Zhen."

Amber looked embarrassed when she heard this: "Sister Zhen went there early in the morning. I asked Xiaoli to tell her that the Marquis was in the room at that time..."

Zhen Jie'er must be embarrassed to travel with him, and Amber was embarrassed to report to Xu Lingyi when she saw him in the room.

Eleventh Lady nodded and went to the lady alone.

Xu Sijian was playing tops with Zhunge 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 your fourth uncle?"

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

Xu Sijian nodded, and he and Zhun Ge accompanied her to meet the lady.

The lady also asked, "Where's the fourth brother? He's still busy!"

Eleventh Lady nodded. Third Master and Third Lady came and saw 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? Your eyes are red?"

"Are my eyes red?" Eleventh Lady was a little surprised, "How come I don't know?"

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

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

The 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 old woman on duty smiled brightly: "They were all called by Miss Amber to be lectured."

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

The night-watchwoman immediately flattered him, "Who said it wasn't? It's not a big deal, but she took the chicken feather as a token of authority. From the tone of her voice, she wants to chase people away!"

"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 as a result, that little maid Xing'e, you know Xing'e, the niece of Madam Cai from the laundry room, broke in without knowing the seriousness of the matter..." As she spoke, she lowered her voice even more, "...and saw the Marquis was hugging the Madam and doing that thing..." As she spoke, she winked at Mama Du in an ambiguous manner.

The always solemn and dignified Marquis did that kind of 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 in to lecture her..."

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

"What do you want to do?" The night maid was an old lady from Yuanniang's family. 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 has something to do, it's no different if I come to see her tomorrow." After saying that, she hurried back to the lady's place.

"What's wrong?" The lady became anxious when she saw that Mrs. Du looked unhappy.

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 old lady's ear.

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

"Probably not." Mother Du said, "Otherwise, why would Amber even say that she wanted to chase someone away?"

"I was wondering why the two of them arrived one after the other today." The old 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 such 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 would say?"

"Young people, there are always some ridiculous moments." The old lady smiled and waved her hand disapprovingly, "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 the large pillow at the head of the bed reading a book.

Why don't you leave...

When I went to the Madam's house for dinner, I went alone. He didn't even look at me while eating, and he didn't say a word when he came back... I just offered him tea in a nice way, but he ignored me. I have already bowed my head, so why is he lying here like this 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. 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 hear anything and continued flipping through the book in his hand 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 calmly, "Please fetch some water for me to warm my feet!"

It means I won't come over tonight.

Eleventh Lady wanted to persuade him, but seeing his serious expression, she could only avoid his attack and told the maid, "Go and tell Aunt Qiao that the Marquis has something to do today and will not be coming over."

The little maidservant responded and left.

Eleventh Lady looked at Xu Lingyi again.

Seeing that his eyes were fixed on the book and his hands didn't even tremble, Eleventh Lady curled her lips and asked the maid to pour hot water for Xu Lingyi to soak his 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 didn't say anything, and his wife went up to ask a question. In the end, the Marquis asked his wife to help him heat his feet..."

Qiao Lianfang's face suddenly turned pale.

When Xiu Li, who was standing behind her, saw this, she 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, bowed to 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 the Marquis was hugging Madam this afternoon and was caught by Sister Xing'e... Madam got angry with the Marquis because of this. The Marquis was so angry that he ignored Madam for the whole afternoon."

With a "clang", the teacup with ten kinds of brocade from the old kiln in Qiao Lianfang's hand fell on the carpet with bright red folded flowers, rolled a few times and stopped on the blue bricks outside the carpet.

Xiu Yuan's face changed drastically, and she hurried forward to push the little maid out: "I know, it's getting late, you should go to bed early too!"

The little maidservant was pushed out of the door and staggered. She couldn't help but scratch her head at the blue-gray plywood curtain that swayed twice behind her, and muttered in a low voice: "No wonder Mother Tao asked me to walk to the door before saying this..." Before she finished speaking, 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 and leave after she finished talking... In the end, she suppressed her curiosity and trotted all the way to Mother Tao to reply to the letter.

* * * * * *

Eleventh Lady looked at Xu Lingyi, whose face was cold and solemn under the light, and told herself again: I am not wrong. It is not in accordance with etiquette to be so rude in broad daylight. What right does he have 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 had to turn 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 ignored her!

Noticing that she had turned over again, a faint smile appeared on his face.

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, but he went to the Madam's place without waiting. If someone saw it, they would think that the two 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 longer... 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.

"Mo Yan..." Xu Lingyi raised his voice

Eleventh Lady mumbled something vaguely and buried her face even deeper.

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