Shiyi Niang saw Shiniang's ferocious face, and there seemed to be two balls of fire burning in her black eyes. She also thought of how she had pushed this body to the ground and lost her life, and she couldn't help but feel a tremor in her heart. But this is not the time to retreat. The more you retreat, the more others will think you are a coward.

She looked at Shi Niang with a smile: "Mother did say that. I don't know when you will leave. Does my sister want me to take anything with her?" As she spoke, Shi Niang's back stood straight like a pine tree, and she actually had a sense of awe.

Shi Niang was stunned.

Shiyi Niang didn't dare to push her too hard. If the two of them really quarreled, no matter who was right or wrong, they would always give people the impression of being narrow-minded and sharp-tongued. Otherwise, it takes two to tango, why didn't the two sisters take a step back? If the eldest wife knew about it, she would blame Shi Niang for her bad temper, but she would also blame herself for not knowing how to handle these conflicts. Maybe, it would also greatly reduce her image in the eldest wife's mind.

She stepped back a few steps, showing weakness, and said with a smile: "Sister, it's rare for you to come downstairs, and I don't have anything good to treat you here. Last time, the fifth sister gave me two packets of the best Xinyang Maojian. Sister, you know I don't know anything about tea, and I'm just chewing peony for a cow. Sister, why don't you try it? If you think it tastes good, I'll ask Dongqing to send it to Baizhi."

Shi Niang couldn't help but sneer: "It's different after all. There is actually Xinyang Maojian!" The anger in her eyes was much less.

This person's temper changes over time, gets worse and worse, and finally subsides. If you can withstand her first attack and are willing to be humble, her anger will naturally subside.

Shiyi Niang looked at her with a friendly smile, then took off her cloak and handed it to Amber, looking like she would never go out again and was sincerely entertaining guests. She then told Dongqing to make tea, and asked Binju to bring the squirrel skin cushion that she often used and put it on the stool for Shiyi Niang to sit on.

Shi Niang's expression brightened slightly.

Who would have thought that after receiving the cloak, Amber's eyes turned and she said with a smile, "Miss Eleven, the eldest lady sent someone to summon you... How about I go and tell Sister Coral that you should go immediately and ask her to cover for you in front of the eldest lady for a while?"

Eleventh Lady secretly cried out in her heart that it was bad.

What Shi Niang hated most was that someone used the eldest wife to put pressure on her.

But before she could finish her words to scold Amber, Shi Niang's face changed, and she took a step forward to overturn the black lacquered round table in her room - the round table was made of rosewood and was very heavy. She tried to overturn it twice but failed. She simply swept the table with her sleeves, and the tea utensils fell to the ground with a "clatter" and shattered into pieces.

Shi Niang moved very quickly, leaving Amber and the others dumbfounded.

Eleventh Lady couldn't help but groan.

The utensils in each room had to be registered and replaced according to the seasons. The set of ten kinds of brocade and pastel tea sets on the table was worth at least ten taels of silver... She had to pay for it.

As soon as this thought flashed through her mind, Shi Niang rushed towards her with her sleeves rolled up.

Shiyi Niang knew that if Shiniang's fist hit her, unless she was beaten half to death like before, she would be labeled as "having no sibling love" and she would not be able to escape... She was just about to raise her hands to protect her head when she glanced at Dongqing's frightened face and her heart moved.

If I really got beaten...do I not have to go to Yanjing?

For a moment, she suppressed the instinct to protect her head with her hands.

"Miss Ten, you should always take care of Fourth Aunt even if you don't take care of yourself!"

Amid Amber's anxious cries, Dongqing had already pulled Shiyi Niang behind her. The curtain flickered, and Baizhi and Jiuxiang rushed in, holding Shiyi Niang on the left and right, making her unable to move.

"You bastards, do you still respect me as your master?" The veins on Shi Niang's temples were bulging, and her eyes were red. She looked like a wild beast trapped in a cage, and she looked very scary.

Baizhi's expression became even worse. She nodded to Shiyi Niang and said, "Miss Shiyi, our young lady is rude. We will come to apologize to you later."

Jiuxiang also nodded to Shiyi Niang with an apologetic look on her face, and then the two of them dragged Shi Niang away.

Shi Niang cursed and struggled, kicking over a small stool beside her. Baizhi and Jiuxiang said nothing, but just carried Shi Niang out with all their strength.

Both of them were tall, and Shi Niang was quickly carried out.

"...You two little whores, what good did that little bitch give you? You only help the outsiders and not the insiders..."

"Miss Ten," Baizhi said in a frustrated voice, "You don't have to scold us. We just don't want to end up like Bitao and Hongtao!"

Shi Niang's voice stopped abruptly.

According to the mothers at home, Bi Tao and Hong Tao were beaten half to death and then sold to a brothel... They had served Shi Niang since they were young...

"Miss Ten, please calm down!" Bai Zhi's voice was full of fatigue. "What good is there in making a fuss like this? The eldest wife will look at you with respect, or the fourth concubine will move out of that shabby wing. Speaking of which, you are fourteen years old this year. Those who married early are mothers. Why haven't you made any progress at all..."

The sound gradually faded away. After a while, the people in Eleventh Lady's room came to their senses.

"Miss, are you okay?" Dong Qing pulled Shiyi Niang's hand and looked her up and down excitedly, "Why didn't you avoid it? If you were slapped, your face would be disfigured..."

As soon as she finished speaking, the door curtain was opened without warning, and a round, smiling face appeared in everyone's sight: "Oh, what's going on? Miss Eleven is so angry!"

"Mother Xu!"

Everyone in the room changed color slightly. Dong Qing opened her mouth to explain, but Shiyi Niang had already squeezed her hand hard and greeted her with a smile: "Mom, you are such a rare guest!"

Mother Xu rolled her eyes and took a thorough look at the situation in the room. She then smiled and bowed to Eleventh Lady, saying, "The eldest lady asked me to go to the rooms of Fifth Miss and Eleventh Miss to see if there was anything that needed to be added or subtracted. Unexpectedly, Fifth Miss is missing two top-quality wolf-hair brushes, and you are missing a set of enamel teacups." As she spoke, she pursed her lips and smiled.

Eleventh Lady also smiled: "Then I'll have to trouble you to remember it and add it to us when the time comes." She walked around the broken porcelain on the ground and welcomed her into her bedroom, "Mom, come in and have a cup of tea!"

Mother Xu didn't even look at the small stool lying at her feet, and followed Eleventh Lady into the bedroom calmly.

Amber was busy directing Zhuxiang to serve tea and snacks, while Dongqing led Binju and Qiuju to clean up the mess in the banquet hall.

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Mother Xu picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then listened attentively to the noise coming from the banquet hall, but there was only a slight rustling sound.

She couldn't help but nodded secretly.

I guess Holly and Beach Daisy saw that there were guests, so they squatted on the ground and picked up the broken porcelain with their hands wrapped in handkerchiefs.

Mother Xu put down the teacup, and Amber hurriedly handed over the account book that she had prepared long ago: "Please take a look, mother."

"Then I won't be polite." Mother Xu smiled, spread the account book on the coffee table beside her, then took out a small box from her sleeve, opened it, took out a pair of glasses and looked at it carefully.

Amber couldn't help but be secretly shocked.

This pair of glasses was brought from Guangdong by the eldest wife's brother when he was a councilor in Guangdong. Not only in Luo Mansion, but also in the whole Yuhang, there is only this pair. I didn't expect that the eldest wife would give it to Madam Xu... Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel envious. If I can do what Madam Xu does, my life is not in vain!

Eleventh Lady was thinking about Tenth Lady.

It is said that when the Fourth Aunt came back from Fujian, she immediately handed over all the account books in her hands, and followed the rules in front of the wife and did not cross the line. If it weren't for Shi Niang beating her, the first wife really couldn't find an excuse to punish her... How could such a meticulous person raise a reckless and ignorant daughter like Shi Niang...

The two of them were silent, each with their own thoughts. The rustling sound of Xu's mother flipping through the account books made the room even quieter.

After a long while, Madam Xu looked up, smiled, put her glasses into the box, and put them back into her sleeves: "Just as the young lady said, the eldest lady usually gives a lot of gifts, so if it's for daily expenses, there's no need to buy anything. It's just that we're going to Beijing this way to celebrate the birthday of the eldest aunt's house to celebrate the birthday of the Xu family's wife. By then, the whole house will be full of wealth. We can't compare with the royal family, but we can't be too shabby. The eldest lady has already ordered a set of coral tortoise shell headwear and a set of pearl red silver headwear for the eleventh lady from Lao Jixiang. I also took a look at the spring clothes that the eleventh lady made a few days ago. It's just right, so there's no need to buy anything. I just don't know if the eleventh lady wants to buy anything else?"

Eleventh Lady smiled and said, "I don't have anything I want to add."

After hearing this, Mother Xu smiled and stood up: "In that case, I will go and report to the first wife!"

Eleventh Lady stood up to see the guest off: "Thank you, mother, for taking this trip."

"Miss Eleven is always so polite." Mother Xu responded with a smile, said goodbye to Eleventh Lady, and went to the first lady's place.

"What's the matter?" The eldest wife half leaned on the chaise longue in the bedroom, looking expressionlessly at the maids who were tiptoeing to pack boxes in the room.

Mother Xu hesitated for a moment.

The first wife stood up and said, "Come with me."

Mother Xu replied "yes" and went to the banquet hall downstairs with the first wife.

"What? Both little girls made requests?" The eldest wife's eyes were a little cold.

Mother Xu hurriedly poured a cup of tea for the eldest lady and said with a smile, "I have looked at the things of the two young ladies. You usually give them a lot, and they have newly made spring clothes, so there is nothing to add or subtract. Privately, the fifth young lady asked to buy two good wolf-hair brushes, but it was only a matter of fifty taels of silver. The eleventh young lady didn't mention anything... But when I went there, I encountered something!"

Something that one is unwilling to say in front of the maid in the room is certainly not an ordinary thing!

The eldest wife said "Oh", sat up straight, and looked as if she was listening attentively.

Mother Xu took two steps forward and lowered her voice: "Miss Ten went to Miss Eleven's room to make trouble and smashed everything in the room. When I went in, I pretended not to know and asked Miss Eleven, saying that Miss Eleven had a bad temper. Miss Eleven avoided answering... Madam, when you first chose Miss Eleven, I was a little reluctant. I felt that she was not as good as Miss Five, who had a brother at home... Now it seems that she is really kind-hearted."

(I will update it in the evening, but it will be a bit late, so please get up early tomorrow morning to read it! (*^__^*) Hehehe...)