Eleventh Lady’s words made Fourth Grandma narrow her eyes slightly.

This was the first time she heard of Luo Zhenxing's plan.

No one would tell her that.

Just like yesterday when Wu Niang dragged her to San Yi Niang's place, she scolded her and said something like "If Wu Yi Niang gave birth to a son, and with the support of Shiyi Niang, you will not even have water to drink by then, and you are so heartless to be happy for them without even thinking about it." When they were about to discuss what to do, she sent her away.

A wife is honored by her husband, and humbled by her husband.

What does Eleventh Lady mean by this?

Are you showing off your status to her?

Fourth Grandma couldn't help but raise her eyelids to look at Eleventh Lady.

Her eyes were twinkling, and she was looking at her with a smile. There was no trace of sadness on her face.

Fourth Grandma's heart skipped a beat.

She once inquired about this aunt who was the eleventh child and married to the famous Yongping Marquis as his second wife. Everyone said that she was gentle, kind, generous, and never argued with others, which made her very popular with the first wife. She was puzzled at the time. How could such a person squeeze out the fifth and tenth daughters, who were both of the right age and beautiful, and marry into the Yongping Marquis's mansion - although everyone said it was because she was young and the first wife wanted her to help take care of Zhun Ge for a few more years. But this marriage was not decided by the Luo family. Even if the Luo family had such an intention, would the Xu family, who only had one legitimate son, also think so for Zhun Ge? You know, Zhun Ge was Yuan Niang's only flesh and blood for the Luo family. But for the Xu family, it must not be the only choice.

Just by looking at her with a smile, Fourth Grandma immediately understood that the woman in front of her was no ordinary woman.

Since she is not an ordinary woman, she will definitely not talk nonsense.

She put away her carelessness and thought carefully about what Eleventh Lady had just said.

Tell her about Luo Zhenxing's plans for the future, and let her know how much Luo Zhenxing values ​​and relies on Xu Lingyi. This is easy to understand. But why did she mention that her father-in-law would return to Yuhang one day?

Everyone knew that the Luo family would return to Yuhang sooner or later.

Even Wu Niang had said more than once that Luo Zhensheng should study hard with his teacher while he was still in Beijing, and if he had any questions, he should ask Qian Ming. He should take the opportunity to spend more time with Qian Ming. You know, relatives become closer when they spend more time together. When Qian Ming is in high school, she, as his elder sister, can also plead with Qian Ming to bring Luo Zhensheng to his post.

What Wu Niang is worried about is that Luo Zhensheng will stop having contact with Qian Ming after returning to Yuhang. So what is Shiyi Niang worried about?

As she pondered, the corner of her eye swept across the bluestone bricks under her feet.

How could I forget that they were going to Fifth Aunt's place at that moment.

The answer immediately came to Fourth Grandma’s mind—Eleventh Lady was worried about Fifth Aunt!

But what does this have to do with me?

You know, when the Fifth Aunt is in power, the one who suffers the most is the Third Aunt. The First Wife wants the Third Aunt to help manage the affairs of the house.

Eleventh Lady looked at the thoughtful expression on Fourth Lady's face, nodded secretly, and said with a smile: "By the way, I heard from Fifth Sister last time that Fourth Sister-in-law was planning to find a job as an accountant for Fourth Brother. How did Fourth Sister-in-law come up with this idea?" Her tone was very casual, as if she had suddenly remembered it.

In this case, every sentence has a deeper meaning.

Of course, Fourth Grandma would not take it lightly.

Besides, she had no other choice at that time and had to risk her life to survive.

The Luo family is a well-known family in Yuhang, but when she married, the mothers who were in charge were very calculative and wanted to calculate every little thing, not willing to suffer any loss. She realized at that time that the Luo family did not take her seriously at all, and deliberately made things difficult for her and laughed at her. Besides, there was a dignified and knowledgeable eldest brother in front of her, and a sister-in-law who was a good match for the Luo family, had a rich dowry, and gave birth to the eldest grandson of the Luo family. She wanted to curry favor with her mother-in-law, but she was afraid that her mother-in-law might not like her hanging around in front of her. When she got married and saw her husband, it was obvious that he was a confused person. She thought about living alone - while her husband was still young and there was still a chance to change, it would be better to break up and live alone. In her mother's family, she had to support all the family affairs. Since she could support that family, she could also support this family. What's more, this family has a much richer foundation than that family.

But I can't say this to Eleventh Lady.

If a newly married daughter-in-law wants to live alone, it is unfilial - others will think that you don't want to take care of your aging parents-in-law.

She thought about it and said, "Start a family and build a career. I also want to find something for your fourth brother to do!"

Eleventh Lady laughed: "Then there's no need to let Fourth Brother be the accountant!"

Fourth Grandma thought about how Luo Zhenxing went to discuss the matter with Yongping Marquis for his future... She couldn't help but feel a little moved: "What does grandma mean?" Perhaps she was too eager for Luo Zhensheng to be independent, and there was a hint of hope in her tone.

"Eldest brother isn't worried about fourth brother eating free meals at home, so why should fourth sister-in-law be anxious?" Eleventh Lady looked at Fourth Grandma with a smile and said something completely unrelated.

After listening to this, Fourth Grandma felt indescribable loss.

She thought Eleventh Lady had some good ideas to help Luo Zhensheng get rid of his current dependent situation.

Eleventh Lady asked those questions before just to make Fourth Lady have hope for herself, so that Fourth Lady might take her words seriously. Seeing the effect, she smiled and said, "Big Brother is the eldest son. The family property is managed by Mother. If you count carefully, all the people in this family are chewing Big Brother's. In the future, when the family property is divided, it will be Big Brother's share. So I say, as long as Big Brother doesn't care, Fourth Sister-in-law doesn't have to worry."

Only then did Fourth Grandma realize what was going on.

This Eleventh Lady took such a big detour, it turned out that she wanted to tell herself that even if the Fifth Lady gave birth to a son, it would not have any conflict of interest with her.

If you think about it carefully, it is true.

For so many years, the family's property has been managed by the eldest wife, and the concubine's son has no share of the dowry of the first wife. With the first wife's shrewdness and strength, I'm afraid that the Luo family's property has long become the first wife's dowry. In addition, the legitimate son has to bear the sacrifice, and generally he will get an extra share of the sacrificial land. Even if there is no child of the fifth concubine, given the first wife's personality, Luo Zhensheng will definitely not get much.

When I got married, the Yongping Marquis's Mansion gave me a gift of three hundred taels of silver, plus the gifts from several branches of the Xu family, the total amount was more than five hundred taels of silver.

People may not value that little bit of money.

She smiled: "Eleventh Aunt is right. As long as Big Brother doesn't care, we don't have to worry."

It's easy to talk to smart people.

The two smiled at each other, and looked up to see Fifth Aunt's residence.

The Fourth Mistress thought about Eleventh Lady's performance today, and also thought about her status and position... She didn't want to curry favor with her, but she didn't want to offend her either. She simply stated her attitude: "Fifth Lady doesn't have to worry about anything, and Sixth Lady takes care of all the things in the house. Now that Sixth Lady is helping to take care of Fifth Lady, you can rest assured!"

What this means is that no matter what happens, it is the Sixth Aunt's idea and has nothing to do with the Fifth Aunt.

Eleventh Lady smiled brightly.

The Sixth Concubine is a battle-hardened woman. Back then, she had to deal with the First Madam, the Fourth Concubine, and the Fifth Concubine. As long as the Fourth Madam did not get involved, the Third Concubine, who only knew how to please the First Madam and gain a foothold in the Luo family by relying on her power, would not be her opponent. Eleventh Concubine was very confident in the Sixth Concubine's fighting ability.

"Fourth sister-in-law is right." She looked at Fourth Grandma and blinked, "Our aunt is a gentle person. Without Sixth Aunt's help, how can I feel at ease?"

Eleventh Lady did not hesitate to direct the blame onto Sixth Aunt.

Let the Third Aunt and the Sixth Aunt fight it out. Maybe it will make the Third Aunt realize the gap between them earlier, and make the Fifth Aunt calm down - isn't the Third Aunt holding the Fifth Aunt in her arms now?

Fourth Grandma covered her sleeves and laughed.

Wu Niang looked down on her everywhere and stepped on her own brother's wife without mercy. To put it bluntly, she just saw that Luo Zhensheng was incompetent. She relied on her being a juren's wife and had a bright future. Only Luo Zhensheng begged her, not her. In this case, let the third aunt, who she supported, and the sixth aunt, who was supported by Shiyi Niang, fight well. If the third aunt won, she would be no different from now, anyway, the mother and daughter looked down on her; but if she lost, Luo Zhensheng would be more honest in front of her without the fifth aunt and the third aunt, who were messing around behind her. Naturally, she was happy to pretend to be confused.

The two of them entered Fifth Aunt's door with their own thoughts.

The Sixth Aunt was serving the Fifth Aunt breakfast when she saw the Eleventh Lady and the Fourth Aunt coming together. She couldn't hide her surprise.

I didn't expect that Eleventh Lady could convince the Lady Dowager and Marquis Yongping to let her return to her parents' home.

She smiled more attentively than yesterday: "Has Eleventh Aunt eaten yet? Fifth Sister is drinking porridge. Would you like a bowl, Eleventh Aunt? I made this myself early in the morning." She also greeted Fourth Aunt, "Fourth Aunt, it's rare for you to come. Come sit down and have a rest."

The Fifth Aunt was also surprised to see the Eleventh Lady: "Why is Aunt here? Alone or with the Marquis?"

"I am alone, bringing the children to pay New Year's greetings to my eldest and fourth brothers. The Marquis has something else to do." Eleventh Lady responded as she stepped forward to help Fifth Auntie: "As soon as he returned yesterday, the Marquis told the Madam that you were pregnant. The Madam said that it was a good thing to have a child for your husband's family. She also specially rewarded me with twenty taels of silver and asked me to bring it to you. The Marquis also prepared some medicinal herbs and rulers for me to bring along. I have already given the things to Madam Hang in Grandma's room."

The Fifth Aunt heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, and then turned around to greet the Fourth Madam: "Fourth Madam, please take a seat."

When the Fourth Madam saw that the Sixth Madam had greeted her loudly but stood there without moving, she knew that she was only being warm in words. She also thought that Luo Zhensheng was born to the Third Madam, and that the Eleventh Madam had come specially to see the Fifth Madam, so it would not be convenient for her to stay here. She smiled and greeted the Fifth Madam and the Sixth Madam, then turned and left.

That's what was said, but how it would be done is another matter.

Eleventh Lady did not keep Fourth Lady, and smiled as she helped Fifth Lady onto the bed: "You'd better rest more!"

The fifth aunt nodded and went to bed.

The Sixth Aunt went to the kitchen under the pretext of cleaning up the dishes, leaving the space for the two of them.

Eleventh Lady whispered to Fifth Aunt, "Sixth Aunt and you are sisters from the same room, and Twelfth Sister and I grew up in the same room. Sixth Aunt is smart and capable, so if you have any problem, just ask her for help."

The Fifth Aunt knew how powerful the Sixth Aunt was, and nodded hesitantly.

Seeing that the Fifth Aunt did not trust the Sixth Aunt, the Eleventh Aunt was very determined. If she told the Sixth Aunt that she was just trying to exchange hands with the Fifth Aunt, the Fifth Aunt would definitely not want her to use the Twelveth Aunt as a bargaining chip. It was not easy to tell the Fifth Aunt the real situation, so she had to make up a story: "The Sixth Aunt wanted to help the Twelveth Sister save a dowry, and I promised to pay part of the money..."

Fifth Aunt judged others by her own standards, so she believed this reason. She nodded and started to worry about Eleventh Aunt again: "Isn't that a huge sum of money? Don't be too hard on yourself!"

"I'm the wife of the Marquis of Yongping now, so I can still come up with this little money." Eleventh Lady comforted Fifth Aunt, "Just rest assured and take care of the pregnancy. I'll take care of the rest!"

The two chatted for a few words, and the Fifth Aunt urged her to leave: "...the young masters are still in the main courtyard."

Seeing that everything had been explained almost completely, Eleventh Lady gave a few more instructions like "take good care of yourself" and then went to the main house.

The Sixth Aunt couldn't help but sigh: "Fifth sister is finally able to see the blue sky after all the hard times, and is about to enjoy her life." She felt a little unwilling in her heart, and her words were tinged with sourness.