A hint of hesitation flashed across Dongqing's face.

Eleventh Lady looked at him and a faint smile appeared on her lips.

"So, you think you are the most suitable!"

Every word fell gently in the room, blowing gently like a spring breeze, which startled Amber and Holly.

Isn’t it?

There was a hint of confusion in Dongqing's eyes, and then it turned into determination.

Why do you ask this, madam?

Isn't this true?

But Amber listened and felt secretly anxious.

Not all the maids who came with the dowry would become concubines. Some were chosen by the son-in-law, and some were needed by the young lady. But no matter which one it was, it was either stated explicitly or hinted at first. For example, when the son-in-law was reading in the study, other servants would be sent to serve him, or when the son-in-law was bathing, the young lady would send him to serve... Eleventh Lady never said it to them explicitly, let alone hinted at them. Even the first thing she did after marrying into the Marquis's Mansion was to actively plan Dongqing's marriage.

What Dongqing did was equivalent to slapping Shiyi Niang in the face.

Not only did Eleventh Lady not get angry, she even laughed.

You know, Eleventh Lady is not the kind of person who is timid, cowardly and easily bullied.

This... is too abnormal!

She hurried forward and pulled Dongqing's arm: "Sister Dongqing, look at what you are saying. You are engaged." She also tried to save face for Dongqing, "You are a girl waiting to be married, didn't they explain this to you..."

It would have been fine if Amber didn't pull it, but when she did, Dongqing remembered what Tao's mother said. She said that the eldest wife wanted to send Shanhu and the others over as well. If that was true, then the lady would be sidelined by the Luo family.

She couldn't let this happen. She couldn't let the Luo family sideline her lady.

Thinking of this, she suddenly shook off Amber's hand: "Amber, stop pretending here. I just want to ask you one question, can you abandon your mother and father?"

Amber was stunned.

Dong Qing sneered: "What? You can't answer? If that's the case, why bother pretending to be nice here?"

Amber was very anxious.

Her mother and father are now in the Luo family's farm; she can't just abandon them. She couldn't deny these two things. But she felt that as long as Shiyi Niang was in power, as long as she followed Shiyi Niang, the Luo family would never touch her mother and father for Zhun Ge. If Shiyi Niang lost power one day, or was driven out by the Xu family. Even if she wanted to, she couldn't keep her mother and father safe. In this case, it would be better to follow Shiyi Niang wholeheartedly and make a way out.

But she never had the chance to tell Eleventh Lady about this.

Now Dongqing brought this up, she was afraid that Shiyi Niang would misunderstand.

Amber couldn't help but look at Eleventh Lady.

They saw her standing there quietly, her posture straight, her pretty face slightly raised, and her eyes looking at them were full of coldness that kept people at a distance.

Amber was shocked, and all the words she wanted to say were stuck in her throat.

Dongqing saw Amber's mouth twitching slightly, wanting to say something but stopping herself. He knew he had touched her sore spot. He felt relieved, knelt down and took two steps forward, and humbly fell to the ground: "Madam, Bin Ju and I have been serving you since you came back from Fujian. At that time, you were only eight years old, and you were so sick that you only had one breath left. Everyone was afraid of taking responsibility, so no one dared to serve you in your room. It was Bin Ju and I who served you day and night for a full six months, eating porridge and taking medicine, and finally pulled you back from the brink of death..."

Amber saw Eleventh Lady tremble slightly, slowly lowered her head, and stared at the holly at her feet.

"Yes! At that time, in order for me to have some hot porridge to eat, you covered for me while Bin Ju took action and stole a small clay stove from the big kitchen in the outer courtyard. You hung a felt blanket on the window frame in the middle of the night to cook porridge for me." Her voice sounded colder than usual.

Dongqing was cheered up and looked up, seeing Eleventh Lady looking down at her with a gentle smile on her face.

"I know, I know everything!" Her voice was gentle, but not as kind as before. "Although I can't move or speak, we know what you did. I thought at the time that no matter what happens in the future, I will do my best to take care of these two people..."

"Madam!" Dong Qing's tears fell like raindrops along her pear-blossom-like face. "At that time, we were in the Luo family. We lived in fear every day. We didn't know what would happen tomorrow. If we broke a bowl or plate, we had to pay for it. We had to pay for everything with the monthly allowance of two taels of silver. We really had no other choice. You took me to do embroidery. I worked hard for three or four months and earned seven taels of silver. I was so happy..."

Amber quietly retreated.

This was Eleven Niang's life before, and now she is a high-ranking Marquise. Not everyone can bear to have their past suffering known to others.

Under the eaves, a maidservant on duty was covering her mouth and crying bitterly. Several other maidservants on duty looked at her with sympathy, pity or gloating, but no one dared to leave their post and come over to persuade her.

Seeing Amber coming out, he immediately knelt in front of her: "Sister Amber, Sister Amber, I tried to stop her, but I failed. Really, I really tried to stop her!"

I wonder how the Madam and Dong Qing talked about it in the end? If the Madam had asked the Marquis to take Dong Qing in because of their old relationship, wouldn't it be a slap in Dong Qing's face if she dealt with this little maid today?

Amber was a little hesitant, and then she saw Mother Tao and Binju walking towards them, looking for something with their heads down.

Bin Ju had a straightforward personality. She would scold the maids when they did something wrong, but she was willing to teach them. Everyone wanted to be close to her. She was afraid that the little maid would cry out in front of Bin Ju and bring up the incident of Dong Qing breaking into the house, which would make Mother Tao laugh at her. So she hurriedly told the little maid, "Go back to your room and reflect on yourself first. When you have thought it through, come and talk to me."

The little maid went away sobbing.

Bin Ju saw Hubo standing under the eaves scolding the maid from a distance, and was annoyed that Mother Tao had to keep coming to Shiyi Niang's main courtyard without an excuse to get away, so she hurried forward to greet Hubo: "What's going on?"

"It's okay, it's okay. The little maid did something wrong, so I said a few words." Amber smiled and perfunctorily walked forward to bow to Mother Tao and asked, "I saw that you seemed to be looking for something? What was lost? How did you find the main courtyard?"

Mother Tao stammered, "Nothing, nothing." She then asked Amber, "Have you finished talking to the Madam?" Then she stretched her neck and looked towards the door, "Why are you standing here? Is the Marquis back?"

Binju thought that Mother Tao was afraid that she would lose face if Amber found out that she had lost something, so she didn't say anything.

Amber smiled and said, "Sister Dongqing is talking to the lady inside. I'll stand outside for a while."

When Mother Tao heard this, she started laughing.

There is a hidden joy deep in the eyes.

Amber looked at it and her heart moved.

It would take more than one or two days for the Marquis to decide on a concubine. Even if Dong Qing wanted to, he could have found an opportunity to talk to his wife in private...but he barged in when he was talking to his wife. And he spoke freely without caring about his presence.

She smiled and asked Bin Ju: "Where did you and Mother Tao go just now?"

"Mother Tao took the dowry list to show Dongqing on Madam's orders..." Binju briefly explained and concealed the fact that Mother Tao had lost the dowry list.

Amber understood something in her heart. She was annoyed by Mother Tao's trouble and angry at Dongqing's failure to live up to expectations. She felt a tightness in her chest and couldn't breathe. Her face showed some unhappiness.

Binju didn't know why, so she asked Amber, "What's wrong with you?"

Thinking about how Binju had been accompanying Mother Tao to look for something just now, but she had concealed the truth when she asked, Amber blamed Binju for being brainless. She couldn't help but giggled at Mother Tao, said, "I want to say a few words to Sister Binju", and then pulled Binju into the hall.

"Dongqing is in the inner room, telling the lady that she will not marry Wan Daxian anymore, and wants to serve the Marquis!" Amber went straight to the point.

Binju was shocked and speechless. Something flashed through her mind and her head was buzzing again, making her upset. She could only instinctively refute Amber: "You are talking nonsense! You are talking nonsense!"

"Don't you know whether I'm talking nonsense or not?" Amber sneered, "You and Mother Tao are clearly looking for something, but when I asked about it, you helped her hide it. I want to ask you, what evidence do you have that Mother Tao has caught that you are actually covering for her?"

"Mother Tao belongs to the eldest wife. How could I associate with her?" Bin Ju was so angry that tears came out: "You are slandering me! I will go to the mistress with you to argue!"

"Don't think I don't dare to go." Amber said disdainfully, "If I wasn't afraid that Madam would be hurt again today, I would have dragged you to confront Madam a long time ago! Madam even said that no matter what happens in the future, she will take good care of you two..."

Bin Ju could not stand this injustice and immediately told everyone about Mother Tao's throwing away the dowry list.

As she spoke, she recalled, and she knew something was wrong. Especially when she left the house, she vaguely heard Mother Tao and Dong Qing talking behind her.

"She actually dared to instigate Sister Dongqing to be deceived." Her face turned pale and she ran straight out the door. "I'm going to settle the score with her."

When Amber heard this, she became anxious.

In this mansion, there is a lady-in-waiting above, and three and five wives below. It's going to be a mess, and people are not allowed to see the whole story!

She ran after him.

When she went out, she saw Mother Tao being stopped by a little maid at the bottom of the stairs: "Please don't make things difficult for us. If Sister Amber finds out that someone is eavesdropping, we will be in big trouble!"

I don't know if she thought she was trying to eavesdrop but was stopped by the maid? Or did she want the maid to help her eavesdrop?

As soon as Amber had a thought, Binju had already stepped forward and pulled Mother Tao: "Mom, what did you say to Sister Dongqing just now?"

When Mother Tao saw this, she knew that the truth had been revealed.

What did you say?

I didn't say anything?

This little girl who is still wet in the wet nurse actually wants to fight with me!

Mother Tao pretended to be surprised: "What is Miss Binju saying? Why don't I understand?"

"Mom is an elder by my great aunt's side. If you dare to do it, you must dare to take responsibility." Bin Ju was so angry that she was shaking all over. "If you hadn't said something, Sister Dongqing..."

"Binju, let's talk inside if you have anything to say." Amber immediately interrupted Binju loudly and reminded her, "There are so many little maids in the yard, what can you say to others?"

Bin Ju came to her senses after being yelled at by Amber. She pulled Mother Tao's clothes and went to the hall: "Let's talk in front of our lady!"

Amber also felt that this matter had to be made known to Eleventh Lady, so not only did she not stop Binju, but she also asked her two trusted maids to guard the door, "not letting anyone in," and then followed her into the inner room.

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One update today!

It is found that the wrong characters in the revised chapter must be greater than or equal to the original characters, otherwise it cannot be published...