Mrs. Xiang jumped up when she heard this: "How can she help? It's good enough that she doesn't make things worse! The current wife of the Marquis of Yongping is Luo Yuanniang's sister! Our lady is notoriously at odds with Luo Yuanniang. You know, Luo Yuanniang is not an easy person to deal with either. How good can her sister be?"

Mrs. Gao lowered her head and began to think deeply after listening to this.

Mrs. Xiang loved and feared her sister-in-law. Seeing this, she gently pulled her sister-in-law's sleeve and said, "Sister-in-law..."

Mrs. Gao looked up and saw Mrs. Xiang's timid eyes, and she smiled: "It's okay, it's okay. I just need to think about some things." Just as she was comforting her, a little maid came in and reported carefully: "The son-in-law asked if the madam had anything else to tell the aunt, so he will go to the master's study first."

Mrs. Xiang stood up when she heard this: "Sister-in-law, it's getting late. I'll go back first."

Mrs. Gao pulled Mrs. Xiang's hand and told the maid, "Go tell my son-in-law that I'm not going home today. Let him go first."

"Sister-in-law!" Mrs. Xiang was stunned when she heard this.

Mrs. Gao ignored Mrs. Xiang and said directly: "As for the young masters and young ladies, they are also staying. The old man hasn't seen his grandchildren for a few years. While you are in Yanjing, you can talk to the old man and make him happy!"

Mrs. Xiang looked at her sister-in-law in surprise - she had just said that she shouldn't take the child back to her parents' home, so why did she suddenly keep her and the child behind?

The little maidservant naturally listened to her mistress, but was afraid that the young lady would lose her temper, so she immediately knelt down and bowed and retreated.

Mrs. Gao said to Mrs. Xiang in a leisurely manner, "I said you were wrong before. You shouldn't take the child to your parents' home when something happened, and make a fuss about the family affairs outside, letting others laugh at you. I'm keeping you now because your son-in-law is wrong in this matter. Even if he wanted to marry Rou Ne to Xu Siyu, he should have discussed it with you first and then reported it to your aunt. He shouldn't have just settled the matter with your aunt like this."

Mrs. Xiang didn't think there was any difference between the two things. She said, "...they are still the same!"

Mrs. Gao was furious when she heard this: "Luckily, Dad married you to the Xiang family. If you were married to another family, you would be eaten to pieces." Mrs. Xiang hung her head, looking angry and amused at the same time, and said, "Okay, don't worry about this matter. Just stay here and I'll come to help if there's any problem."

Mrs. Xiang admired her sister-in-law the most. She immediately laughed when she heard this and said, "Good sister-in-law, I will stay at home for a few days. Otherwise, I will get angry when I see him."

Mrs. Gao laughed helplessly: "When will you grow up?"

Mrs. Xiang took Mrs. Gao's arm and said coquettishly, "Don't you have a sister-in-law?"

At night, Mr. Gao blamed his wife: "Why did you leave my little sister at home? It would be so bad if others knew about this!"

"What's wrong with that?" Mrs. Gao helped her husband change his clothes. "Didn't you say I was sick? I raised my sister-in-law since she was a child. Now that I'm sick, she brought the children back to her parents' home to see me. What's wrong with that?"

"As for the Xu family..." Master Gao pondered, "If it weren't for the maid giving birth to a child, they would be a good match."

"It's alright!" Mrs. Gao said disapprovingly, "Who is Madam Xu? She just wants a way out. Besides, I think we need to think carefully about whether this matter will succeed! At least we need to let the lady from the Xiang family figure out who is the mistress of the Xiang family!"

Master Gao immediately got a headache after listening to these women's twists and turns. He only said one sentence: "Even if the marriage doesn't work out, don't offend the Xu family completely!"

"Master, are you still not confident in my work?" Mrs. Gao insisted, "I know what I am doing." Then she asked the maid to get water for Master Gao to wash his face.

Mr. Gao said nothing more, and the couple went back to sleep without mentioning the matter.

Eleventh Lady had not rested yet. She, Mother Song, Amber, Luyun and others were in Yuanniang's yard, and Mother Tao followed behind with her hands hanging down.

These days she is in charge of Yuanniang's courtyard. Shiyi Niang asks her to come to her place on the first and eleventh day of every month to receive instructions.

"Tomorrow we will hold a water and land ceremony here. Although all the visitors are monks, they still need to avoid what they should avoid." She instructed Mother Song, "You will lead a few smart and capable housekeepers to take care of the guests, and Amber will take care of the maids who serve tea and snacks. Luyun will bring Hongxiu, Yanrong and others to my side to serve the ladies. As for the utensils and furnishings in this room..." Eleventh Lady looked at Mother Tao, "Madam Tao will be in charge."

No one showed any surprise, and they all knelt down and saluted and said "yes". /

Seeing that everything was almost settled, Eleventh Lady took Song Mama and the others back to her own courtyard. The next day, she got up early, greeted the Madam Dowager, and then began to work on the sacrificial offerings. When it was time to light the lamps, she was almost done and went to the Madam Dowager.

The lady asked Madam Du to bring her some yokan. She said, "Please take care of yourself. If you need anything, leave it to the housekeeper. And those who are sent from the outer courtyard to help are all experienced and can be trusted."

The old lady was old and ate very light food. Although yokan was nutritious, it was strong and smelled of mutton, so the old lady didn't eat it. It was clearly prepared for her.

Eleventh Lady was very grateful. Although the taste was not good, she still ate a few pieces with frosted sugar: "Because I learned a lot from everyone, I didn't feel tired."

The lady nodded in appreciation: "When you are young, you should endure some hardships and learn more. When you are older, you will be qualified to show off in front of the younger generation!"

"Yes!" Eleventh Lady smiled and chatted with the Taifu for a few words, then asked the Second Furen: "...Hasn't she come back yet?"

"He came back at noon." The lady said, "Mrs. Xiang went back to her parents' home to take care of her sister-in-law. It may take a few days for him to come back!"

In this era, medical standards are low and being sick is a serious matter. No one would joke about their physical condition. Having said that, whether it is true or false, it gives the Xu family enough face.

"Should we send someone to visit Mrs. Xiang's sister-in-law?" Eleventh Lady asked the lady.

The lady said, "In theory, now that we know, we should go and see. But in this situation, it's not easy to go. I told Yizhen and asked her to take some things to see Mrs. Xiang's sister-in-law - she and Mrs. Xiang are aunts, and their relationship is closer than ours."

Eleventh Lady nodded, and seeing that it was getting late, the Lady urged her to go and rest. Eleventh Lady thought that she would be busy tomorrow, so she smiled and bowed to the Lady, and returned to her own courtyard first.

On March 19, the day of the memorial service, Xu Lingkuan and the Fifth Lady left Xin Jie'er in Hongdeng Hutong and returned to the mansion in a carriage just after dawn, saying that they were here to help. Xu Lingyi was very pleased and went to the outer courtyard with Xu Lingkuan. Eleventh Lady and the Fifth Lady greeted the Madam and then went to the main house.

On the way, Eleventh Lady thanked Fifth Lady.

The Fifth Lady smiled and said, "After all, it is our family's business."

It's good enough for sisters-in-law to do this.

Eleventh Lady smiled at Fifth Lady.

As soon as the sun rose, the relatives and friends of the Xu residence arrived one after another. They burned incense and offered three kinds of sacrificial animals. Some stayed for lunch, while others apologized and left first. Eleventh Lady left the Fifth Lady in the flower hall next door to greet the ladies who stayed for lunch, while she said goodbye to those who left under the eaves of the flower hall. If she met the wives of Chen Ge Lao and Liang Ge Lao, she had to personally escort them to the hanging flower gate.

By noon, Shiyi Niang's calves were already sore and swollen. She asked Luyun, "Can you go see if the dinner is ready in the flower hall?"

Lu Yun thought that she had not eaten enough in the morning and was hungry at this time, so she hurriedly said, "Madam, how about I go to the kitchen to make you some snacks to fill your stomach?"

"What?" Eleventh Lady laughed, "There are fewer people coming to worship at noon, and those who stay to eat are sitting at the table. We have a good chance to take a break - find a place for you to massage my legs."

After hearing this, Lu Yun hurried forward to help her up: "Please go sit aside for a while, I will go to the flower hall to check."

As soon as she finished speaking, a little maid ran over in a panic: "Fourth Madam, it's bad, Madam Gan from the Zhongqin Marquis's Mansion has fainted!"

Eleventh Lady was shocked when she heard this. She didn't care whether her legs were sore or not. She lifted her skirt and went to the flower hall. While walking forward quickly, she ordered Luyun: "Hurry up and tell the chief steward Bai in the outer courtyard to invite a doctor as soon as possible."

Luyun didn't care about anything else and trotted all the way to the outer courtyard.

Yanrong accompanied Shiyi Niang to the flower hall.

The food had not yet been served and everyone was gathered in the east corner.

Eleventh Lady walked over hurriedly.

Someone who saw this hurriedly said, "Make way, the Fourth Madam is coming!"

The crowd automatically parted to make way.

Eleventh Lady saw that the Fifth Lady was half-hugging Madam Gan with an anxious look on her face.

Seeing Eleventh Lady, she breathed a sigh of relief and her expression relaxed: "Fourth sister-in-law, just now everyone was talking, Madam Gan suddenly fainted."

Seeing that Madam Gan's face was as pale as paper and her lips were black, Eleventh Lady was unsure and afraid that she might have a heart attack or a cerebral hemorrhage. She could only say calmly, "Mrs. Gan has been preparing for Lanting's wedding these past two days and has been rushing to attend the eldest sister's memorial service. I'm afraid she is tired. You support her first, and I'll find some snuff for her to smell." She was stalling for time.

Who knew that as soon as she finished speaking, someone said, "I have some snuff here."

Eleventh Lady hurriedly took the snuff box and shook it under Mrs. Gan's nose.

Mrs. Gan sneezed and opened her eyes.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay, it's okay!"

Eleventh Lady hurriedly asked Madam Gan: "How do you feel?"

"I'm fine!" Madam Gan slowly sat up from Madam Wu's arms and looked at the people around her, "I'm just a little tired!"

"We were really scared!" Grandma Huang San and others laughed.

Mrs. Gan smiled.

Seeing that her smile was forced and her face looked even paler, Eleventh Lady was still very worried and said, "How about I help you to the small courtyard next door to rest?"

Madam Gan thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Then I'll have to trouble Madam Four!"

Yan Rong listened and cleverly took the maid to clean up the house. Eleventh Lady exchanged a few polite words with the other ladies, then helped Madam Gan to the yard next door.

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