Eleventh Lady was stunned when she heard this.

She didn't expect the lady to tease her like this.

Then my heart felt warm.

Eleventh Lady pushed the old lady in a playful manner: "Mother, I want to talk to you about serious matters!"

The lady laughed and pulled her hand to let her sit next to her: "Go on, go on, I'm listening!"

Eleventh Lady smiled and told the Lady Dowager what she and Madam Zhou had said.

The lady listened and laughed, "It's just that our family background is too meager."

Eleventh Lady replied tactfully: "Qi Da is not a good match. I think the sixteenth son of the Wang family is a good person."

"That's right," the old lady thought about the current situation of the Luo family and smiled, "some people are still worried about not being able to make a living."

Eleventh Lady discussed with the Lady Dowager: "Then I will go back to Gongxian Hutong tomorrow."

"Hmm!" The lady smiled with her eyes narrowed.

Eleventh Lady saw Mother Du standing aside with a smile on her face, as if waiting for something. She knew that Mother Du might have something to say to the Lady Dowager alone, so she chatted with her for a few minutes and then left.

When I returned to the house, Binju had already gone back. Zhen Jie'er was lying on the big kang by the window in the inner room reading a book, while Madam Wen, Amber and Xiulan were doing the accounts in the east room.

Seeing Eleventh Lady coming back, Zhen Jie'er immediately came to greet her, and Madam Wen stood up and sat down again.

Of course, there are some questions that cannot be asked in front of Sister Zhen.

She nodded to Madam Wen and went into the inner room with Sister Zhen.

Zhen Jie'er helped Shiyi Niang fetch water: "Why did mother suddenly think of going to Ciyuan Temple?"

Fortunately, there is the matter of Twelve Niang.

Eleventh Lady smiled and said, "I won't tell you now. I'll tell you when I get the confirmation in a few days." Then she asked her about embroidery, "Is there anything you don't understand?"

"Sister Binju is very good at sewing." Sister Zhen said with a smile, "If I did something wrong, she would tell me carefully!"

It would be great if I could get Sister Zhen’s recognition.

Eleventh Lady changed her clothes, and a servant from the outer courtyard came in and said, "Madam, Chief Steward Bai wants to see you!"

Manager Bai was ordered to inquire about the second son of the Li family.

She asked Zhen Jie'er to read in the room and went to the water pavilion herself.

"...The second son of the Li family is handsome and very capable at a young age. Young men with a little wealth in Yanjing City are all on good terms with him. They like to ask him to be a middleman when there is any injustice." The tone was full of admiration. "Mrs. Li likes this second son very much. Although both the eldest and second sons have courtyards in Guishu Hutong, the decoration of the second son's house is much more exquisite and gorgeous than that of the eldest son. For this matter, the eldest son of the Li family complained. After Mrs. Li knew about it, she gave the eldest son a lecture. She said, 'If you also want to entertain those rich young men like your brother, I will also help you decorate your courtyard according to your brother's courtyard.' The eldest son was speechless." He added, "Although Mrs. Li dotes on this son, she is very strict in disciplining him. The servants around him are all maids and servants, and there are no maids. However, the second son has never violated his mother's teachings for these things."

This is another quite surprising situation.

Only those who have already determined their goals in life can resist temptation!

I’m afraid this Mr. Li is not a simple person!

From an outsider's perspective, she admired such people. But from a mother's perspective, she felt that marrying such a person might not necessarily bring happiness - they usually pursued their dreams without caring about the people around them.

When she was helping the Madam to rest in the evening, Shiyi Niang told her what Chief Steward Bai said. The Madam was very interested and said, "The second son of the Li family is only fifteen or sixteen years old this year!"

"Fifteen years old!"

The lady smiled and said, "When you were 45 years old, you knew what to do and what not to do!" There was some admiration in her tone.

It’s hard to evaluate Eleventh Lady.

Many years later, people will judge a person by his social status. How much more so now!

She later talked about it with Madam Wen, who said, "A wife's status depends on her husband. If the second son of the Li family really has such a broad mind, he can be more lenient with other things."

Xu Lingyi has the most say in whether it will succeed or not.

Eleventh Lady smiled and asked about Madam Wen's accounts.

"The accounts for the second year of Yonghe have been mostly settled, and they can be finished tomorrow." She hesitated for a moment and said, "If Madam has no objection, I want Xiulan to come to my place every night to practice abacus for an hour..."

Eleventh Lady smiled and nodded, then served the tea.

Madam Wen bowed and retreated.

Eleventh Lady lay in bed thinking about Zhen Jie'er's marriage.

She felt that this was not satisfactory, and that was not good either. She was also afraid that if she was too picky, her reputation would make people stay away from her. She was also afraid that if she didn't look at people well, she would lose the watermelon and only be able to pick up sesame seeds... She fell asleep after a long while. The next morning, she greeted the lady and arranged the affairs at home. Then she took some gifts back to Gongxian Hutong.

Grandma Luo looked at her in surprise and quickly pulled her hand and led her into the house: "Why did you come back suddenly? What happened?" She looked very anxious.

"It's okay, it's okay." Eleventh Lady said hurriedly, "I haven't been home for a long time. I'm here to see Fourth Sister-in-law and Auntie while I'm free before the Dragon Boat Festival. I have something else to discuss with Eldest Sister-in-law."

Grandma Luo sent the servant away and whispered, "What's the matter?"

Eleventh Lady told Grandma Luo about Wang Ze's affairs.

Grandma Luo was delighted when she heard this: "She is from a noble family and has a great reputation. If she can succeed, it will be a great thing." Then she stood up and said, "I will go and tell mother right away."

Eleventh Lady smiled and went to the first wife's place with Grandma Luo.

The Sixth Aunt was serving water to the First Lady and was surprised to see the Eleventh Aunt.

After Eleventh Lady paid her respects to the Madam, Grandma Luo smiled and told her the purpose of her visit.

The Sixth Aunt smiled immediately, but the First Wife closed her eyes and did not speak for a long time.

The room was silent.

The Sixth Aunt winked at the Eleventh Lady anxiously.

Seeing that staring at each other in bewilderment was not a solution, Eleventh Lady smiled and stood up: "Fourth sister-in-law is pregnant, and I haven't gone to congratulate her yet!"

Seeing this, Grandma Luo also smiled and stood up: "Fourth brother's wife has been feeling unwell these days, I will accompany Eleventh Aunt to see her!" As she said,

"This is a good thing." Grandma Luo led Eleventh Lady to Fourth Lady and whispered, "I'll come and persuade Mother. You can also go to the Wang family to get a feel for the situation."

Eleventh Lady replied "yes" in a low voice, and went to Fourth Lady's place with Grandma Luo.

When Fourth Grandma saw them come in, she quickly sat up.

"Don't worry about us, Fourth Sister-in-law." Seeing that she was about to get out of bed, Eleventh Lady stepped forward and held her hand. "I came to see Fourth Sister-in-law. If you can't let Fourth Sister-in-law rest well because of this, it will be my fault." As she spoke, she looked at her. Seeing that she looked very healthy and didn't look pregnant at all, she was curious and relieved.

The fourth grandmother felt a little embarrassed and said, "Thanks to the doctor Kong introduced by the eleventh aunt... I wanted to thank him, but your fourth brother said it was not good for me to come like this. So I asked my eldest sister-in-law to tell him." She added, "I am fine, but your fourth brother insisted that I lie down. I was also afraid of something happening. I am sorry to make the eleventh aunt laugh." As she was talking, a little maid ran in with a blue and white porcelain plate. Seeing that Luo Da Niang and the eleventh lady were sitting on the side, she was about to retreat timidly.

Mrs. Luo was displeased to see that this little maid was not presentable and asked, "What's the matter? You look so flustered!"

The little maid didn't dare to retreat any further, and timidly held the plate and said, "Fourth Master, please send some sour plums to Fourth Madam."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then they all smiled.

Fourth Grandma's face flushed: "Just put it down, why are you so nosy!"

This made Grandma Luo laugh.

The little maid put down the plate in a panic and retreated.

Luo Zhensheng's maid Yiliu smiled and held a plate to invite Grandma Luo and Shiyi Niang to eat plums.

Eleventh Lady saw that Yiliu had her hair tied into a bun and was wearing a small gilded Ruyi hairpin.

"It was my fourth brother's wife who decided to take Yiliu in as her roommate." Grandma Luo explained with a smile when she saw her looking at Yiliu.

Eleventh Lady thought of the ground brocade. She sighed inwardly, then quickly collected her thoughts, took out four silver ingots of eight cents each from her purse and gave them to Yiliu as a reward: "I didn't know this before. This is for you to buy flowers to wear."

Yiliu accepted it with a red face, knelt down to thank Shiyi Niang, and served tea to her.

Eleventh Lady sat with Fourth Madam for a while and then went to Fifth Madam's place.

Fifth Aunt was sitting on the kang next to her, making small clothes. Her eyes and eyebrows were full of gentle smiles, and she was as quiet as a painting.

Eleventh Lady paused before calling out "Auntie".

"Eleventh Aunt!" Fifth Aunt's face bloomed with a smile as bright as a summer flower, and she hurriedly stood up and put on her shoes, "Come and sit on the kang." She turned around and put away her needlework. She seemed a little flustered and a little clumsy, but it softened Eleventh Aunt's heart.

She stepped forward and took Fifth Aunt's hand: "Don't bother, I'll come to see if you're okay!"

"I'm fine!" Fifth Aunt smiled and asked her to sit on the kang, then called Grandma Luo, "You sit down too!" She then ordered the maid to pour tea for the two of them.

"No need!" Grandma Luo said with a smile, "I still have something to do. You and Eleventh Aunt sit together. I won't keep you company!" She stood up and said goodbye.

The Fifth Aunt looked the Eleventh Lady up and down and said, "How are you, Auntie?"

Eleventh Lady smiled and nodded: "I'm fine!" Then she started chatting with Fifth Aunt.

Sixth Aunt suddenly rushed in.

She looked very unhappy, and without asking for anyone's opinion, she directly ordered the little maid: "You leave first."

The little maid glanced at the Fifth Aunt and saw that she nodded slightly to her. Then she retreated and closed the door carefully.

Seeing that there was no one else in the room, Sixth Aunt immediately gnashed her teeth and said, "Why isn't she afraid of going to hell after she dies?"

Eleventh Lady knew it well but said nothing.

After hearing this, Fifth Aunt hurriedly chanted "Amitabha" and said, "Sixth sister, please don't say that! Is there anything that cannot be discussed properly?"

The Sixth Aunt glanced at the Fifth Aunt, then at the silent Eleventh Aunt, and tears suddenly fell.

"Oh!" Fifth Aunt hurriedly took out a handkerchief and handed it to Sixth Aunt, "What's wrong with you?"

"Eleventh Aunt, you must save our Twelfth Lady!" Sixth Aunt took the handkerchief and cried to Eleventh Lady, "Such a good marriage is hard to find even with a lantern. But the eldest wife said... Miss Twelve is still young, so it won't be too late to discuss marriage in a few years."