Eleventh Lady listened and pondered for a while, then discussed with Xu Lingyi: "The ancestral hall is a few yards away from us, so even if it is noisy, it will only be a faint sound. If you are really worried, why not ask Master Jining to hold a water and land ceremony at Ciyuan Temple for a few more days!"

Xu Lingyi thought for a moment and said, "Let's just do the seven-day Dao ceremony at home! It's not an even number, and it's not an even number either."

Eleventh Lady understood what he meant.

Yuanniang passed away while her elders were still alive, so it was not appropriate to hold a big memorial ceremony. Even if we asked Ciyuan Temple to help with the ceremony, it would only last for seven days, and there were restrictions on the offerings and food. If we wanted to hold a grand ceremony, we had to find an excuse. But this year was the fifth anniversary of Yuanniang's death, and it was neither an even number nor an exact number, so we couldn't find an excuse.

"Please ask the Marquis to help talk to my mother." Eleventh Lady begged Xu Lingyi, "Brother Zhun is old enough now, he can preside over the worship ceremony when the time comes."

Xu Lingyi nodded. A few days later, Taohua, who worked at the ancestral hall and was the younger sister of Wei Zi, the former head maidservant beside the old lady, came to tell Hubo: "...it's better to do the seven-day water and land ritual at home."

Shiyi Niang breathed a sigh of relief. When Xu Sizhun came to greet her, he helped him straighten his clothes and whispered to him, "I can't go to your mother's death anniversary. Tell Mr. Zhao about this and ask him if he wants to find a steward of the ancestral hall to tell you the etiquette of worship. If Mr. Zhao asks you to find a steward of the ancestral hall, don't make it public. Come and tell me and I will help you find someone."

After hearing this, Xu Sizun nodded and asked Shiyi Niang, "Mother, is your health still not well?" He looked very worried.

Eleventh Lady smiled and patted Xu Sizun's shoulder, whispering, "I thought things would get better, but who knew you'd still be this unhappy." She felt quite helpless.

Amber also said, "Madam, do you want to ask Doctor Liu to come and take a look?"

"He came here just to ask me to take medicine." Eleventh Lady shook her head, thinking of Fifth Aunt who was far away in Yuhang, "...it would be nice if she was around. I heard people say that a daughter takes after her mother. Could it be that she was like this when she was pregnant with me? But when I saw Aunt was pregnant with Seventh Master, she didn't seem to have any reaction."

Amber smiled and said, "At that time, the first wife was still alive. Even if she was not feeling well, she would not dare to show it."

Eleventh Lady was slightly startled when she heard what she heard, and became even more eager to find out more. She simply asked Amber and the others to help her with writing and she wrote a letter to Yuhang.

When it was time for dinner, news came from the palace that Fang Jie'er had given birth to a daughter.

This is the emperor's first grandchild.

If it happened in an ordinary family, this would be a great joyous event. But in the royal family, the joy was inevitably somewhat faded.

"...It would have been better if the Empress had given birth to a prince." Madam Zhou's eyes were slightly red and swollen when she came to talk to Eleventh Lady. "But she gave birth to a beautiful princess. The Crown Princess is also a daughter this time. Even if the Emperor is happy, I'm afraid it will be limited."

Eleventh Lady asked Amber to wring out a cold towel and apply it to Madam Zhou's eyes: "The more it is at this time, the happier you should be."

Mrs. Zhou's eyes welled up again as she listened. "I know that too. Just think about our sister Fang. Everything was going well before she got married. Even if she got chickenpox or smallpox, she recovered in a few days. Who would have thought that she would suddenly be chosen as the prince's consort, and she has not had a peaceful day since then. Is it true that 'sweet first, bitter later'?"

"Who said that?" Eleventh Lady laughed, "How can a person's life be without any twists and turns..."

"It was Taoist Priest Changchun who said that." Madam Zhou interrupted her with a sigh, "When she was a child, she once met Taoist Priest Changchun. Taoist Priest Changchun looked at her face and said that she had the destiny of 'a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix'. I didn't believe it at first. Now that I think about it, there is some truth to it."

It’s Taoist Priest Changchun again!

Eleventh Lady frowned slightly, and could only persuade her with Madam Zhou's own words: "What is the fate of 'a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix'? Sister is still not clear in her mind. If this is the case, I believe this time there will be no danger."

So-called fortune-telling and physiognomy are sometimes just to comfort oneself. It was only when Fang Jieer had such an incident that Mrs. Zhou remembered it.

"You have to be able to bear such a fate." Madam Zhou's eyebrows showed a bit of depression, "There are some things you don't know. The reason why the late emperor made the emperor the crown prince was not only because the emperor's character won the emperor's heart, but also because the queen gave birth to three legitimate sons for the emperor..."

This is the Zhou family’s main concern!

After seeing Mrs. Zhou off, he said to Xu Lingyi.

Xu Lingyi laughed: "Mrs. Zhou actually told you this. You are the emperor's aunt."

Eleventh Lady didn't put herself in that position, and really didn't think there was anything wrong with Mrs. Zhou's words. Thinking about it now, it's funny. She laughed and said, "That's because I don't talk about other people's right and wrong. I know what it means to 'look at what is not proper, and don't say what is not proper'."

Xu Lingyi looked at her with a teasing look in his eyes: "Oh!"

On the one hand, he claimed not to talk about other people's gossip, but on the other hand, he told Xu Lingyi what Mrs. Zhou said.

Eleventh Lady's face turned red, and then a strange look appeared on her face.

Could it be that she subconsciously had a sense of security that Xu Lingyi was a trustworthy person?

As soon as the thought flashed through her mind, ripples formed in her heart, and she was already embraced by Xu Lingyi.

"Husbands and wives should discuss things with each other." He kissed her earlobe, "We should do this in the future. Got it?"

The gentle voice contained some strong commands, which made Eleventh Lady even more confused.

Without waiting for the expected answer, the arm holding the little guy tightened, bit the soft earlobe in his mouth gently, and whispered half forcing, half coaxing: "Did you hear it?"

Eleventh Lady felt her face burning, so she pursed her lips and said nothing.

"Did you hear that?" The other one bit the other one's slender neck hard, and it felt tingling, and the other one laughed because of the itch.

As the two were arguing, they heard Amber calling "Madam" through the door curtain and said, "Qiuyu is here to answer."

Qiuyu was the person sent by Amber to Ciyuen Temple to ask for the amulet.

Eleventh Lady hurriedly lifted her clothes and couldn't help but glare at Xu Lingyi.

Seeing her blushing face and her pair of sparkling almond-shaped eyes slanting towards him, Xu Lingyi was so charming that he kissed her cheek and then turned away.

Shiyi Niang picked up the cold boiled water that was used for rinsing her mouth and drank it all. She felt that her face was no longer so hot, so she called Qiuyu in to answer the question.

"Master Jining said that Aunt Qin knew that the Madam was pregnant, so she sincerely asked for a peace talisman. Master Jining specially blessed the talisman and drew a small lotus flower on each corner with cinnabar. It doesn't have to be hung at the door of the house, it can be placed in a purse, under the pillow, or in front of the Bodhisattva. "

As Qiuyu was talking, Amber had already gone to get the talisman, and there was indeed a small lotus flower painted on the corner with cinnabar.

There was nothing wrong with the amulet itself, which was within Eleventh Lady's expectations. What was a little surprising was Master Jining's caution.

"Why did Aunt Qin want Madam to hang the talisman at the door of the house?" After sending Qiuyu away, Amber took the talisman and examined both sides carefully.

"She wants to show her appreciation!" Shiyi Niang didn't care. "Otherwise, this little amulet would be pressed under the pillow, and who would know it was obtained by her." She smiled and instructed Amber, "Since Master Jining said that she obtained it with sincerity, then bring it to the Madam's Buddhist temple for worship!"

Amber smiled and responded.

The Crown Princess suddenly ordered Eleventh Lady to enter the palace.

Eleventh Lady was surprised.

One had just had her third birthday, and the other was pregnant not long ago...neither was the best time to meet guests.

"It's okay!" Xu Lingyi patted Shiyi Niang's hand, "I will greet everyone in the palace. Unless you are meeting the emperor, no one else needs to bow."

"What if I meet the emperor?" Eleventh Lady couldn't help but cover her abdomen with her hands.

"You won't see the emperor." Xu Lingyi smiled slyly, "I've sent a letter to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, asking to see the emperor."

Only then did Eleventh Lady calm down and put on her makeup, thinking that it was fortunate that it was spring, because if it were summer, she would be so hot that she would die.

Fang Jie'er and the prince lived in Xiefangzhai of Beiwusuo. The eunuch led her in from Shenwu Gate, passed Shunzhen Gate, Chengguang Gate, Fubiting Pavilion to Xiefangzhai. All she met along the way were low-ranking eunuchs and palace maids, so she didn't even need to greet them or even approach them to talk.

Xiefangzhai is not big, facing south, with one room and two wings. The eunuchs and palace maids standing outside the room all look solemn, and the room is clean and tidy, with seasonal flowers on display. If you didn't know it in advance, you wouldn't know that this is where Sister Fang is staying after giving birth.

Seeing that Shiyi Niang was about to salute her, Fang Jie'er, who was leaning on the pillow at the head of the bed, hurriedly asked the female official beside her to help Shiyi Niang: "The wife of Yongping Marquis is pregnant now."

The female official saw that Eleventh Lady's waist was as thin as a willow branch and she was not yet pregnant. She knew that the month was not yet young and did not dare to be careless. She helped Eleventh Lady up before she could squat down.

"Madam, please don't be polite to me." Fang Jie'er asked the eunuch to put the brocade stool given to Shiyi Niang to sit on beside her bed, and then ordered the servants in the room, "All of you leave! I have something to say to the wife of Yongping Marquis."

The eunuchs and palace maids all answered "yes" and filed away. Fang Jie'er's tears fell like raindrops.

"Aunt, I came here just to talk to you."

Eleventh Lady quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears: "Then don't cry. You are still in confinement now!"

Fang Jieer nodded, took the handkerchief and wiped her eyes: "I know, but I just can't help it."

"Then just have a good cry!" Eleventh Lady tucked her in, "Just remember, after crying this time, never cry again."

Fang Jie'er was startled for a moment, then her eyes turned red. She threw herself into Shiyi Niang's arms, leaned on her shoulder and began to cry softly.

Eleventh Lady’s body stiffened slightly.

This was the first time in her two lifetimes that someone had relied on her in such an intimate and trusting manner.

After a long time, her body gradually relaxed, and she gently patted Fang Jie'er's back, comforting her like she was coaxing a child.

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The update is a bit late, please read it tomorrow morning!

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