Chapter 551 Marriage (Part 1)

Is your heartache better now?" The lady took the hot tea that Shiyi Niang brought and took a sip.

"Much better, much better!" The Third Lady walked over with a smile on her face. "I should have come to greet you earlier, but I was afraid you would worry, so..."

Before she could finish her words, the lady interrupted her with a wave of her hand: "Shanyang is thousands of miles away from here, and you are anxious to get back. You have been traveling all the way and are feeling unwell. It is normal for you to want to rest for a few more days before coming to see your mother-in-law." Then she asked, "Why didn't the eldest young lady come with you?" her tone was very gentle.

The Third Lady and the Eleventh Lady were both stunned.

Eleventh Lady knew that the Taifu and the Second Lady had gone to the Qintianjian to match Fang and Xu Siqin's horoscopes. Unless they met a fool, the Qintianjian people might not calculate the horoscopes of the married couple very well, but they would not calculate that they would be mutually beneficial or mutually destructive. Otherwise, she would not dare to make such an idea. But looking at the Taifu's expression, it was clear that she was very satisfied with Fang. Could it be that the horoscopes calculated by the Qintianjian people for the two of them were very compatible?

She couldn't help but look at the lady.

But she saw the second lady standing next to the lady dowager nodded slightly at her.

When Eleventh Lady heard that the Lady Dowager asked the Second Lady to accompany her to the Qintian Palace, she felt a sense of anticipation in her heart.

In the eyes of the society, the second wife is a bit unconventional, and she is a widow, so she should not take the rumors about Fang's "husband-killing" seriously. Moreover, she has not left her house these days, and I heard that she is studying astrology. With her company, with her knowledge, as long as she is willing, she can turn an unfavorable situation into a favorable one. Now it seems that the second wife has obviously helped Fang.

But she stood in front of the Madam Tai, and did not dare to exchange glances with the Second Madam. She stood there with her clothes on, and her eyes and eyebrows did not move at all.

The Second Lady raised her eyebrows and no longer looked at Eleventh Lady.

The third wife was muttering in her heart.

Could it be that I came back too late last night, and the lady-in-waiting had to go out early in the morning for something, and Eleventh Lady didn't have time to tell her about this?

She looked towards Eleventh Lady.

Then I saw Shiyi Niang standing there with her eyes on her nose and her nose on her heart.

Could it be that the seductive woman Fang came to greet the old lady every day, and the old lady was old and liked to listen to the sweet words of young people, and Fang was generous in rewarding the people around her, so someone said something in front of the old lady, and the old lady was a little confused. She only remembered the good things about Fang and not the bad things about her, and just let it go?

If that's the case, that won't work!

Thinking of this, the Third Lady gritted her teeth and said, "Mother, I told her to stay at home and not run around. You may not know, but when I came back this time..."

The lady waved her hand and interrupted her again: "Although I am your mother-in-law, I have never been involved in your affairs. I am afraid that those mothers in charge and the maids will see me hitting you in the face and step on you to make you lose face. You should know that the mistress is the mistress and the maid is the maid. I don't give you face because I am your mother-in-law, and it is not their turn to give you face. The eldest young lady did something wrong, and you as a mother-in-law are responsible. "I'll just teach her a lesson when I get up. There's nothing more to say. Your sister-in-law is standing next to her. You should at least give your daughter-in-law some respect in front of the elders!" He added, "Since you're not feeling well and there's a lot of chores at home, you don't have to come to greet me these days. Settle the household affairs first." Then he smiled and looked at the second wife, teasing, "So that people won't say I'm a wicked mother-in-law - I have to come to me to set rules when my daughter-in-law is sick!"

The Third Madam's face turned pale and red, and she was anxious. She was about to say something, but the Second Madam smiled and said, "Look at what mother said. If you are an evil mother-in-law, then 90% of the people in Yanjing City are evil mothers-in-law. You can joke, but don't involve others. Be careful that others come to settle accounts with you."

The lady laughed and served tea: "You can leave now! I still need to discuss Zhen Jie'er's marriage with Shiyi Niang!"

The Third Lady looked at the Second Lady, who did not move at all, with a purple face. She replied "yes" and bowed before retreating.

The lady's face darkened.

"Your second sister-in-law and I went to the Qintian Prison. For your second sister-in-law's sake, the chief and deputy chief of the Qintian Prison each calculated Qin'er and Fang's fortunes. The results were the same. They said Qin'er lacked wood in his fate, and there would be a hurdle between the ages of 30 and 34. If he wasn't careful, he would offend the water star. He needed someone with more earth in the five elements to help him block it. But Fang's five elements not only had more earth, but also more gold. Gold comes from earth, and her horoscopes match those of Qin'er and her husband. Not only will she bring prosperity to her husband, but also to her children." The old lady looked at Eleventh Lady and said with some emotion, "It seems that you are right. Fang was born to match our Qin'er." After saying that, the old lady's face became serious, "Just waiting for news from the fourth brother."

Since you believe in Qin Tianjian's divination, why do you have to wait for the results of Huzhou's investigation? In the final analysis, Madam Tai still believes in facts more. These divinations and stargazing are just to comfort yourself.

At this moment, Eleventh Lady only hoped that Fang was not lying and that she could use her sincerity to win a foothold for her in this family.

"Master Hou said that at most in half a month, there will be news from Huzhou." She said softly, "Mother, don't be too anxious. I went to the Medicine King Temple to worship the Medicine King, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye."

The lady nodded slightly and instructed Eleventh Lady: "As for the Fang family, don't let up. The elders of the Fang family must bring Fang Tanhua to apologize!"

Eleventh Lady replied respectfully, “Yes.”

Mother Du walked in with a smile on her face. Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit serious, she joked, "It's almost noon now, and you don't feel tired sitting here to train your daughter-in-law. Poor us two ladies, I'm afraid our legs are stiff." Then she said to the Eleventh Lady and the Second Lady, "The Empress gave us some top-quality Gastrodia elata two days ago, and today the kitchen has made Gastrodia elata and black chicken soup. The two ladies can't just stand there in vain, you must ask for a bowl of soup before you leave. The Second Lady and the Eleventh Lady both laughed.

The lady pointed at Madam Du and said with a smile, "How clever of you to take my things to please Yizhen and Shiyi Niang!"

"That's also your thing, it can keep the two ladies!"

Upon hearing this, the lady laughed and asked Shiyi Niang to "bring Jin'er here as well. I haven't seen Jin'er today."

Shiyi Niang smiled and asked Zhu Xiang to hold Jian Ge'er, and told him to call him "Second Aunt".

The Second Lady smiled and nodded, saying politely, "You seem to have grown taller." Seeing the Second Lady's cold attitude, Jiang'er immediately threw himself into the Grand Lady's arms, calling her "Grandma, Grandma."

The old lady was so touched that she asked Yuban to get the rose candy that was awarded in the palace, and said to the second lady, "You don't know, he can eat a bowl of rice in one meal. He hasn't seen a doctor since he was born." She completely ignored how tough it was for the baby to be born, "If he hadn't been weaned, his body would have been better." The old lady said with a bit of regret in her tone.

Eleventh Lady originally planned to wean Jiangeer after ten months, but because of the objection of the Taifu Lady, it was delayed until the first birthday. Fortunately, Eleventh Lady prepared meals for Jiangeer carefully. Although Jiangeer lost a lot of weight after weaning, he was more energetic, so the Taifu Lady did not say anything more. Otherwise, how could Jiangeer be weaned so smoothly!

Perhaps the topic was not the Second Lady's forte, so she smiled and said nothing.

Yuban brought the rose candy.

Eleventh Lady took it with a smile and said, "I'll keep it for Jin'er. I'll give it to him after he has his meal!" She politely declined the reward from the lady dowager.

When Mrs. Du saw them, she hurriedly said, "The Madam has several small blue and white porcelain jars, which are perfect for storing rose candy. The Sixth Young Master will definitely like them." The topic then turned to Jian'er - the Madam liked to collect those exquisite little things, and for some reason, Jian'er also liked them very much. Whenever he saw them, he would take them for himself. Therefore, the Madam often praised Jian'er for his intelligence, saying that Jian'er was like her, who was born with a good sense of what was good and what was bad, and she would turn a blind eye to them. As long as Jian'er liked something, she would give it to him as a reward.

When the lady heard what Mother Du said, she naturally laughed.

Mother Du took the opportunity to ask the maid to serve the meal: "Don't let my Sixth Young Master go hungry.

The lady touched Jiang'er's head lovingly with a kind smile.

The Second Lady looked at the scene in front of her and couldn't help but look deeply at Eleventh Lady. After returning, she said to Jiexiang thoughtfully, "I thought Eleventh Lady only knew how to obey blindly, but I didn't expect that she would also insist sometimes."

Jie Xiang was sitting on the bed sewing the soles of shoes. She smiled and looked up when she heard this: "Mothers love their children. Even if the Fourth Madam is obedient, I'm afraid she will be too brave when it comes to her children."

The second lady thought of the way Jian'er wolfed down his meal with a spoon by himself, and couldn't help laughing: "That child is really lovable!"

Jie Xiang laughed: "If you like, just call the Sixth Young Master to play!"

The second wife shook her head and said, "No need!" Then she lay down and said, "I want to sleep."

Jiexiang put down her needle and thread, moved the lamp, and rested on the imperial concubine's couch beside her.

The room was quiet. After a long while, Jiexiang gradually fell asleep. Then she heard the Second Mistress's sobbing voice: "Tell me, if I had insisted on letting the Second Master take a concubine, would the Second Master have any blood left in this world?"

Jie Xiang was startled and sat up: "Second Madam!"

The second wife had turned over and was facing the bed. "Go to sleep! Find the Jingzhou Divination tomorrow. I will copy a copy for Vice Supervisor Wang of the Qintian Supervisor."

Jingzhou Zhan is a rare book about stargazing. It is very valuable. Many people have never heard of it. The second wife also treasures it very much and keeps it in a camphorwood box. How did she suddenly think of finding this book? And even copying a copy for others?

Jiexiang felt a little strange, but the image of the Second Master's gentle smiling face appeared in her mind, and she felt a little confused.

She was too lazy to ask further questions and just replied with a low "yes".

At this time, Eleventh Lady looked at Xu Lingyi in surprise: "Not telling mother? Is this appropriate? She will know sooner or later."

"It's not that I won't tell you." Xu Lingyi sighed, "It's just that I'm going to hold off for now. First, I'll give my third brother a reason, like he hasn't been used to the climate in Shanyang and now he can't stand it anymore, so he wants to resign and come back. Mother is also prepared in her heart. If she knew that my third brother came back like this, I'm afraid she would be so angry that she can't stand it."