Eleventh Lady expressed her confusion.

"It shouldn't happen!" Xu Lingyi said with certainty, "Mother won't easily interfere in the affairs of my wife's room. She's afraid that others will think that my wife is incompetent. Otherwise, things wouldn't have turned out like this with my third brother!" As they spoke, they were both stunned at the same time.

Xu Sijian was only a few days younger than Xu Siyu. Logically, they should have been married.

However, the old lady has been very cold towards the third lady recently. Thinking about it carefully, she feels that this possibility is very small.

Fortunately, Xu Lingyi was an open-minded person. He smiled and said, "No matter who you are arranging a marriage for, you should at least inform us as parents! Wait until mom opens her mouth." He quickly got rid of this speculation and asked about Jing'er's situation in Yunju Temple: "...From his tone, you were with him all afternoon?"

"Yes!" Eleventh Lady wanted to laugh when she thought of her son's appearance, "He is extremely curious about everything he sees. If I hadn't drawn some picture books for him to look at before, I'm afraid he wouldn't even recognize chickens, ducks, cows, and sheep." As she said this, she couldn't help but sigh.

Xu Lingyi listened in silence for a long while.

Two days later, Manager Bai sent golden pheasants, mandarin ducks, white cranes, peacocks and other animals.

"What's the purpose of this?" Eleventh Lady couldn't help but look embarrassed, "Won't the yard be full of the excrement of these birds and animals by then?"

Jinger shouted excitedly, pounced on the peacock and grabbed its tail. The peacock had just arrived in an unfamiliar environment and was in a daze. He caught it and it was stung and flew around in shock. He proudly showed the feather to Shiyi Niang: "Fan, fan!"

There is a feather fan made of peacock feathers hanging in Xu Lingyi's study.

Eleventh Lady didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and quickly squatted down to remind him: "These are the peacocks' clothes. It's not nice to take off their clothes!" She pointed at the white shirt on his body and said, "Look, you are still wearing clothes!"

Jing'er nodded and went after the peacock again, determined to put the plucked peacock feather back on the peacock.

The peacock was already irritated, how could it let him succeed? It fluttered around in the yard, startled the golden pheasant and jumped onto the rockery made of Taihu stone, the mandarin duck hid under the canna flowers, and the white crane flapped its big wings... The maids and old women either screamed and covered their heads and hid aside, or rolled up their sleeves to help Jing'er catch the peacock. Zhu Xiang stood in front of Shiyi Niang tremblingly: "Madam, you'd better go back to the room! Jing'er is with Ah Jin, we can handle it here. It will be terrible if these flat-haired beasts jump on you!"

Eleventh Lady was worried about Jing'er: "Hurry up and bring him here."

Hongwen responded and left, but was blown aside by the crane's wings.

Just when everything was in chaos, Xu Lingyi walked in.

"What happened?" He was stunned.

Eleventh Lady, however, seemed to have seen a savior: "My Lord, quickly catch that crane."

Xu Lingyi went up and lifted the crane's two wings. The crane made a faint mournful cry, which alarmed everyone in the Xu residence.

"Who would keep immortal creatures in the yard?" The lady fed green bean soup to Jing'er, who had just taken a bath and changed into clean clothes, while she laughed and scolded Xu Lingyi, "Why don't you let people keep it in the back garden!"

Xu Lingyi originally wanted to let Jing'er play with him for two days before putting him in the back garden, but who knew it would turn out like this.

He nodded somewhat awkwardly, and ordered Suifeng, the servant who had been newly chosen to serve him, to raise the cranes and other animals in the back garden.

When Jin Ge'er heard this, he quickly swallowed the mung bean water in his mouth and said hurriedly: "Dad, it's mine, it's mine."

The lady laughed loudly and ordered Suifeng, "Go, tie red ribbons on the feet of those flat-haired beasts." Then she hugged Jing'er lovingly and said, "Those belong to our Jing'er. No one else can touch them."

Jing'er laughed when he heard it.

A bright smile shines brighter than the sun.

The lady liked it so much that she asked Madam Du to get a jade cicada with emerald relief for Jing'er: "Is it beautiful?"

The jade was crystal clear, watery and glowing.

Eleventh Lady was a connoisseur of valuables, and couldn't help but call her "Mom".

Jing'er held it in his hand and looked at it left and right, looking very curious.

The lady waved her hand disapprovingly: "Everything is predestined. I want to give it to him, but he may not accept it."

As a result, before the lady could finish her words, Jing'er had already put it in his pocket.

The lady laughed loudly and kissed Jin Ge twice on the cheek: "I knew you would like it."

Eleventh Lady didn't know what to say and looked at Xu Lingyi.

Xu Lingyi disagreed.

The old man likes children, and Jing'er is lively and cute. It is not something to be surprised about that he took some harmless little things to play with the child.

He smiled, touched his son's head, and went to see Suifeng put those things away.

Zhihong came in: "Madam, the Third Madam is here!"

The lady nodded and said casually, "Let her in!"

Eleventh Lady went to hug Jin'er.

"No need," the lady stopped her, "the child was sweating all over just now, just sitting down, let him drink some mung bean soup here to cool down. Don't follow you around again. The weather is hot, it's not like usual."

Eleventh Lady had no choice but to stand aside.

The third lady came in with a smile on her face. Seeing that the lady was feeding Jing'er with mung bean soup, she hurriedly said, "Our Jing'er is here too!"

Before the lady handed over the spoon, Jing'er shouted "Third Aunt".

"Oh," the third lady smiled even more broadly, "our Jin'er is so well-behaved, no wonder he has become the apple of his mother's eye." There was a hint of exaggerated flattery in her tone.

The lady ignored her and continued to feed Jing'er mung bean soup.

Seeing that she was a little uncomfortable, Eleventh Lady smiled and walked forward to greet her.

The lady then looked up and asked the maid to bring her a brocade stool to sit on. Then she handed the empty bowl to Eleventh Lady beside her, took out a handkerchief to help Jing'er wipe the corner of his mouth, and then looked up at the Third Lady: "I called you here because I have something to tell you."

Eleventh Lady was a little surprised.

I wonder if the fact that the Taifu is called the Third Madam has anything to do with Fang’s matter?

She couldn't help but prick up her ears.

Then the old lady said, "Brother Jian is not young anymore, and you haven't found a suitable marriage for him. I happen to know a family..." The old lady briefly introduced Miss Jin, "The young lady of that family has good looks and good character, and is a perfect match for our brother Jian. I will make the decision for him. Who do you want to ask to be the matchmaker? Go to the Jin family to propose marriage in the next two days!"

The third wife was speechless and took a long time to recover.

She never dreamed that the Madam would interfere in Xu Sijian's marriage, not to mention that the family the Madam mentioned was so humble...

"Mother, how can this be possible!" The Third Lady could not help but shout, "Let our son Jian ask a man in charge of measuring cups, measures, and scales on East Street to be his father-in-law..."

The old lady looked at the third lady coldly, her eyes were as sharp as a knife or a sword, which made the third lady feel cold in her heart. But when she thought of her son, although she continued to speak bravely, her voice lowered involuntarily: "...Our brother Jian is also serving in the Imperial Guards. If his colleagues knew about this, where would he put his face..." When she said this, she shuddered and suddenly couldn't go on.

The job for my son was found by the Madam Dowager, and now she has arranged a marriage for him... Did the Madam Dowager have this in mind when she found a job for my son?

The third lady couldn't help but look up at the lady-in-waiting.

Then she saw a trace of sneer on the corner of the lady's mouth: "So, you don't agree with this marriage?"

I don’t agree!

One thousand, ten thousand disagree!

But if she said this, the madam would be angry. When the time comes, let Xu Lingkuan report to the Ministry of War, and her son's job will definitely fail. And her husband, she had already made him take the blame for the usury, and he lost his official position and was unemployed at home. Then he was scolded by the madam because of her son's marriage... She felt sorry for her husband and her son's job...

The third wife's mind was in a mess, her mouth was twitching, and she couldn't utter a word.

Although Jing'er was young and immature, he could sense the tension between the adults.

He climbed out of the lady's arms quietly and threw himself into Eleventh Lady's arms.

Eleventh Lady held her son in her arms, patted his back gently, and comforted him tenderly.

The lady's attention was all on the third wife. Seeing the third wife's hesitation, she smiled faintly and said, "Since you have no objection, this matter is settled." Then she called Madam Du, "Go get my name card and invite the third wife Huang from the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion to come over. I saw that she was very polite when she helped Qin'er to propose marriage, so continue to trouble her and let her help Jian'er to propose marriage to the Jin family!"

Mother Du smiled and said "yes", then lifted the curtain and left.

The sound of the curtain made the third lady shudder.

No, there is already a restless person at home, she can't find someone who doesn't listen to her!

The thought flashed through her mind, and she recalled what Xing Jiao had said to her yesterday morning: "...When the eldest young lady went out, the eldest young master happened to come in. The eldest young lady stood there and glanced at the eldest young master, and the eldest young master shook the eldest young lady's hand. If you hadn't asked in the inner room who was coming, the eldest young master would probably not have let go for a while..."

Qin'er has been kept in the warm room by her these days. If Fang hadn't been flirting with her son behind her back, how could her son not even look at the maid she sent him?

Thinking of this, her blood rushed to her head.

For a family like the Jin family, not to mention Fang, even I don't like them. If she marries into the family, won't she become a dish for Fang to eat with? How can I suppress Fang then?

She no longer cared about anything and knelt in front of the lady.

"Mother," the Third Lady pulled the Lady's sleeve, "It's not that I don't agree with this marriage, but I haven't met Miss Jin yet, and I'm a little worried..."

"I've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice!" The old lady pulled her sleeve out of the hand of the third lady, "Can't you tell what kind of character Miss Jin has?"

The third lady said hurriedly: "No..."

"Since you are not doubting my judgment, don't say more." Before the Third Lady could speak, the Dowager Lady took over and said, "This matter is settled. Remember to write down the birth date of Jian'er to me tomorrow." As she spoke, she pretended to be in deep thought and said, "If I remember correctly, Jian'er was born at the hour of Hai!"

The birth date represents a person's fate. If known by someone with bad intentions, they can even use witchcraft to kill the person. Therefore, when a newborn is born, people will not announce the good news immediately, but usually choose a time to confuse others.

The Taifu pointed out the time of Jian'er's birth, which actually meant the birth date of Jian'er. In this way, even if the Third Lady did not bring Xu Sijian's birth date, the Taifu could still write it to the woman.

The third lady responded with a frustrated “yes”.

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