"When did I break my promise?" Xu Siyu said with a smile, "I said I would take Jing'er boating, and I will definitely take Jing'er boating. Besides, you can't just rely on cramming at the last minute to take the college entrance examination!"

Fang, who was standing behind Xu Siqin, couldn't help but nodded slightly after hearing this.

The second wife also came over after hearing this: "The hard work is done in peacetime. The fact that you can think this way shows that you have studied hard in the past few years and have a solid knowledge!"

Xu Siyu looked slightly embarrassed.

Xu Siqin was a little embarrassed.

Second aunt said this as if he was not diligent enough in his studies.

Xu Sijian hurriedly came to his brother's rescue, pointing at Jing'er who had stopped crying, and said, "Look, look, Jing'er is not crying anymore." Then he put his arm around Xu Siyu's shoulders, "Now you've been tricked by our Jing'er! Remember to take Jing'er boating tomorrow." He added, "How about we go along too? It's better to have fun together than to have fun alone!"

Everyone was amused by him.

Eleventh Lady told Jin Ge'er in a playful way: "Why don't you thank your second brother quickly!"

Jing'er parroted, "Thank you, second brother."

Xu Siyu smiled and squeezed his little hand: "Let's go boating tomorrow!"

Xu Sizhun hesitated and said, "Mother, can I go and accompany you?"

Xu Sijie had always followed Xu Sizhun, and upon hearing this he immediately said, "Mother, there's also me, I want to go and keep you company too!"

He spoke confidently and loudly, so everyone in the room heard him.

The people in the room couldn't help laughing again.

The lady pointed at Xu Sizhun and Xu Sijie and said, "These two children..." with a tone full of fondness.

Xu Sizhun was bold enough to pull the lady's sleeve and said, "Grandma, let's go boating tomorrow!" He wanted to make this a final decision. Fearing that the lady would not agree, he thought for a while and said, "Didn't the second aunt say that homework is done during normal times, and cramming at the last minute won't work. I study hard during normal times, so it doesn't matter if I play one more day!"

It was the first time that the lady heard Xu Sizhun speak so clearly and logically. She happily hugged him in her arms and said, "Okay, okay, okay. Let's go boating for another day tomorrow." Then she instructed Shiyi Niang, "Jie'er, ask Mr. Zhao for a day off as well! Anyway, our Mr. Zhao has to take a day off on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. It doesn't matter if he takes one more day off!" She also said to Xu Siqin and Xu Sijian, "When the time comes, you can bring your wives with you, and we can play cards together!"

Everyone laughed and responded in unison.

Xu Sizhun broke free from the lady's arms.

"I'll call you tomorrow morning." He pulled Xu Sijie's hand, and then thought that this trip was all because of Jing'er, so he pulled Jing'er's hand again, "Let's go boating with my second brother tomorrow!"

Jing'er grinned.

There was a crackling sound of broken porcelain in the room.

Everyone was stunned and looked in the direction of the voice.

I saw that the coffee table next to Sister Xin was empty, but there were large and small pieces of broken porcelain scattered around her feet.

"It was Jing'er who hit me first!" She jumped up and down, looking angrily at the smiling Jing'er, "He hit me first!"

"That's enough!" Madam Wu's face turned pale and blue. She ordered Xin Jie'er's nurse, "Take her home and discipline her well!" She smiled apologetically at Shiyi Niang, bent her knees slightly, and bowed to Madam Tai, "Mother, the weather is too hot. I'll go back and take some Xuejin Pills before coming back!" After saying that, she urged the nurses of the two children to leave quickly.

Xin Jie'er was not convinced and kicked around in her wet nurse's arms.

When Brother Xin saw Sister Xin like this, he was so scared that he burst into tears.

The two wet nurses did not dare to be negligent. One held Brother Chen and the other held Sister Xin, and they turned around and were about to leave the pavilion.

"Bring the child to me!" The lady waved to the two nurses, first held the child in her arms, and handed him a piece of candy. The child stopped crying immediately. She also helped Xin Jie'er smooth her messy hair, "You are the elder sister, you have to take care of your younger brother. You can't scare him like this. Do you understand?"

Sister Xin pouted and nodded.

"So good!" The lady smiled and touched Xin Jie'er's face, then looked up at the sky and said, "Do you still want to pick lotus seeds? The sun is about to set, it's a good time for boating..."

Before the lady had finished her words, Xin Jie'er shouted happily, "Yes, yes, yes. I want to go pick lotus pods!"

"Brother Jian!" the lady ordered, "You and your wife should accompany Sister Xin to pick lotus pods!"

Xu Sijian was stunned. He came back to his senses when he heard the lady calling his name. He immediately said "Hey" and walked forward to hold Xin Jie'er's hand.

Xin Jie'er gave Jing Ge'er a demonstrative look, then happily followed Xu Sijian and Jin out of the pavilion.

Jing'er's eyes widened.

The lady told Xu Sizhun, "The sun is about to set and the garden is getting cool. You and Jie'er should take Jing'er to play Cuju!" She then said to Shiyi Niang, "Go and see how the dinner is going!" She called to Wu Madam, "Since the children are not here, let's play a few more rounds!"

Fang's eyes turned, and she smiled as she stepped forward to support the still dazed Fifth Madam: "Fifth Aunt and I are both losers today. This is our last chance!"

The Fifth Lady knew that it was the Lady Dowager who was trying to help her out, so she called out "Mom" and sat down at the card table awkwardly.

The lady handed the boy to the nurse and said earnestly, "You and Xiaowu have never been hit even once in your life. You can't just scold your own children and beat them up!"

The Fifth Lady lowered her head in shame.

The second wife smiled slightly and started to play cards.

The sound of jade plates colliding could be heard again in the room.

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After having dinner at Chui Lun Waterside Pavilion and returning home, Shiyi Niang first coaxed Jing'er to sleep, and then called the outspoken A Jin to ask, "Why did the Second Miss fight with Jing'er?"

A hint of hesitation flashed across Ajin's face.

Eleventh Lady’s face darkened.

Ah Jin said hurriedly, "The second young lady saw that there was a picture of Guanyin on the back of the leaf card in the sixth young master's hand, so she exchanged it with the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King. The sixth young master took the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King from the second young lady, but refused to give the Guanyin to the second young lady. The second young lady came to grab it, but the sixth young master refused to give it to her. He slapped the second young lady on the hand. The second young lady also slapped the sixth young master, but she slapped the second young lady on the face, so the sixth young master grabbed the second young lady's hair... The third young lady was so anxious that she was running around, and it was the second young master who separated the two. Later, he kept coaxing the sixth young master..."

Eleventh Lady fell into deep thought.

Qiu Yu walked in quickly: "Madam, the Madam is here!"

Eleventh Lady was surprised.

"It's so late..."

She hurried over to meet him.

Only Mother Du was with the lady.

"How is Jin'er?" asked the lady as she walked past Eleventh Lady and went straight to Jin'er's warm room.

"Just fell asleep!" Eleventh Lady followed the lady into the warm room.

The servants around Jing'er all bowed.

"Be quiet!" The lady said to Jin Ge'er who was sleeping soundly, "Be careful not to wake up the Sixth Young Master!" Then she sat down on the kang with light footsteps, asked Madam Gu to bring the lamp, took out her glasses, leaned over and carefully looked at Jin Ge'er's little face, and stood up after a while to put away her glasses, "Fortunately it's not swollen!" Then she signaled Eleventh Lady to help her out of the warm room. "Children are of similar age, and it's normal for them to fight. Don't take it to heart. Xin Jie'er does have a bad temper. I will talk to Danyang and ask her to change Xin Jie'er's temper."

The lady came to visit Jing'er late at night and persuaded her like this. No matter how angry Eleventh Lady was, she calmed down.

She said sincerely: "Mother, our brother Jing is also wrong..."

"I know what's going on." The lady waved her hand at Shiyi Niang, signaling her not to say more. She then asked about Xu Lingyi, "...Why haven't you come back yet? What are you busy with?"

Eleventh Lady was also thinking about Xu Lingyi, but she didn't dare tell the lady.

"I usually come back pretty early, but something might have delayed me today!"

The lady just asked casually, told her to go to bed early, and left with Mother Du.

Eleventh Lady sat on the kang, doing needlework absent-mindedly.

Xu Lingyi didn't come back until the hour of Hai.

Eleventh Lady helped him change his clothes.

"The Wang family is probably doomed!" He didn't tell her about this until they got into bed. "Fortunately, Wang Jiubao reacted quickly and sent his grandson away..."

Eleventh Lady's heart was pounding: "What about the Wang family?"

Xu Lingyi held Shiyi Niang's hand, as if this could make her feel at ease.

"The best outcome is confiscation of property and exile!"

His expression was somewhat gloomy.

Eleventh Lady let Xu Lingyi hold her hand without saying a word.

The two of them sat side by side, leaning against the pillows at the head of the bed.

"Okay!" After a while, Xu Lingyi chuckled, "Let's not talk about this anymore. How was the family dinner today? Did everyone have a good time?"

Since Xu Lingyi didn't want to talk about those unhappy things, Shiyi Niang didn't mention the fight between Jin Ge'er and Xin Jie'er.

"Everyone had a great time," she said with a smile, "and made an appointment to go boating again tomorrow."

"Oh!" Xu Lingyi looked relieved after hearing that.

Eleventh Lady sat up straight: "My Lord, the death of the Marquis of Jinghai, was Wang Jiubao... "

Otherwise, how could Xu Lingyi succeed so easily.

After all, the Qu family has been doing business in Fujian for several generations.

Xu Lingyi thought about it and nodded gently: "Although I have someone, I have no news!"

In other words, it was Xu Lingyi who sent people and Wang Jiubao who got the information. Could this be the reason why the Qu family attacked the Wang family today?

Eleventh Lady became a little worried.

Xu Lingyi looked at her and hugged her in his arms: "The Qu family was seriously injured and couldn't touch me, so they took out their anger on the Wang family. They encouraged one of Wang Jiubao's old subordinates to start private trade again." At this point, his gentle eyes became as sharp as a hawk, "However, the Qu family has used a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources to set up this situation, and I'm afraid it's now the last gasp of a dying horse. Speaking of which, Wang Jiubao can be regarded as a hero of his generation." There was some admiration in his voice, "He handed his grandson to me, just to tell me that no matter what the circumstances, he would not tell what we did at the beginning. I am not the kind of person who shirks responsibility and is afraid of things. No matter what, I will help the Wang family preserve this bloodline." The tone was sonorous and powerful. "If he had listened to me at the beginning, endured his anger for a while, and stopped entangled with the Qu family in vain, the Qu family would not have cut off their arms and used the Wang family to establish their prestige!" At the end of the words, he was a little disappointed.

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I went to see Xiao Zhizhi today. This is a draft, please forgive me if there are any bugs. I will fix them when I come back.

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Because I can only start writing the additional chapter after I come back from school, it will definitely be very late, so everyone should get up tomorrow and read it!

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