Xu Lingyi just looked at Shiyi Niang: "It's okay! You are going to do needlework, this side is brighter!"

Yeah?

Eleventh Lady's gaze couldn't help but fall on the crabapple tree outside the window.

The old woman in charge of flowers and plants takes good care of it, keeping it always one foot above the window frame, a lush and green clump. The sunlight outside shines in leisurely, and people inside the house look over. At the turn of spring and summer, it is a cluster of flowers as bright as a shawl, and at the turn of summer and autumn, it is green and unripe crabapple fruits with a hint of bright red.

The crabapple tree was planted in the middle of the west second room and the end room. She sat on the west side of the big kang by the window in the inner room, and he sat on the east side. In terms of brightness, her side was brighter, right?

Eleventh Lady muttered to herself, and when she turned her head, she saw Xu Lingyi picking up a collection of poems called "You Meng Yin" that had just been thrown on the table on the kang and leisurely flipping through them.

He just wanted her to sit next to him, right?

Eleventh Lady smiled and took the needle and thread, then lowered her head to continue sewing his underwear.

Xu Lingyi leaned diagonally on the large ink-splashed pillow and put his feet on her legs.

Eleventh Lady was a little surprised.

She looked up.

He was reading a book with his head down, a smile on his face and a comfortable expression, and he seemed not to notice her actions at all.

Eleventh Lady couldn't help but smile secretly.

The room was quiet, and Jing'er's cheerful laughter came over, sometimes high, sometimes low, sometimes loud, sometimes soft. Her hands slowed down, and there was a hint of joy in her eyes and brows.

* * * * * *

Xu Siyu's celebration banquet was lively and noisy.

When Mrs. Xiang came out of the Yongping Marquis Mansion, her smile fell.

Xiang Yijia hurried forward to support his mother: "Are you tired? We still have half an hour to go back. Let the mothers massage your legs and take a rest!"

Mrs. Xiang looked at her son, who still had a smile on his face, and asked hesitantly, "The second young master of the Xu family... is he really well educated?"

Xiang Yijia laughed and said, "When it comes to learning, how can he compare to my third brother-in-law! However, what he has learned is solid and practical, and will be very useful for the next imperial examination." At this point, he said with some emotion, "Mr. Jiang of Jinxi Academy is really worthy of his reputation. In the past few years, their academy has produced several famous scholars."

For some reason, Mrs. Xiang felt a little suffocated after hearing this.

She held on to her mother's shoulders and she stepped onto the footstool: "How could you be talking to such a person so happily?" There was a hint of reproach in her tone.

Xiang Yijia thought of Xu Siyu's gentle and elegant appearance, and didn't want his mother to misunderstand him. He hurriedly said, "Xu Siyu is a humorous person, and his behavior is modest and gentlemanly. He is a person worth making friends with..."

Mrs. Xiang, with her feet on the shaft, paused slightly before getting into the black lacquered flat-top carriage.

The rich scent of magnolia fills the air.

Mrs. Xiang frowned and glared, "Who burned this incense? Why is it so strong? Are we one of those nouveau riche families who don't know how much weight we have?"

The maids and old women inside and outside the carriage were too timid to answer. The incense in the carriage was smoked according to Madam Xiang's usual habit. She was fine when she came, but now she was so angry...

Xiang Yijia also felt that his mother's anger came suddenly and was inexplicable.

He laughed and said, "I asked you to take a nap in the car!"

Mrs. Xiang naturally could not continue to lose her temper in front of the maid.

She snorted coldly and ordered the maid who followed the carriage: "Go back to the mansion!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and some helped Xiang Yijia get on the carriage, while others carefully drove the carriage out of the lotus garden.

As the sun sets, merchants on West Street are busy closing their shops, laughing and talking in the background.

Mrs. Xiang, sitting in the carriage with her eyes closed, thought of the lively scene she saw at Xu's house.

Not only the relatives of the Xu family came, but also the wives of Liang Ge Lao, Dou Ge Lao and the wife of the Minister of Public Security all came. They all congratulated Eleventh Lady on raising a good son, and Xu Siyu brought honor to the Xu family.

Thinking of this, her mind suddenly emerged the image of her second daughter Xiang Rune sitting on the big kang by the window in the inner room doing needlework - with her head lowered, her jet-black hair tied loosely into a bun, revealing her snow-white neck, and a sweet smile on the corner of her mouth, as warm and gentle as the spring sunshine in March in the south of the Yangtze River.

Her heart ached slightly.

The daughter I have raised for eighteen years...

Mrs. Xiang's teeth were grinding.

Look at the in-laws those people told her daughter about. Some of them were obsessed with the dowry, some suspected that Roune had some hidden illness, and some were so dull that they couldn't say a word after being beaten three times...

Mrs. Xiang suddenly opened her eyes, pulled aside the carriage curtain and shouted outside, "Let's go to my uncle's house!"

The woman following the car was startled and slipped out without saying anything: "At this time? It's getting dark..."

"Why are you talking so much!" Mrs. Xiang scolded, "Just go wherever you're told to go. Are you still going to tell me what to do?"

"Madam, I am not good at speaking." The mother-in-law who was following the carriage immediately admitted her fault, "I will tell the driver right away!"

Even so, Mrs. Xiang was still very angry. She slammed the curtain of the carriage with a "swish" and felt a little better.

* * * * * *

Mrs. Gao hurried to the hanging flower gate and just saw her younger sister-in-law, Mrs. Xiang, getting off the carriage.

"Why did you rush here at this time?" She hurried forward and took Mrs. Xiang's hand, "But what happened at home?" At this point, she thought about it and asked, "Could it be that someone came to propose marriage to Roune?"

She had the same idea as Mrs. Xiang. She felt that the most urgent thing was to settle Xiang Roune's marriage before taking care of Xiang Yijia.

Mrs. Xiang shook her head, her face looking gloomy.

Mrs. Gao raised her head and looked at Xiang Yijia who was behind Mrs. Xiang.

Xiang Yijia made an "I don't know either" gesture towards his aunt.

This is not the place to ask questions.

Mrs. Gao suppressed her suspicion. Seeing that it was getting late, she was worried that Mrs. Xiang had brought bad news and that her father-in-law would be worried. While whispering to her mother to accompany Xiang Yijia to meet her husband, she took Mrs. Xiang to her inner room.

"Tell me!" Mrs. Gao personally brought a cup of tea to Mrs. Xiang and glanced at the empty inner room. "What happened?"

Mrs. Xiang lowered her head and fiddled with the pink-glazed porcelain cup with a peony and a butterfly in it. The corners of her mouth twitched, and after a long while she said, "It's nothing! I'm just unhappy, so I came to sit with my sister-in-law!" Then she put the teacup on the kang table, leaned between the big pillow, and tears flashed in the corners of her eyes.

Mrs. Gao was stunned for a moment, and then immediately called Mrs. Xiang's personal mother in.

"What's going on?"

The mother was confused and murmured, "I got up early in the morning... and took the master to the Yongping Marquis's Mansion... The second young master of the Yongping Marquis's Mansion passed the imperial examination and hosted a banquet at home..."

Mrs. Gao thought about it and understood a little. She sent her personal mother down and sat next to Mrs. Xiang. She asked her in a low voice, "Is it because of Roune's marriage?"

Mrs. Xiang bit her lip and said nothing.

Mrs. Gao laughed and said, "Look at how little you have accomplished! Things may change as time goes by. This is not the time to be angry. If you can't bring yourself to do this, I will go and be the matchmaker for Roune!"

"No!" Mrs. Xiang sat up straight immediately, "Wouldn't that make my aunt laugh so hard that she'd bend over... Thinking back to the beginning, I didn't agree..." As she spoke, her face turned a little ugly, "You didn't see. Today, the second young master of the Xu family hosted a banquet, and everyone was congratulating the fourth lady of the Xu family, but our aunt was sitting aside, looking at the second young master of the Xu family and laughing, as if the second young master of the Xu family was her son..." At the end, her tone became a little indignant.

Mrs. Gao couldn't help but laugh.

She stretched out her finger and tapped Mrs. Xiang's forehead: "You are just a big mouth! If that's the case, why do you come to me to cry?"

Mrs. Xiang tilted her head and said hurriedly, "When did I come to my sister-in-law to cry? I'm just angry, so I came to talk to my sister-in-law. If my sister-in-law is annoyed with me, I'll just leave!" As she said that, she was about to get off the bed and put on her slippers.

"You're still making trouble in front of me!" Mrs. Gao said in a feigned anger, "If you continue like this, I will really leave you alone!"

Mrs. Xiang's body stiffened and she sat down on the edge of the kang.

* * * * * *

"Mrs. Liang said that she has a distant niece who is very good-looking. Her family was reluctant to marry her off casually, so they picked and chose. She is still unmarried at the age of fifteen. A few days ago, she came with her mother to attend the full moon ceremony of Lanting's second son, and she hasn't returned yet." Eleventh Lady sat in front of the mirror and took off her pearl hairpin. "From the tone of her voice, she wants me to meet her." She turned around and looked at Xu Lingyi who was leaning against the head of the bed and looking at her. "What do you think, should I meet her?"

Xu Lingyi thought of the fact that she had deleted Jiang Yunfei's name when she hosted a banquet for Xu Siyu, and said with a smile: "Just make the decision!"

"My Lord, do you really want me to make the decision?" Eleventh Lady glanced at him sideways, then pretended to be thoughtful and said, "Our brother Yu is handsome and elegant, and we must find someone to match him. Since Madam Liang said that her distant niece's great-granddaughter is outstanding in appearance, I think it won't hurt to go and take a look..."

Xu Lingyi waved at her.

Eleventh Lady sat over with her hair loose.

Xu Lingyi suddenly grabbed her arms and lifted her halfway up.

"My Lord!" Eleventh Lady exclaimed.

Xu Lingyi had turned over and pressed her under him.

There was a panic noise in the room, and soon it returned to the silence where you could hear a pin drop.

Eleventh Lady felt her face burning hot, and she looked at Xu Lingyi with shame and anger: "What are you doing? Brother Jing hasn't rested yet!"

Xu Lingyi sat up straight after hearing this. "Aren't you trying to flirt with me? Why are you blaming me for not understanding romance?"

Eleventh Lady was stunned for a long time before she reacted.

She was both amused and angry, not knowing what to do. She looked around, grabbed the pillow next to her and threw it at him: "Asshole!"

Xu Lingyi looked at Shiyi Niang, whose face was as red as a lotus, but her eyes were black and moist, as beautiful as obsidian immersed in water, making people unwilling to leave after taking a look.

He was very moved and hugged her tightly: "It's true that 'if you don't beat me for three days, I'll tear the tiles off the roof'. Let me show you how I'll deal with you!"

There was a smile in his words, full of sarcasm, and it was clear that he was teasing her.

Eleventh Lady was a little amused and helpless.

Sometimes Xu Lingyi acts like a big boy.

She wouldn't let him succeed.

She screamed deliberately and tried to struggle out of his arms.

Xu Lingyi held her tightly.

The two of them rolled around in a ball, laughing and pushing each other.

Suddenly a childish voice shouted excitedly: "Fight! Fight!"

The **man froze there.

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

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