Xu Lingyi coughed quickly, and Shiyi Niang also reacted.

The two of them sat up leisurely.

Xu Lingyi asked his son: "Who fought?"

Jing'er tilted his little head, looked at his calm father, then looked at his calm mother: "Dad and Mom..." His eyes were full of confusion.

Xu Lingyi waved at his son.

Jing'er ran over.

Xu Lingyi hugged his son and asked him with a smile: "When did Dad and Mom fight? Huh?"

"Just now!" Jing'er widened his eyes.

"Do you know what fighting is?" Xu Lingyi asked his son.

Jinger nodded: "Suifeng is fighting! He is fighting with Changan!"

When did Suifeng fight with Chang'an? How could he fight with Chang'an?

Eleventh Lady was completely confused.

Xu Lingyi asked his son, "Why are they fighting?"

Jinger made a "pressing" gesture and said, "Just fight like this!"

"Did Daddy and Mommy do this just now?"

Jing'er thought for a long time and shook his head.

"Then why do you say that Daddy and Mommy are fighting?"

Jing'er looked at his mother with a confused look on his face, as if asking for help.

This guy even wants to fool his own son!

Eleventh Lady complained in her heart and hurriedly picked up Jing'er. "Jing'er, are you here to tell your mother a story?" She asked her son softly.

Hearing this, Jinger nodded repeatedly: "Mom, tell me a story!"

"Okay!" Eleventh Lady got out of bed with her son in her arms, "Let's go tell a story!"

Jing'er laughed happily.

The maids and old women who were leaning against the lattice window to listen to the noise all scattered. When Eleventh Lady came out, she was standing aside with her hands hanging down respectfully.

Eleventh Lady did not return to her inner room until midnight.

"Why are you so late?" Xu Lingyi was leaning on the bed reading a book. "Is Brother Jin making a fuss?"

"No!" Eleventh Lady glared at Xu Lingyi, "You keep asking me what fighting is?"

Xu Lingyi said "Oh" calmly and nonchalantly: "I'm just worried that you will lose face." Then he returned his gaze to the book in his hand, looking like he was reading seriously.

Eleventh Lady was furious.

Luckily, they were just joking with each other. If they really "fought", it would be so embarrassing!

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but mutter a few words under her breath, "Really?" and "I don't know who won't let go."

The other pretended not to hear and told Shiyi Niang that Madam Liang mentioned the marriage: "Since she thinks her daughter is so beautiful and doesn't want to marry her off easily, and she deliberately took the opportunity of the Liang family's grandson to come to Beijing, I'm afraid she has some ulterior motives. Either the father is too concerned, or the girl is too concerned. I think it's better not to look at it!"

Eleventh Lady thought the same. Otherwise, she wouldn't have tried to tease Xu Lingyi but ended up being teased instead!

"I understand!" she responded and let down the curtains.

Xu Lingyi nodded and asked her seriously, "By the way, how did you tell Jing'er about 'fighting'?"

Eleventh Lady didn't expect him to ask this and was a little surprised.

A smile slowly appeared on Xu Lingyi's lips: "How about we give it a try?"

* * * * * *

Things developed just as Xu Lingyi had expected.

Since Xu Siyu passed the imperial examination and invited relatives and friends to a banquet, many families have tactfully expressed their desire to marry into the Xu family. In the past, she had the excuse that Xu Siyu had no academic achievements, but now that the shield is gone, Shiyi Niang is in a dilemma.

She had never seen a real daughter of a rich family, and she didn't know any of them, but others knew everything about their family. Because she was a daughter of a rich family, it was very difficult to find out about her, which made her feel a little unsure.

Considering that Xu Siyu would set up his own family in the future, she wanted to find a wife for him who could stand on his own.

At this time, Mrs. Fang brought her son to Yanjing.

According to etiquette, she first visited the third lady.

The lady nodded slightly when she knew about it, and said to Mother Du in private: "It seems that this person in our family is about to be controlled by someone."

Mother Du was sitting on a small stool cutting the lady's toenails. She smiled and said, "As long as life is good, it doesn't matter who is in the palm of the hand."

The lady smiled and said, "That's right. They have moved to Sanjing Hutong now. I don't have to worry about them. As long as there is someone who understands the family affairs in the end, it will be fine!"

Mother Du smiled but did not answer, and then she took a rest after serving the lady.

Early the next morning, the third lady accompanied Mrs. Fang to pay their respects to the lady-in-waiting.

Mrs. Fang was not tall, with regular features and gentle eyes. She looked like a very ordinary woman. This made Eleventh Lady mutter in her heart: If she had seen her in other occasions, she would never have imagined that Mrs. Fang looked like this. It seemed that Mrs. Fang looked like either her father or her grandmother.

Fang's younger brother was only ten years old. Although he was very polite in his behavior, the curiosity that occasionally flashed in his eyes made him look childish and adorable.

The lady liked him very much and pulled him aside to ask how old he was, whether he had received any enlightenment, what he usually did... She also asked someone to invite Xu Siyu and others to meet the guest.

Mrs. Fang was very impressed by Xu Siyu's expression and praised him several times. From the tone of her voice, it seemed that Fang Ji said a lot of good things about Xu Siyu in front of the family.

Xu Sizhun was one year older than Master Fang, and Xu Sijie was one year younger than Master Fang. As soon as the three of them met, they quickly became friends. As for the younger brothers Jing and Chen, they were brought out, bowed to Madam Fang, and then taken back to their own rooms.

The old lady politely invited Mrs. Fang to have lunch with her. Mrs. Fang did not refuse. But after lunch, she left on the pretext of not disturbing the old lady's nap.

Eleventh Lady escorted Fang's mother and son, the Third Lady and others to the gate of the Chuihua Palace.

Just as he was about to turn back, a servant ran in panting.

Seeing Eleventh Lady, he bowed and saluted: "Fourth Lady, I am going to Shaohua Courtyard to deliver a letter to Second Lady!"

Eleventh Lady was stunned.

The second wife lives a secluded life and rarely goes out. No one knows who sent the invitation to her.

She observed carefully and found that the person who came to visit the second wife was Mrs. Gao.

"What's wrong with you guys?" Mrs. Gao smiled when she saw the Second Madam. "When Roujin got married a few days ago, everything was fine. How come your sister-in-law is crying secretly at home after she came to visit?"

The second wife frowned slightly as she listened.

What she hated most was Mrs. Xiang gossiping about the Xiang family in front of her family.

But before she could open her mouth to refute, Mrs. Gao sighed deeply: "What can I say about you two? One of you has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. You never refuse to take care of things that you should take care of, and you take care of things that you shouldn't take care of, but you just don't admit it. The other one has been spoiled since childhood, and you speak without reservation, and you can't even beat around the bush. Logically speaking, I, an outsider, shouldn't get involved in your affairs. In the past, I just watched from the side and talked about your sister-in-law behind her back. But this time, I really can't stand it!"

Strike first!

These four words flashed through the Second Lady's mind, but she remained calm and picked up the teacup to take a sip of tea.

Mrs. Gao knew that the lady from the Xiang family was not easy to talk to, so she didn't care about her silence. Her expression darkened, and she continued, "I won't talk about anything else, just the marriage between the second young master of the Xu family and our Rouna! If it weren't for you making a fuss, how could it have come to this? The second young master of the Xu family is easy to talk to, after all, he is a man, and he can take his time to choose. But it delayed our Rouna!"

The second lady raised her eyebrows slightly.

At first, it was her sister-in-law who felt slighted and blamed her for taking the initiative to manage the family affairs, and she just refused without thinking twice. Now that Roune's marriage is not going well, it is her fault!

Her mind raced.

She usually didn't have much contact with Mrs. Gao. In a relationship like theirs, they would not visit each other unless it was necessary. She mentioned Xu Siyu and Roune's marriage right away. Could it be...

Thinking of this, her face changed slightly.

The Xu family is not a family of Caiyuanzi. If they want to get married, they can get married. If they don’t want to get married, they can just make a big fuss.

Not to mention that Xu Siyu has passed the imperial examination and Qin is no longer around, so his future will be bright and smooth. Even if Xu Siyu was still a commoner today and Qin was still alive, she would never do such things that humiliate the Xu family!

"Mrs. Gao didn't ask much about my sister-in-law's affairs in the past, after all, she didn't understand the situation." The second wife said sharply, "At the beginning, my sister-in-law felt humiliated by my proposal of this marriage, and she disagreed no matter what. Because of this matter, not only did our madam feel bad, but even my fourth brother's wife is still blaming me for not doing it properly. Why did Mrs. Gao say that she actually seemed to be blaming me? If my sister-in-law knew about it, I'm afraid even Mrs. Gao would blame her, thinking that Mrs. Gao didn't take her seriously and actually wanted her daughter to marry such a family..."

Mrs. Gao listened to the conversation and thought that she was here to mediate, not to quarrel, so she immediately smiled and said, "What you said makes sense. However, you may have been a widow for too long and did everything alone, so you forgot to discuss it with your sister-in-law..." She then talked about why Mrs. Xiang disagreed. "Otherwise, with the friendship between the two families, the marriage would have been concluded long ago. Why wait until today?" She smiled again, "Speaking of which, these two children are really destined to be together! Otherwise, how come after several years, one of them is still unmarried?"

Her guess was confirmed. The Second Lady smiled coldly. She was too lazy to talk much to Mrs. Gao and just sat there listening absent-mindedly.

Mrs. Gao did not give up, and continued to sigh and say, "You know your sister-in-law's temper best. During the years when Lord Xiang was in office, she ran around to take care of him and suffered a lot. She finally raised the children, but first there was Yijia's matter, and then there was Roune's matter, which made her so confused that she didn't even have the confidence to speak in front of others. You don't know that she was ridiculed by my cousin's wife at the family banquet a few days ago. Normally, your sister-in-law would not be able to bear such anger. But this time, she said nothing, took Roune and Yijia home, and cried when she got home.

"Roune was there at the time. Even after such an incident, she kept comforting your sister-in-law.

"Everyone says that Roune is calm and steady. But no matter how steady she is, she is only a girl of seventeen or eighteen. I don't believe that she doesn't feel a little sad! Otherwise, why didn't she want to go out when the second young master invited her to a banquet that day? Was she afraid of being laughed at by others?"

The second wife does not get along with her sister-in-law, but she truly loves her nephews and nieces.

Hearing this, he fell silent.

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