After the newlyweds returned, the groom's family would start to dismantle the tent, remove the seats, and clear the stove. The stewards and servants in the outer courtyard were busy, and the stewards in the inner courtyard were not relaxed either. Cleaning the courtyard, returning the furnishings, counting things, and calculating the number of tea and wine banquets, all of which had to be reported to Shiyi Niang. Despite this, Shiyi Niang still put all the things aside and called Hongwen to ask about Jing'er's situation first: "What have you done in the past two days?"

Based on her understanding of her son, when Jing'er was hungry, he would ask the maid or his mother for food, and when he was cold, he would ask for clothes. The only thing she was worried about was that he would get into trouble, and everyone helped him to keep it a secret.

Fortunately, Hongwen also had her own worries - although nothing happened this time, there was no guarantee that she would be so lucky next time. The Marquis regarded the Sixth Young Master as precious, and every New Year's Eve he would reward them with fifty taels of silver for serving the Sixth Young Master, which was equivalent to a steward in the outer courtyard. For this reason, Madam Gu never wanted to go out. Now that she had gone out, she was thinking of ways to ask someone to get her sister in to serve the Sixth Young Master. If the Sixth Young Master had any mishap, they would have received fifty taels of silver more than other maids and mothers... Thinking of this, she felt a chill in her heart.

I have been hanging around Eleventh Lady for several days, but unfortunately I have never had the chance to answer her.

Now that Eleventh Lady had brought it up on her own initiative, she dared not hesitate and hurriedly told Eleventh Lady everything that had happened that day.

"…The two young masters were in the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard at times. It was difficult for us to follow them in some places, so we asked Huang Xiaomao and Liu Erwu to watch over them. It was fine before. On the day of the wedding, Old Marquis Sun specially asked someone to call the Sixth and Seventh Young Masters to talk. Huang Xiaomao and Liu Erwu did not dare to go in and waited outside the door. But until the Fifth Master sent Old Marquis Sun out of the house, the Sixth and Seventh Young Masters did not come out. The two went into the flower hall to look for them, but the servants and maids in the flower hall all covered their mouths and smiled, and refused to tell them where they had gone. The two begged and pleaded, and then a maid secretly pointed to the warm room and said that this was the Sixth Young Master's order, asking them not to tell the two.

"They went in to look for him, but they couldn't find him. Everyone in the room was panicking. Huang Xiaomao and Liu Erwu were looking for him near the flower hall, while the other came to the inner courtyard to report the news... When I found the Sixth Young Master, he and the Seventh Young Master were setting off firecrackers with incense and candles... I saw those servants were rude to the Fifth Young Master, so I went up and scolded them... The housekeeper who punished the maid was the housekeeper of the mothers. I was just working in the Sixth Young Master's room. I relied on the Sixth Young Master's power, so I didn't dare to ruin his reputation. I just scared those people away. I was afraid that the Sixth Young Master would rashly go to the housekeeper and find someone who only knew how to flatter and please the master, so I accompanied the Sixth Young Master to the Bai Chief Steward... Later, the Sixth Young Master went to find the Marquis... I had time to let someone tell Huang Xiaomao and Liu Erwu that the Sixth Young Master and the Seventh Young Master had been found, but I didn't dare to leave and stayed with the Sixth Young Master..."

No matter what, Xu Sijie is also the master. In order to curry favor with Shang Jing'er, he even ignored Xu Sijie. It shows how big his heart is!

Eleventh Lady hated those who tempted those ignorant children to act recklessly for their own benefit. In her previous life, she had seen countless such examples. Good children eventually became a hazard to society.

She flew into a rage and slapped the table with her palm. The teacup on the table made a "bang bang" sound. Hongwen was so scared that her face turned pale and sweat covered her forehead.

"Which two mothers were on duty that day?" Eleventh Lady called Zhu Xiang in sternly, "Call them in!"

Shiyi Niang had never been so angry before, and Zhu Xiang couldn't help but look a little nervous. She whispered "yes" and quickly led two mother-like people in.

"Which servants were so attentive to the Sixth Young Master that day?" Eleventh Lady looked coldly at her mother who was kneeling at her feet. She did not gently call them up as usual. "I kept you to do the job, but you just let them in without asking any questions. I don't even know when the main room of Yongping Marquis became a hallway, where anyone can come in and out at will! You have one quarter of an hour to call those servants to the front of the hanging gate without missing a single one. I want to see which steward taught them to be so arrogant that they don't know which direction is which!"

The Yongping Marquis Mansion has been established for more than a hundred years, and the personnel in the mansion are complicated. Some of the servants were familiar with their parents. They just wanted to show their faces in front of the Sixth Young Master and ask for food. The two turned a blind eye. Hong Wen asked them to find the steward to kidnap people. They secretly thought it was bad and dragged their feet to see how the situation developed. Seeing that Hong Wen accompanied Jing Ge'er to the steward Bai, they wanted to be good people, so they hurriedly informed their acquaintances and asked them to find a solution. Who knew that Hong Wen was all talk and no action, and the matter was left unresolved. The two just breathed a sigh of relief when they were called in by Shiyi Niang and scolded.

They are all old people in the mansion. They have seen pigs run even if they have not eaten pork. If we look at this matter from a "small" perspective, it is just that the servants are young and ignorant, and they accompanied the master to make trouble, which is not steady; if we look at it from a "big" perspective, it is that they knew it was harmful to the master but still followed the crowd and lured the master to have fun. No one dared to ask for mercy even when the master was beaten to pieces. Now it seems that Eleventh Lady is clearly going to take it to a "big" level and punish the servants severely.

The two couldn't help but exchange glances.

The Madam only asked them to go find someone and did not blame them... She must have taken out her anger on the servants.

The two of them couldn't help but feel lucky, hoping that Eleventh Lady would be lenient with them after her anger subsided.

But if the job is not done well, there is no telling where the fire will burn to!

The two of them responded "yes" hastily and hurried out the door.

Eleventh Lady instructed Zhu Xiang: "Take Hong Wen to the Chuihua Gate, and call me when everyone is there."

Zhu Xiang and Hong Wen responded cautiously and went to the Chuihua Gate.

Eleventh Lady was so angry that she walked around the room twice. Then she calmed down and thought about it, then went to Jing'er.

The golden sunshine of early winter shines in, making the house bright and warm.

Wearing a red lotus and carp brocade jacket, Jing'er was leaning over the table on the kang, writing something with a brush in hand. The snow-white Chengxin paper was weighed down by a reclining deer paperweight carved from Hetian jade. The maid Ah Jin stood by the kang, grinding ink for Jing'er with a smile on her face.

Hearing the noise, both of them looked over here.

Ajin quickly knelt down and saluted, and Jing'er's face immediately broke into a bright smile.

"Mom, Mom!" He put the pen on the sweet white porcelain pen holder and jumped on the kang with his arms outstretched.

Eleventh Lady smiled and walked forward to hug her son: "What are you doing?" Her voice was as gentle as the March breeze.

Jing'er threw himself into his mother's arms, his smile becoming even brighter.

"I'm drawing!" He said, picking up the clear paper on the table, "Look!"

The painting is covered with dark and light ink marks, and it is impossible to tell what is being painted.

Before Eleventh Lady asked, Jing'er also said, "This is the bamboo I painted."

"Then where are the bamboo poles? Where are the bamboo leaves?" Eleventh Lady sat down on the kang and asked her son.

Jinger pointed to a few thick vertical ink marks and said, "These are bamboo poles." He then pointed to a few shorter, messier ink marks and said, "These are leaves!"

Eleventh Lady took a closer look and said, "No wonder I can't tell the difference between a bamboo pole and a bamboo leaf. Jin'er's bamboo pole has no knots." As she spoke, she took a pen and drew a few strokes on another piece of clear paper, immediately outlining the shadow of a bamboo.

Jinger tilted his head and looked at it for a long time: "Mom's painting is wrong. I went to my second aunt's house and saw that the bamboos in her yard were all growing together in large groups."

That one is realistic and this one is freehand, okay?

But a five-year-old child wouldn't understand what you are saying.

Eleventh Lady smiled helplessly and touched Jing'er's head: "But Jing'er's painting is not right! Otherwise, you can go ask the teachers of Fourth Brother and Fifth Brother how to paint this bamboo!"

Jing'er nodded and immediately put on his shoes to ask.

Ah Jin hurriedly stopped him: "Sixth Young Master, Mr. Zhao is probably still giving a lecture at this time. It won't be too late for us to go in the afternoon."

"Are there no classes in the afternoon?" He asked, shocking Ajin.

Eleventh Lady encouraged the child to sit up and walk, and smiled as she gestured to Ajin to put shoes on Jing'er.

Zhu Xiang came in and said, "Madam, those servants have been called to the Chuihua Gate."

"Let them wait there first." Shiyi Niang said, "Go and call Chief Butler Bai in."

Zhu Xiang left immediately.

Jing'er looked at Shiyi Niang curiously.

Eleventh Lady remained calm and said calmly: "Mother will punish those servants who picked up firecrackers for you!"

"But," Jing'er said puzzledly, "I was the one who asked them to pick up the firecrackers! Shouldn't they listen to me?"

"Mother once taught you that there are three types of unfilial behavior. Do you still remember which three they are?" Eleventh Lady asked her son gently.

Jing'er thought for a long time, then raised his head, pursed his lips and smiled at his mother: "No offspring is the greatest misfortune!"

Eleventh Lady also laughed.

It is indeed a bit difficult for him to memorize all three of them considering his age.

"It is said that being submissive and obedient, and putting one's parents in an unjust position, is the first kind of unfilial behavior; the family is poor and one's parents are old, but one does not work for a salary, is the second kind of unfilial behavior; not marrying and having no children, and cutting off the ancestral worship, is the third kind of unfilial behavior." Eleventh Lady explained to him in detail, "... You see, even pointing out the mistakes of parents is considered filial piety. What about those servants? They know you are wrong, but in order to make you happy, they help you pick up firecrackers. And when your fifth brother tried to stop you, those servants actually spoke back to him regardless of their status." Eleventh Lady said, "You can tell whether a person is good or not from this point!"

Jing'er nodded as if he suddenly understood.

Eleventh Lady then smiled comfortably: "Let's go, let's go to the hall and wait for Chief Butler Bai to come!"

Jing'er jumped and followed his mother to the hall.

After a while, Manager Bai arrived.

"Go check who disciplines these servants. They dared to contradict the fifth young master and instigate the sixth young master." Eleventh Lady said solemnly, "Tie them up together with the servants. Give the stewards ten strokes each and deduct one month's salary. Give the servants thirty strokes each and let their parents take them back." She also instructed, "Beat them slowly, so that everyone in the mansion knows why they were beaten."

As a result, these servants will have to think carefully before doing anything in the future.

As for the character of Chief Butler Bai, he had already found out the purpose of why Eleventh Lady had called him before meeting her. But when he heard that Eleventh Lady wanted to tie up and beat the butler who was in charge of the servants, he was still shocked: "Tied up the butler too... This, this... Isn't this too..."

Directly supervising the steward of the outer courtyard without going through the Marquis... This has never happened in the Xu family before!

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