Sui'er was kicked so hard that her face turned pale. She covered her chest but dared not scream. She forced a smile and said, "This slave deserves death!"

When Wu Ye saw her admit her fault, although he calmed down a little, he still felt it was meaningless, so he pulled Shiyi Niang and shouted, "Shiyi Sister, shall we go to your room? Do you have any Wosi candies in your room?"

Eleventh Lady doesn't like Fifth Master's attitude. He is so young, but he hurts people with his actions.

She laughed and said, "I'm afraid of damaging my teeth, so I haven't eaten wosi candy for a long time."

Wu Ye was very disappointed when he heard this.

Qi Niang also felt bored, and laughed and chased him away: "We sisters are speaking from the heart, what are you two doing here? Get out, get out!" She called the two's nurses and maids, "Take them out to play."

The Sixth Master had always been a little afraid of this elder sister. Hearing her hesitant words, the Fifth Master, on the other hand, was not afraid of anyone except the Third Master and the Third Mistress. He sneered at the Seventh Lady and said, "Don't mind your own business!"

"Oh, you're still a man?" Qi Niang was the youngest in the family. The second master passed the imperial examination just a few days after she was born. As she grew older, the second master's career became smoother and smoother. She was the most favored by her parents and was not afraid of anything. "If you were a man, you would kick a woman. Get out now, or I'll tell Aunt San and she won't let you stay in the ancestral hall."

"Our ancestral hall is in Yuhang!" Fifth Master was still unforgiving, "You think I'm an ignorant child." Having said that, he led his brother back.

Qi Niang listened and laughed with her hands covering her mouth. When she turned around, she saw Wu Niang and Shiyi Niang sitting there without saying a word.

"What's wrong?" She smiled and went to Sui'er, "Hurry up and take a look, is anyone hurt?"

Sui'er thanked him quietly and went to the side room with Zhuo Tao.

"Fifth sister is too lenient with him." Qi Niang couldn't help but say angrily, "He is the kind of person who only picks on the weak."

However, Shi Niang smiled coldly and said, "It's hard for Seventh Sister to say this. If it were us, I'm afraid we would have to replace someone else to sit in the ancestral hall." Seventh Sister's face turned red and white.

Eleventh Lady came out to help: "Since Seventh Sister followed Second Aunt back to Yanjing, we haven't been together for a long time. Since everyone is here today, why don't we play leaf cards."

Qi Niang said yes repeatedly, but Shi Niang curled her lips and said, "It's meaningless!" Then she called the maids Jinlian and Yinping back to the house, "I didn't sleep well last night, go and sleep." Qi Niang was so angry that her face turned pale, "You are weird all day long, no wonder you are not liked by the aunt."

Wu Niang snorted when she heard this and said, "She is going to marry into a noble family and become a wife, so naturally she doesn't need to socialize with people like us." There was a hint of sourness in her voice.

Qi Niang heard the hidden meaning in these words and immediately came over: "What do you mean? Is there another family coming to propose marriage?"

Eleventh Lady winked at Fifth Lady and said with a smile, "We haven't heard anything about it. Did Seventh Sister hear anything?"

Only then did Wu Niang suppress her anger and smile.

Qi Niang looked at the expressions of the two people and said, "I would know it even if you didn't tell me."

Eleventh Lady played a trick and told Dong Qing to get the leaf cards: "Seventh sister won twenty coins from me last time, so you have to be careful today."

Qi Niang laughed, and the three of them called Ziwei and played mahjong around the table on the kang for most of the day.

After dinner, after seeing off the second and third wives, the fifth wife suddenly came.

"Eleventh sister, I have something to tell you."

Eleventh Lady sent the people in the room away.

She couldn't help complaining, "...I believe I have never done anything to upset my mother, so why did you arrange such a marriage for me? If it was a poor noble family, I would be more interested. This Mr. Qian is obviously from a poor family. People like this have a narrow vision and think that they are on their way to heaven because they have a scholar in their family, but they don't know that there are always people better than you. The wealth in your eyes is shabby compared to others, and you don't know the difference... If I don't become an official, I will really fail my mother's kindness; if I become an official, I am afraid that the mud on my feet has not been washed clean, and those aunts and uncles will come to beg for money again..."

Eleventh Lady poured hot tea and listened to her nagging. After two or three more cups of tea, her emotions gradually calmed down: "...I am like this anyway. When I was young, I suffered with him. When I was older, he became successful, and I was old and ugly and despised by others!" As she said, she shook Eleventh Lady's hand: "Eleventh sister, you have always been tolerant and generous, and treat people sincerely. Don't be offended by what I say. Look, today, the Fifth Master kicked my maid, and I had to put on a smile. But Seventh Sister was able to drive him away. Why? It's just because we are illegitimate children and have no say at home. Back then, my mother told me that she let me go to Beijing to help my eldest sister take care of Zhun Ge, but you see, she promised me to Mr. Qian in a blink of an eye." She looked at Eleventh Lady, her eyes slightly wet, "We sisters can only have a good life in the future if we take care of each other."

Did she guess that she would marry into the Yongping Marquis's mansion? Compared to Shi Niang, the first wife obviously likes her more. No matter what the considerations are, the first wife will never marry Shi Niang to the Yongping Marquis's mansion. Comparing the two, the result is obvious. So she came to explain her original statement to herself at this time to save some face...

Eleventh Lady smiled slightly: "I think Mr. Qian is pretty good. Look at our Fourth Sister. Second Aunt spent so much effort, but it's just the same as Fifth Sister."

Wu Niang smiled slightly as she listened: "Do you really think so?"

Eleventh Lady nodded and said sincerely: "Whether a person is good or bad depends on the future. Like my mother, everyone says she is blessed. It's not because my father is a high-ranking official, but because my father is filial and successful in his career." She really wanted to dispel the resentment in Fifth Lady's heart. After all, they are sisters, so she should give her some advice when she can. As for whether Fifth Lady can listen to it, that is her own business!

Wu Niang was indeed a smart woman, and her expression gradually eased. She smiled and said, "You are going to the Duke Zhongqin's mansion to enjoy the spring the day after tomorrow, right? I see that Tenth Sister has looted a lot of things from you. I also have a set of lapis lazuli headpieces. I will lend it to you tomorrow. You can beat her first and talk about it later." At the end, her voice was already filled with anger.

Compared to Shi Niang, she would rather be well herself!

Eleventh Lady thanked her, and the two of them talked for a few more words. Fifth Lady stood up to say goodbye, and Eleventh Lady personally saw her off to the door before turning back.

Bin Ju was surprised and said, "It's really a miracle that the fifth lady came to our young lady to talk about her worries."

Amber smiled and said, "What's so strange about this? Our young lady is gentle and kind, not the kind who is frivolous. Everyone is willing to talk to her. What's more, in this courtyard, who else can the fifth young lady talk to except our young lady?"

"Everyone, stop talking." Eleventh Lady didn't want this to get out, otherwise, Fifth Lady would think that she had boasted in front of the maids and would hate her, which would be counterproductive. "Stop it now!"

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The next day, I went to pay my respects to the eldest wife. She mentioned that we were going to visit the residence of the Earl of Zhongqin: "…it would be nice to go out for a walk in this beautiful spring weather!"

Wu Niang immediately said, "Mother, I won't go! I'll just do needlework at home."

The eldest wife was very pleased with her expression and said with a smile, "This is what our Eleventh Miss often said, and now it's coming out of the Fifth Miss's mouth. She has finally grown up!"

Wu Niang lowered her head in shame.

Eleventh Lady was very grateful to the Seventh Miss of the Gan Family for not only remembering them and sending someone to deliver the invitation, but also knowing that they were in a difficult situation, the mother she sent was very good at speaking, and she made the Grandmother unable to resist. Although the Grandmother did not give in in the end, she could feel the kindness.

"Eleventh Lady, please stay here too!" The eldest wife looked at her with a smile, "Your fifth sister has a lot of needlework to do, and you are a good hand at it, so it would be good for you to stay and help her."

Eleventh Lady did not dare to disobey and replied "yes" with a smile. She felt a little disappointed in her heart, feeling that she had let down the kindness of the Seventh Miss of the Gan family.

The eldest wife nodded and said to Madam Xu with a smile, "Then you can go with Miss Ten! Let you go out and play for a day too."

At a spring banquet like this, there were maids and mothers serving in the mansion, and those who went there were treated as guests, and it was a very pleasant thing to be treated as guests and have someone accompany you to drink and enjoy the spring. However, the eldest wife sent mother Xu to go there in person, probably not only to let mother Xu take this good job, but also to discipline Shi Niang!

Mother Xu probably thought of it, and replied "yes" with a smile, and even joked: "I can also go with you to see it for myself."

Everyone laughed and told a few more jokes. When they saw the housekeeper come back to talk, they were all ready to get up and say goodbye. Just as they stood up, a little maid reported, "Madam, Madam Wang is here!"

So early... Eleventh Lady was slightly startled, and the eldest wife smiled and said, "Please ask her to come in!" As she spoke, she went to greet her.

Mrs. Wang came in with a smile on her face: "Congratulations, Madam. I came here to ask for a glass of wedding wine."

The eldest wife was delighted when she heard this. She hurried forward and took Mrs. Wang's hand, saying, "This is all thanks to you." She then told the five ladies, "Go back to your room and rest!"

As soon as they heard the tone, everyone knew what Mrs. Wang was here for!

Wu Niang was a little hesitant, but Shi Niang turned and left. Wu Niang looked at her back, pursed her lips, and then left with Shiyi Niang.

As expected, Mrs. Wang came to propose a marriage for the family of Duke Mao, and the person she proposed was Shi Niang.

The first wife agreed readily and went to the third wife's house in the afternoon and asked Lord Jin, a student of Lord Liu who worked as a compiler in the Hanlin Academy, to act as a matchmaker.

As a result, Shi Niang could not attend the Spring Festival Banquet at the Zhongqin Earl's house the next day. The eldest wife asked Shiyi Niang to write a letter to explain the situation in a tactful way.

Eleventh Lady agreed and not only wrote a letter to the Seventh Miss of the Gan family, but also asked the person who delivered the letter to take two purses and two handkerchiefs to the Gan sisters to thank them for their invitation.

Two or three days later, the Wang family came to the Luo family to get the engagement letter. The matchmaker they invited was Lord Wang's brother, who had already gone to Fujian to take up his post. He was now the commander-in-chief of the Tiger Power Battalion of the Imperial Guard, a third-rank official, which was considered quite prestigious.

The two families exchanged their birth dates and decided to propose on April 12th.

Everyone was very happy and felt that the family would have another noble lady and that the Luo family would become better and better.

Then the first wife devoted herself to preparing Luo Zhenxing for the imperial examination.

Not only did he make a new set of clothes from head to toe, he also sent someone to the best calligraphy and painting shop in Yanjing, Duobao Pavilion, to buy two sets of the four treasures of the study. He gave one set to Luo Zhenxing and the other set to Master Qian.

Mr. Qian accepted the gifts and wrote a letter of thanks, saying that he would never forget the first lady's kindness when he became successful in the future.

The eldest wife was delighted and asked someone to buy some crystal stew from Chunxi Tower and send it over.

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About the number of pink tickets...⊙﹏⊙b... I was saying, if there were more chapters, it would be 310, which is not divisible by 3... So that's how it is!