When he returned to the house, he had to call Amber, Holly, Beach Ju, and Zhuxiang to his side and tell them that Holly wanted to leave the house temporarily.

Dong Qing's eyes dimmed after hearing this: "It's all my fault that I have caused trouble for Madam."

"What are you talking about?" Eleventh Lady said with a smile, "Such things happen in every branch. Fortunately, we have our own farm and house, and you are the most capable person around me. In front of others, you just say that you are going to arrange things over there. At least you can keep a decent attitude."

Zhu Xiang whispered, "Then shouldn't we relocate our jobs?"

"It won't be that troublesome." Eleventh Lady smiled, "It will only take four or five months. Let Amber take care of Dongqing temporarily."

Several people agreed, and Dongqing and Amber helped Shiyi Niang take a nap. They woke her up after a quarter before dawn, and Nanyong's wife came in and combed her hair again. She went to the lady's place according to the clock.

It was exactly a quarter before noon when I entered the door.

Eleventh Lady secretly noted down the distance from her room to the Lady Dowager's room.

This time, she arrived the earliest. The lady had just gotten up and was combing her hair. She hurriedly asked Madam Du to bring her some hawthorn and pear water.

"Tell her to wait a moment, I'll be fine."

Shouldn't we serve tea? Why did we give her hawthorn and pear water to drink... This should be to coax the child!

Eleventh Lady looked at the translucent brown sweet water, lowered her head, and sipped it in small sips. She felt that the sour and sweet taste was so lingering and went straight into her heart.

Mother Du then helped the lady out.

"Is it delicious?" The lady smiled as she looked at Eleventh Lady who was squinting her eyes while drinking hawthorn and pear juice.

Eleventh Lady smiled and nodded: "It tastes good!"

The lady laughed: "I loved drinking it when I was young, but now that I'm old, my teeth get sour after drinking anything sweet..."

As he was speaking, the Fifth Lady walked in quickly.

Behind her was a large group of maids and old women.

The lady said hurriedly, "Slow down, slow down."

Mother Du came forward and supported her.

"I'm fine." Madam Wu smiled, "Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to come to you - Master Wu would scold me if he knew I was not feeling well and still running around." She said angrily, but her eyes and brows were full of joy.

It can be seen that the two have a good relationship.

The lady also liked what she heard, so she asked Madam Du to join them and went to the east room.

Wei Zi and Yao Huang directed the maids to bring in a square table with a black lacquered surface and straw edges. One of them personally spread a scarlet felt carpet on the table, and the other personally fetched the bamboo-carved mahjong tiles.

Eleventh Lady said at a loss: "Who will tell me? I don't know."

The lady laughed and pointed at Yao Huang: "Go sit next to the fourth lady."

Yao Huang smiled and replied “yes”, then took a small stool and sat behind Shiyi Niang.

Wei Zi sat behind the lady.

After shuffling the cards with a "swish", Yao Huang told Shiyi Niang how to pick up the cards, how to play the cards, which ones can be eaten, which ones can be touched, and how to make a winning hand.

Eleventh Lady was clumsy and either overturned the cards or got stuck, not knowing what to do, making Yao Huang sweat profusely. The Lady Dowager, the Fifth Lady, and Mother Du had to stop and wait for her from time to time.

"So the fourth sister-in-law really can't do it?" The fifth lady laughed, "I thought you were being modest?"

"This is my first time." Eleventh Lady moved her cards carefully and then played a card.

"I won!" Mother Du smiled happily, "Big three!"

"Why is it rushing again?" Mrs. Wu groaned and counted out thirty copper coins.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Eleventh Lady said hurriedly, "I don't think I want it."

Maybe she was too old to be lonely, the old lady didn't want to play cards, she just wanted this lively atmosphere. She just laughed.

A little maid came to report that Zhenjie and Zhunge had woken up and came to pay their respects to the lady.

Everyone stopped for a while, waited for Zhen Jie'er and Zhun Ge to pay their respects, and then sat down again to play cards.

Zhen Jie'er and Zhun Ge sat on the big kang nearby and threw sandbags.

She looked up and saw Eleventh Lady's clumsy look.

After a while, Zhun Ge was going to the purification room, and Zhen Jie'er was left alone, so she came over to look at Shiyi Niang's cards.

Eleventh Lady's heart moved slightly.

Subconsciously, you pay attention to the actions of people you care about.

She deliberately took two cards, hesitated, stretched out her hands and then pulled them back.

Yao Huang said, "Take this one."

"I think we should play this one." Shiyi Niang and Yao Huang said in opposition. Yao Huang didn't dare to tell her, so he smiled and said, "That one will work too."

Zhen Jieer couldn't help but point to the card Yao Huang had pointed to just now: "Is this the card that Mother is going to play?"

Without even a second thought, Eleventh Lady played the card that Zhen Jie'er mentioned.

Passed smoothly.

The lady picked up a card.

Eleventh Lady was overjoyed and pulled Zhen Jie'er's hand: "You are so awesome!"

Sister Zhen was slightly stunned.

Over there, the Fifth Lady gave it to Mother Du.

"Sister Zhen, you are really my lucky star. Finally it's not my fault this time." Eleventh Lady smiled at Sister Zhen.

Everyone found it funny and started laughing.

Sister Zhen smiled with her lips pursed, feeling a little embarrassed.

A little maidservant came to report: "Madam Tai, Fourth Madam, Fifth Madam, the Marquis and Fifth Master are back."

"It's so early today." Everyone pushed their cards and stood up to go under the eaves to welcome Xu Lingyi and Xu Lingkuan.

The two brothers walked through the courtyard in their official uniforms.

Xu Lingyi walked in front with a pine-like posture, while Xu Lingkuan walked behind with drooping shoulders. The scene was very funny.

The lady could not help but whisper, "Could it be that Xiaowu did something wrong again and got caught by Xiaosi?" She looked very worried.

"No way!" There was some hesitation in the Fifth Lady's voice, "He said that he wanted to be a good father..." Before she could finish her words, the Xu brothers had already approached, and she quickly changed the subject.

The two brothers bowed to the old lady, but she stared at Xu Lingkuan: "How did you two brothers meet each other?"

Xu Lingkuan glanced at Xu Lingyi and dared not say anything.

Xu Lingyi looked calm and said with a smile, "I didn't have anything to do, so I came back early. I happened to meet Xiaowu at Xihua Gate, so we came back together."

The lady breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Come in, come in!"

The two brothers followed the Madam into the house. Xu Lingyi saw the mahjong in the west room at a glance. He glanced at Shiyi Niang and asked the Madam, "Are you playing cards?"

The lady smiled at the Eleventh Lady and the Fifth Lady and said, "You two have been accompanying me for quite a while!"

Everyone sat down while talking, and the wet nurse brought Zhun Ge back.

Zhen Jie'er and Zhun Ge stepped forward to pay their respects to Xu Lingyi, and a little maid came in and said, "The eldest, second, and third young masters have finished school and come to pay their respects to the Madam!"

"We are all here together today." The lady smiled. "Please come in, please come in."

Xu Siqin and the other two came in and bowed respectfully to the elders. The lady-in-waiting hurriedly asked the maid to bring stools for them to sit on. She asked them with concern, "What did the teacher teach you? Did you understand?"

Xu Siqin and Xu Siyu sat there obediently and answered one by one, but Xu Sijian felt uncomfortable as if he was sitting on pins and needles, and he kept squinting at Zhunge on the kang.

Zhun Ge looked like he wanted to make trouble with Xu Sijian but didn't dare to, and he secretly looked at Xu Lingyi.

Xu Lingyi's face darkened as he looked at this. Just as he was about to say something, the Third Master and the Third Madam arrived. He held himself in silence.

Everyone was noisy again.

After sitting down, the Third Lady asked Eleventh Lady, "Did you win or lose when you played cards with me today?"

Eleventh Lady smiled awkwardly: "It's okay, it's okay."

The Fifth Lady laughed and said, "Fourth Sister-in-law doesn't know how to do it at all. She is just helping us out."

Xu Lingkuan glanced at his brother and seeing that his expression was relatively calm, he smiled and continued his wife's words: "You will get it just by hitting him a few more times!"

Eleventh Lady shook her head repeatedly: "It's too difficult. I'd better sit aside and watch from now on!"

All the adults in the room laughed.

Xu Siqin glanced at Xu Siyu beside him, and seeing him sitting there with a serious expression, he looked at Zhunge again.

Zhun Ge lowered his head and played with the corner of his clothes, as if he was unaware that everyone was laughing.

He looked at Sister Zhen again.

Sister Zhen smiled slightly, but her smile was a little bitter.

Xu Siqin couldn't help but sigh softly.

Eleventh Lady saw it clearly and seemed to be thinking about something.

No one else paid any attention to these children. The lady smiled and told Mother Du: "Go and call Yizhen. It's rare to see such a lively place." She then said to Xu Lingyi and Xu Lingkuan, "Go and change your clothes and come to eat."

Upon hearing this, Eleventh Lady and Fifth Lady hurriedly stood up and helped the people in their respective rooms to change their clothes.

When Xu Lingyi walked into the room, he saw Dong Qing holding a bundle and standing in front of the corner door leading to the back room, talking to Bin Ju, wiping the corners of his eyes while talking.

"What's going on?" He frowned slightly.

"Nothing." Shiyi Niang smiled, "My maids are all from the south and are not familiar with the situation in the manor. I'll ask Dong Qing to go over and help look after it for the time being."

For some reason, Shiyi Niang's smile reminded Xu Lingyi of Yuan Niang's seemingly nonchalant but wary look when she mentioned Tong.

He glanced at Eleventh Lady.

His eyes unconsciously revealed a very cold look.

This made Eleventh Lady's heart tremble slightly, and her smile became a little stiff.

Xu Lingyi smiled faintly and pointed directly at Dong Qing: "Come here!"

Only then did Dongqing and Binju realize that Xu Lingyi and Shiyi Niang had returned.

The two men hurried over and saluted, somewhat nervously.

Xu Lingyi looked at the bag in Dong Qing's hand and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Dong Qing glanced around and was very nervous. The corners of his mouth twitched for a long time, but he couldn't say a word. He could only look at Shiyi Niang.

Eleventh Lady was a little confused.

Logically, Xu Lingyi is not the kind of person who would care about these things! What happened today...

In just a moment, Xu Lingyi's voice rose a few notches: "I'm asking you a question."

It was like thunder hitting my ears. Even Shiyi Niang was frightened by him, not to mention Dongqing. He said without hesitation: "They said that I was born in the year of the Ox, and my horoscope is in conflict with that of Madam Wu, so they asked me to move out temporarily for a few days."

Eleventh Lady couldn't help but get very anxious.

Dong Qing is too bad at speaking. This matter involves the vital interests of the Fifth House, and the Madam agreed to it. If she goes into the house and talks to Xu Lingyi properly, it will be just a notification. In this situation, it seems like a complaint... Otherwise, Dong Qing would have no choice but to stand in the passage leading to the back room when Xu Lingyi came back.

Binju was also very anxious.

Dong Qing never beat around the bush when speaking. If the Marquis thought that the lady was just pretending to complain, wouldn't he blame the lady for being ignorant, not knowing how to be obedient and humble, and secretly looking for trouble?

Looking at Eleventh Lady's somewhat anxious expression, Xu Lingyi raised his eyebrows and suddenly strode out.

Eleventh Lady thought of his expression when Yuanniang said he was having a secret meeting with someone in the courtyard.

Same thing, no words...

She hurriedly chased after him.