Eleventh Lady didn't remember how she fell asleep. It seemed that she had been talking to Xu Lingyi for a long time, and then her eyelids closed and she fell asleep. When she woke up again, someone gently pushed her and said, "Madam, Madam, it's the hour of the owl."

She sat up with a start, and heard Xu Lingyi's smiling voice: "Sleep a little longer! It's not like you don't have maids and servants."

Eleventh Lady is fully awake.

She smiled and said, "I will help you get up!"

"No need." Xu Lingyi refused without hesitation.

But how could Eleventh Lady sleep? She got up, washed, changed clothes, had breakfast, and sent Xu Lingyi out. When she returned to the room, it was already past midnight.

She yawned and said, "Fortunately, I live close to the palace, otherwise, I would have to get up at midnight."

Amber helped her to bed: "Madam, please rest for a while! You can't bear it if you continue like this for a long time."

Eleventh Lady nodded, climbed onto the bed, and slept until noon. Then she got up, washed, and asked Amber to call Mother Tao.

Nan Yong's wife combed her hair, and she chatted with Nan Yong's wife. She asked her when she got married, what her husband did, whether she had children, and how old her children were. Nan Yong's wife answered her timidly. She and her husband were both children born in the Xu family and were engaged since childhood. She entered the mansion at the age of twelve. She used to do needlework in the sewing room. Because she combed hair well, she was noticed by the mother who combed hair beside the lady, and then she learned from her for several years. She got married when she was eighteen. She is twenty-two years old this year. Her husband feeds horses in the stable and has a three-year-old daughter.

"What will happen to my daughter if you come out so early?"

Nan Yong's wife smiled sweetly on her shy face: "I asked Aunt Zhao who lives next door to keep an eye on it!"

"Aunt Zhao? What does she do?"

"She is the wife of Manager Zhao from the Refuge Office. She doesn't work in the mansion. She usually does some needlework and sells it. She is a very good person." As she spoke, Nan Yong's wife gradually relaxed. "I can do more than a dozen kinds of buns. Would you like to try something else tomorrow?"

Eleventh Lady looked at her and nodded secretly.

But she doesn't want the people around her to be timid or act like puppets when looking at her. What's the point of that?

"I'm afraid of trouble!" she laughed. "It would be so nice to just do a simple bun like this!"

As soon as Shiyi Niang finished speaking, Nanyong's wife had already put up the last strand of hair and took out a pair of red gold and ruby ​​pomegranate earrings from the carved red lacquer box: "Would you like to try this?"

She put it on as she was told, and looked a little prettier.

"As expected of a hairdresser."

Shiyi Niang praised her, and Nanyong's wife smiled with her lips pursed.

A little maid came in and reported: "Mother Tao is here."

Eleventh Lady noticed that Nan Yong's wife's expression became a little stiff, and then she returned to her previous timid attitude and quickly put away the comb on the dressing table.

"Please come in, Mama Tao!"

The little maid hurriedly opened the curtain and invited Mother Tao in.

Nan Yong's wife knelt down to bow to Shiyi Niang and withdrew.

Eleventh Lady asked Mother Tao in a low voice: "Have you heard of Taoist Priest Changchun?"

"Of course I've heard of it." Mother Tao smiled, "Master Changchun is the abbot of Changchun Temple. He can pray for snow and rain, and was conferred the title of Jingmiao Mianji Shoujing Xiuzhen Ningyuan Yanfan Zhenren by the previous emperor. He is also very good at predicting fortune and misfortune. Many powerful families in Yanjing are his disciples. Speaking of which, our eldest aunt was able to have a son, Zhun Ge, thanks to Master Changchun." As she spoke, she told Shiyi Niang how Master Changchun had read Feng Shui for Yuanniang, how he had broken the star of loneliness for her, how he had helped her to have a child, how he had calculated that Zhun Ge was a boy, and even how Zhun Ge had the "three disasters" before he was ten years old.

Eleventh Lady saw that when Mother Tao talked about this Taoist Priest Changchun, her expression was as excited as if she was talking about her idol, and she couldn't stop talking about it. She knew that she also believed in Taoist Priest Changchun. So she smiled and said, "So, elder sister should be Taoist Priest Changchun's disciple?"

"Of course." Mother Tao said with a smile, "If you have time someday, you should go to Changchun Temple to pay your respects to the Taoist priest!"

Eleventh Lady nodded: "I can't go alone, right? Is there anyone in my family who is a disciple of Taoist Changchun? Then we can go together."

Mother Tao smiled and said, "Everyone in the family believes in it. But the Madam Tai, the Marquis, and the Second Madam believe in Buddhism, so they don't go to the Taoist priest Changchun very often."

Eleventh Lady nodded slightly, and a little maid reported: "Three concubines are here to pay their respects to Madam."

Mother Tao supported Shiyi Niang to the main room.

The three of them bowed to her. Madam Wen immediately asked Shiyi Niang attentively whether she slept well or not. Shiyi Niang responded with a few words, and Amber came over to serve the meal.

Aunt Qin was busy helping Amber place the chopsticks and arrange the bowls, while Aunt Wen smiled and directed the maid to help Eleventh Lady wash her hands. Qiao Lianfang stood aside with a somewhat stiff expression.

Eleventh Lady didn't want to embarrass anyone, so she smiled and said, "Everyone, go away! I have to go and pay my respects to the Madam later."

Qiao Lianfang turned and left, but Aunt Qin smiled and said, "Madam, please let me do my best."

Eleventh Lady smiled and said, "We can all live in the same room in the future. We have a long time to live together. There is no need to rush."

Mother Tao also saw that she didn't want to keep the three concubines, and she persuaded them to leave. Afterwards, she said, "Fourth Madam was right to do this. Concubine Wen can't keep her mouth shut. She served you a meal today, and it will spread everywhere. People who don't know will think that she serves you every day. It's a waste for her."

Eleventh Lady laughed.

This really seems like something she could do.

Smilingly sending Mother Tao away, she asked Hubo, "Have you prepared the herbs for Madam Tai and Madam Wu?"

Amber nodded: "As you ordered, two ginsengs each, six ounces of blood nest for the Madam, and the other four ounces for the Fifth Madam."

Eleventh Lady nodded and told Dong Qing: "Stay in the back room for the next few days and don't come out. Otherwise you might run into Fifth Lady."

Dongqing nodded repeatedly, and Eleventh Lady took Amber and Binju to the lady's place.

Knowing that Eleventh Lady had sent medicinal herbs to her and Fifth Lady, the Lady was very happy: "I don't need this."

Eleventh Lady smiled and said, "This was sent by the Marquis!"

"Really?" The lady was even happier when she heard that. She quickly asked Madam Du to accept it, and asked Yao Huang to accompany Amber to see the Fifth Lady.

The wet nurse accompanied Zhen Jie'er and Zhun Ge to pay their respects to Shiyi Niang.

Just as everyone said a few words, Xu Siqin and Xu Siyu came, followed by the Third Master and the Third Madam with Xu Sijian, and then the Fifth Madam came in surrounded by a large group of maids.

For a moment, the lady's room was very lively.

After sending Xu Siqin, Xu Siyu and Xu Sijian to school, and sending the Third Master to the shop, the Fifth Lady talked about moving: "... the parents of both families are quarreling and we, as the younger generation, feel really bad. It just so happens that the courtyard I married into has a Fangsheng Hutong near Ciyuan Temple. As you know, the abbot of Ciyuan Temple, Master Jining, is an excellent doctor, so the Fifth Master discussed with me and we moved there temporarily."

When the Third Madam heard this, she immediately said, "How can this be possible? Fifth brother's wife is pregnant with the blood of our Xu family, how can she give birth outside? This is unlucky!"

The lady did not say anything, but there was a flicker of hesitation in her eyes.

"It's not considered outside!" Fifth Madam glanced at Eleventh Lady who had been silent, and said with a smile, "Since it is my dowry, it is naturally the property of the Xu family..."

"Fifth sister-in-law is afraid of mobilizing a large number of people and causing gossip!" Before the Fifth Madam finished her words, the Third Madam smiled and glanced at the Grand Madam, "Speaking of which, this is not just your problem. Back then, when the Second Sister-in-law had a miscarriage and needed to rest, she proposed to dissect the two maids around the Second Brother. The Second Brother disagreed, and Mother also felt sorry for the Second Sister-in-law and did not agree. As a result, the Second Brother now has no one to offer incense to him, and the Second Sister-in-law is all alone..."

"Stop talking!" the lady said sternly, "It's settled. Anyone born in the year of the ox in the family should stay away!"

No one dared to raise any objections.

A look of pride flashed across the third lady's face.

The Fifth Lady couldn't help but look at Eleventh Lady.

But he found that Eleventh Lady was still as calm as water, without any strange expression.

She couldn't help but be slightly surprised, but she heard the little maid come in and say, "Madam, Master Jining from Ciyuan Temple is here to see you."

Everyone was stunned.

The lady said, "Please come in quickly."

The little maidservant responded and left.

The old lady asked the fifth lady, "But you have made an appointment with Master Jining?"

"No, no." Madam Wu said hurriedly, "I don't know why she came here." There was some confusion in her eyes.

After a while, the little maid brought in a plump, white nun dressed in green silk and black robes.

She clasped her hands together and chanted "Amitabha" to greet everyone. The first lady, the third lady, and the fifth lady all stood up and called the nun "Master Jining". Eleventh Lady also stood up to greet the nun.

The lady asked the maid to bring a throne chair for the nun to sit on and served her some tea.

Master Jining sat down with a smile, sipped her tea, exchanged a few words with the lady dowager, saying something like "We met at the Ullambana Festival", and then her gaze fell on Eleventh Lady: "This must be the newly married Fourth Lady of your family! It's just that I held a Taoist ceremony a few days ago and didn't come to congratulate you. I hope Fourth Lady won't blame you." As she said that, she stood up, clasped her hands together, and saluted to Eleventh Lady.

Seeing how the lady treated Master Jining with such courtesy, Shiyi Niang naturally did not dare to be arrogant. She smiled and stood up to return the courtesy: "I dare not disturb you with mundane matters. Master Jining is too polite."

Master Jining laughed when she heard this: "I've heard that the fourth lady is modest and polite, and is the best among the young ladies of the Luo family. I thought someone was exaggerating, but now that I've met her, I know that what they said is true."

Eleventh Lady was stunned.

Others were also surprised.

Master Jining smiled and said to the Madam Tai, "Speaking of which, I am also familiar with your family, but I was entrusted with this matter, so I would like to ask the Madam Tai to help me and let me have a private conversation with the Fourth Madam."

The lady's eyes flickered as she listened, and she smiled and said, "The nun has always been dignified, so I can trust her." She then said to Eleventh Lady, "Since the nun has been entrusted by someone to come here, you have to listen to what the nun has to say!"

Eleventh Lady naturally agreed and followed Master Jining out of the lady's main room and went to the east wing.

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Suddenly I found that I owed a lot of debts...~~~~(_