Dou Zhao watched Ji's every move and tried hard not to laugh.

When she first entered the Marquis' Mansion, she was often given such looks by the mothers and stewards of the Wei family.

How could Yuzhan, a little maid who got promoted by chance, withstand such a situation?

Being left aside with nothing to do, listening to the sarcastic remarks from Ji's maids and looking at the cold eyes from Ji's old women, Yuzhan decided to go find Tuoniang.

I didn’t expect Tuo Niang was not here!

Seeing the kind-looking maid in green clothes who lived next door to Tuoniang, she asked, "Sister, do you know where Su Xin, who was with the fourth young lady, has gone?"

The maid was putting on her earrings in front of the makeup mirror. When she heard this, she said, "Yuzhan and Manager Wang went to Zhending Prefecture."

Yuzhin was stunned.

The maid put away her makeup mirror, walked over with a smile, and said, "Are you new here? Why do I look unfamiliar? Steward Wang is the steward of our wife's house. Our wife is not used to the food of Northern Zhili, so the old lady of the Ji Mansion often asks the Ji family's shop to send some things to the wife. Steward Wang wanted to go to the state to get something for the wife. It happened that the nephews and nieces of Second Madam Yu's mother's family came to visit relatives a few days ago. The wife saw that the fourth lady liked the dolls of the seventh lady of the Wu family very much, and Su Xin was the most popular doll in front of the fourth lady. She wanted to know the fourth lady's preferences, so she asked Su Xin to follow Steward Wang to the Ji family's shop in the state to pick one. She should be able to come back tomorrow afternoon."

Yuzhin's eyes turned red with jealousy.

Ji's shop in Zhending Prefecture also sold Western goods. Daqing's wife went there once and spent more than twenty taels of silver to buy a small gilded rouge box with a picture of a Western beauty on it. Daqing's wife hid it like a treasure and only took it out to show off during the New Year. She also said that if she got rich in the future, she would definitely go back there to have a good look.

Su Xin was actually able to visit Ji's shop accompanied by Sixth Madam's housekeeper. The employees of Ji's shop would certainly welcome her with courtesy for Sixth Madam's sake. She would be many times more majestic than Daqing's wife.

How could she have such bad luck?

After all, how could she compare to me? She just clings to the Fourth Young Lady...

Yuzhan thought about it and an idea suddenly came to her mind.

Yes, even the silly Su Xin could please the Fourth Miss. With her cleverness, shouldn’t it be easy for her to win the favor of the Fourth Miss?

Thinking of this, she thanked the maid, threw the bag in Tuoniang's room, fetched water to wash her face, and hurried to the main room.

Ji was standing under the shade of a tree with Dou Zhao, instructing the little maid to pick phoenix flowers: "... Crush them in a small bowl, add some alum, and leave it overnight. You can dye our Shougu's nails tomorrow." As she spoke, she squatted down and held up Dou Zhao's little hand.

The little hands were white and tender with baby fat, the skin seemed to be fragile, and the tiny nails were delicate and slender. When they were spread out, a few dimples appeared on the back of the hands. Ji's heart was so soft that tears were dripping from her eyes.

Yuzhan hurried forward to greet Ji and Dou Zhao: "Sixth Madam, Fourth Miss!"

"Oh, you're here." Ji's tone was gentle, which was a far cry from her previous indifference. Yuzhan felt flattered and hurriedly said "yes," flatteringly saying, "I saw that Suxin was not in the room, and thought that the fourth young lady needed someone by her side, so I put down my bag and rushed over."

Ji nodded.

Dou Zhaoze smiled at her.

Yuzhin's hanging heart finally settled down.

Everyone says that the Sixth Lady of the East Palace is a kind person. Maybe something unpleasant happened to her just now.

A maid brought over a glass cup filled with phoenix flowers and said, "Sixth Madam, do you think this is okay?"

Ji looked hesitant, as if he couldn't make up his mind.

Yuzhan immediately said attentively, "Sixth Madam, when our grandmother was alive, I often helped pick the nymphaeums." As she spoke, she fiddled with the nymphaeums in the glass bowl, "Look, this one is a little tender..."

"It seems that you really have some vision." Ji praised her with a smile.

Yuzhi was overjoyed.

After selecting the nymphaeaceae, Ji took Dou Zhao back to the house.

Yuzhi hurried to follow.

The third aunt came over and said, "Sixth sister-in-law, you are busy!"

He stood at the door and greeted Ji, but did not go in.

Ji glanced at Dou Zhao, hesitated for a moment, and ordered the little maid: "Take the fourth young lady to her room." Then she straightened her temples and walked towards her third aunt with a smile.

Dou Zhao, the little maid, and Yu Zan entered the house.

The maid placed the glass cup on the table and said to Dou Zhao, who was standing beside the kang, with a smile, "Fourth Miss, I'll go get the jar of alum. Please stand here and don't move." She then asked Yu Zan, "Sister, please keep an eye on Fourth Miss."

"Don't worry, I'm here!" Yuzhan said with a smile on her face.

The little maid ran to the suite at the back.

Yuzhan squatted down and talked to Dou Zhao: "Fourth Miss, do you want to go on the swing? If you let Suxin come back home, I will take you to the swing, and play tumbling rope and throwing sandbags with you every day, okay?"

Dou Zhao was too lazy to pay attention to her.

Yuzhin talked to herself for a long time but Dou Zhao didn't respond. She was very bored. Also, because she had been standing for a long time before, she was squatting now. When she stood up, her legs were a little weak, so she put her hands on the kang table. The kang table swayed and turned over on the kang with a "clang". The glass bowl on the kang table rolled off the kang to the ground, and broke into several pieces with a "bang". The iris petals inside were also scattered everywhere.

She was stunned for a moment.

"What happened?" The little maid rushed in holding a small cloisonné porcelain jar when she heard the noise. She was so scared when she saw the broken glass cup that her face turned pale. "How could this happen?"

The maids who were originally standing under the veranda also rushed in.

Everyone's eyes fell on Yuzhin.

"It's not me, it's not me!" Yuzhan denied subconsciously, and her eyes inadvertently swept across Dou Zhao who was standing beside her. She immediately felt like she had grabbed a life-saving straw, "It was the Fourth Miss... Yes, it was the Fourth Miss who accidentally knocked it over!"

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Ji's face turned pale, and she ordered Cai Lan, "Go and ask Yu Ma from the West Mansion to come over."

The servants in the room didn't dare to utter a word. When they saw Nanny Wang making a gesture, they all breathed a sigh of relief and retreated quietly.

Ji then lost her temper and said, "This jade hairpin is not worth dying for!"

She first suppressed and then praised Yuzhan, hoping that she would make a mistake out of complacency so that she could find an excuse to teach her a lesson. However, who knew that Yuzhan would do such a dirty thing before she even made a move.

"No wonder Su Xin and her had a fight." Nanny Wang was also quite emotional, but she still advised Ji, "Fortunately it was discovered early, otherwise the fourth young lady would have to suffer so much loss!"

Ji thought of Dou Zhao's soft little hands, her eyes slightly reddened, and she asked softly, "Where's Shougu?"

"Cai Shu and Cai Lan are picking irises with Miss Four in the yard!" Nanny Wang laughed. "They are having a great time."

Ji's eyes lit up with a smile, and she hesitated and said, "What do you think of raising Shougu in my house?"

Nanny Wang's eyelids jumped and she asked, "The Third Madam came here to discuss this with you?"

Ji was silent for a while and nodded slightly.

Nanny Wang took a deep breath and said, "Can we just ignore this?"

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When Cailan passed by, Nanny Yu was already very worried.

Qixia Courtyard was in a mess. People from various families came to say they wanted to cancel the engagement. The people from the Pang family were acting like bullies and ordering people around. Unfortunately, the old lady and the Seventh Master were nowhere to be seen. She was just a female servant. What could she be in charge of? The housekeepers and housekeeper mothers tried to avoid or push the issue. They pushed her forward. Unfortunately, she had to bear the Seventh Master's entrustment and could not avoid it. She had to bite the bullet and go forward to appease this and that. Finally, nothing happened. After waiting for the old lady to return to the mansion, the Sixth Madam of the East Mansion sent someone to let her go.

If someone else called her, she could refuse, but the Fourth Miss was now in the Sixth Room of the East Palace, and if the Sixth Madam called her, she could not delay for a moment.

She stroked her forehead and asked the little maid, "What did you say?"

The little maid shook her head: "I just told you to go over quickly."

Nanny Yu had no choice but to tell Mama Huo a few words and took the two maids to the East Palace.

She was greeted by Nanny Wang.

Nanny Wang did not take her directly to the main room, but asked her to sit in the side room.

"Old sister," she said, holding Nanny Yu's hand, "I know you've been very busy these days. If it wasn't urgent, our wife wouldn't have invited you here." She told Nanny Yu about the jade hairpin, "...it's just breaking something, at most she would be reprimanded by our wife, but she took it out on the fourth young lady, which shows how arrogant she is. If it weren't for the reputation of the previous grandmother, our wife would have been angry with her at that time..."

Before Nanny Yu finished listening, her head buzzed.

She knew something was going to happen!

Seeing that Daqing's wife did not take the Fourth Young Miss seriously, the maids and servants in the mansion followed suit and became arrogant. Especially those who were superficial like Yuzhuan, they were simply at a loss as to what to do.

In the final analysis, this is all the son's fault.

But the child is no longer under the control of his mother.

She was in charge of the household affairs, while her son was in charge of the external affairs. Some things were already done by the time she knew about them. She lectured her son several times. At first, he just listened, but later he simply argued with her: "We belong to the former grandmother. No matter who becomes the seventh master's concubine, there will be no room for us. We might as well leave a way out for ourselves now."

She knew that what her son said made sense, but she had served the Zhao and Dou families all her life. If she left both families, where could she go?

The son said, "Don't worry, I won't touch the Fourth Miss's things. I'll just borrow the reputation of Zhao and Dou and the Fourth Miss's money to do some business. When we have accumulated some capital and reputation, you can use the excuse that we are old and ask the new wife to do us a favor and let us go back to our hometown. The new wife will probably be so happy that she will laugh. How can she stop us?"

Now that the Sixth Madam is dissatisfied with her, this matter may not be so easy.

Nanny Yu grabbed Nanny Wang's hand in a panic: "The ten fingers are of different lengths. When I press this one, that one floats up. I feel dizzy. Please tell me what to do, sister!"

"Sister is also an elder of the master's family. If you think about it carefully, you will naturally have an idea." Although she said this, Nanny Wang smiled and said, "I have seen many maids like Yuzhuan. She is a troublesome one and it is always a disaster to keep her around." Then she took her to see Ji.