Early in the morning, all the masters of the Duke of Qing's Mansion gathered in the old lady's room.
The old lady leaned on the couch, and several maids surrounded her, massaging her back and legs.
Mrs. Yu came forward with a smile and said, "The food here is really good, even this plum blossom cake tastes better than anywhere else!"
"You are so sweet-talking!" The old lady nodded at her with a smile.
"Look at what my aunt said. I'm the worst talker. Only in her eyes am I worthy of your attention."
"Second sister-in-law is always modest. If you are not good at speaking, then all of us are stupid people who are not good at speaking!"
Yao from the third room covered her lips and laughed, her eyes seemingly glancing at Mo inadvertently.
Yu and the old lady also laughed.
They all knew very well who these words were directed at.
Mrs. Mo was too lazy to argue.
The old lady is still alive, and although she is the second wife, she also holds the title of "mother".
With the pressure of filial piety coming down on her, even if she talks to the sky, she will be drowned in the spit of the world!
"Come to think of it, it's already noon now, right? I'm afraid the young couple made too much noise yesterday, why haven't they come yet? Sister-in-law, do you want to send someone to check on them?"
When her name was called, Madam Mo raised her eyes and said calmly, "Yun Xi is not in good health. Isn't that known to you, my sister? Besides, the imperial decree has allowed them to wait until Guo Guo reaches the age of marriage before consummating their marriage. My sister, please don't say such things. It will cause misunderstandings. If outsiders hear it, they might think that you don't take the emperor's decree seriously!"
Her voice was light, but the words she said made Yu choke.
After glaring at Madam Mo angrily, Madam Yu sneered:
"I'm just an ignorant person, how could I dare to express dissatisfaction with His Majesty? Sister-in-law, don't you dare say that to me! It's just a few casual words, why would you make such a big deal out of it?"
"I'm glad you're not afraid. If that really comes to the point, I hope you'll handle it yourself and not bring trouble to the mansion."
Mrs. Mo didn't argue with her.
But these words made Yu so angry that she dared not say anything more.
The old lady just closed her eyes and rested, not getting involved in their bickering.
The room suddenly became quiet and no one spoke.
After a while, the newlyweds came hand in hand.
Chen Yunxi bowed and greeted all the elders.
Xin Guoguo also bowed and said, "Guoguo greets all the elders."
Yu had suffered a loss at the hands of Mo, and seeing this, she sneered:
"It's obvious that he's a man of high status. The new bride didn't even kneel when paying respects to the elders!"
Xin Guoguo: ...
He looked at Yu with a puzzled expression. Was Yu's intelligence lowered? How could she even say such a thing?
The old lady also looked at her strangely. Although this niece had some tricks in her daily life, she always looked presentable.
What happened today?
First he challenged the boss, and now he's being sarcastic?
"Second sister-in-law!"
Yao tugged at Yu's sleeve, trying to bring her back to her senses.
Unexpectedly, Yu pulled back her sleeves.
"What is Third Sister-in-law doing? Did I say something wrong? On the first day of her wedding, she was late to pay her respects to the elders and made them wait, but she even performed the ceremony in such a perfunctory manner! What's the matter? It's because we are not worthy of her!"
Everyone: ...
Everyone looked at Yu with shock and confusion.
Is this guy crazy today?
"Just shut up!"
The old lady glared at her niece. "Guoguo has received the imperial decree 'Don't kneel before the emperor'. Who do you think you are? You expect her to kneel before you?! How dare you!"
This imperial edict was spoken personally by Emperor Mu when he arrived at the family recognition banquet.
Of course, in everyone's eyes, this was Emperor Mu's favor to Princess Rong'an.
But in fact, only a few people knew that this imperial decree was only because Xin Guoguo offered a cement recipe.
Today, the cement plant is under construction and a small amount of experimental cement is already quietly in use.
Once the cement plant is built, it will be used on a large scale.
But the result of the experiment was very encouraging, and the Emperor Mu was very satisfied, so he issued an imperial decree that "one should not kneel when meeting the emperor".
Yu naturally knew about the existence of this imperial edict. After all, she was among the many people at the family recognition banquet.
Hearing the old lady's words, her face turned pale, but her mouth opened subconsciously:
"But old lady, you are... um..."
Shen Yunrou didn't know what was wrong with her mother today. Why did she speak without thinking?
Seeing that she was about to refute, he quickly reached out to cover her mouth and apologized to Xin Guoguo with a smile:
"Third brother, third sister-in-law, I'm sorry, my mother is not feeling well today, I'm taking her back first."
As he said this, he winked at the maid beside his mother and helped Yu up.
"Thank you for being so polite, sister. We understand." Xin Guoguo smiled.
But she was muttering in her heart, not understanding. She really didn't understand. Did Yu take poison today?
Shen Yunrou was actually curious about what happened to her mother, but this was obviously not the time to ask.
She smiled apologetically and looked at the old lady.
Seeing the old lady nod and say "Go", he hurriedly took the person away.
After those few people left, everyone else became very rational and no one caused any trouble.
Xin Guoguo smoothly offered tea to the elders one by one and received a few red envelopes. Then the old lady sent her away:
"Go to the outer courtyard and pay your respects to your father and his family. I'm tired, so I won't keep you here any longer."
The young couple bent their knees slightly: "Yes."
The others followed suit, saluted, and left one by one.
After everyone left, the old lady hurriedly asked the old maid who was serving beside her: "What happened to Yu today? Has anyone from the second house come to reply?"
"Madam, Miss Rou has invited several doctors, but none of them can diagnose the problem. I was just about to ask for your advice. Could you please get the invitation from the master and invite a doctor back?"
The old lady frowned and asked, "After Yu returned, did she continue to talk nonsense?"
"This... the person who responded didn't say anything. But judging from the person's appearance, I'm afraid he's not well."
The old lady was upset, but she didn't ask any more questions: "Okay, go find Mrs. Mo and ask her to tell the eldest brother."
"yes."
The old lady retreated.
Although she appeared respectful, she couldn't help but grumble in her heart that the old lady dared to bully the eldest lady.
After leaving the old lady's room, Mrs. Mo took her second daughter-in-law and Xin Guoguo and her husband to the outer courtyard.
After walking for a while, Mrs. Shen said goodbye to the others and returned to her own courtyard.
Mrs. Mo then took Xin Guoguo's hand and asked her:
"Did you sleep well last night? Are you used to living in the mansion? Don't be afraid. If someone offends you again, just fight back. With your status, no one can let you suffer any injustice."
"Everything is fine in the mansion, and I slept well last night. Don't worry, mother. I won't let myself suffer any injustice."
Xin Guoguo replied one by one. Mrs. Mo then pulled her aside to talk about something else.
Throughout the rest of the journey, Shen Yunxi was unable to get a word in. He just watched his mother and daughter-in-law chatting like real mother and daughter.
Chen Yunxi: ...
At this moment, he vaguely felt that maybe he might be...marrying into the wife's family?
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