Ye Ge'er opened his big eyes and looked at the wife of Xiangyang Marquis curiously, while Nannan clenched her fists and closed her eyes to sleep. The two children were held by the wife of Xiangyang Marquis, without crying or making a fuss, and they were really well-behaved.
Ye'er, who was as round as a dumpling, really made the wife of the Marquis of Xiangyang very fond of him. She smiled and said to Bai: "In a few months, if I can give birth to a boy like Ye'er, I will wake up laughing in my sleep."
"Ah!" Bai didn't expect that the wife of Marquis Xiangyang was pregnant. If she had known, she would not have troubled her like this.
Mrs. Bai quickly apologized and said, "Sister Lan, I really didn't know about this. If I had known, I would never have asked you to make such a trip."
The wife of the Marquis of Xiangyang handed Ye'er to the nurse, leaned over, took Bai's hand and said, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I'm always in good health."
After everyone had left, Bai spoke to the Marquis of Xiangyang about the third-day bath. She thought for a moment and came up with a candidate. Wouldn't a clan lady from the same clan as the Gu family be suitable? She told Bai about the person, and she was satisfied. Firstly, this way, the fourth and fifth wives wouldn't complain. Secondly, this clan lady could also replace Gu Yankai.
This person is not from an aristocratic family, and living in such a high-class family can sometimes be quite difficult. Others may know who to contact in a blink of an eye, but the Bai family can only grope in the dark.
Family background and connections are important not only for ensuring a reliable marriage, but also for establishing connections and personal connections. This is also why it's difficult for illegitimate children to marry into a prominent family. Only the wife's family is considered the true father-in-law, and even if a concubine is favored, her family is not considered the husband's family-in-law. From this point on, interpersonal relationships are severed, and the concubine's side cannot interfere in any matter.
Of course, merchants were even more different. Among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants, and artisans, merchants were ranked last, much lower in the social hierarchy.
After they finished talking about their business, they teased Ye Ge'er until he fell asleep, and then they let the nurse take him away.
Bai couldn't get up yet, and she couldn't accompany the Marquis of Xiangyang to dinner, and there was no one in the mansion. Seeing that the time was almost up, the Marquis of Xiangyang took the initiative to excuse herself and agreed to come back on the day of the third day of the bath.
After seeing off the wife of the Marquis of Xiangyang, Mother Chang came in to serve Bai.
The fourth and fifth wives had already received the news of the birth and were waiting in the mansion for Bai Shi to come and ask for their help. However, even on the day of the third day of the birth, no one showed up. As daylight approached, the fourth and fifth wives sat together, glancing at the door frequently.
On the day of the third-day bath, the wife of the Gu family left home before dawn and arrived at the Ningyuan Marquis's residence at daybreak. The midwife had already prepared the ritual items for the third-day bath. Aside from the offerings to the gods, which were performed by Bai, the midwife handled all other matters.
When the clan lady arrived at the Marquis' Mansion, she first met Bai. After the two of them exchanged greetings for a while, the clan lady went out to welcome the guests for the third day bathing ceremony.
The invitations to the fourth and fifth rooms were only just being sent out, with the excuse that they had been overlooked by the servants. The two ladies received the invitations and threw them down in anger, but they had no choice but to go.
Once they entered the mansion and saw that it was the clan lady entertaining the guests, the two of them paused in their planned outburst. Secretly resenting the person who had given Bai the idea, they thought that Bai would never have come up with this trick. Admittedly, they had guessed correctly.
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