Chapter 71: The Head of the Household

Qin's praise for Lu Lingyun was simply to the heavenly level.

The eyes of everyone in the room lit up.

Especially Cui and the young woman who just rushed over and made Lingyun smile.

She looked at Lu Lingyun with bright eyes.

"A mother always praises her daughter-in-law. If she does, her daughter-in-law will be so embarrassed that her face will turn into a monkey's butt." Lu Lingyun said.

"You're still shy. I'll praise you to the sky and your face won't even turn red." Qin laughed.

Everyone can hear what the two of them say; they have a very close relationship.

They are not that kind of polite mother-in-law and daughter-in-law at all.

Qin really liked Lu Lingyun from the bottom of her heart. Her character and everything she did were all to her liking. She was neither arrogant nor impatient, and she did things with reason and logic, and was both relaxed and vigorous. Such a woman really satisfied her heart, and she now only regarded Lu Lingyun as her daughter.

Listening to the words of her best friend, close friend, Cui also developed a favorable impression of Lu Lingyun. "Okay, stop showing off your daughter-in-law to me. Just pretend that she is nothing."

She said as she looked at the young woman standing on the side, "Ni Yue, come here."

The young woman named Ni Yue stepped forward and saluted Cui and Qin, "Li has met Madam Qin."

"Niyue, you are also a good kid. How are you doing now?"

"Thank you, Madam Qin, for your concern. Ni Yue is much better now."

"Women need to take good care of themselves after giving birth. Ma'am Wen, bring the things here." Qin said.

"yes."

Nanny Wen brought over a box of top-quality century-old ginseng.

"I happened to collect this when I was living in the other courtyard. I thought you were weak, so I gave it to you to replenish your body."

Li Niyue didn't dare to accept it. She looked at her mother-in-law first. After Cui nodded, she said, "Thank you, Madam Qin."

"You're so polite." Qin thought of her child, "Where's your Qian'er?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the sound of a child crying came from the inner room.

Cui smiled and said, "I knew that Grandma Gan was coming to see Qian'er, so I spoke up."

The wet nurse in the inner room brought out a half-year-old boy. Cui and Qin immediately surrounded him, coaxing and laughing.

Li Niyue stood aside, looking at the child with eyes full of longing, but she did not dare to hug him.

"Sister-in-law, is this Xiao Shisun?"

Lu Lingyun spoke at this time.

"Yes, it's my child, Xu Zhengqian."

Cui held the child in her arms and called Lu Lingyun forward, "Lingyun, come here too, and hug my little grandson."

"Yes, Auntie." Lu Lingyun called her affectionately. She stepped forward and carefully hugged the half-year-old child. She hugged her a little stiffly and couldn't help but ask, "Sister-in-law, is that so?"

Seeing this, Li Niyue quickly stepped forward to help her put her hands down, "Put your hands here, support the child's back."

With Li Niyue's help, Lu Lingjun adjusted the position of holding the child, and managed to hold the child steady, "Why is it so difficult to hold the child?"

Her words only made Qin and Cui laugh.

"After all, she has never given birth to a child!"

"Lingyun, you have to hug me more. Hug me, hug me. You will have a baby if you hug me!"

Cui was joking.

Qin said mysteriously, "We are indeed going to have a baby soon."

"Oh? Lingyun already has one?"

"Xiaojun's luck is almost gone. She gave all her luck to our family. My Yunshuo family already has two concubines." Qin said.

When Cui heard this, she hurriedly pulled Qin to sit down and said, "You didn't even tell me about such a big thing."

"I came here today to give you a surprise."

"I'm really surprised." Cui glanced at Lu Lingyun and Li Niyue who were standing in the room, "You two are young, so you can talk. Take the child to the inner room to play for a while. I'll have a good chat with your aunt."

"Yes, mother."

"Yes, auntie."

Lu Lingyun bowed stiffly while holding the child, and went into the inner room with Li Niyue.

After entering, she returned the child to Li Niyue.

Li Niyue was stunned.

"Sister-in-law, you're not going to continue. Are you trying to make me feel tired?"

When Li Niyue heard this, she was stunned but then immediately became happy. She hugged the child tightly in her arms with great heartache.

"My dear, it's your mother."

When Lu Lingyun saw her expression, she knew that her guess was correct.

I’m afraid Li Niyue is not allowed to hold the baby.

Li Niyue was indeed not allowed to hold the baby. She had a difficult delivery and almost died of hemorrhage. She was weak and had to recuperate for several months. As soon as the baby was born, her mother-in-law Cui took her to be raised. Once, she almost dropped the baby because she lost strength in holding it. She was then ordered by her mother-in-law to not hold the baby anymore.

Li Niyue held the child in her arms, feeling extremely distressed. She sat beside the bed and coaxed the child. After a while, the child fell asleep.

She refused to let go even when she fell asleep.

Lu Lingjun didn't bother her and just sat quietly beside her drinking tea.

After drinking the warm tea, Li Niyue said, "Thank you."

Lu Lingyun raised her head and asked, "What did sister-in-law say?"

"You actually know how to hold a baby." Li Niyue looked at Lu Lingyun, her eyes were clear, and she revealed Lu Lingyun's little trick just now in one sentence.

Lu Lingyun had pretended to be a fool and deceived Qin and Cui before, but when Li Niyue got the upper hand, she found that she was actually holding the baby very firmly.

But she said nothing.

In this way, Cui was coaxed into bringing the child in and letting her hold the child.

"Sister-in-law, don't think too much. I just think Qian'er is cute." Lu Lingjun smiled calmly.

Li Niyue looked at her and smiled, "I finally understand why Madam Qin praised you so much. You are really a likable person."

"If my sister-in-law likes me, then I like her too."

Li Niyue chuckled and immediately moved closer to Lu Lingyun.

She held the child and asked Lu Lingyun to sit next to her. The two of them chatted and soon found themselves in the same conversation.

The two of them are of similar age, and both are daughters-in-law of wealthy families, so they have a lot to talk about.

As they chatted, they turned to the matter of the housekeeper.

"Are you the head of the Marquis' Mansion now?"

"Yes, my mother-in-law handed over all the housekeeping matters to me." Lu Lingyun said.

Li Niyue immediately looked at her with envy, "My mother-in-law is still in charge of our Duke's Mansion. She said before that she wanted to find someone to share the housework, but I have a younger sister-in-law who is my mother-in-law's niece. She asked the two of us to manage it together."

“How can we manage it together?”

"It's just that we two are competing to see who can run the household better. After the New Year, whoever does the best will be the one to run the household."

Li Niyue sighed.

This is not the good of having two sons in the family.

Although the eldest son usually inherits the title, the eldest daughter-in-law is also trained as the future mistress.

But Cui favored the second wife's youngest son, and the youngest daughter-in-law was also her niece. If Li Niyue had not been the first to give birth to a son, the balance of the Duke's Mansion would have tilted to the west.

Lu Lingyun listened to Li Niyue's distress and held her hand. "Sister-in-law, don't panic. If you encounter problems that you can't solve, come to me and I will give you some advice."

When Li Niyue heard this, her eyes immediately lit up.

She had heard of Lu Lingyun's housekeeper.