Ever since their wedding night, she had looked at Wei Ling with the shyness of a newlywed bride. After all, Wei Ling was tall, handsome, and in the prime of his life. A man at his most youthful and radiant was most likely to attract the admiration of a woman.
She paid her respects to Old Madam Wei, and then Yining brought Ting'er to pay her respects.
The relationship between a stepmother and her stepchildren is always unfamiliar. Before Xu married, her brother and sister-in-law had explained the situation of the Duke of Yingguo's mansion. They had few children, but both were very important. The girl was Wei Ling's favorite, and he only had one. The boy was the future Duke of Yingguo, and the entire family had to coax him. If she treated him poorly, he would still have his grandmother, sister, and others to support him. And Wei Ling would definitely stand on the child's side.
Her sister-in-law told her that Wei Ling obeyed the girl's orders.
So Xu looked at Yi Ning first. The people of the Wei family were really good-looking. She helped Yi Ning up and gave her a big red envelope. Then she helped Ting'er, but Ting'er was not in a good mood and hid away from her sister, ignoring her.
Yi Ning straightened him up and said with a smile, "Don't be offended, he is just a little afraid of giving birth."
The girl was quite considerate, and Xu's anxious heart relaxed a little. She smiled softly and said, "It's okay, it's okay. Children are always shy. Just get closer to her in the future."
Xu always had a feeling that it was only after she said this that Yi Ning gave her a real smile, and Wei Ling's gaze on her also softened a little.
When she went to meet her relatives that afternoon, the Wei family's maternal relatives came to see her one after another. Xu cheered herself up, thinking that she would become the wife of the Duke of Yingguo in the future, so she needed to cheer up. She sat outside the flower hall and vaguely heard Wei Ling and Yi Ning talking inside.
Yi Ning was saying that she was very nice and should be a gentle person. Wei Ling's voice was low and unclear. But it was clear that he doted on his daughter and his words to her were not so gentle.
Xu was still apprehensive. Fortunately, her brother and sister-in-law had explained everything clearly before she came. This girl from this family was definitely not to be manipulated. She had just seen that the housekeepers and other women in the mansion obeyed her every word. If she weren't already married, her words would definitely carry more weight in this family than her own.
Xu wanted to use some candies to please Ting'er.
But he turned aside and ignored her, saying childishly, "I don't want to eat your candy."
He accepted Yi Ning because she was his blood sister, but Xu Shi was not like that. He just thought of his stepmother as a strange woman, and he suddenly had to call her mother.
Yi Ning heard this from inside the house and quickly came out to scold Ting'er in a low voice. Ting'er looked at his sister with grievance, but was still brought to Xu to apologize. After apologizing, he turned around and hugged his sister's legs, clinging to her like a little animal.
When Xu thought about how she was like when she was a girl at home, her nose felt sore.
Being married is different from being a girl. When a girl is a girl, her family will tolerate her. But after getting married, she has to tolerate others.
She was like a stranger in the Duke's house.
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Yi Ning brought Ting'er back to her house and scolded him for not giving his stepmother face. It was Xu, not her, who would take care of him in the future. Ting'er rolled into her arms and acted coquettishly, clinging to his sister. Yi Ning was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. She called his wet nurse in and instructed her sternly, "If his stepmother treats him badly, tell me, tell father, you must tell me, understand?"
Ting Ge'er stood up and said, "If she bullies me, I'll beat her!"
Yi Ning hit him, "Why are you hitting me? It's outrageous. She'll be my stepmother in the future, you know?"
When Ting'er learned his sister was coming back to stay for a few days, he was so happy that he didn't care about Xu anymore. He just wanted to cling to her. After waiting for two days, Luo Shenyuan didn't see Yi Ning return, so he sent her a letter of divorce, urging her to come home as soon as possible.
Yining also felt it was not a good idea to stay any longer, so she told the mother of the Pearl Tower and the others to start packing up. Ting Geer expressed his dissatisfaction with his brother-in-law: "He has so many people to serve him, why does he insist on asking you to go back!"
"You have so many people serving you, why do you have to have me?" Yi Ning pulled him away. No matter how old he was, he still looked like he was her body.
It just so happened that Zhao Mingzhu was going to enter the palace today, so Yi Ning sent her away and returned to the Luo family with a cart full of things.
When she returned, Lin Hairu happened to be having lunch. She invited Yining to join her and asked her about the interesting things that happened in the Duke of England's Mansion.
Yining rolled up her sleeves and picked out fish bones for Nan Ge'er while chatting and laughing with her.
After a while, Aunt Qiao and Luo Yilian came to pay their respects to Lin Hairu.
Aunt Qiao was in good spirits today, wearing a bright red, full-sleeved jacket and a silk flower the size of a wine glass in her hair. Sister-in-law Luo Yilian glanced at Yining and then looked away from the partition.
Aunt Qiao sat down and covered her mouth with a handkerchief as she smiled, "I came to visit Madam today to tell you that our sister Lian'er's marriage has been settled."
Lin Hairu was a little surprised. Aunt Qiao actually found someone she was satisfied with?
After all, looking at Aunt Qiao's attitude, it seemed that she was determined to let Luo Yilian marry a man of high rank.
Lin Hairu knew that Aunt Qiao's minimum standard for choosing a husband was a Jinshi degree. She wondered who had caught her eye.
She asked Luo Yilian to sit down as well and asked her, "Sister Lian, tell mother which family this marriage is for."
Luo Yilian was surprisingly reluctant, and said indifferently, "...when the proposer arrives, Mother will naturally find out."
When my sister-in-law was young, she would pretend to be weak and pathetic, but now that she's grown up, she's too lazy to pretend. Her melancholy all day, coupled with her slender figure and elegant demeanor, makes her quite stunning. With her looks, it's not necessarily impossible for her to marry into a wealthy family, but she certainly can't be the first wife, after all, she's a concubine's daughter.
Lin Hairu held her breath after feeling frustrated. She didn't bother to care about them anymore. As long as they didn't cause any trouble, it would be fine. She could let them do whatever they wanted. If anything went wrong, they just had to not come to her to deal with it.
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