The Luo family's five-story mansion is located near the Imperial College. It is already autumn in the capital, and the weeping willows on both sides of the road are no longer as green as they were in summer. The willow trees in the capital are particularly tall, seemingly blocking out the sky and the sun.

We walked to a quiet place with exquisite exterior walls, two large stone lions standing at the gate, and two large red-painted doors. Today the main door was wide open.

There were strong servants on both sides who removed the threshold. Yao Niang followed Jing Rou and walked in through the main gate introduced by Yin Rong.

"You see, this place is called Xuanjing Terrace. The stone here was transported from Taihu Lake by our great grandfather. Go past here and then around to the side, and you will find the sedan chair. Behind here is the theater. In the past, our family had a small troupe of opera singers, and they performed very nice operas."

Yao Niang looked around and saw the harmonious combination of the overhanging roof, the hip roof, the curved roof, the gable roof and the stage. It was truly a wonderful thing. The Luo family had four levels of lintels and many high-ranking officials. As for Luo Zhizheng, the family also had two successful candidates in the imperial examinations, making them even wealthier.

The oldest person in the family was Old Madam Dou. Luo Zhizheng personally took the old madam to rest. The corridors were decorated with carvings of dragons and paintings of phoenixes. Yu lived in the master bedroom. The eldest son Luo Jingxi and Fan lived in the small courtyard in the east. The second brother Jingyuan lived alone in the outer courtyard. Aunt Qin and Shi Yu lived in the west wing. Yu arranged Yao Niang to live in the east wing.

As for his younger brother Jinghao, he was still young and temporarily lived in the side room next to Yu's.

The main house with three side buildings where my parents lived had a flower hall with a plaque that read "Wenhua Hall". It was said that Wenhua Hall was given to the old lady by the late emperor himself. The old lady was the top scorer in the imperial examination and also served as a Japanese lecturer and emperor's teacher.

In the flower hall, there is a pair of candlesticks with cranes and Ganoderma lucidum flowers, a green bronze tripod and a red sandalwood incense table, and four red sandalwood chairs with blue phoenix and peony patterns. On the left is a four-panel nanmu cherry-colored silk-carved glazed screen. Walking around the screen and looking up, you can see that the beams of the house are extremely high and magnificent.

It is indeed much richer than the Luo family in my hometown.

Yu had changed her clothes at this time, and she looked at Yao Niang and said worriedly, "Her clothes haven't been made yet. The capital is not like Gaoping. It can snow in October."

"Madam, don't worry. Just ask the tailor to come to your house tomorrow." Erzhen said.

"That has to happen as soon as possible. Also, ask the Yellow-Tooth Lady to come over. I have to pick a few more people to come in." Yu definitely didn't want to let her daughter down.

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This was the first time that Yao Niang slept in the place where she used to live. She lived in this east room almost all the time when she was a girl. Occasionally, when it was too hot in the summer, she would stay in the cool room in the garden for a few days.

I heard that originally they wanted all the girls to live together in the back room, but some of their relatives were living there, so she lived in the east room all the time.

There are three rooms in the east wing. The servants live in the back room, which is accessible via the east corridor.

After Bai Ying and Bai Zhi made the bed, they went to the kitchen and brought back some side dishes, including fried chicken slices, stewed shiitake mushrooms, and stir-fried shrimps with fragrant beans, all of which were fresh and not greasy. Yao Niang had been tired from the journey, and now her appetite had worked up a good appetite. She ate a full bowl of rice and added another half bowl before she felt refreshed.

Yinrong came back from outside and said, "Fifth Lady, since the old lady is staying here, our master will let the third lady stay with the old lady."

Yinrong is younger than Baiying and Baizhi, and is determined to show off his skills. Yao Niang has no choice but to encourage such a person.

"Well, this is not surprising. Third sister and great aunt have always had a good relationship. Besides, she and Shi Zhen's second sister are of similar age, so it's not surprising that they are together."

Yinrong said: "Fifth Lady is smart, this is not unusual, it was from Madam Tian. I asked around and heard that the doctor had gone to see her, and Madam Tian was indeed surprised, and then Xiao..."

She wanted to say "xiaochan", but she was afraid that Yao Niang wouldn't understand, and it wouldn't be good for the child to hear it.

Yao Niang said, "I know the baby in her belly is gone."

Yinrong breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "It was the fault of the fourth girl. Zao'er, the girl holding the dog, said it all. She said Fanxue was eating dog food, and the fourth girl wanted to play with it, so she pretended to snatch food from Fanxue. You know that dogs are very protective of their food. It happened that Tianda grandmother followed the order of the first wife to call the fourth girl out, and she ran into the dog barking at the fourth girl. She was also eager to protect her sister-in-law, so she went up and kicked the dog with her foot, and the dog took the opportunity to bite her."

"How is sister-in-law Tianda's health now?" Yao Niang asked.

"The doctor thinks I need to recuperate, but we have a wedding at home, so the doctor has to stay away." Yinrong blamed Zhou for being useless.

However, the more Yao Niang thought about it, the more strange it seemed. Ren, Zhou and even her fourth sister all had many maids and old women serving them. It seemed unlikely that Zhou, who was so respectful and careful, would take the initiative to block the dog for Shi Fang.

Could it be that he was just trying to embezzle the money for the donation? As far as Yao Niang knew, the donation was no more than 80 to 100 taels, and Zhou might have this money in her hands. It was even more impossible to frame Fan, because Fan was the eldest daughter-in-law of the eldest house, and she was the eldest daughter-in-law of the second house. Even if something happened to Fan, it had nothing to do with her. The eldest house had several sons.

Forget it. If you pay more attention to the things that you can't figure out now, you will definitely understand them in the future.

"Yinrong, I think something is fishy. You just need to be careful. Let's go wash up and go to bed." Yao Niang went to call Luo Zhizheng today because she wanted to settle the matter quickly. Otherwise, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes.

It doesn't matter if Ren yells there, but it will affect my father's official reputation. The most important thing is to help Yu and Fan out of trouble.

The next day, Yao Niang was woken up by someone. She felt her nose itchy all the time. Suddenly she opened her eyes and found that it was Jing Hao, the little bad boy.

"Sister is awake." Jinghao gave a big smile.

His wet nurse, Madam Song, said, "Fifth Lady, our Third Young Master comes to see you as soon as he gets up. I can't stop him. He wants to play with you all day long."

No matter how angry one is when waking up, all the anger will disappear when Jinghao acts like this. He takes off his shoes and hugs Yao Niang, calling her sister. Yao Niang scratches his nose.

As the siblings were preparing to go over, Jingrou told Yu everything she knew: "Madam, yesterday the old lady scolded my aunt. I don't know what she said, but I saw my aunt coming out of Ganquanju with a very unhappy face."

"Well, let's not talk about this matter. Otherwise, it will be bad if everyone blames it on your fourth sister." Yu said in a tolerant manner.

Jingrou immediately said, "You are right. I think so too. However, this way, my sister-in-law will be fine. Fanxue will be allowed to play in the East Cross Courtyard for a few days. When the storm is over, take it to the garden for a walk. Fanxue is the most innocent in this matter."

After hearing this, Mrs. Fan showed gratitude. Although she didn't let the dog bite people, it was still related to her dog. Her husband said yesterday that they should just send the dog away.

Yao Niang, who was outside the curtain, heard what Luo Jingrou said and really wanted to applaud her. First, she came to inform Yu so early, which made Yu, who was wary of her, feel that she was just jealous of Yao Niang, but her heart was with the eldest son's wife. At the same time, she got rid of Fan, which made Fan feel grateful.

But the person who accompanied Fan to explain to Ren yesterday was Yu, the one who came to the rescue was Luo Zhizheng, and the one who took over in the middle was Luo Yaoniang. She was the one who didn't see her when she really had to contribute, but now she ran away quickly when she got the benefits.

She got the benefit in an instant.

Since rebirth, everything has been uncertain, even Luo Jingrou might survive this life, so he couldn't think that she died in her previous life and let her devour silkworm food in this life.

Thinking of this, she had an idea and asked the maids to lift the curtain and go in.