"What happened? Why was the etiquette matron punished and sent to the estate?"
"I haven't heard of her doing anything wrong. Besides, she was part of the first wife's dowry; who would dare to touch her?"
"The young mistress, of course. Who else could it be?" A seemingly knowledgeable old woman with droopy eyelids said, "You don't know, do you? The day before yesterday was the young mistress's first day of marriage. All the respectable stewardesses and maids in our household had to go and pay their respects to the young mistress."
"Guess what?" The old woman in the know kept him in suspense.
"how?"
"Half of them didn't come. There should have been sixteen or seventeen people to pay their respects, but only six or seven went."
"No way..."
"How is this possible..."
The old women were taken aback. They weren't in charge, didn't even have the right to pay their respects to Jiang Shuwan, and weren't well-informed.
Upon hearing the news from the inner quarters, everyone's expression changed drastically.
"This is the young mistress, how can they be so disrespectful?"
"The young master values the young mistress so much, are they crazy? They'd rather be courting death than do this..."
"So they were punished." The old woman in the know said smugly, "None of the three head maids around the eldest madam came. This was a complete embarrassment to the young mistress, but she wasn't angry at all. She even kindly rewarded us. You all got to eat, didn't you?"
"I'm eating."
"Young mistress is so kind and generous."
"Of course the young mistress meant well and didn't bother with those petty stewards and maids. But the young master is different. He cherishes the young mistress like the apple of his eye. When the old lady returned to the manor yesterday, the young master rushed there immediately. Not long after, the etiquette maid was sent to the estate. You see, the order was given yesterday, and this morning the etiquette maid left in a sorry state."
"Huh? Why are only the etiquette matrons being punished? Weren't there many other matrons in charge who didn't go?"
“If she didn’t go, then she doesn’t know the rules. It’s like a servant bullying its master. The etiquette and rules of the servants in our mansion are all managed by the etiquette matron. If we don’t punish her, who should we punish?” The knowledgeable old woman sighed. “After all, the eldest madam is the young master’s biological mother. We can’t just demote all three of her matrons to the estate at once.”
"I see. But isn't this punishment too harsh? The etiquette matron was part of the mistress's dowry, and she's been demoted to the estate for just one mistake?"
"What can we do? The young master loves the young mistress so much." The old woman in the know put her hands in her sleeves, bent over and said mysteriously, "I'll tell you in secret, I think not only the young master loves her, but even the old lady thinks highly of the young mistress."
"What does this have to do with the old lady?"
"Think about it, who demoted the head maid to the estate? It was the old lady! The old lady values the young master, but she also values rules very much. This new bride entered the family, and because of a simple matter of paying respects, the head maid who served the madam was sent to the estate. Do you think this is the old lady's usual way of doing things?"
"Huh? This...this doesn't seem to make sense. Although the old lady is usually strict, she's not this unreasonable."
"Besides, the etiquette matron has been with Madam for decades. Even if we don't respect her, we should still give her some face..."
"So, our young mistress is not only adored by the young master, but also by the old lady. The old lady's punishment of the etiquette nanny was not only to save face for the young master, but also to support the young mistress."
"Then why didn't the old lady come back to attend the wedding of the young master and the young mistress?"
“I heard that the old lady had no idea about the marriage between the young master and the young mistress,” one of the old women asked.
"Bullshit!" the knowledgeable old woman cursed. "The young master is the heir of our Marquis's mansion, and the old lady is the matriarch of the Marquis's mansion. If the old lady doesn't agree to the young master's marriage, who would dare to arrange a marriage for him? Moreover, the young master was raised by the old lady. If you ask me, it's possible that the young mistress's marriage was specially arranged by the old lady for the young master."
"Is that so?"
"How come I've never heard of this before? And how do you know so much about it?"
"Heh, this old woman sweeps and cleans this yard and that yard all day long, so naturally I know more than you do," the knowledgeable old woman said mysteriously.
"I also received some news. I heard that after the young mistress returns home, the old lady will hold a clan banquet on a chosen day. Not only the Marquis's mansion, but also the mistress of the Earl's mansion will come. Relatives and elders from both mansions will gather together. The old lady will formally introduce the young mistress to the elders and relatives at the clan banquet."
"My goodness, the old lady really approves of the young mistress."
"When the first wife entered the family, the old lady didn't introduce her to the clan elders until a year later at the New Year's Eve dinner."
"That's why the old lady loves her so much," the knowledgeable old woman sighed. "Sweet words are all empty talk; introducing someone to relatives and clansmen is the true way to acknowledge them."
"sky!"
"Just who is this young mistress that the old lady loves her so much? My goodness, is it too late for me to try and curry favor with her now...?"
"If I had run faster, I would have helped the young mistress. I've decided, I'll wait for her at the door today and help her down from the carriage..."
"Heh, then you definitely can't beat me."
“You can take it, I’ll go prepare an umbrella. In case it’s snowing when the young mistress comes back, I’ll hold the umbrella for her.”
"What a cunning thing! I never noticed before. Wait for me, I have some excellent smokeless charcoal. I'll make a hand warmer for the young mistress."
"Hilarious! Doesn't the young mistress have everything she could possibly want your hand warmer?"
"Whether you like it or not is your business, young mistress. Besides, it's just my humble opinion. Maybe you'll like it."
"Then I'll make some snacks so that the young mistress can have something to eat when she comes back."
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