Although Aunt Su has made up her mind to retire at the peak of her career.

But hasn’t he left yet?

There is still a class of students who haven't finished their lessons yet.

However, secretly, he had asked Madam Jiao and the others to start packing their luggage.

Ever since Aunt Su was conferred the title of First-Rank Lady, the Su residence has received gifts almost every day.

Aunt Su only has one daughter in the capital, and her fellow villager the Ding family. Seriously speaking, she doesn't have many relatives and friends. However, those who come to give gifts include not only the Fifth Princess's Mansion, but also the Zhu family, the Dongyang Princess's Mansion, the Loyalty and Bravery Marquis's Mansion, the Protector of the Country Duke's Mansion and other families who are parents of students.

Prominent families in the academies in East City and West City also sent gifts after hearing about it.

Even Lin Yanniang was called over by her mother-in-law, Madam He, who questioned her in detail and asked the housekeeper to prepare a generous gift and asked Lin Yanniang to take it over.

After hearing about it, the first and second wives of the He family also prepared a gift and sent it to Lin Yanniang.

Lin Yanniang picked out a similar gift and returned it.

The concubines in the third room, who were not very well-behaved before, are now as quiet as chickens. Even though Lin Yanniang is often not in the third room, they are all well-behaved and dare not make any trouble.

Mao Ge'er came back from school and ate dinner in his room in silence.

Then he heard from his wet nurse that Aunt Xiu had been ill for the past two days and had not eaten for three meals. She was now lying in bed.

"Brother, do you want to go see your aunt?"

In these three rooms, either the east wind prevails over the west wind, or the west wind prevails over the east wind.

Now, the third wife's mother has become powerful and has been appreciated by the empress dowager and the emperor. She has been conferred the title of first-rank lady, which is the same rank as the old lady in the mansion!

But it is obvious that the third wife's mother has more connections and more abilities!

Didn’t you see that the old lady and the two ladies in the mansion were rushing to pack up the gifts and send them over?

If the mourning period had not yet ended, I'm afraid they would have urged the third wife to go over and visit together.

After hearing this, Aunt Xiu felt upset and couldn't get over it for a while.

Mao Ge'er pulled the corner of his mouth, "Why are you sick again out of nowhere?"

In the past, my aunt loved to use this trick to keep my father in this courtyard, but now he is ten years old, and there are two more aunts in my father's room. He has become less interested in my aunt, so this trick no longer works.

"My aunt hasn't been in a good mood these days."

Mao Ge'er pulled the corner of his mouth again, "Then I'll go over and take a look."

As he walked, he complained in his heart.

My aunt relies on the fact that she is the daughter of a family, and her parents both work in the mansion, so she is a manager of some importance.

When his stepmother had just married into the mansion, he tried to trip her up in both open and covert ways.

Before, the stepmother's energy was all occupied with Hu Ge'er, so she had no time to pay attention to him.

He always felt sorry for Hu Ge'er in his heart.

They all said that Hu Ge'er would not live to grow up.

If the legitimate son is gone, wouldn't he, the illegitimate son, become the eldest son?

So what if it was born by the concubine? Doesn't the future of the third room still depend on him?

Who knew that Hu Ge'er would be fine?

The wife has been having so many happy events, so wouldn't their side be overshadowed by them?

My aunt has been completely different in the past six months.

There was no way to get any extra benefits from my father anymore. If I wanted to eat something good or make a new piece of clothing, I had to pay for it myself.

The supply of the public palace was managed by the aunt from the second room. Although she did not embezzle money, it was of lower quality. As the aunt had lost her power, she did not dare to compete for it.

When Mao Ge'er walked into the room, he saw his aunt slumped on the couch, covered with a thin quilt.

Aunt Xiu stared at the ceiling with her eyes fixed, her eyes were dark and her lips were cracked. No one knew what she was thinking about, and she didn't even notice Mao Ge'er coming in.

It was only when she heard Brother Mao calling her that Aunt Xiu slowly looked at her son.

"Auntie, how are you? Have you seen a doctor?"

Although he no longer had any hope that his aunt would ever regain his favor, it was better for her to be well than sick.

Before, my aunt would take out her own pocket money and try to find ways to make him eat better.

Now I can only eat the bland dishes.

"Brother Mao, tell me, is it because the old lady from the Lin family became a first-rank lady that the Third Master hasn't been to this courtyard recently?"

Although Mao Ge'er is a little smart, he is only ten years old after all. He really doesn't want to listen to his aunt's repeated nagging.

"I don't know about this either."

"Aunt, just rest assured and get well soon. What happens to the old lady of the Lin family has nothing to do with us. Aunt, just pretend you don't know about it."

"Brother Mao, go close the door!"

At this moment, Aunt Xiu suddenly looked around and saw that there was no one else in the room, so she ordered Mao Ge'er in a hoarse voice.

Mao Ge'er was quite reluctant.

Ever since my aunt fell out of favor, the servants in this courtyard have become lazy.

My aunt is not so diligent in cleaning her bedroom.

In addition, the weather was hot and my aunt was still covered with a quilt and had not moved for who knows how long, so there was a stale and moldy smell in the room.

"Auntie?"

Mao Ge'er stood beside the bed with a frown on his face.

Aunt Xiu reached out her hand and held Mao'er, "Mao'er, have you heard that old lady Su is really a disciple of an immortal?"

The rumor had spread all over the capital before, but she just curled her lips in disbelief when she heard it.

Who among those who pretend to be gods and ghosts doesn’t say that he has supernatural powers and is a half-immortal?

But this time it's different.

The emperor even issued an edict to confer the title of First-Rank Lady on Old Lady Su!

Old Lady Su was originally just the second wife of the Earl, and her husband had died. How could she be qualified to be conferred the first rank?

Then it must be that Old Lady Su was really a disciple of an immortal, and she really used magical powers to subdue hundreds of bandits in an instant!

Mao Ge'er shook his head speechlessly.

“Aunt, Old Lady Su…Oh, Old Lady Su is a disciple of the immortal, what does it have to do with us?”

These days when he went to school, his cousins ​​all teased him and congratulated his grandmother on becoming a first-rank lady.

According to etiquette, a son born to an aunt is also the son of his legitimate mother, so the mother of his legitimate mother can be considered his grandmother.

But etiquette is etiquette, and human relations are human relations.

If the relationship between the aunt and the concubine's son and the stepmother is not bad, then he can indeed shamelessly call her grandmother.

But there was never a day that went by when his aunt didn't fight openly or secretly with his stepmother!

So the sour words and laughter of his cousins ​​hurt his heart.

Could it be that the aunt is now trying to curry favor with the stepmother?

Mao Ge'er was extremely conflicted...but it seemed like this was a way out.

Aunt Xiu had a sad face and said something that scared him.

"Why is it okay? If Old Lady Su is really a disciple of the immortal, she would have known long ago that it was me who caused Hu'er's illness."

Mao Ge'er was so shocked that he opened his mouth and stood there in a daze.

"Auntie...did she do anything?"

He hated Hu Ge'er to death. He was obviously about to die of illness, but he suddenly got better. Now he was buried in the mud.

But I never expected that Hu Ge'er's illness was caused by his aunt?

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