I was a housekeeper in ancient times

Yu Muyan just smiled and said nothing. She could also see that Madam Cui San just wanted to get close to her family.

As expected, Madam Cui San asked, "It's strange. I went to the eldest princess' banquet in previous years and never saw my sister. Why is it that this year..."

Yu Muyan said vaguely: "It is thanks to my aunt from my mother's family that I can show my face in front of the princess."

Mrs. Cui San knew that Lady Huiyang was Yu Muyan's aunt, and that Lady Huiyang was a member of the royal family and from the same clan as Princess Yiyuan, so she was not suspicious.

Over at the Second House, Ding learned that Madam Cui San had come to visit for the first time, and she hurriedly prepared to greet her. However, she heard that Madam Cui San had gone to the First House. She thought that Madam Cui San had gone to the wrong place, so she hurriedly brought Hua Jie'er over.

In Ding's opinion, Mrs. Cui San came to the mansion to visit her, after all, she was the second wife who inherited the title. Yu Muyan was just a lady of the imperial court, and was of no use.

Before she even entered the house, she said ostentatiously, "Oh, Third Madam, you are finally here. I hope you will not be offended by my failure to welcome you in person. It is all my fault that my subordinates did not inform you in time and were ignorant enough to bring you here. I have already prepared snacks and tea, please come over to my side."

Mrs. Cui San felt puzzled and said, "Thank you very much for your kindness, Mrs. Lu Er. I came to see Sister Yu."

Ding was so embarrassed that she even doubted her ears. "Yu, Sister Yu?"

"Well, Sister Yu and I hit it off right away, so we call each other sisters. Does Madam Lu have any objections?"

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Ding led Huajie to sit down awkwardly, but Huajie saw the rosewood eight-treasure jewelry box in Wanjie'er's hand and motioned Ding to take a look.

Ding took a quick glance, unsure, wondering when Mrs. Cui San became so close to Yu Muyan? They even called each other sister.

During this time, Mrs. Cui San and Yu Muyan chatted and laughed, talked about family matters, praised Wan Jie'er, and paid little attention to the Ding mother and daughter.

This made the Ding mother and daughter feel embarrassed, but they couldn't get angry because Madam Cui San was present.

As soon as Mrs. Cui San left, Mrs. Ding wanted to regain her face from Yu Muyan, "Sister-in-law, what do you mean by this?"

Lin Weiqiao was about to help Yu Muyan back to her room to rest. Hearing this, the master and servant looked at Ding together. Lin Weiqiao asked, "Second Madam, is there something wrong?"

"Now I am the Countess of the Earl's Mansion, the mistress of the household. If there are guests, I should be the one to entertain them. What does your family have to do with it? How dare you go past me to meet the guests? It's really rude."

"The Second Madam went to get treatment for her hearing problems. Didn't you hear Third Madam Cui say that she came to see our Madam on purpose?"

"Even if you came here specially, you still have to ask my opinion, right?"

"Oh, the Second Madam is quite arrogant. As the saying goes, a dog chasing a mouse is meddling in other people's business."

After saying that, Lin Weiqiao supported Yu Muyan and was about to leave.

How could Ding give up? She gave Hua Jie'er a look, and Hua Jie'er immediately reached out to grab the jewelry box from Wan Jie'er's hand, "This should obviously be given to me, what does it have to do with you!"

As he said this, he pushed Wan Jie'er.

It’s really unreasonable.

Lin Weiqiao supported Wan Jie'er and snatched the jewelry box back from Hua Jie'er. Before the Ding mother and daughter could get angry, she asked the maids in the yard to kick them out and ordered, "In the future, you are not allowed to let the second lady in easily."

This almost made Ding faint from anger. She just couldn't understand why the eldest wife could still be so arrogant even without the title. What was the problem?

Hua Jie'er also felt very ashamed and complained, "Mother, didn't you say that since our second branch got the title, the first branch will be inferior to us from now on? How come..."

Ding went to complain to Madam Lu again.

Madam Lu didn't even bother to pay attention. Mrs. Ding was really getting more and more stupid.

"Mom, why don't you take care of this matter!"

"How can I manage it? You are the same, you have to provoke others. But you wait a little longer, the good days of the eldest wife are about to end."

Madam Lu's eyes grew dim, and she stroked the Buddhist beads in her hand, thinking that it had been a while, so why hadn't that man taken action?

But this matter cannot be rushed. I think there is no suitable time.

In the midst of his busy schedule, Manager Li found Lin Weiqiao and said that he had found a suitable house that Aunt Yan Wei wanted.

If this matter wasn’t mentioned, Lin Weiqiao would have forgotten it. “Where is the location? It’s good to be secluded, but not too secluded. It’s not safe for a girl to live there.”

Manager Li said, "It's still in the city, not too far away, over at Qianchun Lane. The family is moving out before the festival, so the place is vacant, and the price is negotiable. If mom and aunt are free, go take a look, and if it's suitable, then settle on it. The family doesn't want to wait too long."

It just so happened that Aunt Yan Wei had given Wan Jieer a day off these few days, so she was free. It was better to do it today than to wait for a day, so she simply asked Hong Luo to call Aunt Yan Wei to come.

Soon they got on a carriage heading to Qianchun Lane.

Lin Weiqiao asked: "Aren't you planning to go out in the future? Why are you still thinking about buying a yard? It's a waste of money."

Aunt Yan Wei smiled and said, "Even rabbits have their own nests. It's not convenient for me to go out at my age. I'm neither young nor old. Mom, won't you allow me to stay in the capital for a few more years?"

"I thought you would be out after this year."

"It would be fine if I were a chivalrous woman, but I don't have the strength. If I really run into trouble, I can't even run away quickly."

Chen Yu, who was standing beside her, said seriously, "No, my aunt is very smart and will definitely scare the bad guys into a corner."

Come to Qianchun Lane.

There are many old trees and flowers planted nearby, and there is also an ancient well. Several white-haired old men are sitting by the well chatting, and five or six little children are playing with lanterns.

It's lively here, yet quiet.

Once you get into the alley, you can hear the noise outside, but it's vague and unclear. As you go further in, there's no sound anymore.

Chen Yu said: "The walls here are high and the bricks are dense, which can prevent people from stealing things."

Steward Li led them to the courtyard at the end.

As soon as you enter the door, the courtyard is open. There are two pomegranate trees planted in the east corner of the yard, as well as a small garden of crabapples and roses. The environment and atmosphere are quite good.

The furniture left by the seller is complete, neat and clean, with little dust, and can be lived in at any time.

Not to mention Aunt Yan Wei, even Lin Weiqiao wanted to buy it after seeing it. The old house was just great.

After carefully looking at it inside and out, Aunt Yan Wei said, "Manager Li, this place is very good. I am satisfied with it. Please negotiate a good price with the seller..."

Manager Li said, "It's good that Auntie is satisfied. I will talk to them later and guarantee that they will give Auntie a suitable price."

It was a rare opportunity to go out, and Lin Weiqiao felt that Aunt Yan Wei was stuck in the Bo's house all day and seldom went out, so she took advantage of this opportunity to take her out for a good walk around.