I was a housekeeper in ancient times

Madam Li looked embarrassed and whispered as quietly as possible: "It is said that Madam sent the fourth girl to the Qi family so that she could be with Master Tai..."

Her eyes were wide open, full of curiosity about the unknown. "What do you want to tell Master Tai?"

"Oh, mom, are you getting old and confused? You forgot that Master Tai had a crush on Madam before she got married. Now that Madam has sent the fourth daughter to the Qi family, outsiders will inevitably spread rumors that Madam and Master Tai are involved! They also said that Madam has been a widow for less than a year, and she can't help it..."

"Oh, I see."

Seeing her so calm, Madam Li said, "Mom, this matter concerns Madam's reputation. Why are you..."

Rumors, it's not a big deal, she can accept it, but she doesn't know if Yu Muyan can face it calmly. Women in this era all care about their reputation. "Why would such a rumor arise out of nowhere?"

"Who knows who is that gossipy person? What if the lady hears it..."

"Madam doesn't go out often, so just shut up the people below. Hongluo, see if Aunt Xue is free. If she is, ask her to come to my room."

She wondered if the second wife was behind this.

It's impossible to think about it. Now that the family has not been divided, outsiders scolding Yu Muyan is equivalent to scolding the entire Bo Mansion. The second branch is not stupid enough to kill 800 enemies and lose 1,000 of its own, right?

She went to Shuangxiyuan first and saw Yu Muyan discussing with Yu Muliu about sending holiday gifts to the Kou family. It seemed that Yu Muyan had not been affected yet.

Yu Muyan said: "They saved your life, so of course they have to give you something valuable. Even I don't have any good writing brushes, inkstones, or paper to give to Kou's brother."

Yu Muliu shook her head. "He doesn't like these things. Second sister might as well give him a complete set of silver needles for acupuncture, which would suit his taste."

Chunqing, who was cleaning the ashes in the incense burner, said with a smile, "How can you give someone a needle as a gift?"

Lin Weiqiao said: "It seems that the girl is about to recover from her illness, as she can come up with such a tricky and strange gift. The girl is really well now, and she must go home. The old lady is talking about it."

When she heard that she had to go back, Yu Muliu lost her anger instantly, "But that's good, in a few days, my elder sister will finally be able to get married."

Yu Mubao's wedding date was set a few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is about this time. Yu Muyan's dowry was also sent over, but Old Lady Yu was not very satisfied and felt that it was not enough.

If she hadn't married someone like Zheng Jia Erlang, her life would have been difficult in the future. Lin Weiqiao would not have let Yu Muyan add makeup to Yu Mubao, such an ungrateful person.

I went back to my room, and before I could even sit down, Aunt Xue came.

Suddenly seeing Aunt Xue's haggard face, tired expression, dull eyes, and sunken eye sockets, Lin Weiqiao was startled, "Why have you changed? Is there something wrong at home?"

Aunt Xue cried and complained to her, "Mom, please ask Zhu... and Aunt Meng to let me go. I am an old man and I can't bear it any longer."

It turned out that Zhu'er was planning to take revenge on Aunt Xue, and she deliberately used some means to torture Aunt Xue in private.

Zhu'er is also smart. These methods will not make Aunt Xue lose any weight, but will make her slowly collapse.

"I can't bear it, but I'm afraid she will do that to Dong Ge'er and the others... After all, she is a concubine, and I can't help but listen to her. Mom, you've done her a favor, and she will listen to you. Please, let me suffer less. I'm buried in the earth up to my neck, and I don't have many days of good life. I was vicious and mean before, and I shouldn't have treated her like that..."

She listened, feeling quite conflicted.

It's not like she had never seen Aunt Xue beat and scold Zhu'er before, but she was not Zhu'er and could not understand her feelings. It would be fine if it happened once or twice, but Zhu'er had been suffering for many years.

Aunt Xue now feels regretful because Zhu'er became a concubine. What if Zhu'er had not become a concubine?

But since they had come to her for help, she couldn't refuse. She just said, "What's the big deal? I'll beg for you, but I can't guarantee that they will listen to me."

Aunt Xue wiped her tears and went out. Huan Jieer came in with a confused look on her face, "Mom, what happened to Aunt Xue? Why are you crying like this?"

She said: "Nothing, I'm just regretting my past self."

"Hey, by the way, mother, what did you do to grandma and the others? It's been several days, why haven't they come to see you?"

"This time, thanks to your great aunt's advice, your brothers can go wherever they want, but they won't appear in front of me anyway."

According to Grandma Deng's idea, she asked the Deng brothers to go to the countryside and create some trouble for Hong Ma's eldest son, because Hong Ma cared about her eldest son's family the most.

Mrs. Hong Ma is already old and won’t be able to keep doing this for long.

After sending Hong Ma away, she didn't want to use soft tactics on Shan Ge'er and his wife who were left behind, so she went straight to the hard route and forced Shan Ge'er to get out of the capital!

She ordered Shanjun to do this. If Shanger disagreed, she could just take him to a deserted place and beat him up. Shanger was most afraid of death.

Anyway, she didn't want to see Shan Ge'er and his wife appear in front of her again.

In fact, seeing how she treated Shan Ge'er, Huan Jie'er understood, but she still felt that she was too heartless because he was her only son.

No matter what she thought, Sister Huan still felt that she had to listen to her. If she didn't, she would have nothing.

After Sister Huan left, she had a rare moment of silence. She sat in front of the window, thinking about things.

Since that day at Cimu Temple, there has been no news from Lu Yuxuan. She wondered if Lu Yuxuan was afraid of being discovered and had gone into hiding.

But how long can one remain invisible? If Lu Yuxuan really has the guts, can he still hide forever?

What she was worried about was that Lu Yuxuan hadn't made any movement for so long, was he going to have a big one?

Besides, after Aunt Yan Wei came back from outside, she was exhausted. She and Chenyu returned to Luzhuju, changed their clothes, and rested.

Unexpectedly, just as the sun was setting and it was not yet time for dinner, Aunt Yan Wei and Chen Yu, one sleeping on the couch and the other on the rocking chair, were awakened by Ding's sudden visit.

Mrs. Ding didn't announce anything, she just came in and said with a smile, "He's still asleep."

Aunt Yan Wei was so frightened that she almost died. Chen Yu muttered, "I clearly locked the door, how did the Second Madam get in?"

Mrs. Ding was not polite either. She sat in front of Aunt Yan Wei and said kindly, "Aunt, is everything okay here?"

Aunt Yan Wei calmed down and said, "I wonder what the second lady wants to do?"

"I can't hide anything from you, Auntie. I'm here because I have something to ask."

"Second Madam, please speak."

"It's like this. Our Hua Jie is not used to living in the Marquis' Mansion. She said that her aunt taught her well. I thought that Hua Jie is now the eldest daughter of the Bo's Mansion. She can't lose face by going out to learn the rules. It's better for her to come back home."

"Ah."