But looking at the eager eyes of the children, I naturally couldn't say no.

He gritted his teeth and forced a warm smile: "Okay, okay, we have it all, we have it all, everyone has it."

Several children cheered and surrounded the old marquis, chattering and imitating how to make bean buns and glutinous rice balls to cheer him up.

Even though the old marquis had a headache from the chattering of the children, the smile on his face remained.

Especially the bean buns and glutinous rice balls, they carried forward the spirit of "what others don't have, I have, and what others have, I have better than others", and looked at the other brothers and sisters surrounding them to please the old marquis.

The two men stepped aside, one of them massaged the old marquis's shoulders, and the other massaged his arms.

He even said in a coaxing tone: "Great-grandfather, are you tired? I'll give you a shoulder massage."

"Great-grandfather, are you thirsty? Can I pour you a cup of tea?"

Then he picked up a plate of snacks from the table next to him and stuffed it into the hands of Orange in the old marquis' arms.

Chengzi silently hugged the dessert plate tightly, picked out a piece that was not in good condition, and smiled sweetly, offering it to the old marquis's mouth, "Great-grandfather, have some sweet dessert."

The old marquis was so heartbroken that he almost shed tears.

In this life, only today do I know the joy of having children and grandchildren around me!

With red eyes, she opened her mouth and let Orange feed her the snack. When she chewed it, it was indeed sweet, sweeter than honey!

I swallowed the snack in a few bites and felt sweet in my heart.

He couldn't help but rub Orange's messy hair and tried to soften his voice: "Orange, right? Eat oranges too."

Chengzi's first reaction was to go see Lu Zhenzhen. The snack looked sweet, and her mother didn't allow her to eat too much.

Lu Zhenzhen was so angry that she almost laughed and turned away without looking at her.

Orange understood immediately, and his eyes turned into crescents, showing his tiny teeth.

She didn't really eat it right away, but jumped down from the old marquis's lap, holding the plate, and walked to Yue Jie'er and Wei Ge'er first, "Brother, sister will eat first——"

Sister Yue and Brother Wei were flattered, but is there a share for themselves?

Although this snack is the snack in the mansion, it is eaten daily.

But the food my little cousin brought over seemed to be more pleasing to the eye and tasted better than usual.

After thanking Orange, everyone took a piece.

Chengzi then gave some to Boger and Zheger, and then the whole plate was almost full, with three pieces left. He handed them to Doubao and Tangyuan, who took them first, and then he took the last piece.

He put it in his mouth and squinted his eyes in satisfaction.

The adults nearby all watched this scene with smiles on their faces. Mrs. Hu couldn't help but laugh first: "Oh, our Cheng Jie'er is such a good child. She knows how to respect her elders and give way to her brothers and sisters at such a young age."

Sun was also envious: "That's right, Fourth Sister-in-law, tell me how you raised this child. He looks so adorable."

Lu Zhenzhen smiled: "This is all thanks to my mother. I dare not take credit for it."

The eldest wife, Jin, and the second wife, Qin, couldn't help but smile and sigh: "You two have been together for so many years, and your relationship is still so good. It's no different from real mother and daughter."

Lan laughed and said, "Of course not. In my heart, Zhenzhen is better than Yi Ge'er."

Over there, Lu Zhenzhen just remembered why she didn't see Sister Shan and Sister Qiong.

Hu and Sun's expressions changed slightly, but there were no outsiders in the room, they were all sisters-in-law, so they spoke frankly.

After a disaster like Fu Zhiming appeared in the mansion, not only the first wife, but even the second wife knew that there was a difference between the two because of the womb.

In particular, illegitimate children are raised the same way as legitimate children. In the end, they grow up to be cunning and compete with legitimate children for power and property.

Which wife would be happy with this?

So from then on, although the two of them did not show it on their faces, they were much more vigilant in their hearts.

The difference between legitimate and illegitimate children becomes more obvious.

Fortunately, the illegitimate children of the two families are all girls. At most, they can be raised and married off in the future.

With the previous experience of Fu Zhiming as a lesson, the two men no longer dared to hope that their concubine's daughter would marry into a wealthy family and bring any benefits to their family. It would not be a good thing to do so.

It would be better to teach them to be honest and do their duty, and then marry into a family with lower social status than their own, and live an ordinary and peaceful life.

This time it wasn't that they deliberately didn't let the two children come out.

But it was really unfortunate that Sister Shan complained of stomach discomfort yesterday, which seemed like a sign that she was about to have a bad period.

Therefore, I didn't dare let her out and kept her in my room.

Sister Qiong from the second room was too excited to sleep yesterday, and she kicked off the quilt and caught a cold at night, so the two of them did not show up today.

After saying this, Mrs. Hu and Mrs. Sun saw that the three ladies were chatting and laughing around the old lady, and no one was paying attention to them.

Then he came over and whispered, "We just want to remind you. You and Fourth Brother are getting along like honey and oil right now. There's no one else between you two, so there's naturally nothing to worry about."

"But men are always greedy. Who knows, the fourth brother might even get a concubine to stand between you two. So, be careful. In this world, men are empty. Only children, money, and the power of life and death in the harem are real."

"If we can completely eradicate this illegitimate child, then we should avoid it. If we do have one, we should establish rules for it from a young age."

These are all from the bottom of my heart.

Lu Zhenzhen could understand what Mrs. Hu said, but she was a little surprised when Mrs. Sun said the same thing.

Sun smiled bitterly, "We are sisters-in-law, and there is no family scandal that should be aired publicly. In the past few years, following our Second Master outside, even though life has been a little easier, it is still inevitable that there will be troubles."

"Second Master does a good job. If there are those who are good at personal gain, they will naturally send a few beauties to him. This kind of thing can be shirked."

"It's natural that you can't refuse something bestowed upon you by your superiors. Of course, our Second Master didn't think of refusing it either, so he accepted it."

"Now we have two more concubines in our courtyard, and one is already five months pregnant."

Lu Zhenzhen sighed inwardly and patted the back of Sun's hand soothingly.

Sun smiled and cheered up again: "Fortunately, I have two brothers now. No matter how much trouble those concubines make, they can't defeat me."

"I've given up on that thought. As long as my two brothers are well and have a promising future, I don't ask for anything else."

Mrs. Hu was also troubled by Mrs. Sun's words. "Who says it's not true? You all know that two years ago, His Majesty asked the Marquis to stay at home and reflect on himself. He reflected on himself for two years."

"This grown man, locked up in the mansion for so long, is bound to cause trouble. In the study up front, he keeps two delicate little girls. But he's still concerned about his reputation, and he's afraid that others will know that he's still enjoying himself while he's reflecting on himself, so he hasn't had any children."

"I've seen through it now. Sister Yue is grown up. In two years, I'll find a good match. Once she's married, half of my worries will be solved. When Sister Yue is married, I'll stay with Brother Bo. After all, I'm the wife of the Marquis, so my life will be easy."

Both of them looked like they had given up on their men.

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