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According to her observation, although there were some unremarkable people in the Shen family, she had never seen a girl from any family become a concubine.

The Second Mistress glanced at her eldest sister-in-law before she said, "Because she gave birth to two sons, one passed the imperial examination and became an official, and the other passed the imperial examination and sought to become a county instructor in Hejian Prefecture.

This concubine was even granted an imperial title by her son."

She was the eldest wife's daughter, and the eldest grandmother continued, "After receiving the imperial edict, she began to move around the family.

But she insisted on being a concubine, which almost angered her mother to death. Your great-grandfather didn't recognize her.

So the relatives who have been visiting over the years have been rather awkward, and the two families have only exchanged festive gifts."

After a pause, she continued, "So, our visit to visit relatives is genuine. Tomorrow, your seventh uncle will deliver the festival gifts.

When he arrives in Beijing, we can start our journey home?"

"So, we don't have to go to the Xue family." Shen Lingzhu breathed a sigh of relief. It's hard to adapt to such a noble family.

As a result, just as the grandmother nodded, Shen Songzhu hurriedly lifted the curtain and walked in: "Someone from the Xue family is coming."

Shen Lingzhu and his senior sister exchanged glances: This news is too well-informed.

When they met the nanny of the Xue family, they learned that the concubine of the Xue family had been critically ill not long ago. After she finally survived, she especially wanted to see her eldest brother and relatives from her natal family.

The manager was ordered to go to Foguang Temple, but unfortunately the great grandfather was not there. He then rushed to Beigou Village to invite the great grandmother, but just missed the great grandmother and the second grandmother.

So he got the address of Shen Lingzhu and the others' accommodation and followed them all the way to the provincial capital.

"Well, let's meet him." The grandmother was not as heartless as her husband. She didn't care about anything else after saying she would give up everything.

Second Madam said, "The two children don't need to go; Qihe and Song'er can accompany them."

She then instructed, "If you two stop moving around the city, will it affect your business?"

"No, the remaining bellows rocking chairs are to be taken to the capital." Shen Miaozhu originally planned to stay in Baorentang for a few days, but it seems that this opportunity is not suitable.

The two old ladies came and went in a hurry. Shen Lingzhu sighed, "Uncle must have found two Five Finger Mountains to take us back home."

"If your uncle hadn't sent someone to pick you up, I wouldn't dare leave you two and go to Beijing." Huang Zongqi has been guarding the two children these days, fearing that something might go wrong.

He said, "Just now, Seventh Brother He said that his travel permit only goes as far as the prefectural capital. Humph, once I find out who is responsible for this, I won't be named Huang if I don't punish him."

Shen Lingzhu laughed and said, "Uncle, if it was the county magistrate, would you still put him in a sack?"

"The county magistrate won't take care of such trivial matters." Huang Zongqi is not a child, so he should understand that the county magistrate is better off taking care of it.

After saying that, he told the two to stay in the inn while he went to find Zhuang Baibu to get a travel permit.

But he didn't know that he had just left for half an hour when Shen Songzhu came back from Xue's house and said, "Grandaunt wants to see you two."

"How does she know us?" Logically speaking, the eldest grandmother would not mention them on her own initiative, and the second grandmother would not mention them either.

"The housekeeper of the Xue family mentioned it." Shen Songzhu was also wondering why the great aunt wanted to see two sisters from the next room.

Shen Lingzhu asked if he could refuse on the grounds of feeling unwell?

But obviously not. Not long after, she and her senior sister arrived at the side door of the Xue Mansion. Of course, this was not because they were relatives of the concubine, but because it was the main gate of the big family. It was usually not opened unless it was an important festival or when a great person came.

However, just after Shen Xianzhu led the two of them in, a friendly housekeeper came to greet them together with Nanny Xue, who had found the inn earlier. They bowed and said, "I think you are the young master and young lady of the Shen family. I have come to greet you on the orders of the old lady.

Concubine Shen is also in our wife's courtyard with the two other wives of the Shen family."

Shen Lingzhu and Miaozhu realized that the old lady the other party was talking about should be the principal wife of the Xue family, but they specifically mentioned the three words "Aunt Shen". Was it a show of force?

Nanny Xue smiled awkwardly at the three of them and was not in a position to say anything at the moment.

Despite their doubts, they followed the housekeeper on the way and not only could they not communicate with Shen Songzhu, but they also had to look around.

Fortunately, the Xue family's house is a typical northern residence, without so many pavilions, towers and winding corridors. It only takes one turn to go north along the alley.

When they were almost at the inner courtyard, Shen Songzhu was led to the outer courtyard to receive guests, and only the two sisters followed him all the way to the main hall of the inner courtyard.

After all, it was a wealthy family, and as soon as they entered the room, they felt the cool air blowing towards them.

Shen Lingzhu glanced around the elegant and spacious hall and saw a basin of ice placed in each corner.

There was also a maid carefully pulling out the incense in front of the incense burner.

This smell? Sandalwood?

Shen Miaozhu frowned slightly. Except when she was following her master to do her homework, she didn't like burning incense at other times.

Shen Lingzhu discovered that the calligraphy, paintings, and screens displayed in the hall all had a literary and artistic aura that she could not learn.

At the same time, there were many maids and servants standing by, each of them was like a wooden man and made no sound at all.

Their two grandmothers and an old lady dressed in brocade and embroidered satin sat at the lower end of the hall. Sitting on the armchair at the upper end, they were twirling Buddhist beads and looking at them.

Beside them stood women in brocade clothes, practicing the art of observing the nose with their eyes and the Deng suit with their noses.

After the housekeeper reported to her old lady, she led the two sisters forward to pay their respects. Immediately, someone brought a cushion and placed it in front of them.

It was obvious that the two of them were required to kneel down and pay their respects.

Shen Lingzhu hated this the most. She never knelt down to greet her uncle on normal days.

She could feel that many people were looking at them curiously, so she quickly turned her eyes to ask her senior sister how to deal with it.

Here, the grandmother glanced at her sister-in-law, motioning her to speak, but she said nothing.

When the Second Mistress frowned slightly and tried to stand up, Shen Lingzhu and Shen Miaozhu moved in unison, simply bowing and saying, "Greetings, old lady."

Then he turned to the right and bowed three times in a row: "Greetings to Auntie, First Madam, and Second Madam."

The two grandmothers secretly breathed a sigh of relief and nodded slightly, then the old lady in the main house who was sitting at the top frowned.

The first thing he said was, "It's pitiful. When the adults get into trouble, the children suffer too. They don't even have decent clothes.

Go, take two shuttles of cloth and two shuttles of silk from my storeroom and make clothes for these two children."

"Don't bother. We wear men's clothes just for the convenience of going out to discuss business." Shen Miaozhu flatly refused.

Shen Lingzhu cooperated and said, "I was just about to discuss the contract rules with another shopkeeper, and was invited here.

You came here without changing your clothes. How rude and disrespectful."

As she spoke, she arched her back again to express her embarrassment.

“Now that we’ve seen the old lady and the aunt are safe, we can rest assured.

We still have contracts to discuss in detail outside, so I won’t disturb the old lady to rest." Shen Lingzhu didn't want to stay here at all.

Shen Miaozhu immediately said, "Grandma and Second Grandma, I need you to go back together to review it and come up with a set of rules as soon as possible."

With this reason, the two grandmothers decided to leave.

Unexpectedly, Aunt Shen, who had been silent the whole time, said, "Why don't you let the two children stay here? In a few days, they can study and learn needlework with the other children at home."