Seeing the Duke's wife push the door open and enter the room, Xu Miao quickly stood up and bowed to her sincerely.

Xu Miao did this for no other reason than that from the moment she first met the Duke's wife, she had always been considerate of her. From the beginning to the end, she had never let her feel wronged.

"Hey, we're all family now, stop being so reserved. This is your home from now on, so just be more relaxed."

When the Duke's wife saw Xu Miao greet her so formally, she quickly waved to Xu Miao.

Turning around and seeing Zhou Jiyuan lying on the bed, he quickly asked, "Yuan, how are you? Are you still coughing?"

"Mother," Zhou Jiyuan called his mother aggrievedly, pointed at Xu Miao and started to complain to the Duke's wife.

"This woman hugged me without even knowing whether I agreed or not." Zhou Jiyuan seemed to have suffered a great injustice. With red eyes and a crying voice, he spoke to the wife of the Duke.

"Doesn't she know that physical contact between men and women is not allowed?"

As soon as Zhou Jiyuan opened his mouth, he made the Duke's wife laugh.

"Oh, our A Yuan is shy! Xu Miao will be your wife from now on, so she can hug you naturally. She doesn't need your consent to hug you, she can hug you whenever she wants."

Xu Miao was also amused by this awkward little boy and quickly started to explain.

"Madam, the young master was coughing for a long time just now, and I gave him a glass of water. The bedside was covered with blood spots from the young master's cough. I saw that he was better inside, so I carried him inside without asking for his consent."

After saying that, Xu Miao bowed to the Duke's wife again.

"Madam, you know that Xu Miao doesn't have any other skills, but he is good at making medicinal dishes. I think the young master has been busy all morning and must be hungry. Can Xu Miao make some food for him?"

"Okay, okay, I knew you were a good person." The Duke's wife nodded in agreement quickly.

What a joke! She had already spent money to ask someone at the General's Mansion, and it turned out that the young general in the General's Mansion recovered after eating the medicinal food made by Xu Miao. When she heard that Xu Miao came into the house and wanted to cook for her son, how could she not agree? She couldn't wait for Xu Miao to cook it.

The Duke's wife didn't care about Zhou Jiyuan's awkwardness at this time, and said to the maids who followed her: "Go, let them all come in to meet the new wife."

The maid responded and went out to call the maids, old women and servants standing outside the door into the house.

The Duke's wife sat by Zhou Jiyuan's bed and pointed at Xu Miao standing beside her and said to the servants, "This is your new wife. From now on, all matters in Ayuan's courtyard will be under her management. Whatever the new wife tells you to do, you must do your best. If anyone slacks off, I will be the first to disapprove."

The maids and old women knelt on the ground to pay their respects to Xu Miao, saying that they would obey the new lady in the future, and they did not forget to congratulate the wife of the Duke.

The Duke's wife pointed at Old Lady Yang who was kneeling on the ground and said to Xu Miao, "You know Old Lady Yang too. She has been serving Yuan since she was a senior in the courtyard. If you have any questions, just ask her."

Mother Yang knelt on the ground and kowtowed quickly, saying, "Just tell the new lady what you want, but you are not allowed to ask her questions."

Zhou Jiyuan watched as his mother, busy establishing authority over that bad woman Xu Miao, neglected him as soon as she entered the room. He tugged at the Duke's wife's sleeve in frustration.

"Mother, you didn't blame that woman. You said she hugged me."

The Duke's wife turned around and affectionately pinched Zhou Jiyuan's thin little face: "Good son, mother will punish her right away and make her make delicious food for my son. If she doesn't make my A Yuan fat, mother will spank her hard."

Xu Miao stood aside, covering her mouth and laughing. Although the Duke's wife doted on her son, she was absolutely reasonable.

The Duke's wife stayed with Xu Miao and the others for a while, and when she saw that Zhou Jiyuan was fine, she rushed to the front yard to make arrangements.

In the chaos, no one noticed that Zhou Jiyuan hadn't coughed for a long time.

After the Duke's wife left, Old Lady Yang had the maids replace the young master's bed with new bedding. They had prepared several new beddings.

Just as Xu Miao was about to change out of her wedding dress, she heard someone running hurriedly outside.

"New Madam, don't change your clothes yet. Madam wants you to go to the front yard to express your gratitude. The Emperor knows that the young master is getting married today, so he specially sent someone to give him a gift. Now, please hurry to the front yard."

When Xu Miao heard that they were going to the front yard, he hurriedly asked the maid who came to report the news.

"Young Master, do you want to go with us?" Xu Miao asked.

"Madam specifically ordered that the Emperor not tire the young master out, so he doesn't need to go to the front yard to express his gratitude. He can just rest in the back yard."

Hearing this, Xu Miao quickly straightened her clothes and turned to Zhou Jiyuan and said, "Young Master, have a good rest. I'll be back soon."

Zhou Jiyuan: Humph, you stinky woman, you still think about me.

Xu Miao followed the maid and hurried to the front yard. When they got there, they saw that the yard was full of people, all waiting to express their gratitude.

It was because a eunuch came to inform them in advance that the Duke and his men knew that the Emperor had sent someone to deliver a gift.

Seeing Xu Miao enter the courtyard, the Duke's wife waved at her: "Xu Miao, come here and wait for me."

Xu Miao lowered his head slightly, but without any fear, he quickly walked to the side of the Duke's wife.

The Duke's wife turned sideways, smiled, and whispered to Xu Miao, "Don't worry, Xu Miao, just follow me. The Emperor is very kind, and Yuan has been loved by the Emperor since he was a child. In the past, he would let the Duke take him to the palace to play whenever he had nothing to do."

After a while, the Duke's greetings came from outside. Xu Miao knew that the person who brought the gift had arrived.

As the Duke walked into the outer courtyard with a man in a blue brocade robe, the people standing in the outer courtyard knelt on the ground.

"Give the Sixth Prince a gift." The one who came to deliver the gift was the current Sixth Prince.

"Everyone, get up quickly. We are not strangers. A-Yuan is getting married today, and my father sent me here to help him have fun."

Outside, eunuchs carried several boxes of gifts into the courtyard. The Duke, his wife, and Xu Miao quickly knelt down to express their gratitude.

Xu Miao kept his head down and didn't dare to look up.

If she hadn't married into the Duke's Mansion, she probably wouldn't have had the chance to meet the Sixth Prince in her lifetime. He was a true member of the ruling class, a wealthy second-generation. He was a world away from her life.

The guests who came to congratulate him said: "The current emperor is too generous to the Duke of Dingguo. He even sent a prince to deliver a gift just to bring a child to celebrate the wedding." The Sixth Prince is the emperor's second son and is very favored.

It seems that the Duke's position in the emperor's heart cannot be underestimated.

The Duke had held a sinecure in the court for the past few years and rarely attended court. Occasionally, he would visit the palace to have tea and play chess with the Emperor. He was simply a leisurely prince.

Who could have imagined that for such a small matter at the Duke's house, the current Emperor would specially send a prince to stir up trouble? Sigh, where can I go to seek justice?

Xu Miao, of course, didn't know the twists and turns here. She just kept kneeling there with her head bowed, thanking him. But she always felt like someone was looking at her from time to time. Xu Miao didn't dare to look up to see who it was.

After a while, after expressing his gratitude, Xu Miao informed the Duke's wife and returned to Zhou Jiyuan's yard.

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