Chapter 25 Care

The third sister and the ninth sister silently reached a consensus, and not many people noticed the change in their relationship. Seeing that most of this year has passed, it is almost the Lantern Festival. The second master was also released from the Ministry of Criminal Justice the day before yesterday. The Xue family planned to have a good time. What's more, the Lantern Festival is also the fifteenth birthday of the third sister, and it should be grand.

The second wife is the biological mother of the third sister and the mistress of Xue's family. Naturally, she was particularly careful and wrote a post to entertain Mrs. Anguo, but this time she did not specifically ask the son of Anguo Marquis to come. In her heart, she did not like the son of Anguo very much, but thinking that Mrs. Anguohou is a general person, even if she was three If my sister gets married, as long as she doesn't commit any trouble, she can live a safe life.

Thinking of the marriage of the third sister, the second wife couldn't help sighing. If she had a choice, she would not let the third sister jump into the fire pit of Anguohou Mansion.

"Mother Liu, how are the children in the courtyard doing recently?" The second wife didn't mean to ask.

"The third sister is now ready to make wedding clothes, and the sixth sister has also had a lot of children. After New Year's Day, the husband of the private school should also come. When the maidservant passed by the tenth brother's room yesterday, he actually saw the tenth brother also reading, thinking that he was afraid of being punished by the husband. However, I didn't see the ninth sister often come out, and several aunts did not deliberately walk with the ninth sister. Maybe he suffered losses when he saw his second aunt and third wife a year ago, and he didn't plan to have a deep friendship with the ninth sister. Liu's mother lifted her sleeves and plucked the incense burner to sort out what had happened recently.

"It's difficult for the third sister, and the tenth brother has also grown up, but the sixth sister still hasn't grown up as before." The second wife sighed and suddenly changed her tone, "Well, I have been fighting with those aunts for so many years, but I haven't seen them give up. Maybe she thought that Sister Jiu is too young now and doesn't know what kindness is, so she won't disturb Sister Jiu for the time being. We can't take it lightly, at least the second aunt will never give up any chance to make friends with the ninth sister.

"I know!" Liu's mother looked awe-in. She also knew that she could climb to this position in so many years. After being reminded by the second wife, she became more alert.

The second wife's tone was relieved, "There is no need to care too much. We can't hold everything in our hands. The third and fifth aunts can't turn over the storm. As long as they give us a little sweetness, we don't have to worry about it. Let a few concubines come to the main courtyard to get together tomorrow, so as not to say that Tim scolded them. Just go to the third sister's place first.

"Do you want me to tell you about Sister Jiu?"

"No, this time it's just a gathering of our two-house girls, which makes it even more embarrassing for Sister Jiu to come. Yao's mother, who comes to Sister Jiu's side, also understands. Let the children in several rooms get together on New Year's Day, and the gentleman will come to class after New Year's Day.

"Do you really want Sister Jiu to go to school?" Liu's mother is a little uncertain.

The second wife glanced at Liu's mother, and her mother Liu broke out in a cold sweat. Then she heard the second wife say, "Well, do you really think I'm an unreasonable person? Born in the Xue family, both men and women have to go to school. This is the family rule left since the old woman. No matter how harsh I am, I won't let people gossip about it, and the fifth sister will go to school. Do you still need me to understand these things?"

"I know what's wrong!" Liu's mother was shocked. She just saw that the second wife had never liked the two young ladies in the big room, especially the ninth sister, who didn't think so far at all.

"If I do everything in the house, what have I trained you to do over the years!" The second wife was a little angry. Of course, she knew what kind of person Liu's mother was, but now she has made such a small mistake that should not have been made.

"I...I know what's wrong!" Liu's mother trembled and admitted her mistake again.

"You made Deng's mother also be excited. Don't think that a ninth sister came during this period and got the favor of the old lady, and you would be in a mess. No matter how much Sister Jiu can't turn around, you will be closer to Yao's mother and Feng's mother in the future. She looked at Fanghua, who was serving beside her and said, "You should also be smart and get closer to the painting screen. As for Jinxiu, we don't care about her first. After all, I have given her to the ninth sister, and we still have to prevent it in the future."

"I obeyed!" Fanghua answered faintly, but her heart was earth-shaking. In the past, Jinxiu was the most favored maid of the second wife, and even she was looking up, but now the second wife has abandoned it.

Fanghua's reaction fell in the eyes of the second wife. The second wife was slightly disappointed. At the beginning, she really shouldn't have sent Jinxiu out. Jinxiu was her favorite maid, but this Fanghua lacked the exquisite heart of Jinxiu. That's why she let her servants guard against Jinxiu. What's mother was also an old man in Xue's house. She snorted coldly in her heart. Without the old lady, Feng's mother must be more unsatisfactory than her. How majestic Feng's mother was around the old lady in those years. Even her mother had to give in three points of courtesy. Of course, Feng's mother's ability was also very high, but the old lady's mother Feng was as if she lacked an arm, and finally benefited from Sister Jiu.

"If Feng's mother's heart is with the ninth sister, we will not suffer." The second wife said this inadvertently.

Thinking of the seductive dowry of the ninth sister, the second wife was irritable. The old lady has got a shop for the ninth sister, but she hasn't got anything. Although the old lady hasn't got the shop yet, if the old lady sends someone to Aunt Zhou to talk about it, even if Aunt Zhou pleases the old lady, she will send the shop out by herself, not to mention the ninth sister's consent. Fortunately, the ninth sister only gave the old lady a shop.

"Why do you think the ninth sister only gives the old lady a shop? As long as those shops enter the old lady's hand, she doesn't want the old lady to spit it out again. The second wife laughed in her words, "I heard that Yao's mother next to her came out of the palace with the eldest wife and lived in this yard for a period of time. Could it be that she doesn't know what kind of character the old lady is?"

Liu's mother thought for a moment and lowered her head and said, "Second wife, maybe that's why Sister Jiu wants to gag the old lady's mouth with the shop. Don't underestimate such a shop. The ninth sister is willing to take out a shop, but she only takes one shop, which is to let the old lady taste the sweetness. If the old lady wants to get other shops from the ninth sister, she will do anything to please the ninth sister. Maybe the old lady has fallen down.

"Well, do you think the old lady doesn't know what's wrong with this?" The second wife snorted contemptuously, but was silent for a moment. After knowing that the uncle had passed away, she was not happy at all when she came back from the ninth sister. Perhaps she already knew that it was impossible for her to get those dowries from the ninth sister and had to raise the ninth sister, so...

She was thrilled all over. What on earth did the old lady hide from her?

Let everyone in the house be good to Sister Jiu, which is also ordered by the old lady herself. What on earth is she going to do?

"Mother Liu, do you think the power of the Li family is as big as our Xue family?" After thinking for a long time, the second wife still felt that the old lady was afraid of the power of the eldest wife's family.

"Don't you know that it is comparable to our Xue family? We occasionally write letters to the mother of the Li family. Liu's mother doesn't understand.

The second wife shook her head and was born in the capital. They all knew that the power of the Li family was not in the capital. But when Li Yu, the daughter of the Li family, was a female official in the palace, it was really sensational. Even those people knew Li Yu's name, and she, an eunuch in the capital, naturally knew it.

She said fiercely, "I really don't know what Li Yu did at the beginning to win the favor of the emperor. She also ordered Li Yu to pick her husband herself and become the eldest wife of our Xue family."

Liu's mother silenced and didn't say anything.

The second wife calmed down. At that time, all the eunuchs in the capital were suppressed by Li Yu, and she, the second wife who married into Xue's house, was so pressed that she couldn't even raise her head, although she had never seen Li Yu at all. She was unwilling to accept that a woman should have met her husband and children in the house, but Li Yu could be known to everyone in the capital. Whether before she left the cabinet or after marriage, she hated Li Yu, hated her talent, and hated her for suppressing her all the time.

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Sister Jiu had a shallow smile on the corners of her lips and calmly listened to Yao's mother talking about her mother's story as a girl. Suddenly, she felt that the mother she had never met was too naughty. She went to the palace to be a female official and was favored by the emperor. Unexpectedly, she bet with her brother.

"I don't know how many princes in the capital were heartbroken when the young lady married her uncle, but they actually spread flowers for the young lady from the palace to the gate of Xue's mansion on the day of the young lady's wedding." Yao's mother is very proud.

Sister Jiu's eyes widened. In her opinion, such a bloody thing was actually done by her mother, but her mother got married from the palace in those years?

"Mother Yao, are you bragging? Madam has always been a quiet person. How can she be as naughty as you said?" The painting screen couldn't help but interrupt.

The ninth sister looked at the painting screen suspiciously, and the painting screen quickly lowered her head and blushed.

Sister Jiu picked up the embroidery in her hand on the painting screen with a smile, "Oh, it's actually embroidered with mandarin ducks. Is it that Sister Huaping has a big heart?"

I don't know where to put my hands on the painting screen, and my face is even hotter, and my voice is like a mosquito and fly. "Miss, give me my purse. Who said that the embroidered mandarin duck is a favorite."

Sister Jiu touched her nose. She was just joking, but she didn't expect the face of the painting screen to be so thin. She quickly returned the unembroidered purse to the painting screen.

The whole room laughed.

"Miss was just like you when she was young." Yao's mother couldn't help sighing.

On this side of the courtyard, the second wife has been silent. Looking at the occasional smoke in the incense burner, her mood is much calmer. After all, Li Yu is dead, leaving only an eight-year-old ninth sister and those rich dowries. No matter how I fight with the old lady in the future, I still feel that I have suffered a loss. After thinking about the final problem, the problem is still with the ninth sister. As long as the ninth sister doesn't help each other, the fight between her and the old lady is a farce. It's only those aunts who watch the play, and maybe the third wife will make a profit in the end.

Sister is now about the same age as the tenth brother. Although she will definitely not be around her since childhood, if she gets better by her side, she may...

She has a bold idea in her heart...

"Mother Liu, do you think it's okay to foster the ninth sister in my name?"