In order to celebrate Pei Huaiming's promotion, Shen Tanxiang specially picked out a gauze skirt with hundreds of gold butterflies and daffodils and waited in the yard for Pei Huaiming to return home.

After coming out of her own yard, Shen Tanxiang had a smug smile on her face. She wanted to show off and even took a long detour around the Duke's Mansion.

When the servants in the mansion saw her, they all bowed their heads and congratulated her. Shen Tanxiang was finally proud of herself. She was very pleased and asked the maidservant beside her to reward her with money.

When the servants saw that they were being rewarded, their mouths became even sweeter and they uttered a string of flattering words, which made Shen Tanxiang extremely happy.

"Okay, everyone will be rewarded, everyone will be rewarded!"

She thought that Pei Huaiming had just been conferred the title and it was still early for him to return, so she passed through the Chuihua Gate, like a proud peacock, with her head held high, and went to Ninghe Hall, with her eyes looking up to everyone along the way.

She wanted to see if Xie would still say that she didn't say anything. Now she refused to serve him and let Wang Zhirou serve him instead.

Passing through the corridor, Shen Tanxiang saw Song Qingcheng in the pavilion.

Song Qingcheng originally had some things to deal with, but she thought she couldn't be too hasty, so she sat here to enjoy the cool air.

Shen Tanxiang walked over with a sweet smile, "Is the third brother's wife here?"

Song Qingcheng looked over when she heard the voice and found that Shen Tanxiang was wearing more brilliant clothes than the rose in the middle garden today. "Is there any happy event happening to my second sister-in-law? Why is she so happy?"

Because she had just returned home, she didn't know what had happened. She also thought about the big and small things in the mansion at this time in her previous life, and she didn't remember any happy events in the second house.

Shen Tanxiang touched her face and asked, "Is it so obvious?"

Song Qingcheng just smiled and said nothing, but what she was thinking in her heart was, it couldn't be more obvious.

Without waiting for her to ask, Shen Tanxiang could not help but speak it out, thinking that this third brother's wife was not very smart and did not explain things clearly, so she did not understand.

"It's your second uncle who won the favor of the emperor and was promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Rites," Shen Tanxiang said proudly.

Afraid that Song Qingcheng didn't know how high this official rank was, he continued to explain: "A fourth-rank official position."

Song Qingcheng thought of her second uncle who was a playboy. He was an insignificant minor official before she died in her previous life. How did he become such an important official in this life? Everyone's destiny has indeed changed.

Song Qingcheng fell into deep thought for a moment and did not reply in time. In Shen Tanxiang's eyes, it seemed like she didn't care and looked down on him.

Shen Tanxiang was unhappy and pretended to question: "My third uncle was a doctor of the Jiangnan Qingli Division, and he was a fifth-rank official, right?"

Song Qingcheng came back to her senses and laughed. Pei Huaizhi eventually became the Prime Minister of the Cabinet and even the Imperial Preceptor. How could a philandering second-generation heir be compared to him? However, she would look even more stupid if she didn't argue with a fool. "Second sister-in-law is right. Third Master still needs Second Uncle to take care of him in the court."

Shen Tanxiang was pleased and said happily: "We are all brothers, why are you being polite? I always ask your second uncle to take good care of your third uncle."

Song Qingcheng held back her smile and bowed solemnly, "Thank you very much, second sister-in-law. You are so kind."

"Forget it, forget it, I'm going to Ninghe Hall, you have to come with me"

"Second sister-in-law, I won't go. After all, my mother-in-law doesn't like me, so I don't want to make her angry."

"What are you afraid of? I'll be there to support you now."

Song Qingcheng felt a lump in her heart and her eyebrows twitched. In her previous life, she was Shen Tanxiang and she was not so stupid. How could she be so stupid in this life...

"I'd better not trouble you, sister-in-law. I have things to do." She was worried that if she stayed any longer, she would get internal injuries.

"It's up to you!" Shen Tanxiang walked away with her slender waist twisted.

"Pfft!"

Song Qingcheng couldn't help laughing out loud.

It was a coincidence that when I passed through the corridor, I happened to meet Grandma Wang Zhirou. They parted on bad terms after coming out of Chunhe Hall yesterday, and when they met again this time, they were in different moods.

Grandma Wang Zhirou had just sent five thousand taels of silver to Chunhetang, but did not see Song Qingcheng, so she had to give it to her personal maid. She was feeling depressed at the moment.

Looking at the smug Second Madam Shen Tanxiang, she felt a little sour in her heart and became more and more uncomfortable.

The Second Master Pei Huaiming was originally a dandy young man, who always thought he was a playboy. Now, he was lucky enough to be promoted by the Emperor to be the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Shen Tanxiang also became a phoenix from a wild chicken. As a result, their eldest wife became the one with the lowest status in the Duke's Mansion. Unfortunately, the eldest master was dull and didn't know how to deal with things. The eldest wife had two younger sisters who all depended on her. If she hadn't relied on her power as the head of the family to take advantage of it, she wouldn't know how she would get through the day. She was so miserable.

Before, the third house had no interest in the power of housekeeper, but the second house had been thinking about it for a long time.

Grandma Wang Zhirou smiled reluctantly, "There have been a lot of happy events in the mansion these days. First, the fourth sister won the favor of His Royal Highness Prince Yi, and now the second master has been promoted. Now the second brother's wife must be so happy that she doesn't know what to do."

Second Wife Shen Tanxiang sensed a sour taste in the air. She had been suppressed by the First and Third Wife's houses for so long, especially the First Wife, who relied on being the eldest son of the First Wife and looked down on her. Now things have changed and it was her husband's turn to be promoted. So she was not as respectful to First Wife Wang Zhirou as before. "Yes, Second Master is smart and talented, but he was not keen on court affairs in the past. Now Your Majesty has a keen eye for talent and finally knows who the capable one is."

"Pooh!"

Shen Tanxiang praised her husband to great lengths, but everyone in the capital city knew that Pei Huai, the second master of the Peiguo Mansion, was an illiterate playboy who could only say obscene words to deceive people. And he still had the nerve to say that, which was simply laughable.

"Sister-in-law, you don't have anything to do right now, why don't we go and pay our respects to mother-in-law? I just have something to tell her."

Shen Tanxiang said.

Grandma Wang Zhirou naturally knew that she had something in mind. Even if she really wanted the power of housekeeper, she would still try her best to fight for it.

Ninghe Hall.

Xie had obviously also received the news. That troublesome Ru Jie'er was throwing a tantrum and hiding in her boudoir and refusing to come out. Sanlang, relying on his own abilities, didn't even take her, his mother, seriously. She was very angry, and now Erlang stood up for her, which made her feel much better.

Ru Jie'er was a girl, so she didn't mind her willfulness, but she was very dissatisfied with Sanlang's attitude.

After all, he was not raised by her side since childhood, so they are not close to each other no matter how you look at it. Maybe he is still holding a grudge against what happened in the past, Xie thought.

Fortunately, Erlang has made some progress now, and the Duke's Mansion does not necessarily have to rely entirely on Sanlang. Thinking of this, her slightly wrinkled eyes flashed a trace of barely perceptible hatred, but she concealed it in an instant, and her face was as calm and beautiful as before, as if the moment just now was an illusion.

Xie sat on the Luohan bed, and the maid beside her fanned her slowly.

Wang Zhirou and Shen Tanxiang walked into Ninghe Hall side by side. Seeing Xie sitting in the main seat, they bowed.

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