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"The second lady is here, the third lady is here."

"Miss Third and Miss Fourth are here."

"The Crown Prince's wife has arrived."

The group of female guests in Ci'en Courtyard who were talking to the old lady stopped talking and turned their heads to the outside.

The third wife, Xie Zhaozhao, walked slowly into Ci'en Courtyard, with her back straight and a smile on her face. She was wearing a hollow light purple silk skirt with silver hooks and crescent-shaped rain and mist carved patterns, a cloud-like bun, and pink and blue pearl flowers blooming in her hair.

Xie Xiangxiang, who followed behind, was dressed in gorgeous attire, a dress with Bian embroidery of Begonia in Shengchun style, double knife-shaped buns, a red gold phoenix-tail hairpin in her hair, jade pendants jingling in her ears, her eyebrows were as thin as distant mountains, and she had a light touch of rouge on her face, looking rich and noble.

The Lu family is quite conventional.

The three of them came in, greeted their aunts, and then exchanged greetings with their five cousins-in-law.

After a round of formalities, a quarter of an hour had passed.

The old lady was happy because this was her Ci'en Courtyard. Since these were all her relatives from her mother's side, the male guests also followed her into the yard.

According to Gu Shaoyu's seniority, there are three uncles, five cousins, two cousins, and four nephews.

They all greeted each other.

My second uncle's youngest son, Zhi Baiju, was very gentle and elegant when he greeted his cousins ​​and nieces-in-law.

He looks 8% like Gu Chengyan. If he wasn't known by his own people, strangers would think he was Gu Chengyan himself.

He is handsome, gentle, and knows when to act. He is truly a modest gentleman.

Xie Zhaozhao is his cousin's wife, but he is a few years older than Xie Zhaozhao.

When greeting Xie Zhaozhao, he was extremely respectful, and his voice was low and polite: "Third cousin."

Xie Zhaozhao nodded slightly and performed a greeting as an equal, which was considered extremely polite. Then, before he could say anything, Aunt Cui was already standing beside Xie Zhaozhao, blocking his view.

Xie Zhaozhao entered the inner room and stood behind the old lady.

Yuanyuanmanman and Aunt Cui both stood respectfully behind Xie Zhaozhao.

Zhi Baiju didn't show any signs of abnormality. He slowly stepped out and stood outside in the yard.

The second aunt has already started praising her youngest son: "Bai Ju inherited his grandfather's temperament and loves reading the most. Now he has passed the examination and become a scholar."

The old lady was very happy and asked Taxue to bring a set of four treasures of the study and gave them to Zhi Baiju as a reward.

After the male guests exchanged greetings, Gu Boyu took them to the front yard, leaving only the female guests in Ci'en Courtyard.

Mrs. Tu was very proud when she saw Xie Xiangxiang dressed up magnificently. Her husband was a marquis, her son was a prince, and her daughter-in-law was the legitimate daughter of the Xie family. She was a complete winner in life, so she was naturally very proud.

Although the Zhi family was a family of juren, Tu's father was a fellow jinshi, and Xie Xiangxiang was Xie's legitimate daughter, so the old lady was happy to praise her eldest daughter-in-law.

Several aunts and cousins-in-law all spoke well of Tu and Xie Xiangxiang, since they were the mistresses in charge of the household affairs.

Xie Zhaozhao tried hard to reduce his presence and said nothing.

However, the third room is destined to be not to be ignored.

The second aunt smiled and said, "The third son's wife, the third son has been the minister for three or four years, right?"

"Yes, aunt." Xie Zhaozhao answered respectfully.

"After so many years, it's time for him to stand firm. Shouldn't he also help his maternal family? With so many cousins, which one of them can't squeeze out a position to arrange for his family?"

"Yes."

"No matter how high an official you are, even if you become an emperor, you still need helpers. Isn't it good to use your own family members? We can help each other."

"Yes."

Xie Zhaozhao said "yes" respectfully and sincerely to each word.

What happened next? Nothing happened next!

The second aunt gave a one-man show for a while, and those present who were not stupid could see that the third wife was polite but extremely distant, and simply disdained to pay attention to them.

The second aunt looked unhappy and stopped talking to her. She turned to ask Xie Xiangxiang, "The wife of the prince looks very lucky. She is a good helper to your mother-in-law, right?"

When Xie Xiangxiang came out, Tu went to her yard and told her: "These people from the countryside are here to ask for money. Don't agree to anything, otherwise they will stick to you like a dog-skin plaster."

So at this time, when her second aunt praised her, she just smiled politely and said, "Thank you for your praise, aunt. Mother is in charge of the entire mansion's finances. She needs money everywhere and is calculating every day. It's very hard. I'm young, so I will follow mother to learn for a few years, hoping to help mother share some of the burden."

It's hard to be a manager when money is needed everywhere!

Second aunt shut up.

The old lady brought over her niece's granddaughter from her mother's side, a total of three little girls, about 13 or 14 years old.

Xie Zhaozhao didn't even look at him, keeping his eyelids drooped.

"This is Zhi Yaoyao, the eldest daughter of our Zhi family; this is Zhi Qinqin, the second daughter of the Zhi family; this is Zhi Meimei, the third daughter..."

The old lady specifically pushed her three nieces to Xie Zhaozhao and said, "You have met your third cousin. Your third cousin has now been granted an imperial title by the court and is a first-rank lady. There is no one better than her in the entire capital."

The three women saluted Xie Zhaozhao, who said to Manman calmly, "Reward."

Manman immediately gave each of the three young ladies a small sachet, each containing five gold leaves.

Not a single word was said.

The old lady knew that Xie Zhaozhao didn't want to pay any attention to them at all.

He felt unhappy, but fortunately his third daughter-in-law gave him gold leaves as a reward, so he felt honored.

The three nieces and granddaughters also met Xie Xiangxiang for the ceremony of equals. This time, Xie Xiangxiang did not force herself to take the lead. She asked Chunling and Xiahua to reward each of them with a pearl hairpin, which was not bad, but not expensive either.

The whole mansion had lunch together. Mrs. Tu prepared a fourteen-course meal, including chicken, duck, fish, and the fattest crabs in autumn.

It was during the meal that Xie Zhaozhao finally understood what his aunts meant.

Cousins ​​and nephews wanted to find jobs or study in Kyoto. For example, Zhi Baiju wanted to find a good academy in Kyoto and take part in the imperial examination three years later.

Several of their cousins ​​wanted to ask the old lady to take care of them and help them find a good husband in Beijing.

My aunt said, "No matter how poor a family is in Kyoto, it is still a hundred times better than a small place like Ouyang. Besides, we have the Marquis' Mansion, my third nephew, and relatives like the Xie Mansion. No matter what, it won't be too bad."

The old lady didn't want to be looked down upon by her family members, nor did she want people to think that the Marquis's Mansion was in decline, so she was only trying to maintain her reputation.

It can’t be said that the Marquis’ Mansion is no longer able to continue, so how can it have the ability to help you find a job or a husband?

However, how could the Marquis' Mansion afford to support so many people?

She looked at Xie Zhaozhao, but Xie Zhaozhao was very polite. She lowered her brows and ate quietly. She ate whatever dishes Aunt Cui and Yuanyuanman prepared for her, and would not take more than one piece of food with her chopsticks.

After the eldest aunt finished speaking, she waited for the old lady's answer. Seeing that Xie Zhaozhao did not respond, the old lady had no choice but to turn to Tu and said, "Tu, please make arrangements for them!"