Su Shunci was the adopted daughter of Marquis Zhongyi. She often came to the Song family and it was common for her to stay for two days.

So as soon as she and Su Zhilan entered the door, servants came up to greet them.

Su Shunci was generous and easy-going, so naturally the people who served her liked her.

Hearing that Song Wanwan was entertaining guests in the flower room, Su Shunci said to Su Zhilan, “Let’s go and pay our respects to the old lady and the lady first, and then go to the flower room to find Sister Wanwan.”

Su Zhilan nodded and said, "That's right. I will listen to Fourth Sister."

When the maidservant nearby heard this, she ordered someone to bring a sedan chair and take the two young ladies to Yanshou Hall where the old lady lived.

Su Shunci was familiar with Yanshou Hall. After getting off the sedan chair, she took Su Zhilan's hand and walked inside.

Cuizhi, the second-class maid guarding the door, saw Su Shunci coming and hurriedly lifted the fine cloth curtain, "Miss Aci is here. The old lady was still talking about you this morning, saying that you haven't come for three days."

Su Shunci is sweet-mouthed and good at speaking, and she knows how to strike a balance, so she doesn't make people feel hypocritical or frivolous, so she is very much liked by Old Madam Song.

If she came to Yanshou Hall, there was no need to inform the old lady as long as she was not resting.

She nodded to Cuizhi, then took Su Zhilan with her, and the two walked in one after the other.

On the small couch in the banquet room, the old lady and Wang, the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty, sat at the table respectively.

Next to the small couch, Wang Jinyao was sitting in an armchair, talking to the two of them.

Su Shunci and Su Zhilan were slightly stunned for a moment when they saw Wang Jinyao was also there.

I understood it in an instant. She must have come here to appreciate the flowers and came to pay her respects first.

The two men ignored Wang Jinyao and walked forward and bowed politely.

Su Shunci: "Greetings to my grandmother and stepmother."

Su Zhilan: "Greet the old lady..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the old lady.

"Why call me old lady? Since you are Ah Ci's sister, you should follow her example and call me grandma."

Before the Song family proposed marriage, the old lady found an opportunity to meet Su Zhilan and was extremely satisfied with her granddaughter-in-law.

Su Zhilan saluted again with dignity, "Greetings to grandmother, greetings to aunt."

The old lady took her hand and smiled as she instructed Nanny Chun beside her, "Go and get my jade headpiece. This girl is visiting us for the first time, so we can't let her go back empty-handed."

Wang Jinyao, who was sitting on the side, twisted her handkerchief into a flower. She came in and drank half a cup of tea, but the old lady didn't even look at her. Why did everything change when Su Zhilan came in?

Su Shunci knew that Wang Jinyao had ridiculed Su Zhilan last time, so she glanced at her on purpose.

Then she said to the old lady with a smile: "Grandma is partial to me. Since the fifth sister came, she has not been as affectionate to me as before."

She spoke in a sweet and naive voice, and shook the old lady's arm affectionately.

The old lady reached out and touched her forehead. "You are such a heartless girl. How do I treat you normally?"

Su Shunci smiled and leaned against her, "Grandma is the best to Ah Ci, and Ah Ci likes Grandma too."

She wasn't saying this to flatter him, but Old Madam Song treated her so well, even better than her own grandmother.

Wang Jinyao's shrewdness in dealing with people was far inferior to Su Shunci's. Seeing this scene, he began to speak uncontrollably.

"The Su family is indeed well-educated. Both young ladies are good at coaxing people."

"If you enter the house like this, I'm afraid you'll cause trouble in the future and cause unrest in your family."

The old lady's smiling face suddenly turned cold. But she didn't say anything, but glanced at the Marquis' wife Wang calmly.

Wang's heart skipped a beat, secretly blaming Wang Jinyao for being ignorant. In such an occasion, she had no right to say such things.

She had gone back to Wang's house a few days ago to talk to her brother and sister-in-law about it, but now it seems that Wang Jinyao didn't listen to anything.

Wang's face darkened and she looked at Wang Jinyao, "Yao'er, what you said is too rude, why don't you apologize to the two young ladies of the Su family."

As he said this, he secretly glared at Wang Jinyao.

Wang Jinyao has always been afraid of this aunt, and she also knows that what she said just now was too straightforward.

She bit her lip and looked at Wang aggrievedly, "Aunt, Yao'er didn't mean that, she just said it casually."

Old Madam Song snorted coldly, and motioned Su Shunci and Su Zhilan to sit down beside her. She didn't look at Wang, and didn't pay any attention to Wang Jinyao.

Wang knew that her mother-in-law was angry, and she immediately scolded Wang Jinyao, "No matter what you meant, you said it wrong, and you still don't apologize."

Over the years, Wang has been in charge of the Song family's inner house, and Song Zan has great power and is favored by the emperor. Therefore, Wang has enough say in the Wang family, and even Minister Wang and Madam Wang have to think carefully about her words.

She could scold Wang Jinyao or even punish her, and the Wang family would not say anything.

Wang Jinyao hesitated for a moment, finally stood up and walked to Su Shunci and Su Zhilan.

She bowed and said, "I just said something wrong. I apologize to you two sisters. Please don't take it too seriously."

After she finished her greeting, Su Shunci said, "Sister, you don't have to be like this. We don't take it to heart. Although we are not related by blood, you are my stepmother's niece, and I treat you as my own sister. It's unorthodox to say this."

She stood up again, helped Wang Jinyao sit down, and then started talking about other things with jokes. The old lady smiled again.

Wang knew that Su Shunci was doing this to save her face, and she liked this adopted daughter even more.

Wang Jinyao, who was sitting on the side, was furious. How could she not see Su Shunci's trick? But considering that they were in the Song family, she couldn't say anything.

Not long after, Song Wanwan heard that several people were in Yanshou Hall, so she came to pick them up in person.

Wang Jinyao breathed a sigh of relief, finally being able to leave here.

As soon as they left Yanshou Hall and turned to the greenhouse, Song Hongshen entered the courtyard of Yanshou Hall.

Seeing her grandson coming, the old lady smiled and joked, "You came at the wrong time. The fifth young lady of the Su family just left."

Song Hongshen was obviously a little surprised, "She came to our house?"

The old lady nodded and said, "Your sister invited her to come and enjoy the flowers, but she is still young, so you don't have to rush to see her, lest you scare the girl."

Song Hongshen sat down beside him and laughed, "Why do you think I'm a scourge and a beast in grandma's mouth?"

Besides, the girl didn't look timid. She kept chasing him around asking how the pirates killed people. How could she be timid?

The Marquis's wife, Wang, said casually, "Why don't you have lunch here at noon? Maybe you can see the girl when she comes to say goodbye."

Song Hongshen was a little conflicted for a moment, but after thinking about it he spoke.

"No, I have something else to do, so I won't be home for lunch."

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