After His Majesty was reborn, the poor little girl in his previous life was spoiled to death

Old Madam Zhu learned the news that Lord Yinggong Lou Qi had come to visit her while she was lying in bed.

No matter how well she took care of herself, she couldn't withstand the series of shocking blows. If Xiuyu hadn't been quick to give the old lady two heart-protecting pills last night, she would have fainted on the spot.

She was lying on the bed with her head tilted, her face ashen and tears streaming down her face: "What sin has the Shen family committed? Yan'er narrowly escaped death and finally managed to come back alive, but he encountered such a heartless thing! It's a misfortune for our family, a misfortune for our family!"

Xiu Yu stayed by the bed and shed a few tears. After listening to the old lady's sorrowful words, she gently reminded him, "Lou Gongye is the son-in-law of the royal family after all, a legitimate royal relative. It's better not to neglect him now."

Madam Zhu blinked and wiped away a few turbid tears, then she struggled to get up. Chongyan was still ill, and she was the only one in the mansion who was qualified to receive Lou Qi. She sighed, "You are right. At this critical moment, we must not create any more trouble and let others hold the mansion hostage."

Because they were going to entertain distinguished guests, Xiuyu helped choose a set of gold-thread emerald headpieces with excellent water content. Feicui carefully helped the old lady comb her hair, trying to cover the white hair on the top of her head.

Seeing her move, Old Madam Zhu smiled bitterly and said, "Why bother with this?"

As the night passed, she had no idea how many more white hairs had appeared on her temples, shining brightly in the silver mirror.

Restraining her sadness, Madam Zhu asked Xiuyu, "Mr. Lou came to visit. What can you do for him?"

Xiu Yu lowered her head and said, "The report from outside didn't say that. It only said that Lord Lou said that he must pay a personal visit to the old lady."

Zhu was silent. Needless to say, the family background of the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion was extremely noble during the previous emperor's reign. Lou Qi himself was even more extraordinary. He was the consort of Princess Linping and the brother-in-law of the current emperor.

It's not that she has low ambitions. Although the Xinyuan Marquis Mansion is prominent, it is still inferior to the real noble family like the Lou family.

After much thought, the last time I dealt with the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion was at Zhu'er's banquet. On that day, Princess Linping suddenly visited the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion and brought two young ladies with her.

Her heart moved. If she remembered correctly, it was at that banquet that the princess had spoken to Ning'er, and seemed to like her very much. Afterwards, she specially sent ginseng down the mountain to the Marquis's Mansion, and specifically gave it to Ning'er to replenish her body.

Ning'er...

Madam Zhu's fingers were trembling slightly as she held the earrings. She never imagined that the poor and lovable child was actually Chongyan's daughter, her own granddaughter!

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The Duke of England was both a foreign man and a distinguished guest, so the reception place was placed in the main hall of Xuanle Hall, where the old marquis and the marquis used to receive guests in the past, to show solemnity.

Upon seeing Lou Qi, Old Madam Zhu hurriedly said, "Master Lou, we are honored to have you here. I am sorry for not welcoming you in person. I hope you will forgive me."

Lou Qi also stood up and returned the greeting, saying, "You are too polite, Madam. I am very rude to come here uninvited. I hope you will not blame me."

The two sides chatted for a while and then took their seats.

Xiu Yu had just served the newly brewed tea when she heard Duke Yingguo say with a smile, "Lord Shen is ill. I have long intended to visit him, but I was caught up in trivial matters at home and was delayed. I am really ashamed. I wonder if Lord Shen is doing well now?"

These were just polite words. Old Madam Zhu also smiled and said, "Thank you, Princess and Master, for your concern. Thanks to the blessing of His Majesty and the two imperial physicians, Chongyan is now fine, but he still needs to rest for a while."

Lou Qi took the gift box from the servant, gently pushed it in front of Madam Zhu, and said straight to the point: "To be honest, I came here today because I was asked by the princess to deliver a gift card to the old lady. After our hasty farewell last time, the princess missed Madam Shen very much. It just so happened that she got a garden recently, so she wanted to hold a garden banquet while the weather was nice and the spring was deep. She specifically told me to invite the old lady and the two ladies with the young ladies in the mansion to come."

Old Madam Zhu's heart skipped a beat. With the current situation in the Marquis' Mansion, how could she have the heart to go to a garden banquet? Not to mention that they specifically asked her to bring her two wives with them.

Luo Miaoyun is still under house arrest in her room, and she has not made up her mind what to do with her.

Even if the princess invited her, she could only decline. Madam Zhu made up her mind and was about to decline politely when Lou Qi seemed to have seen through her thoughts and spoke before her: "The princess also said that the last time she was at the Duke Dingguo's mansion, the Marquis' wife seemed to be ill and didn't come. She regretted not meeting her and hoped that Madam Luo would show her favor this time."

He laughed and said, "When I went to Duke Ding's mansion just now, Madam Ding agreed immediately. I guess Madam Ding is also looking forward to meeting the old lady and her daughter."

Madam Zhu was about to say no, but stopped. Cunzhu was in the Dingguo Mansion, with two mothers-in-law above her. She was pregnant now. If she refused to go, it would inevitably make the Ding family think too much.

She hesitated and said, "I am really grateful for the princess's love and attention. But now I am at home, I am afraid that Master Lou will laugh at me, I really can't do without someone. I am afraid that I will disappoint Master Lou."

Lou Qi was not discouraged after hearing this, but said to himself: "By the way, Your Highness once mentioned to me that at the last daughter's banquet, he met a very outstanding girl from the mansion. I heard that she was the granddaughter of the old lady's nephew. Please be sure to bring her with you and the other girls from the mansion."

Ning'er? Old Madam Zhu was vomiting blood in her heart. She had just found out that she had a granddaughter, but in the blink of an eye, she was taken away from the mansion. She didn't even know where she was now. Where could she find her, let alone attend the banquet?

Before she could think of her words, Lou Qi stood up and said goodbye, "Then the Princess and I will wait for the day when the ladies of the Marquis' Mansion will come to visit us."

Without waiting for Mrs. Zhu to speak, he waved his sleeves and left gracefully, leaving Mrs. Zhu and Xiuyu staring at the exquisite gift box on the table.

"Old lady, what do you think we should do?" Xiu Yu said in embarrassment, "I have only heard of forced buying and selling, but I have never seen such forced hiring."

Old Madam Zhu sighed and opened the rosewood gift box, only to see nine pieces of golden gold foil paper.

With trembling hands, she flipped through the pages one by one. The dark red mud prints fell on the red gold flowered paper, shining brightly and captivatingly.

Xiu Yu opened her mouth in surprise, she had never seen such visiting cards before, a set of nine, with the maiden names of the two wives and six young ladies from the eldest and youngest branches of the Xinyuan Marquis's mansion clearly written on them. The signature was stamped with the private seal of Princess Linping with great care.

Madam Zhu's eyes lingered on the last visiting card for a long time. The handwriting was very different from the other eight cards. It read:

Shen Chaoning.