"Excuse me?" Duchess An Guo raised her head and looked at her mother-in-law who replied respectfully: "For the red dress?" ”

"Yes!" The mother-in-law immediately nodded: "If you return to Mrs., it will be directly given to our eldest lady, so the porter does not dare to dispose of it at will, so she asked the slave maid to come and ask Mrs. to give instructions." ”

"The ...... who gave it to the red robe" Duchess An Guo frowned slightly: "Who did the Xie family send over?" ”

"Madame," replied the mother-in-law, "is a very decent mother-in-law, and looks a little old." Knowing that the lady was going to ask, the slave and maid took a closer look when they came, and the rattan and blue pattern armor worn by the grandmother looked like soft satin, and there was a gilded hairpin on her head, with beaded earrings. The concierge saw that the grandmother was dressed decently, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he invited her to drink tea in the ear room for a while. ”

"What did she say?" Duchess An Guo put down the tea cup in her hand, took the greeting post that her mother-in-law respectfully held in her hand, opened it and looked at it carefully, and found that it was the name of the grandmother of the Xie family and Miss Xie Si, not Mrs. Xie's.

"Back to Mrs.," the mother-in-law replied: "The grandmother said that on the day when the fourth lady of their family fell into the water, our eldest lady went to rescue her regardless of her safety, and the fourth lady was grateful and always wanted to thank her in person, so she handed over the letter of worship and wanted to visit our eldest lady and thank her in person." The mother-in-law also said that she should have come to visit a long time ago, but the fourth lady of their family fell into the water and was cold, and she was sick for these days, so she was delayed until now. ”

"That's right." Duchess An Guo nodded, turned around and instructed the personal maid beside her: "Biliu, go to the warehouse and find some medicinal materials commonly used by girls to nourish their bodies." ”

Biliu agreed to leave, and Mrs. Anguo handed the greeting note to another personal maid beside her, and then instructed: "Bitong, wait for Biliu to come back, you can go on a trip, and say that I said, Miss Xie Si was rescued by the princess's mansion, and our Anguo mansion dare not take credit." It's good that the red dress doesn't make a mess that day, how dare you thank Miss Xie Si. Now that the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, everyone is busy, and Grandma Xie and Miss Fourth don't have to pay attention to these false courtesies. Then he handed over the medicinal materials to the grandmother of Xie Xiangfu, saying that it was for the fourth lady to replenish her body. ”

"Yes!" Bitong smiled and nodded: "Madame, don't worry." ”

Bitong and Biliu are both powerful girls around Duchess Anguo, and they can naturally rest assured that they can do things. After a short effort, Biliu came back with medicinal herbs. Bitong asked the mother-in-law who came to run errands to hold the medicinal herbs, took the prayer post and went to the concierge, and sent the grandmother who came to send the worship post back.

When Mrs. Mu learned about this, it was already night. The daughters-in-law have been married into the Mu family for many years, and Mrs. Mu has long since stopped holding rules for her daughters-in-law to wait for food, and sometimes even asks for peace in the morning and evening.

However, although the mother-in-law is not demanding, the four grandmothers of the Mu family will still go to Mrs. Mu's house in the morning and evening. Unless it is really busy, or the weather is extremely bad, she has to go to greet Mrs. Mu every day and say a few words of gossip.

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Mrs. Anguo went to Mrs. Mu's courtyard after dinner, and it happened that several concubines were also there, and the family drank tea and chatted for a while, which was also lively.

Not long after Mrs. An Guo sat down, Mrs. Mu San said with a smile: "It's all this hour, and my sister-in-law is still sitting so steadily?" Go back early, you are different from us, we have a few men who are not at home, and there is nothing to do when we go back at night, so it is good to talk more with my mother here. You can go back early, and when the eldest brother comes back from the outer study, don't you have to worry if you can't find anyone? ”

Everyone laughed when she said this, Duchess An Guo has been married for nearly twenty years, and she is no longer a young daughter-in-law, but her face is still red like a girl, and she laughs and says: "The third brother and sister can laugh." I'm afraid that your eldest brother is looking forward to me going back later, and he will listen to less nagging. ”

"What the third daughter-in-law said," Mrs. Mu nodded: "The eldest daughter-in-law should go back earlier." If you want me to say, you guys should go back early, it's almost the end of the festival, the family is busy, and you're tired of the day, so you always accompany me as an old woman to do something. ”

"We didn't leave, so we naturally wanted to talk to our mother more." The second lady also spoke playfully.

"That's a good feeling!" Mrs. Mu laughed: "I naturally like to listen to some idle things, but don't show me a purchase list, ask me if I want to add something, and explain it to the procurement office together." Actually, I know that you concubines have to be lazy and change their tricks to call me. ”

Of course, Mrs. Mu was joking, and several daughters-in-law of the Mu family laughed together when they heard this, and only after laughing did Mrs. An Guo speak: "There is really a strange thing to tell my mother today." Grandma Xie and Miss Xie Si in Prime Minister Xie's mansion sent a greeting post, indicating that it was for Hongsheng, saying that they wanted to come to the door to thank them. ”

As soon as Duchess An Guo spoke, Mrs. Mu and the second lady were all surprised. After the Duchess of An Guo explained the matter in detail, the ladies of the Mu family looked even more inexplicable.

The Anguo Mansion usually has little contact with the powerful in Beijing, and everyone knows that Xie Xiang is the foreign family of the five princes, so he should be more cautious.

Moreover, this reason for thanking is really ridiculous. Miss Xie Si fell into the water that day, and it was not their red clothes who pulled it up, and the red clothes were indeed nosy and reached out to save people, but not only did they not save them, but they were also punished for it, and there was no way to say thank you. What the hell is going on?!

"It's appropriate for you to deal with it like this," Old Madam Mu thought for a long time before she slowly spoke: "It's just that most of the nobles in our family know the rules of our family, Xie Xiang has always been cautious, and the constraints in the house are quite strict, and the ladies in the Xie Mansion are also very measured in their interactions with our house on weekdays, although they don't deliberately avoid it, but they don't take the initiative to show goodwill, and now this thing is strange......"

"I'm just polite, right? I don't really want to visit. After thinking about it, Second Lady Mu replied: "That day, our Hongshang was seen by the sister-in-law because she wanted to take the risk to save Miss Xie Si. The sister-in-law was angry and anxious, and reprimanded her in public, although Grandma Xie was not there at the time, she should have heard about it afterwards. To put it mildly, Hongshang was disciplined in public, and it was also because of Miss Xie Si, Grandma Xie was careful in her work, so she naturally didn't want to leave a pimple in our hearts. ”