The two brothers talked late that night, and Eleven Niang was afraid that the fifth lady would be worried, so she deliberately sent Amber back to the fifth lady.

The fifth lady was accompanied by Shi's mother, leaning on the big kang by the window and doing needlework, waiting for Xu Lingkuan to come back. Hearing that Xu Lingkuan would come back very late, the corners of her eyebrows raised slightly, and she said with a smile: "In the past few years since I got married, it is the first time that Master Hou has pulled the fifth master of our family to talk. What a rarity! You go and talk to the fourth sister-in-law. I won't wait for the fifth master. Please ask the fourth sister-in-law to help take care of it, and let the fifth master of our family rest in the fourth master's study for the night. It's a cold day, and the three watches come and go in the middle of the night, and it's not a joke to catch a cold. ”

Amber listened to what she said, but she couldn't understand it, smiled and bent her knees to say "yes", and was sent out by the fifth lady's maid.

The fifth lady's face fell: "What do you mean?" Something happened in their house, what did they call the fifth master to do? As he spoke, he smiled coldly, "I don't believe that Master Hou will be able to say anything to the Fifth Master!" ”

Mother Shi's eyelids jumped when she listened. immediately smiled: "If something like this happened at home, didn't Master Hou tell the fifth master?" After all, they are brothers of the same mother. ”

The fifth lady listened and muttered, "I don't see it quite right. You don't see it. When Mrs. Tai mentioned the child, the fifth master looked so excited. It's like ......" At this point, she felt a deep in her heart, "as if this matter had a great deal to do with him......"

Hou Ye raised the outer room...... Others believe it, but Mother Shi doesn't believe it.

Not to mention anything else, when the old marquis of his family married his daughter to the Xu family, in addition to taking a fancy to Xu Lingkuan is the youngest son of the family, with a gentle personality and handsome appearance, what he values more is the Xu family's brothers and brothers.

The old marquis of their family has never looked away!

Thinking about the words of the fifth lady again, Shi Ma**'s face was a little pale.

She entered Dingnanhou Mansion as an errand at the age of seven, and I don't know how much she has seen or heard. It has long been understood that it does not matter what the truth is, what matters is the result.

Since Mrs. Tai said that this child is Yongpinghou's, then this child is Yongpinghou's!

There can be no more extraneous branches.

You must know that Danyang is the most face-saving.

The whole family knew about it, so they hid it from her...... I will think about it, saying that it is not easy for my family to pity myself, and I won't think about it, but I am afraid that I will have a resentful heart - the same daughter-in-law, why trample me under my feet to fulfill the virtuous lady of others!

Mother Shi's heart was crossed, and a few smiles appeared on her face: "What's wrong with you?" I didn't have that much to do before. ”

"It's not that I'm too careful." The fifth lady frowned slightly, revealing a contemplative look, "Something is wrong with this matter...... The person most respected by the fifth master is Mrs. Tai; The person who is most afraid is Hou Ye. As she spoke, she looked at Mother Shi, "How could you suddenly be so bold as to jump out and interject when Mrs. Tai was talking?" There is also Eleven Niang, seeing that the wind is the first to make the rudder, it is common for Mrs. Tai to look at her eyes and act, and today is also very strange, she actually spoke before the Hou Ye! ”

The more Mother Shi listened, the more frightened she became, but the smile on her face became more and more bright: "In my opinion, what you said is not right!" ”

The fifth lady raised her eyebrows in a "you say" expression when she heard this.

"In my opinion, the most filial piety of our fifth master is Mrs. Tai, and the most respected is Master Hou." Mother Shi smiled, "Do you remember?" When you first got married, one day you said a joke to Hou Ye, and the fifth master turned his face on the spot...... You must know that the fifth master has always been very lenient......"

The fifth lady was slightly stunned and remembered.

That's true.

At that time, they were still newlyweds, and it was the time of affection...... It was precisely because of this incident that she understood what the fifth master valued the most...... Then let the people around her all change their mouths and call her "Fifth Lady".

Mother Shi understood it, and continued to say deeply: "Speaking of which, Master Hou's status is noble. What is it to raise a child outside and have a son? But it was spread widely. First, Hou Ye is in a high position, and secondly, because Hou Ye acts rigorously on weekdays, and it is rare for everyone to see the excitement. The old marquis in the house died early, and in the eyes of the fifth master, the marquis is both the elder brother and the father. Others seem to be just a matter of sesame mung beans, but if it rests on Hou Ye, I'm afraid that the fifth master will be uncomfortable. I couldn't help it, and it was common for me to want to defend Hou Ye a few words. I don't see any difference. ”

"That's not right." Shi Ma**'s words made the fifth lady shake her head, "He is like that, he obviously wants to take this matter on himself......"

"That's right." Without waiting for the fifth lady to finish speaking, Mother Shi immediately interjected, "Who is Master Hou?" The young master of the crown prince and the governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, pacified the Miao Rebellion and conquered the general of the northwest. The fifth master is afraid that he would rather this matter be on himself than on Hou Ye, so that Hou Ye will be pointed at and laughed! ”

Hearing Mother Shi say this, the fifth lady, who was very sure, couldn't help but hesitate a little.

This husband has a lot of shortcomings, but he has a good heart. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to live with him.

When Mother Shi saw it, she immediately decided to go deeper.

"Master Hou cleans up the fifth master as a child on weekdays. If you don't say anything else, don't you feel comfortable when you see it? This time, the fifth master showed that he wanted to take this responsibility on himself, and the Hou Ye was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth when he saw it! I have to talk to the fifth master! Don't worry about it. After speaking, he felt that the words were not very strong, and said, "Or, when we return to the red light alley in the second year of junior high school, we will ask the old marquis?" His old man has walked more roads than we eat salt, and we can't understand it, so can't he understand it either? ”

"Yes!" The fifth lady finally nodded, "Daddy is well-informed, just ask him the old man!" ”

Mother Shi breathed a sigh of relief and changed the topic with a smile: "Since the fifth master is resting with the Hou Ye tonight, you should also rest early!" These needlework is done by the maids, and the eyes are broken carefully. ”

"It's just a pair of little socks." The fifth lady smiled and put the needle and thread, and was served by Shi's mother and went to bed.

Eleven Niang fell asleep tiredly, and woke up early the next morning, and was slightly surprised to see that the bedding was not wrinkled.

Amber, who commanded the little maid to wash her face, hurriedly smiled: "Last night, Master Hou and Fifth Master rested in the study!" ”

A long talk with a candle?

Looking at the scene, the two of them should release their previous suspicions!

Eleven Niang smiled and got up with Amber serving.

"Hou Ye and Fifth Master haven't gotten up yet?"

"Not yet." Amber smiled, "Green Cloud, Red Embroidery, Late Spring, and Xia Yi are all arranged to wait in the study, you can rest assured!" ”

Eleven Niang nodded, and was about to go to the clean room to wash, when Tao's mother hurried over.

"She must have heard about the Fifth Young Master." Eleven Niang left her in the hall, "Let her wait." ”

Amber smiled and went to pass the word, Eleven Niang came out after freshening up, sat on the big kang by the window and drank half a cup of tea before letting the little maid pass her in.

"Madam, I heard about something yesterday, and I don't know if it's true or not, so I came to ask. lest the maids do not know the severity and spread the word nonsense. She said it more tactfully.

"What did you say?" Eleven Niang smiled and asked the little maid to bring a pestle to Tao's mother.

She half-sat on the pestle, and then cautiously asked Xu Sijie about it: "...... Said that today's sacrifice to the ancestors will be on the family tree? ”

Eleven Niang nodded, repeated Mrs. Tai's remarks to the outside world, and said, "...... Raised in the name of Aunt Tong, temporarily live with me. I also asked for the meaning of the bowstring alley beforehand. ”

Hearing that the Luo family knew, Tao's mother nodded and said in a low voice: "The child's biological mother?" ”

Obviously, he didn't believe that the child was brought back from Shantang.

Eleven Niang wanted to laugh.

This is really a typical ear-covering and stealing the bell, but everyone has to unanimously say that they did not hear the bell.

"Since I brought it back from the good hall, I naturally have no father and no mother!" Eleven Niang is also a member who did not hear the bell.

Tao's mother is obviously very satisfied with this answer - without a father and mother, the child's biological mother will never appear!

She rolled her eyes slightly, and asked Eleven Niang in a gnats: "Why don't you hand over this child to me to help carry?" Anyway, I don't have anything to do right now! ”

Eleven Niang immediately thought of Luo Zhensheng...... Then he refused without thinking: "It depends on what Hou Ye means!" ”

Mother Tao wanted to say something, but Nanyong's daughter-in-law came over to help her comb her hair, but Mother Tao had to retreat.

Eleven Niang remembered something and asked Nanyong's daughter-in-law: "Do you want to be a housekeeper mother?" ”

Nanyong's daughter-in-law was stunned.

The mother of the housekeeper of Xufu has two taels per month.

"I ......" she hesitated, afraid that she would not be able to do it well.

"You're going to take the kids, right?" Seeing that she looked like she was suffering from gains and losses, she smiled and said, "Master Hou came back with a child and raised it under Aunt Tong's name, and now he lacks a mother in charge of things in his house." You go back and talk to your family about it. Okay? Just reply to amber before the tenth day of the first month. ”

Nanyong's daughter-in-law muttered, and walked several times in the process of combing her hair.

When she left, Amber couldn't help but say, "Nanyong's daughter-in-law is too honest!" ”

"Honestly!" Thinking of Xu Sijie's crisp voice like a yellow warbler, Eleven Niang couldn't help but let out a long breath, "By the side of the fifth young master, you have to be honest." ”

Amber smiled and helped Eleven Niang put on an emerald green carved silk gown with entwined flowers, and the three aunts came over to say hello.

accompanied by Binju, who was holding Xu Sijie.

Xu Sijie wore a pink brocade crane, combed the horns, pointed chin, eyes like autumn water, at first glance, she was a little girl.

He saluted Eleven Niang according to the appearance of Binju, and his eyes were spinning, as if he was looking for something!

Could it be that he is looking for Xu Lingyi?

Eleven Niang looked at it and thought it was very interesting.

Hamaju has already explained on the side: "...... was dressing the fifth young master, and Aunt Qin came over to ask us to come along. ”

Aunt Qin hurriedly smiled: "I thought that the fifth young master had just entered the mansion and didn't understand some rules, so I asked Sister Binju to hug the fifth young master and come over to greet you together." ”

Her smile was a little cautious, and there was a faint cyan underneath her eyes.

After all, when you are old, you will have dark circles under your eyes if you don't rest well.

Eleven Niang thought and looked at Aunt Wen.

She was ruddy, refreshed, and energetic, as if she was more energetic than herself.

It seems that the child's affairs have no effect on her.

Eleven Niang looked at Qiao Lianfang again.