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The Lady Zou and the Lady Zeng were related, not far, but also not very close, as if she was a niece from a distant cousin of the Lady Zeng. Somehow, she was told to the eldest son of the distant Lady Zeng, that she was of average birth, but was very sensible. Xie Jingxi vaguely remembered that when she had stayed in that courtyard, Lady Zeng had asked Lady Zou to help her with the management of her Marquis Mansion. Even though it was a disagreement based on logic, without a Young Mistress to be able to take charge of the Marquis Mansion at that time, no one said anything.

Although the Lady Zou was close to the Lady Zeng, she had never talked about things using Marquis Mansion like the other people in the Second Branch. Other than visiting during festivals and other important days, she would pay respects to the Lady Zeng every once in a while.

Xie Jingxi was embarrassed by her words, "Wherever you go, you're good at it, and this is something I've heard from seniors before. I've never used it before, so I forced myself to give it a try.

Lady Zeng laughed: "It's really hard for her to take care of this at such a young age.

Lady Zeng patted Lady Zou's hand, "Only you can think of me for aunt, in any case, I won't be of any use in the future, luckily I got married and helped me share the burden, but you, on the other hand, do you care about your family?"

There were at least seven or eight siblings in the family, so there was no need to mention the aunts. Other than the two girls who were married long ago, and their eldest son who barely qualified as an official, the rest of them ate their fill at home. They had probably already seen all of the branch family's assets beforehand, or else the concubines would not be able to keep their hands on them for no reason.

Once all the eyes in the family were focused on that little bit of silver, then it would be easy to imagine how lively the days would be. Fortunately, it would be managed by someone like Lady Zou, who had a family.

Sure enough, the Lady Zou lowered her head and smiled, "It's only this much after all, I can still deal with it."

The Lady Zeng sighed, "You should also relax your body. Family matters cannot be left to you, don't waste your time."

Lady Zou had been married for at least seven or eight years, and had only managed to raise a single sister. On the other hand, the concubines had given birth to two sons for Gu Quan, which was actually quite pitiful for their mistress.

It was my husband who told me two days ago that the Madam Feng of the Ministry of Justice only got one brother, and I heard that he was going to the mountain to beg for help. He was very effective, and I even laughed and said that he was too superstitious, and it was hard for me to think for him, so I didn't have anything to complain about.

Gu Quan got a casual job at the Ministry of Justice, and since Master Feng was the Ministry of Justice's Minister, Xie Jingxi did not notice anything about this matter, so she could not interrupt him, and could only listen from the side. However, this Master Feng, although she always felt that he was familiar, she really could not recall which Master Feng.

When Gu Quan was mentioned, the Lady Zou looked bashful and embarrassed. Lady Zeng, seeing this, felt a sense of relief in her heart, "I can't say for sure, but maybe it will work out. Madam Feng is almost forty this year, you're so old, since your Young Master is missing you, it's good to go pay your respects when you're free."

"Then I'll listen to my aunt." Lady Zou got up after she finished speaking, "It's late, I have to go back now. I still have a lot of things to take care of at home, I'll come back another day to visit aunt."

After Lady Zou left, Xie Jingxi sat down for a while, then left. She went to visit Lady Zeng's place, just in time to see that Ming Yu had already set up a table, and was waiting for her to come back to eat.

Xie Jingxi looked at the obviously sumptuous dishes on the table, and said in shock: "Didn't you say that if Eldest Young Master doesn't come back, there's no need to cook too much? With just the two of us, not eating all of it would be a waste."

After Ming Yu served the last soup and ate a total of six dishes, she placed her hand on her ear and rubbed her teeth: "It was Young Master's reminder before he left, saying that he can't tell me if he's not here or if I can't finish the meal, even if I can't finish it, he can still raise it."

Xie Jingxi glared at Ming Yu, "You listened to him now, I've never seen you being so attentive when I said it."

It was not that Ming Yu was disobedient, it was because she did not dare disobey. Although the last time she complained to Old Madem and got teased, she knew that Young Master was not that kind of person, but for some reason, she was afraid of him.

"I think that Young Master is doing this for your own good. It doesn't matter if you cook more, since it's already prepared, and there's someone helping me in the kitchen. It won't take much effort to cook a few dishes."

"From what I see, ever since you came here, there's almost nothing left for us to cook anymore."

Miss Ming Yu was a little proud, "Of course, with a girl as skilled as me, you have to be good to me."

Xie Jingxi washed her hands and called Ming Yu over to eat together. The two of them just raised their chopsticks and ate a few bites, when they heard someone shouting outside the courtyard. Xie Jingxi frowned, thinking to herself, who was so blind to yell at Gu Yun.

Ming Yu immediately put down her chopsticks and stood up, but before she even went out, she saw Xie Jingqi angrily walking over with a box in her hands. Ming Yu did not understand, and asked: "Second Young Madam, you …"

"Xie Jingxi!" Xie Jingqi very rudely pushed Ming Yu to the side and entered the house herself.

Ming Yu staggered, upon seeing that the Second Young Mistress did not come with good intentions, she immediately ran into the house while rolling and crawling. Xie Jingxi calmed herself down and put down the bowl and chopsticks in her hands, "Second Miss is coming over, you can still eat, but coincidentally Ming Yu has done a lot, you should come along as well."

"Stop putting on an act!" She placed the box on the table and walked over to take a look at Xie Jingxi's food. Snorting coldly, she said, "You sure know how to enjoy life, eating six dishes by yourself, aren't you afraid of being full?"

Xie Jingxi glanced at the box she brought, feeling that it had something to do with lunch, she asked: "Are the food in the kitchen not to your liking? Otherwise, all of the food here would have been cooked by Ming Yu himself. "

Gu Yun never used to eat in the official dining hall. Even when Xie Jingxi married over, the major wife would open fire by herself, and what Xie Jingqi used to eat was the big pot cooked by her family, every house is about the same. She had also eaten in the Marquis Mansion for a few years, how could she not be happy today?

Xie Jingxi had yet to figure out what was going on when she was scolded right in front of her face by Xie Jingqi, "I didn't know that you are in charge of the house, taking the official's silver and buying it to start a small stove, you just have to eat it, at least don't treat us so harshly, look at the food that is delivered to you like a human being!"

Xie Jingqi opened the lunchbox that she brought and threw it on the ground. There, there were three pitiful looking dishes, the food was indeed simpler, and there wasn't much meat. Xie Jingxi frowned, thinking: Could it be that Marquis is eating this as well?

I didn't know that even the servants in our Xie Clan would eat better food than this, they wouldn't even dare to feed things to dogs, and they still dare to bring them up to fool me. I went to get the honey in the morning, but you actually told me that there was no more, that my wife was sick, and the things were all tightly packed in her room.

"Second Young Madam, please don't insult us with words. Our Young Master and our Lady have never used a single cent of our money. Besides, our Lady's steward of the first day was not fully acquainted with the people under the stage, so how could we make things difficult for you?"

"Ming Yu, what are you talking about!"

"You little country girl, how dare you talk back to me. You are just a dog relying on its power!"

Xie Jingqi acted as if she wanted to go up and beat her up, but she was stopped by Zhao Zhang who came in, "Oh, Second Young Madam, you've suffered greatly. If our grandmother's girl wants to teach her a lesson, it'll also be on behalf of us.

Zhao Zhang had originally wanted to go out and do some work, but when he heard that the Second Young Madam had come to make trouble for him, he was so scared that his soul had left his body. The Second Young Madam's hair habit was still fresh in his ears, he reckoned that if a single strand of hair fell from the Grand Mistress's head, his master would skin it for him.

Being blocked by him like this, Xie Jingqi felt a bit scared by instinct. This was the first time that a heaven's pride level expert like her had the audacity to hesitate when standing in front of her. In such a short time, most of her aggressive attitude had been broken.

Zhao Zhang politely did not seem to be disobedient at all. That sentence of ours was already meant to tell her not to meddle in other people's business, but it was possible that Xie Jingqi had never learned to be afraid of this word in her entire life. No matter how amazing you were, you were just a servant.

Zhao Zhang really couldn't do anything to her, but standing here, at least Xie Jingqi did not dare to make a move, and what was left was Xie Jingxi coming out. Xie Jingxi had more or less guessed what had happened after she had caused such a ruckus. Once she knew what was going on in her heart, she became more and more calm.

"Don't be angry Second Miss, I actually brought a few jars of honey from home, which are still useless to me, if Second Miss doesn't mind, I will use them first, as for the food, fortunately Second Miss came over to remind me, I haven't had the time to ask about the kitchen, but I didn't know that there was such a deceitful person who didn't put his heart into it. Father and mother only ate together, how can I tell them to eat together, I will tell the kitchen to redo it now, if Second Miss is hungry, you can eat with me first."

Since you want to cheat people of what you sell, then don't blame them for looking for you, since it's Butler Xie Jingxi, then it's natural that you need to look for her whenever there's a problem. Although she knows it has nothing to do with you, you still have to kindly talk about it.

I have honey, but it isn't from the Shangguan family. The food is the same as the food in the Marquis, if they don't say anything, it would be unreasonable for you to mess with them, but it's useless.

"Who cares about your food? I want to go to my mother's place and see if she can eat this kind of pig food."

At least Xie Jingqi still cared about her reputation, and did not tear herself up just for a meal. Whether she went to Lady Zeng or not, Xie Jingxi did not care, but if she used this set of pig food to say that she was resigning and complaining, it would not be good either.

"Xie Jingqi angrily rushed out the door, causing Ming Yu to stomp her feet in anger," What is this, no matter what, she's a young lady from the same family, how can she not know to leave some face for others!

Xie Jingxi said to Zhao Zhang, "You still need to return, do not be so nervous in the future. You have a lot of things on you, do not delay it."

Zhao Zhang knew that the Young Mistress was afraid that he would offend her, and that he would always follow behind Gu Yun as a small follower, hiding his abilities from the public. If he were to stand up for Xie Jingxi again and again, it would be very easy for him to become a lousy target, and with Xie Jingqi's crazy dog like temper, no one would hesitate to bite him.

"Yes, then I'll leave first." Zhao Zhang knew the weight of what his Young Mistress was saying, so he did not try to differentiate between them. As for whether or not he should listen, that would be another story, after all, being ripped off by Gu Yun was not much better than being a target.

After Zhao Zhang left, Xie Jingxi's face darkened, "Go and invite Wang Fu Clan's member over."

Since someone came up and gave her face, then there was no need to blame her for wanting to make a move.