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After dinner, Aunt Chen went to help her mother. Her mother laughed with Aunt Chen as she helped her father to cover his face. They walked out of the courtyard together, talking and laughing. I walked them to the door, and when I saw how happy the family looked under my mother's laughter, I could not help but sigh for her. Which woman is not eager to "wish for the heart, white head do not separate"? The servants and women lit up two or three red lights, leading the way to light up the road. Gradually, only a few spots of light could be seen.

"Let's go back." "I said to Lu Ping, who held the lamp for me with an unhappy expression." "Miss, after becoming someone else's concubine, you'll only be a concubine for the rest of your life." Lu Ping asked.

"Of course not. If you are liked by a man, according to the law, a concubine with children can be made into a wife." I replied seriously.

"That's not what I meant. I wanted to ask, is it possible to rely on a man for the rest of your life after marrying a man?" Lu Ping pouted and asked with a troubled expression.

Seeing her full of anticipation and confusion for the future, I smiled inwardly. The little thoughts that the young girl had in the pavilion, regardless of status, were all similar! In the past, before my mother took me to the banquet, I was very nervous. Most of these banquets were to see each of my daughters. At that time, there were still three to four months to go, and that was the age of marriage. I thought that since there was only one daughter in the family, it must be because my mother was worried about my marriage.

"When a woman marries, she follows her husband from the four virtues. Naturally, she has to rely on her husband." I seriously replied to Lu Ping before revealing a mischievous smile. "However, if we, Lu Ping, were to become the head, mother will take it for granted."

At first, Lu Ping's mood was a little depressed. However, after being teased by me, she looked at me with a puffed up face and started laughing. When I returned to the courtyard, Gong Er's wife was sitting on her feet, sewing. When she saw that I had come back with Lu Ping, she stood up and greeted me with a smile. I nodded to her before going behind the screen to change my clothes. He sat on the brick bed and drank a cup of hot tea, feeling his whole body relax.

When Gong Er's wife saw me, she pursed her lips and smiled. I smiled as I leaned on the pillow and asked her, "What are you laughing about?"

When she saw that my face didn't have a sullen expression, she smiled and said, "When I saw Miss's face just now, I thought of my sister and couldn't help but laugh." Lu Ping burst out laughing, "Miss, are you ashamed? Elder sister's is still a baby!" I laughed and pinched her face. "Little hooves, even I have to make it up." Lu Ping chuckled, and Gong Er's wife also smiled and curved her eyes.

"There's a thousand layers of milk cake in the kitchen. It tastes really good. Go and pack one bag for Big Sister to bring back." I instructed Lu Ping and Lu Ping to wrap the pastries with a smile.

I picked up the flower shed above the basket where Gong's wife laid her needlework. Inside, there was a piece of silk embroidered with a bright, lively, and adorable kitten. It stretched out its body and held a ball of fluff in its two front paws.

Mother was an embroidery lady from the embroidery workshop. She married Father and became his concubine, but Father was taken away by the Tarantula. The Matriarch of the family could not bear for us to be chased out of the house. Gong Er's wife said as she organized the lines in her hands. Her expression was calm, as if she was telling the story of someone else. Such an unflattering manner was something that many young mistresses did not possess.

"Is this Su Yu?" I asked, holding the handkerchief in my hand.

"Gongshi smiled slightly." It was no wonder that the young miss chose Su Xiu. This servant has improved the embroidery process for Su, Su's needlework is fine and dense, and the longitude is even. However, the style is old, and the patterns are complex and a bit cumbersome, so this servant has improved a little, which seems to be okay. " Who wouldn't like a lively kitten?

"Thank you, big sister." Grandmother would send her to teach me how to work needlework. I must have gone through careful consideration, and it seems that she is indeed well-deserved, that the embroidery lady is not worthy of her reputation. However, a creative and thoughtful embroidery lady is hard to come by. On the surface, it seemed that his mother had taken control of the family, but in reality, his mother was not truly in charge.

"I will first embroider a few patterns for Miss to see. Miss can see which needle technique is good, so I will start from that." Gong family said.

"Take the girl with you the next time you come." When Lu Ping came back with the wrapped cake, I smiled and told Gong Shi that Gong Shi accepted the cake and thanked her before retreating.

After the Gong family left, I instructed Lu Ping to find out who had come in from the inner courtyard recently. Lu Ping served me well, so I didn't mention anything about it.

The next day, he went to pay his respects at his grandmother's courtyard. His mother and Aunt Chen had already arrived. Each of them was standing there, teasing his grandmother. When Red Jade saw me come, she ordered the servants to prepare some food. She also arranged a table for the dishes and dishes, and happily ate while sending the rest of the servants to the exit. One of the servants, a woman in a green jacket and a blue dress, had her hair neatly combed, wearing only a plain silver hairpin. She had a long face and her eyes were exceptionally agile. She actually smiled at me when she saw me looking at her.

So it seems that my mother has a clever person by her side, with such nimble eyes and bold movements. So she is a resourceful person?

My mother also noticed that I was looking at the person beside him. She smiled brightly and said, "This is our young miss. You haven't met her before. Hurry up and greet her."

This tone was like someone who knew her very well, but this woman had only been in the Yang family for three to five days. It seemed that her mother trusted her a lot.

"The woman bowed, and I helped her up. What is her name, sister?"

"This servant's husband's surname is Feng." Her voice was respectful, but her face had a very casual smile.

"This is a servant sent by my mother to help me manage my family affairs." My mother didn't want me to ask any more questions so she stepped forward and interrupted me. I smiled and took a step back before bowing, "Mother, take care."

Walking back to the house, I fell into deep thought. Home? Mother's family should be the Lu family, but according to the wet nurse, Mother hates the Lu family, and raised me to replace her and marry into the Xue Lu family. But now, it seems that Mother's relationship with the Lu family isn't bad, otherwise, why would the Lu family send someone to guide Mother? And why would his mother trust him? She had to endure the grievances of his father's concubine.

The Yang and Lu families, the Lu and Xue families all had conflicts, but it seemed that the people involved didn't mind at all, so they continued to maintain the communication. Father and Grandmother endured the humiliation of their daughter being abandoned and returning home because they were afraid of being responsible for harbouring the traitors' family members. Because of Shang Jia's status, they didn't dare to offend the Lu family, and the family was controlled by their mother. Although she was smart, how could she turn the tables when she was weak? Father, Father has always been very indulgent towards me. A person who can make a business that is already flourishing is naturally not a stupid person, so what benefits do I have that is worthy of him going against the wishes of mother and sister? To support mother in sending her poor sister's child to be a concubine? Did my mother really raise me for revenge? What was the Lu family trying to do, standing behind their mother? It was like a net, enclosing many people and upsetting fate.