In the early morning, after the rain, the sky cleared up and the golden sun hung high in the sky.

Shen Xixi stood in the yard, closing her eyes and bathing in the sun, feeling the morning breeze blowing on her face, with a smile on her face.

"Ma'am, should we go there?"

Seeing the time to greet her, Yin Shuang, the maid in green, walked up to Madam and couldn't help but remind her.

"Well, let's go."

Reaching out and caressing the blooming begonia, Shen Xixi glanced at the maid in front of her and spoke lightly.

Yin Shuang, who was glanced at, felt cold all over and clenched her hands nervously. It was clear that the lady didn't say anything, but the look in her eyes was really scary.

Seeing that his wife was about to go out, Yinshuang quickly picked up her energy and followed her.

After leaving the yard, before Yin Shuang could say anything, Shen Xixi had already turned right and walked up the corridor, passing by the rockery and the pond, leaving Yin Shuang behind her confused.

How come the young lady is so familiar with the terrain of the Hou Mansion?

Entering the courtyard of Rong'an Hall, Shen Xixi paused, raised her head and looked straight at the solemn red door.

"Young Madam?" Yin Shuang, who was looking down and thinking, didn't see the Young Madam stop and almost bumped into the Young Madam's back, so she couldn't help but ask.

"Go in." Looking back at Yin Shuang behind him, Shen Xixi's breath calmed down, she let go of the hand tightly held in her sleeve, and put her bare hand on the arm offered by Yin Shuang.

As early as Shen Xixi arrived at the gate of the courtyard, the maid from Rong'an Hall returned to Madam Hou early and said that the third grandma was here.

"My daughter-in-law pays homage to her mother. She is well."

Facing the probing gazes of the crowd, Shen Xixi calmly and calmly walked up to Li Wanrou, who was sitting at the top of the table, and bowed.

"Well, you're here early." The woman sitting at the top, holding a Buddhist bead in her hand, said politely to Shen Xixi's greetings.

"Because I was injured, I was delayed. My mother made atonement and invited my mother to tea."

Pretending not to understand the sarcasm in Li Wanrou's words, Shen Xixi stood up and took the hot tea from Yin Shuang. Seeing that there was no cushion prepared for herself, Shen Xixi knelt directly on the ground and served Li Wanrou tea.

Looking down at the top of Shen Xixi's black hair, Li Wanrou remained silent, spinning the beads in her hand. The grandmother beside her reminded her, and this time she took the tea from Shen Xixi and took a sip, "Well, you are interested. , good boy.".

Li Wanrou: "Our Marquis Mansion has many rules. The old lady takes good care of the younger ones and avoids the usual morning and evening routine. But my mother is old and likes to be lively. She still wants to see you all morning and night. You don't understand when you first come here, and you just come from here." When you come out of that place, you are used to being loose-tempered, and you still need to change it."

Putting the teacup back into Shen Xixi's hand, Li Wanrou smiled softly, picked up a black and gold brocade box from the pear wood table and placed it in Shen Xixi's hand.

"What mother taught me is that if my daughter-in-law remembers it, she will definitely...ah!"

Taking the things from Li Wanrou with bare hands, Shen Xixi lowered her head and thanked her. However, when she stood up, her eyes dimmed, her wrist shook, and the hot tea in her hand fell to the ground together with the brocade box, smashing to pieces.

"Ma'am, are you alright?"

"Mom, are you injured? Sister-in-law, are you going too far?"

"How are you, ma'am?"

Seeing that the tea cup fell, Li Wanrou was instantly surrounded by people, anxiously concerned about whether she was injured. On the other hand, Shen Xixi was spread out on the ground alone, with no one paying attention.

"Mother, please forgive me. My daughter-in-law's leg just went numb and she made a mistake."

Kneeling back down silently, Shen Xixi lowered her head even further and her voice sounded like she was crying. When she raised her eyes, her almond-shaped eyes were full of tears, which was very pitiful.

"Young Madam, why are you so rash? You threw my mother-in-law's tea bowl while serving tea on the first day. This is extremely disrespectful."

Aunt Qing, who was wearing royal blue clothes in the crowd, looked back at Shen Xixi who was kneeling and said something lightly.

Seeing the figure kneeling on the porcelain piece, with a graceful figure, skin like snow, and bones like jade, there was a trace of disgust in his eyes.

"Mother, my son has come to greet his mother. What's wrong?"

Suddenly, the bead curtain at the door shook, and a warm voice came. Fu You, wearing court clothes, walked in, disrupting the noisy crowd.

"...Nothing, just go back and sit down."

Seeing Fu Youxing and Ali, Li Wanrou's face turned stern, and she dismissed the crowd around her with a loving expression on her face.

"Husband~, you are here."

At this time, the little man kneeling on the ground became energetic. Looking at the gray-white clothes in front of him, Shen Xixi stretched out her little hand and pinched it. Her red eyes glanced timidly at Fu Youxing, but she still wanted to speak.

"Okay, you're here, nothing happened. The third daughter-in-law broke the rules when serving tea and dropped the tea bowl."

Smiling tenderly at Fu Youxing, Li Wanrou explained softly, directly convicting Shen Xixi.

"I'm sorry, mother. My daughter-in-law just couldn't hold her knees any longer. I'm sorry, mother..."

Hearing Li Wanrou's words, Shen Xixi sneered in her heart, and big tears rolled down her fair and tender cheeks.

While apologizing, Li Wanrou, who was kneeling and looking up, slowly approached and was about to kneel on the broken pieces of the tea cup on the ground.

"Xi'er! Be careful." Seeing that Shen Xixi's knees were about to get close to the porcelain piece, Fu Youxing stretched out his hand to grab his soft body and stopped him in front of the broken porcelain piece.

He really wanted to explain to Shen Xixi, but when he lowered his eyes, his eyes were attracted by the box on the ground.

Seeing that Fu Youxing's expression was not right, Li Wanrou looked at the ground in confusion. After seeing clearly what had fallen on the ground, she was stunned and said "...".

The people on the side also looked at the ground and saw that on the ground, in addition to the broken blue and white tea cup, there was also a gold-painted brocade box that fell together. Because the force of the fall was too great, the brocade box's The buckle has been disconnected, revealing an jade bracelet inside.

The bracelet is all gray-white, dull, mixed with many impurities, and of very low quality.

The Hou family has a great business, but the things given to their daughter-in-law are so shabby. Li Wanrou is in charge of the whole family. Who would believe that it was not intentional?

When the aunts on the side saw this, they couldn't help but chuckle. Due to Li Wanrou's face, they had to take out a fan to cover their faces and laugh secretly.

"Let's go. I got up early and was in a hurry. Mother Liu took the wrong one. Mother Liu didn't take out the 'green clothes' I kept to reward the young lady."

Seeing Fu Youxing's increasingly gloomy face, Li Wanrou coughed lightly and scolded the nanny beside her loudly.

Then he looked at Shen Xixi with a smile, stood up and took her hand, "You are weak, don't kneel for too long."

Following Li Wanrou's hand, Shen Xixi stood up and turned to look at Fu Youxing beside her, gently tugging on his sleeve.

"Mother is worried. Xi'er has the same filial piety as her son. My son has official duties, so I will take Xi'er down first."

Taking the brocade box brought back by Mother Liu, Fu Youxing bowed to Li Wanrou, then without saying anything else, he led Shen Xixi out of Rongan Hall without looking back.

"Husband, wait a minute, will mother be unhappy if we leave like this?" As Fu You walked to the corridor, Shen Xixi took back her painful hand and held Fu Youxing's footsteps.

"It's okay, mother can't. Xi'er, did I scare you just now?"

After all the depression in his heart was gone, Fu Youxing slowly stopped this time and looked at Shen Xixi who was panting behind him, with an apology in his eyes.

"No, I know your husband didn't do it on purpose. It's just that there are too many things going on. Xi'er knows how hard your husband works every day for the sake of the Hou Mansion."

Reaching out behind her to smooth the wrinkles between Fu Youxing's eyebrows, Shen Xixi leaned gently on Fu Youxing's shoulder with a soft smile on her face, her voice as gentle as water.

"Well, thank you Xi'er, it's great to have you." Feeling the warmth in his arms, Fu Youxing's surging emotions gradually calmed down and he closed his eyes.

"My husband left in a hurry just now. My mother must have been reluctant. Go and coax her."

Seeing that Fu Youxing had stabilized, Shen Xixi stood up from his arms, pushed him softly, and motioned for him to apologize to Li Wanrou.

"Well, you have just been kneeling for so long. Go back and rest. You can go back to your husband as soon as you can."

"Well, husband, go ahead!"

Seeing Fu Youxing disappear, the smile on Shen Xixi's face gradually faded, and her eyes turned cold for a moment.

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