Xiao Shu had never heard of such remarks.

The third wife is very strong by nature. She gave her a gift not long after she got married. She has always been smooth sailing. She naturally teaches her daughter that she should be the best in every place and not be inferior to others. Especially those illegitimate. What she learned from childhood is to step on those illegitimate sisters. She has a brother.

As for the rise and fall of the family, she never thought about it.

But when Xiao Rui said this, she could not refute. She was angry and aggrieved, so she had to stomp her feet hard, snorted, turned around and left.

"Three sisters."

Xiao An called out, then turned to Xiao Rui and said, "Shu'er is spoiled and has a bad temper, but she is unintentional. Don't be as knowledgeable as her brother."

Of course, Xiao Rui is not a person with a narrow mind, and he will not care too much about Xiao Shu, just said, "The third sister is young and ignorant, so it's fine if she is childless. If she leaves the house in the future, it will be inappropriate. Second brother, you and the third sister are brothers and sisters, so you should give more advice."

"Brother has taught me a lesson. I remember it, so I will advise you more in the future."

Xiao An is different from his mother and sister. He moved to the front yard at the age of five and studied with Xiao Rui. Even if he was taught wrongly before, he had already made corrections over the years. This is thanks to the third wife who has been busy with the gifts over the years and has no time to teach those improper ideas to her son. Otherwise, Xiao An would have been raised.

...

After Xiao Shu returned with anger, she plunged into the third wife's arms and cried.

"Mom, my elder brother scolds me, and my second brother doesn't help me. That Ji Wan, she dares to teach me a lesson because she is older...Woooooooooooooooooo..."

The third lady's face was dark, and when she heard her daughter's last words, she was so angry that she waved all the teacups on the table to the ground.

Bang-

The teacup was broken all over the floor.

Xiao Shu had never seen her mother get such a big temper, and she was so scared that she forgot to cry.

Madam Jin came forward and whispered, "Madam, this was originally expected. Didn't you know it long ago? Why bother to get angry like this? Instead, I'm angry."

The third lady sneered.

"It was expected, but I didn't expect it to be so soon." She gritted her teeth with hatred, "It turns out that she is not my biological child. She is different from her belly. A widow who has been married wants to ride on my head, which is too much to deceive people!"

Xiao Shu was confused when she heard this, "Mom, what are you talking about? Why are you riding on your head? Did your second aunt bully you?"

The third lady's eyes were cold and her whole body was filled with air conditioning.

Madam Jin whispered to help Xiao Shu solve her doubts, "The old lady took away the wife's right to give it to the second lady."

"What?"

Xiao Shu widened her eyes.

Although she was young, she knew the importance of the right to give money. Only when her mother held the gifts, she could treat the concubines and daughters occasionally for personal gain, and she could also make profits from it. If the gifts were taken away by the second wife, wouldn’t their third wife have to rely on the widow’s breath in the future? Wouldn’t that Ji Wan be even more proud?

"Mom, you can't give them the right to give the gift."

Xiao Shu was anxious, "My second aunt is Xuxian, and her child is not surnamed Xiao. If she gets the right to give up, she will definitely be partial to her own children. The elder brother and sister are protected by her grandmother. Dad was not born by her grandmother, so she will definitely not help us. Today, the elder brother and the others are all helping those concubines, and they are afraid that those concubines will step on my head in the future..."

Xiao Shu couldn't stand it when she thought of the illegitimate sisters who had been sarcastic and suppressed by her in secret before, and would ridicule her in turn.

How could the third lady feel good?

The original wife, Wei, whom Xiao Shi married before, was not in good health, especially after giving birth to Xiao Wen, she never left the medicine every day. Since then, she has been helping with Zhongfu. Once Wei died, she successfully took over Zhongfu. She was worried that after Xiao Shi renewed her marriage, her power of Zhongfu would be taken away. So she took the opportunity to consolidate power, and even if the new wife wanted to seize the power, she could not take away the hearts of the people.

However, after Wei's death, Xiao Shi did not marry again. She was the only one in Xiao's mansion and gradually felt relieved. But at this moment, a widow took advantage of the loophole.

How could she not hate her?

Even if Zhou was asked to give it to her in her palm, she was not willing to accept it.

Madam Jin knew her thoughts and whispered: "Madam, the old lady has already spoken. I will be sent to get the account book and the warehouse key later. If you don't follow, you will be disrespectful. Let the master know that it will hurt the relationship between the couple. Although the old lady is not the master's biological mother, she is the legitimate mother. She raised the master since she was a child. The master has always been filial and respected his brother. There is also the empress in the palace... her arm can't resist her thighs, so she can only take a step back for the current plan. Anyway, all the time you give in to your hands over the years, the people below have listened to your order. The second lady is a widow and is already rude. The old slave sees that she is also a weak person, and she has been in a remote village for many years. I am afraid that the small family is very angry and will make jokes in the future. Just wait. When she makes a mistake, she will not need to take action. The old lady will be fair."

The third lady then calmed down.

"Don't I know what you said? Why can she be a wife of a noble family if she is a widow? It's just that she relied on her charming face. Haven't you heard the rumors outside? My second brother had an engagement with her before, and she was shameless and seduced her sister's fiancé..."

"Madam, don't say these words."

Madam Jin hurriedly interrupted her, "Be careful that disaster comes from the mouth."

After all, the third wife was also from an official family, and she still had some knowledge. She stopped talking when she heard this, but her eyes still said unwillingness and anger.

She was sure that Zhou was able to enter Xiao’s family by seducing her beauty. Sometimes one person’s prejudice against another person does not require any reason.

"lady."

Seeing her expression slowed down, Madam Jin continued, "She is a bride. If you cause trouble for her at this time, you will have a reputation of being narrow and disrespectful, which will make the old lady dislike it. I see, you don't need to do it yourself. Think about it, the uncle lost his wife for so many years but has not married her, but now he has welcomed a widow. The second wife's family in front can bear this tone? Wei is dead, but she still has two children. The stepmothers in the world are the same. Who can really treat the child born by the original wife? Take a step back and say that even if Zhou can handle the same amount of water, do you think the Wei family will believe it?"

The third lady's eyes lit up.

"Yes, the Wei family is also a famous family. Even if it is worse than the Zhou family, it is still ranked among the Beijing family."

She slowly smiled and looked contemptuous, "It wasn't long before Zhou returned to Beijing, and she couldn't wait to remarry. I don't think the Zhou family took her too seriously. It was just my second uncle who was obsessed with her and insisted on marrying her. She was greedy for the wealth of the royal family and took the Ji family's children to remarry. What kind of thing can such a woman be? I don't believe she can treat Brother Rui well. When the Wei family comes to her, she is a re-stringed bride and has no blood in the Xiao family. Even if the second brother wants to protect her, the old lady will not agree."

"That's exactly what it means."

Seeing that she finally reacted, Madam Jin smiled, "So you now take the initiative to hand in the middle gifts and gain a reputation for being generous and generous in front of the old lady. When the master knows, he will praise you for being sensible and avoid those little hoofs making trouble behind their backs. You said no, right?"

"No matter how good I do, I am not her own daughter-in-law in front of the old lady. How good can I expect her to be to me?"

The third lady looked sarcastic, "But those little hooves really can't make them too proud, especially that bitch Zhong. Relying on her pregnancy as a master, she started to take Qiao with me. Humph, sooner or later, I have to deal with her."

Madam Jin didn't answer.

In fact, the old lady is not a mean stepmother. On the contrary, she should be considered a kind old lady. She has never let her two daughters-in-law make rules. Wei is gentle and filial, and she has never left the province every day, morning and evening. The third lady is competitive and does not want to fall into the disadvantage of Wei, so she takes the initiative to join in the fun. After Wei's death, the third lady consciously has eliminated the threat and has lost her open respect to the old lady.

It took so long for a smooth life to go, so a Zhou family suddenly came, and she was furious.

The third lady had vented enough and then said, "I'll send someone from Rong'antang later. Give them the account book and keys. Also, clean up the place."

"yes."

Madam Jin responded, looked at Xiao Shu standing beside her, and couldn't help but remind him: "Miss Three, don't have any conflicts with Miss Wan in the future. Although she is not from the blood of the Xiao family, the old lady recognizes their siblings as granddaughters, and she is the eldest in the mansion. If you contradict her, the old lady and the master will be unhappy. Besides, she is also the county lord personally appointed by the emperor. In terms of identity, she is more valuable than all the girls of the Xiao family."

"What is she? But the village girl who comes from a remote countryside dares to talk about her level with me?"

Miss Xiao Shu’s temper immediately came up, “Let me respect her as the elder sister and dream!”

The third girl was spoiled by her wife, and she would probably suffer a loss in the future.

Madam Jin wanted to persuade her again, but when she touched her wife's gaze, she stopped and retreated.

"Shu'er."

The third lady looked down at her daughter, "Madam Jin is right. Ji Wan is the county lord personally appointed by the emperor. Don't fight with her head in the future. Judging from her appearance, she is probably like her mother. She is a fox-like thing. Maybe she will be restless in the north and seduce the Prince of Anguo. Otherwise, with the lintel of the Duke of Anguo's mansion, you can look down on her poor and dilapidated daughter? Such people are all bad things and you can't fight. Look at her younger brother, you will go to please your elder brother as soon as you enter the door. This is not taught by her fox-like mother. I know that the Xiao family will still be handed over to your elder brother in the future. If you don't pass the door, you will instruct your son to curry favor with him. Bah, something shameless. If they bully you in the future, don't fight with her head. Come back and tell your mother that I will always have a way to deal with them."

"Um."

Xiao Shu felt relieved after getting her mother's promise.

"It was her instigation today that I taught me a lesson." Thinking of what happened in Changxinju today, she pouted, "As soon as her mother entered the door, she came to rob you of the right to give in. She was clever and flirted with her elder brother and sister, and they all went against me. And her younger brother, when she saw something delicious, her eyes shone, and looked like a poor person who had never seen the world. The sister and brother were not good things. I really don't know why the second uncle wanted to marry such a widow and brought her children into the mansion. It was simply to attract a wolf into the house."

The third lady agreed deeply.

To be precise, it should be that it was the introduction of foxes into the house, and there were more than one vixen. It was a bunch of them!

**

Nearly noon, Zhou came to Changxinju and asked Ji Wan and Xiao Rui to go to Queqi Pavilion for lunch. On the first day of the wedding, it was supposed to go to dinner with his parents. Xiao Zhen and his wife were all called away by their concubines. Xiao Rui and his sister followed Ji Wan and his sister to Queqi Pavilion.

I happened to meet Xiao Shi who came at the door.

Xiao Shi's eyes flashed over the faces of several children, and there was no dispute, and a little smile appeared in his eyes.

"Let's go, don't let your mother wait in a hurry."

This was the first reunion dinner for the family. There were seven people on the table, with more than 30 dishes. In the past, Ji Heng sat next to his mother and sister, but today he sat down next to Xiao Rui.

Zhou was worried that Xiao Rui would not like his younger son, so he was about to call him over, but he saw that Xiao Rui had naturally brought the bowl in front of his younger son and served him soup.

Fish head soup.

This was my favorite drink from my youngest son in the past.

She made the cook specifically today.

In just two days, Xiao Rui had already understood his younger son's preferences so much, but he was a careful child.

When Zhou looked at Xiao Rui's gaze, he couldn't help but look more grateful.

Before she got married, what she was most worried about was that Xiao Shi's two children would not like her children. Now it seems that she was too worried.

"Thank you, brother."

It can be seen that Ji Heng really likes Xiao Rui, the step-brother. The elder brother screamed casually and intimately. Unknowingly, he thought the two were brothers of the same family.

Xiao Rui also took good care of Ji Heng and kept picking up food for Ji Heng while eating.

Zhou was so considerate and thoughtful, and was even more moved by seeing it.

While Xiao Shi was relieved, he also found that Ji Wan was also picking up food for her eldest daughter. The two sisters were smiling and harmonious.

He and Zhou looked at each other and saw the same relief and joy in each other's eyes.

He was ashamed of his two children, for fear that they would become dissatisfied with Zhou and his children. Now it seems that these children are very sensible and get along well.

After dinner, Ji Heng followed Xiao Rui to Yi Nanxuan again and asked his elder brother to teach him martial arts. Seeing that he was so cute with his teeth and claws, Xiao Rui couldn't help but smile and asked, "Aheng likes to learn martial arts?"

Ji Heng nodded.
To be continued...