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The First Madam had always been kind to this woman, but now, his face revealed a bit of anger, "You have to remember, even if you talk about one Brother Yao, you must never forget that it is Sister Shu's cousin, not your cousin. Your cousin is always in Nanjing, and they all study so much poetry and books. What's more, although the Sister Shu and Lian Yao are cousins, we should still avoid them a little. But you, on the other hand, have completely forgotten about your manners and shame, and still want to go to the fifth house to drink. Do you have any rules? "

Lin Hui immediately tried to defend herself, "I just drank two cups of plum wine …"

First Madam did not listen to her explanation, and raised her voice, planning her words, "I see that you don't want to interact with Sister Shu anymore. Not to mention Sister Shu, even your Fifth Aunt is confused. I think those who come from businesses have no rules! "

Lin Hui had already treated Lin Shu as a good sister, but now, she straightened her neck and asked: "What's wrong with Sister Shu? How could the people from the merchant be not good? "At first, you had always looked down on Fifth Aunt and always said that Fifth Aunt's status was not on the table, but I felt that Fifth Aunt was very good. On the other hand, Jinling's aunts all had a hidden meaning in their words, and they were even more so unable to compare to Fifth Aunt …"

First Madam slapped her hands on the table, frightened Lin Hui so much that she swallowed the last half of her words.

First Madam was so angry that she didn't say anything for a long time, "You …. How old are you, and how hard are your wings? Your aunt is from a famous clan, how could she not be from Madam Lian? "

Ever since she was young, she had read a lot of poetry and thought that it was already against the rules for a woman to speak out loud. Now, she was angry.

Lin Hui snorted coldly, raised her leg and ran out.

Her thoughts were naturally unknown. If her Lian Family was low, then what would Yao and Lin Shu become?

On the second day, Lin Shu specially went to see her. Her eyes were as swollen as a walnut, and thinking of what Aroma had said to her, she could only let out a long sigh.

In the following days, she very rarely came to see Lin Hui. Since she truly treated Lin Hui as a good sister, why would she make First Madam and Lin Hui unhappy because of such a small matter?

The weather gradually turned cold, as if the winter was exceptionally cold.

Lin Pei still did not come back home, but Madam Lian and Lin Shu were not in a rush at all. The ones who should be worried at this moment were Lin Pei and Princess Changze.

Even when Lin Shu was at the Duke Xinzhong’s Mansion, she had interacted with Zhang Yuanqing a few times and heard quite a few secrets about him in the palace. They said that the empress dowager was currently busy telling the Princess Changze about him, that his identity and appearance back then wasn't bad at all.

However, it was not like that now. At this age, there were very few people who had yet to get married, and the men of Honorable House already had several children.

Esteemed Empress Dowager could only set her gaze on a widower like the Duke Chengan. Unfortunately, her dead wife didn't have many noble families to begin with, so she was either ugly or had a bunch of sons and daughters. Not to mention the Princess Changze, even the empress dowager looked down on her.

But so what if he looked down on it? The empress dowager was a woman, and any woman in the palace knew better than anyone how difficult it was for women to be women. Even if they weren't men, they could still stand at the top at the most crucial moments, or else the Princess Changze would only grow older by the year. If things dragged on like this, the people they could choose would only get worse and worse.

Thus, the empress dowager had even sent out word that the Princess Changze had to get married in the new year. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to care about whether the Princess Changze liked it or not, and would be able to propose a marriage for the Princess Changze himself.

The empress had never liked the Princess Changze. She only felt that she was a princess and wanted to act like one, so she took this opportunity to find two candidates for the empress dowager. Only the empress would know whether this person was a good or a bad person.

As Lin Shu held onto Zhang Yuanqing's letter, the corner of her mouth held a cold smile. Grand Madam naturally knew about these things, but he would not say a single extra word to her.

Zhang Yuanqing's grandfather was a Elder Zhang, and normally, Zhang Yuanqing would follow Zhang Eldest Wife to and from the various great families, so it was easy for them to obtain this information.

The ladies in the capital relied on gossip to pass the time. After a banquet, they would most likely be able to tell the truth.

And since Princess Changze was a person with the most respected status, everyone was even more curious about her marriage.

Lin Shu vaguely remembered that there was such a thing in her previous life. At that time, she was still thinking about who the Princess Changze, such a respected person, would marry to …

In this life, Lin Shu actually couldn't wait for the Princess Changze to settle the matter of the marriage.

During this period of time, the Grand Madam had already sent people to stand guard at the second gate. As long as Lin Pei returned, she would send someone to invite him over.

It was just that Lin Pei had an extremely good idea. No matter how the Grand Madam talked, he did not loosen his mouth, and only said that this matter did not require the Grand Madam to worry about. In the end, he did not even return to the Duke Xinzhong’s Mansion.

But no matter how angry he was, Grand Madam could not send people to look for Lin Pei in the capital city. What she valued the most was Duke Xinzhong’s Mansion's reputation.

As winter approached, snow began to fall one after another. The Grand Madam's bones were no longer as strong as they were in the past.

But because of this, the Grand Madam came up with a plan.

A few days later, Grand Madam became severely ill.

Regardless of whether it was windy, rain or snow, Lin Shu would greet the Grand Madam everyday. She could even be said to have watched as the Grand Madam's expression turned ashen.

The imperial physician at the head of the palace had come several times, but had never left without shaking his head.

Not only did First Madam and Second Madam go to the Green Pine Academy to serve them, even Madam Lian went to the Green Pine Academy everyday.

She served the Grand Madam all day long, and when the Grand Madam's medicine was ready, she took it herself. She even knew that the Grand Madam's heart was filled with Buddha Heart, but because she was unable to present the Buddha to him, she only invited the Buddha statue to stay in the inner chamber of the Grand Madam, and every day, she would pray in front of the Grand Madam, telling the Buddha that the disease of the Grand Madam was better.

But it seemed as though Lord Buddha hadn't been enlightened.

Gradually, Lin Shu understood the deep meaning behind Grand Madam's actions. While there was no one else in the room, she half sat in front of the bed and said softly, "… Grandmother, why are you doing this? "Even if you want to persuade your father, you shouldn't use such a method. Your body hasn't been able to compare to it in the past few years. If something really does happen to you, what should we do?"

The Grand Madam coughed lightly twice, shook his head, and said slowly: "Sister Shu, you are a good child, this matter is none of your business, if my wife really dies, then that is a good thing too, I want to see if your father will feel guilty, do you dare to say that you want to marry the Princess Changze and let him in … I have lived for most of my life, suffered from what I should have and enjoyed the blessings I should have. Even if I do die, it would be a good death for me.

Even if she did not have much relationship with the Grand Madam after he was born, Lin Shu still felt her nose sour when she heard this. "Grandmother, please do not say such unlucky things …"

Just as Grand Madam was about to speak, he started coughing violently.

Seeing that, Lin Lian who was lifting up the curtain and walking in could not help but frown: "Fourth Sister, what are you doing? "The imperial physician has already said that Grandmother needs to recuperate. No one is allowed to disturb her."

Her attitude was very disrespectful, but because she was also very filial, no one could say anything.

Lin Shu sniffed and said: "I was just accompanying Grandmother to chat, I did not anger Grandmother at all."

After saying that, she took the white porcelain bowl that Lin Lian was holding, and said softly: "Grandmother, Nanny Chen has simmered for four hours in order to boil this medicine, even if you don't think for yourself, you still have to think for Nanny Chen. Nanny Chen is older than you by a few years, it has been many years since you have done such rough work! In order to boil some medicine for you, it's so painful that you can't even straighten your back! "

Not to mention that when Nanny Chen saw that you were lying on the bed and unwilling to drink the medicine and looked at you in such a bad state, she wished that she could help you endure this pain. She was also afraid that something bad might happen to you so she came over to pay respects.

She knew that even though Actinin Qin was important to her, Nanny Chen was also important to Grand Madam. The relationship between the two elders for the past few decades was no longer as simple as that of master and servant.

Grand Madam could only let out a long sigh, his voice hoarse. "I'm not drinking, take it!"

Lin Shu had no other choice, she could only pass the medicine bowl to Actinin Qin, "Even if you don't want to drink the medicine, you should at least use some soup as nourishment!"

Grand Madam simply closed his eyes and did not speak any further.

Lin Shu had no other choice but to get up. Just as she walked to the outer room, Lin Shu followed behind her and said, "From now on, it's better for Fourth Sister to save less Green Pine Academy!"

The maids and wives were all around the room. Even though Lin Lian's voice was low, her words still reached everyone's ears. Everyone in the room was stunned, thinking that they had heard wrongly.

The Fourth Miss held the upper hand, how could the Fifth Miss dare to speak like that?

However, Lin Shu was not surprised at all. At this time in her previous life, Lin Lian was still like a weak little rabbit, but her true face had been revealed earlier.

However, she pretended as if she didn't understand, and asked with a smile: "What did fifth sister say just now? Why can't I understand it! "