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Thinking of her future husband, a smug look flashed across Yin Yuzhu's face, and she feigned a shy rebuke.

"Mother, why bring him up? Can that vixen's husband compare to mine? She's not worthy!"

She sneered inwardly.

Yin Liuli, from now on I will be the glamorous young mistress of the Duke's mansion, my status rising with my husband's influence.

Don't blame me when you're bullied and humiliated by that spoiled brat of yours!

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Phoenix perches on the parasol tree, and Granny Jin instructs two maids to set out dinner.

A plate of steamed mandarin fish, a plate of boiled mutton, a plate of roasted pork, two kinds of seasonal vegetables, and a pot of chicken soup.

The main course was fragrant rice, accompanied by sweet snow porridge, spiced rice cake, and several other pastries such as rich and noble pastry.

Looking at the table full of delicious food, Madam Zhen was slightly stunned.

This was the usual dinner for the masters of the Yin Marquis's mansion; she hadn't eaten anything like this for over ten years.

For more than ten years after moving to the dilapidated courtyard, Wang Shi, under the pretext of eating a light diet for health, often reduced her meals to a bowl of rice and a vegetable dish, and didn't even bother to give her low-quality meat like pork.

Sometimes she would deliberately make the kitchen delay giving her food until Granny Jin came to ask for it, at which point they would give her something that had cooled down.

"Mother, time to eat."

Yin Liuli placed a bowl of hot soup in front of Zhen Shi, her beautiful face displaying the innocent charm unique to a young girl, and said in a coquettish tone.

"Which one would you like to eat, Mother? Liuli will serve it to you. You need to eat more to get better."

Her charming tone and expression left Granny Jin completely stunned.

She's only fifteen years old. When this young lady isn't being assertive, she's clearly just a little girl clinging to her mother and acting spoiled!

"Everything's good, everything Liuli put on Mother's plate is good!"

Madam Zhen snapped out of her daze and said with a face full of tenderness, "Don't worry about your mother, eat more yourself. Liuli, you've suffered a lot at Xuanqing Temple these past years, haven't you?"

As he spoke, he placed a large, tender piece of mandarin fish on her plate.

"Hmm... no! There are delicious things everywhere on our mountain. Master and my five senior brothers love me so much. They give me all kinds of delicious food!"

"Mom, this fish isn't as good as the one my eldest brother caught from the river!"

Yin Liuli took a bite of the mandarin fish and couldn't help but purse her lips in disgust, "It's quite plump, but it's too bland!"

"Mom, my eldest brother likes fishing, my second brother likes cooking, and my third brother is good at herbal medicine... When my eldest brother comes back from fishing, my second brother uses the herbs my third brother picked to cook the fish, and it's so delicious!"

Madam Zhen smiled without thinking, "Then you have two senior brothers, what do they like to do?"

A smug glint flashed in Yin Liuli's bright eyes as she said triumphantly,

"My fourth and fifth senior brothers, like me, enjoy waiting to eat!"

"Pfft..."

Granny Jin couldn't help but laugh along with Madam Zhen.

After many years, this was the first time the mother and daughter had eaten together, and the atmosphere was incredibly warm.

Yin Liuli chattered on and on, telling her mother about the embarrassing things her senior brothers had done, and how stern her master usually was, but who was actually a cute little old man in private. She made Zhen Shi's eyebrows relax more than ever before.

Laughter continued from inside the house, when suddenly footsteps sounded outside the door.

The maid rushed in and said, "Madam, Miss, the master has arrived."

The lively atmosphere came to an abrupt end.

The smile on Madam Zhen's face slowly faded, and her eyes became much colder. When she saw Yin Jingtang enter, she stood up and said, "The Marquis has arrived."

Yin Liuli continued eating with her bowl in hand, not even glancing at him.

"Has Madam had dinner?"

Yin Jingtang cleared his throat to cover his embarrassment and said with a forced smile, "Liuli, did you enjoy today's meal? If there's anything you'd like to eat, just tell your father, and he'll have someone..."

Yin Liuli was merely being polite to him, raising an eyebrow as she spoke.

"Yes, we'll hire two cooks for Fengqiwu tomorrow to prepare my mother's three meals a day."

Yin Jingtang's lips twitched. "Yes, yes, that's what I was just thinking... Your mother's health has always been poor, so she should have a small kitchen specifically for cooking."

Thanks.

Yin Liuli raised an eyebrow. "Does Your Excellency have anything else to discuss? I'm having dinner with my mother. If not, please leave."

Yin Jingtang looked embarrassed.

"No, it's nothing. I just came to see you... I just came back from buying your dowry and haven't eaten yet."

After saying that, he waited for Madam Zhen to invite him to stay for dinner.

Madam Zhen stood quietly by the table with her eyes lowered, without uttering a sound.

Yin Jingtang, shameless as ever, spoke politely.

"Madam, I've been busy all morning..."

Zhen's tone was unusually calm, "You've worked hard, Marquis. Please go back to your room and rest early."

He had already humbled himself enough, and that usually submissive woman still wanted to drive him away!

Yin Jingtang frowned, instinctively wanting to get angry.

But when Yin Liuli's two icy gazes fixed on his face, his anger instantly vanished, and he could only manage an awkward smile.

"I am a bit tired, so I'll head back now. I won't disturb you and your daughter's private conversation..."

As he spoke, he glanced at Madam Zhen, and in that glance, a long-lost flutter of emotion involuntarily flashed through his heart.

Ms. Zhen looked as if she had just taken a bath, her body still carrying the faint fragrance of rose bath powder. She was dressed in a simple, everyday dress, the light blue color of which was particularly refreshing and pleasing to the eye.

Zhen used a silver hairpin to tie her long hair up behind her head, with strands of black hair hanging down her temples. Her previously pale cheeks were now glowing with a rosy luster, and her gentle eyes were shining.

She was slender and graceful, with beautiful and gentle features, and her lips were so beautiful they made one's heart flutter.

She exudes an indescribable charm of a beautiful woman, even more captivating than her youthful innocence.

Compared to how sickly she's been all these years, she looks like a completely different person!

Yin Jingtang's throat bobbed involuntarily, and a faint heat rose in his lower abdomen.

He couldn't resist moving closer to her, grinning ingratiatingly, and said...

"It's getting late, why don't I eat something here before heading back?"

Madam Zhen frowned, "..."

She finally gets to have a meal with her daughter, how could she let him join her!

"Something terrible has happened! Something terrible has happened!"

Before she could speak, panicked cries came from the courtyard, "Master, something terrible has happened!"

"You insolent brat! Shouting and yelling in the Madam's courtyard, have you no manners at all?!"

Yin Jingtang angrily shouted outside, "What is it?"

The steward from the Wang family's courtyard came in, looking flustered, and said...

"Sir, our lady... our lady has been in trouble!"

"I'm so terrified, I'm going crazy and making a scene in the house!"

Yin Jingtan's heart skipped a beat. "What happened? Who...who startled her?"

The butler looked terrified.

"The lady said she was tired and went to bed early, but somehow she ended up in the outhouse while she was sleeping!"

When she woke up, she was covered in smears... The lady kept saying she saw some little ghosts, and they carried her to the outhouse. Now she's so scared she's almost gone crazy! Master, you must go and see!"

"What? You fell... fell into the latrine?"

Yin Jingtang was shocked. "She was sleeping soundly, how could she have fallen into the latrine!"