Xiqiu then stood up and said, "Then I'll head back first; I heard Nurse Zhang is coming over."
The Grand Dowager nodded, and Xiqiu withdrew. At the courtyard gate, she encountered the master and madam of the Pang Family. Master Pang was short and plump with very fair skin, resembling a Maitreya Buddha, dressed in a newly donned crimson-edged robe. Seeing Xiqiu, he smiled and nodded at her, his smile faint. Xiqiu also half-curtsied in return.
She thought that Master Pang probably wasn't as easygoing as he appeared.
Old Madam Pang was different, a woman with slightly dark skin, around forty-five, yet appeared very kind. She approached Xiqiu with warmth, took her hand warmly, and said with a laugh, "This must be Fourth Sister-in-law. I've long heard that the Fourth Madam of the Marquis Mansion is famed for her beauty, one of the rare beauties in the Capital. Now that I've seen you, you are even more beautiful than the rumors say."
