Uncle Zhou used to work for the Jiang Family, but when the young Lord Huai moved out of the Jiang Family and lived on his own, the Queen was worried, so she transferred him to Lord Huai's Mansion.
It had been years since that happened.
He was experienced and old, and he had witnessed everything in the capital.
The King grounded Lord Huai because he wanted him to die alone in the mansion, with no future. Before something happened to Lord Huai's Mansion, no one visited Lord Huai, but now that Lord Huai was grounded, everyone was staying even farther away from it.
If Lady Chaoyan wanted to stay away from them, that was totally reasonable, but Lady Chaoyan came to them, so Uncle Zhou personally hoped that she would not be involved. She had had a bad time in her childhood, but she was the Phoenix Girl so she was on the rise. It was not good for her to be dragged down.