"Aunt, may I hold him?" Chen Bi referred to the matriarch the same way her mother did.
The matriarch stared at Chen Bi. She quite liked this distant niece of hers a lot and that was why she had been trying her best to get Cao Long to be interested.
All of her efforts had shown no results all this time and she was beginning to become alarmed. What kind of noble household did not have a madam in charge? Although she was a madam herself, she was old and the current head of house was her son.
So, by right, her son's wife should be in charge of managing the household. There were also certain gatherings and tea parties that needed to be attended by the noble ladies of each household.
This was done in order to socialize and foster good relations amongst powerful families. Although, the women of the inner court were forbidden from interfering in politics, these noble ladies were very capable of drawing in the wives of potential allies.
