The Marquis looked approvingly at his sixth brother, cleared his throat, and hadn't even started speaking when Gu Baoshu began to shout, "What's the matter with the Xu family? I really feel sorry for Sixth Sister-in-law. She's doing this for her family, yet they're treating her this way. I'm afraid even in the afterlife she won't be at peace."
The Old Madam Gu quickly rebuked her, "Keep your voice down, and stop talking nonsense. What would happen if Brother Kang and the others heard you?"
The children are already pitiful enough having lost their mother at a young age; they shouldn't also have to hear about the cold and calculating nature of their maternal relatives, which is simply cruel.
Gu Baoshu looked on with disapproval.
