The old lady sat gracefully on the central rosewood chair, wearing a simple velvet embroidered jacket and a skirt of fine patterned silk on the lower half, draped with a brocaded fur-trimmed cloak, indicating her aversion to cold.
Su Jingchen, under the introduction of Cui Huaixin, paid respects to that old lady.
Cui Huaixin instructed him to address that old lady as Madame Kou.
Combined with the golden plaque outside that read "Loyal and Righteous Marquis Mansion," Su Jingchen knew this Madame Kou should be the mother of Loyal Marquis Kou Maonian.
Why call her the mother of the Loyal Marquis?
Firstly, if she were the wife of Loyal Marquis, Cui Huaixin would have addressed her as the Marquis's wife, not Madame Kou.
Secondly, the wife of Loyal Marquis would not be so old.
