The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort

Chapter 98 Birthday Banquet (1)

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly: "My mother mentioned this kind of bracelet in the lonely book I found before."

Only then did Zhao Jin nodded: "I see, but this thing can only be regarded as a hidden weapon. I still prefer the sword."

Jiang Ruan stretched out her fingers to caress the smooth surface of the bracelet, her eyes suddenly darkened.In the last life, Jiang Quan once found a similar bracelet for Jiang Susu. At that time, Jiang Susu wore it day and night. Jiang Ruan was very envious, but in the end he didn't have the courage to tell Jiang Quan that he wanted one too.I can only pretend that the silver bracelet on my wrist also has such a mechanism, touch it occasionally, and lie to myself that it is the same.

Thinking about it now, it seems like an unreal dream.The blood moon bracelet in her hand looks better than Jiang Susu's, and it can hold more needles. The maid also explained that the needles inside will be pulled back through the tiny silkworm silk thread after being shot out, and they are highly poisonous. Beside, it is very suitable.However, Jiang Ruan shook his head and put the bracelet back.

"Miss, do you think it's not good?" The servant girl saw Jiang Ruan's face and liked the bracelet very much, but her actions now are surprising.

"I don't have that much money." Jiang Ruan said with a smile, and could only reluctantly give up.

"Me too." Zhao Jin reluctantly looked at the sword hanging on the wall: "I hope I can convince my father."

The two looked at each other and smiled, looked at the things in the building for a while, then went downstairs to find Lin Zixiang and the other two.

After they left, the maid who had been explaining to them went to the celadon lion head on the wall at the back of the room and pressed it, a small door opened, and there was an elegant room next to it.With such a close distance, the conversation in the hall is not difficult to hear clearly.

"Master," the servant girl said respectfully, "Miss Jiang's family is looking for this blood moon bracelet." After saying that, she presented the tray.

The man sitting in the private room gave a "hmm" and said without looking back, "Put it away."

"Yes." The servant girl backed away quietly again.

The man walked to the window, and the light rain made everything in Beijing hazy, but it couldn't block people's sight.A moment later, downstairs, Jiang Ruan and the others got into the carriage, and the carriage rolled on its wheels and drove away slowly.

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This day, I went out with Dong Yinger to choose a birthday gift, but at the end Jiang Ruan didn't buy anything. Dong Yinger asked curiously: "You just go back empty-handed like this?"

"I don't have money." Jiang Ruan smiled softly.

I don't want Ms. Hou Men's life to be so sad, Dong Ying'er and the three of them all sympathized with her, wanted to help her with some money, but were afraid of hurting Jiang Ruan's self-esteem, so they had to comfort her with a few words.But looking at Jiang Ruan's appearance, thinking of her life experience when her mother passed away and her father was neglected since she was a child, the sympathy for her deepened in her heart.

Jiang Ruan didn't care about the way the other three looked at her, and went back home with Luzhu calmly.On the way back home, Luzhu asked, "Girl, are you really not buying anything?"

"Where is the money?" Jiang Ruan still said the same sentence: "Now that I have no money, buying some cheap items will make people laugh."

"Girl shouldn't have bought so much old grain, at least half of it should be kept." Luzhu curled her lips, opened the curtain of the carriage and looked out, and said, "It's strange to say that the rain hasn't stopped for a long time, but it's raining. It has been raining for more than ten days." She thought for a while, and said: "This slave girl thought, if only the rain would not stop, it would be great if the young lady bought the old grain and sold it, and she would definitely make a lot of money. But in this way If so, there will be many more refugees in Beijing." Luzhu frowned: "It's really embarrassing."

Jiang Ruan laughed in her heart, she didn't plan to sell those old grains at all, and Lu Zhu's desire to earn money was probably going to fail.But Jiang Ruan doesn't plan to tell Luzhu these things for the time being.She said: "It's not like I don't have gifts for the old lady's birthday banquet, and Huijue is the best gift."

Luzhu rolled her eyes and smiled: "Young lady is right, this gift is bigger than anything else, I can't wait for that day to come."

When the two returned to the mansion, the servants in the mansion saw that Jiang Ruan came back empty-handed, so the talkative went to Yan Huayuan to report the matter.Jiang Susu was talking to Xia Yan, when he heard about this, he said: "He is just a poor man, he must have no money to buy things."

Xia Yan nodded her forehead: "No matter what, you have to finish writing one hundred birthday characters carefully. This time you have won your grandmother's favor, and your father will feel more at ease."

"I know." Jiang Susu was a little impatient: "I just don't know what Jiang Ruan will send, if you don't prepare anything, there will be a good show."

Xia Yan smiled: "No matter what gifts she prepares, no matter how hard she tries, it is impossible to win the old lady's favor."

"Why?" Jiang Susu asked.

"Who would like a lone star?" Xia Yan's eyes flashed a hint of ruthlessness.Besides, Mrs. Jiang has always believed in ghosts and gods, and she pays a large sum of incense money every year. Such a person is extremely taboo about ghosts and gods.Especially in recent times, there have been frequent accidents in the Jiang family. Even if Jiang Quan is not the biological son of Mrs. Jiang, he has been sincere for his mother and son for so many years. sit idly by.Jiang Ruan must be doomed this time.

Looking at Xia Yan's expression, Jiang Susu guessed something in her heart, and asked tentatively, "Mother already has a solution?"

Xia Yan hugged her affectionately and stroked her head: "You just need to know that everything mother does is for you and Chao'er, just don't let mother down."

Jiang Susu nestled in Xia Yan's arms, her beautiful eyes widened, and the hatred in them made people shudder.She said: "I know, mother, the day of grandma's birthday party, I really can't wait for it to come."

Ten days passed quickly. During this period of time, Jiang's Mansion lived extremely peacefully, as if all the bad luck from the previous incidents had been exhausted, and gradually stabilized after the turmoil.

The only bad thing is that the frequent incidents in Jiang's house in the past few days made the house's silver expenditure huge, and now it is difficult to spend. Xia Yan, the housekeeper's wife Jiang, proposed to save money and cut the monthly silver of several young ladies by more than half.The money of the subordinates is indispensable, and troubles arise in the provincial government, so they can only be cut severely from the masters.

Jiang Susu and Jiang Li naturally don't care about a few months of money, and there are occasional subsidies from Jiang Quan on weekdays.Jiang Dan and Jiang Ruan didn't have any relatives to send gifts to subsidize their families, and the maids and mother-in-law in their own yard also gave rewards on weekdays, so it was extremely difficult for a while.

The rain kept falling, Ruan Ju's house was temporarily vacated, and the roof was in disrepair for a long time, and the rain began to leak.The rainwater dripped into the house along the hole in the roof. The house was so humid. Dew found an iron bucket from the outside and put it in the hole. Although it would not drip for a while, it was everywhere. The cold wind blowing from the hole It is enough to make several people feel cold.

Zisu came in and said indignantly: "My servant went to Mrs. Song earlier and asked her how many people she could find to repair the roof for the girl, but the woman said that the house was busy with the old lady's birthday banquet recently, and it was actually I can't find time. Today is the birthday banquet, and I think it's almost ready, but the woman still refuses." Even though Zisu has always been good-tempered, when he mentioned this matter, he couldn't help showing a trace of anger.

(End of this chapter)