Twenty-Three Beauties Trick?

  A youth of seventeen or eighteen, with a face like jade, lips like rouge, wearing a dark green silk cloak with a crane pattern, and bright phoenix eyes with a hint of a smile, came floating over from the other side of the corridor.

  Under the winter sun's reflection, the young man seemed to have gathered light and shone dazzlingly, drawing everyone's gaze in an instant.

  It was precisely Chiang's only son, Chiang Yu-hsing!

  "The bigger you get, the more unruly you become, not staying outside with your father to entertain guests, but instead running into the inner courtyard."

  Seeing the newcomer, Yan's family immediately spoke out to blame, but in the phoenix eyes that were exactly the same as the young man, there was not a hint of seriousness, but instead full of tenderness.

  "Sister-in-law, what are you doing? There's no outsider here!" Jiang saw the young man and was already beaming with joy. She turned her head to scold Yan Shi for a moment, then immediately beckoned to the young man, "Xing Ge... Yu Xing, when did you come back? Come quickly, let your aunt take a look..."

  "Yesterday, I was going to send someone to inform you of your aunt's passing, but then I thought you'd be coming today anyway, so let's just talk about it after we meet." Madam Yan said, not waiting for the young man to speak.

  "Aunt!" The young man came over and paid his respects to Madame Chiang.

  "Thinner, ah, pitiful!" Jiang's family warmly pulled the young man's hand, and his eyes were hidden with tears.

  "How could I not worry, from the snow-capped mountain where he slid down on a sled, and then rushed back for over 20 days in a row. It's all my fault, taking some trivial matters to bother him, putting the child's life at risk to rush back. Now my heart is still uneasy, if something happens, I'll regret it to death..."

  Yan said again, but while speaking, tears fell down uncontrollably.

  Looking at Yan Shi like this, Jiang Yuxing didn't say anything, he just raised an eyebrow with a hint of helplessness.

  "All right, all right, Mother. Big Brother is safe and sound, so please don't say such things!" Meanwhile, Yingniang, who was standing on the side, first gave a stern glance to the maidservants with flickering eyes, then came over to comfort Mrs. Yan.

  Yan also suddenly realized her mistake and quickly turned her head away, pulling out a handkerchief to wipe away her tears.

  Jiang praised and took a look at Yingniang, then ordered Jiuniang and Shiniang as well as Jiang Yuxing to pay their respects.

  The tenth sister is naturally familiar with Jiang Yuxing, and after a warm greeting, she also asks Jiang Yuxing for gifts.

  However, Jiu Jie'er became more restrained, firstly because she had been in this different world for several years and had seen very few outsiders; secondly, she always felt that Jiang Yuxing's gaze seemed to hold some deep meaning.

  Is it because of those advanced skills? Hmm, it's possible!

  "Look at me, just talking nonsense and letting my sister and two nieces freeze here, I should be beaten." At this time, Yan Shi had already recovered as usual and walked over with a smile.

  "Aunt, ninth sister-in-law, tenth sister-in-law, please come in!" Yingniang immediately responded and led the few people to the hall.

  "Auntie, Yu Xing will come visit you again in two days!"

  In the hall, I could hear the sound of gentle laughter coming from afar, and it seemed that many female guests had already gathered. Jiang Yu Xing naturally didn't dare to follow any further, so he bowed his head to bid farewell to Madam Jiang.

  "Go ahead!" Mr. Jiang smiled and nodded in agreement.

  Several people walked into the hall, and when they reached the entrance, Jiu Si'er inadvertently turned her head and immediately caught a fiery gaze cast on her.

  Her heart skipped a beat!

  That... of course it's not because of anything else, but I'm shocked by the audacity of this merchant's son, peeking at the ladies. If Old Lady finds out, it'll be a disaster.

  Hurriedly turning around and entering the house, but suddenly hearing Yan Shi's laughter by her ear, "Jiu Jie, be careful, there's a threshold!"

  She heard the sound and raised her head, but met Yan Shi's pair of Danfeng eyes with a knowing smile.

  Uh...

  She was taken aback, it couldn't be...

  Merchants' families were wealthy, but they had a low social status. So in the Zhou Dynasty, it was most popular for merchants' sons to marry high-ranking officials' daughters, or for merchants' daughters to be married off to high-ranking officials' sons, or for merchants' daughters to become concubines of high-ranking officials' sons.

  One of the marital paths laid out before her in the future is marrying the eldest son of a merchant family.

  If she really embarked on such a marital path, it would be considered fortunate for her, a humble-born concubine, to become the mistress of a wealthy family, with no worries about food and clothing.

  Na Wen's elder sister didn't marry a declining aristocratic family's illegitimate son and experience the bitterness of life?

  It's just a pity that this mother and son of the Shen family have ulterior motives and are plotting against her.

  What's this supposed to be? Can it be called a handsome guy plan?

  The ninth sister couldn't help but sneer coldly in her heart.

  There were many women in the hall, who were having tea and chatting. Seeing Yan Shiying leading Jiang's group into the room, they immediately stopped and stared at several people.

  At this time, Yan Shi fully exerted her advantage of having long sleeves and good dancing skills to introduce everyone, until the room was filled with harmonious and happy laughter. Then she took Jiang Shi and several others to meet Old Lady Jiang along with Ying Niang.

  Mrs. Chiang is a very kind and gentle old lady, although she is already in her sixties, but still looks fair and elegant, it can be seen that she was a beauty when she was young.

  In fact, whether it's Jiangshi, Shijie, Yingniang or Jiang Yuxing, they all inherited their looks from Old Lady Jiang.

  Moreover, what made Jiujiu happy was that Old Lady Jiang gave her and Shijie a gold ingot each as a meeting gift, which was worth at least five or six taels.

  This is much better than Yan's bangle!

  "Old lady, madam, Mrs. Yang San has arrived!"

  Just as a few people were chatting and sitting down to talk, a well-dressed woman suddenly rushed in, bowed her head and greeted them.

  For some reason, Jiu couldn't quite put her finger on it, but after the few words from her mother-in-law, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became strange.

  The English girl suddenly lowered her head and blushed, looking embarrassed; while Mrs. Yan immediately stood up, smiled, and seemed to be a bit excited; Old Lady Jiang lowered her eyes, bowed her head, picked up the blue-and-white porcelain tea cup with a slow and deliberate movement, and slowly sipped her tea.

  Jiang, however, first glanced at Yingniang, then looked around at the crowd, before picking up a date from the kang table and slowly chewing on it, using this to cover up the mocking cold smile on his lips.

  Is anything wrong?

  What's the story with this Mrs. Yang San?

  Her face remained calm and expressionless, but in her heart, she couldn't help but secretly ponder.

  "Eldest sister, who is this Mrs. Yang San?" Of course, at this moment there was another person in the house who was just as confused, and that was Tenth Sister.

  "Hey, not an outsider, but a niece from my mother's side of the family. When we were young girls, we got along well because of our similar personalities and had a close relationship. Later on, she married the third master of the Wei Yuan Wang Fu as his wife, and we still keep in touch." Yan Shi quickly explained with a smile to the tenth sister.

  "Weiyuan Wangfu Yang family? The Empress's own family..." Tenth Sister blurted out, but before the words had even fallen, she was met with a stern glare from Madame Jiang, and immediately shut her mouth.

  Yan also took a look at Shi'er, smiled again, then pulled one of Yingniang's hands and said to Jiang Old Lady, "Mother, I'm going with Yingniang to welcome Xiu'gu."

  "Go on then, and bring a few more people with you, don't be rude!" Old Lady Jiang said quickly, her face still expressionless.

  Yan took Yingniang away, and the house fell silent.

  Before long, Yan Shi and Ying Niang led in a young woman and a girl of about ten years old...

  ……

  Digression

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