Moonlight Exposes the Works of a Concubine's Daughter Marrying into Royalty The Concubine's Daughter Marries into Royalty The Royal Highness, Drunk on Osmanthus Wine

  "Miss, what does Old Lady Zhou mean by this?" Qing Xiang tidied up the clothes in the cabinet while looking at Jiu Si'er who was sitting by the window in a daze.

  "What's the point of getting new clothes for going out?" Jiuniang looked at her and then lowered her head to carefully flip through the agricultural book in her hand.

  Alas...

  It's still shattered.

  The reason for taking her out was simple: it was to make her appear frequently in the noblewomen's circle in Beijing, so that she would be taken seriously and then talk about marriage.

  What else can we do?

  The highest leader in the mansion opposed her plan to marry into a merchant family and become the mistress, so Jiang chose this way to tell her.

  In addition, Mother Zhou also brought over that ointment, which was a way of telling her that the Jiang family had suffered injustice in this matter.

  In this way, she will also be unable to resent Chiang's ambiguity, which led to her wasted emotions and thoughts.

  Looking out at the sunset outside the window, I suddenly thought of that dazzling young man who walked slowly in the warm winter sun.

  She and he were ultimately destined to be apart!

  Uh...

  She certainly wouldn't lose sleep over this, nor would she make a big deal out of it like some kind of lovesick tragedy. Firstly, it wasn't that serious, and secondly, she had never hoped to find that kind of heart-wrenching love in this male-dominated era.

  Can't control one's own fate, isn't this just a reflection of flowers in the mirror and moon on the water?

  She is not a little girl, very clear about her current situation, planning is one aspect, but will not be unrealistic.

  She is not Wu Jiang's daughter!

  Of course these are secondary, and now the most important thing is to go see those white wax trees as soon as possible. After this marriage fell through, this became the top priority again.

  She never thought she would be kicked out at that time!

  Although she has some savings now, being confined to a room and eating away her assets, with an uncertain future ahead, having control over survival capital is necessary...

  "Miss, Madam has asked me to bring you this..."

  Just then, Qing Tao returned with the watermelon for Aunt Xue, excitedly pushing open the door and waving the red cloth package in her hand at Jiu Si Er.

  The ninth sister was taken aback.

  Qing Tao smiled and opened the package, saying, "This was given by Auntie, she said it's been stored away for many years and she couldn't bear to use it!"

  But what she didn't expect was that Jiu's expression turned black as soon as he saw the high-quality red brocade, "Qing Tao, what did you and Aunt say?"

  Qing Tao was taken aback, and her gaze at Jiu Jie'er was involuntarily filled with astonishment.

  She was a bit puzzled, how she had gone to Xu Niang's place and the girl's face changed, could it be that she was annoyed at her for sitting there for too long...

  Looking at Qing Tao's bewildered expression, Jiu sister couldn't help but let out a soft sigh, then softened her tone, "There are many people in the mansion with loose tongues, and I am also someone without backing, so I hope you will be careful with your words!"

  Qing Tao nodded naturally and continuously.

  The ninth sister looked at the large red brocade on the table again and said, "This... take it back to Auntie, I don't need it yet."

  Qing Tao was taken aback again, and Qing Xing hurriedly gave her a signal with his eyes. Qing Tao finally vaguely understood something, and naturally didn't dare say more, hastily wrapping up the fabric and leaving in a hurry.

  "Miss, I'll go take a look——" Qing Xiang was worried and looked at Jiu Jie.

  The ninth sister nodded, then cast her gaze back at the bloody sunset outside, and a sense of despair and powerlessness suddenly arose...

  In the following days, every time Jiang went out, in addition to bringing his tenth sister, he would also bring her along.

  She just thinks this way, not only is it ineffective, but also counterproductive.

  Think about it, walking together with her own beautiful and unparalleled younger sister, she instantly becomes a small foil again.

  What future can there be in being a foil to bring out someone else's merits?

  Later she simply pretended to be ill, and initially Chiang's family would still send someone over to ask after her, but later they just left her alone.

  "Third Madame, this is not sincere at all. If it were sincere, you should have brought the young lady out alone..." After a few times, Qing Xiang began to feel indignant.

  "Don't talk nonsense!" She immediately interrupted her, then casually leaned on the couch and picked up a plate of almonds to crack, "Actually, isn't this pretty good?"

  "Miss..." Qing Xing urged, "You can't be careless, think about it, Fourth Master is going to take the imperial examination and won't consider marriage for now, so that leaves you. You're older than Tenth Miss, Third Madam will definitely arrange your marriage before Tenth Miss', who knows what kind of family they'll pick for you."

  The ninth sister was taken aback, it seemed that this was indeed the case, this girl had thought things through.

  But can't you just not think so much...

  "Besides... Miss, these past few days you haven't gone out, I heard Cuiqiao say that Third Madame seems to be getting along very well with Eldest Madame." Qing Xiang said at this time.

  Uh...

  Jiujier heard this and frowned instantly, the two people who had been as cold as ice to each other suddenly walked in together. This matter was indeed suspicious, what benefits could have brought these two people together?

  Could it be that her elder brother, Wen Jing Shui, had done well in the exams, and this lady was being overly flattering? But thinking again, she felt it wasn't right. What kind of background did the madam come from, would she even care about such a small achievement?

  What else could it be? Recently, the eldest lady's top priority should be arranging Sixth Sister's engagement, but what can Third Lady do to help with this matter...

  "Miss, Qing Zhi's mother is ill and has gone home. She left in a hurry just now, so I came to tell you." At this time, Qing Tao pushed the door and walked in.

  "Oh..." Ninth Sister responded lightly, then thought for a moment and looked at Qing An, "Let's wait for her to come back and give her a few more taels of silver!"

  "Yes!" Qing Xing nodded.

  Jiujie's eyes fell back onto the agricultural book in her hand, and she continued reading intently. In the quiet room, the conversation between the two little maidservants quietly entered her ears.

  "How did you get sick again? Didn't you just recover two days ago?"

  "Who knows? Maybe it's just repetitive?"

  Then returned to silence...

  "Miss, look, just now I met Aunt Zhang in the kitchen while waiting for dinner, and she brought another bottle of osmanthus wine for you."

  At dinner time, Qing Tao personally went to the kitchen to get food and came back with an excited look on his face. He said something while holding out a delicate crystal small bottle.

  "Oh..." Jiujier was taken aback.

  "I didn't expect that Aunt Zhang was also a trustworthy person. That day, Qing Ci accidentally broke the osmanthus wine and she said she would send another bottle to her daughter another day. I really didn't think it would be so soon." Qing Ci said with a smile on one side.

  A few days ago, news of Third Sister's pregnancy arrived, which delighted Big Madame.

  The madam had a hard time having children back then. Not to mention that she didn't get pregnant for several years after entering the house, but even when she gave birth to a daughter, the child died prematurely before reaching half a year old.

  In fact, this madam is much stronger than her sister, the Empress Dowager Cixi. The Empress Dowager Cixi only had one son, Zaifeng, in all those years, and this was also the main reason why Zaifeng was spoiled to be lawless since he was a child.

  Overjoyed, the lady immediately took out her private money to celebrate, not only improving that day's food and drink, but also buying this osmanthus wine, with each room and house having a share.

  Jiuer was also delighted, firstly for Sanjie and secondly for this osmanthus wine.

  In her previous life, her mother was from Xiqiao Mountain in Foshan, and the local specialty was this Osmanthus wine. Every household in the town would make some during the golden osmanthus fragrant season, brewing a few jars of the best ones.

  Her mother also brewed every year in the autumn, when she was free, she would always make two jars by hand, so her memory was always filled with that sweet and mellow flavor.

  So she loves drinking osmanthus wine!

  Unfortunately, she had just received the Osmanthus wine and broke it as soon as she got her hands on it, which made her quite regretful.

  Dinner was served, and the dishes looked good. Qing An opened the crystal bottle and poured wine for Jiu Jie into a celadon cup, but suddenly let out a soft "ah".

  "What's wrong?" Jiuniang immediately asked.

  "Nothing!" Qing Xing smiled and shook her head, "This seal is missing a small corner, if it wasn't sealed well, I would have thought someone had opened it."

  "Oh..." After listening, Jiu's eyebrows immediately furrowed slightly.

  After pouring the wine, Jiuniang let Qing'an go out to eat, and there was no one left in the house to serve them. The reason was that drinking this osmanthus wine was only flavorful when poured and savored alone.

  Waiting for Qing An and Qing Tao to come and collect the wine, the jar was already empty. The house had a strong smell of wine, and Jiu Sier was sitting in front of the window with her cheeks flushed red, laughing.

  Girl, you're drunk!

  The two of them exchanged a glance, smiled, and waited for Jiu Si Er to go to bed early before they also went to sleep.

  But unexpectedly in the middle of the night, I was woken up by a loud noise, and when I got up to take a look, it turned out that Qingzhao had returned.

  Looking at Qing Ci who was covered in dust, had lost a shoe and had blood seeping from his leg, the two of them were instantly stunned.

  "Where's the girl? I want to see the girl..." But the one who started it all didn't realize and said loudly.

  ……

  Digression

  Jiuer was about to see through the sinister plot of the madam...