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  "Madam, what you just said to the princess, didn't you think it was... a bit... inappropriate?"

  "What's wrong? Hehe, what could be wrong..."

  Sitting in front of the sour jujube wood kang table, leaning against the comfortable ten fragrances soft pillow, Zou Shi was sipping tea while looking at her companion and confidant Zhuang Mama.

  "But this..." The corners of Zhuang Mama's eyebrows were originally quite steep, and her furrowed brow was like an inverted eight-character Chinese character.

  "What's this..." Zou Shi put down the tea cup on the table, and a smile slowly floated up on her pale face. "Are you afraid that in the future, Ninth Sister will steal Sixth Sister's thunder and take away Sixth Sister's favor?"

  The old lady nodded and said thoughtfully, "I don't know why, but I've been thinking that the queen suddenly became enthusiastic about this marriage again. It's probably related to what the mistress said that day about replacing the dowry... If it's like this..."

  "What's the point of this? This can only make the princess more satisfied with this marriage, it's best to settle this matter after the new year, that way everyone's heart will be at ease. To be honest with you, I now just hope this marriage goes smoothly, as for other things...” Mrs. Zou put down her tea cup on the table with a gentle thud and smiled, "Hehe, other things are not worth worrying about."

  "Uh..."

  "Don't even mention now, even if she were to enter the palace in the future, she still wouldn't be able to escape my grasp. Think about it, without her family's support, no matter how much favor she receives, she'd still be a rootless sprout that would wither away at the slightest storm. And besides, right now she's still within my control, so isn't everything still up to me? Hmph!"

  The lady's smile gradually faded as she spoke, leaving only a hint of coldness at the corner of her lips, which sent shivers down one's spine.

  "Still, Madam is so thoughtful!" Although she had seen it many times before, Zhuang's mother still felt a sudden chill in her heart and hastily changed the subject. "Madam, those things you gave to Princess Wang today must have cost a lot of money, I see that soap is a new style too."

  "You're wrong, didn't spend a single cent."

  "No money? Is Third Wife being so generous?" Old Lady Zhuang exclaimed in surprise.

  "Generous? That thing that only recognizes money," Zou sneered, "Is it possible? Look at how they're running this shop, in our household, apart from the old lady, who else has ever used a few things for free? They don't take money, but want to walk through my door and get rich by joining the Imperial Household Department?"

  "Oh, San Tai Tai's appetite is still not small."

  "Hmph, relying on this shop that sells some shady goods, you've forgotten your own surname. You dare to discuss terms with me? What a shallow and insolent merchant woman."

  "This is so unaccomplished, yet she still relies on her?"

  "Haha......" Zou heard and burst into another fit of cold laughter, "Of course we have to rely on her, you know that shop has a share for Ninth Sister, and Ninth Sister's future is not Sixth Sister's, is it?"

  "Oh..."

  ……

  Due to the upcoming New Year, Princess Shin and her entourage only stayed at Munpilbu for two days before hastily returning. On the day of their departure, the princess seemed particularly delighted, bestowing many precious gifts and medicinal herbs bestowed by the imperial family upon Munpilbu.

  Madam Li and the big madam were naturally delighted, most of those things entered the warehouse, and the rest were distributed to each room.

  Looking at the two halves of the broken jade pendant, Ninth Sister couldn't help but smile slightly. It seems that Ou Yang Jing and Sixth Sister's matter should be almost settled now?

  Hmmm...

  The overbearing heroine matches with the stupid tyrant king, perfect!

  "Qīng táo, bǎ zhè liǎng gēn cān fēn zhe bāo yīxià, yī gēn sòng dào yí niáng chù, yī gēn qù sòng sān fū rén." Bú guò bù guǎn tā, tā yào zuò de jiù shì chōng fèn lì yòng zhè hǎo shì yǐn shēng de fú lì.

  ……

  Before long, it was the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the festive atmosphere in Bianzhou City grew even thicker. The Wen family's residence was also bustling with activity.

  Twenty-three, sugar gourd sticky, past small year;

  Twenty-fourth, sweep the dust and clean the house;

  Twenty-five, paste paper on windows, make tofu.

  Twenty-six, slaughter pigs and cut annual meat;

  Twenty-seven, slaughter chickens and drive them to the market.

  Twenty-eight, put on makeup;

  Twenty-ninth, paste peach symbols.

  Time flies like a white horse, and suddenly it's the 30th of December. Because of the Wen family tradition of having a reunion dinner on New Year's Eve, at dusk, Jiu Si'er followed the usual custom and changed into her clothes under the service of several personal maids, and went to wait for San Furen.

  The three wives had also changed their clothes and were sitting on the kang, cracking melon seeds and chatting idly with Mother Zhou.

  "Mother, Happy New Year!" Ninth Sister came in and first made a formal bow to Third Madam.

  "Ah, get up quickly!" The third madam hastily had Zhou Mama help her up and then stuffed a pouch into her hand.

  "Thanks, Mother!" Ninth Sister hastily said.

  "Come on, come up onto the kang and sit next to me!" Jiang's wife said with a smile, pulling her hand.

  These days, Jiang has been as good to her as ever.

  Her humility in sharing the profits, and her clever suggestion to sell the goods from their shop through the Zou family to the imperial palace, earned her even more appreciation from Jiang, making their relationship not only wider but also deeper, a depth that made them seem like real mother and daughter.

  Not long after, a newly dressed up tenth sister also arrived.

  The ninth sister quickly got up and prepared to dodge to one side.

  "Quickly sit down, Ninth Sister, I'll just sit here!" Tenth Sister pressed her down and then automatically sat down on the lower bed.

  Looking at this little girl who loves to eat vinegar and get angry, Ninth Sister was taken aback.

  The tenth sister suddenly "heh heh" laughed and looked at Jiang Shi while laughing.

  "Alright, alright, what's gotten into you!" Jiang scolded her, and only then did she stop talking.

  The ninth sister did not understand.

  "Come on, let's go to the study and pay respects to your father first!" Jiang said as she stood up again.

  Jiujie didn't think much of it and followed Jiangshi to the study, where she and Shijie jointly paid their respects to Sanlao with a ceremonial bow, and received another pouch from him.

  With a calm mood, she picked up the bundle, and suddenly Jiuniang thought of herself last year, gradually grasping the not-so-thick bundle, her heart was extremely joyful.

  No need to say, having money makes a difference, haha...

  After lingering in the study for a while, their brother Wen Jingyi arrived, and the three siblings followed under the leadership of San Lao Ye and his wife to rush to Yanshoutang.

  Soon, everyone in the house had arrived. The men paid their New Year's respects to Mrs. Li and then went outside to sit down, while the women sat inside chatting idly with Mrs. Li.

  But as she sat there, Jiuniang discovered something unusual - that was that Madam Miao's emotions seemed particularly high today.

  Since the incident with Wu Jie, the second lady has been somewhat out of favor, which made her, who was always proud, very silent in front of people. But today she seemed to have recovered as before, laughing and teasing Bao Ge, then squeezing next to Li Taijun, interrupting him to speak, looking very confident.

  But Ninth Sister didn't stay puzzled for too long——

  "Second brother and sister, I heard that Sun's wife came over yesterday." Zou Shi suddenly smiled and looked at Miao Shi.

  Oh, I see, so Ninth Sister couldn't help but glance at Fourth Sister who was whispering something to Tenth Sister.

  A few days ago, I heard that a certain Madame Sun, the wife of a high-ranking official, was trying to arrange a marriage for my fourth sister with the youngest son of the Duke Jingguo family. The conditions were quite good, but somehow it didn't work out later on.

  It seems like this matter has been brought up again now.

  Miao's face stiffened as he listened, his heart was happy, but at this moment, being put on the spot like this, he felt a bit awkward.

  "Yes!" But soon Miao smiled again, and the lady's thoughts were not unknown to her, so why bother looking for trouble.

  "Ah, but Mrs. Xiao hasn't come for a long time." Zou Shi said with a sudden smile.

  Miao's face suddenly sank after hearing this sentence. This Zou is really outrageous, mentioning whatever comes to mind.

  The second son of the Second Mistress, Wen Jingyi, the Third Young Master of the Wen Mansion, is already sixteen after the New Year and should get married. However, the engagement with the Xiao family's daughter, which was arranged early on, seems to have changed. It is said that the Xiao family is dissatisfied with Wen Jingyi and wants to cancel the engagement, and has not come to visit for almost half a year now.

  Due to the overt and covert struggles between these two sisters-in-law, the atmosphere in the house became subtle.

  Jiang still had that look of watching with his eyes and nose, but Zhen already curled up the corners of her lips, revealing a look of watching the excitement, while the girls slowly fell silent.

  Something is about to happen at any moment...

  The ninth sister quietly sized up the people in the house through her neatly combed bangs that fell just above her eyes.

  "Old Third's wife, turn back and have nine and ten make two new sets of clothes for the children. They're grown up now." At this point, Mrs. Li, who had been sitting in her seat with a frown and not speaking, suddenly said.

  "Uh..." Jiang was taken aback at first, then immediately smiled and responded, "My wife is right!"

  The atmosphere in the house suddenly changed, and everyone's eyes fell on Jiuniang and Shiniang.

  The tenth sister immediately blushed and lowered her head.

  Talking about relatives...

  But Ninth Sister couldn't help but feel a wave of shock, how old was she anyway?

  But...

  It seems like women in ancient times all married early.

  ……

  Digression

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  This volume ends, next volume "The Extreme Queen"