Sixty-one Re-encounter

  Just now he was still humble and said something about offering both hands and having no complaints, but in the blink of an eye he let his uncle make exorbitant demands.

  Flattering words and extreme hypocrisy...

  Adding to what happened earlier on the mountain, where she went against worldly etiquette and spoke shamelessly and boldly, Jiūjiě felt that her image in the eyes of these two men must have been... utterly ruined, so much so that she couldn't bear to think about it.

  However, she soon lost the heart to recall it, because she had delayed for a long time. Although Qing An had been sent ahead of time and her aunt had explained everything when they arrived at the house in the carriage, along with a basket of fresh loquats, her mother still asked her many questions with a gloomy face that week.

  Back at the Da Ci Temple, she faced the Zou and Jiang families again, especially the Zous, who were even more intricate and delicate in their thoughts than the eighteen bends of the waterway. What other thoughts did she have?

  Later when they were on their way back, she was so tired that she fell asleep in the carriage. When they returned to the mansion, regardless of whether it was day or night, she went straight to sleep.

  Anyway, being a lady of leisure has its advantages - eating and sleeping all day, gazing at the sky every day, with plenty of time to spare.

  After waking up, I didn't bother anymore. Thinking about it, what's the point of being entangled? It was just a fleeting encounter, maybe we'll never meet again, who cares how others think.

  She is not a man, needs to build achievements, and may have a day when she will meet these two dignitaries again, what's the worry?

  That unpleasant encounter was also thrown into the back of their minds, and the only concern now is the reply from Uncle.

  Those two men, especially that dignified and gentlemanly Wei Yuanwang, wouldn't go so far as to harm this little girl, would they?

  As she had expected, the next afternoon her uncle sent someone to bring her a new one and said that it was done. Hearing this, she was so happy that she burst out laughing.

  Ah...

  She made another fortune, a big one, and it didn't matter if the Jiangs and Yans really kicked her out. After all, she was already worth nearly a thousand taels of silver.

  Although this little silver is not much, it's not even a tenth of what the big madam gave to the third sister as a pure white silver dowry, but if they really become independent, it's more than enough to guarantee that several people live a comfortable and prosperous life.

  Moreover, she still has the business opportunity of this white wax tree in her hands, so why worry about not being able to make a living in the future.

  Now that the problem of making a living has been solved, next is the unwanted marriage...

  "Miss, you'd better get ready quickly. Auntie is coming over to the Yanshoutang Hall and will surely summon all of you girls soon."

  Just as Jiu's daughter was gloating in her mind, Qingzhao hastily pushed the door open and came in.

  At these words, Jiu Jie'er couldn't help but furrow her brow.

  This Zou family is really something. In order to make this marriage with the Wang family a success, and to mold this sixth sister into a princess-like figure, they have indeed gone all out.

  Apart from harming herself, she had prepared a generous dowry and recently even asked someone to invite a nanny known as Bian's aunt from the palace.

  Her aunt saw her at Yanshoutang the day before yesterday, and at a glance, she was not a good person to fool around with. She was strict and meticulous, with a pair of sharp eyes that could see through everything, making her heart beat nervously.

  The reason is simple, this person who fell into ancient times and space, for these ancient rituals and movements, has always been in a state of semi-withdrawal from the world.

  In this mansion, due to her low-key and mediocre nature, no one particularly came to pick on her.

  But now such a person has come, such a professional, her days are hard to imagine.

  Naturally, her worries were not unfounded. At their first meeting, Bian's aunt, who looked a bit like the evil aunt from a soap opera, proved this point with facts.

  Among all the sisters, she was picked out at a glance for her unstandardized footwork and was given severe criticism and correction.

  Under everyone's gaze, she was so embarrassed that she wanted to die, but people still thought this girl was fierce and praised her highly.

  "In a few days, Auntie from this side is coming over and all the girls will follow. Before you know it, they'll be grown up and should learn these etiquette too."

  Mrs. Li's faint words made Jiuniang feel like dark clouds were pressing down on her head.

  Alas...

  Although she was reluctant in her heart, she didn't dare resist either. So she had no choice but to change clothes under Qing Zhi's service.

  She had just changed her clothes when someone came to invite her to go to Yanshoutang, and then the dark and endless life of studying rules began.

  Her words and deeds, her attitude towards people and things, her smiling expression, all these are fine, but as soon as she hears her aunt talking about the rituals of giving gifts, paying respects, and making offerings, Jiuniang feels a headache coming on.

  Under this subconscious inertia, she successfully became one of the worst among her sisters, and was punished to stand still under the scorching sun with a water basin on one arm, wanting to cry but having no tears.

  "Hmmph!"

  But there is always an unfriendly cold hum around me.

  It was the focus of this time's training by Aunt Bian, and also another one of the worst among the sisters, who was also punished to bask in the sunlight - Little Sixth Sister.

  It wasn't long before the little girl couldn't make a sound anymore and could only desperately lick her lips.

  She certainly knew what was going on with her because she had the same feeling, thirsty, and thirsty to death.

  It was already noon, and they had been standing for nearly two hours, who wouldn't be thirsty?

  Waaah...

  It seems that Zou is determined to sacrifice his precious daughter, and the most pitiful one is her, who has been affected by this.

  It's not just this, for the position of queen, if she doesn't wake up, she might be ruined for her whole life.

  Thinking of this, she couldn't help but grit her teeth in secret, and even wished that the Sixth Sister would suddenly fall ill and die, so that she wouldn't have to be a supporting actress anymore.

  Then she couldn't help but secretly feel a chill, was she also starting to become ruthless and cruel?

  But soon she denied herself, because she looked at the six sisters who were shaking and staggering due to thirst and dryness, and couldn't bear it. "Sixth sister, what's wrong?"

  She shouted, and the six sisters immediately responded with a jolt. Their dull eyes regained their luster, but they were no longer as arrogant and overbearing as before. With a weak tone, they said, "I'm very thirsty, I won't stand it anymore, I want to go back to my room!"

  "Sixth sister, are you going to copy 'Nu Jie' again?" She immediately spoke up to remind her.

  Sixth Sister's face changed slightly upon hearing this, and she recalled being punished a few days ago. As a result, Sixth Sister's spoiled nature flared up, and she stormed off, only to be confined to her room for two days and forced to copy out passages from books one hundred times.

  "Hold on a bit longer, it'll be two hours soon!" One person standing there was too boring, so Ninth Sister spoke up to persuade her again.

  The sixth sister looked at her and didn't say anything, but finally she straightened up again.

  "I can't stand it for another moment, I'm thirsty, I want a drink of water!" But just then the sixth sister was ready to move again.

  "Sixth sister, don't move!" But Ninth Sister quickly stopped her, glanced at the water bowl in her hand, and then slowly stretched out her arm until the water bowl reached Sixth Sister's mouth, before smiling and saying, "Sixth sister, drink some water!"

  Sixth sister was taken aback, "This..."

  Ninth sister laughed, "What's wrong, Sixth Sis? Hurry up and drink! Our feet haven't moved, our waists haven't bent, and our heads haven't lowered. We haven't violated Auntie Bian's requirements. After you've drunk it, hand me the bowl in your hands to feed me!"

  Sixth sister was taken aback again, looking at her, "Wen Jiu sister, you really are a cunning and sly one!"

  Although what he said was unpleasant to hear, she still drank the water he handed her and then fed him the water in her own hand.

  After this incident, the little girl's attitude towards her ninth sister changed significantly. Although she still spoke with a tone, she no longer turned her face away from her and even started to take the initiative to talk to her, walking together with her whenever possible.

  Friendship is established in adversity!

  Jiuzi was not optimistic about this at all. As things developed in the direction that Zou hoped for, she couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.

  But soon she was filled with hope again, because she found that Liu Jie had taken a liking to her and someone else was thoroughly angry about it - Qi Jie.

  The Seventh Sister originally wanted to take this opportunity of training together to win the Sixth Sister's favor, repair her relationship with the First Wife, and vie for the position of Side Concubine.

  But she didn't expect that Sixth Sister would actually start getting close to Ninth Sister, and she immediately felt a sense of despair as if her dreams had been shattered.

  The seventh sister's despair was naturally seen by the ninth sister, but she not only didn't distance herself from the sixth sister, instead she became even closer to her.

  Why not?

  If the water is thoroughly stirred up, then perhaps something will really happen and Zou's plans will come to nothing...

  Just as nothing had happened yet, a message completely disrupted her life. That was Master Su's serious illness, sending someone to pick her up and saying he had something to say.

  This naturally shocked the old and young of the Wen family, but she couldn't care about other people's opinions anymore. She thought of the skinny figure in the wind, thought of Su Shifu's cultivation and selflessness towards her, and thought of this poor woman's life. Suddenly, she burst into tears.

  Mrs. Li naturally agreed to let her leave the mansion, and so she tearfully got into a horse-drawn carriage and rushed straight to Su Shi's residence.

  But unexpectedly, I met not only two acquaintances but also the biggest woman there.

  Those two familiar faces were Su Shifu's nephew Su Junzheng and the other was Wei Yuan Wang Yang Guofeng, whom she thought she would never see again in this life.

  The greatest among them was Yang Huanghou, the mother of the world, and her life would be rewritten due to this encounter...

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