Orchid Garden.

Jiang Xue woke up slowly, quickly got out of bed, and walked to the bookshelf. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the books on the shelf were untouched.

"Shu'er, go and brew a pot of tea."

As soon as Shu'er left, Jiang Xue hurriedly searched the bookshelf and quickly found a tattered storybook with a few blurry words on it: "The Concubine's Daughter Empress".

It tells the story of how a fallen noblewoman rises from humble beginnings to become empress!

Jiang Xue bought this storybook by chance from a bookstore, intending it only for entertainment. However, she never expected that the events and people described in it would be exactly the same as those around her!

Thanks to the book's prophetic power, she has gradually gotten to where she is now, and it seems Jiang Jiaojiao is about to completely ruin herself...

She quickly turned to the page about the Princess's banquet.

What is written above is about the wicked eldest daughter of the Marquis's mansion who climbed into the wrong bed.

Next...

His Majesty will bestow a marriage upon the wicked eldest daughter and the seventh prince. However, in order to break off the engagement, the wicked eldest daughter will make a scene by crying, making a scene, and even threatening to hang herself, causing a great uproar and creating many scandalous incidents.

Finally, with the help of his foolish stepmother, he devised a desperate plan to elope, but died on the way.

And then...

The Fifth Prince asked His Majesty to marry the concubine's daughter from the Marquis's family as his secondary consort. Without his vicious elder sister and foolish stepmother, the dowry money prepared by his stepmother became the concubine's dowry. With the help of the concubine's daughter's schemes and the wealth of the Jin family, the Fifth Prince gradually became the Crown Prince and then the Emperor. The concubine's daughter then naturally became the Empress!

Holding the storybook, Jiang Xue finally felt at ease.

Knowing that the book would be back soon, I put the storybook back on the shelf.

What's important about furniture and decorative items?

According to the storybook, once she obtains that thing, countless people will beg to send her money and dowry, which is also the key to her becoming empress step by step.

Shu'er returned with the tea, her face looking very unpleasant.

"What's wrong?"

Shu'er was his personal maid, and she was always treated as a superior person in the mansion.

Shu'er served the tea reluctantly, saying, "Miss's favorite Snow Top Jade Tea is gone. Granny Zhen has put away all the precious tea leaves and replaced them with this Cloud Mist Tea. I don't know if Miss will like it."

Jiang Xue took the tea, took a light sniff, and put it down. The aroma of this tea was nowhere near as good as that of Xueding Hancui.

"It's just a little tea, Madam is too stingy."

Shu'er, unwilling to give up, added, "I just overheard the old woman in the kitchen saying that Madam is planning to cut the household allowance to prepare a dowry for the eldest young lady!"

"If everything in this mansion goes to the eldest young lady, what will happen to her?"

"They are all daughters of the Marquis's family, Madam is too biased!"

Jiang Jiangxue's expression hardened slightly.

The story does mention preparing a dowry for the wicked eldest daughter, but it doesn't mention reducing the household's expenses. Only when Jin returned to the Jin family and cried, the Jin family brought 108 loads of dowry into the Marquis's mansion the next day.

According to the storybook, Jiao Jiao should have cried and made a scene today, refusing to marry the Seventh Prince.

But……

Jiaojiao, however, told the Seventh Prince to come and propose marriage.

If she really marries the Seventh Prince smoothly, what share of the dowry prepared by Madam Jin and the wealth of the Jin family will she get?

After thinking for a moment, she instructed Shu'er, "Go and call the Third Young Master over here."

In the front yard.

The third young master, Jiang Liu, flew into a rage, kicking over the servant who was serving tea. "What kind of lousy tea is this? How dare you serve it to me?"

"You damned lackey, how dare you look down on me!"

"Guards—drag him away and beat him!"

The servant hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy, "Young master, spare my life! All the good tea in the manor has been taken away by the nanny by the madam's side. Now, all that's left in the manor is this tea!"

Jiang Liu kicked again.

"Nonsense! The Jin family has no tea at all! You're just trying to fool me!"

"Drag him away—and beat him! Don't stop until I tell you to!"

The servant was immediately dragged away.

Shu'er was startled. "Who's so tactless as to make Young Master so angry?"

Jiang Liu's gaze swept over Shu'er's chest, then his expression softened into a smile. "If they were all as considerate and obedient as Shu'er, they wouldn't have angered me."

Shu'er smiled and said, "Young master is too kind. Miss would like to invite you over."

Jiang Liu snorted, "For Miss Shu'er's sake, I'll spare your lives today. But if you dare to try to fool me with those cheap things again, I'll sell you off immediately!"

The servants quickly nodded and agreed.

Jiang Liu was startled as soon as he stepped into Lan Garden.

The empty courtyard looked like it had been robbed.

Upon entering the house, they were even more astonished to find that all the precious gold, silver, and jade artifacts inside had vanished.

"Sis—your place's been burgled?!"

"Which thief is so audacious as to dare steal from our Marquis's residence!"

Jiang Xue put down the book in her hand. "There were no thieves, but a whole bunch of bandits came, and they moved all their stuff... to Plum Garden!"

"Plum Garden?"

Isn't that the fat guy's yard?

She took all the things away?

How could that be!

Isn't she the one who loves to imitate those elegant and aloof people who treat money like dirt?

Besides, if she wanted it, the Jin family could pluck the stars from the sky for her! Why would she need to come to Lan Garden to move things?

Jiang Liu looked suspicious.

"Sis...did you offend her somehow?"

Jiang Xuemin took a sip of tea. "I sent her to the Seventh Prince's bed..."

Jiang Liu's eyes widened!

He said that on his way back, people were looking at him strangely! And... there's such a huge scoop!

Jiang Liu held up his finger, "Sis, you're the best!"

"Killing two birds with one stone!"

"Hahaha, let's see if that fatso dares to swagger in front of us again!"

"A fatso and a sickly guy, a perfect match!"

Jiang Liu burst into laughter, saying in a sinister tone, "I must tell our good older brothers this great news, hehe... their sister really makes them proud!"

Jiang Xue smiled.

She was just following the storybook. The marriage between the Marquis's mansion and the Seventh Prince was instigated by that Noble Lady Jin in the palace to deal with her. Now that it has fallen on Jiang Jiaojiao, they are reaping what they sowed!

Thinking of this, Jiang Xue felt a surge of joy.

She is the true darling of heaven in the storybooks.

Jiang Jiaojiao is nothing more than a vicious supporting female character who's just stepping on my heels. The less trouble she causes, the better off I'll be!

Thinking of this, she couldn't wait to continue the story.

"Have someone quickly go to all the major pharmacies in the city to inquire if there is a man surnamed Xue who has gone there to exchange medicine with a medical book?"

"No matter the cost, we must get that book from him!"

Jiang Liu picked up his teacup and asked curiously, "When did you become interested in medicine again?"

He took a sip, then spat it out, slamming the teacup down in frustration. "What the hell! Why did you switch to this lousy tea here too?"

Jiang Xue picked up her teacup, took a sip, and said without changing her expression, "As long as you help me get that book, things like 'Snow-capped Peak with Emerald Green' and 'Wuyi Red Robe' will be delivered to us."