Jiang Youran, reborn at the age of four, decided to marry her mother, Mrs. Su—who died in depression before she was 28 in her previous life—to her cousin, Duke Ping, who had always harbored feeling...
Su Youran nodded, "Yes, but the premise is that you can solve the problem!"
"Deal!" The two were so excited they couldn't speak!
The others asked, "What about me? I can tell people's marriage prospects!"
"I can also cure people from curses!"
"I can also tell fortunes and do feng shui! Can I come with you?"
"I can refine pills and make medicine! They can cure diseases and strengthen the body, and the effects are amazing!"
Su Youran sighed: ...
Wen Yuanbai said, "Don't be in such a hurry. You've only just settled in the capital. Find a place to stay first, then slowly look for customers. You can only charge a higher price if you come when you have a need!"
The eldest brother cried, "We rested in a dilapidated temple outside the city yesterday!"
Wen Yuanbai:......
He waved his hand and said, "You can stay at the inn across the street. For meals, come to Fuxi Restaurant, or you can choose any restaurant you like. All expenses will be paid for by the Xuanwang Mansion."
The group was shocked. "May I ask who you are...?"
Su Youran smiled and said, "Let me introduce him to you all, he is the heir of the Xuan King."
The eldest disciple slid off his seat with a thud and knelt directly in front of him, crying, "Ancestor!"
Everyone: ...
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The next day, the Zhou family was quite surprised when they met this leisurely county princess.
Although Zhou and Yunyue had divorced, the two families maintained a close relationship and exchanged generous gifts every year. However, the stepdaughter brought by the second wife from her ex-husband's family never visited the original wife's family.
This was Su Youran's first time visiting the Zhou family, so she specially brought Yun Manwan along. With her older sister, her own niece, present, the matriarch of the Zhou family would surely be more amiable.
Unexpectedly, they ran into Yun Tianbai and Shi Wenxia.
Shi Wenxia was determined to make up for the shortfall in the birthday banquet. The banquet that Fuxilou later filled and the "June Drunkenness" provided by June Residence together amounted to a shortfall of up to 4,000 taels.
Desperate to regain her dignity, she went back and begged the prince.
As a result, Yun Tianbai had not saved much money in Liaozhou over the years, and the remaining three thousand taels had been given to Shi Wenxia last time.
There was nothing Yun Tianbai could do about the additional four thousand taels shortfall.
Shi Wenxia then said that no one from the Zhou family came to the birthday banquet for Old Madam Yun that day. It was said that Old Master Zhou was unwell, so the gifts were sent but the people did not come.
In reality, it was because Zhou had divorced Yun Yue and given way to Su. The two families tacitly agreed not to attend each other's banquets to avoid awkwardness.
Fortunately, the Zhou family didn't come and didn't witness Shi Wenxia's banquet being publicly humiliated. So she suggested borrowing some money from the Zhou family, since they were Yun Tianbai's maternal grandparents' family, and surely they wouldn't refuse to lend even a few thousand taels of silver.
Moreover, she knew clearly that the Zhou family in her previous life had given Yun Tianbai countless supports.
Although she heard of the passing of Grand Tutor Zhou not long after entering the family in her previous life, Grand Tutor Zhou had served three emperors, and even the Chief Minister Lin was his protégé, enjoying extremely high prestige in the court.
Therefore, in this life, she should get in touch with the Zhou family as soon as possible.
Although she had to humbly come to borrow money this time, she was confident that she would pay it back soon and then present a generous gift. She believed that the matriarch of the Zhou family, Madam Xiao, would look at her with new respect.
Through this back-and-forth exchange, the relationship between the two families naturally grew closer.
And as she expected, Madam Xiao readily gave her five thousand taels of silver to tide her over, and also provided a set of jewelry, saying it was a gift for her nephew's wife.
The two left the house in high spirits, only to encounter Yun Manwan and Su Youran leading two poorly dressed Taoist priests into the Zhou family's gate.
Shi Wenxia asked in surprise, "What are you doing here?"
Yun Manyan also asked in surprise, "Why are my younger brother and sister-in-law here too?"
Yun Tianbai naturally wouldn't reveal that they had come to borrow money, but only said, "Bring Wenxia to meet your aunt."
Yun Manyan nodded, "It's time to come and see him. I heard that my maternal grandfather is unwell, have you seen him?"
Yun Tianbai looked embarrassed.
Su Youran guessed their intentions but didn't reveal them. She tugged at Yun Manwan's sleeve and said, "Big sister, since we're here to exorcise evil for Grand Tutor Zhou, let's go in quickly."
Yun Manyan nodded to the two of them and then led the group inside.
Shi Wenxia asked in astonishment, "Exorcise evil spirits from my maternal grandfather?"
Yun Tianbai frowned and stepped inside. “We were unaware that our maternal grandfather was unwell. It was truly impolite of us not to pay our respects today. Wenxia, go back to the manor and prepare some nourishing medicinal herbs. I will go and pay my respects to our maternal grandfather first.”
"Yes." Shi Wenxia had no choice but to curtsy and get into the carriage.
When Madam Xiao heard that the eldest son of the Yun family had just left, and then the eldest and sixth daughters of the Yun family arrived, she was quite surprised. She was even more astonished to hear that the eldest and sixth daughters of the Yun family had brought two Taoist priests to exorcise evil spirits for Grand Tutor Zhou.
"Where did you hear this rumor from?" Although Madam Xiao's tone was displeased, the smile in her eyes did not diminish. "The old master's problem has been going on for quite some time now."
Su Youran said with a grin, "I once heard Doctor Gu say that only immortals could cure Grand Tutor Zhou's illness. So yesterday, when I met these two immortals who came from Ghost Valley Mountain, I quickly brought them over to have Grand Tutor Zhou take a look."
Su Youran deliberately put on an innocent look and winked at the eldest senior brother and the seventh senior brother.
The eldest brother quickly pulled the seventh brother forward to bow to the Xiao family.
Upon hearing this, Xiao's eyes lit up with even more joy. "So the two immortals are actually sages from Guigu Mountain! My apologies for my overconfidence!"
"I dare not accept such praise! We have not yet completed our apprenticeship and cannot be considered disciples of Guigu Mountain." Senior Brother Qi spoke with great sincerity, as he dared not claim to be a disciple of Guigu Mountain before even leaving the mountain.
Yun Manyan said, "I'm afraid Sixth Sister is just grasping at straws in her desperation. I hope Aunt won't blame her for her foolishness. I haven't seen Grandfather for a long time either. May I go in and see him?"
Madam Xiao nodded, "Since you have brought distinguished guests, please come in as well."
She said this purely to give Yun Manwan face; since Su Youran came in, she hadn't even glanced at her.
Su Youran knew from her previous life that Yun Tianbai's maternal aunt had always disliked her, but she didn't know why.
In this life, she knew why Madam Xiao disliked her. After all, her own mother had married into the Duke's mansion, taking over the glory that should have belonged to Madam Zhou.
She sighed inwardly, it seemed that even if she became Yun Tianbai's younger sister, she still couldn't change the fact that Xiao Shi disliked her!
Madam Xiao was already leading the way, her steps hurried, as if she couldn't wait to lead the guests to the courtyard of Grand Tutor Zhou.
Yun Manyan was secretly surprised. When her younger sister You Ran mentioned this before, she thought it was too absurd and impossible. Her grandfather was sick, not possessed by an evil spirit, so why call a Taoist priest to come and see him?
Unexpectedly, Xiao Shi didn't ask any questions about the two Taoist priests' backgrounds and directly led them inside.