On the way, Xu Lanyin first went to the cloth shop and bought some fine cloth and silk of lower quality to make clothes for several servants.
Qijin Pavilion is a two-story building located on Hua'an Street, the most prosperous street in the capital. Not many people come here to buy things, but those who come are either rich or noble.
Xu Lanyin wore a silk dress and a jade hairpin, looking fresh and elegant, but not wealthy. She was only accompanied by two maids. The waiter at the embroidery shop was attentive but not enthusiastic, and there was a look of scrutiny in his eyes.
Xu Lanyin didn't care. She wasn't from a wealthy family, so why would anyone treat her the same way? She first bought a few rolls of plain silk for middle-length coats and trousers, a few rolls of brocade for men's clothes, and a few rolls of silk gauze for women's summer shirts, and began to carefully select the things she liked.
When the waiter saw that the girl was buying things of mid-to-high-priced items, his expression immediately changed and he started to busy himself with greetings.
After searching up and down the stairs for a while, she bought three small table screens, twenty pairs of brocade flowers, ten round fans, and dozens of strands of high-quality embroidery thread. The two maids couldn't hold it all, so two waiters helped.
As soon as I went downstairs, I met two acquaintances, one was Gu Pozi and the other was Su Qing.
This is really a narrow road for enemies to meet.
The old woman wore a brown brocade jacquard jacket, several large gold hairpins inlaid with gems in her hair, and she also put on makeup. Even with her gorgeous clothes, pearls and jade on her head, and heavy makeup, she couldn't hide her vulgarity and rusticity.
Her son, who had just become an official, could not earn this kind of clothes, and it was still her daughter-in-law who was exploited.
Su Qing has also changed. Although she is still fair and beautiful, her eyes no longer have the stubbornness and unwillingness to change her fate. They are much deeper and calmer.
Indeed, aside from her reluctance to marry Gu Wangchen, her trajectory not only didn't go as she expected, but it even diverged from the path of her previous life. Furthermore, only by truly living under the same roof with Gu Wangchen and his mother, with no distance between them, could she truly understand what it was like...
Old Granny was so familiar with Xu Lanyin that even though she had changed so much, she still recognized her at a glance. This girl had always been so delicate and tender before she was nine years old, but after Xu Qingyan died and she started doing rough labor, her whole personality became rough.
Old Lady Gu looked Xu Lanyin up and down, but still worried she had recognized the wrong person, she asked suspiciously, "Are you Miss Yin?"
Su Qing was genuinely surprised to find that the beautiful girl in front of her was Xu Lanyin. How could she be the silly girl who had run to Sujiazhuang and cried so hard two years ago?
Su Qing didn't know what had happened. There were so many variables in this life, and Xu Lanyin was one of them. Not only did she not die, her bad reputation as a thief didn't spread, and she became so beautiful, even comparable to the daughters of aristocratic families.
Then the old woman continued, "What are you doing in the capital? You're dressed so nicely and bought so many things. Where did you get all that money?"
Xu Lanyin had originally been reluctant to pay any attention to this wicked and foul-mouthed old woman, but her words had actually made her laugh. She sneered and said, "Of course I earned it through my own ability. Could it be that I'm trying to follow some of the people who are out to steal other people's money?"
Old Wife was furious, glaring and shouting, "You silly girl, are you scolding my son? He doesn't care about your little money. He's a high-ranking official. We live in a big house now, wear gold and silver, eat meat every day, and have many servants..."
Her son kept asking her to talk less, but Xu Lanyin got angry and started talking without thinking again.
Su Qing's face was so red that it looked like blood was dripping out. She wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into. She quickly interrupted Gu Pozi and said with a forced smile, "Grandma, let's go upstairs to pick out some fabric."
As he said this, he gave a wink to a maid, who quickly helped Mrs. Gu upstairs.
Gu Pozi had come to the embroidery shop with the intention of buying some fine fabric for clothes, so she let the old woman help her upstairs. As she walked, she kept muttering about how capable her son was.
There were still a few people buying things in the shop. Although they didn't come over to watch the fun, they looked over here from time to time.
Su Qing was furious. Her mother-in-law was a laughingstock in the capital, and her husband wouldn't let her go out or meet anyone. She'd come out today to buy gifts; her husband was going to the top of the mountain to celebrate his mother's birthday. Her mother-in-law insisted on coming along, so she had no choice but to bring her along. She'd thought going to the embroidery shop wouldn't be a big deal, but she'd gotten into trouble again...
She said to Xu Lanyin against her will, "Miss Xu, my mother-in-law has no ill intentions, don't take it to heart."
Xu Lanyin smiled with her eyes curved and said, "Of course I won't take it to heart. I should also thank Madam Gu for snatching away a treasure, a living treasure." After that, she took the maid and the waiter out of the embroidery shop.
Su Qing bit her lip in anger and had to go upstairs.
Xu Lan was in a good mood, still smiling even as she got into the car. Su Qing had done everything she could to have a chance encounter with Gu Wang, cultivating him as a backup. Only after she finally got him did she realize if he was truly a treasure. Gu Wangchen finally got the woman of his dreams. I wonder if he still recites those cheesy poems to her, or if he still looks at her with such deep affection...
Baoqi was young and innocent. He laughed and said, "That old lady is so vulgar..." Then he widened his eyes and said, "Could it be that she is the mother of Lord Gu from the Ministry of Revenue?"
Xu Lanyin nodded and chuckled, "She's become a celebrity here, even you know about it."
Baoqi laughed and said, "Almost everyone in the capital knows that Lord Gu's mother is vulgar. They all say it's a pity for Lord Gu, as he is such a talented and knowledgeable person, but he has such a mother."
Zhangqi had been in the Xu family for a long time and had heard some of the stories about Xu Lanyin and Gu Wangchen. He snorted coldly, "How could a son raised by a mother like that be a good one? He's just pretending to be good."
Gu Wangchen was indeed faking it. His gentle and harmless image had deceived the little original owner, deceived Su Qing, who had lived two lives, deceived everyone in Xiaozao Village, and now deceived the capital.
Thinking of Su Qing's calm eyes just now, devoid of the sweetness of the honeymoon period, her married life would surely not be so rosy. She placed all her hopes for revenge on men. She didn't marry Prince Ping as she wished, and she also failed to kill Madam Su, her daughter, and the Wen family, her enemies from her previous life. Now she wanted to cultivate Gu Wangchen to become powerful, and then seek revenge after he became powerful. Gu Wangchen was not the harmless white moonlight in her eyes. There was no comparison between their fighting abilities...
In her previous life, Su Qing was just a girl in the boudoir, and a concubine's daughter who did not receive a good education. Even if she were to live again, she might be able to fight in the harem, but she would never be able to defeat the selfish and vicious Gu Wangchen.
Just like Qin, who lived to be in her thirties and spent so many years in the countryside, even if she were to live again, Xu Lanyin was certain that she would not be able to defeat Chai Zhengguan and Shen.
In this life, from the day Su Qing married Gu Wangchen, she was destined to become a tragic reborn girl.
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