Benefits and risks always coexist. When the risks far outweigh the benefits, giving up becomes inevitable.

"I will return the money I received and will not get involved in your affairs." Liu Xiangu calmed down and made a promise to the girl in front of her.

If this girl wasn't born into a noble family, she would have taken her job. She couldn't afford to offend her.

Ginger seems to shake its head.

Just for this reason, why should she waste so much time talking to this person?

"What the girl means is——"

The girl with delicate features smiled at Liu Xiangu: "Xiangu, have you forgotten that you charged me for tea?"

Fairy Liu was stunned for a moment, then quickly took out the neatly folded banknote from her bosom and handed it over.

Jiang Si shook his head again: "The fairy lady may not understand me. I never take back what I give away."

Xiangu Liu tightened her grip around the banknote.

"Of course, this money is all saved up bit by bit from my monthly allowance. I would feel bad if I gave it away and no one heard anything in return." The girl sighed.

What Jiang Si said was not false. Her mother's dowry was still in the hands of her grandmother, and her father's annual salary had to be included in the public account. She saved money mainly from the monthly salary.

She took the fifty taels without hesitation, which made the two maids very distressed.

"What do you want to do, young lady?" Fairy Liu suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart.

"It's very simple. You don't have to return the money my second aunt gave you. Just come to the Bo's Mansion to perform the ritual as usual." At this point, Jiang Si's face straightened, "It's just that my second brother originally had to bear the bad reputation, and I want someone else to bear it!"

"That won't do!" Liu Xiangu rejected it flatly, "I'll lose my reputation if I do that!"

Jiang Si didn't even raise his eyelids and reminded him lightly: "Digging graves and spreading gossip!"

Xiangu Liu's lips trembled.

Threat, this is absolutely a naked threat!

Jiang Si glanced at Liu Xiangu coldly, picked up the teapot, refilled it with hot tea, and took a sip.

The aroma of tea is refreshing.

She likes to threaten others and make them look helpless.

"Why is the fairy lady so entangled? Is it possible that in my second aunt's eyes, the fairy lady is just a charlatan who deceives people?"

Regardless of whether it was a provocation or not, Jiang Si's words still made Liu Xiangu furious: "Of course not, I have been in this business for many years, and I rely on my real skills!"

Jiang Si smiled slightly.

She believed this.

Anyone who can scare many noble ladies into a trance must have some skills.

"That's it. Since the fairy lady is a highly skilled fairy in my aunt's eyes, if the outcome of the ritual is slightly off, can she still eat the fairy lady?"

Facing the girl's half-smile, Liu Xiangu suddenly felt a headache.

How did she end up offending this evil star!

"Anyway, I believe the fairy lady can get away with it, and she should also believe in herself." Jiang Si said earnestly.

Xiangu Liu opened her mouth.

What else can she say? She can only believe in herself!

Jiang Si pushed the teacup over and raised it: "Then let's use tea instead of wine to celebrate our cooperation."

Fairy Liu was silent for a while, then she picked up the teacup in front of her and gently touched it with the teacup in the girl's hand.

The news that the wife of the Duke of Dongping was suffering from eye disease soon spread among her acquaintances, thanks to the efforts of Xiao, the second wife of the Duke of Dongping.

In just a few days, Xiao invited famous doctors for Madam Feng, even two or three imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical Bureau.

Naturally, people who were familiar with the Bo's family heard about this kind of commotion.

Nowadays, when people talk about the Dongping Marquis's Mansion, they have to praise the Dongping Marquis's second daughter-in-law for her filial piety.

Early that morning, Jiang Si dressed neatly and went to Cixintang to pay his respects to Old Madam Feng. As soon as he walked out of the door of Haitangju, he ran into Jiang Ancheng.

"Father didn't go out today?" Jiang Siying bowed.

"I just came out from your grandmother's place and was about to go out." Jiang Ancheng said as he looked at his daughter.

Today Jiang Si wore a white blouse with light red flowers and a bright red skirt. She looked like a blooming crabapple tree, bright and charming.

Jiang Ancheng breathed a sigh of relief and praised: "You seem to be in good spirits today."

Jiang Si's mouth twitched slightly.

Does my father know how to speak? What's wrong with praising my daughter for her beauty?

Jiang Ancheng felt that what he said was abrupt, so he paused and said, "Your grandmother is in a bad mood today, so she's wearing something bright to look festive."

He wore a plain belt today and his mother had already scolded him severely. He couldn't let his daughter be scolded for no reason.

"Thank you for your advice, father." Jiang Si smiled brightly.

Jiang Ancheng touched his nose awkwardly and pretended to be nonchalant: "Then go to Cixin Hall and pay your respects. Your father is leaving now."

Jiang Si looked at the tall figure hurriedly walking away, and a warm feeling flowed through his heart.

My father, a grown man, came here just because he was worried that she would be dressed improperly and hit by my grandmother's gun...

Jiang Si raised her head and saw the morning sun, which had been hiding in the clouds, come out again, illuminating the surrounding sky with a vibrant orange-red color, just like her mood at the moment.

"What are you looking at, Fourth Sister?" A voice with an inexplicable meaning came.

Jiang Si heard the sound and looked over.

Two girls were walking one after the other on the bluestone path. The girl in front was the sixth girl Jiang Pei, and the girl behind her was the fifth girl Jiang Li.

Although Jiang Pei and Jiang Li were both concubines' daughters, Jiang Pei's biological mother was the dowry of the second wife, Xiao, while Jiang Li's biological mother was a maid who served the second master Jiang when she was young. Therefore, Jiang Pei had much more face in front of her stepmother than Jiang Li.

The one who just spoke was the Sixth Miss Jiang Pei.

In just a blink of an eye, Jiang Pei and Jiang Li appeared in front of Jiang Si.

Jiang Pei looked Jiang Si up and down and said with a smile, "Fourth sister is wearing bright clothes today."

"You are young and beautiful, so of course you should wear bright clothes." Jiang Si said indifferently.

After the title went to the second branch, Jiang Pei, who was used to currying favor with the Xiao family, suggested a good marriage. Their comfortable life was bought with the blood-curdling money of the first branch's people. Jiang Si was certainly not in a good mood when he saw these people.

Jiang Pei's face instantly turned red with anger when she heard this.

She is two years younger than Jiang Si. Thinking that her grandmother’s eyesight was bad and she shouldn’t dress too flashily, she changed into a plain dress today to pay her respects. Wasn’t Jiang Si’s words a clear mockery of her ugliness?

"Grandma is ill, yet Fourth Sister still has the energy to dress up. Where is Fourth Sister's filial piety?"

"It's not your turn to worry about my filial piety, but you are talking to me like this, where are your rules?"

"You——" Jiang Pei was choked and speechless, and almost dropped the box in her hand.

Jiang Si turned and left.

Jiang Pei spat softly, "Now you know the rules, why did you quarrel with mother that day?"

Jiang Li pulled the corner of Jiang Pei's clothes and said, "Sixth sister, please say less."

"You don't have to talk so much!" Jiang Pei rolled her eyes at Jiang Li and hurried to Ci Xin Hall.

The strong smell of medicine filled the Cixin Hall. Ah Fu reported, "Madam, the fourth, fifth, and sixth girls are here."

"Let them in."

The three sisters slid in.

Madam Feng could no longer see with her left eye, so she tried hard to keep her remaining eye open, and immediately saw Jiang Pei, who was wearing plain clothes.

"Get out!" Madam Feng shouted sharply, as if the eye that could see was pricked by a needle.

Jiang Pei glanced at Jiang Si with pride.

She knew that Jiang Si was going to be in trouble if she dressed up like a butterfly!