Quick Wear: I was a Favored Concubine in the Qing Dynasty

On the way back after paying his respects, Yu Suisui slowly looked around Prince Yong's Mansion. It was solemn and dignified, and his expression was as cold as the Fourth Master's.

Yu Suisui let out a long sigh. She felt that she must adjust herself and could not be like the original owner, walking on thin ice and taking the cautious approach. Now that she was an important chess piece for both sides, there was nothing wrong with being a little arrogant.

But she really couldn’t keep the original owner’s image as a talented woman anymore, and she really didn’t like reading history books.

For three consecutive days, the Fourth Master rested in the Minguang Courtyard in Suisui according to the rules.

The Fourth Master's impression of Sui Sui changed from being unfamiliar and cautious on the first day to being enthusiastic and flamboyant recently, and having a firecracker-like temper.

There are still a few red marks on his back left by Nian's long nails.

She lived brightly and freely.

But he is the one who suffers.

Yesterday he said he wanted to go to a restaurant in the capital to have a good meal. This morning he got him up early and asked him to bring some money. He also said that he liked farming and talking about philosophy, which were all ways to kill time, so going to a restaurant could also help him kill time.

Sitting in the carriage, Yu Suisui lifted the window curtain and looked at the Beijing city hundreds of years ago. Pedestrians on the roadside were walking in a hurry. There were no shops to be seen. Yu Suisui was puzzled and asked, "Did we take the wrong road?"

Why is this most prosperous restaurant in the capital becoming quieter and quieter as we walk in?

The fourth master was reading a Taoist book carefully. He raised his eyelids and said in a light voice, "The best restaurant you mentioned is in the suburbs of Beijing."

Only businessmen and low-ranking officials would go to that bustling restaurant. The really good restaurants were in the suburbs of Beijing, with rockery, strange stones, pavilions and towers, where one could enjoy both musical music and flowing wine.

Yu Suisui nodded pretending to understand. She had traveled through time so many times, but she had never been to any big hotel in the suburbs of Beijing.

But, she is now the domineering Nian, how could she not have been there.

Yu Suisui raised his eyebrows and snorted, "This road is too far, why not open it in the capital?" It seems that the person who opens such a restaurant must be rich. Opening one in the CBD of the imperial city must be counting money until his hands cramp.

The Fourth Master lowered his head and continued to read his book. It was said that Nian was well-educated, gentle and kind, a rare talented woman.

Could this be a smokescreen released by the Nian family? Is this Nian actually a person with all appearances but beauty?

Yu Suisui stole a glance at the Fourth Master and saw that he was frowning slightly. She thought he was framing her, so she reached out and pushed the Fourth Master's arm, "Fourth Master, are you thinking bad things about me in your heart?"

The fourth master moved aside and closed the book. He looked calm and had no embarrassment of being guessed at. "I'm reading. Please don't disturb me."

Yu Suisui snorted twice, turned his head and continued to look at the scenery along the road.

Chunfei and Qiuxiang, sitting on small stools, lowered their heads and looked at their toes.

These past few days, their girl seemed like a different person, like she was possessed by a female ghost in a picture book. If it weren't for the fact that the girl could answer any question they asked, they would have suspected that their girl had been swapped.

It took her two hours to walk from Prince Yong's Mansion to the restaurant, or rather the winery, in the suburbs of Beijing. Only then did she understand why the Fourth Master insisted on taking a book. At first she thought he was pretending. The journey was so long, and there were no cell phones. Why didn't the Fourth Master remind her?

When he arrived at the restaurant, the Fourth Master went to Yuhuatai, a private room specially reserved for him, as if he were familiar with the place.

In this way, Yu Suisui knew at a glance that this property definitely did not belong to the Fourth Master. He would not give it to someone he was not familiar with and take her to his sphere of influence.

The Fourth Master loves to eat vegetarian food, while Yu Suisui likes a combination of meat and vegetables. The fish here is cooked well. Yu Suisui likes the fish fillet porridge, which has no fishy smell and no taste of shredded ginger. She likes it.

"Fourth Master, can you take this cook back with you?" Yu Sui felt that she could not let herself suffer, so she asked someone to ask if the cook was willing to go with her to work in the Fourth Master's mansion.

The Fourth Master choked and looked up at Yu Suisui. Seeing that she was calm, as she should be, he had nothing to say. He pursed his lips and said, "Send someone to ask."

Yu Sui thought that this chef was not working as an employee no matter where he worked, so she must pay a high salary to hire him to make delicious food for her.

After dinner, Yu Susui followed the Fourth Master to the Old Summer Palace. The garden had not yet been expanded, and the scenery in the garden was not as good as it will be in the future. It is now simple and natural.

It’s the same path that the Fourth Master is taking now, keeping a low profile.

Yu Sui lived with the Fourth Master until winter. The leaves in the garden turned yellow and then red, and were covered with heavy snow, turning the garden into a vast expanse of white.

Yu Sui built many snowmen in her yard, row after row. They looked particularly cute. If they were not human faces but animals’ bodies, people in her yard might like them more.

"Miss, the madam has handed in a note to the mansion, and Fu Jin told you to handle it yourself." Chun Fei held an exquisite note in her arms, which was handed to the mansion by the original owner's mother.

Yu Suisui wiped his hands which were dirty from peeling roasted peanuts with a handkerchief, took it and saw that the note was written by the original owner's sister. She was the best at writing small characters. Yu Suisui thought for a moment and asked, "Has the wife seen anyone from the Nala family recently?"

Qiu Xiang said, "I don't know about this. The lady is in the mansion, which is quite far away, and it's not convenient to get information from her." If she was in the mansion, she could just ask and find out, but in the garden, how could she reach out so far?

Yu Suisui put the note on the table on the kang and thought about whether she should meet the people from the Nian family. Privately, she didn't want to meet them as it was a troublesome matter.

"Forget it, you ask someone to tell them and I'll talk to them after I return to Beijing." The journey was long and it was snowing heavily, so it was not suitable for a meeting.

Chun Fei was a little hesitant, "Miss, the lady hasn't seen you for half a year. She may miss you a lot. Wouldn't it be bad to refuse you again this time?" This was the third time the girl had refused. The lady must be sad.

Yu Suisui: "It's snowing heavily, the roads are icy, and the garden is far from home. What if something goes wrong on the way back and forth?" The key point is that Madam Nian is already in her sixties. When Yu Suisui found out, he was shocked, because Madam Nian gave birth to her when she was in her fifties.

Nian Xialing is also amazing. He is about to be seventy years old now. Yu Suisui even doubts whether she is the daughter of Nian's wife. After all, it is rare to have a daughter at such an old age in modern times.

Chun Fei thought about it and it was the same. The two previous times, the madam chose bad days. One time was when it was raining continuously in autumn, and the other time was when the girl had just entered the mansion. It was understandable that the girl refused both times.

This time they chose a snowy day, which was indeed not suitable for the lady to go out.

When Madam Nian found out, she hugged her eldest daughter, Madam Hu, and cried, "Your sister is blaming us. She hasn't seen us for so long. She blames us for sending her to the palace!"

But the emperor had granted the marriage, so what could they do? Did they want their fifteen or sixteen-year-old daughter, who was as beautiful as a flower, to serve the prince who could be her father?

What can they do? The emperor’s order cannot be disobeyed.

Madam Hu hugged her mother and comforted her. It was right for her sister to blame her. Prince Yong was a good person, but that girl was not in love. Prince Yong was nearly twenty years older than her sister. How could he compare with those young men?

No matter how powerful a man is, how many girls in the world would fall in love with a man as old as their father?

At the beginning, my father clearly said that he would ask for my sister to be exempted from the selection and find someone with similar interests for her. However, I don’t know what my eldest and second brothers said to my father, and my sister went to the palace for the selection. Not long after, the Emperor granted the marriage, and my sister became Prince Yong’s concubine.

Nowadays, concubines can indeed be included in the imperial edict, and have a say in it, but why can't my sister be the main wife? My parents all know about my sister, and they still sent her to the selection.

"Your sister is so cruel. I have raised her for more than ten years, and just like this, she hates us." Mrs. Nian cried breathlessly. How could she accept that her own daughter resented her?

She had given birth to so many children. Her two sons were promising and her daughters all married good men. She should have been proud of herself, but her heart was broken by her youngest daughter.

Mrs. Hu now just thought that she was tongue-tied. She couldn't say what her sister said. A girl of fifteen or sixteen years old entered the royal family. Did her parents and brother know about it? In Prince Yong's mansion, there was a concubine named Li who took care of all of Prince Yong's children a few years ago.

It was also this year that Prince Yong's half brother was born in his mansion.

Just thinking about this, Mrs. Hu felt uncomfortable in her heart, as if being pricked by a needle. She herself had a daughter, and she had never thought of giving her daughter to her family or her brother in exchange for their future.

A marriage between families of equal status is a union of two families, but for this royal family, it means that the family members use their sister to pave the way for them.