Quick Wear: The Enchanting Concubine, Rules of Survival and Plunder

“Everyone goes through this in life,” Madam Gu said, hugging her niece. “Compared to those who don’t have enough to eat or wear, your aunt has lived a very good life. At least she has been living a life of luxury since she was a child.”

Although her days in the Gu family were incredibly difficult, the Jiang family gave her a generous dowry, so Madam Gu never suffered any hardship in terms of food, drink, or daily necessities.

After all, the Gu family only looked down on her background; they didn't actually have such despicable intentions as to take her dowry.

"Alright, stop feeling sorry for your aunt," Madam Gu continued. "Otherwise, if you cry your eyes out, won't it be your aunt who feels the most heartache?"

Then Madam Gu put her arm around her niece and gently patted her shoulder: "My greatest hope in this life is to find you a good family to marry into."

When it came to her niece's marriage, Madam Gu became worried.

She naturally didn't want her niece to marry into a higher social class. She had already experienced the hardships of such a marriage herself, so how could she bear to let her niece follow in her footsteps?

The problem is, with my niece's face, if she marries down, I'm afraid her husband's family won't be able to protect her at all!

Of course, the most important thing is that even minor officials in the capital are unwilling to marry women from merchant families.

As for letting her niece become someone's concubine, Madam Gu never even considered it. She would rather her niece never get married than let her become someone's concubine.

“Aunt, Grandmother’s birthday is coming soon, and I want to go back to Jiangnan,” Jiang Chunxi said. “I have been away from home for many years. Since I came to the capital at the age of seven, I have never been back to Jiangnan. I have almost forgotten the scenery of Jiangnan.”

With the original owner's memories, Jiang Chunxi knew that the emperor would soon be making a southern tour.

The current emperor has only three princesses and no sons. The original owner's wish was to get Madam Gu to divorce and leave the Gu family. Therefore, she had to climb up to the most powerful man in the world in order to help Madam Gu escape her misery.

Therefore, the Emperor is the best choice. She must enter the palace as a concubine and give birth to a prince so that she can use the Emperor's help to get Madam Gu out of the abyss of the Gu family.

“My aunt also misses Jiangnan,” Madam Gu said with a look of longing. “It’s a pity! I guess my aunt will never be able to go back to Jiangnan again in this lifetime.”

As she spoke, Madam Gu's eyes welled up with tears. She quickly let go of her niece and wiped her moist eyes with a handkerchief: "It's good to go back. You've been away from home for so long, you should go back and visit."

“I will tell your uncle and have him arrange for someone to escort you back to Jiangnan.”

Meanwhile, on Madam Gu's side...

"Madam," Granny Bai said as she entered the room, "Madam Gu was smoking a water pipe. I brought you contraceptive medicine and watched you drink it before I came back."

"Hmm!" Old Madam Gu exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "Jiang has been quite well-behaved since she married into the family. From now on, just have the maid deliver the contraceptive medicine. You don't need to go with her anymore. Just make sure Jiang drinks the medicine."

"Hmph!" Granny Bai snorted disdainfully. "With Madam's background, what ambitions or restlessness would she dare to harbor? But if she had a child, that would be a different story. It's fortunate that the Old Madam had the foresight to immediately stop Jiang's ability to have children. Otherwise, if Jiang had given birth to a child, there would have been endless troubles!"

“Indeed,” Madam Gu agreed with Granny Bai’s words. “Once a woman has her own child, no matter how well-behaved she is, she will develop ambitions. So naturally, I must nip Jiang’s ambitions in the bud.”

“Oh! By the way, where are Yan Jin and Princess Hua’an now?” Old Madam Gu frowned deeply as she spoke. “Princess Hua’an’s background is a good match for Yan Jin. After all, she is a royal princess. If she can marry into the Gu family, it would be a great honor for our Gu family.”

"However, Princess Hua'an's behavior is really unbecoming. She doesn't behave like a proper young lady at all, and her behavior is so frivolous that it's unbearable to watch. If it weren't for the fact that she is a princess, I would definitely have someone throw her out to prevent her from ruining Yan Jin's reputation."

Princess Hua'an is Yan Jialuo. In Gu Yanjin's eyes, Yan Jialuo's uniqueness is a fatal attraction, but in the eyes of Old Madam Gu, there is only disdain and disgust.

However, since the other party was a royal princess, and her grandson seemed to like her very much, even if Madam Gu disliked her, she would not show it.

“Although I look down on Miss Jiang,” Granny Bai said with a sneer, “I must say that Princess Hua’an’s behavior is not even as good as that of Miss Jiang, a merchant’s daughter. At least Miss Jiang is very well-behaved. She would not dress as a man and come to a man’s house to visit him in a carefree manner, without any awareness of the separation between men and women.”

“Aside from her poor background, Jiang Chunxi has been well-educated by the Jiang family in other aspects. She is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and her manners have also been well taught. It’s just that she is too beautiful and has a foxy look that is not very pleasing,” Old Madam Gu frowned again. “However, considering that the Jiang family has been relatively well-behaved over the years, it’s not impossible to find a good marriage for her niece.”

"We can forget about the legitimate son of a wealthy family, but marrying a son born out of wedlock shouldn't be a problem," said Madam Gu to Granny Bai. "Send someone to inquire and see which family's son born out of wedlock has a decent character."

Madam Gu only mentioned that he was of good character, but did not mention his abilities. After all, if a son of a noble family were to be exceptionally capable, he would be carefully selected in terms of marriage, and there would be no reason for him to just pick a merchant's daughter.

This shows that Madam Gu was not a bad person. Her contempt for her daughter-in-law, Madam Gu, was simply due to her class-based mindset.

Granny Bai: "Yes, I will arrange for someone to go out and inquire."

That night, just as Jiang Chunxi was about to rest, Gu Yanjin quietly came to her room.

Jiang Chunxi frowned deeply, then lowered her head and said, "It's late at night. I wonder what brings you to my room, cousin?"

Gu Yanjin's expression first showed surprise, then she said with great displeasure, "What do you mean by that? Does that mean I can't come to see you if I have nothing to do?"

"Furthermore, you were extremely unbecoming in front of Princess Hua'an today. It's only fortunate that the princess didn't blame you because of me, otherwise..."

“Cousin,” Jiang Chunxi raised her head and interrupted Gu Yanjin, “If you are blaming me because of Princess Hua’an, then I admit my mistake. When I have the chance to see Princess Hua’an again in the future, I will apologize to her in person.”

“It’s already very late, cousin, you should leave now!” Jiang Chunxi gestured for him to leave. “Also, please don’t enter my room at night again, cousin, lest someone finds out and I’ll be doomed. I don’t think you want to get me killed.”