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

"Then I thank you, Madam," Jiang Huishu said happily.

With Gu Bingkun's promise and the old lady's promise, Chunxi's marriage was even more secure. So now Jiang Huishu had no resentment towards the Gu family at all, only gratitude towards them.

"Alright, it's just a small favor, is it really worth all this..." Old Madam Gu stopped mid-sentence, clearly her next words were going to be hurtful. "It's nothing, you and your niece can go back now!"

"Then we'll take our leave." Jiang Huishu and Jiang Chunxi bowed to Old Madam Gu and then left.

"Alas!" Madam Gu sighed after Jiang Chunxi and her niece had left. "It seems that I'm getting old and my heart has softened. I was actually worried that my words might hurt the Jiang family."

“The old lady is just too kind-hearted,” said Granny Bai. “If this were any other family, with the lady’s background, she would have been tormented to death by her mother-in-law. But although the old lady dislikes the lady very much, she has never tormented her over the years, she has only looked down on her.”

"If this lady were of sound mind, she would be extremely grateful to you."

“I don’t need her Jiang family to be grateful to me,” Madam Gu said disdainfully. “To put it bluntly, she Jiang family isn’t even qualified to be grateful to me.”

"Forget it, as long as Jiang can continue to behave herself, I can give her a little more respect. After all, she was brought in by Bingkun with great ceremony, and she is the legal wife recorded in the Gu family genealogy. We can't be too disrespectful to her."

Then, Old Madam Gu looked at Granny Bai and said, "Go and tell the servants in this mansion to show more respect to Madam Jiang in the future. After all, she is the master of the Gu family, and there is no reason for her to be looked down upon by the servants."

Granny Bai's heart skipped a beat. The old lady's words were a warning to her. It seemed that she would have to change her attitude towards the madam in the future.

Jiang Chunxi set off for Jiangnan three days later, and Gu Yanjin was unaware that she was going back to Jiangnan, because he had been focusing his energy on Yan Jialuo these past few days, taking her around the capital every day, and taking her to various poetry gatherings, where she met many young men from noble families in the capital.

Because of her status as a princess, and because Yan Jialuo was indeed very different from the other young ladies of noble families in the capital, many people like Gu Yanjin were deeply attracted to her.

This is Yan Jialuo's purpose. Since the emperor has no sons, he will definitely choose an heir from among the sons of various vassal kings in the future. Therefore, the person Yan Jialuo marries is particularly important. Gu Yanjin is not her only choice.

Of course, this honey trap isn't just effective on one man. Yan Jialu cast a wide net, unleashing her unique charm among the young masters of the aristocratic circle in the capital. After all, what you can't have is often the most alluring, and this could very well bring Yan Jialu unexpected surprises in the future.

Although Gu Yanjin was not Yan Jialuo's only choice, he was her best choice. Whether it was his family background, appearance, or ability, Gu Yanjin was impeccable. It would be absolutely impossible for Yan Jialuo not to be attracted to Gu Yanjin.

That's why Yan Jialuo couldn't tolerate the original owner in her previous life.

Gu Yanjin only learned from Old Madam Gu that Jiang Chunxi had returned to Jiangnan half a month after she left.

"Yanjin, Yanjin," Old Madam Gu said with some displeasure as she looked at her absent-minded grandson, "Why are you daydreaming? Or is there something you're unhappy with about what your grandmother said, which is why you're pretending to be lost in thought?"

"Sigh!" Then, Madam Gu sighed softly, "What I just said was for your own good. If you really like Princess Hua'an, then you shouldn't always take her to poetry gatherings. Tell me, is it appropriate for a young lady to always be hanging around men?"

“Grandmother,” Gu Yanjin said, “Ruyang is different from the capital. The people there are more open-minded and there are not as many complicated rules and regulations. There is no such thing as strict separation between men and women. Therefore, Princess Hua’an cannot be compared with the young ladies of the capital. Grandmother must never say such things again. Otherwise, if this gets out, I am afraid that some people will accuse you of disrespecting the royal family.”

Madam Gu's face darkened immediately: "You are threatening your grandmother. How clever of you! It seems that Princess Hua'an is quite capable. She has bewitched my originally filial grandson, making him so daring to threaten his grandmother."

“Grandmother, I was just stating the facts. Why are you so angry?” Gu Yanjin said helplessly. “Princess Hua’an is, after all, a royal princess. It was indeed very inappropriate for you to say such things. I was just worried that I would get into trouble because of my words, so I advised you like that. If you insist on distorting my words, then I will be truly wronged.”

"Alright, I'm not senile yet, don't try to fool me with words like that," Madam Gu said, her expression growing increasingly displeased. "Get out, get out of here right now, or I'll get angrier the more I look at you. If I had known you would be bewitched by a woman, I shouldn't have agreed to let you go abroad to study."

Madam Gu now feels increasingly disgusted and resentful towards Princess Hua'an. A young lady like her always hanging around men is, to put it nicely, shameless; to put it bluntly, she's a promiscuous harlot who can't resist men.

"Grandmother, it's all my fault. I apologize to you. Please don't be angry with me," Gu Yanjin said, then pretended to change the subject. "The Jiang family sent their cousin to the capital hoping she could find a good marriage there, right? So why did Madam send her back to Jiangnan?"

Gu Yanjin didn't harbor any ill will towards Jiang Huishu's stepmother, but he didn't like her either. Therefore, he naturally wouldn't call her "mother" and always addressed her as "Madam."

“They’re just going back to wish her grandmother a happy birthday and then stop by to visit her family. It’s not like they’re never coming back,” Madam Gu said impatiently, clearly displeased with her grandson’s attempt to change the subject. “Alright, get out of here! Stop standing here and bothering me.”

Gu Yanjin breathed a sigh of relief. He had just overheard his grandmother casually mention that Jiang Chunxi had returned to Jiangnan, and his heart had been clenched with anxiety.