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

Jiang Chunxi returned to Jiangnan by boat. When she arrived in Jiangnan, her mother's trusted servant was already waiting for her at the dock.

When their daughter returned, they only sent servants to pick her up, which shows how little importance her parents placed on her as their legitimate daughter.

When Jiang Chunxi returned to the Jiang family, she first went to pay her respects to the original owner's grandmother. There were many children in the Jiang family by the time of the original owner's generation. In addition, the original owner was sent to the capital at a young age, so naturally there was no so-called grandmother-granddaughter relationship. After chatting with the old lady for a while, Jiang Chunxi went to the original owner's mother's courtyard.

Here's the thing: why didn't Madam Jiang keep her granddaughter around a bit longer and ask her more about her daughter's situation in the Gu family? Of course, it's because Madam Jiang is also a sexist and doesn't really have much of a mother's heart for her daughter, Jiang Huishu.

He casually asked Jiang Chunxi a few questions about her aunt's well-being, and then didn't inquire about her daughter again.

"Daughter greets Mother." Jiang Chunxi entered her mother's room and politely bowed to her.

"Get up!" Mrs. Jiang said calmly, without any of the excitement one would expect from someone who hadn't seen their daughter in a long time. "It seems your aunt has done a good job of raising you all these years; your manners are quite proper, but..."

Jiang's mother frowned: "But you're already sixteen. What exactly is your aunt's plan for your marriage? Don't tell me that there's still no clue about your marriage."

“Given my background, finding a decent marriage in the capital is no easy task,” Jiang Chunxi said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone. “Of course, since the Jiang family sent me to the capital, my aunt will naturally take care of my marriage, so my mother need not worry about it. Therefore, my mother should refrain from asking such questions, lest my aunt find out and become very unhappy.”

"You're threatening me," Jiang's mother said angrily. "Fine, fine, very fine indeed. I was just praising your aunt for raising you well, but now it seems that's not the case at all. Your aunt hasn't raised you well at all; she's clearly raised you to be rebellious and dare to threaten your own mother."

“If Mother insists on thinking that way, then consider your daughter unfilial!” Jiang Chunxi said coldly. “I have just returned and am very tired, so I will take my leave now.”

Jiang Chunxi then bowed to her mother and left with Changli, which naturally infuriated her mother.

"Madam, please calm down," said Yao, the trusted nanny, as she saw Madam Jiang's chest heaving with anger. "If you ask me, this young lady is really outrageous."

"It seems that daughters who are not raised by their side are not close to their parents. The eldest daughter left home at the age of seven and has been raised by her aunt in the capital. She probably already considers her aunt as her own mother. How could she still care about you, her own mother?"

These servants only follow their masters' actions. Seeing their masters so angry, they naturally want to share the same hatred and hatred. How could they possibly go against their masters? Knowing that their masters are so angry, they still speak up for that young lady Jiang Chunxi.

Of course, the main reason is that when Granny Yao brought Jiang Chunxi back to the mansion, she was bullied by Jiang Chunxi, which is the main reason why Granny Yao did such a bad thing.

This is a typical example of how troublesome underlings can be. In such a large and secluded mansion, servants like Granny Yao are everywhere; otherwise, where would so many influential lackeys come from, acting like bullies?

"If I had known this wretched daughter would be so unfilial, I should have strangled her when she was born," Jiang's mother said angrily. "Giving birth to daughters is indeed the most useless thing. If it weren't for the hope that she could marry into a wealthy family in the capital and help the Jiang family rise to a higher level, I would never have let this wretched girl off today."

Although the Jiang family did not attach great importance to Jiang Chunxi's return, they still made arrangements for her. The courtyard where the original owner used to live was cleaned up long ago.

Jiang Chunxi naturally disliked the Jiang family, but she didn't hate their attempts to climb the social ladder by using her daughter as a bargaining chip for personal gain.

After all, this was a very normal thing in ancient times. For the sake of family honor, not to mention using girls as bargaining chips, boys could also be used as bargaining chips if needed.

In fact, not only in ancient times, but even in modern wealthy families, the marriages of their children are not always for political alliances. People in wealthy circles rarely consider the happiness of their children's marriages; they all measure their children's marriages by the interests of the family.

“Miss, I truly feel sorry for you,” Changli said, pouting as she helped Jiang Chunxi wash up after they returned to her courtyard. “You’ve been away from home for so long, yet the Jiang family only sent servants to the dock to pick you up. They could have at least sent a half-brother to do it!”

"In the end, it's because the Jiang family doesn't value you at all. It's one thing for the old lady to be indifferent to you, but the first lady is your biological mother. But look at what she just said. She didn't even say a word of concern about how you've been living in the capital all these years. If you didn't know better, you might think that you weren't born from the first lady's womb."

"Alright, why are we talking about this?" Jiang Chunxi yawned and sat down on the bed. "It's good that my mother doesn't care about me as her daughter. Anyway, I have my aunt, and I don't really expect any maternal love from my birth mother."

"I'm tired, I'll take a nap first," Jiang Chunxi lay down on the bed. "You must be tired too, you should go and rest for a while too!"

"Yes." Changli was indeed very tired. She helped Jiang Chunxi cover herself with the quilt and then lowered the bed curtains before leaving.

Mr. Jiang returned in the evening. He knew his daughter was coming back today. He thought that his wife would definitely hold a family banquet to gather everyone from each household together for a reunion dinner, and also let his daughter get to know everyone.

After all, her daughter has been away from home for so many years, and she must have become estranged from her relatives, especially the children born in the Jiang family in recent years, none of whom she has ever met.

But to his surprise, his wife had not prepared a family banquet at all. When he learned that his wife had only sent a servant to the dock to pick up their daughter, Mr. Jiang was so angry that he smashed the teacup in his hand on the ground and then stormed into Mrs. Jiang's courtyard.

"Master, what's wrong!" Seeing Mr. Jiang storm in, Mrs. Jiang stepped forward in a panic and asked, "Has something happened outside? Otherwise, why would you..."

"I'm asking you, why didn't you send Mingyuan or Mingtao to the dock to pick up Chunxi and bring her back to the mansion? Instead, you only sent a servant to the dock to pick up your daughter," Father Jiang said angrily, pointing at Mother Jiang's nose. "Furthermore, Chunxi has been away from home for so long, and she has finally come back. Shouldn't you, as her mother, host a family banquet?"