Reincarnated as the Abandoned Daughter of a Marquis's Mansion: I Take Control of My Life

Su Yinyin said jokingly, "Grandmother, Uncle, Aunt, my sister and I will go back to the manor first and come to visit again tomorrow. Please don't look down on us then."

The Duchess pretended to be angry, "Yinyin, it's not that your aunt is criticizing you, but I've already arranged your and Yueyue's courtyard. Besides, I haven't seen you bring the baby and Xiaoxiao to stay for a few days."

Su Yinyin stepped forward and took the Duchess's hand. "Oh dear, Aunt, you know I don't have time. But from now on, Su Yue will spend more time with Grandmother and you. You must discipline her properly."

"What are you saying? Yueyue is also my daughter, my own daughter. Do you need to explain to me? I will discipline her myself." The Duchess looked at Su Yue with affection and a smile on her face.

It's clear that everyone likes Su Yue a lot. It's genuine affection, not pity or sympathy.

"Mother, I want to stay with Sister Yinyin for the night." Li Lan seized the opportunity and grabbed the Duchess's hand, pleading sweetly.

"Want to go out? Ask your sister Yinyin if she agrees!" the Duchess said indulgently.

"Let's go!" Su Yinyin gestured for them to follow.

Stepping out of the flower hall, Li Lan put his arm around Su Yinyin's shoulder and said, "The air is so fresh today!"

Su Yinyin smiled and said, "It must be because the air of freedom is so nice!"

"Sister Yinyin, you know me too well. You don't know, I've lost all my former happiness since I returned to the capital. The capital is so boring, and there are so many rules!"

Su Yinyin retorted, "Isn't your happiness simply about eating well, drinking well, sleeping well, and having fun?"

Li Lan pouted, "I've eaten and slept well, but no one is playing with me! My brother is busy, and my mother manages this huge house. I wanted to go find you, but you weren't there. Now that I've finally caught you, you have to keep me company."

“That’s easy. We’ll go shopping later. You two, I’ll pay for everything you want to buy today,” Su Yinyin said to her two younger sisters.

"Sister Yinyin, you're so generous! You know Su Yue and I don't have much money! We can only rely on your help! I've been in Beijing for several days and haven't had a chance to go out shopping yet." Li Lan clapped her hands excitedly, like a child again, and after spinning around a few times, she hugged Su Yinyin.

Seeing Li Lan's lively and happy demeanor, Su Yue was also infected by her, and unconsciously hugged Su Yinyin's hand.

Seeing Su Yue's expression and then Li Lan's, Su Yinyin was also happy.

Sure enough, women can't resist the temptation of shopping.

Su Yinyin is the same way; she loves to shop. Today is a rare opportunity, so she plans to…!

After Li Lan instructed the steward to prepare the carriage, the three of them walked towards the main gate.

They had only walked a short distance when they spotted that familiar face in the distance. Su Yinyin and Li Lan exclaimed in unison, "What bad luck!"

Su Yue didn't know why her sister and Lanlan said that. She looked in the direction they were pointing and saw a woman dressed in gorgeous clothes, whose appearance was not particularly outstanding, walking towards them.

When Lin Lili walked up to them, she greeted Su Yinyin with an elegant smile, "Miss Su, it's been a long time. I thought we would never see each other again, but I didn't expect to meet again so soon."

Su Yinyin sneered, "I'm really sorry to disappoint you. I guess we'll be seeing each other quite often in the future."

Oh, we probably don't see each other often, right? After all, your family isn't high-class, so you're not in our league.

"You... I won't hold it against you. Farewell!" With that, she left with her maid.

After arriving in Beijing, Lin Lili realized that she was just a frog in a well.

So she followed the Duchess around every day, hoping to use her as a stepping stone to find a better way out.

These past few days, whenever the Duchess went out to visit friends, Lin Lili would pester her to take her along.

So, she met several women her own age. Today, she invited these women out shopping. She even brought all her savings with her.

As Lin Lili walked, she thought to herself, becoming increasingly smug.

Lin Lili's smug look caught Su Yinyin off guard. "Why isn't Lin Lili leaving?"

Li Lan simply stated, "No, Mother has already explained to her that she cannot make decisions about her brother's marriage, and her brother has also made it clear that he will not marry her, Lin Lili."

So her mother wanted to send her back, but she cried and begged her mother to let her find a husband in the capital. She even strongly requested that her mother help her find one. Her mother initially disagreed, but the woman knelt in her mother's courtyard for a whole day and night.

My mother was afraid that if word got out, it would damage the reputation of the Duke's mansion. That's why she agreed.

But other people have much higher requirements: they must be good-looking, from wealthy families, with high family prestige, and their father must hold an official rank of at least the third grade, and they must be the eldest son of the legitimate wife.

That really angered my mother! She wanted to have someone beat her up. "Li Lan said indignantly.

“Since my aunt dislikes her and finds her annoying, I’ll take care of her.” Su Yinyin declared.

"Sister Yinyin, do you have any good ideas?"

"Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed." After saying this, Su Yinyin walked away on her own.

Li Lan kept asking questions from behind. The three of them got into the carriage, chatting and laughing, and the carriage headed towards the most bustling street in the capital.

The three of them were in the car, having already made their plans. It was still early, not yet lunchtime, so they decided to go buy clothes and jewelry first.

The carriage stopped at the Jinxiu Pavilion, the largest in the capital. As the name suggests, it sells clothes.

Jinxiu Pavilion has three floors. The first floor sells fabrics, the second floor sells ready-made clothes, and the third floor sells gold and silver jewelry.

After getting out of the car, Su Yinyin and the other two went straight to the second floor and ordered a private room.

The private room has tea, snacks, and a changing room. The design is very reasonable.

To enter this private room, the minimum spending requirement is five thousand taels of silver.

After the three of them sat down, they asked the waiter to bring out the catalog to see if there were any styles they liked.

Li Lan was flipping through the catalog page by page. When she saw a style she liked, she asked the shop assistant to write it down.

Looking at these beautiful pictures, Su Yue couldn't decide which one to choose! Su Yue felt that no matter which dress she wore, it would be a waste!

Su Yinyin could see through Su Yue's thoughts. So she called over a shop assistant, took the catalog, flipped through the pictures, and said, "Choose according to her figure. This one, and this one, and this one, buy all of these." Su Yinyin pointed to the pictures and selected more than a dozen outfits.

When Su Yue saw that Su Yinyin had picked out so many clothes for her, she immediately stopped her, saying, "Sister, that's too much. Just buy me one set."

"What do you mean 'a lot'? There are only a dozen or so sets. If you weren't still growing, I would have bought all the clothes in the store and given them to you."