After being reborn, her aloof ex-husband and her crazy deceased husband got into a fight.

"Miss, why did Her Majesty the Empress bestow this jade pendant upon you?" Xiao Hong asked, fiddling with a jade pendant in her hand, looking puzzled.

"This jade pendant looks quite ordinary."

It seems there's still some disdain.

This jade pendant was obtained by Gan Cai'er from Empress Yao Ji at the Qionglin Banquet. Yao Ji originally intended to reward her with a pair of gold bracelets, but Gan Cai'er said that she came to the capital from the countryside and did not know many etiquette rules. To avoid making a fool of herself in the future, she asked if the Empress could find her a place to learn etiquette if she wanted to give her a reward.

Upon hearing her request, Yao Ji's eyes lit up immediately. He then bestowed the jade pendant upon her, allowing her to use it to study etiquette at the Imperial Ceremonial Bureau whenever she had time.

With this jade pendant, Gan Cai'er could enter and leave the palace much more easily, without needing an imperial edict to enter.

That long passage was what Lan Tingzhou taught her to say. She didn't understand when he told her to say it that way. But when she got the jade pendant, she suddenly understood.

So she said to Xiaohong, "The value of this jade pendant lies not in the quality of the jade, but in the fact that with it I can freely enter and leave the palace."

"But Miss, what are you going to the palace for? Are you really going to learn those tedious rules and etiquette?" Xiao Hong was even more puzzled.

She remembered her mistress saying that they would open an embroidery shop to do business in the future. As for etiquette, it wasn't really necessary in everyday life.

Gan Cai'er only smiled faintly and did not answer Xiao Hong's question. Because the jade pendant was not really meant for her to learn etiquette, but rather to bring Du Ke into the palace.

However, this jade pendant also had immense benefits for her. If she encountered any difficulties, she could take the pendant to the palace and seek Yao Ji's help.

Although Gongsun Rui and Yao Ji are currently sidelined and have little real power, that's in comparison to the Regent. Compared to ordinary people, they are worlds apart.

After the Qionglin Banquet, Lan Tingzhou became unusually busy, leaving early and returning late every day, and it was rare to see anyone at his residence.

Gan Cai'er was equally busy. On one hand, she looked around for shops, preparing to choose a location for the embroidery shop before the Xuan Ying Guards returned; on the other hand, she started organizing all kinds of items in the house, putting away what needed to be put away and tidying up what needed to be tidied up, and began to make plans for her departure.

"Miss, are you really willing to let go of your son-in-law? Why are you pushing him away?"

"You've been with your son-in-law for so many years, from when he couldn't even sell a single painting, all the way to now, he's the top scholar in the imperial examination. You've finally seen him achieve success, why are you just going to let someone else benefit from it?"

Xiao Hong was indignant, feeling sorry for Gan Cai'er and heartbroken for her.

Gan Cai'er simply smiled and didn't offer any further explanation.

Lan Tingzhou was originally a phoenix from the heavens, but he fell into misfortune and ended up in a chicken coop. Even if he spent his whole life in the chicken coop, a phoenix is ​​still a phoenix, and a chicken is still just a chicken.

A phoenix should only be paired with another phoenix.

Looking at Lan Tingzhou's unprecedented achievements in this life, Gan Cai'er felt even more guilty. In her previous life, if she hadn't been so short-sighted and delayed him, he should have had such a brilliant future.

So how could she have the face to continue standing beside him?

The Black Eagle Guards returned a month later.

Meng Yu's heavy bets nearly bankrupted several of the Wu family's gambling dens. If it weren't for the Xuanying Guards standing guard at the Wu residence, the Wu family would definitely have defaulted on the gambling debts.

Finally, Xuan Lei held a knife to Wu Songping's neck, and only then did Wu Songping, with tears streaming down his face, nod and agree to pay. Later, the Wu family spent more than a month selling off most of their assets to raise all the gambling debts.

The huge sum of 350,000 yuan was safely in Xuan Lei's pocket. He also settled Gan Cai'er's gambling debts along the way.

The bodyguards that Wei Yulan hired were completely useless; before they even got a chance to play, several casinos had already handed over their betting money.

In the end, Gan Cai'er won a total of 82,800 taels of silver! Wei Yulan's hands trembled as she counted the silver notes, praising repeatedly, "My daughter has such good taste, so good!"

Before leaving, Xuan Lei asked Wei Yulan whether she wanted them to take the silver notes to the capital, or whether she should find a caravan to take them to the capital herself. Between the Xuan Ying Guard and the caravan, even a fool would know which to choose.

Therefore, the Xuanying Guards returned to the capital with the huge sum of money that Gan Cai'er and Meng Yu had gambled.

The next day, Xiao Hong pouted and reluctantly entered Gan Cai'er's room.

"Who upset you so early in the morning?" Gan Cai'er glanced at her and asked.

Xiao Hong handed a note to Gan Cai'er and said, "That man surnamed Meng wants to meet you."

Gan Cai'er picked up the note and asked in surprise, "Where did you get this note from?"

Xiao Hong pouted: "It was stuffed in by a lackey."

Gan Cai'er's eyes widened: "No way, you're seeing Feng Zhao again?!"

"What do you mean you're seeing him again? Who would want that short, skinny lackey!" Xiao Hong instantly bristled and jumped up.

He forced it into my room himself!

Gan Cai'er paused for a moment. Has Feng Zhao become so free to come and go from the Lan residence now?

It seems I should remind Lan Tingzhou to hire more guards when I leave in the future.

Gan Cai'er opened the note. There weren't many words on it: a date, an address, and the words, "The money has arrived, come and collect it quickly."

Just six words made Gan Cai'er jump up immediately.