Wealth and glory seek stability

She thought that she had already adapted to the rules of this era, but she had been growing up in a country with human rights and freedom for twenty-seven years. The free soul in her bones was like a seed under the wasteland. As long as there was a slight possibility of climbing up, she would break through the soil, grow new buds, and eventually spread across the entire wasteland like a prairie fire.

She really couldn't empathize with others. She used to force herself to adapt because that was the only way she could survive.

And now-

There is only one step left.

Jian Xi returned to the Gao family.

I slept the most soundly since I got married, until noon.

The sunlight shone through the bright red gauze curtain. Jian Xi opened her eyes and felt more energetic than ever before.

Ever since she took the medicine Zhang Cen'er gave her, she felt that her physical condition had improved unprecedentedly. Before she was pregnant, she had some shortness of breath from time to time, but now she doesn't have that feeling anymore.

She was not worried that Zhang Cen'er would plot against her on this matter. After all, her current apparent price was not worth others' efforts.

Although it is a bit sad to think about it, it is also a blessing in disguise.

"Yulan."

"lady."

"Have you finished the clothes I asked you to sew for me?"

"To answer Madam, it has been done."

Everyone was packing their boxes in the yard, and the sound of moving things was very noisy.

Yu Lan, however, stayed by the bed at Jian Xi's instruction.

Yu Lan unfolded her dress, revealing an ordinary white lining, but with pockets of different sizes sewn on it.

Jian Xi nodded with satisfaction and gave it a try.

She casually picked up a jewel necklace from her dressing table and threw it to Yulan. Yulan caught it hastily for fear that it might break. "Madam, this...?"

Jian Xi was changing her clothes. Yu Lan saw this and asked, "Madam, would you like to ask Zi Cui and the others to come in and help you get dressed?"

"No, it's already on. The necklace is yours as a reward. You can make another one similar to it, according to the size of the little girl Bai Zhi. How long will it take to finish it?"

Yu Lan had received rewards before, but never such a precious necklace. If she remembered correctly, this necklace was Jian Xi's dowry. The chain was made of the finest pure gold, and the gold, jade and gems on it were all priceless treasures. Yu Lan really felt that it was a little hot.

"Madam, the dress is of simple style and I can make it in less than half an hour. The chain is too valuable and I dare not accept it." Apart from doing needlework, Yu Lan rarely walks around in the yard. In addition, she is an introverted person, so she feels content with her job.

"Just accept it. When you are done, send the clothes to me and ask Baizhi to come over. If you feel bad about it, make a cloak for Baizhi. Just modify my cloak. It doesn't have to be complicated."

"Yes." Yu Lan pursed her lips and walked out.

She had to do it quickly. She heard that Madam Gao's coffin would be shipped in the evening, and she couldn't waste Jian Xi's time.

Jian Xi took out a box from the side of the dressing table. It was something she asked Zi Cui to find before going to bed. It was full of gold bars and gold leaves.

A penny can make a hero fall. You have to make preparations for your life even if you want to. Everything else is empty. In troubled times, gold is the most real thing. Keeping these things will only benefit others. It is better to make yourself live a comfortable life.

Jian Xi stuffed gold bars and gold leaves into the pocket that Yu Lan had sewn, and then secured it with needle and thread. She found the deerskin boots she had worn when riding horses before, stuffed a layer of gold leaves into the soles, and put insoles on them.

Shangguan Tang gave her a peach wood hidden weapon before. After the hijacking, she had more than 20 peach wood hairpins, bracelets and rings made for her in the same style. They were simple in design but contained hidden weapons and poisons.

She put on her inner clothes, and then used a rope to string the Qingmu Yaowang Order that Guo Xiu gave her before she left, and wore it close to her body.

He found two pieces of cotton cloth from the box and packed a few clothes, jewelry and banknotes to make it look like a fake.

She didn't want to ask others to do these life-saving things. She couldn't even tell whether the people around her were human or ghost. She couldn't give away all her life-saving trump cards.

She put on a green cotton dress on the outside. This material was the most wear-resistant, and the color was Gao Yunhuai's favorite plain and elegant green.

Thinking of Gao Yunhuai, Jian Xi lowered her eyes. She didn't know what was wrong with her, she just felt empty and uncomfortable in her heart. She shook off the strange thoughts in her mind.

If you're dead, how can you have the time to think about love?

Knock knock knock!

There was a knock on the door.

"Ma'am, I'm Bai Zhi."

Jian Xi packed her things, walked to the round table and poured a cup of tea, "Come in."

When Bai Zhi came to Gao's house, she didn't bring much with her, just two sets of clothes and a medical book.

"lady."

Jian Xi curved her eyebrows and pulled Bai Zhi over, touching her soft hair. "How is it? Are you used to living in Gao's house?"

Bai Zhi raised her head and said seriously, "Very good, the sisters are very kind to me. Sister Yulan even makes clothes for me." Looking at Jian Xi's warm eyes, Bai Zhi's eyes were sour, "It's just that I miss Master. When will Master come back?"

She read the medical classics obediently every day and listened to her master and ate on time. Although her master had told her to be good and not to bother Jian Xi, she really missed her master.

I don’t know if it’s because she’s pregnant, but Jian Xi used to be able to resist the innocent words of this kind of cute creature, but now she has no resistance at all.

"Then I'll take you to see the master, okay?"

Bai Zhi was surprised, "Really?"

Jian Xi chuckled and took out two small round bracelets from the dressing table. One of them was hollow inside, and the other one turned out to be a dagger when a mechanism was pressed.

Jian Xi demonstrated it to Bai Zhi and Bai Zhi learned it. "This is made according to your size. You can put some medicinal powder in this hollow part. You must not tell anyone that I am going to take you to find the master. Do you understand?"

Bai Zhi's eyes sparkled as she said happily: "Don't worry, sister. I won't tell anyone. I'll go pack my things now." After that, she skipped back to her room with the two bracelets.

Jian Xi watched Bai Zhi walk away, her lips drooping.

There was only a sealed coffin in the mourning hall. No one knew that she had carried Madam Gao's coffin away last night and buried it in Qianxi Manor. Jian Xi had been to that mountain forest before. It was indeed a picturesque place with green mountains and clear waters.

She didn't really want to carry a coffin all the way to Pingjiang Prefecture. She couldn't even take care of the safety of the living, let alone the dead.

Zi Cui, Xing Mama and others were originally given to her by Xia. Some were old, some were young, but they were all honest and well-behaved.

Xia's reaction told her that there was no traitor among these people.

Just think about it, Mama Gui and Mama Xing are old, and are a burden in the palace, and cannot reach the core circle. Maids like Zi Cui are at most second-class maids, and are not born in the family, so they have no foundation. Xia Shi has nothing to control them, and she probably thinks that people like her can't cause any trouble. Who knows?