Xiao Tao couldn't help but say: "Our young lady not only met the Queen Mother, but also met the five princes, two princesses, the old Princess Rong, Madam Xie, Madam Cai, and..."

The three girls were in disbelief.

Madam Su suddenly pushed the door open and asked anxiously, "Did you really see the Empress Dowager? And did you also see the princes, princesses, and those noble ladies?"

You have to know that each of these people has a very respected status. With a flick of their fingers, they can decide the life or death of a person or even a family. No matter which family the Su family climbs up to, they can move to a higher level and even achieve greater glory.

Madam Su asked excitedly, "Why did the Queen Mother summon you?"

Su Xi hurriedly said, "Grandmother, I just saw Ninth Sister holding a tray covered with red cloth. I guess it might be a reward from the nobles. It must be precious things!"

After saying this, he glanced at the tray on the table, wishing he could grab it immediately and keep it for himself.

Su Pingyan smiled and said, "If the Queen Mother has any reward, the good things should be presented to Grandmother. This is what we, as granddaughters, should do. Su Jiu, don't you agree?"

When she was being generous to others, she said it so lightly that Su Ci couldn't help but roll her eyes.

I didn't expect that these two daughters of the second house were not easy to deal with.

She walked to the tray and lifted the red cloth. There was nothing inside.

Xiao Tao couldn't help thinking that the young lady was so smart as to hide the things so quickly.

Su Ci looked at their disappointed expressions and couldn't help but want to laugh. They wanted to take advantage of her, but it was impossible. All that was hers, and she would never give it to these ugly people.

"Cousin, what reward is there?"

"Did you hide them all?"

"Where did you hide it? Look around this room, is there anywhere you can hide something? Look carefully, and if you find it, I'll give it all to you!"

Several people looked around the entire room carefully and found that there was no place to hide anything.

The whole room was clear at a glance. There was nothing else except a bed, a small table, and a few small square stools.

Su Ping glared at Su Ci fiercely.

Madam Su secretly examined Su Ci for a while, then spoke again: "Why did the Queen Mother summon you?"

Su Ci answered slowly, "My cousin gave me a few bottles of fine wine last time, and I gave them to Abbot Chen today. When the Empress Dowager saw the wine, she asked me to stand outside the courtyard and said a few words to her. How could a daughter of a sixth-rank official like me meet those nobles?"

Old Madam Su was skeptical about her words, but after thinking about it carefully, she realized that Su Ci didn't have any special abilities, nor did she have anything to show for it. She must have been overthinking it, and she wasn't qualified at all to be summoned by the Empress Dowager!

"You met Abbot Chen today. Did you ask him for the amulet?"

"Please, I've been having bad luck lately. In order to avoid being plotted against by villains in the future and to have a safe and smooth life, I'm begging for two!"

When Su Lianxing heard this, she knew that Su Ci was cursing her in secret.

He said angrily, "Who are you calling a villain?"

"Who has done something immoral and shameless? Doesn't he know what's going on?"

Madam Su's face trembled vigorously, and she asked unnaturally: "Did you get what you asked for?"

"I got it! I've sent a servant to take it back to the Su Mansion!"

Su Ping's face was full of disbelief. "Do you know how hard it is to get a talisman? If you can get one, you are probably deceiving everyone."

"Believe it or not! Anyway, I'm not praying for you. Whether I succeed or not, it has nothing to do with you! Besides, just because you don't have the ability doesn't mean others don't have the ability, right?"

Su Ping was choked for a moment.

Madam Su refused to give up easily. Before leaving, she solemnly said to Su Ci: "The interests of the family are above everything else. You are also a member of the Su family. Only when the family is well, will your life in the third room be better!"

This is just to fool a three-year-old child! She didn't believe the old lady's lies and nonsense. When did the first and second branches of the Su family treat the third branch well? They only suppressed and bullied it.

No matter how good the Su Mansion was, the Third House had never had an easy life. Being able to live a few days of peace without being troubled or suppressed was a great luxury.

Su Ci looked at the old lady and said calmly, "Yes, I know!"

When the yard quieted down, Su Ci took out eight more makeup mirrors and gave them to Banyue, asking her to deliver all the orders for makeup mirrors.

At dusk, two more ladies came, one was about sixty years old and the other was about forty years old. Su Ci didn't know them, but still asked the maid to invite them into the side room.

The young lady bowed slightly, "I heard that the young lady has some good things here, so I came here without permission. My Lord Liang is a sixth-rank official, and his family is an imperial merchant. Today, he is not qualified to be in front of the queen mother, so he has no chance to meet Miss Su."

"I want to ask Miss Su to buy three makeup mirrors and some red wine. I can buy some at a higher price. Miss Su, please help us this time. We, the Liang family, owe you a favor. If you need anything in the future, we, the Liang family, will definitely help you!"

When Su Ci heard the word "royal merchant", her eyes lit up. Perhaps they could help each other and benefit from each other in business in the future. She must grasp this connection, so she readily agreed.

After the lady finished speaking, she took off a jade bracelet with excellent water head from her wrist and put it on Su Ci's wrist. She also took an exquisite brocade box from the old lady's hand. Inside was a set of very exquisite ruby ​​head ornaments, which were obviously worth a lot of money. She also took out a large stack of silver bills from her bosom and placed them on the table. A quick look showed that there were at least 20,000 or 30,000 taels of silver bills.

Su Ci smiled and said, "How much do you want?"

"Three makeup mirrors and twenty bottles of red wine."

Su Ci walked to the bamboo basket at the corner, lifted the red cloth, and took out three makeup mirrors, twenty-five bottles of red wine, and ten bottles of white wine as bonus items.

When the two ladies saw the things, they were overjoyed and the smiles on their faces became more sincere.

After being bombarded with nice words and expressing gratitude again, the two left happily.

Just after dinner, another unexpected person came to visit.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Su’s second wife, Li Yulan, came with Mrs. Li and her two sisters-in-law.

When Xiao Tao entered the room to report, Su Ci said nonchalantly, "Just say that I have a terrible headache and am sleeping now, and send them away first! No matter why they come to visit, I don't want to see them for the time being."

Xiao Tao walked out of the yard and said to the Li family, "My daughter caught a cold yesterday and now has a severe headache. She just took some medicine and went to bed."

The Li family was stopped outside the yard.

Li Yulan was incredulous and threatened Xiao Tao fiercely, "Do you think I don't know? Your daughter is fine. I saw the Liang family come over just now. They were so happy when they left, as if they had returned with great success!"

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