Chapter 8: Madam, I’ll Go Right Away
“Mother is right. Since the Marquis Manor is in trouble now, as a member of the family, I naturally should take out my dowry.”
Hearing this, Madam Zhou breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
Before coming, she had been worried that Jiang Ruanxi would not agree. After all, in the past few days, Jiang Ruanxi had changed a lot, but now it seemed that she had overthought it all.
She was still as stupid as before, blindly giving for her infatuation with a man.
Fortunately, that man was her own son, which was also her son’s ability.
“Ruanxi, Mother is truly gratified that you can think this way.” After Madam Zhou finished speaking, she extended her palm in front of Jiang Ruanxi.
“What does this mean, Mother?”
“Take out the deed. I will find someone to sell those shops.” Madam Zhou said directly.
Jiang Ruanxi’s almond eyes flickered, “Alright, Mother, wait a moment. I’ll go get it for you right now.”
In no time, Madam Zhou obtained the deed, and she was extremely happy deep down.
But at the moment of leaving, Madam Zhou suddenly changed her expression, once again lecturing Jiang Ruanxi from the stance of an elder.
“Your original merchant identity means you married up to the Marquis. If the Marquis gets promoted this time, with all your efforts, he will remember your merit. However, now that you have joined our Marquis Manor and become one of us in the Lin Family of the Marquis Manor, your dowry belongs to the offspring of our Marquis Manor Lin Family. Taking it out now for emergencies shows that you understand matters.”
Jiang Ruanxi cold smiled in her heart at Madam Zhou’s face.
Begging for a piece of meat, then flipping her face upon getting it, showing a selfish, greedy countenance.
But on the surface, she still kept her head low and compliant, echoing, “Mother, I will keep your words in my heart.”
Seeing her so obedient, Madam Zhou felt even more scornful and disdainful of her appearance deep down.
As expected, the daughter raised by lowly merchants could only produce some cheap silver and was utterly useless otherwise.
After Madam Zhou left, Hong Ye said with a look of hating iron for not becoming steel, “Madam, you are really muddleheaded. Those shops east of the city are the most profitable ones in your dowry, and they have been the source of all the subsidies you’ve given to the Marquis Manor over the years. If you give those shops away now, what will you do in the future?”
Jiang Ruanxi knew Hong Ye’s persuasion was for her own good. She smiled and held Hong Ye’s hand, soothing her anxious heart.
“Don’t worry. Your madam is not that foolish. She wants my dowry, but she should see if she has the appetite to swallow it.”
Seeing the calm and composed look at the corners of her brows, unlike in the past, Hong Ye also felt relieved deep down.
Jiang Ruanxi seemed to think of something and looked at Hong Ye with a serious face.
“By the way, how is the matter with the person I asked you to find going?”
Jiang Ruanxi was not very concerned about the dowry matter now. She only wanted to urgently find that beggar and ask clearly what he meant by someone borrowing her fortune before her death.
Yet after her rebirth for several days, she had searched for several days with no clues at all.
Hearing this, Hong Ye patted her own head with a face full of regret.
“Madam, if you hadn’t mentioned it, I almost forgot about this. The beggar you spoke of isn’t in our back courtyard, but Shugen told me there is one in the alley not far away. I don’t know if it’s the person you want. To avoid others knowing, I haven’t gone to find him yet, planning to find a reason to bring him to the manor so you can secretly confirm.”
Jiang Ruanxi frowned tightly. In her previous life, that Daoist claimed to be the disciple of the Nameless Daoist of Qingheng Mountain, down the mountain for training. Perhaps at this time, he had not yet arrived at the Marquis Manor gate.
With the Marquis Manor in chaos now, bringing him to the manor might cause trouble.
Jiang Ruanxi took a sip of tea, stood up and said, “I heard the second aunt-in-law fell at Zhenguo Marquis Manor. Go to the storeroom and get some tonic medicine. We’ll go visit her.”
Hong Ye was stunned but quickly understood that Jiang Ruanxi was finding an excuse to leave the Marquis Manor. She smiled and replied, “Madam, I’ll go right away.”
That afternoon, Jiang Ruanxi took Hong Ye and went out.
Madam Zhou was anxious to sell the shops, so she naturally did not care where Jiang Ruanxi went.
After leaving, Jiang Ruanxi did not hurry to Zhenguo Marquis Manor but directly turned into the alley Hong Ye mentioned.
Jiang Ruanxi was wrapped tightly in a cloak. After arriving at the alley, she revealed a pair of moist eyes, looking at the several homeless people curled up haphazardly here.
Hong Ye feared these people might bump into Jiang Ruanxi and followed closely behind her, protecting her.
But after searching around, Jiang Ruanxi did not find the beggar she had met in her previous life at all.
“Madam, could that beggar no longer be here?”
Jiang Ruanxi was somewhat disappointed, “Perhaps. Continue having Shugen keep watch. One day I will find him. Let’s go.”
Just as Jiang Ruanxi had taken two steps, in the nearby alley, a beggar dressed cleanly but sitting on the ground flipped over.
She was overjoyed and tearful, walked straight over, squatted down, and placed an ingot of silver into his broken bowl. The beggar lifted his head, and seeing the familiar face, Jiang Ruanxi excitedly said, “Master, can you resolve my worries?”
That Daoist was surprised. Moments later, he calculated with his fingers and instantly understood, “Madam, although I can read faces, I cannot resolve your worries.”
“Then who can resolve my worries?”
“My master, the Nameless Daoist.” The beggar said, “But my master has been wandering the seas for many years. Finding him will be very difficult.”
“Master, thanks to your guidance, I was able to escape my predicament. Please point the way.”
Hong Ye stood by, truly puzzled why the madam treated this beggar differently and spoke words she could not understand.
“I am the minor Daoist Bian Du. Since madam is a fated person, I will naturally do my utmost.” Bian Du glanced at Jiang Ruanxi, “From madam’s face, your fate has not been completely swapped yet, so there is still room for reversal.”
Hearing this, Jiang Ruanxi breathed a sigh of relief in her heart and anxiously asked, “Master Bian Du, what should I do next?”
“Madam, my cultivation is still lacking, so I cannot reveal more heavenly secrets.”
