Reborn Concubine, Be Respectful First

Only after all the people had disappeared did Su Xinqing stand up straight.

"Miss, when will this kind of life of ours end? I'm really worried that one day the Madam might be unhappy and send you to a farm or a temple." I didn't understand it when I was a child, and Banyue was quite envious of the girl's life, but as Su Xinqing grew up, she

She also saw clearly that being a lady of high status was not an easy thing, especially for a girl like her, who had no place to seek justice when she was bullied.

As a maid, she could still climb out through the dog hole to get information for the young lady and walk around the capital city casually. However, the young lady was the gatekeeper of the Muxue Courtyard and had rarely gone out in the past two years.

What's more, you can just stroll around the capital city.

Now, several girls often come to cause trouble for their own daughter, and Banyue feels even more sorry for her own daughter.

Especially like today, it had nothing to do with my daughter, but in the end it was my daughter who was despised.

It’s simply a disaster!

"It's okay, it will be soon. My stepmother probably doesn't want me to hinder my elder sister's future in the Earl's Mansion." After all, Su Xinya is going to be the Crown Princess. How can a girl in the family not be able to get married, or marry poorly?

Even if Li tried her best, she would probably choose a husband's family that looked glamorous and beautiful for herself.

To highlight Su Xinya's nobility, it is not only a small and inconspicuous concubine's daughter in the Earl of Yong'an's Mansion, but also a great honor for the famous legitimate daughter Su Xinya.

Maybe Li's warning today really worked.

In the following few days, Su Xinqing's yard became extremely quiet. Only the maids and old women who came to deliver food came from time to time.

Sometimes, breakfast is forgotten to be delivered, sometimes lunch is forgotten to be delivered.

If she sent Banyue to get it, the people in the kitchen would make all kinds of excuses and get very angry, and in the end, they would not get any grain.

Fortunately, half a month is enough for her to go out and buy food. Otherwise, if she had relied on the kindness of the eldest lady, the grass on Su Xinqing’s grave would have been so high.

"Miss, people are saying that the palace banquet in a few days will be for the Emperor and the Empress to marry off several unmarried princes. Our Jinxiu Workshop has been doing unusually good business these days, especially for the precious silk threads. The wealthy families are buying them as if they were free. Some people buy them once and then come back for a second or third time, saying that the owner doesn't like the designs. Some designs have been changed who knows how many times. Some gambling houses have already started gambling. For example, our eldest girl is a popular candidate for the Crown Princess, as well as Jiang Xinrou, the second daughter of Duke Jiang's Mansion, and He Meir, the Empress's niece. Miss, aren't they the two young ladies who made trouble at the door of our Earl's Mansion a few days ago?" Banyue said in surprise, as if she had discovered some big secret.

Su Xinqing glanced at the other person, as if asking, "Why did you just react?"

He continued to look down at the book in his hand, raised his brows, and said in a very good mood: "Go to the box and get a silver note of five thousand taels, and then withdraw three thousand taels of silver from the counter, and place the bets separately. Wangyouxuan and Panlongfang each place three thousand taels of silver, and for the rest, you can place one thousand taels in each small gambling house. We will bet on Su Xinqing for the position of concubine, and Jiang Xinrou will win the position of principal wife." Seeing that it was still early outside, he asked Banyue to find an opportunity to go out quickly.

After all, there are not many opportunities to make money like this. Now that you know about it, you should seize it quickly.

She believed that with Jiang Xinrou's ability to stir up trouble, the Jiang Guogong Mansion behind her, and the prince's care for the Jiang family, she would not destroy herself in front of the entire Dali Dynasty.

As for Su Xinya, the prince probably won't let her go. This is the result of the final game between the parties.

It should be similar to what I predicted.

"Remember, when you go in to place your bets, disguise yourself a little so as not to be discovered."

"Miss, but..." As Su Xinqing's most capable maid, Banyue knew that the full eight thousand taels of silver was all the lady's assets.

Although he knew that he shouldn't question his master's orders, Banyue still hesitated and didn't dare to take the silver.

"Go ahead, your girl. You still don't believe in my vision. This is one of the few chances for us to turn the tide. If we miss this opportunity, we will never have it again. If you want to have enough food and drink in the future, you will have to work hard for decades." Seeing Banyue's struggling expression, Su Xinqing of course knew what the other party was worried about.

But there were some things she couldn't tell the other person.

"Yes, girl." Seeing Su Xinqing's affirmative eyes, Banyue no longer hesitated.

He went to the inner room to get the silver note, and then left the Earl's Palace according to the usual route and method.

However, she did not notice that there was a tail following her leisurely and slowly.

It was already nightfall when Banyue went to serve Su Xinqing.

After Su Xinqing had dinner and washed up, she was ready to go to bed, when she saw Banyue coming into the room with an excited look in her eyes to serve her.

"Okay, I have nothing else to do here. You all can go down, and I will let Banyue take care of the rest."

When Birou and Murui heard Su Xinqing's words, they showed happiness without hiding it. It was not that they were unwilling to serve their master, but that their master did not allow them to serve.

This situation only exists when the master is out of favor. As long as the master has some ability, they will do their best as servants.

After all, if they serve their masters well and their masters become successful, they, the servants, will also be able to share in the benefits.

Following a master with no future, it is no wonder that they act lazy and slack off as servants.

Su Xinqing didn't take the two's lack of dedication to heart.

Watching Banyue close the door, he sneaked up to Su Xinqing and placed the receipts of major gambling houses in front of Su Xinqing.

"Miss, look, this is the receipt from Wangyouxuan. I bought it as you said, at a payout of twenty to one. This is from Panlongfang..." Banyue talked to Su Xinqing about the bills one by one. The last few were for one hundred and fifty respectively, and they were given to several guys from Caiyun Pavilion to take out for betting.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for Banyue to run more than a dozen gambling houses of all sizes in the capital in a short period of time by himself.

Su Xinqing looked at the amount and odds above and felt a little uneasy, but what she didn't know was that because of her action.

When the first wife, Mrs. Li, found out about this, she was furious and secretly spent 10,000 taels of silver to buy a secure position for her daughter as the principal wife.

The chain reaction spread to Duke Jiang's Mansion, although Mrs. Jiang herself didn't care.

However, Jiang Xinrou was unwilling to do so, so she went out secretly again and pawned her own private money on the way back home.

Naturally, she bet on herself to win. At the same time, the day before the palace banquet, there were new changes in the gambling game about the position of the Crown Princess in the capital.

The odds of Su Xinya becoming the main wife have been reduced from 1 to 5 to 1 to 2.

Jiang Xinrou's odds went from 1 to 4 to 1 to 3.

The relatively weaker one is He Meir, whose odds went from twenty to thirty.

And there are even fewer people who would buy two girls to marry into the Prince's Mansion together, because if either party knew about it, they would only focus on their own daughters.

It is even more contemptible for one's own daughter to become a concubine in another family.

Therefore, let alone the position of Jiang Xinrou as the principal wife and the position of Su Xinqing as the concubine that Su Xinqing bought, the odds of bundling them together increased from 1 to 20 to 1 to 33.