Chapter 9: Nine Flowers Jade Dew

  Mint furrowed her brow and came over to ask: "Madam, what should be done with that Baolong?"

  Dispose of it, so cruel. But if the original owner was that foolish, she would definitely be bitter in her heart, sour in her mouth, and generous on her face, putting Baoling by Fu Yeyang's side to avoid being criticized for being jealous and not virtuous. Su Ying sneered, the so-called virtue and generosity are all just what others see on the surface, propagating it outwards, like the original owner working herself to death, only to get a little bit of good, ruining her body without saying, almost letting Wei's arrogance reach her head.

  "Since she's good at cooking, let her work in the small kitchen first. Since she's entered the main house, she should follow the rules of the main house. The name Baoling can be dropped, and it's better to change it to Cuihua instead."

  Minty smiled between her eyebrows, "Madam is right, just let her help Zi Su out."

  Su Ying leaned against the headboard, closed her eyes and rested. Bao He made a gesture to the maids standing in the house, they understood and quietly walked out. Bao He went to the outer room, pulled out a stool from under the yellow rosewood drum nail eight immortals round table, sat down, and picked up the half-finished embroidery of the red plum blossom four-square box on the table, still listening with her ears perked up for any movement in the inner room, guarding against Su Ying waking up and not finding anyone.

  Su Ying stared at the backpack with only one grid of fluorescent color, and the rest were all gray and white. In her heart, she was going to rummage through the system again. She checked the existing items:

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  Jiuhua Yulu Wan x1 - Nourish from the inside out, just one pill can make you radiant like a lotus flower emerging from the water.

  Hua Se Sheng Xiang Wan x1 - Want to have a body with a refreshing and elegant fragrance, smooth and lustrous skin? What are you waiting for?

  White Jade Hairpin x1 - Once worn, increases cold and elegant noble quality by 20%.

  "Swan's neck" dance, "emerald happiness" cage, a must-have for young women.

  "The Art of Seduction" - Women, make men surrender under your embroidered quilt.

  "The Queen's Gambit" - Become a top-notch shrew, using both kindness and severity, and embark on the path of a mid-boss behind the scenes.

  "The Art of Being a Virtuous Wife" - The ultimate goal: A noble lady under the bed, a seductress on top. She can be elegant and refined, or delicate and charming, with a flirtatious glint in her eyes, and a subtle, alluring smile on her lips; charming but not vulgar, beautiful but not provocative.

  "Soft Body Technique" - Plump and juicy ripe fruit must have a slender figure, wasp waist and full chest, simple and small waist, swaying gently like a cloud.

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  All the introductions of the items were abnormal, Su Ying was used to it and took out the Nine Flower Jade Dew Pill, swallowing it with warm water.

  Jiuhuayurouwan Su Ying had also taken it before, and among all the medicinal herbs, its efficacy is considered to be quite mild. However, Su Ying's current body is neither strong nor weak, but rather fragile inside and out. The medicine that Fu Mu put in the bowl has been accumulating harm to women's bodies day by day, and coupled with overwork, it has caused the original owner to have a 40- or 50-year-old body at the age of 20, with a 30-year-old appearance. How sad is this?

  Su Ying slept the most familiar sleep since crossing over, and then was... awakened by smoke.

  Stretching her body, she only then realized that her body felt sticky and uncomfortable. She lowered her head for a casual glance, damn it, did she just crawl out of the sewer?

  From head to toe, from face to feet and even hair, everything was covered with a layer of black grime, emitting waves of foul odor. Su Ying's darkened face could rival Judge Bao's, no, at least Judge Bao had a streak of white on his forehead, gnashing teeth and gaping mouth.

  "System, is the Nine-Flower Jade Dew Pill you gave me expired?" Gnashing teeth.

  "It's actually normal, you know this body is not fresh inside, all that comes out are years of accumulated toxins. Don't you understand the concept of cleansing and detoxifying? Consider it a small favor I'm doing for you, don't be too grateful."

  I thank your ancestors for eight generations, can't you remind me?

  "You didn't ask either, I thought you knew." The system said with disdain, "I think what's most important for you right now is to take a bath first, the stench is overwhelming!"

  Su Ying rolled her eyes and called out: "Bao He."

  Mint hastily put down her needle and thread, "Ma'am?"

  "Prepare some hot water, I want to take a bath."

  Bo He was somewhat perplexed, but he went to execute without saying a word. In just one moment, all the bathing preparations were ready, and Su Ying didn't let Bo He come in to serve her.

  Lu Xiang returned from Madame Chen's courtyard and saw Bo He standing anxiously outside the door of the inner room, puzzled: "What's going on? Where is Madam?"

  "The madam is bathing and didn't let me in to serve her." He and Lu Hui exchanged a glance, the two of them waiting together.

  Su Ying sent off the mint, hastily took off her clothes and got into the wooden barrel, burying herself in it. The clear hot water suddenly became murky and emitted a foul odor.

  Su Ying's face was so smelly it couldn't get any smellier, and the system directly pretended to be dead.

  Once I'm done washing up, I'll put this bucket of bath water into my backpack.

  "Ah-ah, no way! How can this filthy thing profane the space of our system? Strongly opposed. " He said, and then felt guilty and went down. "Besides, that's your backpack, and the space is not big enough anyway."

  Are you saying I should open up what's left of my backpack?

  "That's not because you don't have enough authority? And your level isn't high enough either. Anyway, it will open eventually, why don't you take a bath first, it's getting late, I'm going to sleep."

  Su Ying Hei Xian, you're an intelligent system, what kind of sleep are you sleeping? However, this time I got the answer I wanted, so Su Ying generously decided not to mind this time. "Bo He, you and Lu Hui pour out that bucket of bath water and replace it with a clean one. And burn those clothes over there, don't let anyone see them."

  Su Ying was thinking of when to let the system give her a few loyal servant tokens, Gu Yiniang and several senior maids had high loyalty values, but these loyalty values were for the original host, in this half month she had been quietly letting them adapt to her changes, only... she still trusted the loyal servant token.

  Luhui looked at the dirty water and smelly clothes in the wooden bucket with suspicion, exchanging a subtle glance with Bohao, who was equally perplexed. However, they both suppressed their doubts and focused on doing their job diligently. Luhui was steady and reliable, while Bohao was meticulous and detail-oriented, making them both trustworthy in handling tasks.

  After washing her feet three times, Su Ying finally felt refreshed and got out of the bathtub. She changed into clean clothes: a moon-blue embroidered bamboo leaf dark flower cloud satin long gown with a pink-blue standing collar white button-front shirt, and a lake-green skirt that made her look like a new person.

  Most of the toxins in her body had been eliminated, and Su Ying suddenly felt refreshed and clear-headed. She also gained a new appreciation for just how bad the original owner's body had been. Rubbing her cheeks, she found that her skin was much smoother now. She let out a deep breath, releasing the pent-up frustration of the past half month.

  Of course, she also had to explain it to Nurse Gui and the others. Su Ying sighed: "It was originally a medicine that Nurse gave me when I got married, my mother stuffed it into my hands at that time, saying it could detoxify and nourish my skin. After so long, I've forgotten about it too. Now, Mother, you see how dry and sallow I look, even I myself can't bear to look at it, let alone Father. As for having children, it's not just my own business, anyway, what's the worst that could happen?..." These words were spoken with a tinge of sadness, her eyes reddening. The original host was usually strong-willed, but only in front of Nurse Gui could she say a few words from the heart. The miscarriage had dealt a huge blow to her, and those who understood knew it all too well, let alone Nurse Gui.

  It's not easy for Su Ping to get through this period of time, and the people around her don't dare to stimulate her again. This explanation is also reasonable. Gui Yatou looked around, the wrinkles at the corners of her eyebrows and eyes relaxed, with a hint of joy: "This prescription really works, look at Madam's complexion, it's much better than before, and I can vaguely see Madam's appearance when she was in the boudoir."

  Su Ying was amused by Gui's words and scolded: "There is no mother who would say such exaggerated things."

  Looking at Su Ying's girlish appearance, Gui Yatou finally felt relieved. After this incident, the mistress had softened a lot, and the two of them were both stubborn, so they couldn't get along. One of them had to be softer. Usually, the mistress would advise, but her temper was also stubborn, and she secretly wiped away tears behind her back. She was heartbroken, and the child she had finally begged for had been lost. Seeing the mistress's wooden expression, she almost had a death wish. Now that she has come around, it's good, Gui Yatou thought, may all the Buddhas bless us, and let Master try to conceive another one.

  At noon, Su Ying ate a bowl of green rice with good appetite, and the four dishes and one soup on the table were also eliminated by half. Lu Hui didn't wait for Gui's instructions, directly opened the box and took out a piece of cloth to reward the cook, who was even happier than Su Ying.

  "The lady didn't know, I followed the second lady over, and she was drinking tea and chatting with me, as if she had forgotten about this matter. I couldn't wait any longer and interrupted her. The second lady's face immediately fell, scolding the maid beside her for not reminding her. After taking back the token, the second lady started saying that managing the household is not easy, the lady is ill and can't overexert herself... She said she had only managed the household for a month and already felt exhausted. I could only bring up the old lady again, and praised the second lady for her hard work in helping the lady manage the household. The second lady was very generous and rewarded me with a gold-inlaid peony jade bangle. I put it on and felt relieved, but had to wrap it up with a handkerchief." Lü Huai opened his handkerchief, and that gold-inlaid peony jade bangle was exactly the one Madame Chen wore before. Lü Huai was indirectly saying that the second lady's wrist is plump and fair.

  When she said that, several maids covered their mouths and giggled, and Gui's mother scolded with a smile: "Look at this girl's mouth, it's really not decent."

  Lü Hu hid behind Bo He's back and covered her mouth to laugh.

  Su Ying looked at the token, rubbed her eyebrows, and as the eldest daughter-in-law of the Marquis's household, she was the mistress of the house. After entering the house, she directly managed the household, and one of the two keys to the inner treasury was in her hands, while the other was held by Lady Fu. However, without the token, she couldn't give direct orders to the steward, and Lady Fu could only issue instructions to Su Ying as her mother-in-law. After Su Ying fell ill, Lady Fu hastily asked Su Ying to hand over the token, and then had Madame Chen take over the management of the household. It seemed that Lady Fu was hoping that Su Ying would not recover from her illness.

  Managing a household is no easy task, if you do it well, it's what's expected of you, but if you don't, people will say you're not capable enough. Even if you work yourself to the bone, you still can't get any praise, that's why being a virtuous and wise wife is so difficult!