Part 1: A Dream Within A Dream / Rebirth of Ill Fated Concubine

Chapter 039 Foil

Jiang Dan wore a camellia yellow tight cotton jacket and a yellow silk cotton skirt. Simple and bright, it perfectly matched Jiang Dan's timid and lovable temperament. 

Jiang Li and Jiang Dan's clothes were actually very beautiful, but they must have been inferior to Jiang Susu. If the three of them stood together, outsiders would only see Jiang Susu's elegant and graceful appearance. 

Jiang Li also realized this and did not look happy to see the clothes, but Jiang Dan was very happy, with joy in her eyes.

Jiang Ruan's clothes were pressed at the bottom. Cai Que helped her take them out and shook them open. It was a red satin jacket embroidered with hundreds of golden butterflies and a scarlet Liuxian long skirt of the same colour, which was particularly warm and eye-catching. 

After everyone saw it clearly, Jiang Susu exclaimed: "It's so bright!"

Although girls like brightly coloured clothes, they prefer to wear soft pink and peach colours, and rarely try such a water red colour. First, water-red clothes are mostly suitable for those fiery women. If a gentle woman wears red, she always feels that something is missing. Second, Jiang Susu in this mansion likes white the most. Wearing red next to her will definitely be a strong contrast. 

Jiang Li and Jiang Dan are not as beautiful as Jiang Susu. If they choose red, they will definitely look ridiculous standing next to Jiang Susu.

But Jiang Ruan chose such a fiery red.

Jiang Li laughed: "Why did the eldest sister choose a colour that is completely different from the second sister? Now the two of them standing together are very vivid and interesting."

Jiang Susu was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "The eldest sister will look better than Susu in red, and it will also be very festive." 

Although she knew that Jiang Ruan picked a piece of red satin, she did not expect that the dress made by Ruyi Tower was so complicated and gorgeous. But this comforted her a little. 

A young girl would not be able to hold back such a gorgeous and complicated red dress. Even though Jiang Ruan was bright and beautiful, she would only be overwhelmed by the dress when she wore it, and she would look top-heavy and tacky.

Jiang Li thought the same as her, and looked at Jiang Ruan with a gloating look, but she said: "Manager Liu is really partial. The pattern of the clothes he made for the eldest sister is so gorgeous, we can't compare. Only the eldest sister dares to wear such flowery clothes."

"Since I am the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, it's better to wear brighter clothes." Jiang Ruan smiled: "The clothes you picked are also very suitable. The girls in the Jiang family are all the best."

Jiang Dan glanced at Jiang Ruan and whispered: "The eldest sister's clothes are really beautiful. I have never seen anyone in the mansion wearing them like this."

Old Madam Jiang on the seat narrowed her eyes slightly, stared at Jiang Ruan meaningfully and said: "The clothes are good, but there is still something missing. The eldest girl doesn't seem to have any cloak. Dujuan, take the big red flamingo cloak in my box and send it to Ruan Ju later."

The red flamingo cloak was the dowry of Madam Jiang. It was extremely precious. However, Jiang Susu always liked white and plain colours, so she never asked for it. But this did not mean that she did not like it. Seeing that Madam Jiang gave her dowry to Jiang Ruan, Jiang Li was surprised. 

She had already seen it with red eyes and said sourly: "Grandma really loves big sister. She gave such a good thing as soon as she came back."

Madam Jiang glanced at her, and her tone could not tell whether she was happy or angry: "You are raised in the Jiang Mansion. You always have little to wear and use. The eldest girl has just come back. She has suffered a lot in the farm in the past few years. Look, she doesn't even have a decent piece of jewellery on her body."

Jiang Susu thought for a while and said: "Grandma is right, big sister, I still have a lot of jewellery there. Why don't you come to my yard and sit down and choose some jewellery to take away, but my jewellery is too plain. I don't know if you like it."

Jiang Li couldn't be as generous as Jiang Susu, and she couldn't pretend to be, so she simply turned her head to the side and pretended not to hear. Jiang Dan just lowered her head, holding the corner of her clothes tightly. She didn't have as many jewellery as her two sisters. At most, she had some jewellery that was given by the madam during festivals. She kept them together on weekdays, waiting to pawn them if she needed them urgently in the future.

"How can I take my sister's things?" Jiang Ruan said, "It's okay, mother will prepare them for me."

Madam Jiang's eyes flashed, and she waved her hand: "Well, you have got your clothes. You have to dress up properly when you go to Minister Shen's house tomorrow. The daughters of my Jiang family are all famous ladies. Second girl, your sister has just returned to Capital. Many people in Capital are not familiar with her. You must take good care of her tomorrow. When you go out, you represent the face of the Jiang family. You should support each other."

Jiang Susu nodded: "Grandmother is right, Susu knows."

Jiang Ruan also nodded in agreement.

After talking for a while, Madam Jiang wanted to meditate silently, and several people took the finished clothes back to the yard. Jiang Ruan didn't go to Jiang Susu's yard to pick out jewellery after all, but heard that Jiang Li went there and took away some necklaces and hairpins. Jiang Susu was not stingy with Jiang Li in terms of jewellery, perhaps because Jiang Quan would never let her down.

In the evening, Cai Que, who was beside Madam Jiang, really sent a big red flamingo cloak, and at the same time brought a box of jewellery, saying that it was a reward from Madam Jiang, and asked Jiang Ruan to dress up decently tomorrow. Jiang Ruan did not refuse, and smiled and agreed, then picked out a silver hairpin of relatively ordinary quality from the box and gave it to Cai Que, saying that Cai Que had troubled her to make this trip. Cai Que refused to accept it at first, but finally couldn't refuse, so she had to accept it with a smile.

After Cai Que left, Lian Qiao said, "The old lady is so kind to the girl now. The girl's life is finally happy after all the hardships."

"This big red flamingo cloak is so precious. She gave it to the girl just like that. It shows that the old lady still loves our girl." Zi Su was also happy. While folding the flamingo cloak, she carefully put on the wool material.

Lu Zhu shook her head: "I don't think so. Now that the girl has just returned to the mansion, the old lady asked the girl to dress decently and go to Minister Shen's house. Tomorrow's party will be attended by noble ladies in Capital. Our girl has not been in Capital for five years. This time she shows up, she must let everyone know that the eldest girl of the Jiang Mansion is a real beauty from a famous family. I guess this is what the old lady means."

Jiang Ruan flicked the wick: "Lu Zhu is right. It's just the advantage of the title of the eldest lady of the Jiang Mansion. Put away the box. I'm afraid it won't be so easy tomorrow."

In Guilan Courtyard, Mother Zhang stood up and brought a cup of red date lotus seed tea to the old lady. Old Lady Jiang took the tea but didn't drink it. She just looked at the undulating red date slices in the teacup thoughtfully: "Mother Zhang, what do you think of the eldest girl?"

Mother Zhang smiled and said: "The eldest girl is beautiful. Now she seems to be very graceful in her words and deeds. It's just that her life is a bit hard. The wife passed away early."

"She is smart," Old Madam Jiang frowned. "You didn't see it when she came back to see me. This girl behaves like a girl from the palace. She used to be timid and docile, but now her temperament has changed. She doesn't look like her biological mother. But she has been on the farm for many years. You know what Xia Yan did. How could she have the good results of the eldest girl? It's good that she didn't get spoiled. How did she do what she is today?" 

(End of this chapter)

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