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

Chapter 073 Birthday Banquet

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly: "This kind of bracelet was mentioned in the rare book that my mother found before."

Zhao Jin nodded: "I see, but this thing can only be regarded as a hidden weapon after all. I still prefer the sword."

Jiang Ruan stretched out her fingers to touch the smooth surface of the bracelet, and her eyes suddenly became deep. In the previous life, Jiang Quan once found a similar bracelet for Jiang Susu. 

At that time, Jiang Susu wore it day and night. Jiang Ruan was very envious, but she didn't have the courage to tell Jiang Quan that she wanted one. She could only pretend that the silver bracelet on her wrist also had such a mechanism, and occasionally touched it, deceiving herself that they were the same.

Now thinking about it, it seems like an unreal dream. The blood moon bracelet in her hand looks better than Jiang Susu's, and it can hold more needles. The maid also explained that the needles inside will be pulled back by the fine silk thread of the silkworm after being shot out, and it is also highly poisonous. It is very suitable to put it next to her. 

However, Jiang Ruan shook her head and put the bracelet back.

"Does the young lady feel bad?" The maid saw Jiang Ruan's expression and liked the bracelet very much, but her action was surprising.

"I don't have so much silver." Jiang Ruan smiled and had to give it up reluctantly.

"Me too." Zhao Jin looked at the sword hanging on the wall reluctantly: "I hope I can persuade my father."

The two smiled at each other, looked at the things in the building for a while, and then went downstairs to find Lin Zixiang and the others.

After they left, the maid who had been explaining to them walked to the celadon lion head on the wall behind the room and pressed it. A small door opened, and there was an elegant room next to it. It was so close that the conversation in the hall was not difficult to hear clearly.

"Master," the maid said respectfully, "Miss Jiang's favourite is this blood moon bracelet." After that, she presented the tray.

The man sitting in the elegant room said "um" and said without turning his head: "Put it away."

"Yes." The maid quietly retreated again.

The man walked to the window. The drizzle made everything in the capital hazy, but it could not block people's sight. 

A moment later, downstairs, Jiang Ruan and others got on the carriage, and the carriage rolled the wheels and slowly drove away.
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This day, Jiang Ruan went out with Dong Ying'er to choose birthday gifts, but in the end Jiang Ruan didn't buy anything. Dong Ying'er asked curiously: "Are you going back empty-handed?"

"I don't have money." Jiang Ruan smiled softly.

Not wanting the life of a young lady from a noble family to be so sad, Dong Ying'er and the other two all sympathized with her and wanted to help her with some money, but they were afraid that Jiang Ruan's self-esteem would be damaged, so they had to comfort her a few words. 

However, seeing Jiang Ruan like this, thinking of her life experience of her mother's death and her father's neglect since she was a child, she felt even more pity for her.

Jiang Ruan didn't care about the other three people's looks at her, and went back to the mansion with Luzhu calmly. On the way back home, Luzhu asked, "Miss, are you really not going to buy anything?"

"Where can I get the money?" Jiang Ruan said the same thing: "Now that I have no money, buying some cheap items will make people laugh."

"Miss, you shouldn't buy so much old grain. At least keep half of it." Luzhu pouted, lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out, saying, "It's strange to say, the rain hasn't stopped yet. It has been raining for more than ten days."