Chapter 27: Blocking People at the Gate of the Mansion

  Nanny Zhou chatted with Cong'er and Su Muqin for a long time, watching as Su Muqin's expression gradually calmed down. Only then did Nanny Zhou put her mind at ease. She saw the faint fatigue hidden deep within Su Muqin's eyes, so she took Cong'er and bid farewell.

  Zhou Nainai had just left, and Sheng Xiao quietly knelt down beside the bed with her head hung low.

  Su Mojin let out a soft sigh, got out of bed and helped her up, "Get up, you're my personal attendant, I shouldn't have let my temper get the better of me like that. This time, you did the right thing!"

  With her current mood, if she goes out now, who knows what kind of trouble she'll stir up!

  She smiled slightly and saw that Xiangxiang's eyes were red, so she helped her up and teased, "I haven't even bullied you yet, but you're already feeling wronged."

  Shuang Xiao couldn't help but burst into laughter, losing some of her composure and gaining a bit more liveliness. She said softly, "Since the young lady isn't going out anymore, I'll let the people in the stables know they don't have to wait around."

  Su Mojin smiled mysteriously and said, "Going out is still necessary, but it must be done in secret!"

  "Miss?"

  "Don't worry!" Su Mojin patted Sheng Xiao's hand, "This time I've figured it out, I won't be impulsive."

  Shang Xiao let out a breath and told Zi Luo to go and call out to the people in the stable, she said softly, "I'll go to Bi Chi Yard now to get the token from Liu Shi."

  "I've told you before that today is Mother's memorial day, I'm sending you and Xiaoyu out to buy some things."

  "Yes!"

  Su Mojin had Qin Se bring over a set of her maid's clothes, and then had Qin Se style her hair into a maid's bun. Fortunately, the young maids by her side were all very slender, so from behind, it wasn't obvious that there was anything amiss.

  She sat in front of the dressing table again, holding a eyebrow pencil and rouge to touch up her makeup. When she put down the rouge, she saw Qin Se staring blankly at her.

  Su Mo Jin smiled gently, "How's that, still like it?"

  Qin Se nodded and praised, "If I hadn't known in advance that it was a young lady, I really wouldn't have been able to tell." Although she had only thickened her eyebrows and applied some cyan rouge to her face, her entire demeanor had changed. The cyan rouge on her face made her look several degrees colder, paired with the ink-black beauty, her expressionless appearance made her seem like someone who wasn't easy to get along with.

  Compared with the usual gentle smile of a young girl, it's like heaven and earth are different, making it impossible to recognize.

  Sheng Xiao quickly took the token given by Liu's family and entered the house. Seeing Su Mu Jin's attire, she was slightly stunned, and then a hint of admiration floated in her eyes.

  "You've really changed beyond recognition with this new look."

  Su Mojin smiled faintly and instructed Qin Se, "I'll go out with Sheng Xiao, you stay in the Jin Garden to keep house. If there's anything you can't decide on, go find Liu Mama."

  Qin Se nodded lightly, "Don't worry, miss." Since the incident with Green Bamboo, Qin Se's face had lost its usual pure smile, and Su Mu Jin couldn't help but notice.

  Following Xiangxiao with her head down, the two of them walked through the hanging flower gate and turned to the north side of the back door. Two stout gatekeeper mothers stood at the side of the gate, smiling and talking in a low voice. Seeing Xiangxiao, they quickly hid their smiles.

  "Where is Miss Shuang going?" The tone was slightly flattering.

  Shang Xiao pulled out the pair of cards from her bosom and showed them to the two mothers-in-law. Then, she glanced at the two mothers with a faint gaze and said in a soft voice, "In another two days, it will be the fourth anniversary of my former wife's death. I was entrusted by the young lady of our family to go out and buy some incense and fire for the sacrifice."

  The old lady took a glance at the card, let out a sigh of relief, and then glanced again at the little girl following behind Sheng Xiao. She smiled obsequiously and said, "Big Miss is indeed very filial."

  Her heart was secretly despising and resentful, before the eldest girl was not favored, Jin Garden could hardly make ends meet. She watched as the eldest girl's body became thinner and thinner, and she, Liu Mama, and Qin Se were anxious but couldn't do anything about it. She and Qin Se had grown up following the girl and learning needlework together with her, although their embroidery skills were not as stunning as the girl's, the things they embroidered were also of high quality. At that time, she thought of ways to please the gatekeeper mother, asking her to let her out so that she could sell some embroidery products and exchange them for silver to supplement the girl's body, but no matter how hard she begged, the two mothers remained expressionless and refused coldly.

  She still can't forget the contemptuous expressions of the two mothers at that time.

  Now looking at the two mothers getting along so well, she just felt a wave of nausea.

  "It's not for us to discuss the eldest young lady's words and actions." Sheng Xiao said lightly, "I still have to go out of the mansion to take care of some things for my sister, so I won't chat with you two mothers anymore. In a few days, my family's young lady will be attending the birthday celebration of the Ning Wangfei, and I'll need to buy some things for her on the way back, so I'll take my leave first."

  The two mothers heard her mention Ning Wangfei, and their eyes suddenly tightened. They glanced at Su Mochen, a stranger, thinking that the old master had replaced many maids in the garden today, so they didn't dare to look closely. Dryly smiling, "Miss, hurry up and don't delay Miss's affairs."

  Su Mu Jin walked out with a faint smile and a slight nod, her eyebrows furrowed in thought.

  After a round of intimidation by Sheng Xiao, neither of them dared to verify Su Mu Jin's identity.

  Smooth sailing out of the house!

  "Miss, where are we going now?"

  "Go to the bank first!"

  The two of them went to the silver store and exchanged some cash. The main street of the capital city was crowded with people, everywhere there were hawkers calling out, it was very lively.

  Su Mojin then took Song Xiao to a clothing store, bought two sets of men's clothes and changed into them. After some slight grooming, the two little girls transformed into elegant young gentlemen.

  Although he is quite large in stature, his demeanor is calm and composed, but it's also hard to discern any particular characteristics.

  Su Mojin wore a pure white silk brocade robe, her hair was tied into a small bun on the top of her head, and a silver ribbon was used to tie it up. The silver ribbon was very long and fluttered behind her back. In the early spring season, she held a folding fan in her hand, with a slight smile at the corner of her mouth and a raised eyebrow, revealing a few hints of unruliness. Against the snow-white brocade robe, she truly had an elegant and refined demeanor.

  The passersby couldn't help but steal glances.

  The sheng blows straight into the mouth and laughs.

  "Go, and welcome the purple energy from the east!"

  "Ah...young master..."

  That's a famous gambling den in the capital, previously the son of the madam from our household lost everything there and was later stripped of his duties by the master. Most importantly, those are all big men inside the den, how can an unmarried young lady like you go to such a dirty place!

  She was about to persuade her, but saw the girl's smile fade away.

  Sumu Jin didn't know what Sheng Xiao was thinking, if it were her in the past life, she wouldn't have set foot in such a place even if you killed her, but after all that happened in her past life, now there's nothing she's afraid of.

  Thinking positively, anyway no one knows she's a woman, so her reputation won't be ruined. Thinking negatively, it's just that she'll lose her chastity and can't get married, but if the Ning Wang Fu regrets the engagement because of this matter, she'd be overjoyed!

  "Sheng Xiao, those who do great things are not bound by trivial matters. You'll have to get used to this kind of situation in the future." Sheng Xiao didn't understand her idea and it was beyond her expectation, nor could she explain it to her.

  He took a step and went towards the east where the purple air was coming from.

  Qing hurriedly followed closely behind him, her small face pale, with a hint of panic in her eyes. "Young master, if it's about the silver, we can think of other ways. The gambling den is a place where you lose nine out of ten times, you can't rely on this to make money!"

  "I'm not going there to gamble, I'm going there to block people!"

  "Gamblers?" Sheng Xiao automatically understood the "堵" that Su Mu Jin said as "gamble".

  She closed her paper fan and Su Mu Jin narrowed his eyes, "Just go and block him!"