Quick Transmigration: The Mad Beauty Refuses to Be the Scapegoat!-Chapter 387 - 9: The General Mansion’s Cast-Off Scapegoat Wife (Part 9)

Chapter 387: Chapter 9: The General Mansion’s Cast-Off Scapegoat Wife (Part 9)

For several consecutive days, no one came to disturb Jiang Lai.

Then suddenly one night, after being quiet for several days, Little Buding suddenly spoke up.

"Have you noticed how lively the General Mansion has been lately?"

"Mm, Miss Yue mentioned that there’s something being prepared in the mansion."

Little Buding couldn’t help but ask her.

"Aren’t you curious about what they’re busy with? I know."

Meaning you can ask me, making me seem more important and useful.

But Jiang Lai casually replied with indifference.

"It’s even bigger than the commotion when Tie Yi got married. Besides that old lady, who else in the mansion would deserve such treatment? Considering the age, she’s likely turning sixty soon, her birthday should be in a couple of days."

"..."

Little Buding fell silent.

Damn Jiang Lai, whose head is filled with calculations, shaking it makes the sound of abacus beads, there’s no satisfaction in teasing someone like her, no sense of accomplishment at all.

"So now that you’ve guessed it, what are you planning to do? I’ve done some background research; birthdays are very important to the characters in this novel. The heroine shines several times, notably at the Empress’s birthday feast, the Empress Dowager’s birthday feast, if I remember correctly, she also attends the old lady’s birthday feast this time."

No matter what, they just love celebrating birthdays, and extraordinarily grand ones at that.

But Jiang Lai leisurely continued to use Tie Yi’s money to go shopping, returning to decorate her own place.

While Jiang Lai was making her courtyard increasingly organized, someone from the old lady’s side came with a message.

"Madam, the old lady will be celebrating her sixtieth birthday in two days, she asked how your preparations are going."

Jiang Lai looked at the maid who came with the message, and with a puzzled and exaggerated expression replied.

"Sixtieth birthday in two days? Why didn’t anyone notify me! There’s only two days left, what can I prepare?"

The maid lowered her head and chuckled, but when she raised it, she was respectful.

"Didn’t you know about the old lady’s birthday? I’m just passing the message, I won’t delay Madam, I shall take my leave." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Back at the shrine, the maid vividly described Jiang Lai’s expression to Xu Ruling.

"Her eyes nearly popped out, just as you guessed, the General’s wife completely forgot about the old lady’s birthday, and hasn’t prepared anything!"

Xu Ruling was quietly selecting lamps in front, and calmly spoke.

"This new wife doesn’t think about why she came neither early nor late, but precisely at this moment, the old lady just wanted a new daughter-in-law to manage things for her sixtieth birthday. She doesn’t care herself, it’s not up to me to handle it."

Saying this, Xu Ruling slightly curled her lips.

"Isn’t the new wife eager to manage the household affairs? Let her do it, I want to see what she can make of it."

Currently, the Great General is one of the most powerful figures in court, and the news of the General Mansion’s old lady celebrating her sixtieth has spread throughout Capital City.

By the time Tie Yi found out about the news, it was already too late, the matter of his mother’s birthday had already reached the Emperor’s ears, today the Emperor specially held him back after court to inquire about it and instructed him to hold a grand celebration.

Tie Yi, who hadn’t returned to the mansion for a long time, finally went back today.

He went to pay his respects to the old lady first.

"You still remember to come back, I thought you didn’t want this family anymore."

Tie Yi knew he was wrong, so he explained.

"Currently, we are moving the camp towards the interior of the Capital City, and more than ten thousand garrison soldiers need to be settled, thus delaying me outside for a few more days."

"Getting you a wife was to make you focus, less on those fighting matters. Previously, when asked if you were willing to marry Ruling, you only regarded her as a sister and didn’t consider, so I didn’t force it. Now, you married another and it’s become like this."

The old lady frowned and sighed, Xu Ruling silently massaged the nape of her neck, softly comforting.

"Aunt, don’t get upset, your big day is coming soon, rest well and prepare to welcome esteemed guests."

The old lady patted Xu Ruling’s hand.

"Ah, you’ve been considerate. Did you relay the message to Jiang Lai?"

"Mm, I informed the madam half a month ago."

The old lady furrowed her brows.

"So long has passed and there’s still no movement, inside and outside the yard just started placing some birthday chrysanthemums today, it seems she really doesn’t regard me as her mother!"

Xu Ruling remained silent, her face also showed dissatisfaction.

Tie Yi stood up.

"The birthday banquet indeed shouldn’t be as grand, now the entire Capital knows about your birthday, the mansion’s decorations should be simple, she didn’t make a mistake."

Upon hearing this, Xu Ruling quickly lifted her head toward Tie Yi, unable to resist the sarcasm.

"It’s one thing to protect her usually, now it’s your aunt’s sixtieth birthday, such a big event is something ordinary families would want to announce widely and celebrate lavishly, and your aunt being conferred as First-rank Lady, should the feast be so frugal?

Or is it because the madam relies on the General’s favor and disregards the old lady, and the General also leaves her be to handle it so half-heartedly!"

The old lady’s face turned somber.

This was already an expression of complete anger.

Yet Tie Yi remained unchanged, his deep eyes resolute.

"Everyone in Capital is waiting to curry favor with me; if I open the gates widely for the feast, isn’t it tantamount to announcing that I’m waiting to accept gifts and deal with conveniences! Mother, this matter is serious, Capital City is unlike the frontier, think carefully."

With that, Tie Yi turned and left.

Taking with him a chill, the old lady shivered suddenly throughout, panic surfacing in her eyes.

"Indeed, indeed, it shouldn’t be announced widely! My son is now watched by everyone, some to curry favor, some to begrudge, just waiting to find fault, how can I hold a sixtieth birthday at this juncture!"

Xu Ruling was also stunned, unable to recover for a long time.

She didn’t think further, just knew about those internal mansion matters, only aware that the General is no longer as down-and-out as before, and when the old lady holds a birthday it should be grand and stately, thus she had long sent people to spread the word about the old lady’s birthday, the whole Capital knew and she was quite pleased with herself for making a name in front of the old lady.

But just now, Tie Yi’s words directly felt like a bucket of cold water from head to toe.

Her busy promotion outside turned into a mistake, while Jiang Lai, sleeping until noon doing nothing all day, became the hero!

Within Xu Ruling’s heart was grievance and unwillingness, her eyes turning red.

But the old lady spoke again at this time.

"Indeed, someone from the Marquis Mansion has seen the world, understands the affairs of big occasions better than a woman from the inner court. It’s fortunate she didn’t cause a commotion, otherwise, when the guests arrived the day after tomorrow, the General would have a truly hard time explaining!"

Xu Ruling silently clenched her fist, her nails digging into the flesh unknowingly.

What Marquis Mansion, she deliberately didn’t notify Jiang Lai of the old lady’s upcoming birthday, waiting to see Jiang Lai embarrassed, then she would temporarily save the day, giving Jiang Lai a proper lesson, making her keep her head down forever in front of the old lady and the General!

Now it turns out, this became to her credit!