Madam's heart had indeed been thrown into turmoil by the little beauty bowing before her...
The moment this little beauty entered, she displayed boundless charm and knelt before Madam, calling herself her daughter-in-law.
"You are..." Madam stared at Xiao Jiu's infinitely exquisite nape.
"Replying to Venerable Mother-in-Law, I am Qingqiu Xiao Jiu."
"Ninth Princess?" Madam's heart gave a violent leap. This name had echoed in her heart for many years, beginning with Mr. Bao Shan's judgment regarding the Thousand Island Pirates. Lin Su had entangled himself with Qingqiu's Ninth Princess, and in exchange, the Fox Clan had wiped out the Thousand Island Pirates. From that moment onward, Madam had already cast aside the distinction between humans and demons and felt tremendous affection for this princess of the Fox Clan, because she had saved all of Haining Prefecture, and saved the Lin Family as well.
Later, during the Huichang Metropolitan Examination, Xiao Jiu had once again saved Lin Su and Lin Jialiang midway through.
On the return journey, she had saved the two brothers again.
At Haining Riverbank, it had also been she who had sent someone to deliver Ting Rice seeds.
It could be said that all of Haining, all of the Lin Family, held Qingqiu Xiao Jiu in the highest regard.
"I dare not accept Venerable Mother-in-Law calling me Ninth Princess. Please just call me Xiao Jiu."
"Xiao Jiu! Come, let... let Mother have a good look at you."
Xiao Jiu's face was covered in rosy clouds. Delighted, she rose and came before Madam.
Madam looked her up and down, liking her more the longer she looked. "Xiao Jiu, you truly are far too beautiful."
"Mother is the beautiful one. You don't look like someone in her thirties or forties at all. You look twenty."
"You child, how could