Chapter 51: Beautiful White Flowers
Chapter 51: Beautiful White Flowers
Several people's faces were a little stiff, especially Yu Tinglin.
I've seen thick-skinned people, but I've never seen someone as thick-skinned as this. What's the matter? I told you that my mother taught you how to manage the household, and it's fine if you don't appreciate it, but you still want us to give you benefits?!
Looking at the expressions of several people, Yu Tingwan's face remained unchanged, but his desire to watch the fun became more and more intense.
Didn't you say you wanted to thank me? Then you have to show your gratitude. After all, you said that as a concubine, you are not qualified to teach a legitimate daughter how to be a housekeeper.
You taught me, and I don't blame you. You are grateful to me, so don't blame me!
"What's wrong with my sister? Could it be that my sister only says she is grateful to me but is unwilling to give me even a little money?"
Yu Tinglin was really afraid that if she spoke again, she would lose all the things she had saved!
"How could that be? It's just that I feel that these worldly things are not worthy of my sister. My sister..."
"Tsk!" Yu Tingwan interrupted her. Really, why are you hesitating over taking the money?
"My elder sister is not as generous as my younger sister and doesn't care about these material things.
Since my sister's mother passed away when she was young, her monthly allowance was only one or two taels of silver, and sometimes she didn't even get one or two taels!
So, my sister really likes these material things, so my younger sister doesn’t need to worry about them for her.”
When Minister Yu heard this, he glanced at Li, who was standing aside and didn't dare to say a word.
Is this how she has been running the household all these years?
Li naturally felt Minister Yu's gaze, but she did not dare to refute at all.
Giving one ounce of silver to that man's daughter was already a kindness on my part!
"Sister, you are joking. Since you like these, I don't have anything good here, but I do have some jewelry. If you like them, just take them."
Yu Tingwan raised her eyebrows, "Sister, you are wrong. This is a gift from me to you as a token of gratitude. How come you took it?"
Besides, my sister's jewelry has always been worn by fair-skinned girls like me, which doesn't match my sister's gorgeous appearance. It would be better for my sister to give her a 10,000 taels of silver as a thank-you gift, which would complement each other!"
Is this how to use "complement each other"? Qingli, she knows, but what is a white flower? Can it be used to describe a person? What's wrong with this person?
No matter how mad Yu Tinglin was, she could only swallow her anger and hold the handkerchief tightly in her hands, forcing a smile:
"Sister, you are right. I was wrong. This is a gift for you. But sister, I don't have ten thousand taels of silver. Please don't make things difficult for me."
"No?"
Yu Tingwan looked at her in surprise: "But I remember that a month ago, no, half a month ago, my sister spent a lot of money to buy a piece of new Yunling brocade in Yunshu Pavilion, and then made a ready-made garment for His Royal Highness Prince Hong.
I heard that a foot of cloth costs a thousand taels of silver, and a foot of cloth is forty feet long! How come I can't even afford ten thousand taels of silver when it comes to my elder sister?"
Yu Tinglin's eyes widened. Before she could refute, Qingzhu, who was waiting beside her, spoke at the right time:
“Princess, you don’t know everything. Not only that, on Prince Hong’s birthday, Second Miss Yu spent a lot of money to buy a calligraphy work from a master and gave it to His Royal Highness Prince Hong.
This matter spread all over the capital at that time, and many young men in the capital were extremely envious of His Royal Highness Prince Hong.
And there is the matter of the cloth. Although it was said to the outside world that it was the Second Miss who caught the eye of the shop owner and gave the cloth to her.
But others didn’t know that the shop owner bought a nice house in Beijing the next day. I heard it has four courtyards!”
"Ah!" Yu Tingwan looked at her in disbelief, with some sadness in her expression, "Sister is so nice to a man who is not even 18 years old. Although we are not born of the same mother, we are sisters. How can it be..."
"..."
How did she become so shameless?
Yu Tinglin now deeply understood her mother's feelings. She was so angry at this master and servant that she was confused!
But what made Yu Tinglin feel even more horrified was how did Yu Tingwan and her maid know that she had paid for the calligraphy? What else did they know?
Yu Tinglin didn't dare to gamble, because all these things were done without telling her father!
"Sister, wait a moment. I will ask the maid to get the thank-you gift."
The tone of gnashing teeth sounded as if he wanted to chew Yu Tingwan's bones into pieces, but unfortunately Yu Tingwan found the sound extremely pleasant.
You can't stand me, but you can't get rid of me. Not only that, you have to reward me heavily!
Yes, the harvest from this trip to the Shangshu Mansion was very considerable!
When Yu Tinglin had the banknotes brought to Fuso Courtyard, she didn't hear her father speak, and she couldn't help feeling angry.
What's wrong with father? Didn't you hear Yu Tingwan asking for so much money?
What happened to Yu Shangshu? It's not that he didn't feel sorry for the money, but thinking of the cousin who was the shopkeeper of Li's and what Yu Tingwan just said, Yu Shangshu was a little confused.
How come he didn't know there was so much money in his house?
If the money was supported by Jiang's dowry before, where did the money come from now?
Also, his own daughter spent a lot of money to buy fabrics and calligraphy for Prince Hong?
How could he remember that his daughter had told him that these things were given to them because those people valued his position as the Minister of Revenue and his title as the most beautiful woman in the capital!
Not only that, the master and the business owner also said this to others? How come they said it was a huge expense?
Moreover, Yu Tinglin did not refute! Then why did Li always tell him that there was no money in the mansion?
No matter what these people think, it has nothing to do with Yu Tingwan.
They have been using her mother's dowry for so long, and they also relied on her mother's dowry to start their own family. Asking them to pay ten thousand taels of silver is already a bargain for them!
After Qingzhu got the banknote, he looked at it carefully in front of several people, as if he was afraid that the banknote was fake!
Yu Tingwan almost laughed out loud. This girl learns very quickly, and she is so serious! She almost pissed those people off to death! Even Minister Yu's face turned red with anger.
"Princess, the coffin is ready and parked outside the Shangshu Mansion."
Before Minister Yu could recover from the above incident, he heard these words behind him and turned his head in fright.
Not only did he say things that made people angry and frightened, but this person was actually able to stand behind me silently, which showed how powerful his internal strength was!
When he thought of what the man standing behind him said, Yu Shangshu's originally flushed face turned darker and darker!
What does that mean? No one in my house died, so why did they park such a big coffin outside my house? It's just bad luck!
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