spring boudoir secret

Chapter 30 You can't afford it, can you?

"My aunt is the stepmother of the Duke's mansion, and she always sets an example of being gentle and dignified. If you continue to argue, you will lose her demeanor. Anyway, you can be regarded as my mother in name. If you are partial to your own daughter and criticize your stepmother Girl, it's not good to have a good reputation, isn't it?"

Once, when Zhao Mingruo was brought back to the Duke's Mansion, he regarded Fang and Zhao Minglian as close relatives.

She even regarded Fang as her own mother.

Countless nights when she couldn't sleep well, it was Fang who coaxed her gently by her bedside, and Zhao Mingruo could only fall asleep by sticking to her side.

They clearly look so alike, and clearly flow the same blood, but they are not even as good as strangers.

Originally, her father was very distressed when she was lost when she was a child, and wanted to make up for her, but Fang secretly provoked her father to feel that it was a shame for the daughter of the Duke's Mansion to grow up in the countryside, and gradually the father and daughter separated.

Zhao Minglian pretended to be obedient and obedient, and tricked out that she once liked the eldest young master of the Jiang family, so she asked her mother to make the decision, finalized her marriage with the Jiang family, and said jokes at the banquet, making Zhao Mingruo a joke in Lin'an City.

Fang always maintained a gentle smile, but the eyes in the corners of her eyes became much sharper.

"Sister Lian, we are here to order clothes. After all, your marriage contract with the young master of the Jiang family is coming soon, so it's important to get down to business."

Only then did Zhao Minglian turn his anger into a smile, and looked at Zhao Mingruo provocatively, "Yes, brother Jiang is gentle and kind, and treats me very well, such a good marriage, I must cherish it, big sister, you will smile Bless us?"

Zhao Mingruo nodded thoughtfully, "I will definitely bless you well, then you can choose fabrics wisely, and don't buy cheap ones that look shabby."

"It's up to you to say!" Zhao Minglian pushed Zhao Mingruo aside politely.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper wanted to persuade him, but was stopped by Zhao Mingruo's gaze.

"Shopkeeper, you must introduce some high-quality fabrics to these two. If you want cheaper fabrics, they will make trouble for you."

The shopkeeper understands, "You two distinguished guests, here are all the new soft smoke, golden brocade, and Qiluo brocade, and even Kesi, but the price is a little more expensive than those, but the finished product The clothes are comfortable and unique to wear, of course, Mrs. Guo Gong, Miss Guo Gong, must not care about thousands of taels of silver to buy them."

"Seeing that after the spring day, it will be midsummer, just right."

"If my aunt and second younger sister can't afford it, I'll take a fancy to it, and you can sell it to me. Earning money is not earning money."

Under the eyes of Zhao Mingruo who raised his eyebrows and looked at him with a smile that was not a smile, Zhao Minglian was very painful and planned to pretend to be rich, "Okay, then I want the best."

Fang wanted to stop her, "Sister pity."

But Zhao Minglian has made up his mind, "Mother, we want these good ones, take the money."

Fang can only pay the money obediently.

The shopkeeper took away 3000 taels of silver. Zhao Minglian was so painful that he was about to die of anger, and even pretended to be very happy.

"Sister, don't envy me."

Zhao Mingruo smiled and looked at Zhao Minglian with kinder eyes, "It's too late for me to like you."

"By the way, didn't the second sister come to buy a dowry? The jewelry shop opposite is also of good style, why don't we go and have a look?"

Fang wanted to refuse.

Zhao Mingruo said, "Second sister can't afford to go, can she?"

"joke."

Under Zhao Mingruo's provocative method, Zhao Minglian also fell into the trap. In the jewelry store, no matter what Zhao Mingruo said was good-looking, she would buy it in one go, and she spent 5000 taels of silver all at once.

Zhao Minglian reluctantly paid the money, and turned to laugh at Zhao Mingruo, "Big sister, you have been talking for a long time, but you haven't bought any of them. Could it be that you can't afford it?"

"how is this possible."

Zhao Mingruo immediately took a thick stack of banknotes, at least a few thousand taels, "Boss, I heard that your shop also has a set of ruby ​​heads at the bottom of the box, which are made of the same material as the queen's dowry." Ah, I want to buy that set."

The shopkeeper glanced at Zhao Mingruo, "There are some, and the villain will show them to the ladies."

"Madam does have vision. This dish is the treasure of our store, worth 1 taels."

The ruby ​​head looks much more luxurious than the one Zhao Minglian bought just now, and the workmanship is more exquisite. Compared with the two, one is in the sky and the other is on the ground.

"Second sister, do you think this set looks good? Do you want to buy it? If you don't, I'll accept it. I'll take this set to the wedding banquet when my second sister gets married."

Zhao Minglian's expression turned ugly when he was angry.

Zhao Mingruo deliberately smiled, "Second sister can't afford it, right?"

"The Duke's Mansion is just like that. It's not as rich as my Marquis Mansion who sells dowry everywhere."

"Who says I can't afford it?"

Fang had already seen through that Zhao Mingruo was doing it on purpose, and hurriedly stopped her, "Sister Lian, it's just a show, it's okay to let her."

The Changning Duke's Mansion is already the top class among all the Duke's mansions. Her second wife, the Duke's wife, is holding ten thousand taels of silver bills in her hand when she goes shopping. If it were someone else's money bag, she would have already been empty. up.

But Fang just frowned and took out the money.

But no matter how good the Changning government is, they are not being taken advantage of, and there will be no more 1 taels of silver to take out.

Zhao Mingruo was very considerate, "Should I ignore it or can't afford it?"

"If Madam didn't bring enough money, just tell me straight. The Changning Mansion is well-known. You only need to take the things away. After you return to the mansion, you can send someone to bring the money. You can't do something like sneaking away."

This time, Zhao Minglian's mouth was completely blocked.

She looked at Fang's pleadingly, "Mother, this ruby's head is really beautiful. My daughter likes it so much, so I'll buy it. It's not good to make that dead girl Zhao Mingruo laugh."

"Mom, please..."

Continuing to argue will only really become a joke, Fang's expression remained unchanged, "Going out in a hurry, I only brought ten thousand taels of silver with me, you send the things that the second lady likes to the Duke's mansion, and the housekeeper will take them Money for you."

The shopkeeper was very happy, "Then thank you Mrs. Guogong."

"Little Er, deliver the goods."

Zhao Mingruo sat aside, drinking tea calmly.

Seeing that his mother agreed to buy, Zhao Minglian felt a lot better and regained his confidence, "Did you see my sister, my father and mother love me, and they will buy me whatever I want, even the stars and the moon in the sky Give it to me."

"You don't buy anything, what are you still doing sitting here?"

Zhao Mingruo calmed down, "It's true that I don't have such a good father, but I'm sitting here waiting to collect the money."

"Collect money?" Zhao Minglian didn't know what she meant by that.

Xiao Er soon came back with ten thousand taels of silver bills, and the owner of the tailor shop next door also brought the silver, and they stood in front of Zhao Mingruo together.

"Ma'am, Yin Zi."

(End of this chapter)