There are really some people who are blind. Miss Liu Lanxin's people came and said they were bringing gifts.
At the wedding yesterday, Miss Liu did not come. She said that she was afraid that something similar would happen at the Crown Princess's wedding. She apologized to Qu Moying specially. At that time, she sent quite a few gifts, but Qu Moying confiscated them and just said that she had already added some makeup before.
At the beginning, Liu Lanxin did add some makeup to Qu Moying. It was nothing special, just an ordinary pair of hairpins, which later lay in Qu Moying's pile of gift boxes.
The gift she gave yesterday was said to be an apology for not being able to give the bride a gift. In fact, the two families did not have a formal visit, so there would not be so many gifts. It was just to show her apology to me.
In order to avoid embarrassment, he deliberately brought such a big gift, but Qu Moying refused it at that time.
I didn't expect that he would come again today, and the gift was so inappropriate. I am a new bride and should not be receiving guests at this time.
This doesn't look like a real gift, but rather like it's done for show.
"Just tell them that I'm not in a position to meet guests right now, and ask them to return the gifts." Qu Moying said calmly. No matter who this Miss Liu was doing this for, or whose face she was using, she had a reason to refuse at this time.
"Master, can I go and take a look?" Yuxiu asked, blinking her eyes. Her purpose of coming at this time was really suspicious. Even though she was a maid, she knew how inappropriate it was to give gifts at this time.
"Okay, then you go and take a look!" Qu Moying didn't care at first, but after hearing Yuxiu say that, her cherry lips curled slightly.
Yuxiu followed the order and went down. Qu Moying dealt with all the minor matters here, then sent everyone away and rearranged his yard.
Aunt Fang and Nanny Zhou manage the affairs of the courtyard together, with Aunt Fang as the main person and Nanny Zhou as the auxiliary. Nanny Miao serves by her side and she can ask Nanny Miao when she needs help. Nanny Yan is in charge of etiquette. With the addition of the two senior maids, Yuchun and Yuxiu, and the eunuch chief steward An Dong, there is someone to take care of the affairs outside.
Everything in the Prince of Ying's Palace originally belonged to the Prince of Yun's Palace. Most of the people in the palace are elderly. Previously, external affairs were managed by Ji Hai, and internal affairs were mainly managed by Aunt Fang. Now that Qu Moying, the mistress of the house, is in charge of internal affairs, Aunt Fang has become the person who cooperates with Qu Moying.
It must be because of Pei Yuanjun’s previous words that Aunt Fang respected Qu Moying very much. After careful observation, Qu Moying was still very satisfied with Aunt Fang.
After dealing with these matters, everyone else left, leaving behind Nanny Yan and Aunt Fang to discuss the return gift.
The return gift also had to be prepared early. Qu Moying was not clear about the situation in the Prince Ying's mansion, so Aunt Fang had to stay. When she heard that Qu Moying was going to prepare a return gift, Aunt Fang went to get a thick stack of books and handed them to Qu Moying respectfully: "Princess, this is a book from the Prince's storehouse. Some things are recorded on it. Please take a look at the catalog first. If you think it's good, I'll send someone to get it."
At first glance, it looks like a stack of booklets. No matter how you look at it, there are quite a lot of them, in sets, and there are quite a few of them.
After taking a book and opening it, Qu Moying was speechless. She felt that she had seen many treasures, but she did not expect there were so many. Many of them were priceless. Just this one booklet had already shocked her, not to mention there were several more.
"Princess, these books are now in your
Here, you can look at what you want to choose first and then choose, which is more convenient. "Aunt Fang said with a smile.
"Let's leave it with Aunt Fang. If I need anything, I will tell Aunt Fang." Qu Moying smiled and shook her head. Since Aunt Fang was trustworthy, she would not have any grudges against her because she was from the Prince of Ying's Palace. Whatever Pei Yuanjun was comfortable with, she could also be comfortable with.
"Thank you, Princess." Aunt Fang bowed excitedly.
This was the mistress's trust in her. Before, she was worried that the mistress might be difficult to get along with, or too weak. Unexpectedly, she found out that she was not only capable but also easy to get along with. Aunt Fang felt relieved.
The mistress is good. Only with a mistress can there be a young master. The British palace has a future.
Aunt Fang was so excited that tears were about to fall. Finally, she turned her head and wiped her eyes before she calmed down.
The one who came was Haiqing from the Liu residence. When he saw Yuxiu, he came forward to greet her warmly: "Sister Yuxiu, I didn't expect it was you. I thought it was that other powerful girl!"
The so-called powerful maid is Yudong in the past. Compared with Yuchun, Yudong has always had a strong presence.
"Sister Haiqing, our master is not in a position to meet guests right now, so please don't be polite, young lady." Yuxiu said with a smile. She was very pretty, and her eyes flickered when she smiled, which made Haiqing unhappy.
She herself was of average appearance, and she couldn't stand seeing anyone who looked better than her. All the maids in the Liu Mansion who were slightly more outstanding ended up in a bad situation. This senior maid also had her hand in Yuxiu's previous affairs in the Liu Mansion, otherwise how could someone be so intolerant of a little maid in a corner.
Of course, the status was different at this time, Hai Qing did not dare to treat Yu Xiu lightly, holding Yu Xiu's hand affectionately: "Sister Yu Xiu, this matter is actually the master's business. I originally thought it was inappropriate, but our young lady said that she did not come that day because she was afraid of something. Our young lady was really afraid. She had never experienced such a thing at the border. In a few words, she decided the matter and did not allow anyone to explain."
Hai Qing patted his chest with his other hand in fear.
"Our young lady has always been straightforward. It may be related to the customs of the border. At that time, I really felt something was wrong, but I couldn't say anything for a while. I just wanted to follow your princess to see if she needed any help. I didn't expect that this matter would fall on our young lady in the end. It's really infuriating to talk about it."
Yuxiu didn't respond. She smiled with a dull expression and didn't seem to want to continue the conversation. Others might not know what happened at that time, but how could they not know? Who was Haiqing talking to
"Okay, let's stop saying these depressing things. Your princess didn't like the gift yesterday, so today our young lady specially picked out another one. Among them is a fine piece that our young lady particularly likes, and it was given by the queen in the palace." Hai Qing said, pointing to the gift box in the hands of a maid who followed behind him, "See if you like it?"
"Bestowed by the Empress in the palace? This... how can it be given to others casually?" Yu Xiu asked puzzledly. This kind of thing is not only precious, but also represents status. How can it be given to others casually
"Don't worry, this was given to our young lady by Concubine He. It was originally intended to add to her makeup. I've said before that if the young lady is willing, she can give it to other people. It's not something that can't be given away." Hai Qing said. The young lady herself felt sorry for this item, but she had to give it up.
The gift that had been sent before was finally returned intact. The young lady felt that it was mainly because the gift was not to the liking of the young lady from the Qu family. Otherwise, with her vision, how could she possibly return it
For Liu Lanxin, she had to compensate for this gift. Pei Yusheng repeatedly reminded her that since Liu Jingyu had already compensated, Qu Moying could not be exempted, lest her uncle Wang would keep thinking about her.
Originally, she thought Qu Moying would accept it, but unexpectedly he would withdraw. After thinking about it, Liu Lanxin felt that her gift was not generous enough, so she reluctantly picked out one of the gifts from Concubine He and gave it to him. Together with the other gifts, this gift was considered very generous. If Qu Moying did not accept it, it would be intentional.
The red cover on the gift box was opened, and Yuxiu's eyes turned slightly when she saw the things inside. She seemed to have heard of such an object. It was in the hands of her master before, and then given away. She didn't expect that it would be in the gift sent to her master today.
This gift has passed through the hands of several people...
It's really interesting. After going around outside for a while, it will still be presented to the lady in the end.
The red covers were opened one by one, revealing a total of four gift boxes. Except for the gift in the first gift box, which was very valuable and worth a lot, each of the following items was also a fine product. Just for these few items, Miss Liu had indeed given a very large gift.
"How is it? Our young lady is really sincere in befriending Princess Ying. When our young lady marries Princess Jing in the future, her status will be equal to Princess Ying's, and it will be easier to get along with her. But no matter whether it is Princess Ying or Princess Jing, they are not as good as the Crown Princess. In the future, when interacting with the Crown Princess, our princess will have to rely on Princess Ying."
Hai Qing put down Yu Xiu's hand, bowed deeply, then stood up with a smile, and said affectionately: "When I was in the mansion, I didn't know that I had such a lovely sister like you, otherwise we could have been intimate at that time, and no one would have framed you. Now, although the two of us belong to two families, we were always one family before. You won't be so embarrassed to see the young lady!"
These words were said in a caring and almost sincere way. Considering Haiqing's current state, such words made people feel particularly sincere.
If Yuxiu was really an ordinary maid in the Liu mansion, how could she resist hearing her speak so sincerely? Especially when she added the word "Miss" at the end. She didn't say "our Miss", but just "Miss". It sounded as if Yuxiu's current master was still Miss Liu Lanxin.
There was a hint of sarcasm in Yuxiu's eyes. No matter what Haiqing said, she never felt a sense of belonging to the Liu Mansion, nor did she think that Liu Lanxin was her master. She was not like that before, and she is even less so now.
"Sister Haiqing, I really can't make the decision on this matter. The princess only said that it is inconvenient now. If your young lady is really interested, can you wait until after these few days?" Yuxiu replied tactfully with a smile. Her words were very polite, and her meaning was very clear, that is, she would not accept it now.
Hai Qing couldn't hold on to the smile on her face anymore. "It's just a gift. I don't need to meet the Princess of England. Is that not allowed?"
"No!" Yuxiu refused to give in.
"Okay, okay, since the princess doesn't want to, our young lady will go to His Royal Highness the King of England. When we were at the border, His Royal Highness the King of England had protected our young lady many times. I don't believe that His Royal Highness would be so disrespectful to our young lady." Hai Qing was not angry but happy, turned around and walked in another direction, looking very confident...