Thinking of this, Ling Qingwan felt better.
"Miss, what are you going to do now?" Qiao'er asked Ling Qingwan curiously and carefully.
"Let's go to the hall and take a look." Ling Qingwan said softly.
She wanted to see how much gold, silver and jewelry could make the old lady so greedy that she even lost her dignity.
Sure enough, just as Qiao'er described, there were seven or eight boxes placed on the open space in the hall. Open any one of them at random and you will find it is full.
They are either silver ingots or jade and agate, which are dazzling to look at.
"Miss." Mingyue walked behind Ling Qingwan.
Mingyue knew about Ling Qingwan's meeting with Xu Yuanyuan yesterday. Ling Qingwan just said she would ignore it, but then Xu Yuanyuan sent a birthday gift with such fanfare, which was intended to put Ling Qingwan in a difficult position.
Mingyue was worried that Ling Qingwan would not be able to convince Xu Yuanyuan and would be forced to obey Xu Yuanyuan.
"What does Madam Zhou have to say?" Ling Qingwan asked Mingyue.
Now the old lady is in charge of the household affairs in the mansion. She should have invested a lot of money in these days. If the old lady takes these gold, silver and jewelry for herself, it will not only solve the urgent problem, but also make a fortune.
I have to say that the old lady is extremely selfish.
"They tried to stop us from leaving before, but we chased them away," Mingyue said coldly.
As she spoke, she looked towards Luluo and Hongshang who were guarding the box not far away.
Without even thinking about it, you can tell how badly those servants who tried to stop them were beaten. Mingyue, Luluo and Hongxiu all know martial arts, and they are not pushovers.
Ling Qingwan was sleeping, and if they were left to decide, she might actually do something like hitting someone.
"Miss, this matter was caused by my rudeness and the dispute with those servants. It has nothing to do with Luluo and Hongshang. If you are angry, just punish me alone."
Seeing that Ling Qingwan was slow to speak, Mingyue thought that she had made Ling Qingwan unhappy, so she hurriedly bowed her head to apologize.
"Did they say anything unpleasant?" Ling Qingwan's expression was indifferent, showing no emotion at all.
Mingyue hesitated, with a look of helplessness in her eyes.
Even if she didn't say anything more, Ling Qingwan understood.
"Bring all these boxes to Orchid Garden."
Finally, she instructed Mingyue.
“Miss…” Mingyue was conflicted, not knowing whether she should remind Ling Qingwan that these boxes were sent by the Xu family.
Xu Yuanyuan was definitely not just celebrating Ling Qingwan's birthday. With Ling Qingwan's intelligence, she should have been able to guess it.
"Since she sent it to us, we should just accept it. Being hesitant will only make people suspicious." Ling Qingwan could see what Mingyue was thinking.
Mingyue suddenly realized and went to work immediately.
At this time, Fuluxuan.
"What?!"
The old lady stood up suddenly, her face flushed with anger and her whole body trembling.
In front of him, the maid was also trembling, lowering her head and not daring to say much.
"Good! Good! Even a servant beside Ling Qingwan dares to openly disobey me!" The old lady laughed in anger.
Ling Chuchu came in and waved to the people in the room to leave.
"Grandma." She walked to the old lady, saw that she was angry, and poured her a cup of tea.
The old lady's resentment turned into a sigh.
Thinking that she had lived in this world for decades, but was bullied by a young girl like Ling Qingwan, the old lady felt uncomfortable and couldn't save face.
"Are you angry about Miss Xu giving Ling Qingwan a birthday gift?" Ling Chuchu asked knowingly.
Sure enough, seeing the old lady's mood, which had finally calmed down, suddenly become irritable again, Ling Chuchu was secretly happy.
"What kind of servants are they? They are all taught by their masters. The servants around Ling Qingwan dare to openly oppose you. Just imagine how Ling Qingwan teaches them on a daily basis."
Ling Chuchu sat down and pretended to have no intention of fanning the flames in front of the old lady.
The old lady was so angry that she kept gasping for breath.
"Grandma, please calm down first." Ling Chuchu glanced at her, and Zhiqin understood and helped the old lady to sit down.
"Today Ling Qingwan's servant disobeyed me, tomorrow she will ride on my head." The old lady snorted. "No, she has already ridden on my head."
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. The old lady wished she could go find trouble with Ling Qingwan right now.
"So what? She can only show off for a while." Ling Chuchu said with contempt, as if she had already stepped on Ling Qingwan under her feet.
The old lady was curious and turned her head to look at Ling Chuchu.
Ling Chuchu leaned closer to the old lady and whispered a few words in her ear.
"Really?" The old lady's eyes lit up, and the gloom just now dissipated, and there was even a hint of excitement in her eyes.
"It's absolutely true." Ling Chuchu said firmly. "I went to the palace to look for the eldest prince yesterday, and the eldest princess happened to be there too. She liked me very much."
"The eldest princess is the emperor's biological sister. If we can please her, why should we worry about the Ling family not being able to turn things around?" Ling Chuchu couldn't contain her joy and chuckled with her hands covering her mouth.
"I said that our Ling family couldn't possibly have come to this. We can't rely on those two traitors in the Madam's room. God has been kind to our Ling family by giving birth to a capable lady like Chuchu."
The old lady was in a good mood, completely forgetting how angry she was just now.
"That's right. Ling Qingwan and I are different. If I achieve something, the Ling family will surely rise to prominence." Ling Chuchu followed the old lady's words, praising herself while stepping on Ling Qingwan. "Don't worry, the good days of our Ling family are still to come."
Instantly, the atmosphere in the room became extremely cheerful.
"Then should I still take the birthday gift that the Xu family gave to Ling Qingwan?" The old lady was in a dilemma. "If it weren't for the fact that she is the daughter of the Ling family and your sister, would the daughter of the Xu family give her a birthday gift? Dream on."
That's what she thought, and she felt that Ling Qingwan didn't deserve so much gold, silver and jewelry. It just so happened that she was very short of money these days, so she thought of taking those boxes for herself.
"Forget it, let's not do it." Ling Chuchu suggested. "Think about it, Ling Qingwan is a vindictive person. If you take her birthday gift, she won't know how to retaliate in the future. What we have to do now is to endure hardships, and when we turn the tables, she won't be able to escape."
When the old lady heard this, she thought it made sense and stopped harping on the birthday gift sent by Miss Xu.
"What a man who sleeps on straw and tastes gall!"
This matter soon reached Ling Qingwan's ears. When she heard Luluo talking about it, Ling Qingwan couldn't help laughing.
"I didn't expect Ling Chuchu to know me so well. How did she know that if the old lady took my birthday gift today, I would retaliate against her someday?"
Seeing that Ling Qingwan's mood was not affected, Nanny Pu and Luluo both breathed a sigh of relief.
But they both knew that the old lady's repeated mischief and her continued hatred of Ling Qingwan, her granddaughter, as an enemy would have an impact on Ling Qingwan.