In the capital, Zhulan looked at her daughter in formal attire and asked, "Did you just come back from the palace?"
Xue Han nodded, "Yes, the various tribes of the grasslands are coming to Beijing. I wore formal clothes today to accompany the queen to meet several princesses."
Zhulan also knew, "Are you here for help because of the heavy snow disaster?"
Xue Han, "This year the snow on the grassland was very heavy, and many cattle and sheep froze to death."
"Is the emperor's illness better?"
The reason why the retired emperor is so quiet in winter is that he has been wandering around in the south for too long and completely forgot how old he is. He felt unwell when he returned to Beijing and has been staying in the Prince of Qin's Palace since winter. The recent heavy snow made the retired emperor sick.
Xue Han, "Father's illness was not serious, but Mother was worried and kept watching him. He is almost well now."
If it weren't for the Queen Mother keeping an eye on him, the Emperor would not have been so quiet. In recent years, the Emperor has become more and more willful.
She could also understand that her father had a painful and repressed childhood, and that he was restrained when he became emperor and could not do whatever he wanted. Now that he has retired, he is slowly letting go.
Zhulan, "What's the matter with you coming here right after you left the palace?"
Xue Han smiled and said, "I came to get the pickles made by my eldest sister-in-law. My father and mother kept talking about my eldest sister-in-law's pickles. We didn't have any at home, so I took a detour back."
Zhu Lan smiled and said, "I thought it was a big deal. You can just send someone to get it. Ever since your sister-in-law knew that the emperor liked it, she has taken over the pickles in the house. Now she pickles them all by herself."
"Don't tire out your sister-in-law."
“She’s very motivated.”
Xue Han asked, "How are Wan'er and the child?"
"I'm fine."
At first, the child was making a fuss because Ran Wan was tired, but after she took good care of him, the child stopped making a fuss.
In the Wang family, Yu Lu is not lonely at all. All grandchildren in each branch are only children. Except for the eldest branch, which has no daughter, the second and third branches have illegitimate daughters.
It is rare to have a legitimate daughter in the Wang family. Of course, because there is no legitimate daughter, a concubine's daughter becomes more precious.
There are many good things here in Yu Lu. Since she is pregnant with her baby, her parents' home will send her all kinds of food, and her husband will also find some for her. Together with the things given by the elders, Yu Lu has become a place that the two illegitimate sisters of the other two families like to come to.
Although Yu Lu didn't like these two cousins, she knew why they came here. It was not just because there were many good things here, but because they wanted to make friends with her.
Wang Hua, the second granddaughter, looked at the glass clock on the table and said, "It wasn't there when I came yesterday. Did my eldest brother buy it for my sister-in-law?"
Yu Lu, "No, my second brother sent it yesterday."
The third granddaughter Wang Yun hid the sarcasm in her eyes and said, "Prince Rong is really good to his sister-in-law."
She was really envious. She also had a brother, but her brother treasured her and didn't care about her, a illegitimate sister. Although the third wife was born a illegitimate child, she still cared a lot about the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children.
Yu Lu had no intention of showing off, she simply preferred glass clocks, so the original one was sent to her husband's study.
Yu Lu smiled and said, "Brothers and sisters in our family are quite close."
Wang Hua and Wang Yun were both silent. There were no illegitimate children in the Zhou family. All the children were legitimate. There were no troubles in the backyard, so they were naturally closer.
Although the Wang family's children were not very bad, the relationships between the branches were not close.
Wang Wei never came back from outside. Yu Lu saw snow on her head and asked, "Is it snowing again?"
Wang Wei untied his cloak and said, "It's raining heavily. My two sisters are here."
Wang Hua and Wang Yun stood up, "Brother is back, so we are back too."
Wang Wei smiled and nodded, "Okay."
After the people left, Wang Wei helped his wife sit down, "They didn't disturb your rest, did they?"
How to say it, he is not very close to his two sisters. They did not grow up together, and because they are cousins, they did not spend much time together, so they could not be close even though they are related by blood.
Yu Lu shook her head, "It's nice for them to chat with me."
Wang Weicai didn't believe it. "They have a lot of little thoughts. If you don't want to pay attention to them, just disappear."
Yu Lu waved her hand, "If I don't see Second Grandma and Third Grandma, I'll have to go and tell the ancestors again."
Wang Wei was silent. "You have to think so much about your pregnancy. I am not as good as my brother-in-law."
Yu Lu, "You've done a great job. You've made me plump and white."
Wang Wei smiled and said, "Well, my wife has indeed gained a lot of weight."
The next day, Zhulan had been frozen and had not left the house. She planned to go and pick up the jewelry that was custom-made for her granddaughter in person. This was for Jiang Miao to wear when she got married.
Yudie knew and wanted to go too, so Zhulan waved her hand and they all went.
Yu Jiao took advantage of her young age to get close to her grandmother and said, "Grandma, the headpiece you made for my cousin must be very beautiful."
Zhulan smiled and said, "Of course, your grandmother designed it myself."
She also helped design Yu Shuang and Yu Lu's wedding headwear, so Jiang Miao naturally wouldn't be left out.
Yujiao pointed at herself and said, "I want grandma to design my wedding too."
Zhulan: "Okay, okay, I have both, all of them."
When they arrived at the jewelry shop, Yujiao was the only one who was really interested in cleaning. Yudie and the others had been to the jewelry shop too many times, so they just took a quick look, picked something, and wanted to look somewhere else.
Yudie said, "Grandma, Yuwen and I are going to the shop next door to buy materials for making seals."
Zhulan looked at the new jewelry and prepared to buy a few more for her granddaughter. She replied without looking up, "Okay."
Yuyi rubbed her forehead and said, "Grandma, I'll go with you to take a look."
Zhulan raised her head and patted Yuyi on the shoulder, "Thank you for your hard work."
This is not a younger sister, she is actually an older sister.
Yujiao couldn't help laughing when she saw her sister's hopeless look.
In the shop next door, Yudie went straight to the material she wanted. Yuwen also became excited and wanted to buy two pieces for her father and brother. The two girls were spoiled by their father and had high standards. They went straight to the best cabinet.
As the two girls approached, the material that Yudie valued was taken away first, and she could only watch helplessly.
Young Master Liu picked up the material and looked at it carefully. He was very satisfied, but the price was a bit high. If it wasn't for his grandfather's birthday, he really couldn't bear to spend the money. "Boss, please give me a discount. Look at the uneven color of this material. I'll take it for fifty taels."
The shopkeeper's mouth twitched. The person he least wanted to see was Mr. Liu II, who bargained desperately every time he came. He would cut the price in half as soon as he opened his mouth. He stretched out his fat hand to hold the material, "How about you take another look?"
As he said this, he pulled the material hard, but it didn't move.
Mr. Liu refused to let go. "Then it's fifty-one taels, no more."
The shopkeeper said, "... ...Please take a closer look. This price is really not worth selling."
Mr. Liu refused to let go. "I have been taking care of your business. Please give me a fair price."
The shopkeeper thought to himself, there's really no need to worry, I can't even buy goods at this price.
Yudie was stunned. The young man in front of her was bullying people. Look how embarrassed he was making the shopkeeper.
Yu Wen had already chosen the material and waved, "Third sister, I've chosen it for you too. Do you like it?"
Yudie came back to her senses, "I like it, I like it."
Then the two girls called the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, please settle the bill."
The shopkeeper knows the girl from the Zhou family, who has money.
Yudie asked her mother for some silver, and with her own silver, her purse was full, so she bid 100 taels directly, "Boss, give me some silver."
Yuwen also untied her purse, "And mine."
This time it was Mr. Liu's turn to be dumbfounded. Whose daughter was so generous? Then he felt heartbroken. Why didn't she bargain? She could have negotiated!