Xiao Cao saw her mother and complained, "Mom, you knew about Second Aunt's situation long ago. Are you trying to make fun of me?"
Han smiled and said, "How could that be possible? My daughter is kind-hearted and benevolent. She not only cured your second aunt's illness, but also saved her life. Her closest relatives must thank you very much. You just have to bear it. This is what you deserve."
Xiao Cao was a little helpless, "Mom, I treat illnesses and save lives, and I don't expect anyone to thank me."
"I know, I know." Whether her daughter wants it or not is one thing, but whether others know how to be grateful is another.
Han asked all the servants in the room to leave.
"Xuan'er, come here, let me show you something." Han opened the brocade box on the table and said, "Take a look."
There was a pair of jade bracelets inside. They looked very watery and the color was very bright. "They look good, but I don't really understand. Is there any problem with these bracelets?"
"Xuan'er, this is a big problem. This is the top-grade emerald. Do you know what this means?"
Even though Xiaocao was always calm, she couldn't help but take a breath of cold air at this moment. Her hands trembled and she almost dropped the thing. She put it down in a hurry. In her previous life, she accidentally saw a news report that a certain auction house auctioned an old pit glass-type imperial green bracelet at a high price. Because the quality was so good, plus some special reasons, it was directly sold for billions. She learned a little bit about it and it was simply scary. The glutinous and ice-type imperial green can easily cost millions, and the glass-type, a small pendant is millions, a finger-sized ring face can cost tens of millions, and a bracelet bead necklace can easily cost hundreds of millions. In this world, she also heard some things from Zhou's mother beside Tingyu. Jade is basically monopolized by the upper class. Generally speaking, the price is not as exaggerated as in her previous life, but it is definitely not something that a "commoner" like her can afford.
"I guess there aren't many jades of this quality even in the palace, and even among the noble families, if it's put outside, if someone really wants to buy it, the price of this one won't be less than 300,000 taels." Although Han looked calm, she was actually very frightened. "Your father is a third-rank official, with an annual salary of 420 shi, equivalent to 210 taels of silver."
Xiao Cao didn't know what to say. She estimated that one tael of silver in this life was about equivalent to about 660 yuan in her previous life. Three hundred thousand taels was almost 200 million yuan, which seemed to be much cheaper than several billion. Her father's monthly salary was more than 10,000 yuan, which was not bad. Although the whole family did not rely on his salary, her father's salary would take more than a thousand years to save up without eating or drinking to buy such a bracelet, not to mention that it was a pair.
Although for the real wealthy families, this amount of money is still nothing.
Not to mention the Wen family, even the wealthy Han family is far from that level.
"No, mother, where did this bracelet come from? It can't be one of the gifts today, right?"
Han looked at her dimly: What do you think
"No, it's really in the gift?" This is really crazy, "Who gave this to me?"
"I don't know." Han rubbed his forehead. "I checked the gift list against the gifts one by one. Everything else matched, except for this pair of bracelets. The people in charge of receiving the gifts are all the elderly people around my mother. They have never made a mistake, but they don't know what happened. If they say that the gift giver took the wrong thing, no one would believe it."
So what is going on here? Who sent such an expensive gift, and did it secretly
"Xuan'er, what are you going to do with this bracelet?"
"I handle it?"
"Yes, the Wen family's banquet today is because you are returning home, and at least half of the gifts are specially for you. Such special things have never appeared in the Wen family before. If they are not specially for you, how could they be for the Wen family?"
Xiao Cao frowned, "Does Dad know about this?"
"At present, only my mother and I know about it. I found something wrong, so I immediately covered the brocade box. No one around me saw it. Your father still has some things to do. I will tell him later."
"Mom, are there any special guests today? In the past few years in Kaiping, I haven't dealt with any wealthy people. I have saved a lot of people when I traveled around with my adoptive father. Not to mention that I haven't met anyone who has such a thing, even if there is, the favor is not to this extent. And there is no reason for him to find me accurately after ten years and secretly give me gifts. As for the next few years with Tingyu..." Xiaocao's voice stopped abruptly, and her brows were tightly furrowed.
"Xuan'er..." Han held Xiaocao's hand. Seeing her daughter like this, she couldn't help but feel heartbroken.
Xiaocao looked up at her, but there was some panic and confusion in her eyes.
"Among the guests who came today, the only special one is probably Prince Wei of Pingyang Marquis's Mansion. The others are all familiar to me, and there is nothing special about them. However, Prince Wei's gift was sent together with your maternal grandparents'. It may be that your maternal grandparents prepared it and wrote a separate gift list. He only brought a servant with him, and in his situation, the servant could not leave. Moreover, the servant was tall and strong, very conspicuous, and the recipient had never seen him before."
"Mom, is there any way to meet with Prince Wei? Who knows what kind of relationship he has with Tingyu? As long as we have any suspicion, we should investigate it, don't you think?" Xiaocao was anxious and spoke faster than usual, without any composure.
"Xuan'er, don't be anxious, don't be anxious. Prince Wei is in poor health and has always been a seldom-seen person. Our family has no relationship with the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion, so it's not a good idea to visit them rashly. Besides, the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion is now headed by a concubine, who is also involved with the harem... Don't be anxious, my dear child, don't be anxious. Let me think about it. If you must meet him, there must be a way. Otherwise, give me some time and I'll see if I can find someone to help make a connection?"
Xiao Cao took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down, "Mom, it's my fault. You don't have to worry. I've been waiting for almost three years. It doesn't matter if I wait a little longer."
Han sighed inwardly. At first, she only knew that her son-in-law died suddenly. Her daughter talked more about it in the past two days. She doubted the sudden death and wondered if he was murdered. Her daughter was alone, powerless, and had no useful information. She wanted to find out the truth based on guesswork. As she took each step, it sounded hopeless.
It doesn't matter how much you say and wait. When there is no progress, you will just suppress the hopelessness deep in your heart. But if there is a slight possibility of this happening, hope will surge out. How can you suppress it so easily