Thirteenth Lady's Comback: Her Everyday Life as a Bystander-Chapter 106 - 5: Eight Trigrams (Part 2)

Yang Liu saw her silly expression and laughed, "Aside from Sixth Miss, you now have another admirer."

Susu couldn’t be bothered with the joking troublemaker and pulled Chun Feng to sit down, "Did the Old Madam have some instructions?"

Chun Feng snapped back to reality, a bit embarrassed, her cheeks flushed, "It’s all because of Big Sister, I almost forgot the main thing. Two old women returned to the mansion and told Sister Ning Cui that Sister Ning Cui had already received instructions from the Old Madam and was waiting. As soon as she heard the message, she sent someone over, coincidentally, I was free, so she gave me this task. The Old Madam said she originally wanted Sister to stay with Big Sister for a few more days, but unexpectedly, as soon as Sister left today, the Prince Gong Mansion sent an invitation, saying Princess Qingning is hosting a small banquet tomorrow, inviting several young ladies to attend. She even specifically mentioned Sister Susu, saying that the invitation was formally issued as a guest. The Old Madam accepted the invitation and asked Sister to have dinner at our house today before heading back, saying we could come again another day when there’s time."

Then Chun Feng added, "I’ve benefited from Sister’s good fortune, so I can stay at home for half a day and return with Sister Susu."

For a commandery princess to issue a formal invitation to a maid is a huge honor in the eyes of outsiders, but Susu didn’t really like it. She felt like a spectacle for others to admire, which wasn’t her wish. Yet, with this appearance, without any genuine skills, it was even worse.

The Old Madam must have realized this point, hence she accepted.

Yang Liu naturally understood Susu’s inner conflict. It was through Susu that Yang Liu learned that being good-looking sometimes brings unpredictable blessings and misfortunes. She couldn’t help but comfort Susu, "Don’t think too much about it, just attend the banquet. Now you’re a legitimate class, with property and land. I think the Old Madam should consider your marriage soon."

Upon hearing this, Susu pinched her, saying she dared to speak nonsense.

Chun Feng, still young, felt puzzled because this was such an honorable event, yet Sister Susu didn’t show any sign of joy!

Seeing the atmosphere a bit heavy, Susu said, "Let’s not talk about this, let’s talk about something cheerful. Chun Feng, you’ve caught a good occasion, you must make your big sister spend lavishly!" Saying this, she opened the bundle she brought, revealing one big and one small box.

"Over the years, the commerce fleet of the mansion has traveled further and further, and the business has grown bigger, with good things flowing into the mansion like water. This year, the delivery to Sui’an Hall increased by twenty percent compared to previous years. The Old Madam privately rewarded several maids with some items for themselves. The Old Madam said it includes something for you, lest you stop visiting after you get married."

Yang Liu received her winter share this year and knew the Old Madam was mindful of her, but didn’t expect to receive something privately. She was touched, not knowing how to express her gratitude.

Chun Feng was also extremely envious, not just for the items, but for the affection the Old Madam showed towards those around her.

Chun Feng knows her big sister’s dowry list. Apart from fields and estates, the remaining tens of thousands of items are what her big sister saved privately. Her mother is always nagging her to work hard as well, saying if she saves up half of her big sister’s dowry, she won’t have to worry about anything.

At this moment, Chun Feng didn’t know that the items on Yang Liu’s dowry list were only half of her personal assets; the other half was converted into silver at the bottom of her chest. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Susu opened the two boxes and said, "They are all new items for this year, not to mention the precious playthings and spices; the gemstones and pearls are like they don’t even cost money. The cataloging alone took Ning Xiang, Wu Tong, and me a month to complete. Luckily, it was done, otherwise, if it had coincided with annual gifts and rents from various places, I wouldn’t have been able to leave!"

Yang Liu has seen many good items, and although these are valuable, they’re not considered rare. But Chun Feng nearly had her eyes dazzled.

Susu brought two boxes: the large box contained a gilded bronze clock with intricate intertwining floral patterns, exceptionally exquisite. Chun Feng had only seen such a clock in the Old Madam’s room and heard it costs five to six hundred taels of silver.

The other small box was no bigger than the palm of a hand, yet scattered on black velvet were a few gemstone pearls, sparkling like stars. Just one cat-eye the size of a fingernail costs over two hundred taels of silver; a pigeon-blood red ruby the size of a pigeon egg; there were also emerald jade faces, rhombus-shaped sapphires and more.

Yang Liu remembered how overwhelmed she was when she first saw these items as a maid. She nodded at Chun Feng, "Don’t act as if you’ve never seen the world. Serve the Old Madam well, and these won’t be lacking!"

Saying this, she picked out two rubies, two tourmaline rings, and two East Pearls the size of lotus seed grains, placed them in a small pocket, "Take it and keep it safe. Ask your aunt to save it for you!"