Thirteenth Lady's Comback: Her Everyday Life as a Bystander-Chapter 233 - 12: Farewell Sentiments (Part 3)

In the Summer Scene, everyone was in the garden on Lake Heart Island, setting up wine on Sunshine Pavilion. Susu still remembers that scene—it was to celebrate the Princely Heir passing the Scholar exams. It was also during that time that Susu drank a few extra glasses and discovered her "never drunk no matter how much she drank" constitution.

In the Autumn Scene, it looked pretty, but in reality, that event was truly a "burning zither and cooking cranes" act. Susu and Sixth Miss teamed up to waste who knows how many osmanthus and chrysanthemum flowers, and finally managed to make some osmanthus scented dew and chrysanthemum cake.

Seeing this, Third Madam forbade the two of them from running into the garden. In fact, she took most of the finished products to "show off" to relatives and friends.

In the Winter Scene, a large group gathered in the snow to admire plums. Susu, Fourth Miss, and Sixth Miss sneaked off to roast venison at Jiangxue Pavilion in Plum Blossom Village. Those plum admirers, attracted by the aroma, came following their noses, complaining that they were ruining the atmosphere, but in the end, they ate half a deer.

Susu, Third Miss, and Fourth Miss were all lost in memories with this painting, while Sixth Miss nostalgically recounted the past events to the two cousins and Seventh Little Sister who didn’t know about them, making the three wish for time to turn back so they could join in.

Fourth Miss carefully put away this painting under the envious eyes of Third Miss and Susu. No one knew how long it took Sixth Younger Sister to paint it, but it wasn’t done on a whim. In the future, when she entered the Prince Ke Mansion as a concubine, she needed to report to the Princess Consort and the Prince even for leaving the house. This painting and the people in it were the last trace of softness in her heart.

Miss Sun’s family wasn’t short on money. She gave Fourth Cousin a pair of large East Pearl earrings, perfectly round and about the size of Dragon Eyes, in a rare and precious golden color. Just this pair of earrings was worth a fortune.

Miss Zhao and Seventh Miss, being young and with no financial base, organized maids skilled in embroidery to make a total of sixty-six pockets for Fourth Miss, all filled with gold and silver lumps. All added up, these too amounted to a good sum of silver.

The sisters contributed to the bridal trousseau, and finally it was Susu’s turn, with everyone quite curious. Seventh Miss felt a bit embarrassed facing Susu, as she had once offended her upon first arriving in the Capital to please her Legitimate Mother.

However, Susu didn’t pay her any mind, and repeatedly bested the Legitimate Mother, earning Seventh Miss’s deep admiration from the heart.

Susu took out two jewelry boxes from her bag, handing one to Third Miss and one to Fourth Miss, smiling, "Originally, I thought you all would marry before me. Without leaving the mansion, a few pockets would have been a suitable token. Who would have guessed, I am the first to marry, and a few pockets won’t suffice anymore."

Both Third Miss and Fourth Miss weren’t shy—they rolled their eyes at Susu after hearing this.

"It’s as if we should take a look at Grandma Hong’s prospects! Go on and embroider a few pockets for us then. I really wouldn’t mind, who doesn’t know how lazy you are, barely having anything made by your own hands," Third Miss remarked.

Fourth Miss gave a smile that seemed not quite genuine, "Haha!" Susu instantly felt uneasy. No, what’s the meaning of this, Miss? It’s chilling!

Susu quickly begged for mercy, and only then did Fourth Miss say, "It’s no use begging for mercy now. If we don’t make you pay dearly, I’m afraid you’ll have too much fun in the Northwest and forget about us!"

With that, she opened the jewelry box, and everyone craned their necks to peek inside, exclaiming, "Susu has really bled this time, truly!"

Inside the box were only five or six pieces of jewelry, not even amounting to a full set, but for a Song Family girl to exclaim "bled," it mustn’t be anything ordinary.

There was a long hairpin, a pair of short hairpins, a pair of bracelets, and a pair of earrings, all made of top-grade Nephrite Jade, set with red gold, and carved in the pattern of winter jasmine.

The materials for these jewelry pieces came from a single piece of Nephrite Green White Jade, with occasional pale yellow spots. At a glance, Susu decided this jade should be designed as winter jasmine.

The pale yellow flowers with green branches were indescribably elegant and beautiful. As the poem says, "It sweeps away the winter snow, and makes the branches bloom in yellow. The bright flowers rise from the withered branches, the first scent of the east wind."

Third Miss looked at the jewelry Fourth Miss received, full of anticipation as she opened the box Susu gave her.

Inside were also a few pieces of jewelry—a pair of pomegranate flower long hairpins, a pair of pomegranate fruit earrings, a pair of bracelets with eighteen pomegranate seeds each, and a hair ornament with pomegranate flowers and dangling pomegranate seeds beneath.

Not only were the designs exquisite and not tacky, but the materials were also very rare—a very uncommon Red Crystal, also known as Red Rabbit Fur Crystal, of a very rare fiery red color, set against red gold further enhancing its nobility.

In terms of temperament and appearance, Third Miss would be more suited for the jade-carved winter jasmine set, while Fourth Miss more for the red crystal pomegranate flowers. Yet, here they were reversed.

What did Susu mean by this?