Time Travel: The Noble Family-Chapter 256 - 101 Jewelry

Chapter 256: Chapter 101: Jewelry

Chapter 256 -101: Jewelry

Yueyao returned to Lanxi Courtyard and immediately asked Nanny Deng to bring up the four jewelry boxes she had received. Looking at the boxes, she said, “Nanny, open them.”

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Hua Lei stood guard at the door, not allowing anyone to enter the room.

At the very top were silver notes and land deeds, which Yueyao glanced at before setting aside. But when Nanny Deng opened the four jewelry boxes, Yueyao was completely stunned. Although she knew the Old Madam had many fine things and wouldn’t give her anything subpar, she hadn’t expected to be given such an abundance of valuable items.

The first jewelry box contained an assortment of hairpins, with designs like red gold hairpins inlaid with mutton-fat jade peaches, red gold filigree long hairpins, gold gilt coral tassel hairpins, and red gold with kingfisher feather inlay lotus hairpins; there were also hairpins embellished with pearls, white jade, gemstones, coral, and more…

The second box held earrings, bracelets, pendants, beaded flowers, and other various types of jewelry, each crafted from the finest materials and of a quality that each piece was worth hundreds of gold…

The third box was divided into two compartments; the upper one contained a gemstone-encrusted kingfisher jade hairpin set, with each gem the size of a thumbnail, and the cleverly attached kingfisher feathers also shone dazzlingly. The lower compartment held a variety of hairpins—some set with gemstones, some with diamonds, and a good number of kingfisher jade-encrusted pearl hairpins.

In her past life, Yueyao had seen Lady Mo wear this gemstone headdress set. It was said that this headdress was crafted by a master from the Imperial Affairs Department and was a gift from the Empress Dowager to the Great Ancestral Mother, then handed down from generation to generation.

The final box also had two compartments; the upper one did not contain a full set of jewelry but instead held several jade pendants as well as hairpins and hairpins.

Yueyao took out a ‘flowing clouds and hundred blessings’ jade pendant, which was of a fine texture, glistening and translucent, with green strands suspended, casting a profound lake green hue. This was imperial green jade of the highest grade. Such a piece was immensely valuable and could not be found even with money to spare.

Within the lower compartment was an assortment of jade bracelets, jade hairpins, jade earrings, and jade rings. Yueyao picked up a pair of bracelets, which were also of the finest quality jade, known as ‘old pit’ glassy jade.

Nanny Deng’s eyes dazzled as she looked on. Nanny Deng, someone who had seen the world, knew that the first two jewelry boxes combined were worth tens of thousands of gold; the value of the latter two combined would be difficult even to calculate in silver. Nanny Deng felt joy in her heart, knowing that Old Madam had truly favored her own lady with substantial benefits this time. Not to speak of anything else, but the imperial green jade of such a fine grade was something not even Madam herself possessed. Nanny Deng ultimately let out a deep sigh of admiration, “The Old Madam truly cherishes the lady.”

Yueyao looked at the jewelry with a sense of guilt. Regardless of how her great uncle and Lady Mo behaved, her grandmother had truly cherished her. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have returned her mother’s dowry to her, along with such valuable jewelry.

Tears glistened in Yueyao’s eyes, “Grandmother, I’m sorry.” She didn’t want to refuse her grandmother, but to compromise when she knew the outcome would be worse than death was something she couldn’t bring herself to do. Even if she was given all this jewelry, she couldn’t consent to her grandmother’s wishes.

Wiping away her tears, Yueyao redressed her hair. Then, to Nanny Deng, who was styling her hair, she said, “No need to put the jewelry in the storeroom for now, nor is there any need to register them in an inventory.”

Nanny Deng nodded. After Nanny Deng had finished doing her hair, Yueyao placed the boxes in the cabinet and locked it. She kept the key on her person so that she would quickly notice if anyone tampered with it.

Nanny Deng also thought this was the best approach, but she now considered that the safest place would be the Money Shop. After a moment of hesitation, she said, “Miss, otherwise, we could deposit all these items in the Money Shop for safekeeping; that would be more appropriate.” Not only the jewelry given by the Old Madam but also that left by Madam amounted to a considerable sum. Keeping them in the courtyard, Nanny Deng felt uneasy every time she thought of how Lady Mo was always coveting them.

Yueyao nodded, “We’ll take the chance to send out these pieces of jewelry when we can.” She meant storing them in the Money Shop since keeping them here would make it difficult to keep them a secret. Leaking the news wasn’t the fear, but that Lady Mo would act recklessly in despair. Yueyao internally acknowledged that the probability of this happening was small, but she had now formed a habit of assuming the worst when it came to Lady Mo.

Nanny Deng nodded outwardly but also knew in her heart that it would be impossible to send out all the jewelry at once; the immediate task, therefore, was to protect these treasures well.