Chapter 85 Qu Shi bumps into Li Qingzhu?

"Young lady, you don't know, that old hag is acting like a matriarch over there! I heard she's putting on a much grander show than our old lady!"

"Bah! I loathe that this old servant shares the same surname as her!"

Li Qingluo: "Your surname sounds much more intimate than hers. Does that mean I have to cry just because I share the same surname as Li Kechuan?"

Granny Deng was immediately comforted and then laughed heartily.

Li Qingluo: "It seems that Aunt Deng is no pushover. Have you told Grandmother about this?"

Granny Deng: "I told her. The old lady said she has a way to deal with her!"

Li Qinglu smiled; her grandmother must have a way.

If we can control the Deng family and the Li family village, we can capture all the monsters and demons in that household!

Thinking of this, Li Qingluo lifted her skirt and stood up: "Let's go, I should also go and pay my respects to my mother."

Li Qingluo went to see the Qu family for one purpose only.

He wanted her to accompany him to Wangchun Tower tomorrow.

Qu was already looking to ease tensions with Li Qingluo, so when Li Qingluo took the initiative to pay her respects and said she wanted to visit Wangchun Tower, Qu was naturally delighted and readily agreed.

"Okay, okay, go ahead. You can go wherever you want."

"It's just Wangchun Tower. Tomorrow, go and choose some jewelry you like, and your mother will give them all to you, okay? I'll also make two sets of headdresses for you to put away in your trunk!"

Li Qinglu smiled, a rare occurrence, in front of Madam Qu: "Yes, Luo'er thanks Mother in advance."

After she left, Madam Qu excitedly grasped Granny Chang's hand: "Is she willing to get along with me again? That day at the Marquis of Zhongyi's residence, I was a bit harsh with my words..."

“The master is right. Even though I miss Zhu’er dearly, she is no longer alive. If she could know this in the afterlife, she would surely understand me.”

"Given the current state of the General's Mansion, it is indeed necessary to regroup and move forward..."

Granny Chang: "Madam, you still care about the Second Miss quite a bit. Although the Second Miss is lukewarm towards you now, you are still mother and daughter after all, and you will eventually become as close as the Eldest Miss is."

Ms. Qu: "Is that so...?"

But she was worried and didn't think so.

In her heart, the daughter she loved most and could never let go of was Zhu'er.

She was still somewhat distant from Luo'er...

The next day.

After Li Qingluo asked the female teacher for leave, she took Li Qinghuan to Chunzaitang.

Seeing that even her illegitimate daughter wanted to come along, Madam Qu frowned and asked, "What is she going to do?"

Li Qingluo: "Mother, Huan'er doesn't have a single decent piece of jewelry either. As her older sister, I should naturally take her to pick out a couple. Don't worry, Mother, I have my own money."

Li Qingluo's words caused Qu Shi's face to freeze for a moment.

As the mistress of the house, she hadn't thought things through very well, completely forgetting about her illegitimate daughter's daily expenses after she returned to the mansion.

When Lady Qu was in a bad mood, she would call Lady Lou over to serve her, or find an opportunity to punish her.

It's common for people to kneel for most of the day.

Lou dared not ask for anything more. After returning to the mansion, all expenses were covered by her own savings.

Seeing that the company was about to be emptied out, Li Qingluo couldn't stand it and specially brought Li Qinghuan over today.

Madam Qu understood perfectly well that she had brought this illegitimate daughter here today specifically to choose her own daughter.

Her expression was not good, but she still said calmly, "Since she is the third young lady of our household, why do you need to spend any money? Since you are here, let's go together."

Wangchun Tower.

Li Qingluo and her companions arrived early and, being female members of the General's Mansion, were directly welcomed upstairs and settled into a private room in the highest tier.

Rows of newly produced jewelry, gold, silver and jade artifacts were laid out in front of them, allowing them to appreciate and select them.

After looking around, Li Qingluo was not satisfied.

"I heard that your Wangchunlou is the largest and best gold and silver jewelry store in Jinling. How come you only have this much stuff? Could it be that you just brought some of the most common styles to fool us?"

The shopkeeper, who was waiting nearby, quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Isn't it rumored that the second daughter of the general's mansion is extremely unfavored?

Why is the general's wife personally accompanying me out to pick out goods today?

Even if it was an unfavored legitimate daughter, the shopkeeper naturally wouldn't dare to offend her casually. He quickly apologized and said he wouldn't dare, and then replaced her with another batch.

Qu originally thought that she could tell good from bad.

It wasn't that he looked down on his own daughter, but Li Qingluo had grown up in the mountains since childhood and probably had never even seen silver before returning to Jinling City, so how much could she possibly know about these kinds of jewelry?

But ironically, this new batch of goods is actually better than the previous batch.

Madam Qu's face immediately darkened: "You, Manager Cheng! I've always patronized your Wangchun Pavilion, but I never expected you to actually fool me? Could it be that I'm not worthy of your best stuff?!"

When Madam Qu lost her temper, Li Qingluo added fuel to the fire, saying, "Mother, don't be angry. I think these might not be the best things Wangchunlou has right now. Manager, what do you say?"

She was just nitpicking.

Show her, she'll see they're all beautiful.

Moreover, I just picked out three or four items for Li Qinghuan.

But she insisted that she was still not satisfied.

Because she knew that the shopkeeper was definitely hiding something.

Sure enough, the manager was taken aback and immediately admitted, "Madam, please forgive me. I did not mean to be negligent. It's just that our Wangchunlou restaurant has been booked in advance for today, and we need to reserve the best and most expensive dishes for a distinguished guest to choose from."

"How about... you two wait another half an hour? That young lady will be here soon, and if there are any left after she's finished choosing..."

Madam Qu slammed her hand on the table: "How dare you! This lady is being forced to wait for what others have left over? You, Manager Cheng, I think you don't want to do business with me..."

Before Qu's anger had subsided, the waiter knocked on the door and barged in.

"Shopkeeper, that young lady has arrived."

Manager Cheng hastily and casually took his leave from Madam Qu, saying, "Please forgive me, General's wife, I'll be right back!"

With the shopkeeper gone, Madam Qu was unable to vent her anger, and naturally became even more resentful.

Li Qingluo: "Mother, never mind. I'll just pick a few things randomly, anyway... I don't know anything about these things. What do you think of this one, Mother? I think it suits you very well."

Li Qingluo was very sensible and carefully selected from the remaining items, finally picking out a hairpin and presenting it to Madam Qu.

Qu felt a sharp pain in her heart.

When Zhu'er was young, she could have whatever she wanted. Wasn't everything in Wangchun Tower the best?

Today is the first time I've brought Luo'er back, and this is how I'm being treated!

At this moment, even Qu herself felt she couldn't save face.

She immediately turned and walked out, saying, "I want to see which family's daughter is so powerful!"

When Qu came to the corridor, she looked around and turned a corner and saw Manager Cheng walking ahead with a woman and a group of maids and guards, all of whom were being obsequious to her.

Madam Qu called out, "Manager Cheng! May I ask whose daughter this is? Why don't you introduce her to me?"