Chapter 665 Second Brother, why did you make me drive?

"Cough cough!"

Gu Rongchang cleared his throat: "Someone, go to my storeroom and pick out a few good things to send to Qianhan's wife. Just say... just say that she's had a hard time marrying into this family, and if she ever has any problems, she can come to me. I guarantee I'll take care of things for her!"

Madam Gu's eyes widened immediately: "Gu Rongchang, what are you playing at now? Didn't we already give you a gift?"

"What are you saying? Just because we gave a gift doesn't mean we can't give anything else. Is our family lacking something like this?"

"I don't lack anything, but I don't remember you being this generous. You didn't give any extra gifts when my eldest daughter-in-law came into the family!"

“My eldest daughter-in-law comes from a good family and has no shortage of good things. I just thought that my younger daughter-in-law’s family is just so-so, so I gave her some things to keep her safe. That way, she won’t go out without any decent jewelry to wear and embarrass our Duke’s mansion.”

Madam Gu looked on with suspicion, not believing a word of this explanation: "Gu Rongchang, are you trying to steal my thunder in front of my daughter-in-law?"

Gu Rongchang quickly got up and walked out. He was indeed planning to steal the spotlight from his wife and make a good impression on his daughter-in-law before she did!

A gift is a gift for a new bride. What family doesn't give a gift when a new bride enters the house? It's not unusual.

The one he gave me was different!

If the daughter-in-law isn't completely naive, she'll know that her father-in-law treats her quite well!

"Gu Rongchang, come back here! You can't be so biased! You give this daughter-in-law nice things, so you want to give that daughter-in-law something too! Gu Rongchang, do you hear me?!"

Gu Rongchang ignored her completely. His eldest daughter-in-law had been married into the family for five years, and he had given her many gifts. Whenever the family received any treasures, his eldest daughter-in-law would choose first, and only Qian Ning and the other children could choose what was left after she had chosen.

Now that he has something to ask of his daughter-in-law, he naturally has to send her a gift separately. If he sends her everything, it wouldn't show how good he is to her.

It's perfectly reasonable for him to send some nice gifts to his new daughter-in-law. I doubt his eldest daughter-in-law would be so petty as to care about such things, since the entire Duke's mansion will belong to their eldest branch in the future.

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Qionghua Courtyard.

Shen Wantang and Gu Qianhan had just returned when they saw that Gu Qianning had also arrived.

A smile played on her lips, her joy barely concealed: "Ah Tang! You've finally moved in, that's wonderful! It'll be so much easier for me to visit you from now on!"

Gu Qianhan frowned: "What are you doing here? Go back to your own courtyard!"

Gu Qianning looked fearless: "Second sister-in-law, look at second brother, he's scolding me again! Second sister-in-law, can't I even come to play in your yard?"

Shen Wantang looked at her amusedly: "Of course you can come and play. Come on in and sit down. The sun is strong outside, don't get sunburned."

Gu Qianning gave Gu Qianhan a light snort, took Shen Wantang's arm, and went into the house with her.

As soon as she entered, she looked around and surveyed the entire place, then nodded repeatedly: "It only feels lively when you, A-Tang, live here. You don't know, when my second brother lived here by himself, this place felt so cold and uncomfortable.

Shen Wantang smiled and pulled her to sit down, then asked a maid to serve her tea.

Last night, Granny Yan had already led the maids to set out all of Gu Qianhan's things, and this morning she arranged them again, filling Gu Qianhan's room to the brim.

After drinking the tea, Shen Wantang asked Du Juan to bring out several bolts of new fabric, all of which were fresh-colored Shuiyunyan fabrics that could not be bought in shops outside.

Although she had already given Gu Qianning, her sister-in-law, a gift in the main courtyard, Gu Qianning was not only her sister-in-law but also a close friend to her, and her status was different.

So Shen Wantang prepared something for her separately.

"A-Ning, take these fabrics and make clothes."

Gu Qianning was both surprised and delighted. She reached out and touched the cool, silky, and gossamer-thin fabric: "Is all of this a gift for me?"

"yes!"

Gu Qianning hugged the fabric tightly and said happily, "Thank you, Atang! I've never seen these colors for sale before. Where did you get them?"

“I thought you would like these fresh and bright colors, so I specially asked my cousin to order them separately.”

Gu Qianning's eyes sparkled: "So, I'm the only one in the whole capital who has this? Nobody else has it?"

"No, these colors are extremely difficult to weave and dye. It would take a lot of material to dye one bolt, which is not cost-effective. Therefore, dye houses are unwilling to dye them and do not have the conditions to dye them in large quantities."

If they weren't major customers of the dye shop, the owner wouldn't have taken the order. After all, it's time-consuming, labor-intensive, and uses a lot of fabric, and you wouldn't earn much money. It would be more practical to dye ordinary colors.

Gu Qianning beamed with joy: "As expected, Atang is still the best to me, even making such a special color just for me!"

As she was holding the fabric up to herself, Gu Rongchang's servant, Fulu, arrived.

He stood outside and announced loudly, "Second Young Master, Second Young Madam, I have come to deliver something on the orders of the Duke!"

Gu Qianhan frowned slightly. Sending him something? What good things could that old man possibly send? Could he be trying to trick him again?

Although Gu Qianhan didn't believe her father had come to deliver something, she still said, "Come in!"

Fu Lu carried a box made of golden nanmu wood and went inside.

Upon entering and seeing Gu Qianning there, he quickly bowed to her as well.

Gu Qianning asked with a puzzled look, "Fu Lu, what treasure are you carrying? Why are you using a box made of Phoebe zhennan wood?"

Fu Lu smiled and said, "Reporting to Miss, this is a wedding gift specially presented by the Duke's Mansion to the Second Young Mistress."

Gu Qianning was even more puzzled: "Really? Didn't we already send a gift? Why are you sending another one? When did Father become so generous?"

Gu Qianhan said calmly, "A Ning, open the box and take a look."

Gu Qianning's eyes widened immediately: "You want me to open it? This was given to Atang by Father. What's the point of me opening it to take a look? Of course, it should be Atang who opens it!"

Gu Qianhan: "It's okay, just open it. A-Tang isn't that stingy, she won't even let you open a box."

Gu Qianning: "You're so strange. Why did you make me open Atang's things? Atang, what's wrong with Second Brother?"

Shen Wantang didn't know what was wrong with Gu Qianhan, but she was not a petty person. Seeing Gu Qianning's curiosity, she smiled and nodded to Gu Qianning: "Open it and see what Father sent."

"Huh? You really let me drive!"

"Yeah, it's nothing."

"Then I'll really drive it!"

"Okay, let's open it."

Gu Qianning stood up with a belly full of questions and reached out to the exquisitely crafted golden nanmu box.

At the same time, Gu Qianhan shielded Shen Wantang behind her.

As the box was opened, Gu Qianning exclaimed in surprise, "My God, is Father going to give up? Why would he send so much—"

She couldn't help but turn around to look at Shen Wantang, wanting Shen Wantang to see the baby, but saw that Gu Qianhan had blocked her behind him.