Mingzhuang took a deep breath and explained, "Grandmother, my third sister gave me two boxes of gold and silver utensils today. She said that she asked Abbess Jinghe of Daci Temple to tell her that my fate is unfortunate and I need to use gold and silver to suppress my bad luck so that things can go smoothly. But I see that the two boxes of items are worth a thousand gold pieces, so I dare not accept them. That's why I came to ask Grandmother for advice."

When Madam Shen heard this, she almost choked on her tea. Two boxes of gold and silver items, just like that, given away?

"Nonsense! You're a daughter of the Shen family, how could you be someone with bad luck and a tragic fate?!"

Shen Mingzhuang was filled with trepidation, his head bowed and his eyes lowered.

When the two boxes of gold and silver utensils were brought up and opened, Granny Tian couldn't help but twitch her lips. The Third Miss was really bold. She just threw away these things like that? The Lin family may be rich, but they don't have mountains of silver.

Just look at that enamel treasure box with pearl rim, it's worth a lot of money. It would be an excellent storage box for a woman's boudoir. And that gilded gemstone gourd box, which one of them is cheap?

Granny Tian, ​​watching, couldn't help but swallow hard, then looked at the old lady and asked, "This...?"

Madam Shen looked away and smiled.

She finally understood why Shen Mingzhuang had come to ask her to take a look.

Everyone says she's gone mad from her illness and is being too arrogant. She kept nothing for herself of the things the Wen family gave her. Everyone in the mansion benefited from her, but not everyone remembers her kindness.

She thought this person was very shrewd! Wearing those things herself would only cause trouble, but giving them away not only won her favor but also allowed her to see who couldn't stand to see her doing well.

It's the same now. People are coming to her asking for advice? They've already come here to ask for her opinion!

Is the Third Miss really so foolish that she can't distinguish between good and bad? Is she really going to just throw away all these good things? Old Madam Shen smiled knowingly.

As they were talking, someone outside came to report that Madam Lin had arrived.

"Mother!"

Before anyone even entered, they heard Madam Lin call out anxiously. The old lady frowned, took off a string of sandalwood prayer beads from her wrist, and twirled them in her hand.

"Ninth Sister?" Lin Shi looked surprised when she saw Shen Mingzhuang.

Seeing that the two boxes of treasures beside her were still there, the anger on Lin's face eased slightly.

"It turns out the things were all in my mother's yard, which startled my daughter-in-law."

Lin sat down, took a sip of tea, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that everything was in order.

These were all carefully selected items she gave to her daughter, thinking that they would be a nice touch when she got married. Any one of these items would be enough for an ordinary family to eat and drink for several years, so it wasn't easy to gather two boxes of them.

When Madam Lin heard that Shen Mingshu had given all the things to Shen Mingzhuang out of spite, she was so angry that she wanted to hit someone. However, she thought again that Shen Mingzhuang had deliberately provoked her elder sister and wanted to take her sister's things. If this matter was reported to Meishou Hall, the old lady would surely give an explanation.

A mere concubine's daughter came back and started acting all high and mighty. Madam Lin only refrained from disciplining her by keeping a straight face. Now that she had a chance to kill two birds with one stone, she naturally couldn't miss it.

She just didn't expect that Shen Mingzhuang had arrived at Meishoutang before her. What was she doing here, and why had she brought all these things over?

Before she could speak, the old lady said, "Third Miss is sensible and knows not to owe favors. Mingzhuang sent her a lot of nice things before, but she still hit Mingzhuang's personal maid. She reflected on it at home for a few days and has indeed improved. She even knows to bring things to Mingzhuang to apologize. That's how an older sister should be."

Upon hearing that sentence, Lin was completely dumbfounded.

What apology? Who wants to apologize to Shen Mingzhuang, a mere illegitimate daughter?!