There was a vase of blooming lotus flowers on Concubine Yi's table. The petals of the lotus flowers were pink and tender, with water droplets hanging on them.
As early autumn approaches, only a few lotus leaves remain in the lotus pond, and many of the osmanthus flowers have withered. It is rare to see such vibrant lotus flowers.
More than one hundred gardeners worked together and grew a total of three plants, one for the empress, one for the imperial concubine, and the other for Concubine Yi.
Concubine Yi was concentrating on arranging flowers. She didn't take the letter from Wen Qin's hand and uttered a single word lazily, "Read it."
Wen Qin opened the envelope, slowly shook the letter open, and then began to read it.
This letter was sent to the palace in the name of a family letter. It had a total of 228 words. Five words were used to greet Concubine Yi, 120 words were used to describe Ning Heyu's injury, and the rest of the text was full of complaints against the Gu family.
After Concubine Yi finished arranging the flowers, Wen Qin had just finished reading the letter.
Concubine Yi gathered her hair and asked, "Did I arrange the flowers well?"
"They are all red flowers. It would be better if they were paired with some green leaves."
Wen Qin didn't say yes or no, but gave an ambiguous answer.
"I think so too. Ning Heyu will soon enter the palace. She will be my supporting role."
Wen Qin put away the letter she had read, folded it with both hands, and put it back into the envelope.
"Keep all the letters. If she doesn't behave, read them to her."
Wen Qin walked away with the letter, and Concubine Yi smiled at Lianhua.
A lotus flower is embroidered on the plain white embroidery cloth. The needle is moving gracefully and her face is full of smiles.
Her hands have recovered 80% and she still has some tremors occasionally after doing embroidery for a long time, but her basic embroidery skills have not been wasted and her embroidery works can still be sold at a high price of two taels of silver.
After entering the palace, she would have to spend money everywhere, so she wanted to save more money for Gu Yinwei now.
Gu Yingxia is different from Gu Yinwei. She has the support of Aunt Fang, who manages two farms. She earns two hundred taels of silver every year just by selling grains, fruits and melons.
Aunt Fang was reluctant to spend the money, so she gave it all to Gu Yingxia. In addition, she also had an uncle from another family who sent her money regularly, so Gu Yingxia had no worries about money.
Gu Yinwei had no one to help her, and recently there was one more mouth to feed. Gu Yinwei accepted Bian Tao and had to pay him a monthly salary.
Gu Yinwei didn't worry about these things, so Chuchu became more concerned.
The meals for the concubines were delivered by Chufeng Pavilion, while Chuchu and Biantao's meals required extra money to prepare.
Chuchu was reluctant to spend more money on herself, and often ate vegetables, beans and bitter melon with her meals. Biantao looked at the meat in the bowl and was reluctant to pick up his chopsticks.
"Sister Bian Tao, hurry up and eat. Once you enter the palace, I will definitely ask the young lady to increase your monthly salary. It's a little tight now, but it will get better in the future. Our second young lady is outstanding in appearance and intelligent, so she will have no worries about having no future."
Bian Tao knew that Chu Chu did this to help Gu Yinwei keep him.
"Even if you didn't do these things to please me, I would still stay with the Second Miss."
Bian Tao picked up a pair of serving chopsticks, picked up three pieces of clean meat and gave them to Chu Chu.
"Let's eat meat together and enjoy happiness together."
"You have confidence in Miss, and I have confidence in Miss as well."
Bian Tao said this sincerely. Chu Chu looked at the meat in the bowl with shining eyes and finished the rice in just a few bites.
Gu Yinwei stood sideways and could hear their conversation clearly.
She looked up at the sky, holding a stack of runes in her hands, and said with emotion: "Sometimes, silver is more useful than runes."
You need to use runes to exchange for more money.
Starting with the concubines would definitely arouse suspicion, so it would be better to start with Chuchu's embroidery.
Chuchu, who was busy embroidering, looked up and saw Gu Yinwei, staring at the embroidery in her hands, and asked, "Miss, do you want a new purse?"
"Chu Chu, from today on, the purses you embroider will no longer be sold for two taels of silver, but for twenty taels."
"Twenty taels? That's too expensive! Back then, before my hand was injured, a folding screen only cost ten taels. Twenty taels might..."
"Don't be afraid. When you embroider your purses, show them to me first. I promise that I can sell as many as you embroider."
"If someone asks me why my wallet is so expensive, how should I answer?"
"Just say your wallet has been blessed by the gods."
Gu Yingxia heard Gu Yinwei's words from a distance, and she burst out laughing, shaking with laughter.
"I want to buy purses blessed by the gods. Give me five. One for me to wear to repel mosquitoes, one to ward off evil spirits for my uncle, one to protect my grandfather from villains, one to prolong my life for my aunt, and one to bring good fortune to Ah Qing."
Gu Yinwei took out five purses, raised her palm to look at them, and then slapped them one by one.
Gu Yingxia laughed even louder: "You patted your purse a few times and it's considered blessed? Second sister, do you want to make me laugh to death and inherit my favorite concubine manual?"
Gu Yinwei ignored her, "Green repels insects, red wards off romantic relationships, gold brings prosperity, white protects against villains, and purple prolongs life."
Gu Yingxia untied the purse tied around her waist, took out a handful of silver melon seeds and two keys, and put them into the green purse.
"I've put on the purse. If a mosquito bites me again at night, I'll come over and bite you."
Ah Qing also changed into a golden purse, then took out a hundred taels of silver and handed it to Chuchu.
Ah Qing understood that the reason why her young lady bought so many purses was that she wanted to find ways to give some money to the second young lady. After all, the second young lady had no income, so she should help more if she could.
"You, you should have listened to me and kept the IOU. With the IOU in hand, why would you have to work so hard to make money?"
"I'd love to."
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