Qingying took out a small triangular zongzi-shaped sachet from her bosom and handed it over, saying, "I embroidered this myself. I put some calming herbs inside. Last autumn during the hunt, we chatted for a bit, and Sister Ayan told me that she had insomnia. I happened to remember this and asked Doctor Qin to prescribe these herbs and make them into a sachet, hoping it would help her."
Liu Chengfeng took it, looked at it, and smiled, "You're very thoughtful. I'll pass it on to her."
After the items were delivered, Qingying got up to say goodbye.
After that, she stayed in her room until Tongxia, who had gone out to inquire, returned and told her that Liu Chengfeng had already left.
Qingying had been waiting for this opportunity, and as soon as she received the news, she immediately went out through the side door.
The two agreed to meet at the silver shop. Ah Yan looked the same as she had seen at the Juxian Pavilion last time. Her leg injury didn't seem to have fully healed, but it wasn't very noticeable when she walked slowly.
Qingying didn't go inside. She simply had the coachman stop at the roadside across the street, and then sat inside the carriage, lifting a corner of the curtain to stare at the direction of the silver shop from afar.
About fifteen minutes later, the two came out. At this time, Ayan had a pair of beautiful butterfly hairpins on her head and a sachet shaped like a rice dumpling that she had made herself was on her waist.
"Go back," Qingying ordered softly.
With a shout from the coachman, the carriage smoothly headed towards the General's Mansion.
"Is the Second Miss in the manor?" Qingying asked the steward as soon as she entered the door.
The steward shook his head and said, "The second young lady went out early this morning."
Liu Shushu used to roam the martial world freely, and she didn't like staying in the manor. Even after injuring her leg recently, she only rested in bed for three days before clamoring to go out. It wasn't surprising that she wasn't in the manor.
"When she returns, send someone to inform me that I have some things to tell her."
"yes."
...
Liu Shushu was quite surprised to learn that Liu Qingying wanted to see her, since they had become like enemies since Liu Qingying returned.
Oh wait, aren't they enemies?
In truth, Liu Shushu harbored no hatred for Liu Qingying; she wouldn't take on the grudges of her mother's generation. She simply enjoyed the fleeting pleasure of taking away something precious from someone else.
Moreover, she was essentially jealous of Liu Qingying.
Meanwhile, Qingying learned that she had returned to the manor, so she took her things and went there.
"What does my sister want with me?" Liu Shushu asked directly as soon as she saw her.
Qingying remained calm and had Yu Yue place a box in front of her. She said, "This contains the dowry my mother prepared for me. She used to call me Shushu and treated me as you. The dowry she prepared for me was very generous. Now that you have returned, I will return a portion of it to you."
Liu Shushu glanced at the box but didn't open it immediately. She raised an eyebrow and asked with a smile, "Why only return a portion?"
"I am also a daughter of the General's Mansion. My stepmother is supposed to provide part of my dowry. Don't worry, I followed the rules and didn't keep much."
“Sister, you’ve misunderstood me. I was just asking casually; I wasn’t blaming you for anything. Money is just an external thing; I don’t value it much.” As she spoke, she opened the box and saw a thick stack of house deeds, land deeds, banknotes, and even neatly stacked gold bars at the bottom.
"Oh, there's quite a lot." She casually took out a few gold bars from inside and pushed them in front of Qingying, saying, "Consider this my dowry for you as your older sister. After all, I've been grateful to you for taking care of my family all these years, so they wouldn't be saddened by my disappearance."
She spoke as if she were dismissing a beggar, her tone arrogant and her smile clearly provocative.
Qingying couldn't completely ignore her contempt; she was trembling with anger and couldn't maintain her facade of friendliness.
"Liu Shushu, don't push your luck!"
"Why are you angry, little sister?" Liu Shushu blinked, feigning ignorance, her face full of innocence. "I kindly gave you part of my dowry, and you don't appreciate it, fine, but why are you accusing me of bullying you?"
"I don't need your charity!"
"If you don't want it, then don't. I'm not even willing to give it to you." Liu Shushu picked up a gold bar and casually handed it to the maid next to her. "Here, this is for you."
The maid immediately smiled broadly, "Thank you for your generous gift, Miss."
She always knew what was the most humiliating way to treat someone. A pampered young lady like Liu Qingying, who had been pampered since childhood, could not tolerate the contempt and trampling of her personality by others.
She casually gave the things she had brought to a servant as a reward, which was tantamount to slapping her in the face.
Qingying was indeed furious. Her pretty face turned white and then red, then white again, and she looked at her with such hatred that she wanted to devour her.
She curled her lips into a smug smile.
"Smack—"
The sound of a slap landing.
The room was completely silent.
Liu Shushu stared in astonishment, never expecting that Liu Qingying would dare to hit her.
There should be limits to how much entertainment people have!
“Liu Shushu, I came here today out of good intentions. Since these things have been delivered to me, I could have chosen not to return them. Even if I took them with me when I got married, no one would have dared to say a word against it.”
With that, she snatched the box back from Liu Shushu's hand without any hesitation and said coldly, "Since Second Sister doesn't care about money, I don't need to bother with this!"
After saying that, she turned and left.
Yu Yue took two steps forward, then, as if remembering something, turned back and forcefully snatched the gold bar back from the maid's hand. She smiled and politely curtsied to Liu Shushu before retreating, quickly following Qingying's steps.
"Ah—" Liu Shushu roared angrily, sweeping all the cups and saucers off the table and saying fiercely, "Liu Qingying, I'm not done with you yet!!"
She felt that Liu Qingying had deliberately come to embarrass her today, and that her initial show of weakness was a trap, just waiting for her to lash out and fall into it.
No, she absolutely cannot swallow this injustice; she must get her revenge a thousandfold!
Meanwhile, Liu Qingying, who had just come out of Liu Shushu's courtyard, hurried back to her own courtyard without daring to linger for even a moment.
"Tongxia, quickly block the door!"
"yes."
Yu Yue followed her into the house, closed the door, and the two, mistress and servant, looked at each other before bursting into laughter.
Yu Yue laughed and said, "That was so refreshing!"
"I've wanted to slap her for a long time, and today I finally got my wish." Qingying rubbed her slightly reddened palm. She had used all her strength in that slap, otherwise Liu Shushu wouldn't have been stunned for so long.
"That's right, look at her smug look. Her eyes lit up when she saw gold, but she still pretended not to care about money. She's so hypocritical."
Speaking of this, Qingying glanced at the wooden box next to her, then got up and walked to the window.
She took out a bamboo whistle and blew it a few times. Before long, an eagle flew in from the sky, circled a few times above the courtyard, and let out a series of long cries.
Soon, a masked man flew out from behind the courtyard wall not far away.
Qingying handed over the wooden box and instructed, "Give this to the young master and tell him it's my dowry money. Please ask him to keep it for me for the time being."
The man nodded, silently took the box, hugged it to his chest, and then disappeared in a flash.
Qingying closed the window and returned to the room. She looked down at her palm and saw that the red color had faded, replaced by a faint blue.
Her eyes lit up instantly, as if she had discovered something incredible, and she excitedly grabbed Yu Yue's hand, "My God! See, my guess was right!"
Yu Yue was also startled when she saw the bluish mark on her palm.
Good heavens, this is absurd...
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