Gu Qinlian laughed upon hearing this: "Of course I want to, what brilliant idea do you have?"
Gu Qinlan gestured to her maid to place the dowry box at the gift-hanging area.
Fuyu handed the box to the steward and explained, "This is a dowry gift from the eldest daughter to the second daughter. The gift list is here."
She handed over the gift list.
Unexpectedly, a hand suddenly reached out and snatched the gift list away.
With a provocative smile, Sheng Mimi said loudly, "Let me see what kind of dowry our Crown Princess has prepared for her sisters!"
She unfolded the gift list, glanced at it, and then burst into laughter: "Good heavens, Gu Qinlan, you are now a member of the Duan Prince's Mansion. Even if you dislike Qinlian, you shouldn't be so stingy, right? How could you possibly present such a meager gift?"
Her voice was loud, causing the ladies and young women in the courtyard to turn their heads.
A busybody deliberately asked, "Miss Sheng, what kind of gift could make you so flustered?"
Sheng Mimi became even more smug, cleared her throat, and loudly listed: "A set of gold-inlaid jade headdress, a gold enamel nine-peach incense burner, a set of pure silver dragon and phoenix headdress, a pair of jade ruyi, a set of Runan official kiln tea set, and five bolts of silk."
"How can you possibly present something with so little?"
Gu Qinlan smiled calmly: "Does Miss Sheng think that the dowry I prepared is too meager?"
Sheng Mimi raised her chin slightly, her expression arrogant: "Of course, as the noble Crown Princess, you only bring out these meager items to prepare dowries for your own sisters. Is this a disrespect to Qin Lian, or an underestimation of the prestige of our Duan Prince's Mansion?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the ladies and young misses in the courtyard all changed their gazes, and their eyes turned strange as they looked at Qin Lan.
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