Xin'er's words seemed to make some sense. In the past, Jin Minjing wouldn't have cared about these things, but now that Hongli's attitude towards her had changed, she had to plan for her future, yet she also had some reservations.
"But I really don't want to try to please others; I can't bring myself to do it!"
"Gao Gege's birthday is in a few days. You can take this opportunity to give her a generous gift and show your goodwill to her. Gao Gege is such a smart person, I think she will understand."
The current situation is not optimistic. Jin Minjing is worried about missing a good opportunity, so she decides to follow Xin'er's suggestion and show goodwill to Gao Gege.
Princess Gao's birthday is a big event, and all the maids in the mansion have to prepare gifts. Changyue is also reminding her mistress and asking her what she plans to give.
Su Yushan wasn't very familiar with these ancient rules of interpersonal communication. "In your opinion, what should we give?"
"They're usually jewelry and the like."
After the wedding night, Hongli sent some fine silks and jewels over. She didn't lack jewelry, so he said, "Then I'll pick one from my dressing case to give to Princess Gao."
Chang Yue felt it was inappropriate, "But those were all gifts from the Fourth Prince to you. If you give them to Princess Gao, what if she wears them and the Fourth Prince sees them? Wouldn't that be embarrassing?"
"Then use silver to buy it. How much silver do I have left?" Su Yushan hadn't paid attention before, but today, hearing that gifts were to be given, she remembered to take stock of her possessions. Unexpectedly, Chang Yue said:
"Princess, you only have one tael of silver left."
"No way? Am I that poor?" She was a prince's maid, after all! She only had one tael of silver left? Su Yushan was incredulous, but then she heard Chang Yue say:
"Your monthly salary is six taels, Princess."
Six taels? That's only 1200 RMB! Su Yushan's heart sank. She sighed inwardly, thinking how low the salary for serving a prince was. "Only this much? Is it enough?"
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