Chapter 187 The Aunts Are Jealous

She first selected forty pieces of fabric, sent twenty pieces to Qin, kept ten pieces for herself, gave five pieces to Qin Shaojing, and five pieces were divided among the concubines and young ladies in the backyard.

She picked out the most expensive and best three sets of the popular hairpin jewellery in Jiangnan, two sets for herself, and one set for Qin Shaojing. She also selected twenty pieces of miscellaneous hairpin jewellery, and each of the concubines and young ladies in the backyard could choose two pieces.

There were three screens, one each in her room, Qin's, and Cheng Yunshuo's rooms.

She picked out interesting and good-looking scattered ornaments and gave ten to Qin and five to Qin Shaojing.

Finally, she picked out those new and interesting things, and sent most of them to Qin to play with. She kept some of the ones she liked, such as folding fans and snuff bottles, to give as gifts in the future. The rest were all sent to the warehouse, registered and kept for future use.

After all matters were arranged, the maids and servants hurriedly acted according to Lu Lingyun's arrangements. The two team leaders also received rewards from Lu Lingyun and went back to rest.

After this trip, they can rest for half a month.

After the rest, I will go on the business trip for the second half of the year.

Lu Lingyun looked at the new and delicious things in the house and a smile appeared on her face. Everyone said that the Marquis's Mansion was wealthy, but only when you really live in such a wealthy life do you realize that such wealth and luxury really make you feel comfortable.

In her previous life, she followed Li Wenxun through hardships and struggles, and finally managed to rise from a small place. But even after Li Wenxun became a first-rank official and she was granted an imperial decree, she still never felt as comfortable as she does now.

In her previous life, she often felt financially strapped and had to calculate money carefully. She would often use the money she earned with great difficulty to help Li Wenxun in his official career. Li Wenxun never cared where the money came from.

If there is no money, she will be blamed for not being able to manage the household and wasting the money.

Lu Lingyun explained to him, but it was useless because he was a person who had no ability to make money. If he had no ability, he would have no choice but to push the conflict onto others. The faults were always others'. He could not be asked to admit that he was incompetent.

Later on, the treasury finally had some money, and Lu Lingyun also had to calculate the expenses.

There has never been such a good life with such abundance and wealth, and endless material enjoyment.

Getting married is like choosing a burial site. You really have to find a place with fertile soil and abundant resources.

Only good soil can grow towering trees. When towering trees grow, everyone inside can enjoy sufficient resources, and life can really be living, not just survival.

Lu Lingyun was busy the whole afternoon, delivering the gifts one by one. The three concubines in the backyard and Cheng Hui all selected clothes and jewelry here.

This time, Du Ruo was in Lu Lingyun's yard, so she naturally didn't dare to be arrogant, and she didn't even dare to be the first to speak.

Normally, she relied on Cheng Yunshuo's pampering to be very arrogant in the backyard. But now she was very well behaved. After Qiu Ling spoke, she asked for a new crimson purple fabric.

Each of the three concubines received one horse, and Lu Lingyun gave the remaining two to Cheng Hui, one for making clothes for Cheng Hui and the other for her brother.

Cheng Qi had no regular salary or share of the salary in the mansion. After all, the mansion took him in, found him a job, and provided him with food, which was enough for him.

Lu Lingyun waved his hand and gave him a piece of fabric to make him a new piece of clothes.

The jewellery was divided in the same way, with each of the three concubines getting two novel pieces of jewellery, including hairpins, bracelets, and pendants. They looked at the large platter, each one different and all very beautiful, and their eyes lit up, wanting to have them all.

Who doesn’t want it!

This large plate of twenty pieces is all from Jiangnan. The workmanship and materials are all fine, more than twice as good as the regular portion in the mansion!

Unfortunately, they are just aunts.

Lu Lingyun was a generous man. When his mansion got something new, he thought of them and gave them two new items as rewards. How could they dare to take more!

At the moment, they could only choose the two they wanted most, and the rest they had to look at with envy as they took them away.

Naturally, all that was taken back belonged to Lu Lingyun.

The novel decorations in her room were also seen by several concubines.

But they have no share in these.

Du Ruo, Qiu Ling and Ling Long could only watch. Qiu Ling and Ling Long had a good relationship with Lu Lingjun and could even talk about playing with it for fun. Du Ruo stood by and stared at them with envy the whole time.

She couldn't bring herself to say it.

It’s okay, she will tell Cheng Yunshuo when he comes back!

The things brought by the caravan were divided and collected, and after Lu Lingjun finished his work, he finally took a break.

In the evening, Cheng Yunshuo came back.

Cheng Yunshuo came to Lu Lingyun's yard first. After he arrived, he saw that there were many new things in the house. "Are these new things?"

"The Marquis's caravan is back. They brought it from Jiangnan." Lu Lingyun said.

"It looks good." Cheng Yunshuo took a look at the freshness, but he didn't care much.

Because I have seen it a lot since I was a child.

New things are added to the house every year, but after staying in this environment for a long time, he doesn’t feel that they are so new. After playing with some small things for a while, he loses interest in putting them down.

"There have been thefts in the palace in recent days, and our superiors have asked us to step up patrols." Cheng Yunshuo said to Lu Lingyun at the dinner table.

When Lu Lingyun heard this, she frowned slightly, "Theft in the palace?"

"Well, I heard that Empress Xian lost a lot of things."

After hearing this, Lu Lingyun was alert for a moment, but she didn't think of anything. After thinking carefully, she reminded Cheng Yunshuo, "You should be careful on duty these days, just do your job well, and don't have much contact with people in the palace."

"Of course, I have no contact with people in the palace." Cheng Yunshuo said honestly.

Guards were supposed to keep their distance from those in the inner palace, and were not allowed to have any contact with either palace maids or eunuchs.

Seeing how calm he was, Lu Lingyun didn't say anything more.

Cheng Yunshuo is a man with a lot of bottom lines.

As long as he does his job well, there is nothing wrong with working in the palace.

After having dinner at Lu Lingyun's place, Cheng Yunshuo returned to Xiaoheyuan.

Du Ruo, who had been waiting for him in the house for a long time, saw him coming back and immediately stepped forward with a smile, "Master."

"How was your day?"

"I got a lot of new things today," Du Ruo shared with Cheng Yunshuo what she had just gotten today, "The caravan came back today and brought back all the good stuff from Jiangnan."

Cheng Yunshuo took a look and said, "As long as you like it."

Du Ruo's eyes lit up at this moment, "Young Madam has a snuff bottle. I think it's very interesting. I really want to play with it."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yunshuo said without hesitation, "What's so interesting about that thing? It's just an incense stick."

Du Ruo: “…”

Is that what she meant? She wanted to ask him for it!

But Du Ruo was also a person who cared about her dignity. She really couldn't open her mouth to ask Cheng Yunshuo for things directly!

Seeing Cheng Yunshuo's nonchalant look, she lost interest and said nothing more.