Chapter 315 Watching the Show
Yan Meier looked at Lu Youming with a reluctant yet welcoming attitude. Seeing the beauty in such a state, Lu Youming naturally wanted to comfort her.
Once Gu Shuyan boarded the carriage, she immediately signaled to her two maids to open the jewelry boxes.
"Miss, one of the red agate bracelets is missing."
Pearl carefully checked both sides, and only after confirming that everything was correct did she report back.
"It seems that Miss guessed correctly. With Miss Yan's beauty, even the Third Prince cannot refuse her."
Mingyu spoke with a hint of regret. As a woman, she had always thought that the Third Prince was gentle and refined and would not be such a superficial person.
But now it seems that even the most prominent young master in the capital cannot escape worldly influences.
Noticing the disappointment in Mingyu's eyes, Gu Shuyan glanced at her subtly. "Some people may appear respectable on the surface, but they can be incredibly filthy in private. Therefore, one should never be blinded by a glamorous exterior when dealing with people and matters."
Gu Shuyan was speaking to Mingyu, who naturally understood. After nodding in agreement, Mingyu turned to look at the opened boxes and asked, "So, what does Miss intend to do with these things?"
“Naturally, I’ll take it back as a gift. Excluding the red agate bracelet, the number will be just right.”
As soon as Gu Shuyan finished speaking, Pearl also clarified, "So Miss didn't just come to watch the play. These things are just enough to deliver to each courtyard. But Miss, are you really planning to take all these things?"
As the saying goes, "He who eats another's food is bound to him, and he who takes another's money is bound to him." If word gets out that she took something from Lu Youming, people will probably say that her young lady was greedy for a bargain.
"Didn't the Third Prince say that this is a reward? Since I have already expressed my gratitude, I am naturally entitled to accept the royal reward."
Gu Shuyan didn't feel uneasy about taking these things. It was only ten thousand taels of silver. Compared to the debts Lu Youming owed her in her previous life, ten thousand taels of silver was nothing!
"No wonder Miss wanted to express her gratitude; it turns out she had thought of this all along."
Pearl initially thought her mistress was just there to matchmake the two, but little did she know that her mistress was actually killing two birds with one stone. She was getting the two to flirt with each other while simultaneously trying to sabotage the other.
Thinking of Gu Shuyan's deliberately throwing a tantrum, the two maids couldn't help but chuckle.
"Well, you two are getting more and more disrespectful these days, you even dare to make fun of me."
Gu Shuyan raised her small arm as if to hit the two of them, and the two of them quickly dodged. For a while, the carriage was filled with laughter and chatter.
Upon returning to the Marquis's residence, Gu Shuyan said as soon as she entered, "Go back and discuss it among yourselves. Pack all those things separately and give them to everyone during the New Year's Eve gathering."
"Yes, Miss. But what do you plan to do with that jade pendant?"
The jade pendant Mingyu was referring to was naturally the priceless white jade. Gu Shuyan looked at it upon hearing this and said, "Give it to me!"
Gu Shuyan had been racking her brains trying to figure out what gift to give Yun Yichen, but this jade pendant saved her from having to think of anything.
Two days later, Gu Shuyan was nestled in the old lady's courtyard, teaching her two younger sisters embroidery, when an old woman suddenly walked in from outside.
“Miss, a woman outside the manor who claims to be a young lady from the Yan family has come looking for you. She says she has arranged to deliver something.”
The old woman entered and first greeted the masters before recounting the news that the gatekeeper had brought.
Gu Shuyan was somewhat surprised to hear that it was Yan Meier who had come to find her.
According to her calculations, Yan Meier should not come to find her for another two days. Could it be that Lu Youming said something?
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