"It’s not saying this, Fourth Miss, you’re not as pretty as your sisters, yet you dream big! No Silver, yet where did you get your tea leaves worth one hundred taels of silver per tael? No Silver Coin, yet how co your seasonal clothes include seven or eight sets, each costing dozens of taels? Were they blown to you by the wind? And those headpieces and jewelry, were they handed to you for free without cost?"
"And those costics you’re using, the top-quality items from Hongxiu Tianxiang, each costing dozens of taels of silver, are hard for ordinary people to get. Yet you go to Hongxiu Tianxiang and take away several sets at once. Oh, that’s right, these indeed didn’t cost Silver."
"But why is that, don’t you have so awareness? It’s because Hongxiu Tianxiang is partly owned by my daughter, who discussed with Ninth Master Lee that everyone in the Gu Family, including the elders, sisters-in-law, and sisters, won’t be charged, the amount will be deducted from her year-end profit."
"So things, if I don’t say, if you don’t say, we can tacitly understand! But you insist on pretending ignorance, right? Today, Aunt will clear it for you!"
"Over the years, aside from others, you alone have taken costics worth no less than one thousand taels from Hongxiu Tianxiang Shop every year. My daughter Yongzhu considers us relatives, never ntions it, thinking it’s trivial among sisters, it’s unnecessary to fuss."
"Honestly, I wouldn’t fuss either, but there’s no one as shaless as you in this world! Annually using the best costics from my daughter’s shop, while receiving all kinds of gifts ticulously sent by her. Yet, you don’t even appreciate, but gossip behind her back!"
"I’ve lived for decades and haven’t seen a girl as thick-skinned as you, no wonder others use two sets of costics annually but you need seven or eight sets. Your face is too big to cover the ugliness without using extra costics, isn’t it?"
The remarks caused not just Old Lady Gu and Eldest Lady to change expressions, but everyone to glance at each other.
Especially Lady An and Lady Lou, who exchanged astonished looks.
Regarding the Hongxiu Tianxiang costics, Wang Yongzhu had instructed before leaving, telling them to just use them, with her investnt in it being minor.
Besides, they certainly liked the costics from the shop and thus went there.
But they were asured, visiting the shop only once or twice a year, taking a couple of things, and then asking their close friends to bring a few items back for use.
After a few visits, Hongxiu Tianxiang must have gotten the hint, not requiring their visit, and sent them new releases annually. Unable to decline, they accepted.
But who would’ve thought that Gu Zii secretly went to Hongxiu Tianxiang every year, taking away seven or eight sets worth thousands of taels.
This, this is too extravagant, isn’t it—
Gu Zihang looked at Gu Zii with disbelief, could this sister indeed be so shaless?
Spending an annual thousand taels on costics! Even in the palace, the ladies wouldn’t dare be so wasteful, right?
Gu Zii, whose face was peeled away by Old Granny Zhang in public, was both embarrassed and angry, covering her face with a handkerchief and crying ceaselessly.
Gu Zihang asked in a bitter tone, "Fourth sister, is Aunt telling the truth?"
Gu Zii just cried without speaking, secretly annoyed, who could resist Hongxiu Tianxiang’s costics being so sought after?
Especially the sets released in recent years, complete with colors, requiring two hundred taels per set.
Such high prices, people fought tooth and nail for them.
Plus, Hongxiu Tianxiang was limiting purchases, offering only a few sets monthly, making buyers scarce.
And she had all new full sets every month, wasn’t that enviable?
So close friends, knowing she had a connection, asked her to help buy sets.
Previously, Gu Zii was unimpressive among these friends.
This ti being sought by everyone, she beca sowhat conceited.
Eagerly, she agreed.
Upon returning, she felt so regret, but for the sake of face, she gritted her teeth and instructed her maid to buy two sets under her na.
Hongxiu Tianxiang saw her na and with Wang Yongzhu’s instructions, naturally gave it without charging her.
Gu Zii obtained them easily, unaware of the difficulties, and generously gifted them to her friends without charging them, gaining a good reputation for being generous with soone else’s assets.
People fought over the costics and saw how easily she got the sought-after sets, guessing she had a good relationship with Wang Yongzhu, and flattered her more.
Yet Gu Zii was unaware, smug for a while.
Later, she accidentally overheard those friends gossiping, mocking her careless spending and frivolity with Wang Yongzhu’s items, as well as envying her for having a good cousin, otherwise where would she have her current status, with people praising her.
Others upon hearing this might feel ashad or inwardly grateful to Wang Yongzhu.
But Gu Zii didn’t inherit anything else but inherited so of Lady Quan’s peculiar temperant, thus ended up obsessed.
She grew increasingly resentful towards Wang Yongzhu, feeling that since her arrival, people only talked about Wang Yongzhu, saying everything good was thanks to Wang Yongzhu.
Just a country girl, even if her mother was from the Gu family, her father was just a country farr, what’s there to brag about? Yet she overshadowed her, a real Miss Gu!
Over ti, the resentnt accumulated.
While using Hongxiu Tianxiang sets to build goodwill and reputation.
Yet growing increasingly displeased with Wang Yongzhu.
At this mont, being questioned by Gu Zihang in front of so many people, even being foolish she dared not reveal her thoughts, only covering her face and crying.
Lady Quan felt heartache and anger, being publicly reprimanded by Old Granny Zhang for her daughter, standing up and wanting to put on the airs of an older sister-in-law.
At ho, if Lady Lou did sothing unsatisfactory, she’d already began teaching her with the airs of a mother-in-law, quite practiced.
Promptly stating, "Little sister, you’re too unruly! You’re a married woman, standing on our Gu Family’s ground, how dare you interfere in family affairs—"
Before finishing her sentence, Old Lady Gu and Gu Changqing’s brothers grew angry.
Old Lady Gu scolded, "You, shut up!"
Carefully she looked at Old Granny Zhang, explaining, "Niuniu, don’t listen to your second sister-in-law’s nonsense! This is your ho! As long as I am alive, this is your ho! Anyone who has any objections, griping, will be thrown out of the Gu Family by this old woman!"
Lady Quan was stunned, looking at Old Lady Gu, "Mother, I am your daughter-in-law, and i’er is your granddaughter! No matter how filial sister is to you, she’s still married out, she’s part of another family. How co for an outsider, you’re driving away your family?"
The words caused everyone, except the mother and daughter, to frown.
Before others could speak, Old Granny Zhang interjected, "Since I am an outsider, and my daughter even more so, that’s perfect, is it not? You should be too ashad to keep accepting things from us outsiders then, right? Never mind other things, let’s calculate the costics debts from the past four years! A set of costics costing two hundred taels, your daughter uses seven or eight sets annually, mindful of the face of my brother whom I haven’t t, I’ll give you a discount, let’s count it as fifteen hundred taels a year."
"Which over four years adds up to six thousand taels! Pay up!" Old Granny Zhang reached out towards Lady Quan.
Lady Quan was dumbfounded.
She doesn’t handle the money at all! Over all these years, she hasn’t managed or cared about finances, everything is handled by Gu Changji, who oversaw inside and outside affairs.
Even if she doesn’t manage such trivial family matters, she knows that six thousand taels isn’t a small amount.
Instantly dumbstruck!
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