He favored his concubine and I cut off my wealth. Everyone in the mansion was in a panic.

When Chan Yi came closer, Shen Qing signaled her to hand the brocade box in his arms directly to the wife of Yangling Marquis.

A touch of satisfaction flashed in the eyes of the wife of Yangling Marquis. Shen Qing did a good job in this regard. Although the two of them were a little unfriendly when they were in the mansion, this could not be shown in front of outsiders.

Looking at the brocade box in her hand, which was only the size of a palm but exquisite enough, the wife of Yangling Marquis had a rare high opinion of Shen Qing in her heart.

This Shen Qing was not so useless.

The wife of Yangling Marquis opened the brocade box with great expectation, and was a little curious about what precious gift Shen Qing had prepared, and how much face he could give her in front of all the ladies.

However, the moment the brocade box was opened, the smile on the face of the wife of Yangling Marquis suddenly froze.

Because there was nothing in the brocade box!

Madam Yangling was confused and looked at Shen Qing, "Where is the thing?"

Shen Qing looked at Madam Yangling in surprise, "What is it? This is just an empty box."

After her hopes were dashed, Madam Yangling was immediately furious, and Lin Xuefu hurried to calm her down.

"Shen Qing, what on earth are you doing?"

She thought Shen Qing had just deceived them, but she didn't expect Shen Qing to have prepared nothing. How would she go up there? Go up there with an empty box?

Madam Yangling wanted to smash the brocade box in her arms on Shen Qing's head, but she also knew that this was in front of people, and doing so would undoubtedly make the Yangling Marquis's house more embarrassed. She could only suppress her anger, throw the brocade box in front of Shen Qing, and said coldly: "You will take your broken box to give the gift later!"

Shen Qing smiled and responded softly, put the brocade box aside and turned around to continue watching the ceremony, as if he wanted to implement the concept of breaking the jar to the extreme.

However, Shen Qing could keep his composure, but the wife of Yangling Marquis could not!

Shen Qing didn't care about being embarrassed, but the wife of Yangling Marquis was afraid!

So the wife of Yangling Marquis could only get closer to Shen Qing and whispered, "Shen Qing, take off the hairpin on your head and give it as a gift!"

This was the most comprehensive solution that the wife of Yangling Marquis could think of at the moment.

It could not only save the face of the Yangling Marquis's Mansion, but also let Shen Qing give a gift, which was a two-pronged approach.

Shen Qing did not refute this time, but obediently took off the hairpin on her head. However, before putting it into the brocade box, Shen Qing reminded the wife of Yangling Marquis, "Mother, I just heard that the gift prepared by the wife of the Minister is also a hairpin, and it was made by a famous craftsman. It is gorgeous and noble. If we send this gift out, I am afraid that it will be compared with the Shangshu Mansion."

The face of the wife of Yangling Marquis immediately condensed. Many wives of officials present knew that the relationship between the wife of Yangling Marquis and the wife of the Minister was not due to a series of subsequent reactions caused by the political disagreement between Yangling Marquis and Cui Shangshu in the court, but simply because there is no room for two tigers in one mountain.

Like the wife of Yangling Marquis, the wife of the Shangshu is also very face-conscious.

So when the two parties are present at the same time, there is probably a lot of smoke.

Although the Shangshu was only a second-rank official, far inferior to the title of Marquis of Yangling, Cui Shangshu had real power in his hands, and his wife was also granted an imperial decree, so it was hard to judge who was higher between the two.

Seeing that the hairpin didn't work, the wife of Yangling Marquis looked at Shen Qing again, wanting to see if Shen Qing had anything more precious.

But it was a coincidence that Shen Qing went out today without wearing a very expensive piece of jewelry.

The pressure around Madam Yanglinghou was getting lower and lower. She obviously didn't want to lose to Madam Shangshu. Shen Qing suggested at the right time, "Mother, I looked and found that the only thing we have that is more valuable than Madam Shangshu's gift is the pair of exquisite jade bracelets on your wrist and Aunt Lin's wrist. As for whether to give it to her or not, it depends on what you want."

The exquisite jade bracelets on Madam Yanglinghou's wrist and Lin Xuefu's are a pair. The bracelets are clear and green. Both the workmanship and the style are top-notch. This is also one of Shen Qing's dowry.

When Shen Qing first got married, in order to please Madam Yanglinghou, she specially picked this pair of bracelets from her dowry and gave them to her. Madam Yanglinghou liked it very much and put it on on the spot. But who would have thought that the other one appeared on Lin Xuefu's wrist the next day. Madam Yanglinghou also said that she and Lin Xuefu were like mother and daughter, and it was just right to wear a pair of bracelets. At that time, Shen Qing was still depressed for a few days, but now she feels disgusted when she thinks about it.

So there was this today.

Shen Qing didn't plan to take back the bracelets, but she didn't want to see them on the wrists of Yangling Hou's wife and Lin Xuefu.

Hearing this, Yangling Hou's wife was silent for a while, and finally made a decision.

Seeing that Yangling Hou's wife was about to grab her wrist, Lin Xuefu was unwilling and tried to dissuade her, "Aunt, it's just a gift, why do you need such a precious bracelet? The hairpin of the young lady is enough."

When Yangling Hou's wife gave her this bracelet, Lin Xuefu liked it very much and even went to the jewelry store to ask about it. The shopkeeper said that this pair of bracelets was more precious than their treasure. Even if one was taken out alone, it would be worth at least one thousand taels of silver. If two were put together, it would be even more precious. The most important thing is that there is no market for it.

Now, she was just giving away such a precious thing just for a moment of anger. Lin Xuefu said she was unwilling to do anything.

However, the wife of Yanglinghou, who almost always obeyed Lin Xuefu's orders, rarely obeyed her this time. "No, I've made up my mind. I'll give her this pair of bracelets!"

Lin Xuefu's expression was slightly cracked, and she wanted to question the wife of Yangling Marquis: "If you want to give, give the one you have, why did you pick mine!", but because of her character, she chose to compromise obediently.

Seeing the wife of Yangling Marquis put her precious bracelet that she had worn for half a year into the brocade box, Lin Xuefu felt that her whole heart was bleeding.

That was one thousand taels of silver, her monthly salary for four or five years, and was given away by the wife of Yangling Marquis like this!

After putting Lin Xuefu's bracelet into the brocade box, the wife of Yangling Marquis stared at her wrist for a long time, but still couldn't bring herself to do it.

The wife of Yangling Marquis naturally liked this bracelet very much, otherwise she wouldn't have worn it until now.

In addition, like Lin Xuefu, the day after she got the bracelet, Madam Yangling asked Mother Zhang to appraise it, so she naturally knew the value of the bracelet, one thousand taels...

But on second thought, there were no good things in Shen Qing's dowry, but it was just a bracelet, it was not that she couldn't afford it, not to mention that the Queen and the Crown Prince were also present today, and her elaborate gift could also make Mu Xueliu look good.

Thinking of this, Madam Yangling didn't feel aggrieved anymore. Just as she was about to take off the bracelet on her wrist, she saw Shen Qing quietly pulling her sleeve: "Mother, we're at the Yangling Marquis's Mansion."

Madam Yangling was startled, and when she looked up, she saw that everyone was looking at her with a look of scrutiny.

Madam Yangling laughed awkwardly, and before she could take off the bracelet on her wrist, she quickly got up from her seat and closed the lid of the brocade box.

Lin Xuefu's eyes widened immediately. So the wife of Yanglinghou and Shen Qing were in a stalemate for a long time, but in the end she gave her bracelet away?

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