I just want to live a good life

"Well, Concubine Xia, I think your birthday gift of just a string of Buddhist beads seems a bit thin. I have a jade Guanyin statue here, why don't you give it to the Queen Mother along with the Buddhist beads, it will look better."

Su Nuan opened her eyes and asked, "Where?"

"In the carriage at the back."

"What will you give me then?"

"I just happened to have an extra one."

After saying that, afraid that Su Nuan would not believe it, she added: "I embroidered a picture of a hundred years of longevity. I was afraid that I could not finish it, so I prepared an extra birthday gift. Now it is just right to give it to Concubine Xia."

"Change?"

Su Nuan immediately grasped the key point, "How do you change it?"

Dong Jingshu hesitated for a moment and said, "Just exchange the jade Buddha for your set of jewelry."

"How much silver is your jade Buddha worth?"

"what?"

"What? If I want to exchange it, it has to be of the same value. My jewelry is so valuable, I'll lose money if I exchange it for your jade Buddha!"

"How can you say you're at a loss? I'm helping you put together a decent birthday gift!"

"If you say so, I won't exchange it. If you think the Buddhist beads are not that valuable, I can give you the jewelry as well. This way, it will be valuable and thoughtful."

"But these two things don't go together!"

Su Nuan seemed to be persuaded and remained silent.

Xun Zheng suddenly interrupted, "What will it take for Concubine Xia to change? Do you want Concubine Dong to give you some money? But... "

"Miss Xun really understands me. This is what I mean. If you want to exchange something, don't say you want to collect birthday gifts for me. Let's go by the value of the item. I spent 18,000 taels of silver to buy this set of jewelry. It would be a big loss to exchange it for your jade Buddha. Bring the jade Buddha to us and let His Highness estimate its price. If Concubine Dong can make up the difference to me, I will exchange it."

Xun Zheng: Is this what I mean?

Dong Jingshu: You are such a sucker for paying eighteen thousand taels.

Mu Yunting: How does this have anything to do with me?

Finally, after some ideological struggle, Dong Jingshu stopped the carriage and asked someone to move the jade Buddha over.

The jade Buddha is about one foot tall and is carved from top-grade mutton-fat jade. Both the jade material and the carving are top-grade. It would be worth 18,000 taels of silver on the market.

The three women looked at Mu Yunting at the same time, expecting him to appraise the value of the jade Buddha.

How much is the right estimate? His Royal Highness was very conflicted. Finally, in the spirit of fairness and justice, he gave a fair price of "eight thousand taels."

Dong Jingshu could accept this price because the Buddha statue was given to Marquis Zhongyuan by someone else and she didn't spend any money on it.

Su Nuan could also accept it. The cost of that set of jewelry was only a thousand taels. Even if she only exchanged the Buddha statue with Dong Jingshu, she would have gotten a great deal.

Neither of them had any objections, and the deal was reached under the witness of Mu Yunting.

Dong Jingshu wrote an IOU and gave it to Su Nuan along with the jade Buddha.

Su Nuan packed up the things and gave the jewelry to Dong Jingshu.

Then she turned her gaze to Xun Zheng again.

I don’t know if it was an illusion, but Xun Zheng suddenly felt her heart tighten.

"Sister Xun, today is the Queen Mother's birthday. Why are you dressed so plainly?"

"I am used to it."

After Xun Zheng finished speaking, her brows drooped, as if she was helpless.

In another scene, Su Nuan would definitely sigh that this person is too pretentious, but today she has no such intention at all.

"Sister Xun is about to become the Crown Princess. It's not good to enter the palace naked. So, I have a lot of jewelry today, so I'll lend you one."

After saying that, she stretched out her wrists, revealing a pair of bracelets and a string of glass bracelets.

The bracelets are a pair of red gold silk-wrapped flying phoenix bracelets. They are top-notch items when taken alone, but they are not so eye-catching when placed next to the glass bracelets.

"Which one do you like?"

Su Nuan asked.

Xun Zheng took a look and saw that his face didn't look very good.

She actually wore such a valuable thing. It would be fine if it was just a pair of bracelets, but the glass bracelet was crystal clear and obviously from a foreign country. The fact that it was worn on Concubine Xia's wrist must have been a reward from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"I appreciate Concubine Xia's kindness. But it's normal for me not to wear any jewelry. If I really wore your expensive jewelry, it would cause gossip."

"What gossip?"

Su Nuan glanced at Mu Yunting with a smile and asked.

Xun Zheng smiled faintly and did not answer, but everyone was smart and could understand the meaning of her words even without her saying it. She was afraid that others would say that the jewelry was a gift from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"Sister Xun is really thoughtful. You don't care what others say. Today I want to see who is so bold as to discuss the future Crown Princess in private."

Su Nuan took off the pair of gold bracelets and put them on Xun Zheng's wrists.

"This is a gift from me to you, wear it with confidence."

After saying that, he looked up at Dong Jingshu's head, then took off a jade hairpin and put it on Xun Zheng's head.

"I have already given her a bracelet, Concubine Dong should also express her gratitude. This jade hairpin looks good and suits Sister Xun's temperament. Concubine Dong should give her a jade hairpin."

Xun Zheng and Dong Jingshu were both confused. They looked at each other and it took them a while to react.

"What are you doing? Who said you were going to send her off?"

Dong Jingshu was extremely dissatisfied with Su Nuan's behavior.

But she regretted it as soon as she finished speaking, and quickly explained: "This jade hairpin is a set with my other jewelry, it would not be good to be missing one."

"What's wrong with that? You have so many things on your head and who would care if you're missing a hairpin? Your Highness, don't you think so?"

Mu Yunting didn't know what Su Nuan was up to...

"Wrong, wrong, this question should not be asked to Your Highness. Both sides of your hands are made of flesh, and it will be difficult for Your Highness to say yes or no. Concubine Dong should take the hairpin back and don't embarrass Your Highness."

Xun Zheng quickly took off the hairpin and returned it to Dong Jingshu, saying, "I don't need these anyway."

Their actions made Dong Jingshu seem stingy and ignorant.

"What are you doing? I didn't say I wouldn't give it to you. Sister Xun, just wear it. Otherwise, I'll look stingy."

Xun Zheng refused, but Dong Jingshu tried to persuade her. After some awkward pushing and shoving, the jade hairpin was still inserted into Xun Zheng's head.

Then, except Su Nuan, the other three people in the carriage all had their own thoughts.

Xun Zheng: If he suddenly treats me nicely, he must have bad intentions.

Dong Jingshu: Damn it, why are you pretending to be so generous and dragging me along?

Mu Yunting: I don’t know what she is going to do today. Why do I feel so excited and a little nervous at the same time?

Looking at Su Nuan again, after finishing these things, she was turning her wrist to look at her glass bracelet.

"Your Highness, please lend me this bracelet for a few more days. I will return it to you after I wear it back to the General's Mansion to show my mother."

As soon as these words were spoken, Xun Zheng and Dong Jingshu looked at Mu Yunting at the same time.

The two guessed that the bracelet was obtained from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but they did not expect that it was borrowed.

Mu Yunting felt uncomfortable being stared at and complained in his heart.

Who could understand this embarrassment? He, the crown prince, was reluctant to even give a piece of jewelry to his concubine and actually lent her jewelry to wear.

Xia Qingyan, aren't you embarrassed when you say this?