The uncle borrowed some merits, and the princess drew the talisman fiercely

When Lu Zhaoyun heard Mrs. Lu talk about this plan, he was tempted.

"Mom, I think it's okay."

Madam Lu was still a little confused. "I think she is a bit evil. She showed her face in front of Prince Jin right after returning to Beijing. The assistant doctor was also very good to her. If she is allowed to leave again, I don't know if she will have more helpers."

What the maid meant was that once they went outside, they would be able to find an opportunity to ask Lu Zhaoling to take off her shoes and socks to verify the birthmark.

Moreover, Prime Minister Shen's daughter, Shen Xiangjun, must have known about the arranged marriage, and she might not necessarily forgive Lu Zhaoling.

Lu Zhaoyun smiled and took her arm, "Mom, think about it, what are we going to do?"

"Copy the scriptures."

"Yes, we are all going to copy scriptures. Princess Changning can bring those scriptures into the palace, and perhaps the emperor and the empress dowager will take a look at them. This is a chance for me to show off, but my second sister was raised in the countryside."

Mrs. Lu immediately understood what she meant.

"Yes, your grandmother and your third uncle didn't let that girl go to school. She only studied for two years before she was six years old. She was lucky enough to be able to write her own name. How could she want to copy scriptures?"

Lu Zhaoling also lived in the capital before she was six years old. At that time, she also learned the Four Books and Five Classics, and learned calligraphy and needlework, but she only studied for two years.

After sending her to the countryside, Old Lady Lu must have treated Lu Zhaoling as a maid. I heard that she had to work every day in the countryside and had no chance to touch a pen.

If I were to copy scriptures, wouldn't that be making a fool of myself?

Mrs. Lu suppressed the corners of her mouth that wanted to rise, and thought of another question, "But will she go?"

"She didn't know what she was going to do. She said that everyone was going, and she had already been granted marriage. If she didn't dare to go, it would bring shame to Prince Jin." Lu Zhaoyun said.

"Okay, go ahead and tell me."

Lu Zhaoyun went to Tingnuanlou.

Lu Zhaoling was actually trying on new clothes.

Qingyin and Qingbao were just about to start tailoring clothes for Lu Zhaoling with the three pieces of silk sent by Prince Jin's Mansion. Before that, they bought two new sets of clothes for Lu Zhaoling.

"Second sister, you are so beautiful."

Lu Zhaoyun was let in and felt a little depressed when he saw the new dress on Lu Zhaoling.

Because Lu Zhaoling was wearing her clothes before, which she didn't like. The color and pattern were a bit gaudy, and Lu Zhaoling wore them too loosely, so she looked like a pheasant that was about to lose its feathers.

This is Lu Zhaoyun’s own feeling.

But now Lu Zhaoling was wearing a light blue dress embroidered with white magnolias, which made her look as slender as a lotus and extremely elegant.

Lu Zhaoyun had to comfort herself: she had suffered in the countryside for ten years, her body was as thin as a bean sprout, and only her facial features were pretty.

"You've come just in time," Lu Zhaoling glanced at her, "When was the regular salary for the Lu Mansion distributed?"

"Revenue?"

"Are you going to say, no?" Lu Zhaoling narrowed his eyes slightly.

She has some money to spend now, but why does she have to spend her own money?

"No, there are some, but our family is average, and we can't give much just from my father's salary," said Lu Zhaoyun.

"How much do you make every month? How many sets of clothes do you make in a year?" Lu Zhaoling asked again.

Lu Zhaoyun originally wanted to say less, but when she met Lu Zhaoling's eyes that seemed to see through everything, her heart skipped a beat and she told the truth, but she still kept it in mind.

"Zhaohua can earn 300 wen a month, and make a new set of clothes for each season of the year. If the family is well-off at the end of the year, they can make an extra set for him."

Qingyin Qingbao frowned, three hundred coins?

Is the Lu family so poor?

"I'm asking you." Lu Zhaoling didn't follow Lu Zhaoyun's steps at all.

Lu Zhaoyun gritted his teeth secretly.

Why is this little girl so hard to fool?

Lu Zhaohua is a concubine's daughter, she didn't come out of her mother's womb, how could she possibly give so much?

"I often have banquets and have to meet those princesses and noble ladies from time to time. I represent the reputation of the Lu family, so mother gives me a little more."

Lu Zhaoling smiled, "So how much is it?"

She is really good-tempered now, asking the same question several times. In the past, she would never ask a second time.

"One tael a month, eight sets of clothes a year." Lu Zhaoyun answered with gritted teeth.

She is the eldest daughter!

She is engaged to the second prince!

She is good friends with Princess Changning!

She was also a well-known lady in the capital. So, of course, she couldn't be the same as Lu Zhaohua.

"So, I've been in the country for ten years, do you have to compensate me for this?"

Lu Zhaoling paused for a moment and said very clearly, "At the rate of one tael of silver per month, that's twelve taels per year, and one hundred and twenty taels per ten years. Eight sets of clothes per year, so now I should be paid eighty sets. However, I don't trust Madam Lu's taste, so I'll convert these eighty sets into cash. I'll buy them myself and give her a discount, two taels per set, so eighty sets will be one hundred and sixty taels."

She spoke a little too fast and Lu Zhaoyun was completely confused. He just listened to her tell the final result.

"Give me two hundred and eighty taels in total."

"I haven't counted the price of jewelry and other items. But there must be gifts for New Year's Day and birthdays every year, right? These can also be converted into silver, let's say twenty taels, to make it an even number, that's three hundred taels."

"You, you, you," Lu Zhaoyun was so shocked that he couldn't speak smoothly, "How can this be repaired? Didn't you have to eat and wear clothes in the countryside for those ten years?"

Lu Zhaoling's eyes turned cold.

"I wear the old clothes of my three cousins, and eat the wild vegetables I dig from the fields and mountains. Does that count? Do I spend money?"

Lu Zhaoyun was extremely angry.

Three hundred taels, why doesn't she go and rob it!

"Second sister, three hundred taels, our family really can't afford it. After all, we are a family. I will let mother give you some silver in the future. Now let someone come and measure your measurements and make you a few new clothes, okay?"

She also had to coax Lu Zhaoling to go to the small party.

"That's for the future. Before that, it's three hundred taels, not even a tael less."

"Don't be so ignorant. It's not easy for your mother to manage the family. There are so many mouths to feed. If I give it all to you, what will happen to the others?"

Lu Zhaoling looked at the carved red gold bracelet on her wrist.

"The Lu family is so poor, how much is the gold bracelet on your hand worth? How much is the gold hairpin with peony flowers on your head worth?"

These two items alone would probably cost several dozen taels!

Tell her you're poor?

Lu Zhaoyun's face changed slightly, and he subconsciously pulled his sleeves to cover the bracelet.

"Three hundred taels, I want it today, otherwise I don't mind asking King Jin to help me collect the debt."

Lu Zhaoyun almost jumped up in anger.

"Second sister! Are you going to bother Prince Jin with such trivial matters?"

"What's wrong with that? He is my fiancé. I can't let a future princess like me be bullied and live such a miserable life." Lu Zhaoling said confidently.