Harem Daily Life

The nanny beside the noble lady spoke first, "My wife Lu took a fancy to this set of auspicious gold jewelry yesterday. How can you let others try it on? Take it down quickly, wipe it clean, and we will buy it."

Originally, the Queen Mother looked down upon this set of gold jewelry, but what this person said was so irritating that it made her seem as if she was not worthy of wearing it and had dirty the gold jewelry.

Her eyes turned cold, and Eunuch Qin stepped forward and waved his hand: "What kind of cat or dog dares to bark in front of my wife, without considering your own status. Shopkeeper, wrap up this set of gold jewelry, and here is the silver note."

Tao Yanyan took out the silver note worth one thousand taels as soon as he said so, and Eunuch Qin's eyes were full of stars.

Gu Yi was watching from the side and saw the look in Lady Tao's eyes, which seemed to say, "Wow, the man who pays is so handsome!"

His hand gently touched his purse. He also brought two thousand taels of silver today. He wondered if he would have the chance to buy her a gift.

Seeing such a generous guest, how could the shopkeeper dare to neglect him? So he immediately found a beautiful jewelry box, put the treasure of the shop in it, and handed it to Eunuch Qin respectfully.

The noble lady was robbed of her position first, and her face was a little cold. She looked up and down at the empress dowager and the others with a look of disdain: "It's only one thousand taels of gold jewelry, so I'll give it to you. Shopkeeper, pack up all the best jade bracelets and hairpins in your shop for me. Today, I want to show some people what a generous gift is."

Seeing that Mrs. Lu was also generous, the shop owner immediately greeted her with a smile and hurriedly took out the best jade pieces in the store for her to choose from.

Tao Yanyan gently pulled the Queen Mother: "Mother, we still have other places to visit, why don't we go first."

Impulse is the devil. If I stay any longer, my wallet will be in jeopardy. Besides, the best jades are all in the palace. There is no need to buy them here and waste money.

"Humph, you're so scared that you want to leave? I thought you were a rich man from somewhere, but it turns out you're so scared that you want to leave after spending only a thousand taels of silver."

The empress dowager was very upset by Mrs. Lu's sarcastic provocation. She was just about to order someone to drag this eyesore away and beat him up, but Tao Yanyan stepped forward and said, "The store is open for business. Just buy what you like. Crickets are for others to do nothing. Besides..." Tao Yanyan said, gently raising her fair wrist, revealing a beautiful jade bracelet, and dangling it in front of the store owner.

"The store owner should know the goods. The price of the jade bracelet I'm wearing is probably enough to buy five of the best jade bracelets in your store."

The shopkeeper took a closer look and found that, indeed, the jade the little girl was wearing was the finest jade, with good water content and pure color. Such good stuff was not available in their store.

"My lady, this bracelet of yours must be worth five hundred taels, right? There are patterns carved on it. The workmanship and the water head are not something that ordinary craftsmen can make."

The shop owner was quite knowledgeable and could tell that the bracelet was of great value and therefore expensive.

Tao Yanyan didn’t know how much this bracelet was worth, but she only knew that it was made of jade given to her by the emperor, and he had several of them!

When Mrs. Lu heard this, she also looked at Tao Yanyan's wrist suspiciously. Although she admitted in her heart that the bracelet the girl was wearing was indeed more expensive and better than any other in the store, she still said unforgivingly: "What's so great about having a good bracelet? Maybe this is the only good one on your body for show!"

The Queen Mother was so angry that she almost laughed. For all these years, no one dared to be stubborn in front of her. This ignorant noblewoman was the first one to provoke her.

Seeing that the Queen Mother looked unhappy, Tao Yanyan took her arm and said, "Mother, let's not argue with a fool. Let's go."

Not wanting some inexplicable people to affect the empress dowager's mood, Tao Yanyan took the empress dowager's arm and wanted to leave.

"Hey, stop right there. Who do you say is a fool?" The lady refused to give in and even tried to grab Tao Yanyan.

Gu Yi was quick to grab the lady and pushed her several meters away. If the nanny hadn't held her, the lady would have fallen flat on her face.

"Well, you, you are simply rebelling! Do you know who I am? My daughter is the queen in the palace, and she is the most favored concubine of the current emperor! Don't leave, I will report to the authorities right now, and I will let the Jingzhao Yin arrest you and put you all in jail!"

Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother carefully looked at the noble lady in front of her and confirmed that she was not Concubine Xian's mother. After all, she had met her in the palace before, and she didn't look like this, right?

She glanced at Eunuch Qin, who shook his head to indicate that she was not Concubine Xian's mother.

The noble lady saw their every move and thought they were afraid of her, so she said arrogantly: "What do you think, are you afraid? If you are afraid, kneel down and apologize to me. Maybe if I am in a good mood, I can spare your lives."

The Queen Mother sneered, "Apologize? Just you? Hahahahaha, this is so funny, this is the funniest joke I have encountered in all these years."

The Queen Mother was in a good mood, thinking that if Concubine Xian knew that this so-called "mother" was so stupid in front of her, she would probably find a piece of tofu to hit herself to death.

The noble lady was ridiculed and was so angry that she picked up the two bracelets at hand and threw them at the Queen Mother and Tao Yanyan respectively.

"Oops, I didn't pay!" the shop owner shouted hurriedly.

Before he could finish his words, the two bracelets were intercepted in mid-air. The one that flew towards the Queen Mother was in Gu Yi's hand, and the one that flew towards Tao Yanyan... was in the hands of a giant Buddha.

The shop owner's heart finally settled down and he hurried out to collect the bracelet.

"It's okay, it's okay, thank you two heroes!" The shop owner felt relieved to have survived the disaster.

The Queen Mother and the others were stunned by the shock and the air suddenly became quiet.

It was little Jin'an who came forward cutely and hugged the big Buddha's legs: "Father..." Before he could utter the word "emperor", he suddenly realized something and quickly changed the words: "Father, why are you here?" His eyes were bright and shining with joy.

He Linzhang looked down at his young son, then looked up at the empress dowager, then looked at Tao Yanyan, and said coldly: "When your mother goes out shopping, how can your son not come to accompany her?"

The Queen Mother was a little timid for a moment, changing her usual domineering attitude and pushing Tao Yanyan to the front: "I just listened to your little wife. She said we could come and have a look, so I came. Um, you two go talk to the side, I'll take care of things here."

Seeing that the little beauty looked pale, He Linzhang winked at Qingfeng and asked her to take Xiao Jinan away. He then took the little beauty's hand and walked aside.

Gu Yi looked at the person being taken away and suddenly felt heartbroken.

Tao Yanyan's hand was held by a big hand with thin calluses, and she wanted to cry but had no tears.

Who could tell her why the emperor appeared here at this time?

Why?

Didn’t we agree to arrive at the palace at night?