Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

"Cough cough!"

Gu Rongchang cleared his throat. "Come here, pick out some goodies from my storeroom and send them to Qianhan's wife. Tell her... tell her that she's had a hard time getting married. If she needs anything in the future, she can come to me. I promise to take care of it for her!"

Mrs. Gu's eyes widened immediately. "Gu Rongchang, what are you talking about? Didn't I give you a meeting gift?"

"Look at what you said. After giving the gift of meeting, can't we give anything else? Is our family short of this little thing?"

"I'm not short of money, but why don't I remember you being so generous? You didn't give your eldest daughter-in-law any extra gifts when she came home!"

"My eldest daughter-in-law has a good family background and has no shortage of fine things. I am just giving my youngest daughter-in-law something to keep her company, so that she won't be left without decent jewelry to wear when she goes out, which would bring shame to our family."

Mrs. Gu's face was filled with suspicion, and she didn't believe a single word of this explanation. "Gu Rongchang, are you trying to steal my limelight in front of my daughter-in-law?"

Gu Rongchang quickly stood up and walked out. He was indeed planning to steal the limelight from his wife, get ahead of her, and leave a good impression on his daughter-in-law!

A meeting gift is a meeting gift. Whose new bride doesn't have a meeting gift? That's not uncommon.

The other thing he gave me is different!

As long as the daughter-in-law is smart enough, she will know that her father-in-law treats her well!

"Gu Rongchang, come back here! You can't be too partial. If you give good things to this daughter-in-law, you should give things to the other daughter-in-law too! Gu Rongchang, do you hear me?!"

Gu Rongchang ignored her. It had been five years since his eldest daughter-in-law came into the family, and he had given her many gifts. Whenever there was a treasure in the family, his eldest daughter-in-law would choose first. Only Qian Ning and the other children could choose after she had chosen.

Now that he has something to ask of his daughter-in-law, he naturally has to send her gifts individually. If he sends them all, wouldn't it not show how good he is to his daughter-in-law?

It is reasonable for him to give some good things to his younger daughter-in-law as she has just married into the family. I believe that his eldest daughter-in-law will not be so petty as to care about these things. After all, the entire Duke's Mansion will belong to their eldest son in the future.

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Qionghua Courtyard.

As soon as Shen Wantang and Gu Qianhan came back, they saw Gu Qianning coming too.

The corners of her lips curled up, and she couldn't hide her happiness: "Atang! You finally moved in, that's great! It will be much more convenient for me to come and play with you in the future!"

Gu Qianhan frowned: "What are you following me for? Go back to your own yard!"

Gu Qianning looked fearless: "Second sister-in-law, look at my second brother, he's being mean to me again! Second sister-in-law, can't I even come play in your yard?"

Shen Wantang looked at her with amusement: "Of course you can come and play. Come, come inside and sit. It's very sunny outside, don't get sunburned."

Gu Qianning hummed softly at Gu Qianhan, took Shen Wantang's arm, and went into the house with her.

As soon as she came in, she looked around, taking in the whole place inside and out, then nodded repeatedly: "It's only lively when you come here, Atang. You don't know, when my second brother lived here alone, this place looked so cold and icy. I felt uncomfortable just coming in."

Shen Wantang smiled and pulled her to sit down, then asked the maid to serve her tea.

Last night, Nanny Yan had led the maids to lay out all her things, and they arranged them again early this morning, filling Gu Qianhan's room up.

After drinking tea, Shen Wantang asked Du Juan to take out some new fabrics, all of which were Shuiyunyan fabrics with fresh colors that could not be bought in other shops.

Although she had already given Gu Qianning, her sister-in-law, a gift in the main courtyard, Gu Qianning was not only her sister-in-law, but also her close friend, and her importance was different.

So Shen Wantang also prepared something specifically for her.

"A Ning, take these materials and make clothes."

Gu Qianning was surprised and delighted. She reached out and touched the cool, silky, and thin material. "Are all these gifts for me?"

"Yup!"

Gu Qianning hugged the material and said happily, "Thank you, Atang! I haven't seen these colors for sale. Where did you get them?"

"I thought you would like these fresh and bright colors, so I asked my cousin to order them for you."

Gu Qianning's eyes sparkled: "So, I'm the only one in the whole capital who has it? No one else has it?"

"No, these colors are extremely difficult to dye. Dyeing one piece of cloth requires a lot of material, which is not cost-effective. Therefore, the dyeing workshop is unwilling to dye it, and there is no condition for large-scale dyeing."

If they were not big customers of the dyeing factory, the boss would not have accepted this order. After all, it is time-consuming, labor-intensive and fabric-consuming, and he would not make much money. It would be better to dye it in ordinary colors.

Gu Qianning smiled happily: "As expected, Atang is really good to me. He even made such a special color just for me!"

She was trying to fit the material on her body when Fulu, the servant beside Gu Rongchang, came over.

He stood outside the house and said in a loud voice, "Second Young Master, Second Young Madam, I'm here to deliver something on the orders of the Duke!"

Gu Qianhan frowned slightly. Sending something? What good things could that old man give him? Was he trying to trick him again?

Although Gu Qianhan didn't believe that his father was here to deliver something, he still said, "Come in!"

Fulu walked in holding a golden nanmu box.

When he came in and saw Gu Qianning was there too, he hurriedly bowed to Gu Qianning again.

Gu Qianning looked puzzled: "Fulu, what treasure are you holding? Why are you using a golden nanmu box?"

Fulu said with a smile: "My dear Miss, this is a wedding gift specially given to the Second Young Master's wife by the Duke's Mansion."

Gu Qianning was even more confused. "Really? Didn't you send a meeting gift before? And another one? When did father become so generous?"

Gu Qianhan said calmly, "Aning, open the box and take a look."

Gu Qianning's eyes widened immediately: "You want me to open it? This is a gift from my father to Atang. What's the point of me opening it to see what's going on? Naturally, Atang should open it himself!"

Gu Qianhan: "It's okay, just open it. Atang is not so stingy as to not even let you open a box."

Gu Qianning: "You're so weird, why did you let me drive Atang's stuff? Atang, what's wrong with my second brother?"

Shen Wantang didn't know what was wrong with Gu Qianhan, but she was definitely not a stingy person. Seeing Gu Qianning's curiosity, she smiled and nodded at her: "Open it, and see what father sent."

"Ah? Really let me drive!"

"Yeah, it's nothing."

“Then I’m really open!”

"Well, go ahead."

Gu Qianning stood up with a lot of doubts in her mind and reached out for the exquisite golden nanmu box.

At the same time, Gu Qianhan blocked Shen Wantang behind him.

When the box was opened, Gu Qianning exclaimed: "Oh my God, is father really going to die? Why would he send so much——"

She couldn't help but look back at Shen Wantang, wanting Shen Wantang to come and see the baby, but she saw Gu Qianhan blocking him behind him.