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The prices of the jewelry in the Fine Jewelry Pavilion are clearly displayed, so those who dare to come in and spend money are naturally people with considerable wealth.

Xie Yuan hurriedly glanced around and saw that there were many young ladies from official families in the shop. She quickly lowered her voice.

"Good sister-in-law, stop joking with your sister and hurry up and pay the bill! If you're really upset about something, we can talk about it properly when we get home. Why make a fool of yourself here?"

Seeing Xie Yuan's appearance, Jiang Yuyue subtly curled her lips and raised her voice even louder.

“Sister, this isn’t about saving face. We agreed this morning that we were going out to do something important, but you insisted on dragging me to this shop to buy jewelry. I’ve bought you a lot before, but I don’t have any money now. Even if I wanted to buy you more, I couldn’t afford it.”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone else in the shop began to stare at Xie Yuan and her group and whisper among themselves.

"The Xie family can't even afford silver for jewelry?"

"Forget about jewelry, I heard that the second young master of the Xie family recently racked up a huge debt..."

"It seems the Xie family is all show and no substance!"

Xie Yuan, the person involved, felt her face burning and was furious, but she could only continue to plead with Jiang Yuyue in a humble voice.

"Sister-in-law! I've already asked the shopkeeper to calculate the bill, how can I not buy it?"

“I know my sister likes these pieces of jewelry, but…”

With a helpless expression, Jiang Yuyue took out her purse and placed it in Xie Yuan's hand.

"But I only have a little over seventy taels of silver in my purse. Why don't you choose something cheaper, sister? If you really want those jewelry pieces, I'll send Xiao Liu back to the Xie residence to find the old lady..."

Hearing Jiang Yuyue's words, Xie Yuan realized that she really didn't intend to pay for her today.

More and more people started pointing and whispering about them, and Xie Yuan really couldn't bear to stay there any longer.

If she had money, she would have to spend it to salvage the situation, even if it hurts. But the problem is, she doesn't have any!

"Sister-in-law, you should keep these seventy taels of silver for yourself."

Xie Yuan spoke through gritted teeth. Although she tried her best to maintain her expression, it was not hard to see that her expression was slightly distorted. She forcefully shoved the purse back into Jiang Yuyue's hand, turned around and ran away in full view of everyone.

This farce left everyone stunned.

Although I didn't quite understand the reason, I roughly knew that it was because Miss Xie Yuan of the Xie family had forced her sister-in-law to buy jewelry, and I couldn't help but sigh at Miss Xie's lack of manners.

Watching Xie Yuan's retreating figure, a hint of satisfaction crept onto Jiang Yuyue's lips.

She doesn't mind revealing the Xie family's current financial straits. On the contrary, Xie Yuan's good show today will surely be spread by word of mouth. As someone who cares so much about face, she will probably be too ashamed to go out for a long time.

"I'm sorry, shopkeeper."

Jiang Yuyue put on a convincing act, looking at the shopkeeper with a face full of apology, "My little sister is being silly and has caused you trouble. I'll come back and buy these pieces of jewelry when I have more money in a while."

The shopkeeper's expression was quite interesting. Although the Xie family was not a very wealthy or noble family, they were still considered prominent figures in this area. The eldest son of the Xie family was even an Imperial Censor. How did the whole family end up in such a state?

It's truly pitiful for the eldest daughter-in-law of the Xie family. She just lost her husband, and now she has to coax her ignorant younger sister like this. It must be so hard for her.

"It's alright, it's alright." The shopkeeper waved his hand. "Madam, you're too kind."

Then Jiang Yuyue walked out of the shop with Xiao Liu. Xie Yuan was finally driven away by her, and her ears were finally at peace.

Xiao Liu felt a sense of relief as she recalled the scene, but she was still somewhat worried about Xie Yuan's unreasonable and domineering nature.

"But Miss, after all this commotion today, Xie Yuan might hold a grudge against you, right? What if she tries to retaliate..."

"She has to endure it even if she wants revenge."

Jiang Yuyue said nonchalantly, "Now I am carrying her brother's only bloodline. Not to mention the First Madam, even the Old Madam has to take care of my belly. Besides, if something happens to me, the Xie family will lose its financial support, and all of them will suffer."

"So no matter how angry she is, she wouldn't dare to do anything too outrageous. Besides, we were prepared, so it won't be so easy for her to scheme against us."

With Jiang Yuyue's analysis, Xiao Liu felt much more at ease. Looking ahead, she saw Fuyuanzhai and, remembering that her young mistress had a poor appetite, she spoke up.

"Miss, it seems that Fuyuanzhai has your favorite white jade cake today. Let's buy some to take home."

"Not urgent."

Jiang Yuyue went out today not just to accept Xie Yuan's invitation.

Although Madam Xie has not yet agreed to hand over the management of the shops under the Xie family's name to her, it is only a matter of time before she agrees. Therefore, Jiang Yuyue came out to investigate the operation of these shops in advance.

"I think the Xie family's shops are all on the next street. Let's go take a look first."

The weaving industry in Jiangnan is the most outstanding, so the shops under the Xie family are basically related to this industry, either selling fabrics or clothing and embroidery.

But when Jiang Yuyue saw the deserted scene at the shop, she knew that business was sluggish.

"Miss, you can take a look at what you want to buy yourself."

Jiang Yuyue and Xiao Liu walked into the shop, but the shop assistant didn't even lift his eyelids, only giving a casual greeting.

Seeing this, Jiang Yuyue frowned slightly. With such an attitude from the shop assistant, it would be strange if they could get any business.

"Call your manager out here."

Jiang Yuyue only wanted to find out about the shop's specific operations from the manager, but the shop assistant's expression became even more impatient upon hearing this.

"Miss, if you want to buy something, just tell me. Why do you have to come to our shopkeeper? If you don't want to buy anything, then you'd better leave now."

Seeing the waiter's arrogance, Xiao Liu's face darkened, and she immediately said, "How dare you! Don't you know who she is?! This is the eldest young mistress of the Xie family! How dare you speak to her like that?!"

The waiter was startled by these words and looked Jiang Yuyue up and down. Although he had heard that the eldest young master of the Xie family had married a beautiful wife, it had only been a short time since they entered the family, and none of them had ever seen her. Therefore, there was still some doubt in his eyes.

"What are you doing standing still?"

Xiaoliu glared at him, "Aren't you going to call for help?!"

Upon careful consideration, it seemed unlikely that anyone would impersonate him. Seeing this, the waiter quickly went inside, and a moment later, a middle-aged man came out.

"So it's my niece-in-law. Why didn't you let me know beforehand? It's really impolite of me to be so unprepared."

Niece-in-law?