She pointed to a piece of brocade and said, "This will do."
That was a bolt of lotus green coloured material. In general, most unmarried females would not choose this material. Because lotus green colour was very particular, if a normal female wore this colour, it would easily look too old fashioned. If one did not have an air of nobility, wearing this colour would not be able to suppress it and would be very ugly.
Chen Rou Qiu's eyes slightly flashed and she smiled, "Why did Little Five pick such a dark colour? Young ladies have to wear bright and bright, just like your two older sisters. This kind of dark colour is too old fashioned. "
"Correct." Ren Wan Yun also followed. Even though she was happy to see the First household's people make a fool of themselves, but this lotus green colour was too out of line. If it was seen by outsiders, they would think that their Shen family's young ladies were all old fashioned. Qing-er still wanted to show off her skills at the Chrysanthemum banquet, so how could Shen Miao drag her down?
Shen Yue and Shen Qing were laughing secretly. Shen Qing said, "I see that this lotus green colour is also quite good. Fifth Younger Sister had never worn such a dark colour before. It is also good to try it. I heard that this colour is also very noble. "
"If it was not that I have already picked the material, I would also want to try that lotus green colour." Shen Yue said with a smile.
Li Liang looked at the two Di daughters of the Shen family who had a sweet mouth and a sword in their hearts, and then looked at Shen Miao who had a calm expression and sighed in her heart. The Di daughter of the First household of the Shen family, Shen Xin, was stupid and ignorant, and everyone in the Ding capital knew that. But who knew that those two TangJie who looked kind and gentle actually had such a vicious heart? They actually used a method to make Shen Miao look bad.
She somewhat sympathised with Shen Miao. General Shen was outside protecting the country, but his own Di daughter was schemed against by relatives in the residence. It was really somewhat pitiful. Thinking of this, she said tactfully, "This lotus green colour is indeed somewhat too solemn. If it is a Chrysanthemum banquet, one might as well choose some relaxing colours. Why not Young Lady choose this jade white one?"
Shen Miao glanced at Li Liang. She was a rare honest person. In her previous lifetime, she also reminded herself like this, but at that time Shen Miao wholeheartedly believed in her two TangJie and Auntie and did not listen to her words. Hearing this, she tactfully thanked him, "There's no need, I like this bolt of lotus green material."
Her reply made Shen Qing and Shen Yue, who were frowning, to heave a sigh of relief. Shen Yue smiled, "Fifth Younger Sister's eyesight is indeed good. As such, one will have to trouble Lady Li to tailor the clothes for us."
Li Niang sighed in her heart but did not say anything more. He did as he was told and began to measure the young ladies' bodies.
From the beginning to the end, Old Shen Furen was reclining on the couch with her eyes closed, as if she did not hear anything at all. As long as it was related to money, she was always happy to pretend that she didn't know anything. Today the clothes and fabrics were all taken out from the public purse and the money from the public purse was handed over to Ren Wan Yun to manage.
After they finished measuring the clothes, Li Niang left. Ren Wan Yun then smiled, "These children are all grown up Young Ladies and when our Shen residence's Young Ladies go out, they cannot be looked down upon by others. Therefore, I made some jewelry for the ladies, and they will be ready for use on the day of the chrysanthemum viewing banquet. " As she spoke, she instructed Xiang Lan, who was behind her, to bring out a few boxes and gave one to Shen Qing and one to Shen Miao.
Shen Miao's box was heavy. Ren Wan Yun looked at her and her tone was exceptionally affectionate, "Second Shen saw that you were busy preparing for Guang Wen Tang's academy examinations these days, so she made for you when she was shopping at the jewellery shops. It is all according to the best style and hope that you will like it."
On the high seat, Old Shen Furen's brows wrinkled and seemed to want to open her eyes, but after pausing, she continued to pretend to sleep.
"Many thanks to Second Shen Shen." Shen Miao also returned the courtesy. Shen Qing and Shen Yue were able to choose their own style and send it back, but they did not bring her along when they were shopping at the shops, and even said that they did not want to disturb her. At the end, they gave her a gift and now it was too late to change.
"Then let us go back and take a look first." Shen Yue pulled Chen Rou Qiu and winked at Shen Miao, "Fifth Younger Sister's jewellery must be the heaviest one."
Shen Miao smiled gently and did not speak.
Upon returning to the Western courtyard, Shen Miao threw the box to one side and did not look at it in detail. When Jing Zhe saw it, she asked curiously, "Young Lady is not going to open it to take a look?"
"What is there to look at? What is the difference anyway? "Shen Miao answered without turning her head back.
Jing Zhe wanted to speak but stopped. Every time the jewellery that was obtained from the Second and Third household, her Young Lady would love it so much that she could not put it down. Unfortunately, even they, as servants, could see that the jewellery was somewhat of a nouveau riche. Shen Miao had been brought up by the Second and Third household to have an exaggerated temperament, and what she loved the most were these rather tacky gold and silver.
Shen Miao thought about it and reached out to open the box.
When it was opened, a bright golden light rushed out. Inside were bracelets and necklaces made of gold and silver, and there were even hairpins. The ruby that was inlaid on top was big, but the quality was very poor.
Jing Zhe could not help but reveal a trace of anger.
Shen Miao almost laughed. These things, before she married, her jewellery were all like this. This kind of gold hairpins and silver necklaces, even the young ladies in the countryside would not wear them. Every time she wore bright coloured clothes and those glittering jewellery, she was just like a moving box. In front of the gentle and graceful Shen Yue and the generous and bright Shen Qing, she was really like a feet-washing maid.
Now that these things fell in front of Shen Miao, she felt that it was really ridiculous. Jing Zhe observed her Young Lady and was surprised to find that she did not reveal the same excited expression as before. Just as she was surprised, she saw Shen Miao closing the box and pushing it to Jing Zhe, "Find a pawnshop to pawn it and buy a silver hairpin on the way back. It does not need to be too good, just an engraved one will do."
"Young Lady …" Jing Zhe said in surprise, "If one were to pawn it like this, if it was discovered by the people in the Eastern courtyard, it would be inevitable that it would be used as a raft." Even though she was very happy that Shen Miao finally did not like these gold and silver like before, but this kind of action was still too bold.
"Since these jewellery cannot be worn anymore, what is the use of keeping it? It is better to pawn it for real gold and silver as it would be more convenient to do things on normal days." Shen Miao lightly answered. One must pay attention to practicality in everything. This was the logic that she understood when she was an Empress. The Shen residence would give monthly silver according to the quota and every young lady would get two taels of silver a month. But how much did Shen Yue and Shen Qing get subsidized by their family? Shen Miao did not know but there was one thing that was certain, she did not have that subsidy.
She was clearly a young lady from the General's residence but she was not as generous as her two older sisters. She used to think that it was because Second Shen and Third Shen were willing to subsidize their daughter but what about now?
The public's money was all controlled by Ren Wan Yun but Shen Gui and Shen Wan usually had to handle matters in court and her own salary was not enough, so how would there be spare money?
It was Shen Xin who used his own life, blood and sweat to gallop on the battlefield, thus His Majesty rewarded him a lot. And these rewards, Shen Xin had never embezzled it and were all given to the public.
To take their family's money but treat her like this, only Old Furen's family would be so shameless.
She had to think of a way to split the family.
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