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nChapter 718: Bleeding

nTranslator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

nQiao Xuan was displeased with the way Qiao Wei belittled Shao Yunduan.

nBut she knew better than to argue with her hot-headed sister.

nInstead, she calmly interjected, “I beg to differ, sister. My husband is not just a recommended man, but also a Provincial Champion – the first one in the whole province. That is quite an achievement.” “My husband will have a great and promising future!” Qiao Xuan expressed her pride.

nQiao Wei was visibly annoyed, “A promising future?!”

nQiao Xuan interrupted her before she could finish, “You don’t think so? That was what my father said about him just now!”

nQiao Wei.

n“Indeed, he is young and talented, with a very promising future ahead of him,” Madame Qiao said with a forced smile. “Oh, and by the way, I have some beautiful garments and jewelry that I would like to give to you, Qiao Xuan.” She quickly motioned for Auntie Ling to bring them out.

nDespite her polite words, Madame Qiao’s heart was heavy.

nShe didn’t really want to give any gifts to Qiao Xuan, and had originally planned to buy some cheap ornaments from a street vendor.

nDozens of liang for some exquisite ornaments and a few garments should be enough.

nHowever, Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan arrived unexpectedly, leaving Madame Qiao with no time to buy new items. Reluctantly, she had to go through her own collection of jewelry.

nShe spent a long time pcking out a large pearl hairpin and a green jade

nbracelet, which were worth more than 300 liang combined.

nThe garments were silk with golden edges.

nWhen Auntie Ling arrived with the items, Concubine Du, Qiao Kou, and Qiao Wei were all fuming with annoyance.

nHow could Qiao Xuan, a mere woman, be gifted with such items? She didn’t even deserve the right to receive them.

nConcubine Du and Qiao Kou felt their hearts breaking. Even if they did not have such beautiful hairpins and bracelets, which should be worth more than a few hundred liang in total. Even Madame Qiao and Qiao Wei had few such items.

nConcubine Du’s most expensive golden bracelets with some rubies were not even worth one hundred liang, and Madame Qiao had scraped them away from her later.

nQiao Xuan almost burst into laughter seeing this. So rare that Madame Qiao offered stuff to her.

nShe was definitely going to take them.

nShe would not wear them. She would put them away in her space and pawn them later for money.

nAfter all, she knew the true value of these ornaments, and it was not just a few hundred liang as she believed.

nShe had more savings than all of these together.

nAnd she had many ornaments and garments too.

nShe herself did a lot of shopping in the province. She had bought proper clothes and some exquisite ornaments. She put them away for collection so she could use them in the future.

nMoreover, First Madame had given her many other wonderful things.

nThose were genuinely precious and valuable.

nThe ornaments with ruby and sapphire alone were worth 5,000 liang.

nThe hairpins had pearls that were flawless and large as one huge longan fruit.

nWhat Madame Qiao offered were insignificant in comparison.

nMadame Qiao smiled as if she were giving Qiao Xuan the best things ever, as she ordered Auntie Ling to deliver them to Qiao Xuan.

nQiao Xuan thanked Madame Qiao and reached out for the items, accidentally revealing the emerald bracelet on her wrist.

nMadame Qiao’s expression became tense and the others also noticed it, becoming uneasy.

nConcubine Du smiled and asked, “Second Miss, did you acquire that bracelet on your own? It looks very valuable..”

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