Chapter 146: Chillis (3) (2/2)

She hit He Changqi lightly. “Even so, you can’t give all of it to Third Sister-in-Law!”

“If I don’t give them to her, am I supposed to just throw them away? I don’t know what to do with them, and you don’t know what to use them for either. Even if we keep them, they’ll just spoil. It’s just twenty taels, why do you care?”

Madam Zou couldn’t stand it anymore. She turned her back to He Changqi.

“Alright, alright. Yuanjing, I’ll bring a headdress back for you tomorrow, how about that? It’s the latest style from Jinshi Pavilion. I ordered it for you a few days ago. Now that I think about it, it’s about time for it to be done.”

Once Madam Zou heard that her husband had ordered a headdress for her from Jinshi Pavilion, that paltry sum of twenty taels was completely tossed to the back of her head. She quickly started questioning He Changqi about what the accessory was made of and the style it was made in.

Jinshi Pavilion was the most famous accessory store in the whole capital. Even princesses and influential officials’ wives often ordered accessories there.

Having a headdress from Jinshi Pavilion was something worth showing off.

He Changqi’s words had finally assuaged the depression that Madam Zou had been in, thanks to Matriarch He and Countess Jing’an’s talk about giving Chu Lian more accessories.

After eating a little with his wife, He Changqi went to his study with his servant, Kangshou.

He Changqi sat before his desk and instructed, “Kangshou, take a thousand taels over to Jinshi Pavilion and get them to make a headdress for me. Tell the shopkeeper that this order is from me, and I won’t tolerate any mistakes.”

Kangshou was about to turn and leave when He Changqi called him back, “Don’t take the money from the estate’s accounts. Take it from my personal funds.”

“Yessir!” Kangshou quickly left to perform the errand.

He Changqi was a little worried over his finances now. It wasn’t like he didn’t have any personal funds, but these days, he had been secretly helping out with his mother’s medicine expenses. Even if he had a mountain of gold, it would run out eventually.

He had already detected his wife’s unhappiness, so he chose to use a headdress to soothe her ruffled feelings. How could he have possibly have ordered it in advance? He had only said so to make Madam Zou happy.