Chapter 205 - Chapter 205: Chapter 205: Already Had an Explanation ! (1/2)
Chapter 205: Chapter 205: Already Had an Explanation !
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“The old servant dares not, the old servant dares not.” Maid Li replied in rapid succession.
Madam Yun arrived at the Tingsong Garden with her servants. When she entered the yard and came to the main house, she could feel the warmth emanating from the rooms even before opening the door.
Without knocking, Madam Yun pushed the door open to find a warm fire indeed blazing in the room.
Abruptly interrupted, Xiumei looked surprised.
Seeing it was Madam Yun, Xiumei rose in greeting: “I pay my respects to the Madam.”
“Where did this burning charcoal come from?” Madam Yun’s face darkened a little.
“It was sent by Madam Yuan.” Xiumei calmly answered.
Hearing this response, Maid Li, who came with Madam Yun, also looked surprised.
Why would Madam Yuan send it? Madam Yuan was Princess Jingmin after all, and why would she gift a sack of charcoal?
Maid Li looked at Madam Yun, hoping the Madam wouldn’t easily believe what the young maid was saying. The charcoal definitely didn’t come from Madam Yuan!
“Sent by Madam Yuan? Why would she send charcoal to Ruoruo?” Madam Yun interrogated further.
“A few days ago, the young miss gave Madam Yuan two jars of loquat syrup. Madam Yuan possibly sent a sack of charcoal in return as a way to express her gratitude for the loquat syrup,” Xiumei explained.
“Why would Madam Yuan gift Ruoruo charcoal?” Madam Yun questioned.
For a noble lady like Madam Yuan, why would she gift charcoal? It seemed quite odd.
Wei Ruo emerged from the inner room to answer Madam Yun’s question: “In the past, she certainly would not have done so, but you mother, surely know the current situation in Taizhou prefecture. Charcoal is now rare, especially this silver bone charcoal. Madam Yuan clearly knows this situation, and that’s why she painstakingly gave me some.”
Silver Bone Charcoal?
Upon hearing Wei Ruo’s answer, Madam Yun noticed that the charcoal burning in Wei Ruo’s room was not ordinary. This charcoal produced no black smoke and did not have any smell. Even though half of the charcoal in the stove had been used, it was still intact and seemed more resistant to burning than ordinary charcoal.
Upon this realization, everything indeed seemed to make sense. Unlike other charcoals, silver bone charcoal is a worthy gift.
Maid Li also examined the burning charcoal in the stove and the wood charcoal in the cage next to it. She had intended to find evidence that this was not silver bone charcoal but ordinary charcoal. However, after a closer look, it didn’t seem like ordinary charcoal, which is not this neat and solid.
If this was indeed silver bone charcoal, wouldn’t that make what the young miss said reasonable?
After pondering for a while, Madam Yun asked Wei Ruo again: “How much did Madam Yuan give you?”
Wei Ruo pointed to a small bag in the corner and said, “Over there, it probably will only last for a couple of days.”
This was only part of what she received; the extra was kept by Xiumei.
Seeing that she only received this much, Madam Yun naturally didn’t ask for any.
Then Madam Yun asked, “Having received something from Madam Yuan, why did you not inform the family? Are you afraid that they may share your charcoal?”