C60 Reparation (1/2)

Seeing how worried her mother was, she couldn't help but laugh, ”Mom, don't worry. That Sharp King doesn't often stay in the capital, and he never attends banquets held by aristocratic families. Otherwise, after so many years, our daughter hasn't met him.”

Lady Yao recalled that what her daughter said was right. That Sharp King had always been alone. He was rarely seen, so how could he interact with these girls? She could only sigh in relief.

She then thought of something and said to her, ”Oh right, your Third Uncle and King Ruo are very close. In the future, you should also avoid coming to the Spring Pavilion. That scourge, sooner or later, will implicate our entire family to death.”

She gnashed her teeth and cursed for a while, but she didn't notice that when her daughter heard the two words ”Third Uncle”, her eyes flashed.

As the mother and daughter of Golden Parasol Courtyard's Yao Family spoke, the Jade Bamboo Courtyard was quiet.

It was a scorching summer day and the temperature was so hot that people almost couldn't breathe. The wutong tree outside the courtyard was making noise non-stop. The willow tree brought a little girl with it and was holding a long stick to stick the cicada.

Gu Jinzhu was napping. She was already wearing the thinnest dress, but she was still sweating profusely.

Yunxiang lightly fanned her. Gu Jinzhu turned over and said, ”You should go rest for a while as well. I've taken a fancy to the warm air.”

Yun Xiang laughed, ”Your servant is fine.” She used a handkerchief to wipe away Gu Jinzhu's sweat, and when she saw that her hair was so hot that it was wet with sweat and stuck to her neck, her fair cheeks were flushed red, she could not help but feel her heart ache, ”My lady isn't distributing any ice at all. How can one live on such a hot day?”

Every courtyard in the Gu Estate had a fixed ice basin for daily use during the summer months, but Lady Yao pretended to have forgotten about it and didn't ask anyone to send it to the Jade Bamboo Garden.

Gu Jinzhu smiled faintly and said, ”Bear with it. Fortunately, this house is near the lake, so it's cooler at night.”

”But there are also more mosquitoes. The incense is almost used up as well. If we don't send any more silver, I don't know what to do next month,” Yun Xiang whispered.

Gu Jinzhu thought for a moment, then ordered her to bring up the small wooden case with the lock on it.

The black carved flower was about a foot long, and contained all of her belongings. It was divided into three layers, the top layer being a few pieces of scattered silver. She counted them, and it was only about 20 taels.

The second level was given to her by her grandmother when she was still alive. If it was converted into silver taels, it would probably be no more than a hundred taels.

When the third level was opened, even the man couldn't help but take in a light breath.

”These are all jewelry, all of them extremely exquisite. Bright phoenix head gold hairpin, jade bracelets, white round pearl thumb size East Pearl.”

Gu Jinzhu casually picked up a pair of small golden bracelets, which were obviously worn by girls. They were exquisite in style, with the words' Amity 'carved on the surface of the bracelets.

Her eyes were filled with reluctance. This was jewelry that her grandmother had bought for her since she was young. Every single one of them was worth a lot of money. If she went out to buy them, it would be worth quite a bit of money.

However, every piece of jewelry here was carefully chosen by her grandmother. Although some of them were already worn out, she definitely wouldn't be willing to take them out. Every piece of jewelry was just a thought.

She would not touch what her grandmother had left for her unless she had to.

She thought for a moment, then took out a few taels of silver, closed the box, and said to Yun Xiang, ”Take this with you to buy some incense and some ointment for burning wounds caused by you and Su Ju. We'll talk about the rest.”

Yun Xiang waved her hand. ”This servant's wounds are fine for a long time now. I still have some of the medicine left over, so I'll go buy some incense first. Otherwise, the mosquito-infesting young miss won't be able to sleep well at night.”