"Looking down on me, huh? Why only give a silver note?"
Yan Qing, upon seeing the silver note, was unhappy and immediately snatched it away with a frown to ask his own brother.
The Princess Consort felt somewhat embarrassed, "Sixth brother, it’s not that your sister-in-law didn’t know what your sister-in-law likes. Seeing the gift your sister-in-law sent, it was all very thoughtful. If I were to give some jewelry, she wouldn’t be able to wear it right away, so I thought it would be better to give your sister-in-law silver notes, so she can buy whatever she likes. I absolutely didn’t mean anything else by it."
The Princess Consort had discussed this matter with the Crown Prince, and of course, he knew about it too, but he was more straightforward, directly ignoring Yan Qing and looking towards Xiao Yu.
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Xiao Yu slowly pulled the silver note from Yan Qing’s hand, folded it up happily, and then boldly, under the gaze of her family members, tucked it into her little pouch, "The Crown Prince and Princess Consort are really kind-hearted, knowing that a civilian girl like me is mostly in need of money. Lady is right, giving me jewelry now wouldn’t be practical, and money is much more useful. Hee hee, who doesn’t love money, right? I’m a bit common, I just love money; I’ve made everyone laugh."
Xiao Yu’s nature had become known to everyone present through their time together—open-hearted, not pretentious nor affected, and adorably sincere.
Seeing her put away the money, and even seeming to want more, Yan Qing felt somewhat vexed at her straightforwardness.
"Can’t you hold out a little longer? Ask them for more? Are you really satisfied with just ten thousand taels?"
Xiao Yu gave a sidelong glance and retorted, "Ten thousand taels isn’t enough for you? How greedy can you be?"
"What do you know? The elder brother, the Crown Prince, has plenty of money, and even sister-in-law has quite a few little gold reserves,"
Yan Qing complained with a lack of subtlety, causing everyone to laugh frequently, and Xiao Yu couldn’t help but glare at him, "What do they have to do with you?"
"You, sigh," Yan Qing, exasperated and lacking the energy to retort any further, shook his head, but didn’t forget to say to his own brother, "Brother, you’ve got to treat me better. Look at how down-to-earth and content my silly wife is, not greedy at all, she’s with me on this."
The Crown Prince couldn’t help but shake his head with a mix of laughter and tears. Xiao Yu snorted at him, and just as everyone was about to sit down and start the meal, Xiao Yu seemed to remember something and quickly stood up to leave. She soon came back, carrying in a large jar. Seeing the large jar, the Empress and the Princess Consort were astonished, "You just carried that in? Isn’t it heavy?"
The Emperor and the Crown Prince were also very surprised, while Yan Qing casually remarked, "This one at home is quite strong; carrying a jar is nothing. She can even lift me up with one hand!"
Upon hearing this, everyone was momentarily speechless. Yan Qing realized he had spoken out of turn, but it was too late to correct his mistake as the Crown Prince and the others were already looking at their future sister-in-law (daughter-in-law) with amazement.
Xiao Yu placed the jar on a side table, then opened the lid and let a palace maid bring over a clean large spoon and small wine bottles.
In front of everyone, she poured out some purple-red liquid from the jar, and after filling a wine bottle, she sealed it with a cork.
Then, carrying the wine bottle to the dining table, she poured a cup for everyone before introducing, "This is the grape wine I’ve brewed myself. It’s a fruit wine, not spicy, not harmful to health and if you drink a little regularly, it can even have a beautifying effect. Please try and see if it tastes good?"
There are many types of fruit wines, with grape wine being the most typical. Everyone had tasted it before, but they were all curious about the flavor of Xiao Yu’s brew, so they picked up their cups...