Chapter 798: Spinoff One, Qian Yiduo_3
Lady Hu and Lady Chen, having heard this, both said with a laugh, "What Mother says makes sense." So each of them donated another five hundred taels of incense money.
Qian Yiduo’s face turned red in an instant; all her stored-up silver combined amounted to only five hundred taels, and she didn’t have it on her. Even if she did, she was unwilling to donate it all. She could only donate a silver note worth one hundred taels from her purse with great pain.
Old Lady Liu had always looked down on Qian Yiduo for her pettiness. Now, seeing that her eldest and third daughters-in-law were so willing to donate five hundred taels each to increase their chances of birthing a son, she was begrudgingly handing over just one hundred taels. With a stern face, she said, "Second daughter-in-law, you are wearing clothes made of court satin, be more generous in your actions."
No matter how broad-minded Qian Yiduo was, upon hearing these words and seeing the mocking glances of her sister-in-law and younger sister-in-law, as well as the servants’ ambiguous expressions, she still felt quite upset. She couldn’t help but her eyes redden, wanting to cry but not daring to, she had to forcefully hold it in.
Second Lady Liu knew Eldest Madam was intentionally squeezing her daughter-in-law but also knew that Old Lady Liu was biased toward the eldest branch, so even if she was angry, she dared not speak out.
That evening, Qian Yiduo, a great shame upon her, recounted the incident to Liu Zhongliang, "Second Master, I’m sorry, I’ve embarrassed you again..."
Liu Zhongliang, upon hearing this, got up, went to his study, and handed her a foreign lacquer gilded box, saying with a smile, "Here, this will be your dowry from now on, use it however you like."
There were two layers in the box. Qian Yiduo pulled open the first layer and found ten neatly arranged silver ingots, with a stack of five gold bars at the very back. When she pulled open the second layer, there was a stack of silver notes; counting them, there were two thousand taels of silver in total.
Qian Yiduo was astonished and hesitant to accept it. She pushed the box back, saying, "Second Master, if you give me so much money and our parents-in-law find out, they will be angry."