The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law-Chapter 962 - 956: What is Gu Youyou Going to Do?

Gu Youyou understood the rules here, she immediately took out some silver notes, handing one worth a thousand silver to each on-duty palace maiden. The palace maidens hurriedly assisted her up and down, and they finally gathered everything needed before the doors closed.

"Miss, that’s five thousand silver gone." Xiang Chun felt heartbroken; as a maid, she only earned four silver a month, and that was because she was the head maid. The second and third-tier maids didn’t even earn four silver, and here were five thousand silver that she could never earn in her lifetime!

Gu Youyou said, "It’s only a small amount of money. Just with this dress I’m wearing, I can earn back double the silver."

Gu Youyou and Xiang Chun, after the evening meal, returned with a bunch of colorful scraps, and were again ridiculed by others.

Xiang Chun couldn’t bear it and began arguing with them.

Gu Youyou ignored it altogether and went to eat.

Time was limited, and they couldn’t go to bed too early.

...

The Empress had people keeping an eye on Gu Youyou the whole time, and someone went to report to her now.

"What is she trying to make?"

The palace maiden replied, "Replying to Your Majesty, this servant doesn’t know. She took a lot of fabric, a big bunch of colorful scraps, and it’s hard to tell what she intends to do."

"A massive bunch of colorful fabric?" the Empress turned to nursemaid Li.

Nursemaid Li lowered her voice and said, "Your Majesty, it seems she is trying to puzzle others intentionally, by taking an assortment of things so that no one can guess what she’s up to."

The Empress thought for a moment, then asked, "Did she take any silk threads?"

The palace maiden replied, "She took some, but not much, I guess it’s not for embroidery."

Nursemaid Li added, "Your Majesty, I’ve inquired, and she doesn’t know how to embroider."

"Ha..." the Empress chuckled and said, "Then what is she trying to make? Clothes? But how can she make any clothes in such a short time? If there’s no embroidery, it won’t match the spring theme, and if the clothes lack sophisticated embroidery, who knows how it will look."

Nursemaid Li also laughed, saying, "Her expertise lies in medical skills and painting, which are precisely what we don’t compete in."

"Indeed," the Empress smiled, "But we shouldn’t be careless either. Have someone keep a close eye."

"Yes, Your Majesty." After thinking, nursemaid Li added, "Your Majesty, if necessary, should we..."

The Empress raised her hand and said, "No, we tried to stop her from registering last time and suffered for it. She’s followed by capable people, newly entered the palace. We mustn’t startle the snake; let’s just wait and see. Besides... those young girls are not to be underestimated; we won’t have to lift a finger, someone else surely will."

Meanwhile, Jin Zijin also received a report.

"Doctor Gu took many pieces of fabric; it’s unclear what she intends to do. Your Highness, should we..."

"No need," Jin Zijin said. "She knows what she’s doing. Just keep an eye on those who might want to cause trouble."

But can those who intend to sabotage really be watched all the time?

The next day very early in the morning, Gu Youyou and Xiang Chun were shocked.

The fabric she had taken was initially intact, but now it was all cut into pieces.

Xiang Chun burst into tears and cried out, "Who did this? Miss, we must report this to Noble Consort Sheng, we must inform the Empress Dowager."

The young girls in the same room showed signs of fear, standing beside their own beds, at a loss.

"No... it wasn’t me, don’t look at me like that," said one young girl.

Gu Youyou scanned their faces one by one, merely snorted with laughter, and said nothing.