Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress-Chapter 1290 - 1296: Found Him (4)

Xiang Yun looked up in surprise, "What are you doing?"

Mo Zili said with a gentle smile, "You are my wife, and I haven’t bought you a gift yet. I personally picked out this set of jewelry for you. Do you like it?"

Xiang Yun lowered her head to look at the exquisite pink pearl headdress. For some reason, she thought of Du Wanqing’s purple orchid jade jewelry, and a surge of resentment welled up inside her. She snapped the box closed and handed it back, saying coldly, "Keep this to give to someone else; I don’t like it!"

Mo Zili, who was smiling at the corners of his mouth, expecting to see her delighted like a little girl, had not anticipated such a reaction. He didn’t take the box, instead he said in stunned disappointment, "These are the latest designs from Zhenbao Pavilion, you don’t like them?"

"Yes, I don’t like them," said Xiang Yun indifferently.

A trace of disappointment crossed Mo Zili’s face, and he forced a smile, "Tell me what you like, and I will go buy it for you."

Upon hearing this, images of the heart-wrenching purple orchid jade jewelry flashed through Xiang Yun’s mind. She lifted the corners of her mouth in a mocking smile and said coldly, "The jewelry I liked has already been sold. I don’t like the rest!"

With that, she tossed the pink pearl headdress back into Mo Zili’s arms and turned to enter the room.

Mo Zili stood there, frowning, then after a while he called to Cheng Cai, "Go to Zhenbao Pavilion and find out what kind of jewelry the Young Madam likes, and whether they can make another set of that jewelry, no matter the cost."

Cheng Cai agreed and left, while Mo Zili, looking in the direction where Xiang Yun disappeared, stepped toward the room.

Inside the room, Xiang Yun took off her cloak and sat on the kang, furious. Cui Wen brought her some tea, saying cautiously, "Young Madam, your attitude just now was too harsh. Regardless, the Young Master had good intentions in buying you a gift. Even if you didn’t want it, you didn’t have to show such disrespect!"

Xiang Yun replied with a cold laugh, "What do you know? Back then, he bought Du Wanqing a set of purple orchid jade face decorations worth over seven thousand taels, but the most he spent on what he bought for me was three thousand taels. It’s clear that I’m not even half as important to him as she is."

Outside the door, Mo Zili had just reached the entrance and was about to lift the curtain to enter when he overheard Xiang Yun’s words. He stopped in his tracks, his hand that was about to lift the curtain slowly lowered.

He realized he hadn’t been fully considerate. He had only thought of buying her a gift to win her favor, forgetting that there was still a difference between expensive and cheap gifts. It wasn’t that he begrudged the money for Xiang Yun; it was simply that he no longer had any money.

He hadn’t yet taken office and had no salary. All his silver came from the monthly stipend given to the younger generation in the mansion. His temperament was detached, and he had none of the vices like cockfighting and visiting pleasure streets like other young masters, so his expenses were not large. Therefore, he’d saved his monthly stipend, and with the additional gifts from elders during holidays and festivals, he had managed to amass over twenty thousand taels of silver over more than ten years.

However, all this silver had been spent on Du Wanqing, buying her and her mother’s freedom, settling them into the An family, purchasing that invaluable set of jewelry for her, and paying off the damages for the incident at Mi Fangzhai. What was left was a little over three thousand taels. Essentially, he had used all the money he had to buy this set of jewelry for her, only to have it backfire and make her angry!

After this incident, he lost the courage to see her, only hoping that Cheng Cai would come back soon to find out which piece of jewelry she truly liked, so he could buy it back and redeem himself.

However, when night fell, Cheng Cai returned, his face full of distress as he said to Mo Zili, "Young Master, I’ve found out."

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