Liang Ying laughed, “Then I really owe you one.”

Her signing gesture caused the shopkeeper who was leading the way to unconsciously look over again.

As Qingzhi said, after they sat down, servants brought over excellent tea, and the shopkeeper also instructed people to bring over the jewelry Qingzhi had chosen yesterday.

“Sister-in-law, choose quickly.”

Liang Ying wasn’t particularly interested in these things, but for Qingzhi’s sake, she did pick a few. Every time she picked one up, the shopkeeper would gush about it.

So after casually picking up two pieces and putting them down, Liang Ying pulled Qingzhi’s sleeve. When Qingzhi looked over, she gestured, “I want to see jade pendants.”

“Jade pendants?” Qingzhi was slightly puzzled, but didn’t think much of it, and immediately asked the shopkeeper to prepare them.  Soon, many jade pendants were brought over.

This time Liang Ying chose more carefully, until a jade pendant caught her attention. When she picked it up, she didn’t know what she touched, but the originally whole jade pendant suddenly split, startling her.

“Madam has excellent taste.” The shopkeeper chuckled again, “This jade pendant can be put together, but it can also be separated into two.” Saying so, he separated the cracked jade pendant completely, and it indeed became two jade pendants of different shapes.

Liang Ying’s eyes lit up.

“You see,” seeing her interest, the shopkeeper introduced in more detail, “The two carp on this jade pendant, when combined, form the Yin and Yang Bagua pattern.”

Liang Ying was already interested, but now she was even more satisfied. After taking it from him, she played with it in her hand, and the texture felt top-notch.

She looked at Qingzhi, and without needing words, Qingzhi understood, “Want to buy it?”

Liang Ying nodded.

Zhou Qingzhi immediately sat up straight, “Okay, this one. Boss, wrap it up, I’ll pay later…”

Before she finished speaking, Liang Ying quickly stopped her.

She knew Qingzhi was going to pay for it, but she wanted to buy it herself, “Usually, it’s your brother who gives me gifts,” she gestured, “This time, I want to buy it for him.”

Zhou Qingzhi had an expression of being overwhelmed by her sweetness, “Okay, okay, let’s not disrupt your marital bliss.”  She then gestured to the shopkeeper to take it aside, and then complained to Liang Ying, “But this won’t do. You’ve come to the capital, I have to be the host at least once. You have to pick another one!”

Liang Ying couldn’t refuse her, so she agreed. Just as they were talking, a servant came over and said something to the shopkeeper. After listening, the shopkeeper apologized to them with a smile, “Madam Lin, I have some other things to deal with, let Kong Er continue to accompany you.”

Zhou Qingzhi didn’t make things difficult, waving her hand, “Go, go.”

The shopkeeper left, but he left a clever young man to serve them.

Liang Ying finally chose a gold bracelet, causing Qingzhi to laugh beside her, “Sister-in-law, our tastes are so alike! When I saw it yesterday, I thought you would like it, so I specifically asked the shopkeeper to keep it for me.”

Liang Ying chuckled.

The Zhou family always valued feelings. At first, Liang Ying would feel embarrassed to receive favors, but later she found that everyone didn’t mind, so she gradually got used to it.

So now that Qingzhi insisted on buying it, Liang Ying didn’t politely refuse and chose one she liked.

“Let’s put it on directly.” Qingzhi reached out and helped Liang Ying put it on, “Kong Er, add it to my account later.”

“Yes!” Kong Er, who had made the sale, also smiled happily.

The gold bracelet was a double ring, delicate and small, very suitable for Liang Ying’s skin tone. The embedded gemstones were not overly exaggerated, but just right, complementing each other perfectly.

Qingzhi kept praising it. As they were talking, they suddenly heard a commotion outside.

“Didn’t I say it hasn’t been sold yet? Why can’t I look at it? Do I have to pick what others have left? Is this the room?”

It was a delicate female voice, very pleasant, but with an undisguised and unhidden arrogance. When she said the last sentence, one could hear that she had arrived at the door of their private room.

Liang Ying and Qingzhi looked at each other, and the next moment, without even knocking, the door of the private room was pushed open.

It was just a small servant who pushed the door open. Liang Ying looked at the woman in green behind him. She looked about fourteen or fifteen years old, beautiful, and Liang Ying felt vaguely familiar when she looked at her.

Without thinking too much, she heard the shopkeeper apologizing, “I’m so sorry, I’ve disturbed your enjoyment.”

As the boss, he feared this kind of situation most. Liang Ying saw that although he was apologizing, he didn’t have any intention of asking the woman who had barged in to leave, guessing that the woman’s family background must be quite high.

“So it’s you! It’s Madam Lin.” The girl spoke, and even though she was facing someone several years older than herself, there was no sign of respect or politeness in her tone.

Clearly a spoiled child.

But the one standing next to Liang Ying was also a spoiled child.

“I was just thinking,” Sure enough, Qingzhi spoke, “This Linglong Building really has no standards, anyone as vulgar as a country bumpkin can come in. Oh, it’s Miss Xue!” She covered her mouth, “I’m so rude.”

She said she was rude, but her expression showed no sign of rudeness.

Only when Liang Ying heard that the woman’s surname was Xue did she suddenly realize why she felt familiar. She was somewhat similar to the Empress.

“You… a mere Hanlin’s wife, dare to talk to me like that?” The woman was clearly rarely disobeyed, and her voice was somewhat exasperated.

When Liang Ying heard that the other party was from the Xue family, she grabbed Zhou Qingzhi’s hand.

The Xue family was now at the peak of power in the court, and with the Empress’s connection, offending them at this time was not wise.

Qingzhi was loved by everyone in the Zhou family, and the Zhou family was a wealthy family in the local area, no one dared to offend them, so she had always had a smooth sailing life.

She originally wanted to argue with this impolite girl, but her hand was held by Liang Ying. Because she didn’t want to cause trouble for her sister-in-law, she could only suppress her temper.