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Chapter 531 Giving a Hairpin

Things were getting more and more complicated. She couldn't believe that Madam Tian liked a stepdaughter so much. This stepdaughter was born to her husband and another woman. Even if she loved the house because of the child, it was impossible for her to go to such lengths.

The tips alone can amount to tens of taels of silver.

The waters behind this are truly deep.

In order to build a good relationship with her mother-in-law, Du Mingxian left her a message saying that she would send her fruit every day recently.

The next day, Du Mingxian went to see the old woman again. Lately, it seemed that besides getting along well with the old woman, she had no other way to investigate the cause of Hongguo's death and the matter of Prince Ming.

Some things can't be rushed; the more you rush, the less likely you are to find anything good.

The old woman didn't return home all night and came back from outside in the morning. When she arrived, Du Mingxian had been waiting at the back door for quite a while. She was quite surprised to see her come back from outside. "You didn't come back last night?"

His alcohol tolerance is really low.

The old woman wasn't embarrassed at all. She believed that her relationship with Du Mingxian was now quite good. "It's all because I'm happy. I'm happy drinking with my sister. I drank too much yesterday and didn't go home all night."

"Here, today's fruit." Du Mingxian handed over the basket she was carrying. "Go inside quickly, settle the payment for me in a bit, and then I'll leave."

"Is something urgent?"

"It's nothing serious, I just wanted to go home. Yesterday you said how pitiful you were, so I thought I'd come over early today. I got up really early this morning."

The old woman liked that Du Mingxian spoke to her so directly. "Don't worry, I definitely won't treat you badly. Come in with me, and I'll introduce you to our young lady in a bit."

Du Mingxian was shocked. Could such a thing really happen?

"This isn't quite right. You're a servant of the Tian family, so it's fine for you to go in. I'm just an outsider. Even if you want your young lady to see me, you should have told her about it earlier. If she's happy to see me, then go ahead. But what if she's not? In the end, won't that just make her unhappy?"

"That's true." The old woman was touched and treated the person in front of her like her own sister. "Alright, you're very thoughtful. I'll go back first and send you the silver later. I'll talk to our young lady about it properly later."

"Yes, she must be very beautiful to become the fiancée of the Crown Prince of Ming. I can't wait to get married."

The old woman was very happy. "Okay, you wait here, I'll be out in a bit."

Watching the old woman waddle inside with her things, Du Mingxian sighed deeply. She was quite interested in meeting Miss Tian, ​​but she didn't know if Miss Tian would want to meet her. If she really wanted to make friends with her, she would have found another way long ago, instead of resorting to the path of a servant.

Sure enough, when the old woman came out a short while later, she was holding silver and a silver hairpin.

"Hey little sister, take this."

"What are you doing? Are you trying to use this to pay for the fruit?"

"No, this is for the fruit." The old woman put a purse into Du Mingxian's hand, her cold face turning awkward. "Our young lady has been quite busy lately and hasn't been able to see you. Of course, she really wants to see you. It's not that she can't see you, so she had me bring out a hairpin as a reward for you."

Du Mingxian pushed the bag back into the old woman's hand without taking it. Instead, she looked her up and down. "Auntie, you're very good at dealing with people. I know you don't want to upset me, but I'm just an ordinary person. I know where I stand. It's normal that your young lady doesn't want to see me. She's the daughter of the Tian family, the future heir apparent, and even a princess in the future. She's of noble status. How could a fruit seller like me possibly meet her?"

"If everyone could win Miss Tian's favor with just a little something, and everyone wanted to see Miss Tian, ​​then that would be the end of it."

The old woman burst out laughing upon hearing this, tears welling up in her eyes. "You're so funny. How do you know this hairpin wasn't a gift from our young lady?"

“I can see that,” Du Mingxian explained. “You said your young lady rewarded you with fifty taels of silver, which shows she is a very generous person. Such people usually care about their reputation. If she really wanted to reward me, I wouldn’t be surprised if she took out a gold hairpin. But she took out a silver hairpin, which is not right.”

The old woman nodded, seeing that she had already guessed, so she didn't hide it anymore. "It's like this, after I went in to mention it, our young lady said she was busy and didn't have time to see me. She just told me to bring the fruit properly and didn't say anything else before letting me out."

“We’re acquainted, and I’ve mentioned before that I wanted you to meet Miss. I couldn’t bear to see you so disappointed, so I thought I’d cheer you up. This hairpin was a gift from our mistress.”

After the old woman finished speaking, she forcefully stuffed the hairpin into her hand, saying, "You can take this; it's a gift from me."

"No, no, I don't need these. You can keep them for yourself."

The old woman waved her hand, "Here you go, just take it. Consider it me acknowledging you as my sister."

Du Mingxian hesitated for a moment and said, "It must be very valuable, given by your mistress. You've been serving your young lady for several years now, and you're giving it to me like this. I'm very touched."

"No need. This hairpin does have a special history. Our young master went out to play and didn't come back for a long time. Everyone in the manor was looking for him. In the end, I found him sleeping in a corner of the manor. The madam rewarded me handsomely with this hairpin. I was quite proud of myself in the manor for a while because of this hairpin and I always wore it. I eventually put it away because I was scolded by someone."

"why?"

"Just jealousy, fine, you can keep it."

"Thank you, auntie."

"Good girl."

Du Mingxian was slightly embarrassed. "Then I'll still call you Big Sister. It's not right for you to call me Little Sister and you to call me Auntie."

"It's alright, it's alright. Just call me auntie, and I'll call you sister. Let's keep to ourselves."

"Alright." Seeing that the old woman wasn't in a good state, Du Mingxian said, "Then I'll be going now. You should also go back to your residence and rest for a while. You must be hungover from yesterday and still have no energy today."

"A little, then I'll head back home now."

"it is good."

The two separated. Du Mingxian, holding the hairpin that the old woman had forcibly stuffed into her hand, slowly walked back. Chunfeng had appeared beside Du Mingxian at some point. "Madam, there are people ahead."

When Du Mingxian came to her senses, she realized that she had almost bumped into someone.

"What's wrong, Madam?" Chunfeng asked, worried that Du Mingxian was lost in thought.

Du Mingxian waved her hand, "I just feel like there's something fishy going on with the Tian family."

With Ling Silang not around, Du Mingxian wanted to talk to someone about this, someone she could trust, and Chunfeng was a good fit.

“Miss Tian was found a few years ago. It is said that the male master had a child with another woman, but he didn’t know about the child’s existence. He only brought her back later. Under such circumstances, isn’t it strange that Madam Tian treats Miss Tian very well?”