Don't panic, my mother and I are dressed as Houfu mother-in-law and daughter-in-law!

Chapter 108
Gu Qingyou looked at the items on the counter one by one, and found a small cloisonne box with a price tag of more than 30 taels.

He held it in his hand and opened it, and saw that it was filled with a layer of lard-like ointment. He smelled a faint fragrance of gardenia, so he asked the clerk next to him, "What is this? It has no color, so it must not be rouge, right?"

"Madam has good eyesight. This is a newly launched lip balm in our store. It is dry in winter. You only need to apply a thin layer on your lips to keep them moisturized all day."

Seeing that Gu Qingyou couldn't put it down, he said again: "This box was ordered by a young lady, but she didn't come to pick it up after a while, so she put it on the counter again for display."

"That's it."

Gentlemen don't take what others like, so Gu Qingyou gently put the box back, and smiled at the clerk: "Since it was made by someone else, then wait a little longer, maybe there is something delaying it."

The clerk is also very good at doing business. Seeing this, he hurriedly took out a pen and paper, and said to Gu Qingyou: "If Madam likes it, you might as well leave your name and address. When the new product arrives in the store, I will send it to your house immediately."

Gu Qingyou declined his kindness: "No need, I don't use these too much, you do your work first, I'll take a look by myself."

The clerk didn't bother, bowed and retreated after hearing this, and went to entertain other customers.

Gu Qingyou licked his lips, and took another look at the box of lip gloss. It was a good thing, but unfortunately it was packed in a box. When using it, he needed to apply it on his mouth with his fingertips. Thinking of the sticky feeling on his hands, She shook her head, if only it could be as tubeless as modern lipstick.

After turning around, I found that although there are many things here, but there are only a few functions, nothing more than a slight difference in quality, price and packaging.

"Young Madam, Madam asked you to come in."

Shuang Jiang poked his head out from behind the curtain, his cheeks were bulging, like a little hamster.

Gu Qingyou didn't feel it was funny, she put down the things in her hands and walked over, "Didn't you finish all the snacks?"

"Hey, I don't need money anyway~" Shuangjiang said while spreading his palms, revealing two pieces of red bean cakes, "Although it's free, it's quite delicious, so I can't help but eat a few more pieces."

"It's okay, let's eat, let's buy a few more boxes of powder, the snack money is enough."

Seeing her enter the room, Xue Lan picked up a few boxes and handed them to her: "Come and try which fragrance smells better? After choosing for a long time, my nose is about to fail."

"If you like it, buy more and use it in rotation."

Gu Qingyou put down the box in her right hand: "This one smells a bit sweet at the back, and spring is about to begin. The weather is hotter, I'm afraid the sweetness will be even stronger."

"Then don't want this."

Xue Lan looked at the remaining few, and finally asked the shopkeeper to pack them together: "I want these, just take them away, and you deduct the money for the packing box from me."

The shopkeeper paused, and said with a dry smile: "Madam, our boxes are all provided for free, and it would be great to go back and pack some small items."

"The wool comes from the sheep, not to mention that I don't lack boxes, so you go and settle the score."

The shopkeeper was obviously a little embarrassed, but he didn't dare to say anything. He went out and came back soon, and sent a list: "Madam, remove the box, the total is 410 seven taels."

Xue Lan took the list and looked at it: "Isn't there a discount for buying so much? It's only four hundred."

After saying that, he asked Shuangjiang to go to Zhang Yong to get the silver ticket.

"This……"

It was the first time Xu met a customer who came here to negotiate the price. The shopkeeper looked embarrassed, "We all clearly marked the price, and the owner would even ask if there is any less. Look..."

Xue Lan let out a groan, and got up and went out: "Forget it, I'll go to the next door to have a look."

"Wait a minute, ma'am, look at this. If you are too small, you dare not make a decision. If you want, I will give you a zero, 410 taels?"

Xue Lan said decisively: "It's only four hundred, and I don't want any more."

Gu Qingyou also helped to speak: "To be honest, there are so many shops outside, and any one of them has a hot sale, so you just make the boxes more refined, and the price-performance ratio is really not high."

The shopkeeper also knows how to be flexible, seeing that there is no room for bargaining, he said kindly: "Our Zhiyunzhai is a century-old store, and the goods are not comparable to those of other wild stores... This time, I will wrap up the small ones for you first. Alright, Madam, please help us to publicize one or two."

Xue Lan was satisfied: "This is natural."

While the shopkeeper was out to pack, Shuang Jiang wrapped up the remaining half plate of dim sum with a handkerchief and put it into his sleeve, and said confidently, "This is our wool, we can't keep a single piece of it for him!"

Gu Qingyou was amused by her: "Okay, you go to Uncle Zhang to get the bank note, we should go back."

As a result, Zhang Yong came in, but brought a surprising news.

While waiting outside just now, a servant came and sent him a post, saying that the concubine Sui had invited the ladies into the palace to attend a tea party.

Concubine Sui is an iron queen's party, and her status in the palace is second only to Concubine Meng.

Xue Lan's first reaction was to refuse.

Xue Shi has never been welcomed by nobles in the palace, this post is mostly out of favor, it is not good to leave her behind among the officials and wives, she does not want to make fun of herself.

Gu Qingyou felt strange, didn't you say that you can't attend the banquet if you are in mourning at home?Sui Concubine could justifiably skip the Ningguo Mansion, but still someone sent a post, obviously it was intentional, I'm afraid it's not easy to refuse.

Xue Lan opened the post to look at it, and also felt puzzled: "Concubine Sui said in the post that she was afraid that I would be unhappy after Song Lian's death, so I specially invited you to go there, just to relax."

To be able to monopolize a branch in the harem when the Empress and Concubine Meng have been stalemate for many years, this Sui Concubine is not an easy character.

At the moment the queen is lying in bed and Concubine Meng Gui is under house arrest, but she has tried her best to invite all the officials and wives to drink tea, and her intentions are somewhat intriguing.

Fortunately, Xue Lan never thought of standing in line. She was also dissatisfied with Meng Yan's design when dealing with the Meng family before, so she made up her mind to pretend to be deaf and dumb after entering the palace.

But after seeing the words below the post, Xue Lan couldn't continue to calm down: "What the hell is this Concubine Sui going to do? She also specifically asked me to take you into the palace by name in the post, saying that I would let all the ladies know each other?"

She couldn't figure it out, and Gu Qingyou was even more confused about the situation: "Who doesn't know that the relationship between our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is frozen, why do you want to see me all of a sudden?"

I don't know what these ancient people were thinking about in their stomachs.

In the past, Mrs. Xue had never brought Mrs. Gu to any banquet. Everyone knew about the messy affairs of the Duke's Mansion, and they were too lazy to get involved. Mrs. Xue would never mention Mrs. Gu in front of Mrs. Xue.

Now Xue Lan didn't want to go even more: "Those women in the harem are full every day, and if they can't keep them all, what kind of bad water is there? Whoever wants to go will go!"

But the post has already been delivered, and the date is tomorrow, even if it is too late to refuse, the joyful mood of just shopping is gone.

Gu Qingyou picked up the post she had thrown on the ground, and said in a low voice: "You said, will it be because of Concubine Meng?"

(End of this chapter)