Chapter 404
The list in the dressing box was actually a list of dowry items. This list was sent by Wei Yuewu’s maternal grandmother according to Wei Yuewu’s request.
It was Wei Yuewu who asked Tu Di, her Eldest Aunt, to ask for it from her maternal grandmother.
It had only been delivered to Wei Yuewu a few days ago. The details of Wei Yuewu’s mother’s dowry and some shops were recorded in it.
However, as Wei Yuewu browsed through the list, there were many things that she could not comprehend. The main reason was that the dowry was so extravagant that it far surpassed her expectations.
Could her maternal grandparents really afford to provide such an excessive dowry?
Wei Yuewu had lived with her maternal grandparents’ family for so many years. Although her maternal grandparents’ family was well-off, there was a gap in terms of wealth between them and the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang in the capital. Her uncles got along pretty well, but it was impossible for them to give so much wealth to her mother as a dowry. Even the dowry of the legitimate daughters of the aristocratic families in the capital would not be in this volume.
In fact, in the list, there were a few shops in the capital. This was so bizarre!
Today, she planned to go out of the mansion to check out the shops.
She had been in the capital for some time now, but she rarely had a chance to leave the mansion. This time, she had a sufficient reason to leave the mansion, and that was to purchase new furniture to replace the ones in her mother’s courtyard that had been destroyed.
Madam Dowager definitely would not stop her from leaving the residence at this time because she had just realized that she had been deceived regarding Wei Yuewu’s mother’s courtyard, and even the furniture had been destroyed.
Sure enough, Shufei returned soon, and Madam Dowager naturally agreed and gave her permission to leave the mansion.
Thus, they went to the courtyard to get the carriage. This time, Wei Yuewu brought Huamo with her, while Jin Ling and Shufei stayed in the mansion.
Old Li, the coachman, had been waiting by the carriage. When he saw Wei Yuewu coming over, he hurriedly came over and bowed respectfully.
Wei Yuewu stepped on a small stool and got into the carriage. After that, Huamo also jumped into the carriage. Old Li raised the whip skillfully and drove the carriage out of the mansion.
The carriage stopped at the entrance of a gold shop. Wei Yuewu did not get off the carriage. She observed the shop from inside the carriage, and her watery eyes became more profound when she saw the eight door frames of the shop.
There was definitely something unusual with her mother’s dowry.
Could her maternal family really afford to give her mother such a huge gold shop on the bustling street of the capital as her dowry? Even though she wasn’t sure about her maternal grandparents’ family’s actual wealth, Wei Yuewu felt that it was impossible for her maternal grandparents to give such an eight-room shop to her mother as a dowry.
She chose to check out this gold shop called “Xian Hall” because Old Li told her that the shop was very famous in the capital. It was said that the price of gold jewelry would immediately rise once it was engraved with the word “Xian”. It was one of the best gold shops in the capital city.
How could such a gold shop be the dowry of her mother, who was from a remote and small place?
Even the daughter of a prominent family in the capital could not have such a prosperous shop as her dowry. The shop itself could be said as representing the prestige and foundation of a big family!
“Miss, don’t you think the shop is a little too big?” Huamo was also looking out of the window. She looked up at the three-story building and exclaimed, “Is this really a shop from our mansion? Why haven’t I heard of it before? The mansion actually owns such a big shop!”
These words made Wei Yuewu’s heart skip a beat. She suddenly realized a question that she hadn’t thought of. Indeed, she had never heard the people in the mansion talk about such a big shop. Did they ignore its existence, or was it because of other reasons?
“Miss, do you want to go down and have a look?” Huamo asked in a low voice when she saw that Wei Yuewu was deep in thought.
“Let’s go!” Wei Yuewu nodded. Since she was here, she wanted to go in and see what was going on with her mother’s dowry list!
Huamo jumped down from the carriage first. Wei Yuewu held Huamo’s hand and was about to jump down when the horse of a carriage beside theirs suddenly rushed to them and bumped into their carriage.
Old Li desperately wanted to drive the carriage away, but he failed to react in time and the horse of the other carriage crashed into their horse. Wei Yuewu lost her balance due to the crash and fell to the ground.
Aghast, Huamo quickly rushed forward to catch Wei Yuewu. However, the carriage had deviated from the previous position, so Huamo couldn’t catch Wei Yuewu, and she shrieked in shock.
At the side, a hand suddenly reached over as if wanting to catch Wei Yuewu. Unfortunately, Wei Yuewu fell too fast, so the woman, who was the owner of the hand, fell with her.
However, thanks to the woman, Wei Yuewu only staggered two steps. She immediately grabbed the reins of the horse beside her and stabilized herself.
“Miss, are you okay?” Huamo rushed over and supported Wei Yuewu. Her face was pale with fright.
“I-I-I am fine!” Wei Yuewu was also appalled by the incident. Her clear eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist because of the shock. At this moment, she looked even more beautiful than a flower.
A low sound of surprise came from the carriage that had crashed over Wei Yuewu’s carriage. The curtain was lifted. Wei Yuewu looked at Wen Tianyao who was sitting in the carriage in shock. Wen Tianyao sighed in dismay. He left the palace because he was too bored in the Crown Prince Mansion, but he didn’t expect to bump into her now.
“Sixth Miss Wei!” Wen Tianyao looked at Wei Yuewu’s pale face and unconsciously frowned. He looked at the coachman.
The coachman was so scared that he was about to kneel down, but a keen bodyguard on the side immediately stopped him. The Crown Prince left the palace in secret, so he didn’t want anyone to know he was there.
“Greetings, Eldest Young Master Wen!” Wei Yuewu glanced at the bodyguard and politely bowed to Wen Tianyao.
She couldn’t understand what the Crown Prince was thinking. Instead of staying in the comfortable Crown Prince Mansion, he preferred to hang around. Wei Yuewu felt that she often ran into the Crown Prince whenever she left the mansion.
It had to be said that His Highness had left the palace too frequently!
“Sixth Miss Wei, are you going to take a look at this shop?” Wen Tianyao didn’t get off the carriage. He only pointed at the gold shop on the side of the carriage and asked. A faint smile appeared on his face. He originally had something to ask Wei Yuewu, but he didn’t expect to meet her at this time. Their encounter made him feel pleasant.
“Yes, I am.” Wei Yuewu nodded honestly. She originally wanted to get off the carriage, so she had nothing to hide.
“Let’s go in together then. Coincidentally, I have something to ask you,” Wen Tianyao said with a gentle smile after getting off the carriage. Then, he turned around and walked into Xian Hall with his people.
Wei Yuewu hesitated for a moment. Instead of following Wen Tianyao into the shop, she turned her gaze to the other side to see the woman who had helped her just now. The woman got up from the floor with difficulty. To Wei Yuewu’s surprise, the woman was actually a nun in her fifties.
“A-A-Are you alright?” Wei Yuewu came over and asked softly.
Huamo hurriedly went up to help the woman up. It seemed that the nun was injured because she was limping, but she donned a friendly and polite smile. “I’m fine.”
“No, you’re not!” Wei Yuewu observed her, who couldn’t even walk properly. She knew that the nun had been injured in the leg, but she couldn’t tell how serious her injury was, so she asked Old Li anxiously, “Is there a medical center nearby?”
Among them, Old Li was most familiar with the facilities of the capital.
“Miss, there is a medical center not far ahead!” Old Li thought for a moment and answered, “It is at the corner in front.”
“Let’s go and see the doctor.” Wei Yuewu came over and helped the nun to get in the carriage.
“Miss, I’m fine. I don’t have to see the doctor.” The nun shook her head with a smile and refused. She seemed to want to force herself to show that she was fine, but as soon as she put her foot on the ground and propped herself up, sweat immediately appeared on her forehead.
“It’s okay. Just go over and let the doctor check your injury.” Wei Yuewu insisted.
“B-B-But the Young Master is waiting for you, Miss. I have taken up your time. I can go by myself. It should not be a big problem!” The nun was still refusing.
“He was the one who caused the accident, so he should wait!” Wei Yuewu insisted. Her watery eyes swept towards Xian Hall’s door and saw that Wen Tianyao was looking at her. Because he was standing with his back to the light, she could not see the expression on his face clearly.
Indeed, the accident occurred because Wen Tianyao’s carriage crashed into hers. Wei Yuewu felt that Wen Tianyao was a reasonable person, and he would not turn a blind eye to the nun who had fallen to the ground.
Seeing that Wei Yuewu was so persistent, the nun said a few more words and was finally taken to a nearby medical center by Wei Yuewu.
After the doctor checked on the nun, he said that she had sprained her ankle, but it was not serious, and she would recover after resting for some time. The doctor applied an ointment and bandage on the nun’s foot, gave her the ointment, and let them go back.
Seeing her like this, Wei Yuewu didn’t want the nun to go back on her own. “Madam, which nunnery are you from? I’ll send you back.”
Wei Yuewu looked at the nun, who was pale from the pain but did not say a word, and asked softly.
“It’s not quite far away. It’s okay. I can go back by myself!” The nun politely refused again.
“No, you can’t walk like this. It’s not serious, but if you sprain your ankle again, it will cause more injury to your bone, and it will be more inconvenient then!”
The doctor advised the nun since he was the one who understood her condition best.
“Let my coachman send you back. After all, you were injured to save me.” Wei Yuewu had already made up her mind to let Old Li send the nun back. Although her voice was soft this time, her tone was determined.
“But…” The nun hesitated.
“Madam, which nunnery are you from?” Wei Yuewu asked again, confused by the nun’s attitude. How could she insist on going back on her own when her leg was hurt to this extent? Did she not feel the pain?
Moreover, the nun didn’t ask for anything from her. This was really too strange!
What made her even more curious was that the direction the nun came out from was actually that gold shop called Xian Hall. Why did a nun go to a gold shop? What was she doing there?
“I-I- am from Plum Blossom Nunnery,” the nun stammered…
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