Transmigrator meets Reincarnator

Ch. 48 A Growing Distance

Chu Lian didn’t know that her decision to bestow rewards to keep her courtyard peaceful had calmed the fire in the heart of one of her maidservants.

When everyone received their silver hairpins and rings, their faces filled with pleasant surprise.

One by one, the servants inspected their rewards and immediately realized that these were no ordinary accessories.

Firstly, the craftsmanship was excellent. Secondly, their designs were so lovely that they couldn’t bear to sell them off.

For servants of an estate, the majority of them could only wear roughly made silver earrings. Their finest jewellery were those same types of earrings engraved with a few simple patterns. However, the accessories that Third Young Madam had bestowed upon them were completely different.

These earrings were perfectly sized, and there were many different shapes: three-leaf clovers, hearts… there were also some other patterns that they didn’t know the names for, but regardless, all of the earrings looked beautiful!

Some of the younger and more vain maidservants immediately put them on.

These accessories looked so exquisitely made, surely only the capital’s Cuiyin Pavilion could have made them!

Third Young Madam had really spent a lot of effort on this reward.

Initially, the servants had thought that there was no future in serving the third branch of the He Family. Third Young Madam didn’t have much status, and was merely a young lady from the Ying Estate known for bearing sons. She didn’t seem to have any other redeeming qualities that had brought her into the Jing’an Estate. And just a few days after their marriage, Third Young Master had left, so the servants became even less diligent in carrying out their duties.

However, based on Third Young Madam’s gifts today and Miss Xiyan’s words, they would definitely work harder from now on.

Getting silver accessories as rewards wasn’t something very common amongst the servants. Taking Baicha’s mother as an example, although she had served in the Jing’an Estate for her whole life, she had only gotten two or three pieces of silver accessories. Those had been bestowed by the old madam only when she had gotten married.

The servants who had gotten their rewards dispersed happily.

When Xiyan was done with the distribution, she reported to Chu Lian in the study.

Chu Lian set down the account book in her hands and stood up. She picked up the case next to her and walked out to the outer room before calling Senior Servant Zhong, Senior Servant Gui and her four handmaids to her.

She pushed the case towards them. “I had these prepared specially for all of you. You’re my most trusted servants, so I couldn’t possibly miss your share of rewards!”

Fuyan had been wondering why all the lower classed servants had gotten rewards, while she and the other personal maidservants hadn’t gotten a single thing.

She hadn’t thought that Third Young Madam had already prepared their share and was waiting to pass it to them.

Fuyan had seen all the silver accessories being handed out. They were finely made and their designs were beautiful and novel. Even just looking at them, she found it difficult to hold back her desire.