TFWYH – Chapter 889 The Princess Faints

Ling Yue: “Uh…”

The Shadow Master rubbed his nose and said cautiously, “I’m helping Yue’er carry her things.”

He could sense that Ling Yu didn’t like him.

But he had no idea why, and he certainly didn’t dare ask.

Ling Yu looked at him indifferently, a hint of disdain in his eyes.

He was really annoyed. Just looking at that foolish expression made him uncomfortable. He wanted to punch him.

“Ahem… a guest is still a guest.” Tang Wan sensed the gloomy aura radiating from the handsome man beside her and quickly changed the subject. “What are you carrying?”

“Good stuff.” Ling Yue had the Shadow Master put down the large bundle and beckoned to Tang Wan. “Sister-in-law, come take a look. These are all rough stones with pretty good quality that I picked out.”

Rough stones?

Tang Wan raised an eyebrow and pulled Ling Yu over.

The cloth bundle was opened, revealing more than twenty rough stones of various sizes.

The largest were about the size of two basketballs, while the smallest were roughly the size of an adult fist.

Among them was a half-cut rough stone about the size of a basketball. The jade exposed on its surface was emerald green, clear, lustrous, and flawless.

It was none other than the legendary Imperial Green jade.

Tang Wan stared silently at the stone.

“…If this isn’t just a small section on the edge, then we’ve struck it rich.”

“Right? Haha…” Ling Yue patted the rough stone proudly. “I picked it.”

All those days of desperately cramming her head with knowledge about rough stones hadn’t been wasted. She had been reading books until midnight every day.

She had even lost quite a bit of weight from studying jade gambling.

“Why did you bring all these back?” Ling Yu asked as well.

Ling Yue answered matter-of-factly, “The gambling-stone shop opens tomorrow, of course I had to bring some good material back in advance for Mother and Sister-in-law!”

Tang Wan: “…You really didn’t have to!”

“It’s fine. There are still plenty of stones at the shop. Brother Gesang went to the northern border again. These are all the good materials I picked myself. In a moment, I’ll have Brother Jue cut them open. I’ll give some to you and send some to Mother.”

Ling Yue had everything arranged perfectly.

The Shadow Master somehow produced tools for cutting the rough stones.

In ancient times, there were no stone-cutting machines. Instead, horse-tail and horse-mane cords were used as saw blades, with sand and water continuously added while the “saw” was pulled back and forth to cut the gambling stones.

This method was extremely labor-intensive and time-consuming.

But there was no other choice. Besides this wire-cutting method, there was only wheel cutting.

Fortunately, the Shadow Master was extremely capable, doing the work of several people by himself.

Under Ling Yue’s instructions, he first cut open the half-exposed Imperial Green jade.

The lustrous, translucent jade was about the size of two adult fists. Under the sunlight, it shimmered faintly and looked exceptionally beautiful.

Ling Yue was delighted and continued working with the Shadow Master to process the remaining stones.

A-Da, A-Er, and the others also hurried over to help.

After staying for a while, Tang Wan and Ling Yu left for the medical clinic.

The mountain estate needed to recruit staff, so Tang Wan simply hung a sign outside the clinic listing all the vacant positions.

She had discussed it with Ling Yu. If they could recruit enough people, that would be ideal. If not, they would buy servants.

Not long after the sign went up, several people came to apply. Most of them were married women.

That made sense. Women were treated very unfairly in this era.

Most women from ordinary families couldn’t find work and could only depend on their husbands.

Tang Wan was about to properly interview and assess them when an older palace matron hurried over.

“Princess Weng Nai, Your Highness, you’re here! That’s wonderful!”

Tang Wan frowned. “Who are you?”

“I…” The matron began, then stopped herself. She looked around before moving closer to Tang Wan and whispering, “I’m a senior palace attendant serving the Princess Royal. Her Highness has fainted. Princess, please, please come and take a look at her.”