The ladies of the Yue and Yang Families sent requests to visit Jincui Garden, wishing to express their gratitude.
They were coming to thank Yunzhao for her gifts.
It would have been improper for Yunzhao to refuse them, but the weather was so hot. She sent Nanny Yu to make a personal trip, telling the Grand Dowagers of both families not to exhaust themselves traveling back and forth. After all, both boys' mothers were with their husbands at their respective posts and couldn't possibly rush back from thousands of miles away.
This time, Yunzhao had Nanny Yu bring gifts for the two Grand Dowagers as well. Each received a gold-inlaid, jewel-encrusted Jade Ruyi over a foot long. The jade was smooth and lustrous, and the inlaid gems, each the size of a thumbnail, sparkled with a translucent brilliance.
A Jade Ruyi was the perfect, foolproof gift. It was impossible to find fault with such a present.
