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"Princess Rui'an, don't you think you're playing favorites too much? When the Second Prince's Consort got married, the gifts you added to her dowry weren't nearly this sumptuous. Are you looking down on the Second Prince's Consort? Do you think her background is inferior, therefore you're trying to curry favor and presenting such lavish gifts for the princess while you were so stingy with the Second Prince's Consort?" Jealousy filled Chu Die as she looked at the sets of jewelry and beautifully wrapped gift boxes on the long table.

Princess Rui'an had urged her to buy a painting by Master Shi as a gift for Princess Wanru which cost her 2,000 taels!

This caused quite a fuss with her sister-in-law, reducing her dowry to a pitiful amount! Because of the lack of dowry, she had been ridiculed by her younger sisters-in-law and her mother-in-law once she got married.

Now, Princess Rui'an's gifts for Shangguan Wanru alone amounted to nearly 1,000 taels just for the jewelry!