In the afternoon, Ning Qing asked the servants that Jiang Cheng had brought with her to buy a lot of jars to hold various kinds of condiments for her. She gave them two hundred taels of silver and told them to buy all the larger ones. If they didn't have enough money, they could come to her for more. She needed more jars to hold condiments for her aunt and younger sister.
The palace maids and eunuchs received the money from Ning Qing and asked the carriage driver to take them to a shop to buy a large jar for the general's wife. They didn't know how much the jar cost, but since Ning Qing wanted a large jar and it didn't have to be fancy, they chose a shop selling cups and plates that should have some large jars.