Chapter 107 Idle Mind

Chen Wan was of noble status. She was not only the daughter of Duke Dingguo Shen Ji, but also the future Crown Princess of Prince Jingbei. Her visit to the Zhao Mansion in the Hanlin Academy was to bring honor to the Zhao Mansion.

After entering the Zhao Mansion, not long after, Mrs. Zhao and Miss Zhao came to greet them.

Madam Zhao asked, “Why did Miss Shen Er come to our Zhao family?”

Shen Wan looked at Miss Zhao Ru and said, "Miss Zhao was injured while defending me at Qingfeng Pavilion. It is only logical that I should come and visit her."

Zhao Ru shook her head and said, "Miss Shen Er helped me first, I just said something fair and didn't help much..."

Not only did it fail to help, but because she dislocated her arm, the matter became a big deal and the news spread even more widely.

Zhao Ru looked at Chen Wan with a hint of guilt.

Chen Wan helped her sincerely, otherwise she would have to pay for the jade bracelet. Chen Wan helped her and Qu Yan quarreled, and as a result, Qu Yan married into the Duke Dingguo's Mansion and became Chen Wan's fourth sister-in-law. They saw each other every day.

Zhao Ru had no good feelings towards Qu Yan, and Chen Wan was famous for her generosity. Zhao Ru didn't believe that Chen Wan would give Qu Yan a fake colored porcelain peony vase when she had a grudge against her, which would cause gossip for her. Even if she was the fourth sister-in-law, she didn't have to give her a gift. There was no need to fake it.

Chen Wan had helped her in public, and she firmly believed that Chen Wan was not that kind of person, so she helped Chen Wan to refute him. However, she did not expect that the third lady of the Left Prime Minister's Mansion had such a bad temper and would not allow anyone to refute her. In addition, the fourth lady of the Weiguo Mansion also helped to speak up. The third lady of the Left Prime Minister's Mansion did not dare to target the fourth lady of Weiguo Mansion. She picked the weak persimmon and pushed her in anger.

Although she was hurt, she did not regret it. People should be grateful and repay kindness.

Shen Wan asked, "Is your arm okay?"

Zhao Ru moved her arms and smiled, "It's been healed for a long time."

Seeing that Shen Wan and Zhao Ru were having a great time talking, Mrs. Zhao didn't interrupt them and went about her own business.

Zhao Ru took Shen Wan to the garden to appreciate the flowers. Although the Zhao family was not of high status and their mansion was far less magnificent than the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, Madam Zhao and Miss Zhao were both people who cherished flowers. The garden was full of colorful flowers, which was extremely beautiful, but it was not comparable to the Duke Dingguo's Mansion.

In his previous life, Chen Wan had seen Zhao Ru only a few times and didn't have much impression of her. Now that they were chatting and laughing, he felt that they had known each other too late.

After staying for half an hour, Chen Wan said goodbye and Zhao Ru saw her off. Just as she left the garden, a maid came over and whispered a few words into Zhao Ru's ear.

Zhao Ru said to Shen Wan, "I'm fine. I'm already very surprised that you came to visit me. Why did you bring so many gifts?"

The visiting gift included not only bird's nest and cordyceps, but also a pair of gold hairpins.

Mrs. Zhao was surprised by this visiting gift, after all, it was Shen Wan who helped her daughter first.

Chen Wan smiled and said, "I know a lot of ladies from wealthy families, but there aren't many I truly know. I'm grateful that you stood up and spoke up for me. I really want to be friends with you. It's just a little thing. Do you want to be so formal with me?"

Although the two of them had a happy chat just now, Zhao Ru didn't feel that she was worthy of the second daughter of the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion, the future Crown Princess of Prince Jingbei.

But now Shen Wan said that he wanted to be friends with her. Zhao Ru was happy and terrified. "How can I be so high up..."

Shen Wan chuckled, "When it comes to making friends, character is more important than family background."

Zhao Ru nodded repeatedly and became happy.

They talked and laughed as they reached the gate of Zhao's mansion. Shen Wan asked Zhao Ru to visit her at Duke Dingguo's mansion when she was free, and then she left in a carriage.

However, Chen Wan did not go back to Duke Dingguo's Mansion directly. It was still early, so he planned to go shopping for a while, so he asked the carriage to stop in front of the largest porcelain shop in Kyoto.

Shanhu was puzzled, "Girl, you want to buy porcelain?"

Because she gave the fourth young lady a fake colored porcelain peony vase, many people have been saying behind her back that she is stingy. The girl is very angry. She went out to relax, so why did she come to the porcelain shop first?

Shen Wan didn't explain, and Shanhu didn't dare to ask any more questions. After getting off the carriage, she helped Shen Wan down.

The master and servant entered a porcelain shop, the largest porcelain shop in Kyoto. It was filled with all kinds of porcelain, dazzling the eyes.

As soon as Shen Wan walked in, she heard a mocking voice, "Isn't this the Second Miss Shen who sent fake porcelain to her new cousin? I didn't expect to run into her here. Rumors have been spreading all over Kyoto these past two days, but Second Miss Shen doesn't seem to be affected at all."

What a rude thing to say.

Chen Wan glanced up and saw a girl in a goose yellow dress. It was Cheng Suxue, the eldest daughter of the Honglu Temple.

She is also the niece of the wife of the Left Prime Minister and the cousin of the third daughter of the Left Prime Minister's Mansion.

Most people didn't dare to ridicule Shen Wan, she was standing up for her cousin.

Shen Wan's eyes swept across her face with contempt, "There are so many fakes in the world, and I don't know how many people have made mistakes. Do I need to take such a small matter to heart?"

Cheng Suxue came over and said, "It's normal to make a mistake, but since the conflict between Second Miss Shen and Fourth Young Mistress Shen has happened before, it's inevitable that people will be suspicious."

A blatant provocation.

Shen Wan was not angry, she just found it funny, "Miss Cheng went out with only her mind and forgot to bring her brain?"

Cheng Suxue's face suddenly changed in anger, "You!"

Many people in the shop looked over.

Shen Wan doesn't like to cause trouble, but if others bully her, she won't tolerate it. Her parents didn't give her such a good temper.

Cheng Suxue clenched her fists under her sleeves, "How dare you say I have no brains?"

Shen Wan said calmly, “Anyone with a brain would never doubt me like this, let alone laugh at me in public.”

Cheng Suxue was furious. "You can do it, but you're afraid of being laughed at by others?"

Chen Wan put the porcelain vase back in his hand, glanced at Cheng Suxue and said, "The colored porcelain peony vase I gave was brought back to the Qu Mansion by Fourth Sister-in-law as a return gift. It can be seen that she didn't realize it was a fake. Minister Qu gave the colored porcelain peony vase away and obviously didn't notice it either. If even the Minister could mistake it for a fake, isn't it normal for me to be mistaken?"

Cheng Suxue didn’t expect Shen Wan to be so eloquent, and said angrily, “Maybe Fourth Young Madam Shen and Minister Qu didn’t even look carefully?!”

Everyone says she's not smart, but she still wants to show off her intelligence. Shen Wan said, "When a daughter returns home, she doesn't even check the return gifts carefully. Minister Qu doesn't even check what he's giving away. In Miss Cheng's eyes, are they so perfunctory in doing things?"

"I sincerely advise Miss Cheng, don't bring your brain or your mouth with you when you go out in the future."

Cheng Suxue, “……!!!”

Cheng Suxue's face was as colorful as an overturned paint palette.

Under the gaze of a bunch of onlookers, Shen Wan picked up his lost face and left leisurely.

Shanhu finally understood why Chen Wan came to the porcelain shop. She came there to restore her reputation. If this matter spread, no one would ever say that the girl was stingy and deliberately gave people fakes.

After leaving the porcelain shop, Chen Wan walked around the street for half an hour and then went home.

The carriage stopped in front of the gate of Duke Dingguo's Mansion. When Shen Wan got out of the carriage, he saw a servant leading a doctor hurriedly into the mansion.