Chapter 152: The Vicious Eldest Daughter (17)

Gu Xi quickly handed her another one, which Wen Wan ate.

After eating a lot, Wen Wan became a Buddhist.

Forget it, whatever he's scheming about, I can't figure it out no matter how hard I try anyway. Wen Wan decided not to torture her intelligence anymore, so in the second half, Wen Wan let loose again.

She bought whatever she wanted along the way without hesitation, and ate whatever she wanted without keeping it all to herself. Whenever she ate something that the prince had spent money on, she would first offer it to him to try, and then ask: "Is it delicious?"

Consider it a chance for me to try the taste beforehand.

After a while, Wen Wan temporarily forgot what she was supposed to think about and dragged Gu Xi around everywhere. The system saw this and tried countless times to remind its host to be mindful of the distance between herself and the male lead, but the host was having too much fun to hear it.

After buying food, they spent money to find games. Naturally, there were all sorts of games at the lantern festival. Wen Wan saw a crowd gathered in front of a vendor in the distance. "Gu Xi, shall we go take a look?"

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a ring toss game.

Indeed, whether in modern times or ancient times, ring toss is a popular form of entertainment suitable for all ages and a common activity on various important occasions; the only difference is what the rings are tossed around.

"It looks really fun."

Gu Xi had someone buy twenty rings and handed them to Wen Wan.

"Thanks."

Wen Wan held the ring and aimed at a luminous pearl. It looked so big; it must be very valuable.

Wen Wan stood outside the line and threw the ball up, but missed it by a great distance.

Wen Wan threw five or six more, but still missed.

"I'll choose another one."

Wen Wan changed the items in the trap. The closest row consisted of food items, and as a result, she managed to escape with only a dozen or so traps, perfectly avoiding all the correct answers.

Not one was selected.

"Forget it, looks like I'm having bad luck today. Let's go." Wen Wan wanted to leave, but she was still quite disappointed. Gu Xi went and bought ten more rings. "I'm not playing anymore. Don't waste money."

The next second, Gu Xi stood outside the line and casually tossed the pearl he had his eye on, successfully catching the luminous pearl he had set his sights on.

Wen Yan: "!!!"

Is this some kind of protagonist's halo? This is just too outrageous!

"What else does Ah Huang want?"

Wen Wan then randomly pointed to a few more rings that interested her, and she got them all right the moment she tried. Wen Wan was amazed. After that, she bought ten more rings, and after that, she got ten more. More and more people gathered around, and the atmosphere became extremely lively in an instant.

The shopkeeper's expression grew increasingly ashen. Wen Wan had had her fill of the ecstasy, and then took the luminous pearl. As for the rest, she didn't want them and returned them to the shopkeeper. After all, it wasn't easy for him to run a small business, and she couldn't let him go bankrupt in one go, could she?

Wen Wan held the luminous pearl, genuinely happy.

"You really like it?"

Wen Wan nodded. "This must be worth a lot of money, right?"

Gu Xi glanced at the luminous pearl and said, "This is a fake luminous pearl, so it's not valuable. If Ah Huang likes luminous pearls, there are plenty in the storeroom."

Wen Wan shook her head. "Whether it's true or false doesn't matter. This is something you tricked me into, and I think it's very valuable."

Gu Xi: "..."

Upon hearing the host's words, the system thought, "Is the host flirting? Right? Right? What kind of talk is this? Is this something I should say?"

Afterwards, they played archery, pitch-pot, and riddles. Although she was the one who dragged the arrow, the one who threw the pitch-pot, and Gu Xi who didn't guess a single riddle, she was still quite happy because all the gifts were for her.

When you're tired of playing, find a restaurant to sit down, drink tea, and eat pastries. While you're at it, take Yuanbao for a walk and give him a big meaty bone to gnaw on.

Since it was a lantern festival, releasing river lanterns was naturally the most important part. Wen Wan bought a river lantern shaped like a gold ingot. She immediately noticed that this river lantern was different from the other river lanterns on the stall. The others were all animal and plant lanterns, but this golden gold ingot lantern looked exceptionally fresh and refined, which also suited Wen Wan's simple and sincere wish to get rich overnight.

Wen Wan happily carried the three river lanterns to the riverbank. There were many people releasing river lanterns all around, and many people were writing their wishes on them. Wen Wan thought about her own terrible handwriting. She couldn't even write well with a pen, let alone a brush. She was better off not losing face.

So they lit the candles and were about to set them off when Gu Xi asked, "Aren't you going to write a wish on it?"

Wen Wan: "I've kept this wish in my heart, so I won't write it down."

Once she utters those words in dog-scratching style, the male lead will probably realize on the spot that he is not the original Chu Huang, and his disguise will immediately fall off. After releasing the river lantern, Wen Wan sincerely makes a wish.

Hopefully, she can complete her mission and return to her own world without any unexpected incidents.

She also hoped that Gu Xi's wishes would come true, except for the matter of killing her.

Time flew by, and before they knew it, it was late at night. Having had their fill of playing and eating, Wen Wan and Gu Xi prepared to return to the palace. On the way, they bumped into the female lead, and Wen Wan instinctively pulled her hand away from Gu Xi's.

"Your Highness, Your Highness's Consort," Chu Sisi bowed.

Gu Xi: "Miss Chu, what are you doing here? Are you here to have fun too?"

"Yes, I heard there was a lantern festival tonight, so I came to take a look. I didn't expect to see Your Highness and Princess Consort here together. Are you heading back now?"

“Yes, it’s getting late now, why don’t you come back with us?” Wen Wan suddenly said. Chu Sisi was a little surprised. Wasn’t Chu Huang the one who was most worried about her getting close to Prince Xi? Why was she so proactive in inviting her to come along?

Wen Wan's purpose was actually very simple.

For some reason, the male lead said he wanted to live with her, so she thought that having the female lead come and make him think straight might change things.

So on the way back, the female protagonist was added to the carriage.

Wen Wan, being particularly self-aware, deliberately yawned a few times, then hugged Yuanbao and leaned against him, falling asleep.

As a result, the two of them didn't exchange a single word the entire way, let alone try to develop any feelings for each other.

Wen Wan waited and waited. She was just putting on an act, but she gradually became sleepy and drifted off to sleep.

Back at the Prince's residence, Chu Sisi got out of the carriage first, and then saw Prince Xi carrying Chu Huang out of the carriage. She felt a little worried and unhappy. It seemed that Prince Xi really had a very good relationship with her sister. Even though she had saved Prince Xi, he had always treated her coldly, but he had given her many rewards and even paved the way for her to enter the palace.

But that's not all she wanted.

She wanted to rescue her mother, make the vicious Madam Chu pay the price, and leave Chu Huang with nothing, making her pay the price she deserved. In order to have the ability to do all this, she constantly tried to please the powerful and influential people in the palace. She became the first female physician in Mingzhou and won the emperor's favor. However, if Prince Xi really fell in love with Chu Huang, it would be extremely disadvantageous for her.

Chu Sisi returned to her courtyard.

Gu Xi carried Wen Wan back to the courtyard, with Xiao Taozi and the others following behind. Yuanbao followed quietly, not daring to make any noise, as the aura emanating from this person was frightening even to a dog like it.

If the owner is unhappy, at most he'll cut back on the dog's meat, but if the person is unhappy, he might kill the dog.

After placing Wen Wan on the bed, Gu Xi instructed Chunye and Xiaotaozi, "You two take good care of the Princess."

"yes."

"Clean up the room next door; I'll stay there tonight."

Chunye immediately went to tidy up the room, and Xiaofuxing also took Yuanbao to sleep. Xiaotaozi looked at her sleeping princess and wondered why the princess was asleep.

...

The next morning, Wen Wan woke up after a good night's sleep and saw Xiao Taozi looking at her with bright eyes.

"What time is it?"

Wen Wan lay in bed, reluctant to get out of bed, when Xiao Taozi excitedly asked, "Your Highness, do you know what happened last night?"

What happened?

"The Prince has moved in, right next door. Why are you asleep, Princess? This is a perfect opportunity for you two to nurture your relationship. Yesterday, the Prince carried you all the way back from the sedan chair; he was so gentle."

Wen Yan: "..."

Suddenly, her memory returned, and she remembered what the male lead had said to her about living together before the lantern festival last night. Hadn't he already met with the female lead? Why was this happening? Wasn't he afraid that the female lead would be jealous later? Was he still the male lead who remained chaste for the female lead?

"So the prince is still next door?"

Little Peach: "His Highness got up early to go to work, but he instructed me to take good care of the Princess."

Wen Wan breathed a sigh of relief; she wasn't prepared to face the male lead at this moment.

After washing up, Xiao Taozi wanted to give her princess a beautiful and glamorous makeover, but Wen Wan refused, saying, "Don't bother with makeup, and don't do her hair either."

As she spoke, she took out a silk scarf and casually tied her hair into a ponytail.

Little Peach exclaimed, "Your Highness, what are you doing?"

Wen Wan: "Bring me the gold ingots."

"Your Highness, why don't you change your hairstyle? This isn't in accordance with the rules." Although his princess was extremely beautiful no matter what.

"No need, go and bring Yuanbao over."

Little Peach really didn't know what her princess wanted to do, but she still asked Little Lucky Star to bring Yuanbao over. Then she saw her princess and Yuanbao wrestling on the ground.

"My God! Your Highness, what are you doing?!"

Little Lucky Star was stunned. How could the princess run on the ground with Yuanbao?

Yuanbao naturally liked Wenwan and was playful and active by nature. When Wenwan played with it, it naturally started to run wild.

My owner is so kind!!!

So when Gu Xi arrived with his butler, he saw this scene.

His queen and a dog were frolicking on the ground.

His hair was disheveled, his clothes were covered in mud, and even his pretty face was covered in mud. The two servants next to him were almost scared to death.

What is this being done?

The butler was also shocked. "Your Highness, the Prince has arrived."

Wen Wan looked at Gu Xi. In the original book, the male protagonist had the same trait as all male protagonists in online novels: he was a germaphobe. Nine out of ten male protagonists were germaphobes, eight were sick, and seven could only be touched by the female protagonist.

So as long as she crosses Gu Xi's bottom line, Gu Xi will definitely hate her and will absolutely not want to stay here any longer. She has sacrificed too much for this.

"Greetings, Your Highness."

Wen Wan stood up and ran to Gu Xi, getting very close.

Sure enough, Gu Xi frowned slightly. Was he going to hate her after all?

To make the effect even more intense, Wen Wan stretched out her dirty hand and tugged at Gu Xi's sleeve, leaving a large handprint on it. "Your Highness, you don't know, I usually really enjoy playing with Yuanbao. I hope Your Highness doesn't mind?"

The butler standing next to him was about to have a heart attack.

What's wrong with this princess all of a sudden? How dare she touch the prince with her dirty hands? The prince has always been extremely clean, perhaps because the more blood he has stained on the battlefield, the less he likes to see any dirt in real life.

The princess has directly touched a nerve with the prince.

Gu Xi saw the cunning in the princess's eyes and roughly understood what this drama queen princess was planning. It seemed that his coming to stay had quite an impact on her.