Chapter 113 Young Master Gu came to the Prince's Mansion to snatch someone away!

After seeing the situation at Jinxiu Pavilion, Shen Wantang and Jiang Yan went to see other shops. They now run three clothing shops in the capital, selling fabrics and employing many embroiderers to tailor clothes for their customers. They also sell ready-made clothes.

All three shops were doing very well, especially because Shuiyunyan attracted customers, and people kept coming in droves.

As dusk fell, Shen Wantang returned to the Prince's Mansion with a bolt of new fabric from Jiangnan and some rouge and face powder.

As soon as she entered, she saw Granny Chai waiting for her inside.

Shen Wantang found it strange: "Why is Granny at the door? Has something happened in the manor?"

Granny Chai whispered, "Young Master Gu has arrived."

"What is he doing here?" Didn't he already have a falling out with Xiao Qingyuan?

Granny Chai looked puzzled: "Young Master Gu said he admires Miss Chu and came to take her away. The young master has already argued with him."

Shen Wantang didn't speak because she felt that Gu Qianhan's behavior in this life was really strange, very different from his previous life.

Qin Xin's eyes lit up: "Young Master Gu is going to take Chu Yanluo away? My goodness, he's such a kind person!"

Granny Chai glared at her: "Keep your voice down."

Qin Xin wasn't afraid of her. She excitedly asked Shen Wantang, "Your Highness, may I go and see what's going on over there?"

Shen Wantang herself actually wanted to go and watch the excitement, but given her status, it wasn't appropriate for her to do so.

She nodded to Qin Xin: "Go ahead, and come back and tell me."

Qin Xin happily agreed and hurriedly left. Anyone who didn't know better would think they had received a windfall.

Shen Wantang was somewhat envious of the girl at this moment. She shook her head, took the newly brought-back fabric, and went to Princess Ning's courtyard.

As soon as she entered, Princess Ning grabbed her arm and asked with a smile, "Tang'er, have you heard? That boy from the Gu family is trying to steal Chu Yanluo away!"

Shen Wantang nodded: "I've heard about it."

"I really didn't expect that Chu Yanluo would be so popular. Thank goodness, now we finally have the perfect reason to send her away!"

Seeing her genuine joy, Shen Wantang couldn't help but chuckle: "It seems we should thank Young Master Gu; he's solved a huge problem for the Prince's Mansion."

Princess Ning nodded repeatedly: "We should thank him. I used to think that the boy was too cold and indifferent, but now it seems that he just hadn't met anyone he liked. Now that he has, he's just like Yuan'er, completely obsessed!"

Shen Wantang felt very strange. Gu Qianhan had known Chu Yanluo in his previous life, but he didn't seem to like Chu Yanluo, nor did he ever try to take her away.

She had known him for several years, and he was indeed as the princess had described: cold-hearted and rarely showing emotional fluctuations.

Even on his deathbed, he remained calm. When she fed him the death-ending drug, he looked at her with a very calm gaze and said thank you in a very calm manner.

She simply couldn't imagine what it would be like for Gu Qianhan to be infatuated with Chu Yanluo.

On that day at Qingyun Tower, when Gu Qianhan confessed his feelings to Chu Yanluo in public, he didn't actually show much emotion outwardly.

What exactly went wrong?

As confusion welled up in Shen Wantang's heart, the Xinghe Courtyard was already in an uproar.

"Gu Qianhan, don't go too far! I've already apologized for hitting you before. Don't hold a grudge and deliberately come here to snatch Yan Luo away! She doesn't like you and will never go with you. Get out of here right now, or I won't be polite!"

"Xiao Qingyuan, I came to fetch Miss Chu only because I admire her. It has nothing to do with whether you hit me or not. Since you don't like her anyway, why not give her to me? I'm not married yet, so Miss Chu would be perfect to marry me!"

Gu Qianhan said, looking at Chu Yanluo: "Miss Chu, it's much better for you to marry me than to live with him in the Ning Prince's Mansion without any status! I recently heard that Xiao Qingyuan has another woman by his side, and it seems that he wants to take that woman as a concubine. If that's the case, then he already has both a wife and a concubine. If you continue to live in the Prince's Mansion, you will only suffer. Are you sure you want to continue living like this? Do you want to become his second concubine?"

Chu Yanlu was in a good mood because of Gu Qianhan's arrival. She did not expect that Gu Qianhan liked her so much. She sent him a letter and he came to pick her up in the afternoon. He was really completely captivated by her!

She was secretly pleased, but her face was filled with sorrow: "Xiao Qingyuan, are you really going to take Mu Ge as a concubine? What am I then? How can you face me? How can you face your own conscience? If you want to get rid of me, you can just say so. There's no need to humiliate me like this!"

Xiao Qingyuan's face turned ashen with anger: "Nonsense! When did I ever say I wanted to take Mu Ge as a concubine?"

"If you don't want to take her as a concubine, then kick her out!"

“If I kick her out, she’ll be killed in an instant! She’s a living, breathing human being!”

"That's all a lie she made up to deceive you. There was no thief trying to kill her! You refuse to get rid of her because you clearly want to keep her as your concubine!"

"I've never even considered taking another concubine besides you! If I were to take a concubine, you would definitely be the first and only one!"

Chu Yanluo's initially joyful mood instantly plummeted. Now, she didn't even need to pretend to be sad; her eyes reddened. "So, in the end, you still want me to be your concubine? Xiao Qingyuan, why are you doing this to me? That Shen Wantang is just a concubine's daughter; her background isn't any higher than mine. Why can she be the principal wife, but I can't? Why!"

Xiao Qingyuan was in an even worse mood than her: "Yanluo, does it really matter whether I'm your wife or your concubine? Didn't you say before that you were already satisfied as long as you could be with me? When I was a monk, you didn't care about titles or gossip, so why are you unwilling to be my concubine now?"

"If I make you my legal wife, what will happen to Shen Wantang? If I divorce her, will she have any way to live? Are you only satisfied when you've driven her to her death?"

Chu Yanluo's anger surged from the bottom of her heart to the top of her head: "You only care about Shen Wantang's life or death, and you don't care about mine at all! I was the one who met you first, and you were the one who promised me that I would be your Crown Princess, but now you want me to be your concubine. I will never agree to that! If you are afraid that you will divorce Shen Wantang and leave her with no way to live, then let her be a concubine and I will be the legal wife!"

Xiao Qingyuan looked at her incredulously: "You want me to favor a concubine over my wife? Shen Wantang was chosen by my mother to be the Crown Prince's consort. She was brought in with great pomp and circumstance. She has not done anything wrong. How can I demote her from wife to concubine? You can't find a single case like this in the entire capital! This is illegal!"