Chapter 474 Who Hit Whom?

"Leave this matter to Yufei! Mingyu is getting married next month, and it won't be appropriate for her to do the shopping and errands anymore, so I'll leave it to you!"

Gu Shuyan agreed with Pearl's words and then turned her gaze to Yufei.

"Miss Xie, I will certainly live up to your expectations."

After returning to the Marquis's mansion, Yufei served as Gu Shuyan's head maid, but she spent most of her time learning from Mingyu and Zhenzhu. Now that Gu Shuyan was entrusting her with the task, she was naturally grateful and thanked her profusely.

The three of them, master and servants, walked straight into a rouge shop, but to their surprise, as soon as Gu Shuyan lifted her foot, she was bumped back several steps.

Before they could react, there was a loud thud, and something fell to the ground.

"How dare you! Don't you have eyes? How dare you bump into Princess Chuxia?"

The maidservant immediately stepped forward and pointed at Gu Shuyan, giving her a scathing rebuke.

Upon hearing this, Gu Shuyan rubbed her sore arm and frowned as she looked at the maid who was standing with her hands on her hips, staring at her.

"Pearl, slap her."

Gu Shuyan's gaze was cold and aloof. Without saying a word, she directly beckoned Pearl to step forward and attack the maid.

The maid clearly hadn't expected anyone to dare hit her. She touched her face and looked at Gu Shuyan in disbelief.

At this moment, Princess Chuxia, who had bumped into Gu Shuyan, was also helped forward by her maid. "Who was so bold as to hit my person? It turns out it was Miss Gu. Is Miss Gu dissatisfied with me, or with my status?"

Princess Chuxia deliberately raised her voice a few decibels, and the people around immediately gathered around, looking the two people facing off up and down.

Gu Shuyan naturally realized Princess Chuxia's intention. What did she mean by being dissatisfied with her or her status? Wasn't that just saying she was dissatisfied with her, the princess of Wei?

With a slight smile, Gu Shuyan bowed to Princess Chuxia before slowly saying, "Your Highness misunderstands. I was merely disciplining a smug maid. Your Highness is a distinguished guest of our country, and I naturally hold you in high esteem. How could I possibly be dissatisfied with you?"

Gu Shuyan's tone was gentle, showing none of the imposing manner she had displayed earlier. If it weren't for the fact that many people present knew that the Gu family's young lady was a formidable person, they would probably have thought she was the one being bullied.

"Isn't the person who reprimanded me just dissatisfied with me? I didn't know that Miss Gu was such an eloquent woman."

Princess Chuxia's gaze never left Gu Shuyan, as if she wanted to observe and understand what Gu Shuyan was thinking.

However, Princess Chuxia was ultimately disappointed, because Gu Shuyan showed no emotion on her face except for a respectful expression.

"Your Highness flatters me. I was merely stating the facts." Gu Shuyan appeared grateful, seemingly oblivious to Princess Chuxia's veiled sarcasm.

Seeing that she couldn't get the better of Gu Shuyan verbally, Princess Chuxia turned her gaze to the powder scattered on the ground. "Miss Gu, you knocked over the powder I just bought. Shouldn't you give me an explanation?"

With so many people watching, Princess Chuxia naturally wants to find a way to make Gu Shuyan lose face.

Gu Shuyan seemed to have anticipated that she would bring this up, and a look of doubt instantly appeared on her face when she heard her words, "Wasn't it the princess who was walking too fast and bumped into me?"

After saying this, Gu Shuyan seemed to remember something and quickly changed her words, saying, "It's all my fault. I wasn't watching where I was going and the princess knocked me down. Please forgive me, princess."

Gu Shuyan's words only prompted a burst of low laughter from all around.

Princess Chuxia's face instantly turned cold after being tricked by Gu Shuyan. At the palace banquet last time, she thought Gu Shuyan was not as difficult to deal with as rumored, but now it seems that Gu Shuyan is a slippery eel.

"Miss Gu is indeed eloquent; I admire her."

After Princess Chuxia finished speaking, she really didn't want to stand there and become a laughing stock, so she turned to the maids behind her and ordered, "Let's go."

However, Gu Shuyan had no intention of letting her leave so easily, so she hurriedly stopped her, saying, "Doesn't the princess want her rouge?"

These words made Princess Chuxia want to slap Gu Shuyan across the face. What did she mean by that? Was she, a princess of the Wei Kingdom, being so petty about a little bit of rouge and powder?

Ironically, even if she says she doesn't want it anymore at times like this, it still gives people that impression.

Princess Chuxia was seething with hatred, so she simply turned her head and gave Gu Shuyan an extremely ugly smile.

"Yes, of course Miss Gu wants to buy it for me, there's no reason not to."

Princess Chuxia said, ignoring the expressions of those present, and went straight back to the rouge shop.

Seeing Princess Chuxia forcibly changing the subject, Gu Shuyan couldn't help but laugh. She waved her hand and followed her into the rouge shop.

"I wonder what kind of rouge the princess likes? Why don't we have the shopkeeper bring it up for her to choose from?"

Gu Shuyan was poised and elegant. As she spoke, she gestured to the two maids beside her, who immediately went to fetch the shopkeeper.

In fact, the shopkeeper had heard the commotion outside the door long ago, but one of them was a princess of Wei Kingdom, and the other was the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yi'an and the fiancée of the chief minister. Neither of them was someone she could afford to offend, so she naturally called out to the waiter and secretly slipped into the backyard.

Only after someone came to invite him did the shopkeeper pretend to know nothing and begin to greet him.

"I wonder what kind of rouge the princess and Miss Gu would like to choose?" the shopkeeper asked with a fawning smile.

"Just take some of what I usually use, and a little of each of the best items in your shop for Her Highness to choose from."

Gu Shuyan was a regular customer of this store, so she naturally remembered the shops she usually bought from. Upon hearing this, she immediately agreed and went to prepare.

Before long, the shopkeeper came up with more than a dozen boxes of rouge and placed them in front of the two of them.

Princess Chuxia had been observing Gu Shuyan ever since she entered. When the items were brought up, she followed Gu Shuyan's gaze and looked at the rouge.

"These are what Miss Gu likes? The colors look too pale and don't suit Miss Gu's age at all."

Young people generally prefer brighter colors, but the one Gu Shuyan was holding had a slightly pale hue. Gu Shuyan didn't care what Princess Chuxia meant by that, and simply picked up a folded jade box and said, "This is my mother's favorite. She usually changes to a new box every two weeks."

When Yufei heard Gu Shuyan mention it to her, she quickly took the box of rouge, examined it carefully, and smelled it before putting it down.