"The rabbit mourns the fox's death; you are all birds of a feather with me!" Shangguan Jingyi's eyes were red, and his fingers gripping the brocade box so tightly they turned white. "What's there to be proud of?"
Even now, Shangguan Jingyi still feels that she did nothing wrong, she was just unlucky.
The timing was wrong; it just so happened that it happened when Miss Mu was in a bad mood!
Tianyun cast a complicated gaze at the brocade box in her hand.
Given Guan Jingyi's character, he would never have offered this as a favor unless he was at his wit's end.
After all, in her heart, Xiao Ziran was the best choice for a husband!
She had kept the feather fan he gave her carefully hidden away, rarely showing it to anyone, but now she was going to use it to curry favor with Mu Yaozhi.
It seems that Shangguan Jingyi is really going to any lengths for this Hundred Flowers Banquet.
However, her words greatly displeased Xie Wuyun!
Xie Wuyun rolled her eyes, her gaze sweeping back and forth across the woman's resentful face.
"Give me a break. Do you think ghosts are like you? We don't have your ambitions."
Everyone knew that Shangguan Jingyi was after a rich man.
From the argument between the designer and Yun'er, to the old lady of the Shangguan family pretending to be angry and finding a dance teacher for her, each step was linked to the next, showing how deep her scheming was!
She wouldn't stoop to associating with them.
"Ha, feigning arrogance." Shangguan Jingyi's voice was very low, and a sliver of reason remained in his mind.
One must not offend the eldest daughter of the Prefect of the Capital.
She suddenly looked at Tianyun, her eyes showing a helpless embarrassment, and a reluctant compromise.
"I'll sell you this feather fan. Name your price."
Shangguan Jingyi mentally filtered through the potential sellers several times, but he didn't include Shangguan Tianyun in his list.
Firstly, the person she least wanted to be ridiculed by was Shangguan Tianyun. She didn't want to show weakness in front of her!
Because it means that the battle has been lost before it even begins...
Secondly, this feather fan is of great significance; it is a trophy she seized from Shangguan Tianyun.
But now I can't care about all that.
She struggled with this internal conflict for a long time, repeatedly consoling herself that in life, you have to give up something to gain something.
If she were to sell to Shangguan Tianyun, the bond between her and Prince Ziran would become even stronger.
However, if you make it onto the Hundred Flowers Ranking, your chances will be much greater!
After weighing the pros and cons, she hesitated before speaking, asking Shangguan Tianyun to make an offer. In her heart, she secretly thought that if she offered less than two hundred taels, Shangguan Jingyi would turn around and leave!
"I won't buy it."
Tianyun felt a strange sense of bewilderment as she stared intently at him.
What use would I have for this feather fan?
As a result, Shangguan Jingyi looked even more confused than her, her carefully made-up face scrunched up in a frown.
"You were also in the flower hall that day, you couldn't possibly not know that this was given by Prince Ziran, could you?"
Double negation indicates affirmation.
Shangguan Tianyun must know that this was a gift from Prince Ziran, so why didn't she buy it?
Shangguan Jingyi took pity on him and offered the lowest price he had estimated: "Two hundred taels, and I'll give it to you."
Unfortunately, Tianyun was not willing to buy it.
Her Highness sent so many rare and precious treasures, but they are all still stored away at the bottom of her trunk, with no use for them.
What can I do with this feather fan that Xiao Ziran gave me?
Last time, when His Highness saw her with Xiao Ziran, her lips were swollen for three days! If he sees Xiao Ziran's feather fan this time, who knows what he'll do to her...
Her cheeks flushed, and she gently touched her lips.
Seeing Shangguan Jingyi's anxiety, Xie Wuyun had a mischievous thought and a wicked smile appeared on her lips: "Twenty taels, I'll take it!"
Shangguan Jingyi exclaimed in shock: "Twenty taels?! Why don't you just rob me?"
When the bandits from the mountains come, they'll all have to call Xie Wuyun their ancestor, right?
While it's true that you should start by cutting the price in half, it's not appropriate to go straight for the major artery!
"I don't think you're really interested in selling." Xie Wuyun shook her head with feigned regret, pulled Tianyun up, and tried to walk past her.
But they hadn't taken more than a few steps when they heard Shangguan Jingyi's rapid breathing behind them, as if he was desperately suppressing his emotions.
"One hundred taels!"
Shangguan Jingyi caught up with them, and after a brief struggle, he repeatedly gave in.
She no longer dares to think about the Hundred Flowers Ranking; after being assigned to the group of ten, her goals have changed.
Now all she wants is for a handsome young nobleman to look her in the eye when she performs at the Tonghua Terrace; that would be enough for her.
This premise is based on the musician being able to play her music! In order to study it thoroughly, she specializes in one dance and simply cannot bear the musician playing other people's music and changing her movements according to other people's music.
Xie Wuyun grinned, "Fifty taels." She knew she couldn't resist.
"Don't push your luck!" Shangguan Jingyi's eyes were bloodshot, and he almost turned to leave.
She hesitated for a moment, then said weakly to Tianyun, "Cousin, aren't you going to say something? Are you just going to let outsiders cheat me like this?"
Fifty taels is too little; the value of the Hetian jade used for the fan ribs alone is more than that.
How could Shangguan Jingyi possibly agree?
Seeing Shangguan Tianyun's indifferent and aloof attitude, he felt resentful and turned his anger towards her.
Tianyun originally only wanted to observe, but since she asked about her, she became curious and asked her in return: "When you told Shanlai everything about me and the Third Prince, did you ever think that this was a conspiracy with outsiders to harm me?"
Tianyun found it funny for no reason.
"Only officials are allowed to set fires, while common people are forbidden to light lamps. My cousin is as unreasonable as ever."
Shangguan Jingyi did indeed want to use the censor's daughter to give her a hard time.
But to everyone's surprise, Yu Shanlai was so useless that he was scared off by Xiao Ziwu with just a few words.
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