Mingzhu and Caihua were quickly found. Chen Mianmian repeated the names of Baihuaju and Liu Xiangning, and the two immediately set off to redeem them.
Princess Ryan and Shen Mianmian were left alone in the room again.
Princess Ryan said, "Come and help me to get up."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Soon, Chen Mianmian dressed the princess in a long dress and sat her down in front of the dressing table.
Although Princess Ryan was not as stunningly beautiful as Shen Mianmian, she still possessed striking features and was naturally beautiful.
"Give me a fresh hairstyle, preferably one I've never seen before."
Sleepy ...
Just as she was about to politely express her lack of skill, she suddenly remembered a hairstyle. "I know an extremely charming and beautiful hairstyle, but it requires some tools. Please allow me to prepare them, Your Highness."
Princess Ruian was pleasantly surprised, "I knew you would have something in store. Whatever you need, just ask the maid at the door. If I don't have it here, I'll have the craftsmen in the manor make it."
The princess's residence employed skilled craftsmen.
"Yes, Your Highness, please wait a moment."
Chen Mianmian hurried out to find the maid.
Soon, she and her maid returned, carrying a small hand warmer and an iron rod.
The iron bar has a wooden handle, which was temporarily removed from other objects.
Princess Ryan stared at the strange gadgets and chuckled, "These things are used to make hair buns? Sometimes I really want to take your head apart and see what's inside, how come there are always so many ideas?"
Sleepyhead—thankfully the princess isn't a brainless tyrant, otherwise she might really have been beheaded.
Not daring to keep the princess waiting any longer, Chen Mianmian had her maid comb the princess's hair, while she held the wooden handle and placed the other end of the iron rod on the stove to heat it.
Soon, the iron rod became warm.
What is Chenmianmian doing?
The answer was to give the princess a temporary perm.
This method of using an iron rod to curl hair is a style method used by noblewomen in ancient Europe. She had seen a documentary about it before, and before she transmigrated into the book, she would use an electric curling iron to curl her hair by holding it in her hand.
Half an hour later, Princess Ruian's long, straight, jet-black hair turned into curly hair, and then her maidservant styled it into a half-updo.
One moment she was a proud and noble princess, the next she was alluring and charming.
After her hair was styled, the maids immediately launched into a flattering mode, "Your Highness is absolutely stunning, so beautiful!"
"Your Highness is stunningly beautiful, unparalleled in the world."
One after another, showering her with compliments, the loudest of all was undoubtedly Chenmianmian.
Princess Ryan had been used to flattery since childhood, so she wasn't easily flattered. She admired her hairstyle in the mirror and liked it more and more.
Chen Mianmian smiled and said, "Actually, when we first met, I felt that the princess was luxurious and noble, and that curly hair suited her. Today, after trying it, she is indeed elegant, noble, and incredibly beautiful. Later, I will teach the curling techniques to all of you ladies, so that you can curl the princess's hair."
Princess Ryan had the same idea. "Tell me, what do you want?"
After thinking for a moment, Shen Mianmian said earnestly, "I hope the princess will not be angry with what I have said."
"you say."
"This humble woman hopes that Your Highness will take good care of the Crown Prince in the future," she added, trying to smooth things over for fear that the princess might misunderstand. "The Crown Prince is currently taking the imperial examinations, and this humble woman is afraid that he will offend people, so... I beg Your Highness to take good care of him."
Princess Ryan's lips twitched—Qingzhou was practically her son, why would she need an outsider to ask her to take care of him?
Despite my inner complaints, I actually developed a better impression of Chen Mianmian.
People say that women of the night are heartless and ungrateful, but she believes that Chen Mianmian is clever and witty, and that she is also loyal and affectionate towards Qingzhou.
A while later.
Liu Xiangning was taken back to the princess's residence by Mingzhu Caihua.
Mingzhu Caihua was originally a palace maid. After leaving the palace, she often did things for the princess. She was meticulous and did things without leaving any loopholes. She would never bring back a skinny horse in broad daylight.
Instead, they had Liu Xiangning put on a veil and led her in through the back gate of the princess's residence, all the way to the Golden Jade Courtyard.
Jinyuyuan.
Hall.
All the unrelated servants were sent away, leaving only the princess, Madam Ding, Chen Mianmian, and their respective personal servants.
It is worth mentioning that Han Rong was also quietly sent away by Shen Mianmian.
In the main hall, Liu Xiangning, disheveled and trembling, knelt on the ground. "This humble woman...this humble woman pays her respects to Her Highness the Princess, to the Lady of Anning Marquis, and to...Aunt Shen..."
Princess Ryan coldly looked at the kneeling woman and said in a deep voice, "I heard someone asked you to disfigure Mianmian? Tell me the truth about what happened."
Liu Xiangning was sold to a brothel by the Marquis of Xuanping's mansion. She was already disheartened and reckless. Without saying a word, she ordered Huo Rang to send someone to Yaotaifang to buy a "skinny horse" (a euphemism for a prostitute), and instructed that it should resemble Shen Mianmian and even imitate her.
It is said that she hit Shen Mianmian at the Minister's mansion in order to help Zhou Miaoyin out of a predicament and also to imitate Shen Mianmian's fighting in Jiangnan.
Later, she was harassed at the Xuanping Marquis's residence. In order to avoid cleaning the chamber pot, she had no choice but to go to Huo Rang to seek his favor. However, she was discovered by Zhou Miaoyin and severely beaten. A few days after the beating, she was asked to disfigure Chen Mianmian at the Lotus Banquet.
He told everything in detail, leaving no stone unturned.
Everyone was surprised.
Princess Rui'an was furious. "That Zhou Miaoyin! She actually schemed against my Lotus Banquet! If I let her go, wouldn't I be a coward who was played for a fool by her?"
Liu Xiangning was going all out—what did life and death matter? She had been a prostitute, washed clothes, cleaned chamber pots, endured beatings, and even been sold to a brothel. What else did she have to fear?
Thinking of this, Liu Xiangning mustered her courage and said, "Your Highness, there is one more thing. Aunt Shen must have also been plotted against."
"What?" Princess Rui'an and Lady Ding were both shocked.
Shen Mianmian was both amused and exasperated. "No, my matter is not worth mentioning. Let's not talk about it anymore. What's past is past."
How could she not know that she was being schemed against?
From the moment she met Horjan in the garden until her handkerchief ended up in Horjan's hand, how stupid must she have been to not realize that she had been tricked?
She not only knew, but also knew who was plotting against her; she just didn't want to investigate.
How do we investigate? Did we accidentally kill the female lead? How can the female lead and male lead end up together? If they're not together, how will the romance novel develop its storyline? If the romance doesn't develop, what will be the catalyst for her writing the novel?
Does she have to spend her whole life playing a subservient, thin horse in this novel?
Oh my god! She really didn't want this to happen!
Princess Ryan immediately understood and said fiercely, "Shen Mianmian, I've told you before, I hate good-for-nothings who repay evil with kindness and are clueless! Don't take advantage of my goodwill towards you to disgust me!"
Shen Mianmian immediately cowered, nodding vigorously, "This woman knows she was wrong, Your Highness is right! We must take revenge! This woman is filled with hatred, this woman must take revenge!"
“…” Princess Ryan—I couldn’t see where the hatred came from.
Princess Ryan looked at Shen Mianmian, sighed, and said, "Mianmian, I know you are a kind person. It's alright, I will do these vicious things. I like it very much, and I am very good at it."
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