Chapter 11: Show Ruan Yunsheng some color!
Ruan Yunsheng's eyes swept over the nine-treasure hairpin with gold filigree in Bai Ruowei's hand.
The third brother has always been generous. I don’t know how many treasures he has given Bai Ruowei this year. If Bai Ruowei is sincere to her third brother, she will naturally not interfere.
But Bai Ruowei obviously only treated her third brother as a sucker, so she couldn't just sit back and watch.
When Bai Ruowei heard Ruan Yunsheng say the word "heart-beating", she thought she had finally given in.
Unexpectedly, Ruan Yunsheng changed the subject and said, "Unfortunately, the last thing the Marquis' Mansion lacks is money, so - I won't sell it."
Bai Ruowei bit her lip and said, "Princess, that Hanxiang Feiyun Grass is really of no use to you. Why are you so unwilling to give it up?"
"Or did Ruo Wei offend the princess at some point, so the princess deliberately made things difficult for Ruo Wei?"
Ruan Yunbo frowned and immediately said, "Ruowei, why do you think so? Shengsheng would never target you on purpose."
Bai Ruowei looked at Ruan Yunsheng, as if she wanted an explanation from her.
"Then may I ask, what exactly does the Princess want the Hanxiang Feiyun Grass for?"
Ruan Yunsheng took a sip of tea and asked with a curved lip, "Miss Bai, have you always been so possessive of other people's things?"
"Since the Hanxiang Feiyun Grass is mine, it's none of Miss Bai's business even if I use it to burn."
Bai Ruowei choked up, her expression suddenly becoming extremely ugly.
According to the plot of the original novel, Hanxiang Feiyuncao originally belonged to the heroine!
Ruan Yunsheng stole her things and acted so confidently!
What's more, she had already boasted in front of Prince Duan that Ruan Yunbo would obey her orders and that getting the Hanxiang Feiyun Grass would be no problem at all.
As a result, Ruan Yunsheng showed up unexpectedly!
Bai Ruowei glanced at Ruan Yunsheng with resentment.
She must teach Ruan Yunsheng a lesson today!
Seeing Bai Ruowei's bad face, Ruan Yunbo quickly said, "Okay, let's eat quickly, otherwise the food will get cold."
Bai Ruowei forced a smile. "Ruowei made a mistake and made the Third Young Master and the Princess laugh at me. Since the Princess is really unwilling to give up, Ruowei will not mention this matter anymore."
She picked up the wine pot and stood up to pour Ruan Yunsheng a cup of peach blossom wine.
She said softly, "Ruo Wei offers a toast to the princess. I hope the princess won't hold it against Ruo Wei."
The peach blossom wine in the glass cup has a light pink sheen, and tiny ripples appear as the cup is shaken.
Bai Ruowei looked at Ruan Yunsheng's flawless skin and raised the corners of her lips slightly.
Her golden finger is perfumery. Not only can she make various rare spices, but she also has many unknown uses!
When she was pouring the wine just now, she used her wide sleeves to cover herself and secretly dipped a corner of the handkerchief she was carrying into Ruan Yunsheng's cup of peach blossom wine.
The handkerchief had been smoked with "scratching heart fragrance" in advance. The fragrance was very light and could be covered by the aroma of peach blossom wine.
If you drink this wine or spill it directly on your skin, you will soon feel irritated all over and be exposed in public!
Moreover, this incense is non-toxic, and even if you consult a royal physician, you will not be able to find the cause.
Bai Ruowei couldn't help laughing when she thought about Ruan Yunsheng's embarrassing appearance later.
Seeing that Ruan Yunsheng didn't pick up the wine glass immediately, Bai Ruowei said pitifully, "The princess won't refuse to give Ruowei this face, right?"
Ruan Yunsheng looked at Bai Ruowei and suddenly smiled faintly.
"Miss Bai, since she is my third brother's friend, I must give her this honor."
She picked up the wine glass and stood up, raising her wrist slightly as if to clink glasses with Bai Ruowei.
Bai Ruowei's eyes lit up and she immediately handed over her cup. In order to let Ruan Yunsheng relax his vigilance, he even lowered the rim of the cup.
Unexpectedly, Ruan Yunsheng's wrist strength was a little too strong when he clinked glasses. The moment the glass cup hit the rim of the other party's cup, the peach blossom wine in the cup splashed out, and the wine immediately spilled on Bai Ruowei's white sleeves, leaving a wet light red mark.
Bai Ruowei suddenly turned pale!
Ruan Yunsheng was surprised and asked, "Miss Bai, are you okay? I was distracted for a moment and didn't pay attention to the strength I used."
Ruan Yunbo also looked at Bai Ruowei with concern: "Ruowei, do you want me to send a set of clothes over so you can go to the private room next door and change into them?"
At this moment, a fine itch emerged from under Bai Ruowei's skin, as if thousands of ants were crawling all over her body!
The glass in his hand fell to the ground with a clang, and the wine spilled all over the floor.
She really wanted to scratch herself all over, but she stopped abruptly the moment she touched her clothes - she must not let Ruan Yunbo see her in such a disgraceful state!
She clutched her sleeves tightly, trying to maintain her composure, but her fingertips created deep wrinkles in the hem of her skirt.
"Third Master, Princess, Ruo Wei is feeling unwell, so she'll be leaving first!"
Before she finished speaking, she had already hurriedly left the private room.
Ruan Yunbo didn't understand why Bai Ruowei just left without saying anything. She glanced at the nine-treasure hairpin with gold filigree beside the table and muttered, "Why didn't you even take the hairpin I gave you?"
In the past, when he gave Bai Ruowei things, Bai Ruowei always refused them.
But in order not to let him down, she would reluctantly accept it when she left. Why didn't she take the hairpin with her this time?
Ruan Yunsheng smiled, "Miss Bai has a noble character and regards money as dirt. I'm afraid she wouldn't look down on such vulgar things as Third Brother's gift."
Ruan Yunbo suddenly understood after hearing what Ruan Yunsheng said, "Shengsheng is right. No wonder every time Third Brother gave Ruowei something, it never touched her heart!"
"It turns out that Third Brother is narrow-minded!"
Ruan Yunsheng's eyes swept across the broken glass cup on the ground, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.
I thought to myself: Her four brothers are all geniuses.
The eldest brother is talented in literature, the second brother is good at martial arts, the third brother is rich enough to rival a country, and the fourth brother is the last disciple of the miracle doctor "Wangyouke". Although he has no official position, his superb medical skills have attracted monarchs from all over the world to treat him as a guest of honor.
Even the old-fashioned Xie Yan, who once stayed in the Marquis's Mansion, had extraordinary talent.
How could she, a princess, be a useless vase?
He actually used such a low-level method as drugging in front of her. I don’t know if Bai Ruowei is too stupid or too arrogant.
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That afternoon, the palace eunuchs delivered the news by express horse - the Empress Dowager's decree ordered Princess Xuan Mingyi to enter the palace for an audience at 9:00 the next day.
Ruan Yunsheng was not surprised. After all, she had been missing for five years, and the Queen Mother would definitely see her no matter what.
When the time comes, she will just repeat what she said in Zuiyulou before.
But for some reason, Ruan Yunsheng felt vaguely uneasy, always feeling that entering the palace tomorrow might not be so smooth.
Five years ago, she was still the glorious Princess Mingyi. The emperor and the empress dowager both doted on her. She was also about to marry Prince Duan and become his consort.
Now when those people in the palace see her again, their attitude may not be certain.
According to the common sense of inheritance, the title of Marquis of Zhenguo should have been inherited by the crown prince.
However, because she had been loved by her parents and brothers since she was young, her father did not hesitate to ask the emperor for mercy and make an exception to pass the title to her daughter. Her father did this to dispel some of the emperor's suspicions.
From then on, there was no prince in the Marquis Zhenguo Mansion, and only the princess was in charge.
Unlike ordinary noble ladies with nominal titles, her position as a princess not only brought her a salary from the imperial court, but also gave her a fiefdom.
However, in recent years, the emperor has become increasingly suspicious. First, he demoted the eldest brother to a magistrate in a remote county. If the war at the border had not continued, the military power in the hands of the second brother would have been taken back long ago.
The fiefdom under her name had probably become a thorn in the emperor's eyes that needed to be removed.
So she vaguely felt that the emperor in the palace probably did not want to see her return safely.
At three o'clock in the morning, Ruan Yunsheng lay on the bed with his eyes closed, thinking about how to deal with the troubles that might arise tomorrow.
The black market had just opened at this time.
Cargo boxes floated on the dark river, human figures flickered in the light of lanterns, and the low voices of transactions and the sounds of dice mixed together. The gloomy underground world finally woke up.
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