Chapter 54: The Second Young Master is Really a Good Cousin
Princess Huimin said she was looking for Mr. Zhao Er as soon as she entered the room, and it was obvious that she came prepared.
Now we don’t know what’s going on, another person came looking for Princess Huimin.
I have never heard of any relationship between Miss Ji, who just married into the Marquis of Changxing's Mansion, and Princess Huimin.
However, the person sitting in the wheelchair should be the eldest son of Changxing Marquisate and the elder brother of the second son of Zhao.
The affairs between these nobles are not something she can control.
In the blink of an eye, these thoughts flashed through the shopkeeper's mind. She smiled and said, "The princess said she came to see one of our embroiderers. She went to the back. Would the prince and his wife like to go and see her?"
Ji Yunshu blinked and said, "What embroiderer? Is the embroidery good? The princess has already been engaged to the second young master of our family. Could it be that she is looking for someone to embroider her dowry? Let's go and take a look."
When the shopkeeper heard her words, he almost couldn't help laughing.
The Crown Prince’s wife didn’t know whether she did it on purpose or not.
Although the affair between the Second Young Master Zhao and the new embroiderer who had just arrived here was kept secret, how could it be hidden from everyone as they came and went every day?
As soon as she found out about this, she wanted to drive the embroiderer away. This is a silk shop, and most of the customers are ladies from various mansions. What would happen if someone found out?
But Master Yi, who was in charge of the silk shop, insisted on keeping the person.
But these days, the second young master Zhao almost treated this place as his own backyard. He came here whenever he wanted and had no reservations at all.
She was extremely annoyed.
Now Mr. Zhao's fiancée has arrived, and she happened to come when the two of them were having a secret meeting.
It's considered that you've shown good temper by not skinning the embroiderer, but you still asked her to embroider the dowry?
Isn't that asking for bad luck?
She pointed in a direction to Ji Yunshu and said respectfully, "In that case, please go there by yourselves."
Ji Yunshu knew the shopkeeper's concerns. If she led the way and saw something she shouldn't see or heard something she shouldn't hear, it would be bad.
So he didn't make things difficult and pushed Zhao Shen inside.
There was a large courtyard with three entrances through the back door. I followed the shopkeeper's instructions and went to Yao Ruolan's residence, but found that there was no sound inside.
Yao Ruolan was treated quite well and lived alone in a separate courtyard.
Although the place is not big and there is only one room, at least you don’t have to squeeze with others.
The servant standing guard outside the courtyard was Zhao Heng's. Upon seeing them approach, he stammered, "Shishi... Prince... why are you here?"
"I saw Princess Huimin's carriage outside. She will be my second brother's wife from now on. It would be a shame if I didn't come and say hello if I saw her."
After Ji Yunshu finished explaining, he looked very surprised and asked, "Aren't you someone close to my second brother?"
Then she suddenly realized, "Oh, I see. It's my second brother and the princess who are here. If we had known this, we wouldn't have bothered them."
As soon as she finished speaking, a maid came out of the yard, bowed to Ji Yunshu, and said, "Our princess invites the prince and his wife in."
After saying that, her eyes fell on Shen Qingchuan. She obviously didn't expect that besides the prince and his wife, there was actually a man from outside the family.
"Who is this young man?"
Shen Qingchuan touched his nose and said, "I am the prince's cousin."
The maid thought about it and probably realized that he was a member of the Shen family, but the expression on her face was still very obvious that she did not welcome Shen Qingchuan in.
Shen Qingchuan has already followed here shamelessly, how could he give up?
He glanced inside and asked, "Didn't the princess invite us in?"
The maid had probably never seen such an untactful person before. The smile on her face froze for a moment before she said with a dry smile, "Please come in."
Then he watched Shen Qingchuan follow Prince Zhao and his wife into the room.
Wei Yuanmin, Zhao Heng and Yao Ruolan were all here.
But the situation was not as tense as Ji Yunshu had imagined.
Wei Yuanmin even stood up with a smile to greet the two of them.
"Why are the Crown Prince and his wife here?"
Ji Yunshu said, "I was bored, so I asked the prince to accompany me for a walk. I didn't expect to see the princess's carriage. I thought that since we will be sisters-in-law in the future, I should at least say hello when I meet."
After she finished speaking, she glanced at Zhao Heng beside her and said jokingly, "If we had known that my second brother was here too, we wouldn't have come in. But are we sorry to bother you?"
Wei Yuanmin lowered her head shyly and said, "How could that be? I didn't expect to run into the Second Young Master here."
Ji Yunshu was a little confused about what was going on.
At this time, Zhao Shen asked, "What are you doing here, second brother?"
There was nothing unusual on Zhao Heng's face. He just looked at Ji Yunshu deeply before answering, "My cousin felt that it was inconvenient for her to live in our house because of her age, so she came here to work as an embroiderer. I was worried about her, so I came to see her."
He looked very frank when he said this. If you didn't know the relationship between the two, you would probably think that this was just the cousin caring about his cousin.
Ji Yunshu chuckled inwardly and couldn't help but say, "Our Second Young Master is truly a touching and good cousin."
Zhao Heng's effortlessly gentle expression almost broke when he heard this, and he looked at Ji Yunshu with a somewhat cold look.
Wei Yuanmin seemed to know nothing and smiled: "Yes, the second young master is really a good cousin. I wish my cousin would care about me like this."
She pointed at Yao Ruolan, who was keeping her head down and silent, and said, "I heard there's a new embroiderer at this silk shop who's really good at embroidery, so I wanted to come over and see if I could ask her to embroider something for me. I didn't expect she'd be the Second Young Master's cousin. It's like a flood that's swept away the Dragon King Temple."
As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Qingchuan coughed violently several times as if he was choked by his own saliva.
Wei Yuanmin asked in confusion, "What's wrong with this young master?"
Ji Yunshu calmly explained, "This is the cousin of the prince's mother. He just arrived in the capital and is having trouble acclimatizing. His throat is uncomfortable."
Shen Qingchuan quickly covered his mouth and said, "Yes, yes, my throat hurts."
Seeing them here, Wei Yuanmin knew that there was no way to continue the discussion. He turned around and said to Yao Ruolan, "Miss Yao, please think carefully about what I said."
Her attitude was upright and generous, as if she really came to find an embroiderer.
Yao Ruolan had clearly grown a lot these days, and said without any expression, "I'll consider it."
But Ji Yunshu noticed that when she spoke, the hand holding the handkerchief turned a little pale, and it was obvious that she was not as calm as she appeared.
Wei Yuanmin took his men away very decisively.
Zhao Heng looked at Zhao Shen and Ji Yunshu with a stern look in his eyes and asked, "Brother and sister-in-law, is there anything else?"
Ji Yunshu felt that the upcoming rivalry between the male and female protagonists would be the climax, but she had no reason nor the nerve to stay any longer.
Besides, it was impossible for Zhao Heng and Yao Ruolan to say anything in front of her and Zhao Shen.
She was about to say goodbye when she heard Zhao Shen say in a brotherly manner, "You're already engaged to the princess, so don't do anything that would bring disgrace upon the Marquis's family. No one will help you clean up this mess."
Zhao Heng gritted his teeth and said, "I know."
When Ji Yunshu pushed the wheelchair out, she seemed to be able to feel Zhao Heng's gaze on her.
She couldn't help but ask Zhao Shen: "He doesn't really think that the princess's coming here has anything to do with us, does he?"
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