A slender and graceful figure walked in. The girl was wearing a thick ruqun embroidered with only a few begonia flowers. Her hair was also very simple. Her smooth black hair was tied into two small buns and simply and casually adorned with a matching red begonia flower hairpin. Her round and full earlobes were not adorned with any earrings, but even so, the girl was already incredibly beautiful.
Her translucent white skin, pale pink lips, and faintly visible blue veins beneath her skin all indicated that this stunning beauty was not in good health.
She was dressed in a plain dress, but when she slightly raised her bright eyes, the corners of her eyes turned red for a moment, and even her pale pink lips seemed to become a little redder. The crabapple blossoms on her dress made her even more alluring, beautiful yet decadent, breaking free from the fragility that was hidden beneath her overly fair skin, revealing her elegance and beauty.
Vague, beautiful, gorgeous, fragile.
Upon their first meeting, the eldest princess quickly used four words to describe Qingyin—no, these were not enough to describe Miss Song.
Gu Yanran was in a daze. She rubbed her eyes and asked Song's mother in surprise:
"This is...this is your daughter?"
"Yes, this is my eldest daughter, Song Qingqing." The princess's surprised and amazed expression greatly satisfied Song's mother's subtle desire to show off her daughter, and she nodded with a smile.
He waved to Qingyin.
"Qingqing, come quickly, this is the eldest princess."
Qingyin nodded slightly and gave an elegant bow.
"This humble woman, Song Qingqing, pays her respects to the Princess."
Gu Yanran's eyes lit up. The princess, who had been sitting upright, couldn't wait to get up and walk to Qingyin's side, reaching out to support Qingyin's hand.
Before Qingyin could even express her surprise, a look of obvious joy appeared on Gu Yanran's elegant face. She held Qingyin's soft, delicate hands and said, "Oh, my poor Qingqing, look at how pretty you are, yet that man surnamed Liu still torments you. If I were your mother, I would lock all those people up in jail and let them bully such a beautiful little darling like you."
"Qingqing is so beautiful. If you don't like my son, how about making him your goddaughter in the future?"
Qingyin: "..."
Song's mother: "..."
If I'm not mistaken, this princess has come to propose marriage to her son.
If she can't be his daughter-in-law, she'll become his goddaughter; this is really putting her son in a difficult position.
Shen Du, who was deliberately causing trouble for the Crown Prince in the imperial court, suddenly sneezed.
Is someone eyeing him? Could it be Qingqing? Hehe.
The silly-looking Shen Du was completely unaware that his own mother was creating obstacles for his future marriage.
Seeing the princess holding her hand with no intention of letting go, Qingyin's lips twitched slightly.
This princess seems to have a very different inner self from her outward appearance.
Gu Yanran was unaware of Qingyin's thoughts. She held Qingyin's hand and looked straight at Qingyin's face, her affection for her growing stronger with each glance.
As a princess who came from the palace, no one knew that she was a true beauty enthusiast, especially valuing facial beauty. Most of the palace maids who entered the palace were good-looking, and the maids Gu Yanran chose were all beautiful. However, this was not obvious in the palace full of beauties. After leaving the palace, she married a general who was also good-looking, so Gu Yanran naturally could not reveal her true nature of being a beauty enthusiast.
Shen Du inherited her and her husband's good looks and was born very well. Gu Yanran was very satisfied. However, it was a pity that after giving birth to Shen Du, her health deteriorated and she could no longer have children. Therefore, she could not have another cute and beautiful little daughter to raise by her side and dress her up beautifully. As Shen Du grew up, Gu Yanran's hidden desire for this became stronger and stronger.
However, apart from her own personal head maid, no one knew.
But today, Gu Yanran felt that she had seen the "beautiful daughter" in her heart who was perfect in every way—Song Qingqing.
It's so beautiful.
She just wanted to have such a stunningly beautiful daughter.
Looking at Qingyin's face, Gu Yanran couldn't help but glance at Song's mother with envy.
As a mother herself, Song's mother suddenly understood Gu Yanran's gaze.
A sense of pride arose in our hearts, as if we were telepathically in sync.
Gu Yanran: "..."
Oh well, it's alright. Even if I don't have such a pretty daughter, having a pretty daughter-in-law is fine too. Hehe, maybe it would be great to have a pretty granddaughter who looks a bit like Qingqing someday.
Oh right, doesn't Qingqing have a daughter named Niannian? If Qingqing marries her son in the future, then Niannian will be her granddaughter!
Gu Yanran's eyes brightened even more.
Qingyin: "..."
The way the eldest princess looked at her didn't seem like a mother-in-law looking at her daughter-in-law; it was more like a wild beast eyeing its prized, fresh meat.
"Princess?"
Qingyin tentatively called out to Gu Yanran, whose eyes seemed to be growing brighter the more she thought about something.
Gu Yanran coughed awkwardly a few times, "Hehe, I just suddenly remembered something else."
"Haha, none of that matters. Qingqing, how do you treat our Shen Du? Tell me, if there's anything wrong with that brat Shen Du, I'll go back and make him fix everything before he comes back."
Facing her overly enthusiastic future mother-in-law, who seemed eager to give her her son on the spot, Qingyin waved her hand with difficulty, "No, Young Master Shen is very nice."
"So Qingqing agreed?" Gu Yanran felt relieved, thankfully her brat son hadn't lied to her.
Qingyin shook her head, and Gu Yanran's heart skipped a beat. "Qingqing doesn't want to?"
"No, thank you for your kindness, Princess. Although I am willing to marry Young Master Shen, I have some requests."
"Tell me, I'll definitely agree to anything you say on behalf of Shen Du." Gu Yanran relaxed. As long as it wasn't a refusal, anything else was fine, she said generously.
Qingyin smiled, her eyes hardening: "I know the princess is straightforward, but there is something I must tell the princess. I have another daughter, and I will take her with me no matter what."
"Hey, what's the big deal? Qingqing's daughter is naturally my future granddaughter too."
"No one dares to question my granddaughter from the General's Mansion."
Gu Yanran finished speaking with an air of domineering confidence.
She successfully won the admiring gazes of two little fangirls, Qingyin and Song's mother.
But the princess's domineering aura only lasted a short while. Before long, the once elegant princess seemed to have been relieved of her burden and began to ask about Song Zhenbao.
"What about my granddaughter? Come here and let your grandmother see her."
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The eldest princess stayed at the Song residence for a long time and even met her future granddaughter, Song Zhenbao. Although the little granddaughter wasn't as stunningly beautiful as her mother, she was clearly a beautiful girl in the making, with a lovely and delicate appearance, and was also clever and quick-witted. If it weren't for the late hour, she would have been forced to return to the lonely and desolate general's mansion to prepare gifts for proposing marriage to the Song family. (The great general, Chen Wang, had not yet returned from the battlefield.)
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