两人意见不一，恰好此时初春等人进来，赵淑便道：“你们觉着哪件好？”
“This servant thinks this white brocade with plum blossoms is the best. Princess, you were born when the red plum blossoms were proud in the snow, this outfit is most fitting for the occasion.” Chu Chun immediately took a liking to the outfit that Sun Yun had chosen.
Before Sun Yun could feel smug after hearing Chu Chun's words, Wan Dong said, "The red plum blossoms haven't bloomed yet at this time. I think that dress with large peony flowers, golden clouds, and phoenixes spreading their wings is more suitable for the princess. Today is the princess's birthday, how can red plum blossoms be appropriate for the occasion?"
Several pieces were on the shelf. After Wan Dong finished speaking, Sheng Xia said shyly, "This servant thinks the one next to us is the best. It has auspicious clouds, good fortune, health and longevity."
Zhao Shu was speechless. Choosing an outfit was so difficult. She just randomly pointed to one and said, "This one will do."
In early spring, just as Chu Chun was about to take off the clothes and help Zhao Shu change, Xiao Zhuzi came to report: "Princess, people from the Huo family have arrived. These are the clothes that the Huo family handed over. Miss Huo specifically instructed that you must wear these clothes today."
"Bring it in." Zhao Shu keenly sensed something unusual.
Xiao Zhuzi brought the box in and placed it on the table. Zhao Shu gestured for him to open it. Inside the box was a set of top-grade court robes.
This was the first time Zhao Shu had ever seen someone wearing court attire for a birthday celebration. "Does Aunt have anything else to say?"
"Yes, Miss Huo said she would be a little late today, so please don't worry."
Zhao Shu frowned. Huo Danlan must have something on her mind. After thinking for a moment, she said to Xiao Zhuzi, "Send people to guard the city gate. If any suspicious people enter the city, report immediately. Pay special attention to Consort Hao's carriages and horses."
However, Consort Hao seemed to be deliberately going against Zhao Shu, and indeed chose to enter the city today. But as soon as she stepped into Guanzhou City, the gossip that followed almost suffocated her.
"I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince was recuperating at the Camellia Villa outside the city. I never expected that an assassin would sneak into the villa to kill him. Fortunately, General Peng came to protect the Crown Prince, otherwise His Highness would definitely not have survived." Granny Wang, who sells vegetables, gossiped with Uncle Ge, who sells fish next to her.
Zhang, the butcher who was buying meat nearby, glanced around and said, "Are you out of your mind? You dare to talk about the Crown Prince like that?"
The three of them came out of their home together, ready to take over from their wives who went out to set up their stall at dawn, and begin a busy day.
Aunt Wang snorted, "Why wouldn't I dare say that? I would even dare say that the Emperor's father-in-law and brother-in-law abandoned His Highness the Crown Prince and fled for their lives alone because there were too many assassins. It's a pity that Heaven has eyes, and they were still killed."
"How did you know?" Uncle Ge immediately became curious and asked.
"My third cousin's eldest nephew's wife's cousin's husband's neighbor's son is the cook at Chamei Manor. He told me this, and I'm telling you, that father and son are really scoundrels. They actually abandoned the prince and even pushed him out to take the knife for them." Aunt Wang spoke with great conviction, as if she had seen it with her own eyes.
Uncle Ge and Butcher Zhang both shook their heads upon hearing this. "They're really despicable. If they're trying to escape, they should just run away themselves. Why use their own nephew as a shield? It's really..." Uncle Ge hadn't been to school, so he couldn't find the right words to describe it.
These idle gossips could be heard from time to time. On the short street, they were heard four or five times, and the voices were particularly loud. Even though Hao Shumei was sitting in the carriage and did not show her face, the voices seemed to have come to her ears as if they were sentient. She wanted to have these troublemakers killed, but after they finished speaking, they ran away and she could not catch the troublemakers at all.
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