The guard followed his gaze and saw Shen Ruorou's maid Qinghe frantically applying medicine to her young lady, while Shen Ruorou was scratching her ears and cheeks, like a monkey with a hornet's nest poked.
"Your Highness, I am in need of you..." Before the guard could finish his words, Xiao Yu put down his folding fan, stood up and walked towards the corridor.
"I'll go check," he said with a smile, "to see if there's any material suitable for that girl in Madam Taifu's storehouse."
In the inner room, the Taifu's wife opened a red lacquered wooden box, which contained several gorgeous clothes in bright colors. Shen Weiwan immediately fell in love with a pomegranate red embroidered skirt with gold thread embroidered with lotus flowers, which was even more gorgeous than her hibiscus brocade skirt.
"Madam, this one looks great!" She pointed at the skirt, her eyes sparkling.
The Taifu's wife was amused by her: "You, child, just like bright colors." She waved her hand for the maid to take it down, "Go try it on. If it fits, I'll give it to you."
After Shen Weiwan ran behind the screen holding her skirt, she heard Chuntao's voice coming from outside: "Miss, His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince sent a piece of Yunjin over to apologize to you."
"Apologize?" Shen Weiwan muttered as she changed her clothes, "What kind of apology is he making?"
Chuntao lifted a corner of the screen and lowered her voice: "The eunuch who delivered the gift said that His Highness felt that you had been wronged today and specially selected a piece of 'cicada wing gauze' to make amends."
Shen Weiwan nearly tripped over her skirt. Cicada-wing gauze? That was tribute, thin as a cicada's wing, light as smoke. The entire capital might not even produce one piece in a year. What on earth was the Seventh Prince planning to do?
She changed into a pomegranate-red dress and emerged. The gold thread shimmered in the candlelight, making her skin appear whiter than snow and her features look like a painting. The Imperial Tutor's wife nodded repeatedly, "It looks great! It really looks great! It suits you even better than that hibiscus dress you wore."
Shen Weiwan turned around, her skirt like a blooming pomegranate flower: "Thank you, Madam! And thank you, His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince!" But in her heart, she was wondering, could it be that Xiao Yu has a crush on her? Otherwise, why would he give her such a valuable gift?
Just as she was thinking, there was a sudden commotion outside. Shen Weiwan lifted the curtain and saw Shen Ruoruo running out from the side hall with her face covered. Her hair was disheveled and her face was red and swollen. She no longer looked gentle.
"Look! Isn't that Miss Shen Er?"
"What's wrong with her face? It's so red!"
"He seems to be still scratching. Could he have some strange disease?"
The noble ladies' chatter pierced Shen Ruorou's ears like needles. She felt embarrassed and itchy, wishing she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into. She didn't care about her image at all, and covered her face as she ran towards the gate of the Taifu Mansion.
Shen Weiwan looked at her fleeing back, a smug smile on her lips.
Shen Ruorou, this is just the beginning. I will repay you double for all the humiliation you inflicted on me in my previous life, bit by bit!
"Miss," Chuntao pointed to the distance, "His Highness the Seventh Prince seems to be looking at you."
Shen Weiwan followed her finger and saw a familiar figure standing on the waterside pavilion. He was wearing a moon-white brocade robe and had his hair tied up with a jade hairpin. It was the Seventh Prince Xiao Yu. He was waving a folding fan, looking at her from afar, with a hint of a smile on his lips.
Shen Weiwan's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly lowered her head, pretending to adjust the hem of her skirt. Why does this guy always appear at times like this?
"Come on, Chuntao," she pulled the maid and turned around, "Let's go thank the lady, and then go home, and let someone have a good time at home to itch as much as they want!"
Chun Tao followed with a suppressed smile, and the figures of the master and servant disappeared in the peony bushes, leaving behind only the discussion of the noble ladies about "Second Miss Shen's strange illness" and the increasingly deep smile in Xiao Yu's eyes on the waterside pavilion.
This war sparked by "borrowing clothes" has just reached its climax. And Shen Weiwan's shady counterattack is destined to make the whole capital laugh. When she walked out of the Taifu Mansion in her brand new pomegranate red dress, the people on the street were talking:
"See? That's the general's daughter, she's got her cousin completely under her thumb!"
"That's right. I heard that at the Spring Festival Banquet today, Miss Shen was so itchy that she rolled on the ground and was completely embarrassed!"
Shen Weiwan sat in the carriage, listening to the discussions outside the window, and couldn't help but lift a corner of the curtain. In the sunset, the Seventh Prince rode a tall horse past the carriage, deliberately slowing down, raised his chin to her, and the smile in his eyes almost overflowed.
Shen Weiwan quickly lowered the curtains, her heart beating like a rabbit. Could this guy really be attracted to her?
"Miss, why is your face red?" Chuntao looked at her curiously.
"Nonsense!" Shen Weiwan glared at her, but her heart was filled with joy. What's wrong with being favored by the prince? It's better than being deceived into marriage by a lame scumbag!
The carriage slowly pulled away from the Imperial Tutor's Mansion. Shen Weiwan leaned against the wall, stroking the red gold hairpin at her waist. In this life, she not only had to protect the General's Mansion, but also trample all her enemies underfoot and live a prosperous life. As for the Seventh Prince, who always watched the fun... perhaps, dragging him into the trap would be a good option?
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but laugh out loud. Chun Tao looked at her young lady, who was laughing like a cat stealing fish, and shook her head helplessly. Her young lady was probably going to turn the capital upside down.
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