Chapter 98 The Princess of Xixia
Although Jiang Wanru no longer holds the status of a concubine's daughter from the Ningyuan Marquis's household, her appearance and manners are still acceptable.
Besides, someone who crawled out of a courtesan's belly would naturally have extremely high skills in dealing with men.
"Alright." The Grand Princess took Princess Ping'an's hand. "If you can't stand her, just treat her like a servant."
"But in front of outsiders, you still have to put on an act."
Princess Ping'an pouted and reluctantly agreed.
"Go out. Once she's recovered, you'll need to take her to your cousin the emperor's birthday celebration in a couple of days."
We can't just keep them at home for nothing.
The Grand Princess got up and pulled Princess Ping'an out the door.
Jiang Wanru, who was lying on the bed, slowly opened her eyes, her hands trembling uncontrollably.
Hearing the sounds of the mother and daughter walking away from outside, she clutched the blanket tightly.
"Mother, weren't you afraid she would hear you saying so much to your daughter?"
"So what if I heard it?" the Grand Princess said. "She's nothing more than a dog I raised to bite people."
"If she's useful, we'll keep her and reward her with a few bones; if she's useless, she'll suffer the same fate as her mother."
Princess Ping'an smiled happily, "I knew it, Mother wouldn't be so bored as to take in any goddaughters."
The next day.
Jiang Wan Ning accompanied Shen Ru Zhi shopping to pick out a gift.
"Zhizhi, you've been shopping all afternoon and still haven't made a choice?" Jiang Wanning sat on a drum stool and rubbed her calves.
“There’s nothing suitable.” Shen Ruzhi picked up a hairpin and threw it back. “My old man finally managed to get married.”
"If I don't give him some nice gifts, wouldn't I be letting him down after all these years of staying single for me?"
Jiang Wan Ning...
This statement sounds reasonable, yet it also seems wrong.
"But what you want to choose—affordable, unique, and exquisite items—is probably something you won't find anywhere else in the entire capital."
Jiang Wanning felt somewhat helpless.
Shen Ruzhi thought for a moment, then lowered her arms in dejection, "But I don't have that much money."
"What's the rush? His Majesty has approved your marriage, but the Empress Dowager's mourning period has just ended. We should wait until His Majesty's birthday is over before making any decisions."
"You can take your time to think about it." Jiang Wan Ning really didn't want to continue shopping, so she casually said, "I think it's more important than buying it with money."
"They care more about whether you made it yourself."
Shen Ruzhi rolled her eyes. "That's a good idea, but I don't know how to do anything."
Jiang Wan Ning rubbed her head. "Why don't you go find A Hai? I think he has more ideas."
Shen Ruzhi snapped her fingers. "That's a good idea! Let's go! Now!"
He then took Jiang Wan Ning's hand and led her outside.
Jiang Wan Ning rubbed her lower back as she walked.
The two arrived at the hot pot restaurant.
Yu Hai was researching new drinks when he heard Shen Ruzhi's words and, without saying a word,
Pick up a brush and start drawing on the paper.
Yu Hai's calligraphy has improved significantly compared to the period before.
But Chen Ruzhi still couldn't understand, "What is this?"
"ring."
“Nonsense,” Shen Ruzhi said. “I know it’s a ring.”
"But I've never seen this kind of ring before, why are there two?"
Yu Hai explained, “These are wedding rings,” pointing to one of them, “This is the men’s style.”
"So this is the women's version?"
Yu Hai nodded. "In my hometown, couples always wear rings when they get married."
Yu Hai extended his ring finger, "On this finger."
As Yu Hai continued talking, Jiang Wan Ning suddenly became interested, "In the past, they were all men's and women's styles, but there are quite a few jade pendants in pairs."
"But I've never heard of these rings before. They would be quite nice if they were sold in the Prince's gold shop."
"Hey, hey, hey, stop, stop, stop!" Shen Ruzhi immediately snatched the blueprints away. "Ningning, you've already made enough money from this shop."
"This is a gift for the old man. If you mass-produce it, wouldn't it lose its originality?"
Shen Ruzhi pointed at Jiang Wanning and jokingly warned, "You're not allowed to keep thinking about it! Otherwise I'll... I'll... I'll come here every day to eat and drink for free."
Yu Hai: It's not like no one comes here to eat and drink for free every day anymore. Why don't you take a look at the drink you're holding?
Jiang Wanning smiled and said, "Okay, okay."
I won't fight you for it.
Shen Ruzhi smiled and handed the drink to Yu Hai, then rolled up the blueprints, preparing to find a good place to make the jewelry in a little while.
"ah--"
As soon as the men said this, a shrill scream came from downstairs.
Jiang Wan Ning frowned immediately, got up and walked downstairs.
Yu Hai and Shen Ruzhi quickly followed behind.
If something happens in the shop, it will waste a lot of time earning money.
"What are you yelling for? My whip only lightly touched you; I didn't use any force at all."
A woman shouted arrogantly,
A woman was lying in front of her, clutching her large belly and wailing in pain.
"You're being incredibly unreasonable! How could you hit someone like that?"
"Yes, yes, she's heavily pregnant and just wants to eat hot pot, you don't even have to lift a finger!"
The woman holding the whip, seeing the people around her pointing and whispering about her, angrily pointed around and shouted, "You! Are you people from Dongling so unable to distinguish right from wrong?"
"Just because she's pregnant doesn't mean I should give way to her?"
"She deliberately bumped into me time and time again!"
"That's when I couldn't help but crack the whip, but I didn't manage to hit her."
She felt somewhat aggrieved, and she was careful when she lashed out with the whip.
"Hey, judging from your tone, you're not from Dongling?"
Someone in the crowd shouted.
The woman raised her chin, her face full of pride, "I am the Princess of Xixia."
"They were invited by your Dongling royal family to celebrate your emperor's birthday."
“So what if she’s a princess of Western Xia?” someone shouted. “Even a princess of Western Xia can’t just hit people.”
"The Western Xia people are all barbaric. I think the rumors are true, it's really like that."
“Yes, yes,” someone echoed, “The Western Xia barbarians are rude and uncouth.”
"You!" The woman gasped for breath, "You people!"
"How dare you humiliate our Western Xia!"
The woman raised the whip in her hand high as she spoke.
"Stop!" Jiang Wan Ning grabbed the woman's raised wrist. "Princess, please don't be angry."
"Who are you!" The woman shook off Jiang Wan Ning's hand and stared at her from head to toe.
Jiang Wan Ning bowed and said, "I am the owner of this shop."
"Ouch, ouch, my stomach, my stomach hurts so much!"
The pregnant woman lying on the ground suddenly screamed.
"This...this looks like she's about to give birth," said an older woman in the crowd.
"She must have been frightened by her whip, which is why she was about to give birth."
Jiang Wanning turned around to take the pregnant woman's pulse, then looked up at Yu Hai, "She's definitely about to give birth."
"Someone, go find a midwife." He then said to Haitang, "You and Shaoyao move her to the private room on the third floor, be careful."
"Hey, don't go!" someone shouted. "You think you can just walk away after hurting someone?"
Jiang Wan Ning turned around and saw the Princess of Xixia about to walk towards the door, but was stopped by a group of people.
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