Chapter 475 Choosing a Marriage Partner
"This is the color my sister-in-law likes, but she can't use rouge right now, so we don't need to buy it for now. As for the timing, just like with my mother, we'll change it every two weeks. If you find it troublesome, you can just buy both at the same time, so you can save yourself a trip."
"Yes, I will write it down."
Yu Fei took Gu Shuyan's advice to heart, but Princess Chu Xia, who was standing to the side, was somewhat displeased.
"Miss Gu, what do you mean by this? Is this your sincerity in spilling my rouge?"
Princess Chuxia thought that Gu Shuyan had brought up the rouge so that she could choose it first, but she didn't expect that Gu Shuyan would chatter on and on to a little maid.
Seeing that Princess Chuxia was getting anxious, Gu Shuyan waved her hand at Yufei and said, "Princess, you misunderstand. These rouges are naturally for you to choose from. I just taught the maids a little something along the way."
As Gu Shuyan spoke, she placed a brightly colored one in front of Princess Chuxia.
“Princess, this color suits your age very well.”
Gu Shuyan used Gu Shuyan's own methods against her, and even though Princess Chuxia saw through Gu Shuyan's intentions, she couldn't retaliate.
Princess Chuxia glanced at the childish color and then looked at the other box. "I like this one. Miss Gu should take the one she chose back for herself!"
Without any hesitation, Gu Shuyan handed the box she had chosen to Yu Fei, saying, "Tell the shopkeeper to give me three identical boxes."
Seeing that Gu actually wanted more of that color, and not just one, but three boxes, Princess Chuxia was speechless and unconsciously scrutinized Gu Shuyan even more.
Seeing that she had almost finished choosing what she wanted, and at the same time Princess Chuxia had also chosen two boxes, Gu Shuyan gestured to Princess Chuxia to invite her to the counter together.
After packing all the rouge and paying for it, Gu Shuyan bid farewell to Princess Chuxia.
However, as she watched Gu Shuyan's departing figure, Princess Chuxia suddenly blurted out, as if by magic, "You won't be able to marry Yun Yichen as you wish."
Gu Shuyan had heard this kind of talk before. Upon hearing Princess Chuxia's warning, she simply turned around and nodded slightly.
After Gu Shuyan left, Princess Chuxia lost interest in continuing her stroll and returned directly to the post station with her maids.
As a royal post station, it naturally attracted the emperor's and other spies. However, the Crown Prince of Wei hadn't been idle during his stay; at least in this post station, there was now a place where he and his sister could whisper secrets to each other.
Upon seeing Princess Chuxia return looking somewhat dejected, the Crown Prince of Wei immediately noticed something was wrong. However, he was currently playing chess with Lu Yuanbin and Lu Youming, so he couldn't ask Princess Chuxia any further questions.
Only after the two annoying princes had left did the Crown Prince of Wei summon Princess Chuxia.
"What's wrong? Did you not have fun today?"
The Crown Prince of Wei looked at Princess Chuxia; the emotions on her face were so obvious that it was impossible for him not to notice them.
"Your Highness, I encountered Gu Shuyan today."
Princess Chuxia recounted her encounter with Gu Shuyan, which surprised the Crown Prince of Wei.
"I heard that Miss Gu rarely goes out, I didn't expect my sister to run into her like this. What's wrong? Did she make you angry?"
Although Princess Chuxia hadn't said anything yet, just thinking of Gu Shuyan's clear eyes, the Crown Prince knew that the girl must have suffered a loss at the hands of the other party.
"Miss Gu is a smiling tiger. She looks harmless, but she is actually extremely hateful."
Princess Chuxia believed that no one in the Wei Kingdom had ever dared to set a trap for her, but today, although it was only a verbal confrontation, she had clearly lost to that Miss Gu.
Seeing Princess Chuxia grinding her teeth, the Crown Prince of Wei couldn't help but find it amusing.
He hadn't seen Xiao Ba like this in many years. He wondered what Miss Gu had done to provoke Xiao Ba into this state.
"It seems I'll have to have a good talk with this Miss Gu sometime and see how she managed to anger my fearless sister to this extent."
The Crown Prince of Wei spoke with a hint of teasing. Princess Chuxia stomped her foot in dissatisfaction upon hearing this, and then said to the Crown Prince, "Your Highness, you should just give up. That girl Gu Shuyan is too clever for you. You are no match for her at all."
"Oh? Eighth Sister doesn't think that just because you're no match for her, you think that Your Majesty will also be defeated, does she?"
The Crown Prince knew Princess Chuxia well. Although she usually seemed arrogant, she wasn't the kind of person who was just recklessly arrogant without any sense of reason.
On the contrary, Princess Chuxia was very intelligent, and sometimes she could even devise strategies for herself. However, no matter how clever Princess Chuxia was, she was still just a woman, so in the eyes of the Crown Prince of Wei, she sometimes acted impulsively.
For example, the fact that she targeted Gu Shuyan right from the start is something the Crown Prince of Wei doesn't believe. He doesn't believe that others would not notice her hostility towards Gu Shuyan in the main hall.
"Does Your Majesty think you won't fall? Or do you think you can use your good looks to seduce that Miss Gu and make her obey your every word?"
Princess Chuxia rolled her eyes at the Crown Prince of Wei, who then reached out and gave her a hard tap on the head.
"You'd better keep your mouth shut. The Emperor of Great Zhou is still observing the situation regarding the marriage alliance, and these princes are also very eager to participate. If you reveal our thoughts in advance and let Gu Shuyan realize that she is the marriage alliance partner we have chosen, then our marriage alliance will probably be in vain."
After receiving the warning from the Crown Prince of Wei, Princess Chuxia shut her mouth and looked at him with a pitiful expression.
She didn't really want to make things difficult for Gu Shuyan, but the thought that such a country girl was chosen by her father and that her brother should marry her made her feel very uncomfortable.
Her elder brother was the Crown Prince of Wei, a man of exceptional talent and beauty whom everyone wanted to marry. Yet he had to travel thousands of miles to the Great Zhou to marry a country bumpkin. How could she swallow this insult?
"Brother, I will try my best to get along with Gu Shuyan after the beginning of summer."
Princess Chuxia was very unwilling, but since her father and brother both wanted to do the same, she had no choice but to comply.
The Crown Prince of Wei naturally knew why Princess Chuxia was deliberately picking on Gu Shuyan, and it was precisely because he knew this that he couldn't blame her. Now that he saw Princess Chuxia had figured things out herself, the Crown Prince of Wei couldn't help but pat her shoulder reassuringly.
"It's good that you think that way. Marrying Miss Gu was just a temporary measure. Please don't make things difficult for her anymore."
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