"So what? Old Shu is just Zhenmeng's adoptive father, and I am Zhenmeng's biological father.
Princess Chen... To me, Zhuang Tianming, you are just an outsider. I think you should just mind your own business!"
Without giving Shu Jiaying a chance to speak, Zhuang Tianming rode away on his horse.
Shu Jiaying returned to the palace in a depressed mood and asked the servants. She learned that Yu Chenfeng had returned and was in the study. She went straight to the study.
As soon as I reached the main hall, the housekeeper Uncle Wang came running over panting.
Uncle Wang stopped Shu Jiaying.
"Princess, please stay, Princess..."
Shu Jiaying stopped.
"What's the matter, Uncle Wang?"
"Your Highness, there is a palace maid outside the door requesting to see you."
"Maid?"
Shu Jiaying didn't remember any interactions between her and the nobles in the palace, but since she was a guest, she told Uncle Wang, "Let her in."
Shu Jiaying walked into the main room and asked the maid to make her a pot of chrysanthemum tea.
Led by the uncle, the palace maid entered the palace. Originally arrogant because of Zhong Lihua's identity, she began to lose her previous toughness after seeing the palace of Prince Chen, which looked ordinary on the outside but was spacious and majestic on the inside.
It was not until she walked into the main hall of Prince Chen's Mansion and saw Shu Jiaying drinking tea with a leisurely look on her face that the palace maid involuntarily bowed deeply.
"Your servant Shui'er pays homage to Her Majesty the Princess!"
"No need to be polite, please stand up and talk..."
Shu Jiaying was somewhat flattered by the palace maid who suddenly knelt before her, but she didn't know that the reason why the palace maid knelt was because she was intimidated by the magnificent architecture of Prince Chen's Mansion.
Shui Er stood up awkwardly and said to Shu Jiaying, "I have been ordered by the Imperial Concubine to come to Prince Chen's mansion to learn about the Princess's homemade skincare products. I've heard that they're very effective. I wonder if Princess Chen could share some with the Imperial Concubine?"
Shui'er's message was very clear. She wanted to tell Shu Jiaying that Concubine Zhong took a fancy to Shu Jiaying's cosmetics, so she asked Shu Jiaying to give her a set for free.
But everyone has to spend money to buy it, and she has no relationship with Zhong Lihua. Shu Jiaying couldn't think of any reason to send a set of skin care products to Zhong Lihua, and she told Shuier very clearly.
"I'm sorry, Miss Shui'er, I don't have any trial packs here, and everyone who wants skincare products needs to make a reservation. Miss Shui'er, are you sure Concubine Zhong really wants skincare products? I'm rushing to make a large batch right now. If you want, you can place a deposit first. Five taels of silver will be enough. When the finished product arrives in Concubine Zhong's hands, you can give me four hundred and ninety-five taels of silver."
"What... your skincare products cost five hundred taels? Why are they so expensive?"
Shu Jiaying has already sold her products at this price. She knows that to keep her brand on the high-end market, she can only increase the price of her products, not reduce it. So she insisted, "There's nothing I can do. The raw materials used in my skincare products are all precious Chinese herbs. Their efficacy is there. I've tried my best to just recoup the costs. In the early stages, I even paid for the skincare products and free cosmetics out of my own pocket. I'm not making any money from you at all."
Shui'er was stunned by what she heard. How could she know whether what Shu Jiaying said was true or not? However, she really had no say in buying skin care products.
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