"Heh...you still know I'm a concubine, but you're wearing my clothes!"
“…”
Shu Jiaying glanced at her long skirt, then looked at Xiaoxue.
Xiaoxue immediately understood and knelt down. She took the responsibility and said, "I took the skirt. When I went to the embroidery workshop, I didn't know that the imperial concubine had already decided on the skirt. Imperial concubine Qin, please forgive me for my ignorance."
Shu Jiaying feigned anger and scolded, "Xiaoxue, you are really something! You don't know. You can ask the palace maids at the Embroidery Workshop. You have caused such a mess. It is really embarrassing for the Imperial Concubine. But Imperial Concubine Zhong..." She looked at Zhong Lihua again and said, "Look, the clothes are already on me. If you don't mind, I can take them off and give them back to you."
Zhong Lihua had come looking for trouble, but she was unexpectedly easily dealt with by Shu Jiaying. She said with a fake smile, "Well, I'm not a stingy person. Since Princess Chen is already wearing this dress, there's no need to take it off."
"In that case, I would like to thank Noble Concubine Zhong. However, I wonder if Noble Concubine Zhong has come so early for some urgent matter. Could it be that Noble Concubine Zhong came specifically for this dress?"
"Of course not. I heard that Prince Chen and Princess Chen stayed in the palace last night, and today there is a beautiful sight of the first snow melting, so I came here specially to invite Princess Chen to come and watch. I wonder if Princess Chen will grant me this favor?"
The imperial concubine took the initiative to invite Shu Jiaying, how could she dare not accept her invitation?
She agreed: "Okay, then please let Concubine Zhong lead the way."
"Hehehe... Let's go."
Zhong Lihua led Shu Jiaying out of the side hall, passed through the palace roads of all sizes, and then they arrived at the imperial garden.
Leading Shu Jiaying to a pond in the Imperial Garden, Zhong Lihua introduced: "Princess Chen, do you know where the water in this pond in the Imperial Garden comes from?"
Shu Jiaying shook her head.
"I don't know."
"I bet you don't know either. After all, you were born in a remote mountain valley. What could you possibly know? Haha... Let me tell you, the water for the Imperial Garden's pond comes from the Luo River. The late emperor always remembered that the Luo River is the mother river of our Luosuo Nation. It has nurtured generations of our colonists. Therefore, the water of the Luo River was diverted to the Imperial Garden. With the protection of this 'mother', our Luosuo Nation will surely prosper in the future."
That’s right, this is a very good implication, Shu Jiaying nodded.
"The late emperor was wise, and the logical state will get better and better."
"Of course. I've heard that Princess Chen is very clever and can even make her own cosmetics and skincare products. I really admire her. Last time, I asked my maid Shui'er to go find Princess Chen, wanting to see the finished products she had developed. But Shui'er is a bit slow-witted, so she must have misunderstood what she meant, saying that Princess Chen's residence had already run out of finished products. But I just heard that Princess Chen had just finished making a batch. How could these finished products just disappear like that?"
After hearing this, Shu Jiaying laughed inwardly. It turned out that Zhong Lihua was still brooding over what happened last time. She clarified calmly, "Noble Concubine Zhong, Miss Shui'er didn't misunderstand me. Although I just finished a batch of finished products, those skin care products and cosmetics have already been ordered. So as soon as they were shipped, they were already handed over to others. How could I have any inventory?"
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