"Miss, is this alright?"
"Isn't this going too far? Won't those noble ladies go back and cry?"
Gu Jingchun sneered.
"We need to make them cry. How will they know the pain if the whip doesn't strike them?"
Upon hearing this, Lan Xin couldn't help but feel a pang of worry for those noble ladies.
Why!
She sighed inwardly.
Tell me, of all people these noble ladies could have offended, they had to mess with Gu Jingchun.
Normally it would be one thing, but now they actually dare to covet Miss's man? Aren't they courting death?
Lan Xin couldn't help but recall that back then, Gu Jingchun had hired a shopkeeper who was good-looking and had a sweet tongue, and was deeply favored by Gu Jingchun.
Every time Gu Jingchun went to check the accounts, he would inevitably talk to him for a while.
The shopkeeper, however, was not a pure-hearted person. Every time he saw Gu Jingchun, he would shower him with concern and care.
Gu Jingchun gave him some face, and treated him differently from other shopkeepers.
When the other shopkeepers saw him, they couldn't help but show him more respect.
This made the man complacent and increasingly convinced that he belonged to Gu Jingchun.
After that, he became increasingly flamboyant in his actions.
Since he was already handsome, he naturally attracted the attention of many women.
In particular, several of the women working in the shop became unusually close to the man and repeatedly expressed their love for him.
After the man revealed that he had someone else in his heart, he used all sorts of tricks to seduce her.
Of course, he also knew that he couldn't maintain any ties with other women.
However, he always left some room for those women, so he couldn't say anything harsh to them, which earned him the support of even more women.
When Gu Jingchun learned of the news, he immediately ordered his men to transfer him to a remote shop and torment him severely. After that, he never asked about him again.
As for those women, they felt the pure malice emanating from Gu Jingchun.
At that time, the women knelt on the ground and begged Gu Jingchun for various things.
Gu Jingchun, however, had a cold smile on his face.
"My things are not for just anyone to lay a finger on. If you want them, you'd better see if you have the ability to take them!"
From then on, everyone knew that Gu Jingchun had a strong possessive desire for his things and would never allow anyone to touch them.
Now, as Lanxin observed these women dressed up in their finest attire, eager to win Chen Hechuan's favor, she instantly thought of the fates of those women and shuddered.
At this moment, Situ Mingji was being escorted into the banquet.
Situ Mingji was indeed a ruthless man.
She was forced into marriage because of a mistake, which implicated the entire Situ family.
When Situ Qinghe later learned of the news, he first gave Situ Mingji a severe scolding, and then kept a low profile, doing his best to avoid making Emperor Rongcheng think of him.
Situ Mingji was the same; he always stayed in his room and rarely came out.
Apart from the fact that the man in black would enter and leave her room every few days, everything seemed to be the same.
Until Situ Mingji discovered that she was pregnant, she stopped the man when he came again and told him that she was pregnant.
The man was a reckless and unruly person, and I didn't want to pay him any more attention.
But Situ Mingji knelt down and begged her to let him take her away.
The man had grown quite fond of the beautiful Situ Mingji these past few days.
Upon hearing this, he felt a pang of pity, and seeing Situ Mingji pleading with tears in his eyes, he agreed to take her away.
However, before he could even leave the courtyard with Situ Mingji, he was stabbed in the chest by Situ Mingji.
Afterwards, Situ Mingji lied to Situ Qinghe, saying that the man had broken into her courtyard and intended to harm her, so that Situ Qinghe could deal with the man and relieve her of any worries.
This made Situ Qinghe feel pity for his daughter, whom he had previously doted on.
Afterwards, Situ Mingji spent a large sum of money to secretly hire someone to kill her betrothed.
She secretly prepared another dose of medicine for herself and aborted the child in her womb.
Afterwards, Prince Rui rebelled, and the Crown Prince led his troops back to the capital.
Situ Qinghe knew his chance had come, so he disregarded his own life and led all his guards and servants to support His Highness the Crown Prince, which is how he successfully gained Shen Hechuan's favor.
The status of the Situ family also rose accordingly, and it regained its former glory.
Having gone through so much, Situ Mingji understood that she could no longer hope to become the Crown Princess.
Moreover, she understood that Gu Jingchun's position in Shen Hechuan's heart was certainly not so simple.
Therefore, all she hopes for now is to be one of Shen Hechuan's concubines.
As for the fact that she had lost her virginity, no one else knew about it except her.
After Situ Mingji entered, he looked around and sat down in his seat, his gaze involuntarily falling on the two women who had just entered.
The newcomers were Chang Zhaozhao, daughter of the Grand Secretary, and Ding Jiaojiao, daughter of the newly appointed General of the Escort Banner by the Crown Prince.
Both of their fathers had rendered great service during the palace coup, so they were determined to obtain the position of Crown Princess.
They were surrounded by many women who were very respectful and flattering towards them.
"Is Miss Chang's outfit today the legendary shimmering brocade?"
"I heard that there are only a few pieces of this material in the entire Dacheng, and it is worth a thousand gold pieces. I didn't expect that Miss Chang would actually make it into a garment. She really has a lot of talent."
Chang Zhaozhao chuckled upon hearing this, her face full of smugness.
“I don’t know either. My father said it was a gift from His Highness the Crown Prince.”
Upon hearing this, the women surrounding them gasped in surprise.
"Was this a special gift from His Highness the Crown Prince to Miss Chang?"
"I don't know either. After all, how could we possibly fathom His Highness the Crown Prince's thoughts?"
Ding Jiaojiao, who was standing beside her, chuckled softly upon hearing this and deliberately reached out to adjust the glass butterfly and pearl hairpin in her hair.
Those around immediately looked over and exclaimed in surprise.
"Oh my, the hairpin in Miss Ding's hair is obviously priceless, it's no ordinary item. Could it be a tribute from the palace?"
"Well... I'm not really sure either."
Ding Jiaojiao also smiled smugly, and gave Chang Zhaozhao a disdainful look.
"This was also a gift from His Highness the Crown Prince. As for the shimmering brocade material, His Highness the Crown Prince also gave my father quite a bit of it."
But my father said that the Crown Prince rewarded us because he thought highly of us. Especially at times like these, we should be more humble and not act ostentatiously.
After all, our Crown Prince has always valued frugality and disliked ostentation.
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