Gillian Chung had a very comfortable year-end, without having to rush to meet year-end targets or attend various gatherings. Indeed, if you don't slack off in life, you'll miss out on half the happiness.
She was twice as happy!
That's when some people couldn't stand it anymore.
"Wake up and come for a walk with me."
Shen Ajiao rolled over and ignored her. She was nineteen years old after the New Year and was no longer a young girl.
High stress and lack of sleep can accelerate aging.
Unlike these middle school students, she was full of youthful energy and took advantage of her age to think about playing all day long.
She's about to go to sleep...
Seeing that Shen Ajiao ignored her, Cui Baozhu snorted coldly, "I was thinking of using this fine soft gauze to paste on someone's windows for the New Year so they could enjoy the beautiful scenery. But it seems we don't need it now. I'll paste one on Zhou Shun's Wangcai instead."
Upon hearing this, Shen Ajiao exclaimed, "Soft silk gauze? No way! I still have several bolts of it in my storeroom. Are you trying to kill me by covering the windows in this weather? Nothing beats glass!"
Cui Baozhu is young and energetic, but she can't keep up. She's older and needs to keep warm. She's wearing thermal underwear and cotton pants now. As she gets older, her inner vitality naturally awakens.
Cui Baozhu realized that this was no good.
A few months ago when she left, Shen Ajiao had tricked her out of money several times. Now that she's rich, she's even forgotten about this spendthrift girl.
They've grown wings now.
This won't do, she needs her!
Without hesitation, she sat down inside and began to pull out a handkerchief, sobbing softly.
In the silent room, apart from the crackling of the flames, Cui Baozhu's cries were exceptionally loud.
Shen Ajiao tried to block out the voice, but the wailing was deafening. Helpless, she turned around and said, "You come five times in three days, and stay for half a day each time?"
Are all your princesses this leisurely?
Cui Baozhu ran over with a handkerchief in her hand, saying, "I'm not a proper princess."
Shen Ajiao closed her eyes. She had heard of "three-no" products before, but this was the first time she had heard of a "three-no" princess.
"Isn't your father here this time too? Don't you need to accompany him?" Prince Pingxi also came to the capital before the New Year, and I heard that the Crown Prince personally received him. The level of reception was incredibly high.
Cui Baozhu waved her hand dismissively, "It has nothing to do with me."
"Then what do you want from me?" Shen Ajiao pulled the blanket over herself, wanting to go back to sleep, but Cui Baozhu quickly stopped her, "Hey, hey, don't! I really have something to tell you this time."
"What is it?" Shen Ajiao stretched out her hand.
Cui Baozhu's lips twitched, and she pulled out a stack of silver notes from her bosom. "Ten thousand, for a day."
Shen Ajiao immediately got out of bed and said with a smile, "You know I'm a principled and self-disciplined person. How could someone like me have the luxury of sleeping in?"
“Good sister, you said it, today I belong to you.”
Cui Baozhu couldn't stand Shen Ajiao's greedy look at all, "Help me meet someone."
Shen Ajiao looked at Cui Baozhu nervously, "You know I'm a married woman, right?"
Cui Baozhu nodded. "If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have come to you."
“My father is going to choose a husband for me.”
"What did you say?" Shen Ajiao looked at Cui Baozhu in disbelief. This girl was only thirteen after the New Year. She had heard that the Prince of Pingxi only had this one daughter. How could he bear to part with her like this?
Cui Baozhu was sad, but what was the big deal? She had gotten used to it over the years.
"The other party is the eldest son of the Governor-General of Fujian, and he happened to have come to Beijing with his father."
Shen Ajiao would back down, shaking her head like a rattle-drum, "I won't go, I can't do this, you should find someone else to do it."
Cui Baozhu called her classmate nice, but what does being a classmate even mean?
Lin Ruhai said that no one in the capital could be close to him and Lin Daiyu; they were all liars.
Now it seems that this was true. Shen Ajiao hurriedly returned the silver notes, which she hadn't even had a chance to warm up, to Cui Baozhu. "Sister, really, this can't be done!"
Cui Baozhu...
"Then you'll have to watch me marry someone I don't love."
Gillian Chung? Love exists in wealthy families?
This little princess has been looking at picture books too much, hasn't she?
"You'll fall in love with it after watching it?"
It will only make you suffer unbearably sooner...
Therefore, Shen Ajiao's advice was, "Don't go, don't look, don't understand."
After all, the Prince of Pingxi had ordered you to marry, and I couldn't stop him. Besides, Lin Ruhai was too frail to withstand a single slap from him.
"Waaaaah, what should I do? I...I..." Cui Baozhu was extremely anxious and sat on the bed, hugging the blanket and starting to cry.
Shen Ajiao twitched her lips, "His Majesty agreed too?"
Cui Baozhu's crying stopped abruptly. "His Majesty doesn't know yet."
Shen Ajiao... So what's the use of you worrying like this?
Cui Baozhu stuffed the money back into her hands, saying, "You're right, I'm still young."
Chen Ajiao? What does that have to do with you, sister?
"Come on, it's my treat today, you pay."
Shen Ajiao looked at the money in her hand. She hadn't been going out lately. "That won't do. One thing at a time. You pay for the meal."
As she was about to lie back down to sleep, Cui Baozhu sneered, "Heartless woman!"
He was so angry that he didn't eat and left immediately.
Before the day could even be turned over, before Shen Ajiao had even had a bite to eat, she heard that the Princess Consort of Pingxi had arrived.
Shen Ajiao and Lin Daiyu huddled together, quickly realizing the visitor was up to no good, and hurriedly went out to greet her, saying, "Greetings to the Princess."
Princess Nan, the wife of the Prince of Pingxi, was helped by her servants to slowly walk to the head of the table and sit down. She looked at Shen Ajiao bowing below and chuckled softly, "Indeed, a beauty."
"Your Highness is too kind. It's just a little dressing up for the end of the year." Shen Ajiao thought to herself that the visitor was up to no good!
"This must be Miss Lin? I've heard Baozhu mention her all the time, and I can't help but think of her. Meeting her today, I see she's truly a well-educated and sensible young lady." He then took Lin Daiyu's hand and looked her up and down.
"She is truly a fairy-like girl. I heard from Baozhu that she is also extremely learned. Mrs. Lin is so lucky."
"It's my good fortune. This child is not only academically gifted, but also has an even better temperament." Upon hearing this, Shen Ajiao, who was good at praising my Lin Baobao, immediately began to compliment Lin Daiyu, "Your Highness has excellent taste; my daughter is indeed very good..."
"Mrs. Lin is such a good person, she is so devoted to her stepdaughter," said Princess Nan, the wife of the Prince of Pingxi, with a smile.
After a moment's thought, Shen Ajiao realized, "Oh, so you're saying I didn't praise your daughter!"
“Of course, she deserves it. We all have daughters. Princess Baozhu is ten or a hundred times better than our daughters. The princess is naturally more proud than I, as her mother. She should be happy.”
"Princess Baozhu has even come to the Lin family these past two days to personally tutor our Junior Tutor on the homework he left behind."
"She taught you?"
Shen Ajiao said, "Yes, Princess Baozhu may not be the most diligent among us, but she is certainly the most intelligent. We owe a lot to her guidance on this assignment."
Lin Daiyu received a look from Shen Ajiao and immediately chimed in, "Yes, although Princess Baozhu has not been to school for several months, she did not fall behind in her studies at all when we discussed things together today. I feel embarrassed."
Princess Consort of Pingxi listened to Shen Ajiao and Lin Daiyu's words and seemed to be thinking about something. "She's just a little bit clever."
"I've never seen her review her lessons. I'm afraid she copied someone else's work to show off in front of you."
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