青春期撞上更年期第1部

Everyone stepped aside and watched the carriage pass before them, and their eyes landed on the two carriages behind. The two princesses of the Xu State were sitting inside. As the light gauze gently fluttered in the air, the faces of Princess Yutao and Princess Yuyan were faintly discernible behind the gauze, which made them appear more charming in the eyes of the crowd!

“Will the two princesses marry into our country together?” Someone asked confusedly because it was said only one princess would get married.

“No way, I heard there would only be one!” Another person replied. He had also heard of it.

“Who are they going to marry? Have you inquired about it?” A busybody lowered his voice and asked. They didn’t care about how many princesses would marry into their state. Instead, they were eager to know who would be the husband. After all, the few princes had their legal wives. Their marriages were settled even though they hadn’t yet arranged the weddings.

“It can’t be Prince Xin, right?” Someone asked.

Except for Prince Xin, none of the other princes appeared to be suitable candidates.

“It may not be Prince Xin. The two princesses are of noble status. It may be the other princes. At present, only Prince Chen got married. The other princes haven’t yet married after all!” Someone asked, feeling all those unmarried princes might marry the princesses.

“Both the future legal wives of Prince Yue and Prince Zhou have extraordinary status. So, I guess they can’t cancel the engagement at will!” Someone said disapprovingly.

The two princesses passed by, leaving many people talking about them along the way. They were all wondering which families the two princesses would marry into. It was hard to tell which families were suitable for the two princesses. Of course, some people said that the Xu State sent the two princesses to be the Emperor’s consorts.

Well, it made sense.

The crowd had guessed almost all the possible candidates except for Chu Qing, who was right in the team of carriages.

As Chu Qing listened to them on the way, his face became increasingly gloomy. Although he was unwilling to marry Princess Yuyan, these people apparently took no notice of him. He was also the descendant of the deceased emperor, but how could no one think of him? Even when he moved right before them, they regarded him as an ordinary man.

All of this made Chu Qing furious. He lowered his head with a trace of fierceness across his eyes. One day, he would triumph over all his rivals and make his name thunderous to everyone.

After the envoys of the Xu State entered the city, the crowd dispersed, and those who came here to watch the fun continued to do their things. Peace was restored at the city gate. Many guests in private rooms came out and got on their horses or carriages.

Shao Wanru was not in a hurry to go back. At this time, she did not want to walk squeezed up against others. Since she was out of the mansion, she would like to wander around and have fun. These days, she had been locked up in the mansion for a long time. Now that she had such a good chance to hang out, how could she go back right after a glimpse of the bustling scene?

“My Lady, the woman is still there!” Yujie walked to the door, stole a glance outside, and whispered,

“Just let her be!” Shao Wanru said, remaining perfectly calm.

“My Lady, she has been standing there all the time, and many guests from a few private rooms had seen her. When they left, they looked at our room again and again!” A moment ago, Qing’er gently pressed the door, and the door opened a crack. This way, she could see the scene outside more clearly. “My Lady, what is she up to? She wants you to help her enter the Marquis Xing’s Mansion, but how dare she force you to do that by threatening?”

“Let her come in!” Shao Wanru said lightly.

“Yes, I’ll go and get her!” Yujie answered. In no time, she reached the door and vigorously pulled the door open. E’niang turned around. Looking at her, she said, “Come in and let’s talk. If there’s nothing else, you’d better not disturb our master!”

“I… I need a favor from Her Highness!” E’niang lowered her head and said.

“Come in!” Yujie said coldly and turned to walk inside. E’niang hesitated for a moment and followed Yujie in.

“Your Highness…” Upon seeing Shao Wanru, E’niang wanted to pay the highest respect by kowtowing again, but Yujie pulled her up and stopped her.

“If you have anything to say, say it. Otherwise, I would go back!” Shao Wanru stood up and said. Qing’er picked up the cloak on the screen nearby and put it on her master. Then, she took the curtain hat on the other side and was about to wear it for Shao Wanru. It looked as if they would leave right away.

“My Lady, please, help me marry into the Marquis Xing’s Mansion. As long as I earn a place in the mansion with your support, I will help you wholeheartedly and do what you want me to do!” E’niang looked at Shao Wanru with a pleading look, and teardrops rolled down her face. “Your Highness, I wish to express my gratitude to your mother. Without her, I wouldn’t have survived!”

“Gratitude? Do you mean you want to follow me? Or do you want me to do something for you? E’niang, there is nothing I can do for you at present. If you can marry into the Marquis Xing’s Mansion, then do it. I won’t intervene,” said Shao Wanru.

“Your Highness, your mother saved me. If you help me out, I’m more than willing to repay you as soon as my daughter gets married,” E’niang said, looking at Shao Wanru with excitement.

“Let bygones be bygones. As for my mother… there’s no need to mention her again. Although you were my mother’s servant, you have nothing to do with me now. If you want me to do something, forget it. I have little to do with the Marquis Xing’s Mansion,” Shao Wanru calmly reminded her again.

“Your Highness, I… let me kowtow to you again!” E’niang said. After that, she pushed Yujie away, knelt with a thud, and kowtowed three more times to Shao Wanru. Then she wiped away her tears, stood up, and called Shao Wanru with her previous title, “Fifth Miss, I’m leaving!”

“Go ahead!” Shao Wanru nodded and said.

There was no reason for E’niang to pester her, so she left while dabbing her eyes with a handkerchief.

Forcefully, she wiped away all her tears. But when she left the private room, she faced the door and bowed toward Shao Wanru again. “Many thanks, Your Highness!”

Her voice was not low, and everyone inside the room could hear her clearly. Yujie’s face changed greatly. “Master, let me go and have a look!”

E’niang deliberately expressed her thanks to Shao Wanru before so many people. Yujie thought she must have prepared some dirty tricks up her sleeve. Although many people had left, some were still staying at this restaurant.

There were only a few princesses in the capital city, and no one was the same age as her master. By saying “Your Highness,” E’niang showed others that Princess Chen was in this private room.

“It doesn’t matter. Just let her go!” Shao Wanru reached out to stop Yujie, shaking her head.

She inclined her head and listened carefully. When she heard E’niang leaving, her eyes turned deep. “Is she determined to involve me in all this?”

Others couldn’t see that she had refused E’niang, and they only saw E’niang bow respectfully to her. Shao Jing wanted to take advantage of this woman, and so did she.

As long as those wicked things in the past could be exposed, it was okay to drag her into this. Shao Wanru felt irreconcilable hatred for Shao Jing, who had plotted against her parents. Now, Shao Jing didn’t seem to have much to do with her. Since E’niang badly wanted to rely on her, she might as well agree to her request.

When E’niang came over, she also provided Shao Wanru with some clues without noticing it. In Shao Wanru’s eyes, E’niang was very suspicious!

“Let’s go and see Madame Dong now!” Shao Wanru stopped thinking about E’niang and stood up. The other thing she planned to do today was to visit Madame Dong. They had blazed a bright path for the Butterfly Clothing Shop, and the news that she would take over the shop had been spread out. Only the last procedure of paperwork was left.

At first, Shao Wanru didn’t care much about the last procedure because she could wait for Madame Dong to handle it properly. To her surprise, the matter was stuck there!

Madame Dong had sent a message about it. Since Shao Wanru was free today, she wanted to go and check it out.

When they arrived at the Butterfly Clothing Shop, Madame Dong welcomed Shao Wanru into the accountant’s office. In it, she took out an official document from behind the desk, handed it to her, and said, “My Lady, this process stopped here!”

Shao Wanru took the official document and looked at it. There was a red seal that belonged to the Ministry of Justice. She couldn’t help frowning. Since this matter was related to the Ministry of Justice, she couldn’t ignore it. Even though she was Princess Chen, she couldn’t underestimate this matter, no matter how trivial it was.

The owner of Butterfly Clothing Shop had always been Shao Wanru. But she was young back then. When she registered it, she used Madame Dong’s name, but that was all. Both Madame Dong and she understood what was going on. When Shao Wanru went to the bank to borrow money, Shao Wanru used her name, and Wen Xichi was the guarantor!

Anyone investigating the case from these aspects could easily find out that Shao Wanru was the actual owner of Butterfly Clothing Shop. However, when it only came to the registration, it was reasonable to conclude that Madame Dong was the owner.

“My Lady, an escaped criminal was said to have worked in our shop. Before that case is thoroughly investigated, the shop’s ownership can’t be changed!” Madame Dong said with shame, “My Lady, it’s all my fault. I implicated you. Now you can’t even smoothly put the shop under your name!”

Needless to say, someone must have played a secret trick to mess this matter up on purpose. Wei Dahai, who had been coveting the shop, was the most likely suspect.

“Is there such a person?” Shao Wanru asked after she finished reading the document.

“Yes, there is. He worked here for a few months and left. It was unknown what happened to him later or how he got into trouble. Now he implicates the Butterfly Clothing Shop. My Lady, you can’t get involved before the case is cleared. Otherwise, others will think the Prince Chen’s Mansion wants to intervene in it!”

Madame Dong nodded and said. She didn’t expect that an ordinary shop-boy would have something to do with the case of the Ministry of Justice. But it was true. If the shop were handed over to Princess Chen at this time, it would bring her trouble. Princess Chen was in the teeth of the storm, so she couldn’t afford to cause any problems.

Shao Wanru thought for a moment and asked, “Can I have an appointment with Wei Dahai?”

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Madame Dong was shocked and asked excitedly, “Are you… are you… going to talk about the shop with him?”

“Yes, let’s do it tomorrow!” Shao Wanru said with piercing eyes. She didn’t want to postpone the matter of Butterfly Clothing Shop any longer. Although Wei Dahai was very important, she couldn’t allow him to get involved with the business of the Butterfly Clothing Shop. The Prince Chen’s Mansion was at the eye of the storm, so she had to decisively sort out this matter lest Wei Dahai set her up!

Shao Wanru stood steadily before the desk and wrote a letter. “Madame Dong, send this letter to the Third Young Master Wen in the Mansion of the Prime Minister. Tell him that I want him to be a witness!”

Wen Xichi was a witness to the previous incident!