Yan Ruyu remained calm as she watched Cheng Fengyao approach.

Cheng Fengyao is now the center of everyone's attention, and all eyes follow her. She enjoys this feeling very much.

Cheng Fengyao thought: Even the Princess of Zhennan has been overshadowed by her now.

She smiled and bowed: "Princess, I just saw you raise your placard several times to buy something. I was only admiring the jewelry at the time and didn't notice it. Please don't blame me, Princess."

Yan Ruyu didn't say anything. She continued, "My mother and I bought a lot of jewelry. Please pick one at random. It's my gift to you. Please accept it."

Yan Ruyu smiled faintly, her eyes were deep, and her voice was slightly amused, but it made people feel a chill for no reason.

"Ms. Cheng, you come to me and say these things. Aren't you afraid that I will really choose a few of your pieces?"

Cheng Fengyao was stunned, and her folded hands unconsciously exerted a little force.

This is not right. Yan Ruyu should also be polite and say something like "it's not necessary" or something like that.

Why, different from the usual ones?

Do you really want to pick her things? I bought them with real money!

She was stunned for a moment. The ladies present were all shrewd people, so how could they not understand? They all saw through that she was just talking sweet words and was not sincere at all.

Someone sneered softly. He had just been suppressed by the mother and daughter and was not in a good mood. It was a good time to relax now.

Madam Cheng hurried over, smiling: "Princess, you are joking. Yao'er really wanted to give it to you."

Her heart was bleeding as she said this.

Upon hearing this, Yan Ruyu raised her hand and lightly touched the jewelry they had bought.

The Cheng family mother and daughter immediately held their breath.

Really picky?

So picky!

Every time Yan Ruyu paused, their hearts beat slower.

Only when Yan Ruyu took it back empty-handed did they breathe a sigh of relief.

"This princess will not be picky," Yan Ruyu's eyes were like cold stars, "to prevent rumors from spreading that the Zhennan Palace is all show and no substance, and that this princess cannot afford jewelry and has to rely on the Cheng family to give it to her."

Mrs. Cheng's face turned pale, Cheng Fengyao's face turned red, and she looked up at Yan Ruyu.

Yan Ruyu seemed to be smiling, and looked at her with her dim eyes, as if she could see through her heart.

Cheng Fengyao panicked and lowered her head again.

This was the second time that Mrs. Cheng heard Yan Ruyu say "golden outside and jade outside". She suddenly remembered that she seemed to have said this when she went to Shenyuan Temple that day.

But how did Yan Ruyu know?

Yan Ruyu didn't give them time to think and picked up a hairpin.

"Do you think this hairpin is beautiful?"

Many ladies echoed: "Beautiful."

"It's really beautiful. I was holding up a sign just now."

“The style is novel and the workmanship is exquisite.”

Madam Cheng bit down and endured the embarrassment, and quickly said: "If the princess likes it..."

"Of course I like it," Yan Ruyu chuckled and put the hairpin back. "If I didn't like it, if I didn't think it was beautiful, I wouldn't have drawn it."

Everyone was stunned.

The Cheng family's mother and daughter both looked up at Yan Ruyu.

Yan Ruyu looked at Shopkeeper Zhou and said, "Shopkeeper Zhou, make a notebook and hang it in the lobby of the store so that customers can write down any suggestions or even dissatisfaction they have in the notebook."

Shopkeeper Zhou said hurriedly, "Yes, I'll prepare it right away."

Everyone was surprised to see Yan Ruyu speak so calmly and confidently, and they were even more puzzled by how respectfully Shopkeeper Zhou obeyed.

Shopkeeper Zhou said with a smile: "Madams, you may not know that the designs of these new jewelry in our shop were all designed by the princess."

He pointed at the pearl headpiece and said, "Oh, and the pearls on it. Although our shop also has pearls of such high quality, we don't have that many, and we can't guarantee that every one of them is of such quality. These pearls are all from the princess."

The crowd was in an uproar.

The look in his eyes when he looked at Yan Ruyu was even more eager, filled with surprise, envy, admiration, and worship, all in a complex manner.

The eldest lady puffed out her chest, looking extremely proud. She laughed heartily and pulled Yan Ruyu closer: "Ruyu is my daughter-in-law. I don't know all her abilities. I only found out about the blueprint today."

"I stay at home when I have nothing to do. I seldom go out, so I don't know much about what's going on outside. For example, I only learned about the donation of medicine and food later. Ladies, please come to my house more often and tell me about the latest news outside."

Everyone knew that he was showing off, but they were convinced nonetheless.

They all nodded in agreement.

That’s right. The royal palace had donated medicine and grain before, and for many days, the money was spent like water. Even the governor Cao came personally to help and praised the donation.

All that glitters is rotten inside? Who said this? How did they say it?

Can they produce food and medicine from the rotten cotton? Can they easily produce so many pearls?

Apart from anything else, just by cooperating with the Jewelry Pavilion, you must have made a lot of money.

The Cheng family's mother and daughter were pushed aside and no one paid any attention to them.

Their faces turned blue and red, and they were so embarrassed that they ran away in shame when no one was paying attention.

As soon as she got on the carriage, Cheng Fengyao lost her temper and wanted to overturn the jewelry box.

Mrs. Cheng stopped her and said, "Why are you taking it out on them? They cost so much money!"

"Mother, can I still wear this jewelry? Wearing it again is not glorious, it is shameful!"

"When others see me wearing this, they will remember what happened today. Originally, I was the center of attention, and everyone's eyes were on me, but I was overshadowed by that woman!"

Mrs. Cheng was also troubled: "Oh, who knew she would cooperate with the Jewelry Pavilion? This... a woman, showing up in public, drawing blueprints, it's really nonsense."

"Mother, didn't you say that the palace has no money? I don't think so."

This is what Cheng Fengyao hates the most.

That woman is beautiful, can draw, and has money!

She couldn't catch up with any of them.

When it comes to money, Mrs. Cheng's headache gets worse.

"We'll talk about this later. The most urgent thing is to go to the cloth shop. Your father used the money I sent to buy you jewelry. I have to go and tell him about it."

Cheng Fengyao was upset: "I won't go. The guys in the cloth shop are sweating all over when they move the cloth."

She lifted the curtain and looked outside. "There's a dim sum shop up ahead. I'll go there and talk to them later. Come find me."

"Okay," Mrs. Cheng nodded. The cloth shop was mostly filled with men, and she didn't want her daughter to go.

The carriage stopped and Cheng Fengyao got off with her maid.

This street is not particularly busy, but there are many shops selling snacks and candied fruits on both sides.

She saw a candied fruit shop in front of her, asked her maid to go and buy some, and then walked to the snack shop alone.

After walking a few steps, I saw a man coming out of the snack shop.

When she looked up and saw the man's face, her heart stopped for a moment.

The man had a slender figure, and wore a black brocade robe, a jade belt around his waist, and a black fox cloak. His black hair was tied in a white jade crown. His skin was slightly pale, his nose was high, and his lips were vermilion. In the extremely cold winter day, he looked like a sheathed sword, carrying a chilling aura.

Cheng Fengyao's heart was in turmoil, as if being pulled by a rope, in the mountains and in the water, and there was a voice shouting in her mind.

God is clearly working!

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