Farmer girl swaps husbands: buys a sickly villain and pampers him

Chapter 243 Collision
"Madam Zhou, our princess requests your presence. She has only invited you. Please come!"

A maid stopped Su Yaoguang and said condescendingly.

“What business does the princess have that she insists on having to see Yaoguang alone? We are Yaoguang’s family, and we also want to go with her to meet such an important person as the princess.”

Zhang Zhaodi stood in front of Su Yaoguang.

"How can a princess be so noble as to be seen by you country women? The princess only wants to see the wife of the top scholar. Are you the wives of the top scholar?"

"Mom, Aunt, I'm going to take a look. You can sit nearby for a while. I'll be right back," Su Yaoguang said.

"Yaoguang, I'm going to find your son-in-law and ask him to come with you."

"No need. This is the palace, and this young lady invited me here in front of you. If something happens to me, they will be held responsible. They are smart people and would never create such trouble for themselves."

Su Yaoguang followed the maid.

Watching her retreating figure, Zhang Zhaodi said to Zhang Yingdi, "I'm going back to find Wangshu. You stay here and keep an eye on things. If they try anything to do to Yaoguang, shout loudly to attract attention. I refuse to believe that these royal ladies can control everything."

"Okay. Go quickly," Zhang Yingdi urged.

Inside the pavilion, Princess Qinglan, elegant and graceful, was attended by several maids. The sheer presence of her entourage was quite intimidating.

"Greetings, Princess." Su Yaoguang bowed.

Princess Qinglan ate grapes, seemingly ignoring Su Yaoguang's greetings and paying her no heed.

Su Yaoguang stood up.

"How dare you! The princess hasn't given the order, yet you stand up on your own."

"Didn't the princess speak? I thought she had. After all, when we greeted the emperor just now, he immediately told everyone to stand up. I greeted the princess, and she shouldn't be as arrogant as the emperor, so how could she not let me stand up?" Su Yaoguang asked in surprise.

Princess Qinglan sized up Su Yaoguang, her eyes filled with disdain: "Sharp-tongued, you certainly have a way with words. I've heard you're in the cosmetics business, no wonder you're so shrewd and worldly-wise, you really know how to talk. Come here, I want to take a good look at you."

Su Yaoguang took a few steps forward and stopped in front of Princess Qinglan.

"My tea is quite good, please have a taste," Princess Qinglan said, personally pouring the tea.

"How dare you! You actually let the princess personally pour you tea!" the maidservant beside her spoke again.

“Princess, you should get a new maid. This one is always so easily startled, even less knowledgeable than me, a country bumpkin. The tea was poured by the princess; I didn't say a word. This blame can't be placed on me,” Su Yaoguang said. “Princess, you've come to me today to vent your anger, haven't you?”

Su Yaoguang rolled up her sleeves, extended her palm, and said to Princess Qinglan, "Princess, you don't need to make excuses anymore. If you want to hit me, then hit me! As long as you vent your anger, our grudges will be settled, and you won't have to be a refugee woman anymore." "Do you know what I'm going to do?" Princess Qinglan sized up Su Yaoguang.

“I don’t know. But you wouldn’t be kind enough to personally pour me tea; you definitely have other plans. I don’t know, and I won’t play along. I just want to have an open and honest talk with you,” Su Yaoguang said. “You are a woman of high birth. My husband may be somewhat handsome, but there are plenty of handsome men in the world. You shouldn’t be so fixated on one man. You must feel that your pride has been hurt, and you’re angry, so you want to vent your anger.”

"Go ahead and leave. I'll be relieved once you've left. But you are a noblewoman of the royal family, of noble status. If word gets out, people will think you're really going to compete with a country bumpkin for your husband, and that would be truly embarrassing. Although the Emperor once intended to arrange a marriage for my husband with a noblewoman, I don't think he specifically named you, Princess. I wonder who is gossiping outside and dragging this matter into you. You should investigate."

Princess Qinglan then looked Su Yaoguang up and down properly: "You're really bold. Just now you dared to spout nonsense in front of the Emperor, I just thought you were brainless, but now it seems I underestimated you. Fine, this princess isn't such a narrow-minded person, you can leave now!"

“Princess, your makeup is a little smudged around your eyes. Would you like it touched up?” Su Yaoguang pointed to the corner of her eye. “I happen to be good at this. I can do it for you.”

"Instead of leaving now, you're staying and causing trouble for yourself." Princess Qinglan's anger subsided considerably. "Give her the rouge and powder so she can touch up my makeup."

When Zhang Zhaodi and Zhou Wangshu arrived quickly, they saw Princess Qinglan looking at herself in the mirror from left to right, looking extremely satisfied.

“Your craftsmanship is indeed excellent. It seems that the rumors outside are not entirely unfounded,” Princess Qinglan said. “I usually use royal items and have a special craftsman make my rouge and face powder. I have never used anything from outside before. I will try your Taoyaofang cosmetics another day.”

"Greetings, Princess." Zhou Wangshu bowed to Princess Qinglan.

Princess Qinglan sized up Zhou Wangshu, her eyes full of disdain: "Yaoguang is right, you're just a bit too good-looking. There are plenty of handsome men out there, and I'll definitely find someone even better looking than you. Yaoguang also said you're too frail, and you should marry someone with a strong build. The more I think about it, the more I agree with her. Yaoguang, if you're not satisfied with him, I'll introduce you to a military general another day, and he'll definitely satisfy you."

Su Yaoguang: "..."

She dared not look Zhou Wangshu in the eye, for fear that he would kill her with his gaze.

To make Princess Qinglan feel better, she deliberately exaggerated the benefits of marrying a military general. Princess Qinglan knew exactly what she meant, yet she still set a trap for her.

Princess Qinglan leaned close to Su Yaoguang's ear and said, "Didn't you say that once you've vented your anger, it's all over? I think what you said makes sense."

"As long as the princess is happy." Su Yaoguang said, feeling wronged.

Princess Qinglan left with her maids.

Zhang Zhaodi said in surprise, "It's over just like that? I thought she was going to do something to you."

"This Princess Qinglan is just a little temperamental, but she's not a bad person at heart. She didn't make things difficult for me just now." Perhaps she intended to make things difficult for her, but since she sincerely advised her and calmed her down, the latter, unless she's a heartless person, shouldn't make things difficult for an innocent woman.

After all, Princess Qinglan didn't hold a grudge against her because she couldn't have the one she loved; she just wanted to vent her anger because she felt she had lost face.

"Miss, Princess Qinglan is just going to let her go like this?" A maid asked Wang Ruyan, whose face was pale, from a corner.

“She was lucky this time. We’ll settle the score with her later,” Wang Ruyan said coldly. “Brother Xiao said that this woman tried to seduce him but failed, and then she tried every means to bully him and even caused him to fall off a cliff. So much time has passed and we can’t find any evidence, but this revenge must be taken.”