Chapter 2020: The Unfortunate Fiancée vs. the Noble Lady (Part 55)

This can actually be considered quite impolite language.

Gu Shengyin frowned.

Her nature has always been such: if you respect me a foot, I’ll respect you a yard.

But if someone is aggressive, she, Gu Shengyin, is never a pushover!

So, under Chen Mingzhu’s barely concealed envious gaze, Gu Shengyin gently gathered her sleeves and stood there leisurely, observing her.

"Indeed, it’s this County Princess."

She stood there quietly, not adorned with jewels and precious stones like Chen Mingzhu, yet possessing an inherent dignified and solemn aura.

After glancing at Chen Mingzhu, Gu Shengyin suddenly said, "Is it the education of Marquis Mingyi’s Mansion that you don’t need to salute the respected?"

Chen Mingzhu widened her eyes.

She didn’t expect that the unfamiliar County Princess Si Fang would be so impolite upon their first meeting!

However, there was nothing wrong with what Gu Shengyin said.

She was a county princess appointed by imperial decree, holding the Second Rank title. Chen Mingzhu, a lady of the Marquis’s Mansion with no title, was indeed supposed to salute Gu Shengyin.

Chen Mingzhu wanted to retort but remembered her mother’s words when she left, so she bit her lip and unwillingly saluted Gu Shengyin.

A lowly commoner who got lucky and assumed she could act high and mighty!

Gu Shengyin remained still, quietly watching her as Chen Mingzhu finished the full salute.

Seeing the dissatisfaction in Chen Mingzhu’s eyes, she smiled lightly and turned to sit at the main seat herself.

"I wonder what business Miss Chen has with this County Princess?"

She used "this County Princess" at every turn, fearing others might not know her identity.

In Chen Mingzhu’s eyes, this was typical behavior of a country bumpkin getting a break.

But ironically, she had no choice but to be beneath this country bumpkin!

Chen Mingzhu recalled her purpose for coming, inwardly comforting herself that it was fine, as once she got the peonies and earned the favor of the Princess Dowager of Prince An, smoothly becoming the Crown Princess of Prince An...

Her rank as Crown Princess would be much higher than a county princess.

At that time, wouldn’t a mere powerless county princess be at her mercy?

The more Chen Mingzhu thought about it, the more excited she became, and the displeasure that had just arisen in her heart subsided considerably.

She directly stated her purpose.

Looking at the expression on Chen Mingzhu’s face which showed obviously justified expectation, Gu Shengyin couldn’t help but feel an inability to communicate with her.

How could there be someone in this world who thought the world revolved around them?

She glanced at Chen Mingzhu, pondered for a moment, and thought if she talked in a roundabout way, the person wouldn’t understand.

Since that’s the case...

She said, "The Flower King Pavilion has its own rules, selling one pot per day, and the number of flower seeds sold is also specified; according to the rules, the highest bidder wins."

The implication was, want the Kunshan Night Glow?

Fine, buy it yourself!

Without thinking, Chen Mingzhu said, "There will definitely be many people competing for the Kunshan Night Glow you’re selling tomorrow, and my Mingyi Marquis’s Mansion may not be able to get it. So, I want to ask if you have any other varieties of peonies privately. If not, can you grow a special one for our Mingyi Marquis’s Mansion?"

Gu Shengyin hearing this, could only say one thing: hahaha, girl, you’ve got some nerve.

Let’s not say that I currently don’t have any, even if there were other peonies, I wouldn’t want to sell them to you.

She said, "The flowers currently available have already been moved into the Flower King Pavilion; there are no additional ones."

Hearing this, Chen Mingzhu said, "Then our Mingyi Marquis’s Mansion is willing to pay silver for you to cultivate a peony no less than the Kunshan Night Glow."

Gu Shengyin: "..."

Girl, where does your confidence come from when you say this?

"I refuse."

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