Top white, rich and beautiful, the princess is reborn and the revenge story

Lu Ruoyi left Fengyi Palace, and her two maids followed her. After they got on the carriage, they whispered, "Your Majesty, I haven't seen Princess Shanzhen's maid."

"You didn't see any?"

"No, Princess Shanzhen doesn't seem to have brought any maids with her."

"understood."

There was no more sound in the carriage, and it headed towards the East Palace.

After a while, Zhao Yuanqing also left Fengyi Palace and returned to the Princess's Mansion. She would tell her mother about Hatalon's matter in a few days. She would first figure out the matter of the spices.

Princess Shanzhen's mansion was not far from the imperial city, in Xingtongfang on Zhuque Street. The mansion covered a large area. The front yard was where the retainers recruited by Zhao Yuanqing lived. There was a garden in the middle, and the back yard was where she lived.

The Daqing Dynasty was very open-minded. All high-ranking officials could keep retainers. These retainers came in many types, including counselors, scholars, knights-errant, and craftsmen. As long as the master felt they were useful, they could be invited to the house to be supported.

Zhao Yuanqing was no exception. Since she had a lot of money, she also followed the trend and kept dozens of retainers. However, in her previous life, she was only concerned with pursuing Cui Hao, and these retainers were of no use. Later, when Zhao Yuanqing fell, these retainers also dispersed.

Back at the princess's mansion, Zhao Yuanqing summoned all his retainers and instructed them to do one thing: "Go find a famous Hu merchant in Chang'an and tell him I want to buy spices."

"Princess, how many Hu merchants are you looking for?"

"The more the better. Find all the famous Hu merchants for me."

The retainers looked at each other in bewilderment. They didn't know what had happened today. They just thought that Zhao Yuanqing had gone crazy for Cui Hao again. Never mind. They should be grateful for the favor. They should do whatever the princess asked them to do.

The retainers of the princess's mansion went out, and soon, people in Chang'an City heard that Princess Shanzhen was looking for a Hu merchant who sold spices. Many people even made up many rumors and added fuel to the fire.

Some said Princess Shanzhen had once again devoted herself madly to Cui Hao, and that Cui Hao was truly blessed. Others said Princess Shanzhen lived an extravagant life, obsessed with pleasure, and was unworthy of the noble Mr. Cui. Others said Princess Shanzhen was ignorant of the suffering of the people and unsympathetic to their opinions. In short, there was nothing good to say.

Zhao Yuanqing ignored all these words. She had only one goal, which was to find the person who knew the most about spices and figure out what spices Liuli gave her.

Unexpectedly, these rumors made some people feel at ease.

Back to the Cui family, Cui Hao was beaten with ten boards and carried back. The wound on his buttocks hurt so much that he howled like a ghost.

Cui's mother cried and cursed, "This Princess Shanzhen is such a disaster! One moment she says she loves my son, and the next she treats him like a worn-out shoe. She changes her face so quickly! No one can match her!"

Cui Hao was upset by her, "Mom, stop talking!"

Before, Zhao Yuanqing chased after Cui Hao every day. The Cui family members were humble in words but very proud in their hearts. Many times they deliberately did not give Zhao Yuanqing face and stepped on her to highlight the nobility of their family.

This was a strategy decided upon by the entire Cui family. Zhao Yuanqing's arrogance had to be suppressed before the marriage. Even though she was a princess of the Daqing Kingdom, she had to be at their mercy.

But now that Cui Hao had been beaten with ten boards, the Cui family wondered if his past disrespect towards the princess had caused her to lose patience. This was unacceptable! The Cui family absolutely could not afford to lose this marriage!

Father Cui asked, "Hao'er, when you were at Yuzhen Temple, was there no man in the princess's room?"

"No, not to mention the men, even her maid is not here."

"Did you guys look for it carefully?"

"I looked for it. I searched all over the bed but couldn't find it."

Father Cui pondered, "Could something have gone wrong somewhere else? Wait a minute, I'll go out and investigate."

He went out and secretly met a few people, and then he knew that the operation had failed. Hatalon had already returned to Chang'an City. No one knew what had happened in the meantime.

We can only look for another opportunity, but Cui Hao, this chess piece, cannot be wasted. He must be able to tie Zhao Yuanqing down firmly.

Two days later, Cui's father returned home with a beaming look on his face and said, "We all misunderstood. Princess Shanzhen is still deeply in love with Hao'er!"

"How to say?"

"It's been rumored everywhere that Princess Shanzhen is actively looking for foreign merchants to buy precious spices to make our Hao'er smile!"

Cui's mother said with a smile, "Really?"

"It's absolutely true! I heard that Princess Shanzhen offered an extremely high price for the spices, so all the Hu merchants in Chang'an went to her princess's mansion!"

"This person doesn't know how to live. Even if she has money, she will squander it! When she enters our family, I will definitely manage her dowry and won't let her spend it so recklessly!"

Cui's mother started to have wild ideas again.

Cui Hao was very skeptical. "Father, did you hear correctly? Princess Shanzhen really bought the spices for me?"

"If not for you, who else could it be? Hao'er, you don't understand these women. If they say no, they really want it. If they say they don't like it, they really like it! Why don't you ask your mother, is it true?"

"Mom, is that so?"

"That's right! Hao'er, this woman is shy and can't say what she wants directly. She always expresses it in a roundabout way. The princess is the same."

Cui Hao felt relieved after hearing what his parents said. "So what should we do next?"

Cui's mother said, "We'll just wait for the princess to come. If she doesn't apologize to you properly this time, we won't agree!"

Father Cui said, "No, the Queen has spread the news that this skirt tent banquet must be properly organized. It seems that she has already had opinions about Hao'er, so we should be more proactive.

Hao'er should take good care of himself these days and then appear before Princess Shanzhen at the banquet to give her a surprise. Wouldn't that make things right? "

Thinking of the arrogant queen, Cui's mother nodded and said, "Okay, let's do it."

As for Zhao Yuanqing, there will always be brave men when there is a big reward. With the vigorous promotion of her followers, all the Hu merchants in Chang'an City came to her princess mansion. There were about two or three hundred people, queuing up to see Zhao Yuanqing.

Everyone in the princess's mansion was busy with this, but there was someone who was so idle that he was scratching his head, and that was Liuli.

Ever since returning from Yuzhen Temple, Zhao Yuanqing used the excuse of recuperating from his injuries to ask Liuli to stay in the room and not go out. This made her very anxious, and she asked Wen Xing for news every day.

"Wen Xing, why did the princess buy spices from the Hu merchants?"

Wen Xing shook her head and said, "I don't know. Don't ask about the master's affairs. We will do whatever we are told to do."

"Oh, you are so confused. You should know what the princess means before you do things for her. It's inexplicable why the princess wants to buy spices herself. In the past, this kind of thing was left to us."

Wen Xing also felt strange. "Could it be that, as people say, this is all for Mr. Cui?"

Liuli's eyes lit up. "Really? Is it really for Mr. Cui?"

"Anyway, that's what everyone outside is saying. Liuli, I'm telling you, don't have any ulterior motives."

"I know, I know, get out now!"

When Liuli heard what she wanted, she pushed Wen Xing out, clasped her hands together, and silently said in her heart, "Amitabha, the princess still loves Mr. Cui, that's good."

Zhao Yuanqing began to meet the Hu merchants. There were too many of them, so the retainers lined up the Hu merchants. Whoever brought the most types of spices would be in the front. The first person was named Hu Sanlang.

Hu Sanlang was wearing a black Hu suit with red flowers, and carrying a blue bat-shaped Nasha sack on his back, which was bulging with stuff.

Wen Xing led him in and closed the door, leaving only Hu Sanlang and Zhao Yuanqing in the room.

Hu Sanlang greeted him, and Zhao Yuanqing said, "Bring out whatever spices you have."

"Yes, princess."

Hu Sanlang was very excited at first and took out his collection of precious spices, such as ambergris, camphor, sandalwood, etc., but Zhao Yuanqing was not interested. She had heard of these spices. Lu Ruoyi had told her a lot about them in her previous life.

Hu Sanlang was a little anxious, so he simply poured out all the spices in the bag and put them on the table, describing them one by one, vowing to impress Zhao Yuanqing and sell them for a good price.

Huh?

Zhao Yuanqing saw something familiar. She picked up a vermilion stone and asked, "What kind of spice is this?"