Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

Zhan Zheng's eyes lit up upon hearing this: "Don't worry, if it's worth it, I'll give you this rosewood paperweight."

"I don't want it," Yin Yin already had one that was about the same size, so getting another one wouldn't make much difference. "I heard that my older brother got some good pine soot ink. Can I have some?"

“Take it if you want,” Zhan Zheng promised directly. “Do you have enough paint? I recently acquired some nice gemstones and have already had them made. Once they’re finished, I’ll send them to you.”

Anything Zhan Zheng was willing to give her was of high quality. Naturally, Yin Yin was delighted to receive something so nice for free: "Thank you, Big Brother."

"Yinyin, what are you talking about?" The Tenth Princess had just finished dismissing a group of people when she saw the brother and sister coming over, both of them looking very happy. She couldn't help but ask.

“Princess,” Yin Yin bowed first before walking to her side and whispered, “My eldest brother said he had someone make me new paint.”

“That’s great news,” the Tenth Princess laughed. “You mentioned earlier that a lot of paints were in Yingzhou and hadn’t been brought to the capital, which made many of your paintings inadequate. Now we’ll have to add some new paints.”

After thinking for a moment, the tenth princess asked her in a low voice, "Yinyin, I have a way to get you a set of paints, but you have to exchange them for a painting. Are you willing?"

Exchanging a painting for a set of paints would be a good deal, but Yin Yin politely declined, saying, "Princess, don't try to fool me. My paintings are only worth exchanging a set of paints for with my mother and elder brother. It won't work elsewhere."

“Who says it can’t?” The Tenth Princess glanced around warily and lowered her voice even further. “Sixth Brother did something for the Crown Prince and got a set of paints from him. He’s wanted your painting for a long time. If you’re willing to paint one for him, I guarantee I’ll get the paints for you!”

The Tenth Princess patted her chest and assured her, but Yin Yin just listened with a smile: "Since His Highness the Sixth Prince specifically asked His Highness the Crown Prince for it, it must be useful. A gentleman does not take what others cherish, so Princess, please don't bring this up again."

“Given his painting skills, it would be a complete waste to give him such talent. In your hands, those good paints will not be wasted,” the Tenth Princess said, pulling Yin Yin along as she saw the Sixth Prince talking to Zhan Zheng in the distance.

Yinyin was caught off guard by this move and dared not break free, so she could only follow her.

"Sixth Brother," the Tenth Princess greeted the Sixth Prince with a perfunctory bow and asked, "The paints you got from the Crown Prince earlier, are they for your own painting?"

The sixth prince was taken aback, glanced at Yin Yin, and then said, "I don't know how to paint. I just put it on the shelf and wait for the right person to appreciate it."

As soon as the words "fated one" were uttered, not only Yin Yin and Zhan Zheng, but even the Tenth Princess scrutinized him for several moments, her eyes darting around.

“A destined person,” the Tenth Princess said softly and slowly, “has the Sixth Brother been found yet?”

“Perhaps,” the sixth prince said ambiguously, but with a single glance, the others understood.

Zhan Zheng's smile immediately became forced: "The banquet is about to start, Yin Yin, we should go over there."

Zhan Zheng is usually very prudent, but this time, since it concerns his sister, he is unusually uncooperative.

"Oh dear," the Tenth Princess looked at the Sixth Prince with schadenfreude, "How come I didn't realize that you had such thoughts, Sixth Brother?"

The sixth prince did not refute: "A beautiful and virtuous lady is the object of a gentleman's affections. Is it strange that I have such thoughts?"

"Strange, of course it's strange," the Tenth Princess said. "You've only met them a few times, and you've already found someone you're destined to meet?"

The sixth prince retorted, "Isn't that enough?"

People rarely bother to talk to the Sixth Prince. Seeing that the Tenth Princess was with him, they consciously gave them space. The Fourth Princess and the other princes who could disturb them were surrounded by many people. Even if they saw them, they wouldn't be able to get over immediately. So they just needed to keep their voices down.

"It's all because Zhan Zheng always seems to be showing off how good his sister is. I didn't believe it at first," the Sixth Prince finally explained. "At first, I was just a little curious, but the fact that she could paint a picture in such a short time shows that she's truly talented. Later..."

The Sixth Prince looked at the Tenth Princess and said, "So all you've done is keep talking about her to me all the time?"

The Tenth Princess raised an eyebrow: "Is it my fault?"

"Sixth Brother," the Tenth Princess said quickly as she raised her hand, "Don't blame me for not warning you, don't get any funny ideas. Zhan Zheng is very protective of his sister."

“Since we’ve already started, how can we not give it a try?” the Sixth Prince laughed. “Tenth Sister, do you think it’s possible for me to get my wish if I offer the position of principal wife?”

The Tenth Princess almost couldn't resist rolling her eyes: "Do you think you can just grant it like that? If she were Lady Zhan's biological daughter, maybe it would work out, but she doesn't have the surname Zhan. You can't even get past Father Emperor."

“Tenth Sister, you’re wrong,” the Sixth Prince said calmly. “It’s precisely because she’s not his biological daughter that she can succeed.”

“How could I, a prince born to a palace servant and who is not favored, marry the younger sister of the next head of the Zhan family?”

The Sixth Prince met the Tenth Princess's surprised gaze: "As long as I reveal my intentions, someone will grant my wish."

After hearing his words, the Tenth Princess looked at the princes actively trying to befriend the ministers and had to admit that the Sixth Prince was right.

No matter how low the Sixth Prince's birth, he is still a prince. If he has a powerful wife's family... no one wants to have another rival or an ally for the Crown Prince.

But Yin Yin is different. She is a girl from the Zhan family, but not by blood. Her closeness to Madam Yu is only because of Madam Zhan's influence, and her past relationship with Princess Xunyang is due to her good relationship with the princess's sister. It is said that everyone assumes the next head of the family, Zhan Zheng, will protect this sister, but the head of the Zhan family has not yet changed, and everything is still uncertain.

Such a girl seems mismatched with the position of a prince's consort in every way, but as long as someone is willing, black can be turned into white. With a little embellishment, the emperor can turn a blind eye, and there is room for manipulation.

“I still quite like Yin Yin,” the Tenth Princess said, her expression becoming slightly more serious. “Sixth Brother, if you can get past Zhan Zheng, then so be it. If not, I think Yin Yin is more suited to marrying someone else than being your concubine or maid.”

"I don't want to have to ask her permission just to talk to her in the future, not to mention that her paintings really suit my taste. I'd like to ask her to paint a few more for me!"