Best friends dressed up in ancient times to become mistresses? You run, I run too!

With fair skin and slender eyebrows and eyes, she has a unique and attractive appearance.

His gaze toward Shen Ningzhu was cold, containing three parts disdain, three parts mockery, three parts hatred, and one part schadenfreude, as if he were looking at some kind of trash.

She doesn't seem to have any grudge against her, does she?

That look in her eyes makes you want to slap her twice.

"Sister Lin, what are you saying? What else could it be but shamelessness? A pheasant like her dares to dream of entering our circle of noble ladies? She doesn't deserve it."

The speaker was Zhao Xiaoling, the eldest daughter of the Vice Minister of Revenue. She had a round, small face and rat-like eyes. She was dark-skinned and thin, with a figure and appearance that made her a perfect foil next to Wang Zilin.

I heard that her father works under Wang Zilin's father, so she usually follows Wang Zilin around, fawning over him in every way.

As soon as the words left their mouths, the two of them giggled, their hands pressed against their handkerchiefs.

Shen Ningzhu's lips curled up.

"Hey, don't you ever look in the mirror? It's okay, there's water here, you can look in the mirror and see who looks more like a pheasant. Oh no, maybe some people look more like black-boned chickens."

Zhao Xiaoling: "..."

"You bitch, you...you shut up..."

She had dark skin, which made her an oddity in the elite circles of Beijing, and she was always ridiculed for it.

Over the years, she tried everything, including many precious medicinal herbs and prescriptions, as well as some folk remedies, but none of them worked. Her skin color was a source of great distress for her.

That bitch Shen Ningzhu dared to mock her for this.

Looking at her exquisitely beautiful eyebrows and eyes, her delicate and straight nose, and her naturally red lips, Zhao Xiaoling's eyes reddened, and she was driven mad with jealousy.

Why?

God is so unfair.

Why can this lowly woman be so beautiful? She's just a lowly village girl. Does she even deserve that face? She's a daughter of an official family. Such beauty should belong to her.

The more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became. A voice in his mind kept saying, "Scratch her face so she can never be seductive again."

Thinking this, his feet unconsciously moved toward Shen Ningzhu.

Shen Ningzhu also noticed this.

She stood there without moving, thinking to herself, "These two idiots came at the perfect time. I was just wondering how to make it a reasonable thing to go into the water, and now I've run into two people who are just asking to die."

So she didn't hold back.

Shen Ningzhu didn't say anything, squatted down, and suddenly scooped up water and splashed it at the two of them.

"what--"

A scream pierced the sky, but Shen Ningzhu didn't stop; she continued to scoop water and splash it at the two of them. They jumped and dodged, their clothes getting soaked.

"Aaaaah—you bitch, what are you doing?"

"What am I doing? Of course, I'm washing your mouths! I'm telling you, how long has it been since you brushed your teeth? Your mouths are full of filth, it's almost suffocating me. Come on, don't be shy, I'm just trying to help you out, don't be too touched."

"You...you stop! Stop right now! This dress is brand new, I just had it made yesterday..."

The commotion was quite significant, quickly attracting a lot of attention, which was exactly the effect Shen Ningzhu wanted.

Only if she falls into the water in full view of everyone, disappearing without a trace, will the Crown Prince completely let her off the hook and not hold the Minister's Mansion and the Shen family accountable.

As for what happens after she goes into the water, well, with her speed, she'll disappear without a trace in no time.

Sure enough, a sound came from afar inside the pavilion.

What happened over there?

"I don't know, but it seems like a few noble ladies are having a fight. Girls are such a hassle."

"No, that looks like Shen Ningzhu."

"It's true, this is the first time she's dressed so casually. I almost didn't recognize her if you hadn't told me."

Several young noblemen stood in the pavilion, their gazes fixed on Shen Ningzhu, their eyes filled with infatuation.

Everyone in the capital knew of her reputation as a good-for-nothing, yet everyone coveted her beauty.

Her figure was alluring and captivating, a natural beauty. Her small face was truly beautiful, fair and translucent, like freshly cooked tofu, so white and smooth, as if you could easily squeeze water out of it.

At this moment, she was bathed in sunlight, and her exposed skin was like fine porcelain glaze, gleaming with a bright light.

She is radiant and dazzling even without makeup.

The group felt a jolt in their hearts, and their hearts began to pound uncontrollably.

In the past, whenever Shen Ningzhu went out, she would always have exquisite makeup, wear luxurious and bright clothes, and her head would be full of gold hairpins and jade ornaments, like a money tree.

Her chin was held high, and her eyes were raised to the sky like a proud peacock. Apart from His Highness the Crown Prince, almost no one could catch her eye.

Anyone who gets close to her will be severely humiliated, and over time, no one dares to approach her anymore.

But the number of people who secretly coveted her only increased.

I've never seen someone dressed so casually, dressed like this before, with such simple food and drink. But upon closer inspection, it has a unique charm.

With her black hair and simple white clothes, she was fresh and refined, like a fairy in a classical painting of a lady.

Shen Ningzhu continued to splash water, and the two men, their eyes red with anger, had long lost their minds and pushed her forward recklessly.

Shen Ningzhu was so excited she wanted to shout, and she leaned towards the lake. But she wasn't going to be outdone. She grabbed Wang Zilin's arm with one hand and hooked Zhao Xiaoling's ankle with the other, pulling both of them into the lake.

If you have to provoke her for no reason, then come down and drink some lake water. As for her…

Haha, I'm free now!

However, joy turned to sorrow.

As soon as she entered the water, before Shen Ningzhu could even swim in the direction she had chosen, someone grabbed her waist tightly.

Looking down, I saw it was Zhao Xiaoling.

The other person couldn't swim, so he instinctively grabbed Shen Ningzhu's waist as if he had grasped a lifeline.

"Oh no, someone fell into the water."

A gasp came from the shore. Shen Ningzhu was startled. No, she had to hurry. She quickly tried to pry Zhao Xiaoling's arm off.

Just then, a loud splash came from the water. Someone had jumped into the water. Shen Ningzhu looked up and saw a man dressed in black swimming quickly towards her.