A pair of slender, delicate hands lifted the carriage curtain, revealing a woman inside dressed in luxurious clothes with a beautiful face.

The servants had just reminded her that Wang Li was ahead. Wang Li was her father's bodyguard, so Princess Qingyue stopped her carriage.

Unexpectedly, Wang Li was talking to a woman.

Moreover, judging from the woman's attire, she didn't seem to be of high status, and she even dared not bow to her, instead staring at her with a brazen gaze.

This displeased Princess Qingyue.

Wang Li bowed and replied, "In response to Your Highness, he is an insignificant person."

Princess Qingyue, however, did not think so. Why would Wang Li, an insignificant person, be here in person?

Besides, this woman is quite beautiful...

Lin Shuyun suddenly spoke up: "This noble lady, would you like to buy some rouge? It's twenty taels a box, and you'll definitely get a great deal."

Princess Qingyue remained silent, but a richly dressed old woman beside the carriage spoke up with a stern face, "How dare you!"

Seeing this, Wang Li hurriedly asked, "Does the princess have something to discuss with me?"

"Wang Li, what did Father ask you to do here?" Princess Qingyue turned her gaze away from Lin Shuyun.

"I'm on official business," Wang Li replied in a standard, formal manner.

Princess Qingyue lowered the carriage curtain.

The carriage slowly moved forward again.

Wang Li glared at Lin Shuyun, "You've got some nerve, daring to look directly at the princess and shouting as you sell things!"

"Commoners must bow and pay their respects to nobles of rank, and must not look them directly in the eye."

Although he wasn't sure about Lin Shuyun's identity, she couldn't possibly be a princess.

Therefore, in terms of status, no one is more noble than Princess Qingyue.

Princess Qingyue was the daughter of the Prince, born late in his life to his most favored concubine. The Prince personally petitioned the Emperor to grant her the title of Princess. Although young, she held a high position of rank, and in the capital, apart from the Princess, no one was more noble than her.

"This is my first time meeting a nobleman. I didn't know that. Thank you for reminding me." Lin Shuyun smiled at Wang Li.

"Would you like to buy a box of rouge? You can take it back to your wives and sisters at home."

He pointed to the rouge on the ground as he spoke.

Wang Li twitched his lips. "I can't afford a box of rouge that costs twenty taels of silver. Besides, I don't have a wife or sisters."

"Young lady, please tell me the truth, what is your relationship with that old man from the other day?"

The prince forbade him to investigate rashly, but it wouldn't hurt for him to ask, would it?

Lin Shuyun raised an eyebrow. "You want to know? I'm not telling you! Unless you buy my rouge."

"Take two boxes." Wang Li handed a piece of gold to Lin Shuyun.

Lin Shuyun accepted the gold, weighed it in her hand, and handed over two boxes of rouge, replying generously, "That's for my old man."

Wang Li's gaze deepened, and after bowing to Lin Shuyun, he quickly left.

He may have oversimplified the situation.

If the retired emperor hadn't been switched, he might have really had his head ripped off and used as a football by the prince.

Lin Shuyun was in a good mood after selling two boxes of rouge. Thinking of Wang Li and that princess from earlier, she whistled.

The old man was hiding his true intentions quite well.

I'll give him a good swindle later. He ate so many good things from me, it's not too much to ask for a huge manor as a reward.

The next box of rouge didn't sell; everyone thought it was too expensive.

When Lin Shuyun brought back the remaining rouge, Qin Niangzi was completely devastated.

"These people really don't know what's good for them, they have no taste."

The rouge she makes is made with a secret recipe; it's good for beauty and skin health.

Lin Shuyun agreed, "Yes, yes, they have no taste. They don't deserve to use the rouge my aunt made. Give them all to me, I love using them."

Qin Niangzi laughed, "With your clever and sweet tongue, you can't possibly use it all by yourself. I'll send some to Guan Suying too; she always dresses too plainly."

Xiaoqing chimed in, "You gave her rouge, what were you thinking? Her husband..."

Before he could finish speaking, someone knocked on the door.

"Who is it again?"

"Could it be Sister Ci Jing again?" Qin Niangzi frowned at the thought of Chen Ting, showing no intention of opening the door.

Seeing that no one answered the door, Lin Shuyun went by herself.

Xiu Gu, dressed in ordinary women's clothes, whispered outside the door, "Madam has moved out of the Guan family and wanted to invite the young mistress over to disguise herself. However, fearing that she might be targeted by someone with ulterior motives, she did not come in person."

"Okay, go back and tell the beautiful lady that I'll be over tonight."

Xiugu nodded and left in a hurry.

She mustn't be targeted by malicious people, as it would bring trouble to the young general's family.

That very night, Lin Shuyun climbed over the wall to find the beautiful woman.

"who?"

Hearing that there was fighting, Xiugu hurriedly came out of the room. "Brothers, there's no need to panic. These are the people our lady wants to see. There's no need to inform the head of the family about this."

The guards, seeing that the person was a woman with a slender figure, did not continue to approach.

"Beautiful lady, did you miss me?" Xiu Gu hurriedly closed the door after Lin Shuyun entered the room.

Guan Suyi looked at her reproachfully, "I missed you. Why didn't you use the front door? I had Bailu wait at the door. What if you got hurt climbing over the wall like that?"

A beautiful woman is beautiful in every smile and frown.

"Of course, it's to climb over the wall and steal your kisses!"

Guan Suyi glared at her, her fair face flushed.

Teasing voices came from inside the room, while the doorman, Jingzhe, stood outside with his mouth agape.

"Young Madam, what's wrong...?"

She was the only one of the five who had never met Lin Shuyun.

Xiu Gu, standing to the side, frowned and said, "Isn't that a bit out of touch with reality? I think so too, but the madam and young master just like it."

The young general was pleased, and the lady's health improved considerably. She would smile whenever she saw Madam Lin. What could she say? Let her be unreliable if she wanted to.

Jingzhe only asked one question and then fell silent; the affairs of their masters were not for them, the servants, to concern themselves with.

Lin Shuyun stayed at Guan Suyi's place for one night before going back.

The two slept in the same bed and whispered secrets all night.

As dawn broke, Lin Shuyun left after Guan Suying fell asleep.

As soon as Lin Shuyun left, Guan Suyi got up.

Xiugu came in to serve, anxiously saying, "Madam, you just went to bed, why are you up? I'll have the doctor come and check your pulse right away."

"Don't be so nervous. Look at me, I'm perfectly fine. You guys really didn't even bother to see Yunyun off when she left. She's just a young girl."

Guan Suying had already disguised herself and looked like a completely different person. Her appearance was ordinary, but she was full of energy. If it weren't for her voice, they almost wouldn't have recognized her.

Last night, Lin Shuyun brought Guan Suyi a ginseng. After eating it, Guan Suyi felt very hot and didn't sleep all night.

"Madam, your servants..."

Just as Xiugu was about to explain, Guan Suyi raised her hand to interrupt her.

"Alright, you can all stay here. Jingzhe, disguise yourself and come with me."

Jingzhe has the highest martial arts skills and rarely appears in public, so she is generally not detected.

……

……

As soon as Lin Shuyun entered the courtyard carrying the food box, she saw Qin Niangzi leaning against her room door, eating melon seeds.

Her tone was sarcastic, "Oh, you didn't come home all night, were you out meeting some random guy? Look at you, all rosy-cheeked! Did you find someone else and forget to come home?"

Lin Shuyun twitched her lips.

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