Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 559 - 557

Chapter 559: Chapter 557

After Xiao’er and the others left, Zhuge Meiyu asked Li Mingfang, "Do you know that woman? Who is she?"

Upon hearing Zhuge Meiyu’s words, Li Mingfang raised an eyebrow, "Has the Princess met her? She is Rui’an County’s mistress from the Marquis Shengping Mansion! The future wife of the Sixth Prince!"

Marquis Shengping Mansion? Isn’t that the family that adopted Zhuge Wenri? This realization genuinely unpleasant for Zhuge Meiyu! And she is the wife of the Sixth Prince of Minze Country! Looks like new plans are needed!

Xiao’er escorted Mrs. Lu and her daughter back home, changed her clothes before heading to Ruan Weizhen’s house.

Seeing Xiao’er arrive, Shangguan Wanru quickly approached her, "Rui’an County Mistress, why are you so late?"

Xiao’er briefly explained what happened with Li Mingfang on the way.

"Does she think the public road is her family’s horse racing venue? A horse race? Can’t believe she had the gall to carry it out!" Shangguan Wanru huffed coldly.

"I guess it’s not necessarily her idea, I think the Princess of the Eastern Jin Dynasty proposed it." This seemed like something Zhuge Meiyu would do.

"I think she deliberately wanted to upstage your fourth aunt and cousin!" Di Junya interjected. She knew of Li Mingfang’s horse riding skills, after all, she could even ride a horse into battle. How could her horse riding skills not be good? The Princess of the Eastern Jin Dynasty’s horse had already stopped, but hers couldn’t? She absolutely didn’t believe it.

"Perhaps it’s because I took her 100,000 taels and thoroughly offended her!"

"No, it all started in the palace when you testified against Li Mingjun’s words, and that’s when you offended the Li family!" The Fifth Princess pointed out sharply.

Xiao’er silently applauded the Fifth Princess in her heart for her insight. She really did offend a vindictive person! Trouble just keeps cropping up!

Everyone else agreed with the Fifth Princess’s words after hearing them.

"Such a lack of gratitude. Xiao’er’s medicine has even saved several lives from their family!" Di Junya felt aggrieved thinking about how her cousin had managed to save such ungrateful people with Xiao’er’s medicine.

"Enough, today is Weizhen’s big day, we came here to add to her dowry, let’s not keep discussing people who are simply annoyances."

"We have all added ours. Rui’an County Mistress, what are you adding to Weizhen’s dowry?" Shangguan asked curiously.

Xiao’er signaled to Yang Liu and Yang Mei to bring out her additions to the dowry.

The dowry Xiao’er provided for Ruan Weizhen was a set of diamond jewellery, a set of clothes for the return visit, a pair of emerald green jade bracelets, a pair of dragon and phoenix bracelets inlaid with rubies, and a portrait of Ruan Weizhen and Shangguan Xuanhao.

Each item was looked over by Shangguan Wanru and others with envy.

Weizhen’s demeanor seemed a bit like a woman from the Republican Era, hence Xiao’er painted a portrait of her in a cheongsam. The woman in the painting had reached an entirely new level of beauty!

Looking at herself in the painting, Ruan Weizhen felt so beautiful, it almost didn’t look like her!

"Weizhen and the Second Prince in the painting are wearing such unique clothes; where are they from?" Gu Yiqi asked curiously.

Xiao’er nodded, "This dress is called a Cheongsam. It’s a new design. What do you think? Do you like it?"

"Beautiful, so beautiful!" Shangguan Wanru scrutinized the dress in the painting, nodding furiously. What to do, she wanted to claim this painting as hers!

No, she wanted a painting of herself in that outfit too!

An outbreak of Shangguan Wanru’s obsession with lace occurred as she hugged Xiao’er, "Rui’an County Mistress, when I get married, will you paint a portrait like this for me too?"

That’s not difficult, knowing Shangguan Wanru’s love for foreign things, Xiao’er had figured that she would send a painting of her in a western gown at her wedding, "Sure! I’ll paint you in a western gown, and when you get married, each person will have their own painting."

Everyone present was overjoyed to hear this!

Everyone is inherently greedy, forgive her excess of eagerness! Shangguan Wanru tightened her grip on Xiao’er’s hand, "Rui’an County Mistress, I don’t just want a painting, I also want the dress. Can you make a western dress for me?"

Xiao’er felt suffocated, "Let go of me, don’t hug me, we can discuss this."

Shangguan Wanru hurriedly let go.

Xiao’er offered a silent candle to Gong Zhixuan in her mind; having a wife who loved to hug others all the time, she didn’t know if Gong Zhixuan could tolerate it, or if it would wreak havoc on his kidneys!

Feeling Shangguan Wanru’s splendid figure, Xiao’er decided to give her a set of sexy lingerie when she got married. She hoped that Gong Zhixuan wouldn’t have a nosebleed at the sight of it!

Ruan Weizhen gazed at the dress she was wearing in the portrait. She wanted to have one too, so she said, "Lady Rui’an, I want a dress like this too."

At this time, Yun’er spoke and said, "When I saw how gorgeously Wei Zhen looked in the dress in the portrait, I had to make the dress and present it to you. Go ahead and try it on. If the fit isn’t right, I’ll make adjustments."

Yun’er passed a large gift box to Ruan Weizhen. It contained not only two sets of dresses but also matching jewelry and two pairs of shoes.

Ruan Weizhen thanked her and accepted it.

"Open it quickly!" Shangguan Wanru urged excitedly, as if the present were for her.

Ruan Weizhen opened the box and lifted the dress out. Everyone agreed that the style of the dress was simple, but the embroidery on it was beautiful.

"Wei Zhen, go on and try it."

Ruan Weizhen nodded and walked away, holding the dress.

Yun’er also stood up, "I will help you with your make-up."

After waiting for about 15 minutes, the two of them came out.

The cheongsam accentuated Ruan Weizhen’s curvaceous figure.

Everyone felt as if a woman from the Republican Era had stepped out of a painting.

"It really is beautiful!"

"Wei Zhen, this style of dress suits you so well, it’s absolutely stunning!"

"Yun’er, I want a dress like this too." Fu Ranhui couldn’t help but speak up.

"The dress looks beautiful when you wear it, but it’s a bit too revealing." Ruan Weizhen could feel the chill on her legs, and her face turned red.

"Revealing? Where is it revealing? The neck part is covered tightly!" Gu Qiqi asked, bewildered.

"Just showing off your figure, that’s not revealing." Shangguan Wanru agreed.

Ruan Weizhen, on the other side, turned sideways to show everyone.

Puh! Fu Ranhui choked on her tea.

Her whole leg was almost visible! This was indeed too revealing!

"Wei Zhen, how could you come out without wearing trousers!" Gu Qiqi exclaimed in surprise.

Ruan Weizhen’s face turned even redder.

Unable to restrain her smile, Xiao’er said, "With this kind of skirt, you don’t need to wear trousers underneath."

The few girls thought: Not wear trousers, who dares to go out in the streets like that, no, wouldn’t even dare to step out of the room.

Ruan Weizhen couldn’t bear being stared at her thighs by everyone. She hastily returned to change her clothes.

"Can the dress not have a slit at the side?" Shangguan Wanru asked, voicing her confusion.

"Then how would you be able to walk?" retorted Xiao’er.

Shangguan Wanru considered this and realized she was right. It would be too tight.

"That’s the style of the cheongsam, it’s a characteristic feature. Although we don’t accept it now, but in the future, everyone may love to wear it." Xiao’er reasoned.

The others nodded their heads and then moved the topic away from the cheongsam. They started to discuss how to tease the groom and how to get the red envelope for opening the door on the wedding day.