“If you’re going to hit me, then hit me. Why did you have to slap me too?!”
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The two of them were so tired that when they closed their eyes to sleep for a bit, it was already early in the morning the next day. Since they slept for so long this time, they woke up hungry. After Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan woke up, washed up and got dressed, they immediately declared that they would be having a meal.
Li Rong was familiar with the people in the Princess’s mansion for the most part, and Pei Wenxuan had also known them in his previous life, but having been reincarnated, even though he was aware, he still had to pretend to have met them for the first time.
So after eating, the two spent another morning familiarizing themselves with the servants in the Princess’s mansion, and afterwards, the two had some time to themselves.
Pei Wenxuan’s leave of absence for his wedding spanned nine days, and after those nine days, he would have to go to court as usual. They had already paid a visit to all the people that they should have, so with the time remaining, Li Rong thought for a moment and said to Pei Wenxuan: “Shall we go look for Shangguan Ya first?”
What is on Li Rong’s mind the most at this time is Li Chuan’s marriage. Pei Wenxuan heard those words, but he didn’t object to it and immediately called for someone. A carriage was prepared, and he went with Li Rong to the Shangguan residence.
On the way there, Pei Wenxuan worked on writing a greeting card, and as he was writing, he couldn’t help but say: “How do you know that she’s back?”
“I already had people inquire and keep an eye on things before we got married,” Li Rong sat off to one side, leisurely reading a book as she lazily replied, “She was already back just before the wedding. I was just too busy at the time, so I didn’t have time to worry about her.”
Having said that, she looked up at Pei Wenxuan: “Finished with the greeting card? Show it to me when you’re done writing, I want to take a good look at it.”
Pei Wenxuan laughed: “It’s just a greeting card, what is there to see?”
“A-ya is someone who pays particular attention to these things. If your greeting card is not well-written, she might not even feel inclined to take a look at them.”
“You can rest assured,” Pei Wenxuan handed over the completed greeting card, “She may dare to refuse to meet me, but she dare not refuse to meet you.”
These words made Li Rong very happy, but she still read over Pei Wenxuan’s greeting card. Pei Wenxuan’s greeting card can be said to be quite beautiful in terms of the handwriting. Li Rong couldn’t help but give a compliment: “Oh you, gilded with gold and jade on the surface, and yet rotten and decaying on the inside.[1] Nevertheless, beautiful people have equally beautiful handwriting.”
[1] Akin to “All that glitters is not gold,” not everything is as good as they seem on the surface.
“What you said there,” Pei Wenxuan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, “Are you making fun of me or making fun of yourself?”
“How am I making fun of myself?” Li Rong looked up with a strange expression. Pei Wenxuan took the greeting card back from her hands, moved a little further away and said with a big bright smile, “After all, your handwriting isn’t very pretty.”
Hearing this, Li Rong tapped her fan against the palm of her hand: “Do you think this carriage is big enough to give you some kind of protection?”
“But,” Pei Wenxuan turned the subject at hand around and immediately said: “Your Highness’s person can be seen to be as beautiful on the outside as you are beautiful on the inside, not lacking in the slightest.”
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The Grand Princess
Historical Fiction[I don't own the story and the translation of this novel.] Description: Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan married at the age of 18. Li Rong used Pei Wenxuan's family background to avoid disaster, and Pei Wenxuan used Li Rong's identity as Princess to establis...
