Chapter 604: Chapter 602: The Transmigrated Woman Who Self-Destructed 18 Times (Part 33)

Because of Jiang Zhi, many people in the Capital City know about Ah Chen’s existence.

On the surface, Jiang Zhi only places her in the position of a lifesaver. Since returning to the Capital City, apart from arranging for people to send some items to her residence, the two have not met.

As for whose house it specifically belongs to, no one investigates it closely, and people naturally assume it is arranged by Jiang Zhi.

Regarding this, neither Ah Chen nor her companions intended to explain further as it essentially affects nothing.

Jiang Zhi has not yet settled on a marriage, and many are eyeing him.

A handsome, capable, and favored prince, it’s strange if no one had designs on him. It’s just that currently, Jiang Zhi doesn’t have such intentions, and the Emperor’s attitude is also very ambiguous, showing no signs of planning to settle him down. In fact, more than once has a minister subtly brought up this matter to the Emperor, but he has never expressed his attitude.

The appearance of Ah Chen indeed draws attention, but those noble ladies and ministers don’t take her seriously. In their view, their social circle has its own rules, and given Ah Chen’s status, even if Jiang Zhi truly takes a liking to her, she cannot possibly take the position of the prince’s main wife. In other words, they never regarded her as a threat.

Moreover, since she hasn’t shown any extraordinary traits, everyone thinks she’s just lucky to have saved Jiang Zhi, essentially just an ordinary young girl with nothing to her name except her good looks.

Therefore, after arriving in the Capital City, Ah Chen hasn’t received any invitations.

Even if Jiang Zhi outwardly seems to value her somewhat, those noble ladies wouldn’t invite her to play with them; they consider it strange and even demeaning.

Ah Chen had no other missions, unless by chance, she wouldn’t intentionally mix with those noble ladies.

How they view her has nothing to do with her.

Thus, the invitation from Miss Zuo, the daughter of the Minister of Revenue, surprised her.

After all, the other party is a minister’s daughter, who by rights shouldn’t even have her in her sights. Even if there were any ill intentions, it shouldn’t have been out in the open, inviting her to appreciate flowers; it’s too obvious and doesn’t make sense.

When this character of Zuo Lanshuang appeared, the original plot unlocked a bit more, clarifying those vague parts about Zuo Lanshuang’s story. After skimming through the plot, Ah Chen had a vague guess.

In the original plot, Zuo Lanshuang fancied Jiang Zhi and naturally, with her status, she would be fitting as the prince’s main wife. Before Jiang Zhi ascended the throne, she didn’t do anything outrageous, just an ordinary noble lady. She expressed her feelings to the Minister of Revenue several times, who also tried to contest, but the Emperor’s attitude was unclear, hence it didn’t work out. She also arranged for chance meetings, which of course didn’t succeed. Since Jiang Zhi had no one besides the two concubines he initially had, she decided to wait.

As a result, after Jiang Zhi ascended the throne, he made the Commissioner the Empress.

At this point, Zuo Lanshuang lost her mind and secretly did things to harm the Empress, leading to her punishment.

Whether Zuo Lanshuang is good or bad is unknown, but even if she wanted to harm someone, she wouldn’t need to be so obvious.

"Miss Chu, are you going?" Lan Xin asked.

She wasn’t worried; she’d witnessed Miss Chu’s skills before.

Facing a prince, not afraid to slap, and to this day, has not been troubled about it. The princes have tightly concealed this, or it might have been a surprise outside. Keeping it hidden is good; after all, it slaps the face of the Royal Family. Even if Miss Chu fears nothing, life wouldn’t be so peaceful otherwise.

"Let’s go and see."

Ah Chen originally didn’t want to go, but Zuo Lanshuang was doing something contrary to her original character plot, a bit strange. Even if in the original plot, she suddenly lost her mind, what she did was pretty rash.

Even if someone told Zuo Lanshuang that Jiang Zhi had thoughts about her, the most she’d feel at this point would be jealousy and dislike. Mostly indifferent, looking down upon, and the subconscious training since childhood doesn’t make someone like her think this status could affect anything; she wouldn’t openly invite her to admire flowers. If she wanted to do something, she’d arrange for people underneath to do it quietly.

Early the next morning, Ah Chen went into space to pick a basket of roses, all kinds of colors, with Lan Xin helping to carry it.

In just one night, the news of Zuo Lanshuang inviting Ah Chen to admire flowers spread in the circle of noble ladies.

"Why did she think of inviting that Miss Chu to admire flowers?" the Minister’s wife heard the news and felt it too late to stop it. Today, her youngest daughter is neither going nor not going.

She fully understood her youngest daughter’s feelings, but with Your Majesty’s silence and the Sixth Prince’s lack of interest, waiting like this without any certainty was something she didn’t agree with. Her youngest daughter was very stubborn, and ten oxen couldn’t pull her back. If she were to arrange a marriage disregarding the other party’s will, it might not last a few years. How could she bear it?

Zuo Lanshuang sat at her dressing table, stubborn in expression: "I just want to see her, see what’s so special about her."

Her heart was very restless, knowing there was no need to pay attention to a girl of such status. Even if liked by the Sixth Prince, she’d only be a concubine in the end.

It was fine for a while, but recently, whenever she thought of it, she felt restless, pondering again and again, deciding it was better to meet her. The Hundred Flower Garden was in bloom, so she invited her to appreciate the flowers.

She felt in her heart that this was inappropriate. Inviting Chu Chen to appreciate flowers, those noble ladies who didn’t get along with her might well be laughing at her for being overly paranoid.

Meeting that Miss Chu might ease her unrest, thought Zuo Lanshuang. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"Enough, at this point, I can’t stop you, just go and come back, don’t stir up trouble." The Minister’s wife could only advise like this, looking somewhat helpless, and after saying a couple more sentences, she left Zuo Lanshuang’s boudoir.

And after Zuo Lanshuang got ready, she took out a packet of medicine from the bottom of a box.

Her head maid saw it, said nothing, and instead took the medicine packet: "Miss, this servant will take care of it."

Upon hearing this, Zuo Lanshuang felt a twinge. While she wasn’t a virtuous person, she had never thought of using such means against Chu Chen. In her view, Chu Chen was no real threat. Yet, recently, she had an inexplicable feeling that Chu Chen was a formidable enemy, one she would regret not removing.

"Not this time, keep it first, and find another chance later."

"Doing something right upon meeting is too obvious." Zuo Lanshuang said. Occasionally, she felt something was off, but quickly ignored such feelings.

Hundred Flower Garden.

When Zuo Lanshuang arrived, Ah Chen was already there.

Upon seeing her, Zuo Lanshuang couldn’t deny that her appearance was indeed beautiful. Initially calm, upon seeing Chu Chen, that familiar feeling of unrest surged again, with an impulse to slap Chu Chen without regard for anything.

But she was a well-educated noble lady and couldn’t possibly do something so rude in public. Moreover, hitting someone for no reason would seem impolite, so she restrained her inner impulse.

Ah Chen greeted with a smile: "Miss Zuo."

"Miss Chu." Zuo Lanshuang paused, greeting back with no enthusiasm, then noticed the basket of flowers Lan Xin held, looking a bit surprised.

The flowers were indeed beautiful. Though she’d been to the Hundred Flower Garden earlier, she hadn’t seen such lovely flowers. Even standing at a distance, she could smell the fragrance from the basket, indescribably enchanting.