Chapter 49: Chapter 45: An Accidental Bet

Shen Jingxian finally chose a light yellow dress, embroidered with small gardenias, which made her little face even more lively.

Before stepping out of her Yi Fen Palace, Shen Jingxian confirmed once again, “Is this dress really unique to me?”

Xiao Ming patiently replied, “Rest assured, Your Highness, this is a new outfit made by the Shangyi Bureau just two days ago, rushed overnight by the most skilled embroideress in the Capital City. There won’t be a second one!”

Sister Xiao Ming’s attitude was so affirmative!

Sister Xiao Ming’s words were so pleasing!

Shen Jingxian believed her.

She even teamed up with some early-arriving noble women to set up a little gamble.

They bet on what color Song Yan would wear today!!

Choices: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, purple.

But Shen Jingxian resolutely chose pink.

Yin Lingya, the daughter of the Right Minister, didn’t know why the princess was so certain to choose pink when it was obvious that Song Yan usually preferred yellow.

“Since Your Highness bets on pink, then I’ll choose purple! Sister Song Yan looks best in purple, I think she’ll wear purple today too!”

“There’s something I must say, otherwise don’t say I bullied you later, today when I passed by the Song Mansion on my way to the palace, I saw the servants holding a white dress.”

“White is indeed pretty!”

“Maybe it’s not for Sister Song Yan, isn’t there another concubine’s daughter in the Song Family?”

Listening to this group of brightly dressed girls quietly discussing what color Song Yan would wear, Shen Jingxian’s lips curled into a three-part mischievous, seven-part arrogant smile.

Hahaha, choose! In any case, it’s definitely pink in the end!

Going to strike it rich～

Shen Jingxian slapped down her savings from childhood.

“Five thousand taels! I bet on pink!”

Five thousand taels, what a concept.

For an ordinary family, one tael of silver would be enough for a year’s supply of food and drink.

A monthly allowance for an official’s daughter is five taels of silver.

A concubine in the harem receives thirty taels a month.

This five thousand taels from Shen Jingxian was an astronomical figure among peers.

Initially, these noble ladies planned to simply wager some hundreds of taels’ worth of jewelry, but unexpectedly, the princess fiercely put down five thousand taels in real silver.

The noble women stared at the princess’s indifferent expression, bewildered, thoughtful, and then enlightened.

As it turned out! The princess concocted this method deliberately to keep them from being restrained!!

Hearing that the princess had difficulty making friends at the Imperial College due to her status, in reality, the princess must be longing for friendship!!

For friendship, what’s a mere five thousand taels of silver!

Today, we will risk our lives to accompany a gentleman!

Seeing each noble woman bringing out the demeanor of a wealthy family after she placed her bet of five thousand taels, Shen Jingxian felt extremely satisfied.

Sorry, family!

But victory is mine!

If Father and Mother knew I could replenish the National Treasury at such a young age (epic), they would surely praise me!

The Little Princess beamed brightly after everyone had placed their bets.

Because everyone bet valuable things, the beautiful princess especially reminded them, “For those who lose and don’t guess right later, no crying!”

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“Waaah! My money!! I’m sorry to you!!!”

“Your Highness! Calm down, Your Highness!!”

“Don’t hold me back!! How can a penniless princess show her face in this world!!”

“Your Highness!!! Princely Heir! Princely Heir, please persuade the princess, today at the princess’s birthday party, the Prince of Dongwu Country will also be present, and the princess is crying like this…”

Wen Ranchen didn’t wait for the maid to finish, he walked over to Shen Jingxian, squatted in front of her, and softly said, “Why is Your Highness crying?”

Shen Jingxian was upset, very upset, the feeling was like a homeless man who finally saved up enough money by collecting bottles to buy himself something nice, only to be deceived into gambling all his savings away!!

She was wrong, she knew that the storyline had Song Yan wear the same dress as hers, yet why didn’t she consider that after changing to a light yellow dress, Song Yan would also change to light yellow?

Why did she trust the storyline so much and bet on pink!!!

Looking at Wen Ranchen, who was squatting in front of her with a gentle look, Shen Jingxian felt even more aggrieved.

This broken male lead, how could he be so, so whatnot at such a young age!

“I… hic… shouldn’t have bet on pink, waaah, I should have bet… hic, yellow…”

Wen Ranchen extended his hand, gently wiping away some tears from the little princess’s face with the pad of his thumb, and soothingly said, “Then bet on yellow now.”

Shen Jingxian, with her tear-blurred eyes, felt a deep sadness, “I can’t bet anymore!!! The five thousand taels are gone!!! Waaah…”

Wen Ranchen finally understood why the little princess was crying.

She had lost her savings in the wager.

Wen Ranchen found this kind of princess very adorable, but he knew he definitely couldn’t laugh out loud now, or else the consequences would be severe.

So he cleared his throat, then took out a jade pendant from himself and handed it to the sobbing princess.

Shen Jingxian looked at the high-quality, exquisite jade pendant in her hands, stopped crying, and choked as she asked, “How much is this worth?”

Wen Ranchen, who was about to elaborate on the extraordinary origin of the jade pendant: …

“At least a hundred thousand taels.”

A hundred! A hundred thousand!!!

With a snap, Shen Jingxian returned the jade pendant to Wen Ranchen, “No way, it’s too expensive, I dare not take it.”

It’s not a lack of wanting, but a lack of daring.

Wen Ranchen understood, took the jade pendant and stuffed it back into the little princess’s hands, “As long as Your Highness is happy, everything else is just mundane to me.”

Shen Jingxian intuitively felt something was off, immediately responding, “I’m also a mundane thing, I’m the biggest mundane thing there is!”

“There are merits to being mundane, moreover becoming the biggest mundane thing must mean she’s extremely remarkable.”

Shen Jingxian was amazed, Wen Ranchen, you’re so articulate! I like you… flattering me!

And just like that, Shen Jingxian was consoled.

She and Wen Ranchen returned together to the main venue for the birthday party, Shanghe Hall.

As it was a celebration for the princess, there weren’t many rules, invited officials could sit with their families instead of separating men and women.

Although the Song Family was stripped of their Duke title, their long-standing foundation allowed them to sit relatively close to the front.

Song Yan was also seated in the front.

On her way to the main seat, Shen Jingxian tried her best not to look at Song Yan.

As long as she didn’t look, there wouldn’t be a matching outfit!

But, humans plan, and heaven laughs.

The Emperor and Empress arrived together with the Prince of Dongwu Country.

After the Emperor was seated, his first words weren’t some pleasantries or greetings to the guests, but rather…

“Yi Fen, you seem to get along well with the daughter of the Song Family, even wearing the same clothes, hahaha.”

Dad, take a good look at the situation, is this something worth your hahaha?!!

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