Special Agent Rebirth: The Omnipotent Goddess of Quick Transmigration
Chapter 657 - 648 Female Veneration: The Great God Above (3) More 2

Chapter 657: 648 Female Veneration: The Great God Above (3) More 2

The man in Chang Pavilion was none other than the son of the Prime Minister, Wen Jin, who was also the object of the crown princess’s affections. Just yesterday, the crown princess had invited people to admire the flowers.

Yet Wen Jin declined due to feeling unwell, but today he was with the second princess, playing chess and painting.

This was clearly not about feeling unwell; it was an excuse to avoid meeting the crown princess.

Thinking this, the palace attendant by Ye Shaohua’s side blanched and immediately stopped talking, panicking as he knelt on the ground, not daring to speak further and provoke Ye Shaohua, "Crown Princess, this servant deserves death!"

As he said this, he kowtowed once.

Ye Shaohua withdrew her gaze and slightly narrowed her eyes as she watched the palace attendant’s actions.

Wen Jin.

Of course she knew.

Famed throughout the Imperial Capital, the Prime Minister’s son was second to none in status. Renowned for both his looks and his talents, Wen Jin was even the sole disciple of a highly respected scholar of the time.

Masterful in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, there were hardly any men in the Imperial Capital who could match him.

He had even broken two game records.

From then on, his reputation in Imperial City was unparalleled.

Many a woman was willing to spend a fortune for him.

However, accustomed to his own pride, Wen Jin, even at the age of seventeen, had yet to engage in a betrothal.

The Prime Minister was neither anxious nor hurried about it.

The crown princess had once visited the Prime Minister Residence and chanced upon this young master bred in the back courtyard, falling for him at first sight while the Prime Minister was teaching her political essays.

But Wen Jin’s sights were set too high—how could he fancy someone like the crown princess?

His refusal to engage in a betrothal at the age of seventeen was because his standards were too high, looking down on everyone — until he inadvertently saw the essays the second princess had written in place of the second princess while at the Prime Minister’s.

That was when Wen Jin started to take notice of the second princess.

He discovered that the second princess was proficient in everything, not just in political essays but also in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

Their hobbies and interests were the same.

And thus, Wen Jin, who had always scorned women, felt something different for the second princess.

Each time the crown princess asked the empress for a token to leave the palace and visit Wen Jin at the Prime Minister Residence, his servants would tactfully decline her request.

Yesterday was no exception.

It was just unexpected that after having just refused the crown princess the day before, he would be enjoying a lovely time with the second princess the very next day.

Ye Shaohua’s palace attendant knelt trembling on the ground, knowing without thinking that the crown princess was about to lose her temper again, unsure how many people would suffer this time.

"Get up," said Ye Shaohua, her face showing not a hint of anger, just a downward glance at the palace attendant.

Her voice was languid when she spoke.

Her lips even curled into a hint of a playful smile.

The palace attendant hadn’t expected Ye Shaohua not to take her anger out on him and stood there stunned before he finally realized and looked up at Ye Shaohua. She lacked her usual fierceness at that moment.

The noon sunlight fell on her face, highlighting her lazy expression.

For the first time, the palace attendant felt that the crown princess was perhaps not so terrifying?

She was nothing like others had described.

He even boldly asked, "Crown Princess, you... you’re not angry?"

Ye Shaohua shifted her gaze away as if she hadn’t seen the two people wrapped up in each other in Chang Pavilion, replying indifferently, "Angry? Those two, a perfect match for a pair of turtles — why would I be angry?"

The following palace attendant felt an increasing sense of unease as he looked at Ye Shaohua’s retreating figure.

This...

The crown princess must have gone mad from being scolded and then, on top of that, being provoked by the second princess?

The second princess and the noble son Wen Jin were perfectly matched in both status and talent. If they were a pair of turtles, then who in the Imperial Capital wasn’t?

At that thought, the palace attendant withdrew his gaze.

But considering the actions of the noble son Wen Jin, he did feel somewhat envious.

If possible, he too would like to be as willful as Wen Jin, not having to listen to the words of the cruel crown princess.

After all, with the second princess as the perfect choice for a wife, who would choose the crown princess?

The second princess was not only talented and beautiful but also humble and polite. She treated men with great courtesy, never looking down on them simply because she was a woman. Surely, her future palace would be clean and orderly, with hardly any male attendants around.

It was different for the crown princess; she was capricious and indulgent, each of her attendants had to be handsome. Her future palace was likely to be overflowing, with the six palaces and three courtyards unable to contain them all. Who would choose such a flirtatious person to be their wife?

With these thoughts, Ye Shaohua’s palace attendant turned back to glance at Wen Jin and the second princess, envy and jealousy clear in his eyes.

Meanwhile, inside the pavilion.

Ye Mingxin set down her wolf-hair brush.

The painting of a peony was lifelike; Ye Mingxin, despite her young age of only around sixteen or seventeen, possessed exceptional skills in painting.

This peony painting could be considered a treasure worth cherishing if placed outside.

Wen Jin stared at the peony painting for a long while, hardly able to take his eyes off it, "I concede, the second princess lives up to her reputation!"

He even made a bow, with his eyes not disguising his admiration and some trace of affection.

The second princess immediately helped him up, her movements extremely polite, "Noble son Wen Jin, there’s no need for such formality. Your skills in Go are out of my reach as well."

Both excelled in their own right.

Looking at the gentle and exceptional woman before him, Wen Jin thought he couldn’t find another as outstanding in the whole Imperial Capital.

As the two conversed, the second princess suddenly looked in a direction and sighed softly, "Isn’t that... isn’t that my elder sister? What is she punishing a palace attendent for again?"

The elder sister of the second princess was none other than the crown princess.

Hearing this name, Wen Jin instinctively frowned.

However, he also followed the second princess’s gaze and saw Ye Shaohua with a palace attendant kneeling before her, his expression not of respect but incredibly indifferent.

"Sister is..." the second princess remarked as she saw Ye Shaohua swiftly leaving with the palace attendant.

She naturally assumed that Ye Shaohua had beaten a hasty retreat.

"Today is the day the Prime Minister reviews her political essays," the second princess said with concern, "I don’t know if my sister finished hers last night. If I had known, I would have helped her finish."

Wen Jin turned to the second princess, his expression growing much gentler, "Second Princess, did you help the crown princess with her essays last night?"

The second princess replied gently, "My sister said she didn’t know how to write them, so I wrote a draft for her to review and suggested she write a simpler one. I’m not sure if she finished it?"