Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots
Chapter 1075 - 021 Different Likes_6

Chapter 1075: 021 Different Likes_6

Watching Lin Yuan try on one outfit after another, Shui Xian and Yin Xing exchanged puzzled glances as if the flirtatious butterfly changing before their eyes wasn’t their young miss at all.

While trying on clothes, Butler Zhou sent a maid over with the message that the outfits made by Red Smoke Pavilion, as ordered by Tian Hui, had also been delivered.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yuan, who was changing in the inner room, hadn’t even appeared when she urged Shui Xian to quickly bring the outfits in.

Shui Xian dashed out nimbly and returned shortly with the clothes. As soon as she entered, Lin Yuan snatched the clothes impatiently and went back into the inner room to try them on too.

Shui Xian and Yin Xing watched on, utterly baffled, and not knowing what suddenly came to mind, Yin Xing leaned toward Shui Xian and whispered, "When Dong Qing left yesterday, she seemed to have said something to the young miss, and I noticed the young miss’s face turned red and she hasn’t stopped smiling since. Do you think it’s because..."

Shui Xian blinked firmly and nodded affirmatively, "Definitely, other than that, why would the young miss keep changing clothes?"

Yin Xing also nodded, giving Shui Xian a knowing look.

As the two were whispering among themselves, Lin Yuan came out in a different outfit.

"How about this?" She extended her arms and twirled around. Lin Yuan couldn’t hide her inner joy, "To be honest, I really like this outfit. It’s not that the clothes Princess Anle sent aren’t pretty, but rather they are too pretty."

Because Princess Anle seldom went shopping, the outfits she prepared for Lin Yuan were overly luxurious, even to the point of being flamboyant. If she were to wear such clothes out to view the lanterns, she would definitely be the subject of pointing and staring from the people all over the streets.

Seeing Lin Yuan in the outfit, Shui Xian and Yin Xing were both stunningly impressed and nodded in admiration repeatedly.

With their affirmation, Lin Yuan felt even more confident and carefully took off the outfit, arranging it meticulously.

Having chosen the outfits, it was time to select the jewelry. Just like the dresses, the jewelry sent by Princess Anle were extremely luxurious and suitable for court wear, not for going out.

Fortunately, Lin Yuan still had the hairpin Xia Zheng had given her. She picked a pair of earrings and a bracelet from a set of jade ornaments to wear. They looked good on her and were understated, perfectly matching her demeanor.

After selecting her clothes and jewelry, it was already mid-morning. Lin Yuan waited eagerly for the night to fall and, having nothing else to do, went to the front yard to see Xiao Yongyan and her younger sisters.

Right upon arriving at the front yard, Xiao Linshuang came running back from outside, her face flushed with excitement, followed by a panting Du Ruo and Lian Qiao.

Curious, Lin Yuan couldn’t help asking, "Where have you been, to be so happy?"

Seeing her older sister, Xiao Linshuang took her hand and started running outside, "Big sister, hurry and look, there are so many people!"

The sisters ran all the way to the front gate. Xiao Linshuang then signaled mysteriously for her to keep quiet. They peeked through the closed gate’s crack and saw several carriages stopped in front of their house. It was said to be in front of their house but was actually some distance away. It wasn’t their family’s carriages, but they had extended so close that it was no wonder Xiao Linshuang came excitedly to look.

Lin Yuan took a closer look and immediately spotted the Yao family’s emblem on the carriages. It turned out to be the Yao family’s carriages heading to the palace.

However, the Yao Mansion was some distance away from their home. Even with a large number of people going to the palace, there was no need to park their carriages this close to them.

Furthermore, judging by the direction of the carriage, it was evidently going to pass right in front of their own door. Lin Yuan remembered that the Yao Mansion was also next to the road and even closer than taking their route; she didn’t believe it was unintentional.

As she thought this, people emerged from the Yao Mansion.

Leading them was Yao Shijiang, The Grand Scholar. With a face that was broad and regular, and a full heavenly court, he looked every bit the man immersed in poetry and literature. In comparison, his wife, Lady Meng, appeared more shrewd, her eyes darting quickly. When she glanced at her children born of a concubine, the disdain in her eyes was so fleeting it was almost impossible to catch.

Noticing something amiss with the direction of the carriage, Yao Shijiang frowned and said, "Did Madam arrange today’s carriage? Is there trouble on the other road?"

Lady Meng glanced at her daughter and smiled, saying, "My Lord has forgotten again; today is the fifteenth, there are many commoners setting up stalls on that road. If our carriage were to pass by there, it would surely interfere with their business."

After saying this, she didn’t forget to mention Yao Hanai: "I had forgotten too at the beginning. Fortunately, Han Yan reminded me, or else we would have certainly troubled the commoners."

Yao Shijiang looked at Yao Hanai with approval and nodded continuously, "It is Han Yan who has thought things through."

He and his wife had only one daughter, and although he felt some regret at first, thankfully this daughter was both intelligent and kindhearted. Even the Empress was extremely fond of her, which made up for his disappointment.

However.

Yao Shijiang glanced at the two concubine’s sons and one concubine’s daughter following behind and couldn’t help but feel a sense of disappointment; these children born of a concubine were far inferior to his legitimate offspring.

Yao Shijiang sighed and boarded the first carriage.

Having been busy with the compilation of books in the past days and not even having taken a rest during New Year, Yao Shijiang hadn’t noticed that the house opposite, empty for many years, had long since been occupied.

Lady Meng affectionately patted Yao Hanai’s hand and got into the second carriage.

No one knows a daughter like her mother, and how could she not understand her daughter’s thoughts? Her daughter was the Capital city’s most talented young woman and naturally deserved the best suitor, even if the other party was the sister of a Prince. That was nothing more than a small country girl from the countryside; whether she could read or not was still unknown, and yet she dared to dream of establishing herself in the Capital city? Wishful thinking!

Yao Hanai looked coldly at the tightly closed door opposite and a hint of disappointment crossed her bright eyes. She had painstakingly arranged all of this just to make Lin Yuan clearly recognize her own status, yet the other party didn’t even open the door, which was truly disheartening.

Sulking, she boarded the carriage, clenching the handkerchief in her hand resentfully. Yet as she thought of finally meeting Xia Zheng today, she couldn’t help but feel the anticipation building again.

Indeed, she was also fond of Xia Zheng.

But unlike Su Qiuyu, Yao Hanai had not revealed her feelings to anyone, except of course her own mother. To everyone else, she always appeared indifferent, even convincing Su Qiuyu to believe it.

Only she herself knew that she liked Xia Zheng or perhaps to be more precise, only Xia Zheng in the entire Capital city or even throughout Dayong was worthy of her.

She was the Capital’s premier talented young woman, with top-tier looks; naturally, she would end up with the best man in the world. As for those Princes and grandsons of the Emperor, in her eyes, they were not the best. She was the best and would not share a man with other women.

Xia Zheng from the General Mansion, the second son, was the man she deemed most suitable in her heart.