Her hair was cloud-like and beautiful! She opened her eyes and found herself back in the third year

Chapter 4 I don't like it

Qin Yizhen really wanted to kick Fang Shixin out right now and tell her to get lost.

She didn't want to see this disgusting person, much less engage in any pretense with her.

But since Fang Shixin killed Cheng Yan, Qin Yizhen really didn't want to let her off so easily.

It might be easy to make Fang Shixin die, but Qin Yizhen felt very unsatisfied. She wanted to make Fang Shixin wish he were dead, and to destroy everything that she cared about!

Thinking of Cheng Yan's tragic death, Qin Yizhen felt a surge of hatred. Her gaze towards Fang Shixin became tinged with gloom and coldness, and her slightly reddened eyes were sharp and icy.

Fang Shixin felt that Qin Yizhen's gaze was very strange, and her heart couldn't help but jump: "Why...why are you looking at me like that?"

Qin Yizhen lowered her eyes, suppressing the hatred in her heart, and forced a smile: "I didn't see anything, I was just in a bad mood today, I'm sorry I scared you. By the way, what brings you here today?"

Fang Shixin breathed a slight sigh of relief upon hearing her say this, assuming that Qin Yizhen was simply throwing a tantrum and being unpredictable.

She took a deep breath, suppressing her displeasure, clapped her hands, and had a maid bring over a lacquer box painted with peonies, which she then opened and presented to Qin Yizhen.

Inside, there was a lifelike peony.

Fang Shixin smiled and said, "Sister Yizhen, this is a new piece of jewelry from our Fanghua Pavilion. I call it 'Velvet Flower.' It is made of dyed silk thread, and each flower is lifelike, just like a real flower. I specially selected this peony to send over."

Fang Shixin had a maid bring out the peony and praised it, saying, "Only the peony is truly a national beauty; when it blooms, it stirs the Qin city. This peony is most suitable for you. Take a look and see if you like it."

Qin Yizhen looked at the peony.

A single peony blossom has two flowers, one large and one small, with layers upon layers of blossoms, adorned with two small buds, and scattered with apricot leaves. It looks truly lifelike, as if it were real.

The stamens, petals, stamens, and leaves are all exquisitely beautiful and lifelike. Coupled with the line, "Only the peony is truly a national beauty; when it blooms, it stirs the Qin capital," no woman could resist its charm.

The same applies to Qin Yizhen.

If it were the Qin Yizhen of the past, she would have happily accepted the gift, thanked her, returned some gold and silver jewelry, and then happily put the peony in her hair.

But Qin Yizhen only glanced at it briefly before looking away. She said calmly, "Thank you for your kindness, but I prefer the crabapple blossoms."

The clusters of crabapple blossoms on the branches were her favorite flowers.

When the gift she gave was rejected, Fang Shixin's expression froze again. She smiled and said, "Then I'll have the embroiderer make you a crabapple blossom. Crabapples are beautiful and suit you well."

Qin Yizhen reached out and touched the begonia flower in her hair, feeling its cool, real texture.

She said calmly, "Artificial flowers may be pretty, but they can never compare to real flowers. Although the seasons change, flowers bloom and wither, and they can't last forever, it's always better to have a moment of reality than a lifetime of falsehood. Don't you think so?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Shixin's heart skipped a beat, and she felt somewhat uneasy.

Sure enough, the next moment, she heard Qin Yizhen say, "You shouldn't open Fanghua Pavilion anymore."

"How can this be allowed!" Fang Shixin screamed in disbelief.

How much money did she invest in Fanghua Pavilion?

First, they spent money to buy the two-story silver shop, then they spent a lot on renovations, then they hired embroiderers to draw designs, and finally they stockpiled a large number of finished products.

To achieve this, she emptied her savings and even borrowed some money.

If this shop closes down and the velvet flowers stop being sold, she'll go crazy!

She came to deliver peonies to Qin Yizhen today for two reasons. First, she heard that Cheng Yan had returned and wanted to see if she could run into him. Second, she wanted to give Qin Yizhen one so that she could wear it. If word got out that even the princess liked it, wouldn't all the noble ladies in Qin capital be scrambling to get their hands on it?

"Why not?" Qin Yizhen glanced at her indifferently, her eyes calm and cold. "I don't like it."

Since she doesn't like it, then it can't be opened.

She's a princess, so what's wrong with her a little bit of bullying?

Qin Yizhen vaguely thought of the past... or perhaps it should be called her previous life.

In her previous life, around this time, Fang Shixin also gave her a velvet flower of the Yao Huang peony, which she liked very much.

Three days later, Empress Dowager Cheng and Emperor Jing'an hosted a banquet for the generals who had returned from suppressing the rebellion. She wore this peony to the banquet, and the noble ladies and noblewomen liked it very much. Intending to flatter Fang Shixin, she mentioned the name of Fanghua Pavilion.

Later, Fanghua Pavilion, which had just opened, became very famous, and the velvet flowers in the pavilion were in high demand. Fang Shixin made a fortune.

Fang Shixin can forget about making this money in his lifetime.

Upon hearing this, Fang Shixin immediately became agitated: "How could you do this? This is my Fanghua Pavilion, not yours! How can you just stop opening it because you don't like it?!"

This is her shop, not Qin Yi's. Why should she get the credit?

Qin Yizhen: "Oh."

That's true. It's not like it's her Fanghua Pavilion, and it's not like she can just close it down because she says she doesn't like it.

However, she has plenty of ways to make the shop go out of business.

Putting everything else aside, just the fact that she said she disliked artificial flowers and found them fake would probably leave Fanghua Pavilion deserted.

Fang Shixin was provoked by her bland "oh," her face turning red with anger and resentment, feeling humiliated.

She took a deep breath, then tentatively approached Qin Yizhen, "Yizhen, little sister..."

"Please address me as Princess."

"Alright, Princess." Fang Shixin was exasperated by the commotion. She was now more worried about the situation at Fanghua Pavilion and didn't care about these minor details anymore.

She was getting anxious and frantically racking her brains for a solution.

After a long while, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and said to Qin Yizhen:

"How about this, even if the princess doesn't like it, it's still my shop after all. So please say a few nice words for my sake."

You should wear this peony blossom in public and let people see it. If you have some free time, it would be best if you could visit Fanghua Pavilion.

"Princess, please help me out. I've invested everything I have in Fanghua Pavilion. If Fanghua Pavilion doesn't make any money, I don't know what I'll do..."

As Fang Shixin finished speaking, she appropriately revealed a pitiful and worried expression.

Qin Yizhen, however, did not buy into her words today, remaining calm and indifferent: "If I don't like it, I simply don't like it. How can you lie?"

"If you insist on making me like it, then make me a few more good ones, preferably ones that are indistinguishable from the real thing. If I really like them, I will naturally say a few nice words."

Make a few that she likes, right?

Seeing that there was still a chance for things to turn around, Fang Shixin felt relieved and quickly agreed: "Then I'll have someone make a few more for you."

"it is good."

"Then I'll go first."

“Alright, Lüqiao, see Miss Fang off for me.”