After being forced into a marriage with a wealthy family, the virtuous wife caused a huge uproar.

The group looked up at the stairwell and saw that Princess Xiangyi had also come to the shop with her maid.

Princess Xiangyi passed by the gate and saw the Gu family's carriage. She specifically asked who was inside. Upon hearing that it was Gu Ce, she got out of the carriage and came in without hesitation.

Upon hearing that Gu Ce was going to buy jewelry for Rong Yingluo, the merchant girl, she immediately spoke up to intercept him.

The shopkeeper's personal hospitality must mean the goods are of high quality. Even if Gu Ce is the prime minister, he has to give her face when she speaks up, because she is the legitimate daughter of a first-rank prince.

Princess Xiangyi, accompanied by two maids, gracefully approached the table. She glanced at Gu Ce a few times before looking at the opened box.

"Shopkeeper, these are all the ones I picked out yesterday. I agreed to bring the money to collect them today. How can you sell them to someone else?" Princess Xiangyi gave the shopkeeper a warning look.

The shopkeeper looked innocent. When did the princess come to see this set of jewelry?

Princess Xiangyi was a princess of the Xuan Prince's Mansion. The Xuan Prince was the emperor's full brother. Princess Xiangyi was deeply favored by the emperor, and everyone in the capital knew this.

Prime Minister Gu was a newly appointed prime minister by the emperor and also a favorite of the emperor.

How was she supposed to answer that? She couldn't afford to offend anyone.

Gu Ce's eyes turned cold: "Shopkeeper, wrap them all up for me. As for the amount of silver, go directly to the Gu residence to settle the bill with Zhong Sheng." Gu Ce didn't give Princess Xiangyi the slightest bit of attitude.

He felt disgusted when he thought about how Princess Xiangyi had pounced on him on the day of the chrysanthemum appreciation banquet.

Knowing full well that he had married a wife, he was still so shameless, truly bringing shame to the royal family.

Moreover, he is very likely a prince, and he and she would be cousins, which would be even more against human ethics.

"Gu Ce, this is something I've set my sights on. What right do you have to snatch it from me?" Princess Xiangyi reached out and grabbed it directly.

Just as she was grabbing it, she saw the drawing paper in the shopkeeper's hand and was instantly drawn to it.

"Shopkeeper, do you still have jewelry like this in your shop? I don't want this set anymore, I want the one depicted in the painting." Princess Xiangyi immediately changed her mind.

She had never seen jewelry made with the image of fairies in a painting before, and she was sure it would amaze all the noble ladies when she wore it.

"Princess, this was just drawn by Madam Gu, and it's ready to be made to order," the shopkeeper had to explain.

Princess Xiangyi turned her gaze to Rong Yingluo.

In her eyes, she was just a female merchant and had no right to speak to her.

I never imagined that the jewelry design was drawn by Rong.

"Rong, how much? I'm buying this design from you, but you're not allowed to use it for jewelry from now on." Princess Xiangyi demanded in a commanding tone, addressing her directly as Rong.

Gu Ce's face darkened. He stood up and stood in front of Rong Yingluo, uttering his reprimand without hesitation, and speaking with great emphasis: "Princess Xiangyi, where are your manners and etiquette? Don't forget, you are a royal princess. Your every word and action represents the face of the royal family, and you are a role model for all women in the world."

"Gu Ce, she's just a lowly merchant's daughter. Why are you protecting her? It's a disgrace to your Gu family. You're now the Prime Minister, how could she be worthy of you? Why don't you divorce her and marry someone else?" Princess Xiangyi practically said "Marry me."

"She is now a first-rank imperial consort." A cold glint flashed in Gu Ce's eyes.

"Gu Ce, you know perfectly well how I feel about you. Do you think I'm less important than a merchant's daughter?" Princess Xiangyi said bluntly.

At the chrysanthemum appreciation banquet that day, under the influence of the hallucinogenic drug, she had already expressed her feelings, and now she didn't mind saying it again at this time.

Her father had already promised her that as long as Gu Ce divorced Rong Shi, he would ask his uncle, the emperor, for a royal decree to grant them a marriage.

But today she saw Gu Ce bringing Rong Shi to buy jewelry for her, which really infuriated her.

Does Gu Ce really want to spend his life with a merchant's daughter?

She wouldn't allow it.

"Princess Xiangyi, I appreciate your kindness, but I have already married a wife and I will not be such an irresponsible man. I will cherish her and will never consider divorcing her. You should give up your unrealistic thoughts."

"If you leave now, I will pretend I have never seen you today." Gu Ce made his statement definitive, but he also left some face for Princess Xiangyi.

"What's so good about her?!" Princess Xiangyi stomped her foot in anger.

"Whether my wife is good or bad is none of your business." Gu Ce reached out and pulled Rong Yingluo into his arms, but his gaze was fixed on Princess Xiangyi, as if he loved his wife very much.

Rong Yingluo knew that Gu Ce was deliberately trying to anger Princess Xiangyi, so she took the initiative to raise her arms and wrap them around Gu Ce's waist.

The two acted like a loving couple in front of outsiders, and she couldn't fall behind.

"Princess Xiangyi, it is very immoral to covet another woman's husband. However, I am a very magnanimous person. You can come to the Gu family as my husband's concubine and pay your respects to me every day." Rong Yingluo's words were even more infuriating.

How could a royal princess possibly become someone's concubine?

"Rong Liuli, you're asking for death." Princess Xiangyi raised her hand to hit her.

But before she could even reach halfway, Gu Ce caught her hand and flung it away.

"Gu Ce, how dare you stop me, a princess! She actually wanted me to be her concubine! She has humiliated me, a royal princess, so much that I would kill her without hesitation. If this matter is reported to my uncle, the Emperor, she will be thrown into the imperial prison." Princess Xiangyi asserted her status.

"Princess, do you think you're right just because you've lost face for the royal family? You should just leave, or I'll force you to throw you out." Gu Ce had lost his patience.

"Rong, you just wait. Gu Ce, I will definitely marry you." Princess Xiangyi saw that Gu Ce was unmoved and knew that there was no point in continuing to pester him.

There will be plenty of opportunities in the future.

The Rong family will eventually fall into her hands.

"Let's go." Princess Xiangyi threw the jewelry box she had snatched onto the table and stormed off with her maid.

"Shopkeeper, change the box," Gu Ce instructed.

"Yes, Lord Gu. We will ensure the jewelry in the painting is delivered to the Gu residence on time," the shopkeeper assured him.

"What happened today must not be told to anyone," Gu Ce instructed.

"Don't worry, I won't mention it again," the shopkeeper said tactfully.

Seeing this kind of thing could cost her her life if things went wrong, so she had to keep her mouth shut.

The shopkeeper packed up all the jewelry Gu Ce wanted and handed it to Yinghong: "Master Gu, it's a total of three thousand five hundred taels."

Gu Ce nodded slightly in confirmation.

Rong Yingluo blinked; her husband's sudden generosity made her a little uneasy.

No, they hadn't spent any money together at all. This was the first time he had accompanied her shopping, and it felt strange.

There was a slightly sweet feeling in my heart.

This feeling was evident on his face, bringing a pleasant smile, which Gu Ce saw clearly.

Gu Ce's eyes narrowed; it had worked.

She didn't really like the jewelry set, but she was happy because he bought it without hesitation.

Naturally, Gu Ce took Rong Yingluo's hand and walked out of the shop. Rong Yingluo turned around and saw that the shop was called: Jin Yu Lou.

"Didn't you say you were going to buy a birthday gift for Old Madam Zhao? Why are you buying jewelry for me first?" Rong Yingluo asked.

"You don't like it?" Gu Ce gently squeezed her hand. Soft and smooth, completely different from a man's hand.

"Of course I like it. Besides my three older brothers, you are the fourth man to buy me jewelry," Rong Yingluo said with emotion.

This feeling is wonderful.

Gu Ce was delighted to hear this, as her fiancé had never bought her any jewelry.

"What kind of birthday gift do you think would be most suitable for Old Madam Zhao?" Rong Yingluo was unsure.

She had just started learning how to manage household affairs from the old lady, and she hadn't learned about these social interactions yet.