Dressed as the villain's stepmother

"Yes, many of these embroiderers have retired from the palace. This doesn't mean they are bad at embroidery, right?"

"In my opinion, this girl's vision is too high. If she is so picky, I'm afraid only the royal embroiderers in the palace can sew clothes that satisfy her."

Naturally, those people didn't know Xiao Xiyan's identity, they just thought that she was here to slap her in the face and pretend to be fat.

He obviously doesn't have the ability to enter the palace, but he likes to be so picky. I don't know where he got this temper.

Xiao Xiyan felt bored listening to the discussions of the people around her. She gave Chen Tianqi a slight wink and asked him to control those people who were talking.

Xiao Xiyan then walked around the shop, and finally selected a dress that was hung alone.

"I think this dress looks good, and the size fits my figure just right. Why didn't Shopkeeper Chen just bring me this skirt?"

Xiao Xiyan turned to look at Chen Tianqi beside her. Although she did not express her dissatisfaction explicitly, she could hear it in her words.

Chen Tianqi clearly had some private goods, otherwise how could he have hidden this skirt.

"This, this skirt is not for sale!" Seeing that Xiao Xiyan fell in love with it at first sight, Chen Tianqi immediately stopped him and said, "I plan to give this dress as a gift. Please look at other things first, Miss Xiao." .”

"Send someone?"

Xiao Xiyan repeated what Chen Tianqi just said.

Just two words came out of her mouth, but people could hear something meaningful.

"If you are not in a hurry to give this thing away, you can just sew a new one. Why bother to push and hold it now?"

She refused to give up and had no intention of letting go at this time.

How could the person Chen Tianqi wanted to send as a gift have a higher status than her? She was the legitimate daughter of the prime minister's palace. Among the noble ladies in the capital, no one among the noble ladies in the capital could not respectfully say "Miss Xiao" when they saw her.

"Master Liao, what do you think of this skirt? Is it similar to the one I'm wearing today?"

Xiao Xiyan quickly brought the skirt to Liao Yunchuan.

Liao Yunchuan didn't look much at it, but simply replied that it was okay.

"Okay, how much money does this skirt cost?" Xiao Xiyan was satisfied with his evaluation, and then gave the skirt to Chen Tianqi.

Chen Tianqi hesitated for a long time, not knowing whether he should sell the skirt to Xiao Xiyan.

This skirt was sewn by his mother, and he did the embroidery on it stitch by stitch.

Originally, he planned to use this skirt as a thank-you gift to Jiang Lianzhu, but now it happened to be attracted by Xiao Xiyan, and he didn't know how to make a decision for a while.

Chen Tianqi was silent for a long time, and then shook his head: "I'm afraid this is a little inappropriate, Miss Xiao should find another one she likes."

After he finished speaking, he ordered the waiter standing beside him to put the skirt away.

Xiao Xiyan was disturbed by his attitude and felt a little unhappy in her heart. She could only reluctantly choose one that she was relatively satisfied with and asked Liao Yunchuan to pay for her.

After Xiao Xiyan put on the skirt, the two of them got into the carriage.

It was already past noon when we arrived all the way to Yuanhu on the outskirts of Beijing.

Xiao Xiyan and Liao Yunchuan got on the boat together and looked at the rare scenery casually. She didn't have much thought to appreciate it at the moment.

"It's rare for me to go with Mr. Liao once... This time it's so unsmooth. It's really annoying."

Xiao Xiyan spoke without interest and glanced sideways at Liao Yunchuan.

On his waist was not the sachet he gave him, but an extremely exquisite jade pendant.

"I have already sewn a sachet with my own hands and gave it to you. Shouldn't you express something to me?" Xiao Xiyan quickly started to think about the jade pendant, "I see the jade pendant on your waist. The carving is beautiful, why not give up?"

When Liao Yunchuan heard this, he immediately took off the jade pendant from his waist.

Xiao Xiyan thought he was going to hand it to her, but she didn't expect that he would put it directly into his sleeve.

"What does that mean, my lord?"

"If the little girl wants something else, then of course I won't keep it secretly. But this jade pendant is of great significance to me and I can't give it to the girl."

Liao Yunchuan replied calmly, not intending to explain more.

Xiao Xiyan sneered in her heart, and the smile on her face almost failed her.

This Liao Yunchuan still had a cold look, as if he owed him a lot of money... He was still willing to go out to the lake with him despite such a loss.

"That's all. If you really don't want to, sir, then I won't force you too much...but the sachet should be hung on your waist, right?"

She then continued.

"The request I made is not excessive at all. If you cannot do it, then you are not sincere at all!"

Liao Yunchuan didn't say anything more, just took out the sachet from his sleeve and hung it on his waist.

Seeing his actions, the resentment in Xiao Xiyan's heart dissipated a little: "Dad had intended to bring me and you together earlier. Although I don't know what you are thinking, but now that you are willing to swim in the lake with me, I’m afraid I’ve put some thought into it.”

She started talking to herself, and Liao Yunchuan looked calm on the surface, but secretly he listened attentively.

One of the purposes of his appointment was to find out what the Prime Minister meant.

The answer he wanted to pursue now gradually surfaced, but it was a little different from the complicated ones he had thought before.

The prime minister just wants a marriage.

"My parents have always ordered the matchmaker to discuss this matter of marriage. Instead of talking to me, it would be better for me to let the prime minister talk to my parents."

Liao Yunchuan said lightly.

"Master Liao's words are a bit ridiculous. Your parents have been here for a hundred years. Who do you want my father to talk to? Could it be King Tongxiang?"

Xiao Xiyan's voice gradually became lower when she spoke, and the expression on her face suddenly changed.

There were things she couldn't understand before, but now she can see them clearly.

I'm afraid Liao Yunchuan didn't have any intention of having a good trip with him this time, he was just acting.

"Mr. Liao, if you don't want to, then you should have told me clearly earlier and don't try again and again here. This is so boring."