The third floor of Guyue Pavilion has all kinds of the most fashionable jewelry in the capital.

Those noble ladies from aristocratic families also like to come here the most.

Shen Guidi walked slowly beside the display cabinet. The servant beside her introduced the styles of jewelry one by one, looking very enthusiastic.

She had no intention of making things difficult for him, so she let him go.

When she reached the side of the first row of cabinets, she paused and her eyes fell on a pair of golden-winged hairpins with double phoenixes holding pearls placed on the cabinets.

Her eyes lit up and she immediately reached out to take it.

However, just as she picked up the hairpin and hadn't taken a closer look, a woman beside her suddenly reached out and grabbed one side of the hairpin. In front of Shen Guichi's surprised eyes, she exerted a little force and pulled the hairpin away.

The tip of the hairpin passed across the palm of her hand.

Feeling a slight pain in the palm of her hand, she subconsciously loosened her grip and looked in astonishment at the person who had taken away the hairpin.

The two looked at each other.

Without waiting for her to speak, he looked her up and down and sneered, "I want this hairpin."

Shen Guidi was slightly stunned.

She looked at the woman in front of her calmly.

The woman looked young, but she was dressed maturely.

She was wearing a satin dress with hundreds of gold butterflies and flowers, and had a very symmetrical cross bun on her hair, with a gold and gemstone hairpin on top. From the way she was dressed, she looked more dignified than playful.

The whole thing looks very contradictory and awkward.

The woman saw that she didn't say a word and just looked at her carelessly, and she felt dissatisfied: "What are you looking at?"

Shen Guidi smiled lightly: "Miss, the hairpin in your hand was the one I noticed first."

"What do you mean yours and mine? Since this hairpin is in my hand, it is naturally mine." The woman answered very arrogantly. After she finished speaking, she snorted coldly and looked at the servant who followed Shen Guidi. She ordered in a cold voice: "Go, get a mirror. I want to see if this hairpin is beautiful or not."

The boy hesitated for a moment, then turned around to look for a mirror.

This is what it means to make a choice between Shen Guidi and that woman.

Shen Guidi was somewhat disappointed.

Just now, she thought that the boy's performance was remarkable and it would be a good idea to keep him to be the manager of the third floor.

The boy didn't know what he had missed.

However, some women on the third floor who were choosing jewelry looked over at them one by one.

Shen Guidi hated being looked at like this.

She frowned and looked down at the palm of her hand.

There was a shallow scratch on the palm of her pretty white hand, with a slight streak of blood seeping from it. The stinging feeling had not yet dissipated, and the gloom in her eyes gradually deepened.

Chun Lan was very careful and immediately noticed something was wrong with Shen Guidi: "Madam, are you injured?"

Upon hearing the sound, Xiao Liu immediately rushed to her, took her hand and carefully examined it: "Does it hurt? Your palm is bleeding."

Shen Guiyi shook his head, pulled his hand out, and said calmly, "It's okay."

The woman glanced at him with disdain.

Thinking that they wouldn't dare to say anything and wouldn't find fault, he immediately decided to continue choosing.

Chun Lan saw her contemptuous look and asked angrily, "Girl, why are you so unreasonable? Our Madam was the first to fancy that hairpin and she got it first, so how come it's yours now?"

Xiaoliu quickly nodded in agreement.

The woman paused for a moment, and before she could speak, she heard Shen Guidi say, "Yes, girl, in this world, everything has a first come, first served order.

I was the first one to see that hairpin and I was the first one to get it.

"I have the servants in this pavilion as a witness. Isn't it not good for the girl to rob openly like this?"

The woman raised her head with an arrogant look: "Even if I robbed it, so what?"

After saying that, she glanced at the nanny beside her.

The nanny saw that she was cooperating with him, and immediately took out a piece of silver and threw it to the servant who just came back with the mirror: "This hairpin is bought by our daughter."

The servant was hit unexpectedly and subconsciously reached out to catch the gold.

He looked in the direction of Shen Guidi, and then looked at the girl.

After weighing the pros and cons, he immediately handed the mirror over and said calmly, "Miss Zhao, this is the mirror you wanted. In fact, Gu Yue Pavilion has launched a lot of new jewelry styles in the past two months. If you like them, I can introduce a few more to you."

This was to secretly advise her that there was no need to lower her status and do such a shameful thing as to snatch a hairpin from others.

Shen Guidi raised her eyebrows slightly, then smiled and said, "Yes, you don't look like a girl who needs jewelry, so why do you want to snatch the one I like? I see, there aren't many on the third floor, right?

Could it be that the girl can only afford this one?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere became tense.

The woman was stunned.

Obviously he didn't expect that someone would dare to question him in such a tone.

The servant of Guyue Pavilion didn't expect that the young lady who looked so weak and easy to deceive could be so sharp-tongued.

He had a bitter face and looked very worried.

He didn't know the identity of the young lady in front of him, but he knew the identity of the girl who stole the hairpin.

The girl's surname is An, and her name is An Ran.

She is the only granddaughter of Marquis Jian'an.

In the early years, the Jian'an Marquis Mansion had no real power, no connections, no actual achievements, and no ambitious descendants in the capital city where there were many marquisate mansions. Gradually, the mansion fell into decline.

After much deliberation, Marquis Jian'an placed all his hopes on his legitimate daughter.

At that time, Emperor Zhaoyuan was still a prince.

Marquis Jian'an sent his daughter to the palace and she became the palace's concubine.

This daughter of the An family is also a resourceful person.

Normally, before the legitimate son is born, the other concubines cannot give birth to children.

Therefore, the daughter of the An family found the right opportunity, and after the princess, the current queen, became pregnant, she immediately found a way to get pregnant. In the end, due to some strange circumstances, the princess's son was not born, but she gave birth to the eldest son.

That is the current eldest prince, He Chengjun, who was given the title Prince of Rui.

Over the years that followed, she rose through the ranks from a noble concubine in the palace, to a concubine, a side concubine, then to Concubine An, Concubine An in the palace... until now, when she became Concubine An Xian.

Except for two miscarriages, her life has been smooth sailing for the past twenty years.

After Prince Rui came of age and entered the court to participate in government affairs, he won the favor of Emperor Zhaoyuan, which can be regarded as a success in both the former dynasty and the harem.

As the maiden family of Concubine An Xian and the maternal family of Prince Rui, the status of the Jian'an Marquis' Mansion in the court and the capital has naturally risen in recent years and should not be underestimated.

Marquis Jian'an tasted the sweetness of his daughter's favor and naturally wanted more.

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