Holding Hands of Friend Back In Time Chapter 10

After two days of rest, Sophia Gu and Avery Mo's injuries from the fight had healed, and they decided to continue looking for a wife for Elias Gu.

After hearing that several young ladies had made an appointment to go to the Peach Blossom Rouge Shop to choose rouge, the two of them went to the shop early to wait for people, but after waiting for a long time, no one showed up.

The owner of the rouge shop saw the three of them wandering around the store for a long time, trying all the rouge but showing no intention of buying anything, and she thought they were here to cause trouble.

"Miss, haven't you chosen your favorite rouge yet?"

Sophia Gu also felt a little embarrassed and chose a few boxes of top-quality rouge. "Just these few boxes. Please pack them for me."

The proprietress smiled and praised Chunying as soon as she saw her meal. She was afraid that Chunying would run away, so she immediately took Chunying to pay the bill.

Just when the two were wondering why no one had arrived yet, a pair of little sisters came into the store together. Avery Mo was sharp-eyed and recognized at a glance that one of them was the Miss Zhou she had chosen, who came from a martial arts family and had been learning martial arts since childhood.

She looks even sweeter than in the portrait. Her eyes are like crescent moons when she smiles. Her figure is also very attractive, probably because of her martial arts training.

Avery Mo poked Sophia Gu beside him with a smug expression as if to say, "Look how good my taste is."

He wanted to take a closer look, but as soon as he walked in, he was stopped by another girl outside the door, "You two stop looking at Rouge for now, come with me to Hongxiufang to take a look."

The two people being called were puzzled "Why, but what happened?"

"Haven't you heard yet? The first thing the princess of Wenxuan Palace did after waking up was to go to Hongxiufang to buy clothes. I heard that she even had a big fight with Miss Fang for a blue bird hairpin! You know, the princess in the palace has seen everything! The things she likes must be of excellent workmanship and design. As soon as the news came out, many people went there. Hurry up, or you may not be able to get anything if you go too late."

After the girl's enthusiastic description, she successfully brought Miss Zhou and her sisters to Hongxiufang.

Sophia Gu took off the blue bird hairpin on her head and said thoughtfully, "It is true that I fought with Miss Fang, but it was not for this blue bird hairpin."

At this time, Avery Mo had already understood the situation. "This is a trap. It's obvious that the news was spread by the shopkeeper Sun Erniang to attract business for her store. I thought she was just afraid of being pissed off, but I didn't expect she would keep this trick up her sleeve."

Sophia Gu handed the hairpin to Chunying and put it away. "It is said that wealth and honor are sought in danger. Let's go and take a look."

When they arrived at the entrance of Hongxiufang, the shop was indeed crowded with people. Chunying said she had never seen such a scene before.

"Sun Erniang from Hongxiufang is quite something. She promoted you, the Whispering Princess, as the KOL of the clothing taste of Baicheng women, and then used the pursuit of beauty by the women in the city and the herd effect to attract more customers. Occasionally, there will be some discounts and promotions. Over time, these young ladies will develop the habit of spending money here and will not think of going to other small shops."

As he was speaking, two women came out of the store. Their hair and makeup were a little messy, probably because of the crowding and scrambling.

One of them said, "Look at this hairpin I snatched. Shopkeeper Sun said that the princess said it was more exquisite than the ones in the palace."

The other looked at the hairpin with envy in his eyes, and then sighed, "It's beautiful, but the price is too expensive. The store I asked about it before sold a hairpin for twelve taels of silver, but now it costs twenty taels of silver."

"Nowadays, it's hard to get one, so it's normal for the price to go up."

Sophia Gu was furious after hearing the conversation between the two. "The things in her store are already expensive and now the prices are increasing. She even raised the prices under my name. What a profiteer! I must ask her face to face what she wants to do today."

"Don't get excited!" Avery Mo pulled the person back.

"How can I not be excited? Is this what a human being would do? If the goods don't match the price, wouldn't that ruin my reputation?"

"You can't just rush in and fight her! Isn't it easy to vent your anger? Just give her back the way she used you."

"You mean---good idea!" Avery Mo and Sophia Gu smiled at each other and clapped their hands in tacit understanding.

Chunying scratched her head. The two looked like friends who had known each other for many years. They didn't look like people who had only met once before and were just reuniting.

That night, Sophia Gu asked Chunying to send a message to Hongxiufang, saying that she wanted to choose a few more clothes and jewelry to wear on her birthday.

So the next morning, Sun Erniang happily entered the prince's mansion with her people. However, she did not expect that besides Sophia Gu and Avery Mo, there were also a dozen young ladies from wealthy families in Baicheng waiting for her. This made her very happy.

Yesterday, when he saw Sun Erniang using Sophia Gu's influence, Avery Mo was immediately awakened.

They should use Sophia Gu's current fame to invite the women selected from the list to their home for a banquet, so that they don't have to look for people one by one, wait and waste time.

And it is convenient to compare them all together. There will be a preliminary audition, and then relatively good ones will be selected for the semi-finals. Finally, there will be the qualifying round for the princess. This will greatly speed up the process of selecting the princess, and she and Sophia Gu will not have to accompany Elias Gu for dinner sooner.

"Princess, I have brought you everything you will wear for your birthday party. Do you like it?"

Upon hearing this, everyone was curious about what good things she had brought to the princess, so Sophia Gu asked everyone to appreciate it with her.

It can be seen that this time Sun Erniang was indeed more attentive than last time. The dress she gave was even more gorgeous than last time, and the hairpins were also inlaid with jade.

"As expected of a Hongxiu Pavilion production, such a luxurious and exquisite dress is only suitable for a princess."

The person who spoke was Sun Yuexiang, the daughter of Sun Erniang's eldest brother. It could be seen that the aunt and niece looked somewhat similar.

Someone on the side laughed and said, "Miss Sun, you said that as if you don't know your own aunt."

"Miss Sun is afraid that we will say she is bragging about her melons!"

"Oh, don't say that. Sister Sun has no choice. After all, she still needs help from her aunt's family!"

Sophia Gu and Avery Mo looked at each other and couldn't help but sigh that there are really more gossips when there are more people around. At the beginning, everyone started to argue with each other half-jokingly.

"Okay, okay, we were talking about clothes and jewelry, right? Why did you get off on a tangent?"

Only after Sophia Gu spoke did the others quiet down.

"Manager Sun, do you have a list of these things?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Sun Erniang quickly presented the list to Sophia Gu.

Sophia Gu was so angry when she saw the prices behind each piece of clothing. This shopkeeper Sun was really taking advantage of her.

At this time, the servant reported to Sophia Gu that Boss Ni from Nishangfang had arrived. Sophia Gu saw that Sun Erniang's expression was surprised and shocked. When she heard that Boss Bai from Baiyutang had also arrived, her face suddenly turned not so good.

"Princess, why did you invite them?"

Sophia Gu smiled and said, "It's so lively here! I just woke up and I don't know much about the clothing and jewelry stores in Baicheng. Brother Wang is planning my 20th birthday party and I don't want to be careless. I heard that these two are century-old clothing and jewelry stores in Baicheng. I also want to compare and see which one is more suitable. Why does Shopkeeper Sun have any objection?"

"I dare not. I will follow the princess's arrangements."

Although Sun Erniang was extremely reluctant, but now that the person had already arrived, she did not dare to offend Sophia Gu and could only wait and see what happened.