Reborn in Each Other’s Bodies: A Mother and Daughter’s Deadly Revenge - Chapter 145

Huang Xianjing felt a little embarrassed, but Huang Yaning directly took her hand and went forward to pick out items. Sheng Mingzhu also didn’t hold back.

Huang Yaning took Huang Xianjing to look at clothes first, planning to choose jewelry later to match the selected outfits.

The fabric and craftsmanship of Libai Pavilion’s clothes were top-notch; the main task was choosing the color and style.

At the Third Princess’s banquet, many eligible young masters and ladies from noble families would undoubtedly attend.

Presumably, everyone would go to great lengths to dress dazzlingly, striving to make a good impression on the elders and secure a favorable marriage prospect in the future.

But she was different from the others. Her current body still belonged to Minmin.

Until a way to switch back was found, Huang Yaning couldn’t let Minmin’s body get “married.”

So, she had only one requirement for her attire: be modest without being disrespectful.

Thus, she picked a light green dress from the pile. Perhaps seeing her choose a light color, Xianjie’er also selected a conservative goose-yellow dress.

The shop assistant hurriedly had someone bring in a new batch of clothes after they finished choosing. The two then went to look at jewelry.

Meanwhile, Sheng Mingzhu had already quickly picked out a set of moon-white clothing and a set of pearl headpiece jewelry…

Seeing that jewelry, Huang Yaning’s mouth twitched, but she wasn’t surprised at all.

In her previous life, Sheng Mingzhu had loved pearls of all colors and luminous pearls…

Thinking of luminous pearls, Huang Yaning recalled the incident in her past life where Minmin was falsely accused of theft, her heart aching sharply.

Feeling upset, she wanted to torment her enemy and sneered coldly.

“Someone spent a few years at the temple, neither abstaining from meat nor chanting sutras—it was just for show—”

“Yet somehow managed to leave her brains behind there! Now she’s even forgotten basic etiquette!”

“White pearls, white clothes, dressed all in white—people will think you’re not going to a birthday celebration, but a funeral!”

“If you want to court death, don’t drag us down, don’t bring trouble to the family!”

Although the dress Sheng Mingzhu chose had subtle patterns and exquisite colored embroidery on the cuffs, preventing it from being mistaken for mourning clothes,

Paired with white pearls, it was indeed too plain for a birthday banquet and would inevitably invite displeasure; Huang Yaning’s words were sharp, but not an unfounded provocation.

The shop assistants of Libai Pavilion all lowered their heads, pretending to be blind and deaf.

Sheng Mingzhu was seething with hatred inside!

Her eldest brother and senior brother had both praised her for looking best in white. She herself liked white, and because of her name, she had a special fondness for pearls.

So, without thinking much, she had chosen this outfit and jewelry just now…

She never expected a momentary oversight would lead to being scolded like this in front of so many servants—

Damn it! And she couldn’t even talk back…

The frustration in Sheng Mingzhu’s heart was immense, her hands clenching tightly under her sleeves.

She reminded herself over and over: “I must endure…”

Her eldest brother said he would help her. Since returning home, she had suffered numerous slights, both open and hidden, from that wretched girl, and her eldest brother had seen it all…

He said he had found a man who would “deal with” the wretched girl before her.

Her senior brother also said he would make the wretched girl pay.

Now, not only could she not conflict with the wretched girl, but she also had to play the weak role as much as possible.

So, Sheng Mingzhu smiled softly, “Seventh Sister, it was my carelessness. Thank you for reminding me…”

“Hmph—I just don’t want to be implicated by you!” Huang Yaning snorted coldly.

She was inwardly wary. She had caused Sheng Mingzhu plenty of trouble lately.

She had been increasingly harsh, hoping to provoke Sheng Mingzhu into losing her temper and doing something rash.

Then she could seize evidence of her wrongdoing, or at least discover some flaw.

But Sheng Mingzhu seemed to have turned into a pushover…

Even in the most humiliating situations, she hadn’t argued back once.

This was truly frightening!

Huang Yaning always worried that Sheng Mingzhu was planning a major move. Unfortunately, Qing Tian and her family hadn’t found anything amiss…

“Cousin, what do you think of this orchid headpiece set…” Xianjie’er stepped in to smooth things over, and the awkward atmosphere lightened somewhat.

The group began selecting clothes and jewelry again. Sheng Mingzhu abandoned her previous choices and finally settled on a light purple dress.

She only chose one dress and didn’t pick any jewelry, perhaps because she was in no mood or couldn’t find anything else she liked.

Sheng Minmin couldn’t be bothered with Sheng Mingzhu. If Sheng Mingzhu didn’t choose anything herself, saving her money, she was all for it.

She quickly selected outfits for herself and the several young masters at home.

For the boys, one set of clothes each. She was very fair, spending roughly the same amount on each of the five. After choosing, she went downstairs to settle the bill.

But once downstairs, Sheng Mingzhu stood still, staring at a headpiece set.

Everyone followed her gaze and immediately understood what she was looking at…

In the central display case of the shop were three exquisite gemstone headpiece sets.

One set featured rubies, another jadeite, and the third amethyst jewelry.

The three sets were dazzlingly beautiful. Placed in such a prominent position, it was clear they were the finest pieces in the store.

Sheng Minmin had seen these three sets when she first entered, finding them exceptionally beautiful.

But it went without saying that jewelry like that would be extremely expensive!

Of the three people she brought today, she was at most willing to buy one set for Xianjie’er.

But buying only for Xianjie’er and not the other two would surely give Sheng Yong plenty to criticize her for.

So, she had taken everyone directly upstairs earlier.

What was Sheng Mingzhu thinking?

Remembering that Sheng Mingzhu hadn’t chosen any jewelry, only a light purple dress…

Sheng Minmin understood completely.

That amethyst headpiece set was fresh and elegant, quite suitable for a young girl, and it would match the light purple dress perfectly…

Everyone else grasped Sheng Mingzhu’s intention as well. The junior shopkeeper of Libai Pavilion wiped cold sweat from her forehead.

Should she go over and promote the item, or not?

She was already aware of what had happened upstairs.

The two Sheng young ladies—the real one showed no mercy to the fake one, and the fake one, seemingly soft and weak, certainly had audacity—

Would the two young ladies end up fighting right here in her shop?

Fortunately, she didn’t have to agonize for long before someone spoke.

“Sheng Mingzhu, you don’t actually want Libai Pavilion’s treasure of the store, do you?” Huang Yaning was almost amused by the audacity.

“Even if Mother bought jewelry like that, she would keep it for herself. Who do you think you are, trying to overstep Mother?”

Only now did Huang Yaning realize that Sheng Mingzhu was not only cunning and adept at acting but had also developed an incredibly thick skin!

“Seventh Sister, how can you say that about me…” Sheng Mingzhu’s eyes instantly reddened.

“Mother said we could each choose two headpiece sets and two dresses. I only picked one dress earlier, so I thought…”

“Perhaps I could forgo the rest and just get one headpiece set instead…”

“Just get one?!” Huang Yaning mocked loudly. Since she had no intention of marrying anyway, she didn’t care about appearing crude.

“What do you mean, ‘just get one’? How is a treasure of the store the same as an ordinary headpiece set?”

“If you feel shortchanged, you can go back and pick another dress plus two headpiece sets. But if you think you can wear the jewelry from up there—”

Huang Yaning looked Sheng Mingzhu up and down, uttering each word with utter contempt.

“You. Are. Not. Worthy!”

“Seventh Miss Sheng, must you be so harsh?”

“This County Princess believes Sixth Miss Sheng has an ethereal grace and would look quite suitable wearing that amethyst headpiece set—”

At that moment, Murong Yan walked in from outside, followed by several attendants.