I Am This Type of Woman

10

NOTES:

Guanshi – Steward/ Purchase or Procurement Manager (In this context, the senior servant in charge of purchasing items needed for the household)
xiān táo – The peaches of immortality of Goddess Xi Wangmu (The painting that Rong Xia is looking at seems to depict Shou Lao, a god of longevity)
Jùn jūn – Title given to female members of the imperial clan; 2 ranks above Xiangjun; Translated as "Lady of a Commandery" or "Lady of the First Rank" (I will be using the term Jun Princess for this rank)

Chapter 10 (Part 1) – The Minds of Men

Seeing that Junzhu was angered to this extent, the stewardess felt more and more bitter, "It was Ban Jun Princess. This old slave heard that Jingting Houfu has acquired white fox fur from all over the capital, just because Ban Jun Princess said that she lacked white fox furs."

Kangning Junzhu nearly spit out blood in anger.

It is Jingting Houfu again!

Ban Hua that little bitch... couldn't she just stop for a moment?!

To think that she, as a Junzhu, had to be cautious everywhere and pay attention to everything,so as not to let the current Emperor be suspicious. She didn't dare to display the slightest ostentation in food, clothing, and transportation in fear that the Emperor would grab an excuse to make trouble. Obviously, she had a higher status than Ban Hua, but in the palace, Ban Hua was given more face. Even outside the palace, those people too respected Ban Hua more than her, a Junzhu.

Seeing that Kangning Junzhu was so angry that her face was white, the old stewardess was distressed and helplessly tried to soothe her saying, "Junzhu, that Ban Jun Princess is a recklessly ostentatious person. People like you should not lower yourself to argue with this kind of person."

Kangning Junzhu smashed the cup of tea in her hand resentfully on the ground and said sharply, "I will return today's shame doublefold in the future."

Originally, she had thought that Ban Hua, who had been ruined by having her engagement broken several times, would learn to keep a low profile but unexpectedly she hadn't learnt even a little lesson and was still going her own way as before.

She didn't understand that. As a woman, Ban Hua has been rejected several times by prospective husbands. Did she really not feel a single bit of shame in her heart?

"It's only been a few months but the white fox fur is gone?" Wang Ada looked at the furs presented by various businesses and shook his head. "These furs are all variegated. Although our uncle is not picky, but he can't go out wearing fox fur with variegated colors."

The store manager had also anticipated that the furs he had presented this time would not be acceptable to the purchasing agent in Cheng'an bofu and so he didn't feel disappointed, but instead laughed and said, "Wang Guanshi, these are indeed the best furs in our store right now. This lowly one dares not lie to you."

"The best?" Wang Ada sneered, "Do you think I haven't seen good quality things before? "

"You may not know this, Wang Guanshi, but this year our shop received two of the best quality furs, but just two days ago, the housekeeper of the Eldest Princess' Palace came to collect the furs in our shop. How can merchants like us dare to offend these big households? We had no choice but to let the housekeeper take away the two best quality furs. "

"The Eldest Princess' Palace? " Wang Ada stared blankly. At the Eldest Princess' age, could she still wear this kind of bright color ?

"Yes, it was indeed the housekeeper of the Eldest Princess' Palace. But this lowly one heard that these furs were bought by the Eldest Princess for her granddaughter. As for whether this news is true and false, this lowly one does not know." The store manager didn't dare to gossip about the affairs of royals and after telling Wang Ada this news, he would not say another word.