Chapter 67 Eldest Princess
The Eldest Princess, Zheng Tianxin, had inherited Empress Xiao’s grace and nobility. Her eyes were the spitting image of Zheng Congyuan, and her skin was even whiter than snow. Her voluptuous figure was like a peony in full bloom. Just standing there was enough to capture one’s gaze, and few men who saw the Eldest Princess for the first time could control their wandering eyes.
However, upon a second glance, and especially after learning of the Princess’s deeds, they would quickly lower their heads and hurry away. Just like now, those who recognized the Eldest Princess quickened their pace, entering the private rooms that were available, or abandoning their unfinished meals to leave—oh no, to slip away through the back door in haste.
This peculiar atmosphere left those who did not recognize her somewhat baffled.
Zheng Nianru turned her head back, as if nothing had happened, and continued walking towards the second floor.
Nanny Yun and Xing Yu followed without understanding why.
"Make way, move aside—," the guard ordered brashly, clearing out a large portion of the hall’s patrons in an instant, leaving the owner of Riverfood Restaurant with a forced smile, wanting to cry but having to scurry back and forth to accommodate.
Zheng Nianru remembered that before she was married, the Eldest Princess was confined to the palace by Empress Xiao, rarely allowed to be seen even at grand royal banquets.
Only when the Eldest Princess reached marriageable age did she reveal her face at major ceremonies. Suddenly, there were countless princes and noblemen seeking her hand, yet Empress Xiao was unwilling to agree to any of them, stating that the decision rested on the Eldest Princess’s own desires. In the end, she accepted an offer from an utterly unworthy, background-less scholar who had just passed the imperial examination.
However, the Eldest Princess who appeared in Riverfood Restaurant was not accompanied by that scholar-turned Prince Consort, but by a strikingly handsome and elegant young man. The Princess’s peach blossom-like beautiful eyes were wholly fixed upon him.
Zheng Nianru didn’t even glance at them and went straight into the private room.
"Shall we go for a stroll after we eat?"