Chapter 744 - Her Test Failed! (1/2)

“Fifth Sister, here you are!” Shao Yanru said softly, taking out another protective talisman from her neck, “I already have one!”

“I have one too. Thank you for your kindness!” Shao Wanru smiled gently.

“Where did you get it?” Shao Yanru asked in surprise.

“Third Sister gave it to me. I’ve always worn it!” Shao Wanru pulled a thread out of her neck. The protective talisman inside was not pulled out as Shao Yanru did. Only one end was exposed to show that what she said was true. Then she put the protective talisman back in place.

Although they were at the gate of the palace, they were near a corner inside. When Shao Yanru just took it out, she was quite vigilant, and Shao Wanru approached her to avoid being spotted by anyone else. Such behavior wasn’t polite after all.

“Third Sister gave it to you? I heard that this protective talisman is very useful. It is different from those from the outside. I got one before and I thought I would get one for you.” Shao Yanru also put her protective talisman back and explained it to Shao Wanru with a smile.

“Thank you, Eldest Sister!” Shao Wanru said softly, “I’ll go over first. I heard that my painter is very impatient. If I am late, I am afraid I will be scolded!”

The beauties of the draft did not dare to offend the painter. It would be too bad if the painter presented them poorly in their portraits. Different painters would paint the same person differently. It was not that they were completely different, but just a few small changes could immediately make a good-looking person ordinary and an ordinary-looking person more vivid and beautiful.

Shao Wanru had worked as a painter in her last life, but she was very cautious and sincere in her paintings. Even if someone wanted to bribe her to paint her more beautifully, she did not dare to tamper with the painting. For this reason, several ladies of the rich and powerful said that she was just a useless loser who deserved to be kicked out.

“Fifth Sister…” Shao Yanru wanted to talk to Shao Wanru more to find out if the protective talisman Shao Wanru was wearing around her neck was the one given by Shao Caihuan.

But Shao Wanru turned and left after speaking. She couldn’t stop her even if she tried to. Even if she could stop her, it would arouse Shao Wanru’s suspicion. She watched Shao Wanru’s back with a gloomy look. She would do it, but she would not do it herself. Nothing could go wrong in the draft. She would never do it herself. Since there were helpers around, why did she have to take the risk of being discovered and deal with Shao Wanru by herself?

Shao Wanru was not easy to deal with! Was the protective talisman on her real? After several encounters with Shao Wanru, Shao Yanru did not dare to underestimate Shao Wanru.

“Miss, why don’t we find another chance to check it?” Shuqi saw that she was silent and knew what she meant, so she thought about it and suggested.

“No, she will have some doubts about it!” Shao Yanru shook her hand and walked out slowly. Shao Wanru had always been vigilant and had been targeted several times. If she repeatedly asked about her protective talisman, it might be counterproductive.

She thought she’d better not ask about it right now.

She put the protective talisman in her hand into her sleeve. This protective talisman was good, but the two for Shao Caihuan were tampered with. With Buddha incense as its cover, Shao Wanru couldn’t find anything wrong with it, even if she knew some medicinal techniques. This medicine was not native to the Central Plains, so Shao Wanru was certainly too young to suspect anything.

“Then what if the Fifth Miss is not wearing the one the Third Miss had given her?” Shuqi was also very worried. Like Shao Yanru, she always felt that Shao Wanru would find out the secret.

Shao Yanru squinted her eyes and felt that what she had seen just now should be it. Although Shao Wanru only took out one corner of it, the fine lines on it should be Pushan Nun’s newly designed lines, which were true.

She was greatly relieved at the thought of it.

“Just take it as true for now. Ask Wang Yuxin to come over tonight!” Shao Yanru said. She believed that it was mostly true, and she could do nothing more about it now.

“Yes, I know!” Shuqi nodded. The incense had been delivered to Miss Wang, and she was waiting for Miss Wang to use it. Whether it was successful or not, this matter wasn’t related to her master. Even if they wanted to check it, they couldn’t go back to her.

They talked and left.

A palace maid who had been sweeping at the palace gate raised her head and looked at the direction where the Shao sisters went out and the direction where Wang Yuxin had just left. Then she bowed her head and swept the floor. If one looked at her carefully, they would find that she was not sweeping the floor as meticulously as before, and she was now simply sweeping forward. This direction forward was also very similar to the direction that Wang Yuxin had left just now… Shao Wanru’s painter was also a female painter. She was an elderly female painter of the age of 40 or 50. When she saw Shao Wanru, she looked amazed. After looking Shao Wanru up and down a few times, she immediately showed appreciation with a big smile on her face.