"If you are heartless, I will give up." Tu You showed his literary talent for once. He looked at Wei Yunlan with shining eyes and took the lead in praising: "Sister Wei did a great job. She is truly a role model for women of our generation!"
Huang Yuling nodded in agreement, "That's how it should be. A family that is so ruthless and ungrateful to their in-laws, and allows their son to bully their daughter-in-law just because their in-laws are in trouble, is really not worth keeping."
In addition to Tu You and Huang Yuling, the two who had talked to Wei Yunlan before, the others also spoke up and said enthusiastically: "Miss Wei looks weak, but I didn't expect her to be so decisive."
"I think Miss Wei doesn't look like a girl from the capital. She has some of the heroic spirit of us northern girls!"
"I wonder if Miss Wei is good at riding. We are going to hunt in the southern suburbs in two days. Miss Wei will come with us, right?"
Liang Qiuyi looked at Wei Yunlan in disbelief as she became the center of attention.
It was fine for others, even Qiu Yuehua, who had almost had a conflict with Wei Yunlan at the gate of the mansion before, now put away the contempt in her eyes and showed a bit of appreciation.
The sentence just now, "She doesn't look like a girl from Beijing, but more like a girl from the north," came from her mouth.
"Ms. Liang, I wonder where the seat your family has reserved for me is?"
Just as Liang Qiuyi was gritting her teeth, Wei Yunlan asked in a calm voice.
Liang Qiuyi was subconsciously stunned for a moment. Before she could figure out how to explain, Tu You and another young lady from a military family beside her rushed to dissuade her, "Sister Wei, what the ladies are saying over there must be meaningless. Why don't you just stay here?"
"Yes, Miss Wei, we haven't agreed on when to leave the day after tomorrow..."
As soon as the two finished speaking, Qiu Yuehua, who had already sat down in the second seat at the top, glanced at Liang Qiuyi coldly and said with a curled lip, "It's just a small matter, why are you wasting time? Give up your seat and let Miss Wei sit with us first."
"..." Liang Qiuyi almost broke her teeth.
As the host, they had no way of refutation of this proposal. It was their fault that there were omissions in the banquet!
At this moment, looking at the scene where Wei Yunlan was surrounded by people and talked to them intimately, she couldn't help but feel like she was shooting herself in the foot.
If she had known earlier that He Li and returning home would not only not affect Wei Yunlan's reputation, but would make all the young ladies in the north look up to her, she would definitely have kept the matter a secret and not mentioned a single word to anyone!
Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in the world.
The commotion here had already attracted the attention of the ladies on the other side of the hall.
Although I couldn't hear the conversation on the other side because I was far away, it was not difficult to tell that the commotion was related to Wei Yunlan and Liang Qiuyi.
Gao always trusted her daughter's ability. After taking a look, she looked away, looking calm and composed.
Madam Liang called the maid over and asked a few questions.
After listening to the maid whispering what had happened, she was so angry that she almost broke her nails.
Seeing that some ladies were looking at her, Madam Liang II quickly put on a smile and explained, "This is my daughter's first time helping to arrange a banquet, and something went wrong."
"This is also the first banquet held by our Liang family since we came to Beiguan." Madam Liang Er said modestly, "We are still not familiar with the customs of the North. If there is anything missing, I hope you ladies will be generous in giving us advice."
"How could that be? This flower viewing banquet is already very well organized!"
"Such beautiful flowers can bloom in winter. It's a real eye-opener for us rough northerners."
The families of officials in the north were mostly women who were not well-educated and did not understand much about etiquette. They had also not witnessed the grand scenes with complicated rules in the capital.
However, this also saved Mrs. Liang from having to worry about how to cover up her daughter's stupid behavior.
After the banquet, the guests were sent out of the mansion one after another.
Madam Liang Er finally found an opportunity, grabbed her daughter, dismissed the servants who followed her, and scolded her, "Idiot, who told you to provoke Wei Yunlan in front of so many people?"
Liang Qiuyi was already full of grievances. Seeing that her mother not only did not comfort her but also blamed her, she was so angry that she stiffened her neck and said, "She, Wei Yunlan, is not the high and mighty wife of the prince now. Why can't I provoke her?"
"Their Wei family is just a poor family exiled to the North Gate. Previously, they were at most a fourth-rank imperial censor. If Daddy..."
"What do you know!" Mrs. Liang slapped Liang Qiuyi on the back of her hand, stopping her from saying anything more that she shouldn't say.
Liang Qiuyi was hit and her eyes widened in disbelief at first, but then she gradually calmed down under the stern gaze of Mrs. Liang Er.
Madam Liang then continued, "You have to understand that the reason I don't allow you to provoke Wei Yunlan is not because of the Wei family."
If the Wei family did not have the support of Duke Xu's Mansion and Concubine Xian in the capital, who knows when they might be of use, they would not have invited the Wei family to this flower-viewing banquet.
"Why?" Liang Qiuyi asked with a frown.
Seeing her daughter's puzzled expression, Madam Liang sighed deeply. If she had known that the Liang family would have the opportunity today, she would never have raised her daughter to be so stupid...
Sometimes, she was really impatient to talk to her more, but after all, she was her own daughter.
After the beating and scolding, the lesson had to be taught. "We just came to the Northland, and we held this flower viewing banquet to get to know more of the Northland dignitaries and open up a new situation in the Northland."
"Wei Yunlan is not worth mentioning, but if you make the ladies in the north dislike you because of her, won't you lose more than you deserve?"
"Qiu Yi, the North is different from the capital. From what I have learned in the past few days, the women here prefer men who are open-minded and speak directly, more than those in the capital."
"Fortunately, what you did today was not a big mistake. When you go hunting in two days, you should apologize to Wei Yunlan in front of everyone, and then forget about it no matter what. If Wei Yunlan still holds on to this matter, it will be because she is petty, and those northern ladies will naturally be dissatisfied with her."
A careful teaching.
The anger on Liang Qiuyi's face gradually subsided, and she nodded thoughtfully and said, "Mom, I know what to do."
…
In the carriage returning to Jingping Lane, Wei Yunlan was unaware that he had triggered a conversation between the mother and daughter of the second branch of the Liang family.
Return to your own house.
She took out the whistle that Zou Yun had given her a few days ago and blew it gently.
Not long after, Zou Yun, dressed in black, climbed in from the window and asked, "Miss Wei, are you looking for me?"
"Yeah." Wei Yunlan nodded and handed over the note he had just written.
"Tell Mr. Xiao that the Liang family intends to marry into the families of Huang Zhaolin, the deputy general of the Northern Army, and Qiu Luping, the military supervisor of the Northern Pass."
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