Xiao Yunchen's face didn't look good either. No matter what, Yun Qiuwu became his sister-in-law after marrying into the Xiao family. She had always been very good to his wife and even gave birth to the eldest granddaughter for the Xiao family.
Just as he was about to speak, Yun Qiuwu replied calmly, "Mountain bamboo shoots have pointed mouths, thick skin, and hollow bellies."
Wen Luoqing's expression changed, and anger flashed in his eyes.
Xiao Yunchen looked at Li Nian in surprise. He didn't expect that his sister-in-law was so talented in writing. Her personality was completely different from his elder brother's.
Wen Luoqing looked at Li Nian and continued, "Huang Que is obsessed with Shan Hai Zhi."
Everyone's eyes also fell on Li Nian.
But she spoke slowly, "Didn't we agree on one time for each person? If Miss Wen feels that scolding me isn't enough to vent your anger, then just go ahead and scold me. There's no need to hide it by using couplets."
Wen Luoqing sneered, "Madam, are you trying to cheat because you can't make sense?"
Li Sisi came to her senses now and realized that Wen Luoqing was continuing to scold Li Nian.
Just as she was about to speak, she heard Li Nian reply, "Miss Wen, since you want to play word games..." Her eyes fell on the jade table and pointed at the wine glass: "Why don't you drink the penalty wine for your sharp tongue and thick skin just now?"
Everyone watched the tense interaction between the two with bated breath.
Qi He stood up directly, so fast that the jade pendant on his waist hit the corner of the table with a crisp "ding-dong" sound.
"Madam, be careful with your words!"
Li Sisi sneered and stood up, glancing at Qi He: "Your brother-in-law is really good. He just scolded your aunt. Your wife is not worried, so why are you worried?"
"And you!" Li She pointed at Wen Luoqing again: "Isn't it because you like my eldest brother that you are targeting my eldest sister-in-law? Then you should take it out on my eldest brother? It's him who doesn't want to marry you, not my eldest sister-in-law."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expression changed again.
Wen Luoqing's face flushed crimson, his eyes instantly reddening. "Stop talking nonsense and ruining my reputation! When did I ever say I liked Xiao Yunyu? Today was supposed to be a poetry gathering, so playing some poetry and couplet games is perfectly normal. I didn't expect you to be so timid as to respond to a couplet. You're completely uneducated, yet you're still looking for excuses to ruin my reputation. That's really outrageous!"
Her eyes were red, but she held back her tears, looking particularly patient and pitiful.
Everyone's eyes fell on the two best friends, with expressions of blame and contempt.
Qi He frowned, clenched his fists, and spoke in a deep and cold voice, "Miss Wen was just sparring with the First Madam. Since you are so ungrateful, you shouldn't have shown off your knowledge in front of others in the first place."
Li Sisi exploded upon hearing this: "Are you crazy? Didn't Wen Luoqing ask my sister-in-law to pair up with her? She made a choice, and my sister-in-law matched it. Why did she also make a choice? Everyone can just match one, she's the only one who's special, right?"
She snorted and laughed: "It's true that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Whatever the beloved does is right, even if it's wrong!"
"You..." Qi He was so angry that he wanted to curse, but Wen Luoxin beside him pulled his sleeve.
Wen Luoxin looked embarrassed. She took a deep breath, stood up, and started to smooth things over: "It's a rare occasion for us to get together today. We were meant to have fun. Why make things so unpleasant just because of a couple?"
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, and some young ladies who knew about the situation silently lowered their heads and ate their melons.
Some of those who were unaware cast their curious eyes on Wen Luoqing, Qi He, and the grim-looking Wen Luoxin.
Su Muyan quickly agreed and said, "Yeah, we're all in the same circle. We'll see each other every day. Why ruin the relationship?"
She smiled and suggested, "How about we stop playing with children? How about we play poetry? Each person has to write a poem about the seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. If you can't come up with one, you have to drink three cups as punishment."
Wen Luoxin wore a subtle smile and said, "I'll go first." She glanced deeply at Xiao Yunchen, her gaze fixed on Li Sisi. "Just meeting each other is a blessing, and I'll spend the rest of my life in longing for you. If the morning breeze understood my feelings, please don't let this sadness overwhelm me."
As soon as he finished speaking, the pavilion became silent, with only the jingling of the copper bells on the eaves.
Qi He's chest heaved and he sat down with a sullen face.
Li Nian suddenly said, "Madam Qi's poem...doesn't include spring, summer, autumn, and winter?"
Her eyes curved slightly as she kindly reminded: "How about you write another one?"
Wen Luoxin smiled and replied, "Madam is right, but I'm pregnant and can't drink. I'll let my husband drink for me, and I'll write another poem. Is that okay?"
"Okay, what's wrong with that? It's just a game for fun, why take it so seriously?"
Qi He stood up again and drank three glasses of wine in a hurry.
Wen Luoxin spoke again: "Once the spring flowers have fallen, there will be no one in my heart."
Qi He stared at the woman beside him with a gloomy look, and was so angry that his fists were about to burst.
It turned out that she could never let go of Xiao Yunchen!
"It's my turn next." Wen Luoqing spoke again: "It's freezing cold in the dead of winter, and I'm short of money and food. I'm a bastard."
"Fuck, I'm telling you..." Li Sisi understood this time and stood up angrily and was about to take action.
Li Nian quickly grabbed her hand and shook his head at her.
"Niannian!" Li Sisi was so angry. Wen Luoqing was not sarcasm but a blatant curse, right?
Even Qi He frowned and looked at her with disapproval.
Li Nian's expression did not show much emotion. Apart from using her illegitimate status as an excuse, did these people have no other tricks?
However, to Li Nian, Yun Qiuwu's identity was not humble at all, and her life experience was not tragic at all.
Li Nian did not stand up, but looked up at Wen Luoqing: "Luohua has spent all this life, and wants to spend the rest of my life with Qiuwu."
"Miss Wen, those who are obsessed with something but cannot get it are the most pathetic."
Everyone looked at Li Nian, who had a calm expression, and then at Wen Luoqing, whose face was flushed and trembling with anger, and they couldn't help but be amazed.
It seems that we really can't underestimate Yun Qiuwu.
Wen Luoxin also looked at Li Nian meaningfully, and was certain in her heart that this person was definitely not Yun Qiuwu, but Chen Fu...whose temperament was very similar to Yun Qiuwu in her previous life.
As for Chen Fu in her previous life, Wen Luoxin had only met her a few times.
She is well-read, dignified and virtuous. She treats Xiao Yunchen with respect and has never done anything out of line.
She was like a lady from a noble family trained in books on women's virtues. She was so perfect that it was almost unreal, but that also made her less popular.
To men, she is like a perfect doll, dull and boring.
The two women in front of him were very different from the two in his memory from his previous life.
But it is undeniable that Yun Qiuwu in this life is very smart. Now that she has married Qi He, she will no longer have any connection with the two men of the Xiao family. Perhaps...
She could ask Yun Qiuwu to talk to her and become allies instead of enemies.
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