Soon, Tian Weier was brought into the hall by two maids. She was still wearing her red wedding dress and stubbornly held a round fan in her hand to cover her face. The fan was snatched away by one of the maids the next second and thrown aside.
Xiao Nan glanced back at Wu Xiaoliu, who was following not far away. He was also clearly in a state of panic, not knowing what was about to happen. She couldn't help but have an ominous premonition in her heart.
Governor Sun looked at the beautiful young lady who had just arrived with satisfaction.
"Just drinking and listening to music is too boring. It is said that your Tian family's ancestors once taught dance in the palace. I think it would not be difficult for you to dance to liven up the atmosphere. Everyone here today is a distinguished guest, so it is a blessing for you."
Xiao Nanhui frowned. She had underestimated the ability of this disgusting man named Sun.
On the first day after her marriage, the new bride was called to the living room to dance with the guests for their entertainment. Even a concubine could not stand this humiliation, let alone a young lady who had been raised in the boudoir since childhood.
Tian Wei'er's face paled instantly, her bright red lips trembling like two dangling rose petals. The beauty looked as if she were about to cry, but the guests only found it more amusing. Kabuki performances were common, but a bride in a red wedding dress was unusual. This overwhelming feeling of moral and ethical standards excited everyone.
However, among those eagerly awaiting the spectacle, one person looked clearly uneasy: the splendidly dressed Young Master Jia. Xiao Nanhui looked at him, the small white jade cup in his hand nearly shattering.
"What dance can you do? Come, tell it to the musician."
Governor Sun pressed on step by step, but Tian Weiler couldn't utter a word and her whole body began to tremble.
A curious person among the guests had already begun to instigate and shout, "Master Sun, could it be that you were deceived and married a mute?"
Governor Sun had just lost face, and his expression had become extremely ugly.
"Come here, teach Tian how to dance."
As soon as the words fell, a nanny dressed in flowery clothes and with brightly painted faces walked out from among the geishas. It was the nanny who had brought Tian Weier in earlier. She had an exaggerated smile on her face, and staring at her for too long would actually make people feel cold.
She walked to a place ten steps away from Tian Weiler and stopped, then slowly pulled out a golden whip from her sleeve.
Xiao Nanhui had never seen such a long whip before. Although long, it was very slender, like a willow branch in early spring. But seeing the uncontrollable expression of fear on the face of the geisha next to her, she knew that this whip was not as light as it looked.
Tian Weiler looked at the nanny in front of her somewhat helplessly, her breathing becoming heavy.
Suddenly, the golden whip began to dance, like a ball of lightning hidden in the air. When the person holding the whip swung it, it was like a bolt of lightning striking the ground, and a loud thunder exploded with a "bang".
The tip of the whip landed just a few inches away from Tian Weiler's toes, scaring her so much that she staggered back a step. Before she could react, the next whip came and landed right behind her feet, forcing her to dodge forward again.
With the whip left and right, Tian Weiler almost jumped on the ground involuntarily. From a distance, it looked like a clumsy person dancing.
She didn't dare to stop. If she hesitated for a moment, the whip would lick her ankles like fire. After the numbness, there was a piercing pain. Unconsciously, she jumped faster and faster. Sweat dripped from her forehead, her carefully combed hair bun fell apart, and her pearl hairpins fell to the ground. She accidentally stepped on them and almost fell. The laughter of the guests reached a peak.
Suddenly, there was a crisp sound in the middle of the hall.
A white jade wine glass was thrown to the ground and shattered into powder. The person who threw the wine glass was gasping for breath and looking at the guests with anger on his face. It was Master Jia.
Prefect Sun raised an eyebrow. "Master Jia? What is the meaning of this?"
"How could a dignified head of a household allow his bride to be humiliated in public? And you, have you all lost any sense of shame?"
Xiao Nanhui was stunned by this sudden reversal. She began to worry whether Mr. Jia, who spoke so directly, could walk out of here alive.
As expected, after a moment of silence at the banquet, there was a burst of laughter.
Prefect Sun also laughed twice, but that laugh looked even scarier than if he hadn't laughed at all.
"Master Jia is a man of status. You should know that this woman is already married into the Sun family. You are an outsider, with no kinship or relationship with her. Don't do anything unbecoming of your status because of a trivial matter."
These words left some room for maneuver, hoping that Mr. Jia would be smart enough to come down the stairs quickly. However, he did not appreciate it at all and refused to let go of the story.
"The Sun family is a wealthy family. They should know that married women shouldn't easily show their faces in public. Now they treat her like this. How is she any different from those slave dancers?"
The face of the Grand Administrator Sun darkened completely: "What do you want?"
"If Lord Sun only considers this woman an ordinary dancer, I am willing to pay gold or silver to buy her. What do you think?"
Xiao Nanhui finally understood a little this time. Looking at Tian Wei'er's tearful and ashamed expression as she looked at Master Jia, he was basically 80% sure what kind of drama this was.
The young man and the beautiful woman were in love with each other, but one day things changed and their marriage was broken. The young man was not discouraged and came after her from thousands of miles away.
She could see it clearly, and so could everyone else present.
But no one expected that Governor Sun would not refuse outright.
"I still need to consider what Master Jia said. Master Jia and Master Yan might as well stay at my house for a few more days. It's only a few days, so just enjoy the scenery."
Mr. Jia was caught in a dilemma and had to agree for the time being.
Tian Weiler was pulled away, and the banquet became lively again in an instant. The guests were talking and laughing as happily as before, but everyone had a few more concerns in their hearts, but no one knew it.
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