Soon, Chuanwen and the others came in. Wei Zihan looked ashen-faced, but Chuanwen and Chuanyu were very happy.
After Chuanwen entered, he searched through the crowd for Duke Wei and Wei Xin. When their eyes met Chuanwen's, they appeared calm on the surface, but inside they were panicking, fearing that Chuanwen would reveal more gossip that even they themselves didn't know.
Fortunately, Chuanwen just smiled at them. Just as I was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Chuanwen said: "[Sure enough, Wei Zihan looks more like Wei Xin. They have the same pointed mouth, monkey cheeks, triangular eyes, flat nose, and wide-set mouth. They see each other every day, and it's obvious that my older brother's daughter looks more like him. Doesn't that idiot Wei Xin suspect anything?]"
Wei Xin, the idiot: ......
Although he felt he had been slandered, Wei Xin still focused his gaze on Wei Zihan's face, scrutinizing her closely. And... she really did look alike! Why hadn't he ever doubted it before!
The Duke of Wei lowered his head. He must be worried about his daughter's bet now.
The more than twenty poems written by Chuanwen had been distributed to the ministers and circulated among them. When they reached He Lingce, who was at the very end, he read them and remained silent for a long time. It wasn't until his colleague Deng asked him what he thought that he sighed and said, "I am ashamed of my inferiority. I will stop writing from now on."
He Lingce is a recognized talent, especially after the news broke that he wrote poems for the daughters of Shi Shen and Shen Congwen. Many people read his poems with a gossipy mindset, but as they read, they couldn't help but admire He Lingce's talent.
But now, He Lingce looked at the fourteen-year-old girl who had just reached his shoulder and felt ashamed. He had always been proud of his literary talent, but he never expected that in such a vast world, he was still just a frog in a well.
However, Chuanwen became curious about what positions she was referring to as a doctor and professor. In the world she lived in in her previous life, could women really hold official positions?
Not only did He Lingce's eyes sparkle as he looked at Chuanwen, but Zhang Qing did too, as if he had discovered some great treasure.
The emperor read the poems over and over again, praising Chuanwen as a talented scholar. He laughed heartily and boasted to his officials about his discerning eye, saying, "Look, look! I didn't just pick a random companion for the little princess!"
The ministers were speechless. Emperor, didn't you arrange for someone to be the little princess's study companion just so you could hear what Chuanwen had to say?
However, seeing the emperor's beaming face, they all smiled in response, thinking, "You're the emperor, whatever you say goes."
However, the fact that Chuanwen possessed this skill made the ministers look at her with new respect.
The poems were then sent to the inner palace, where the women read them one by one, and their understanding of the text was refreshed, including the Empress and the old lady of Changxing Marquis. However, the most surprised was Lady Wang.
Wang had always thought that Chuanwen was just an uneducated country girl, but she never expected that she could write such beautiful poems and essays!
It seems that the emperor didn't just randomly choose a study companion for the little princess. But when did the emperor realize that Chuanwen was talented?
The outcome of the bet was never in doubt; Chuanwen won.
Wei Zihan's expression remained grim until the end of the palace banquet.
She had always considered herself the most talented woman in the capital, and her poems and essays had been praised by the Grand Tutor. She looked down on everyone, but today she was humiliated by a country bumpkin. Moreover, she had offered herself up to be slapped, and it was a truly ugly defeat!
As Wei Zihan was leaving the palace, she bumped into Chuanwen by chance. Chuanwen winked at her and said, "I'll be waiting for you here tomorrow!"
Wei Zihan's face stiffened even more. She had thought that since they had only agreed to run laps around the palace without setting a time, she would try to renege on the agreement and keep delaying. But now!
So there was no coincidence at all; Chuanwen deliberately came to find her because he was afraid she would renege on her debt.
After watching Wei Zihan get into the carriage and leave, Chuanwen waved goodbye to her in a good mood.
Wei Zihan lowered the carriage curtain, and her already unattractive face became even more distorted.
Lady Wei, who was riding in the same carriage, looked at her youngest daughter whom she had doted on for seventeen years, and felt utterly heartbroken.
Feeling embarrassed and angry, Wei Zihan didn't notice the Duchess of Wei's expression. After returning home, he hid in his room.
I sat there crying for a long time before I suddenly realized something was wrong.
In the past, her mother would have come to comfort her and cheer her up if she had suffered any grievances. But today, she was ridiculed by so many people at the palace banquet, and her mother did not say a word on the way. Moreover, she has been crying for a long time now, and her mother has not come over.
"Yuan'er, where is my mother?"
Wei Zihan wiped away her tears and asked the maid beside her while sobbing.
The maid Yuan'er replied cautiously, "After Madam returned, she had a fight with Master and is probably in her room fuming right now."
After saying that, she lowered her head and didn't dare to look at her young mistress, because the young mistress would usually take her anger out on them and scold them when she was in a bad mood.
However, Wei Zihan couldn't care less about cursing and venting her anger now, and hurriedly asked Yuan'er's parents what they had argued about.
Yuan'er hesitated for a moment, then said, "This servant doesn't know. Master chased all the servants out of the courtyard. I couldn't hear what they were arguing about, but I could hear them talking about Miss..."
Yuan'er didn't go to the palace banquet, but she knew that the master and mistress must have argued because of the young lady. After the young lady came back, she sat and cried. She figured that something bad must have happened to the young lady, so she didn't dare to say anything more.
Wei Zihan felt even worse after hearing this. Her parents must have argued because she had embarrassed herself at the palace banquet. And now that she thought about it carefully, her mother hadn't said a word on the way back, so she must have been blaming her.
But...but her mother loves her the most. Even if she embarrasses herself, she won't abandon her but will instead run off to argue with her father!
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