I listened for a long time, and it was just some ordinary stuff, but they managed to exaggerate it like this. Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration?
"Are they talking about the chubby girl who was carrying the tattered bundle earlier?" I asked Xie Yuancheng, leaning close to his ear. When he nodded, I knew it was impossible.
"Here it comes! The real kung fu is about to be shown, everyone come and see! Haha! Jump higher!"
"Exactly, is it because your ass is too fat that you can't jump?"
"I think it's because her face is too big. With such a big face, isn't she destined to be an imperial concubine? She's already lying at such a young age; she'll be a liar when she grows up."
"Haha, Imperial Concubine! She probably doesn't even know what the character for 'concubine' looks like."
"Haha~"
There was laughter from the crowd. When I turned around, I saw them disperse, and a few people were kicking tattered bundles in their hands. One person kicked one of them, sending it flying into the air. When it fell back down, it hit the chubby girl right in the face, and the sound was quite loud.
"You!" the chubby girl shouted, and then she jumped up with force on her toes. Someone hit her with a stick, and she sat down on the ground.
"Could she actually know some kung fu?" I looked at her, my eyes filled with hatred. If she did, these people would probably be dead.
"My dear wife, you'd better not learn kung fu anymore. It takes more than ten years to master it, and you're getting old anyway."
"That's right, kids talk big. If she really had a master and kung fu skills, how could she be bullied?"
Aren't these two supposed to be at odds? Why are they talking like this, one after the other? The teacher also came over, saying he wanted to talk somewhere. It's a wonder that someone with his ethereal, otherworldly appearance could convincingly portray a rough-looking man.
"Which village are you from? You don't know the legend about the peasant princess in town, do you?"
“We live in a house built at the foot of the mountain. There are only a few households in the village. It takes two hours to walk over three mountain ridges to reach the town.”
“Yes, my husband carried her all the way, that’s why he’s so strong!” I echoed Xie Yuancheng’s words, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw the chubby girl being kicked and punched by several little girls. They were cursing her for stealing their things, for being arrogant and domineering before, and for getting revenge, and so on.
"Wife, you are quite heavy. I will take you with me when I go farming in the future, so that you won't eat too much at home and I won't be able to carry you anymore."
"Haha~" I decided to let it go and not argue with him. The people around me were laughing when they heard this, so I just listened to what they had to say.
"Looks like you live quite far away. Have you found any royalty in the mountains? If you become rich, take us with you."
"Boss, we live in a world where we see the sky above and the earth below; where would royalty possibly come from to pick up trash?"
"Who says there isn't? Look, that chubby girl who got beaten up by rotten leaves, didn't she just meet the prince? I heard she's even engaged, making quite a show of it in town!"
"Haha~" The people next to me laughed again. Only then did I take a closer look at the chubby girl. She was about thirteen or fourteen years old, short, with rough skin, and quite fat. At first glance, she looked like a child, but she seemed to be quite old now.
"What's going on? So many people are bullying a girl?" Xie Yuancheng was really putting on an act, his eyes were even red.
"I only heard about it from others. If I'm wrong, please correct me." The teacher cupped his hands to the people on either side, and they all echoed his sentiments.
"I heard that after the Li family adopted this chubby kid, they became rich. I don't know how they got rich, but they ate greasy food every day and became successful in the village. Later, they moved to the town. They have nine or ten boys in the family, and they are all successful."
Later, everyone became puzzled. When Lord Zhang was still alive, he had awarded them prizes. It was said that the Li family lived a very carefree life in the village and town.
However, half a year ago, Lord Wang had a poetry contest with this chubby girl who had grown up, and he discovered that she had made many mistakes. She had even used poems by famous scholars and literati to write her own poems, so he exposed the title of this talented woman on the spot.
Further investigation revealed that the boys in their family were also imposters posing as talented scholars. Digging even deeper, the widely publicized affair involving the imperial concubine turned out to be a scheme by a prince from a neighboring country to extract information from them, nearly leading to the entire family's betrayal and the demise of the Li family.
"Yes, that's it. I heard their family is very powerful. They have so many boys in the family, and they still have to raise a country girl. I heard they don't have any bloodline."
"No, I also heard that she learned kung fu from some people in the martial arts world, and she was able to rise to prominence at a very young age."
"Huh? Is she that amazing? It's said that anyone who plays the piano will be completely mesmerized, otherwise they wouldn't be human, they'd be animals."
"Go away! Lord Wang has confirmed that all of this is false. She even claimed that she went to the palace with her fellow disciples to cause trouble, that she could walk freely in the main hall, and that even the emperor and all the civil and military officials were afraid of her."
"Haha~ Aren't you afraid of getting beheaded? I also heard that she treated the Empress and her favorite concubines, officially recognized the titles of the palace physicians and maids, reformed the system, and even the princess praised her as more beautiful than all the women in the palace~"
Are these words true, or are they just jokes? I checked again, and the chubby girl was already tied up with ropes, still cursing and saying they were ignorant and that she had special skills. However, her special skills are probably just boasting; she needs a bunch of people with questionable intelligence to keep up the hype to succeed.
"Look at her! If she really has a divine master, why hasn't she come to save her yet?"
"That's right, with that kind of face, he doesn't know his own worth. His hands and feet are rough, and he's not even a great beauty."
"None of that matters. She actually said she was going to bring weapons into the main hall and cause trouble. That's not just stupid, it's incurable. Doesn't she know you can't bring weapons into the main hall?"
"Haha, you actually believed what he was bragging about. Let's all disperse and talk about how he betrayed his country."
“I know about this.” A man with a beard raised his hand. “It’s a prince from a neighboring country. He wanted to find out some things, so he sent someone to put on a show for this fool. Unexpectedly, she got so into the role, boasting and talking about her high status. Who knew that the prince would see through her act?”
"Has that prince been captured?"
"I don't know yet, there's no news. But recently that idiot has started bragging again. She says she can earn 150 taels a day and lead the villagers and townsmen to a life of nouveau riche. She's not afraid of her tongue slipping out."
"Haha~" The people around them got more and more excited as they chatted. Xie Yuancheng and the others also discussed things quietly at the table. They really knew how to create an atmosphere for them so that no one could hear what they were saying.
"Teacher, it's all half done. Her master is Bai Mei, who's nearby. I estimate he'll come out and put on a show for her in a little while."
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