Chapter 246 Don’t Look at People with Prejudice
Ning Ruohan raised her voice and sneered, "Some people wear silk and satin and think they look glamorous on the outside, but they are still country bumpkins who are not presentable on the inside. The Marquis of Pingyang's Mansion is grateful to them for letting them enter. We can't pay too much attention to such people, otherwise they will think they are so great and take advantage of us. I'm afraid they will often come to the Mansion to ask for money in the future."
Rong Zhi wanted to speak for Li Wanyue and the others, but Ning Ruohan didn't mention any names, so if she explained for them, she would be taking it personally.
She could only say, "Sister Ruohan, please don't talk about things that have nothing to do with us."
The two pavilions were very close to each other, and Ning Ruohan's voice was loud, so Li Wanyue naturally heard it.
But she couldn't rush to identify herself with them, so she just half-jokingly said to the Crown Prince's wife, "It is said that the ladies of the big families in the capital are well-educated, polite, quiet and gentle. But today I see that not all of them are like that. Some are also unruly and mean, and their words and actions are aggressive. They are not much different from the ignorant women in the countryside. It really opened my eyes."
The Crown Prince's wife smiled. Madam Xie had just arrived in the capital and she thought that she would swallow her anger in the face of such ridicule, but she didn't expect that she would not suffer any loss.
Ning Ruohan stood up angrily when she heard that, but was grabbed by the wrist by Su Yuyan. She didn't mention anyone by name either, so by arguing with her, aren't you admitting that you are unruly and mean?
Ning Ruohan shook off Su Yuyan's hand. From childhood to adulthood, no one had ever said that she was willful and mean. Today, a peasant girl said those words to her face. How could she bear this?
She walked up to Li Wanyue in two or three steps and angrily said, "What right do you have, a peasant girl, to call me unruly and mean?"
Li Wanyue said in a gentle tone: "What is this lady talking about? Who said you are unruly and mean?"
"It's you. Weren't you talking about me just now?"
"I don't even know who you are, why would I talk about you?"
"Because you felt that I just called you a peasant girl who was not worthy of being on the stage, and you couldn't stand it, so you scolded me."
"So, Miss was scolding me just now?"
"What's wrong with scolding you? Aren't you telling the truth? Aren't you a peasant girl who is not presentable? I wonder if Xie Yan is blind. He would rather not have a beautiful and talented girl like Yu Yan and fall for you. Who knows if you used some tricks?"
The wife of the Crown Prince frowned and her voice turned cold: "Miss Ning, please be careful with your words. Madam Xie is a distinguished guest of the Marquis of Pingyang Mansion. You are so presumptuous. It is unbecoming and unworthy of a lady from a noble family."
Then he advised Li Wanyue: "Wanyue, don't bother with her."
Li Wanyue stood up with a smile, took two steps forward, raised her hand and slapped Ning Ruohan.
The slap came so fast that no one reacted. Only a crisp sound was heard, and everyone present was stunned. They didn't expect Li Wanyue to dare to hit people.
Su Yuyan frowned and rebuked: "Miss Li, you are going too far. Ruohan is the daughter of the Shangshu family. How could you do that?"
Ning Ruohan reacted and said in disbelief: "You are a peasant girl, how dare you hit me?"
She raised her hand and was about to hit Li Wanyue in the face, but Li Wanyue grabbed her wrist and said, "A slap in the face is too light. I am the Princess of Anping County, appointed by the Emperor himself. The Emperor praised me for being gentle, virtuous, knowledgeable and polite in the imperial edict. But you said that I am an ignorant woman who is not presentable. Are you questioning the Emperor's words?"
Ning Ruohan was shocked. She had forgotten that Li Wanyue was not only Xie Yan's wife, but also a county lady appointed by the emperor himself, and had a title, while she herself was still a commoner.
Li Wanyue continued, "Miss Ning, if you think I shouldn't hit you, then let's go to the emperor and have a talk. Let's see if the words he said to praise me were right or wrong. If they were wrong, I'll apologize to you and let you hit me back, how about that?"
Ning Ruohan collapsed to the ground. Did she dare to question the emperor? Did she dare to say that the emperor was wrong? Unless her whole family was tired of living.
Then he immediately begged, "Miss Li... No, Madam Xie was right to hit you. It was my fault. I shouldn't have said that to you. Please forgive me."
Li Wanyue looked down at the person on the ground and said, "Ms. Ning, you should correct your mistakes. I am not a petty person. Let's forget about it this time."
The Crown Prince's wife looked at Li Wanyue with admiration. As expected, the one who could be conferred the title of County Lady by the Emperor was not an ordinary person.
Li Sandong and Qin Yuzhen were full of admiration, thinking their sister was so amazing.
Su Yuyan helped Ning Ruohan up, and saw Li Wanyue walking to their pavilion. There were pens and ink on the table. She picked up the pen and wrote a few poems on the table.
These were the themes of their Feihualing music just now, which were respectively titled "wine", "spring", "flowers" and "geese".
Li Wanyue stuffed the paper into Ning Ruohan's hand and said, "Don't judge people by their appearance, and don't look down on people with prejudice."
After that, she looked at the prince's wife and said, "Madam, we have rested enough. Let's go somewhere else."
"good."
After they left, Rong Zhi came back to her senses. She immediately stepped forward and asked, "Sister Ruohan, are you okay? Xia He, go get the ice towel."
Xia He immediately ran to get an ice towel for Ning Ruohan to apply on her face.
Li Wanyue didn't use much strength, so there were only faint red marks on her face, which were gone after she applied the ice towel.
Su Yuyan and the others passed the poem on the paper around with their eyes widened. They had never read this poem before. If it was written by Li Wanyue, then how talented she must be.
Even Old Master Su might not be able to compose such poems.
Just as they were all shocked, Old Madam Su and Old Madam Rong came over.
Su Yuyan came to the Marquis' Mansion with Old Madam Su.
Seeing that several people looked unhappy, Old Lady Su walked forward to ask.
"What are these girls playing at?"
Ning Ruohan lowered her head, and Su Yuyan replied: "Grandma, we are playing Feihualing."
"Oh? Who won?"
Su Yuyan didn't dare to say that she won at this time.
Old Madam Su took the papers from their hands and was instantly attracted by the poems on them.
She was also quite talented when she was young and loved poetry and music, so her marriage to Old Tutor Su was a perfect match for them.
She held the poem in her hands excitedly, saying over and over again, "Wonderful, wonderful."
“This poem is so beautifully written.”
“This one is good too.”
"I am so lucky to be able to see such a masterpiece in my lifetime. I am so lucky."
Then he looked at the girls expectantly and asked, "Who wrote this poem?"
Several people looked at each other, and Rong Zhi said, "This was written by Xie Yan's wife Li Wanyue just now."
"Where is she? Can I see her?"
Rong Zhi had no choice but to ask Xia He to invite Li Wanyue.
When Li Wanyue heard that Old Lady Su wanted to see her, she couldn't refuse and followed Xia He back to the pavilion.
The Crown Prince's wife followed her to the pavilion and introduced her to the two old men in the pavilion.
The one wearing the dark green brocade with auspicious cloud patterns is Old Madam Rong, and the one wearing the crimson purple brocade with round blessing patterns is Old Madam Su. Both old ladies have kind faces and gentle eyes.
Li Wanyue stepped forward and bowed to greet him.
Madam Su stood up, holding the paper in her hand, and asked excitedly, "Madam Xie, did you write these poems?"
Li Wanyue shook her head: "Madam Su, just call me by my name. I don't have such a great talent. I just bought a collection of poems from a traveling merchant, and these are all the works in the collection."
"Since it's a collection of poems, are there any more poems by Sui? Could you trouble Wanyue to write a few more?"
"Can."
After Li Wanyue finished speaking, she walked to the wooden table, picked up the pen and wrote a few more poems.
Old Madam Su kept nodding her head as she watched, her eyes sparkling.
"It's a pity that such good poems have not been spread. May I ask Wanyue if I can give these poems to my master?"
Li Wanyue nodded: "Okay, I'll mark the author's name, and you can show it to anyone, or send it to the study for students to appreciate."
"Okay, thank you."
Li Wanyue marked the author's name and font size.
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