Chapter 145 Du Ruo's Reputation

After listening to Liu Qingshuang's explanation, Du Ruo's brows flashed with displeasure, and she stretched out her hand to take off the flower on her head.

"What are you doing!" Liu Qingping quickly stopped her.

"I don't want anyone to pick and choose me! I'm just like a commodity!" Du Ruo said generously.

After hearing her words, the Liu sisters frowned and looked at her strangely, "Who treats you as a commodity?"

"Those people!" Du Ruo looked towards Lu Lingyun.

At this time, Lu Lingyun was seen drinking tea and eating snacks with a group of ladies and nobles. A group of people surrounded her, talking and laughing.

Their eyes fell here from time to time.

"They treat us as commodities and let others take a fancy to us and resell them!" Du Ruo looked indignant.

"You think too much!" Liu Qingping said directly.

"That's right. This is an occasion for people to get to know each other. The ladies who come here are all serious. Their families either have young men or young ladies of appropriate age. They are all looking for their young men seriously. They will carefully consider their character, appearance, family background. How can they just look at commodities?" Liu Qingshuang looked unhappy.

They all came to the banquet in all seriousness.

In this era, women get married at the behest of their parents and matchmakers, but their parents also put their heart and soul into it.

They know that their elders bring them to such banquets in order to expand their circle and give them more choices.

How could they be treated as commodities and sold at a low price as Du Ruo said?

If this is the case, why bother holding banquets? One can just curry favor with the powerful and send his daughter to higher positions.

There is no need to consider whether the couple is a good match, just focus on maximizing benefits.

Women had a low status in this era, but parents would do their best to make their daughters live a good life within the limited choices they had.

"I don't like it anyway!" Du Ruo couldn't hear it.

She reached out to pull out the hairpin from her head.

"Ouch, what are you doing!?"

"Don't pull it out! My elder sister dressed it up specially for you."

"That's right. Look how much my elder sister cares about you. Your outfit is the most eye-catching in this garden!"

"How can you be so ignorant of what is good for you!"

Liu Qingping and Liu Qingshuang tried to dissuade him.

Du Ruo was even more unhappy when she heard this, and took off her hairpin, "I don't need such kindness!"

Seeing this, Liu Qingping lost her patience and felt that Du Ruo was being unreasonable. She sneered, "Oh! Do you really think you can be chosen just by coming here?"

"Yes," Liu Qingshuang looked at Du Ruo and lost her good attitude, "With your appearance, who can look down on you? Go ahead and pick them. No one will look down on you even if you wear a phoenix crown!"

"It's such a waste of our elder sister's kindness."

Du Ruoke didn't like hearing that.

She just didn't like the fact that she was picked by a group of old women, but she couldn't accept that she couldn't even catch the eyes of a group of old women!

What's more, she was among a group of women of the same age as her.

This means a lot!

Du Ruo, who had been pursued by a group of men since she was a child and never took other girls seriously, and only felt that other girls could not compare with her, was immediately aroused with a competitive spirit.

She glanced at the beauties in the garden and said, "Oh, how can I not be better than them!"

"Your family doesn't seem to be that powerful. Only your two elder brothers are Jinwu Guards, and their official positions are not high."

"Yes, you don't come from a rich family. Do you have any other special talents? Are you a talented woman famous in the capital or are you proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting?"

Liu Qingping and Liu Qingshuang asked in unison.

Du Ruo was rendered speechless.

For a moment, there was a trace of shame and anger on her face.

Seeing that she was about to get angry, Liu Qingping and Liu Qingshuang looked at each other and said, "If you want to know what they think, why don't we go and eavesdrop!"

"Yes, let's go and listen!"

At this time.

In the flower hall.

Lu Lingyun made a group of new friends. After those who came to the banquet learned that she was the wife of the Ningyang Marquis' son, most of them came to say hello.

After everyone got to know each other, they got down to business.

Look at this girl now, ask that lady now.

Liu Qingping and Liu Qingshuang were asked this question several times because of Lu Lingyun.

Aunt Liu was extremely happy and kept introducing her daughter to everyone around her.

At this time, a lady asked, "By the way, who was the girl in pink who was with the Liu sisters just now?"

When Lady Wang, who was drinking tea nearby, heard this, she hurriedly said, "I brought it, ahem!"

"Sister Wang, please slow down." Lu Lingyun smiled and patted her on the back.

Madam Wang coughed a few times, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and looked at the others with a smile, "She was also brought here by Sister Lu. She has been living in Sister Lu's house for some time and has been raised by her."

When people heard that Du Ruo lived in the Marquis' Mansion and was being taught by her for the past few days, they all became interested.

"When that little girl arrived, I saw that she had an extraordinary temperament."

"Yeah, that's very tasteful."

"I also think the pink peach blossom on her head is very unique, lovely and dignified."

Du Ruo, who was eavesdropping at the back of the flower hall, heard this and immediately looked around at the Liu sisters around him.

Liu Qingping and Liu Qingshuang were secretly resentful.

I'm not complimenting you, I'm complimenting her elder sister's aesthetic taste!

But they couldn't speak at this moment, so they continued to listen.

Then I heard the person inside continue to ask, "By the way, Madam Wang, who is that girl to you?"

"Are they relatives of your family?"

"No," Madam Wang smiled at everyone, "Aruo is the niece of my neighbor Madam Du. Her husband is the leader of the guards at the South City Gate. Aruo's father was also the leader of the guards at the city gate, but his father passed away. Only two brothers are left in the family. They are both on duty at the Duwei Mansion as Jinwu Guards."

When Lady Wang reported Du Ruo's family background, the light in the eyes of the ladies around her suddenly faded.

The people who came today were mainly the families of the civil service system. Originally, the civil and military officials disliked each other, and the official positions of the Du family were even more inconspicuous. There were only two brothers who were Jinwu Guards and an uncle who was the leader of the city gate guards. The family background was really not conspicuous.

"What about Miss Aruo's mother?" someone asked.

"Aruo had a miserable life. Her mother died of illness when she was very young." Madam Wang said truthfully.

After these words were spoken, everyone lost interest even more.

Nowadays, unmarried girls attach great importance to their mother's education.

Sometimes the father's side is not prominent, but if the mother's side is famous, that is also a big advantage.

But unfortunately, Du Ruo doesn’t even have a mother!

This is simply adding insult to injury!

"This Miss Aruo is so pitiful."

"Yes, how can a little girl live without a mother to raise her?"

"What a pity for such a good girl."

"Who said it wasn't true? I liked it so much at first, why is it so miserable?"

Everyone sighed, but their words showed indifference and disgust.

She has already been excluded from the list of possible daughter-in-laws to consider.

When Madam Wang heard these words, she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.