The mental torture brought by the dance had not completely faded away. When Feng Yuheng stood up again, people could not help but wonder what she was going to do next? Could it be that she felt it was really necessary to perform another solo dance? No way!
This time, Feng Yuheng gave them face. She did not ask them to dance solo again, but what she said made people feel that it would be better to dance solo - "Queen, I suddenly thought that it would be boring for the ladies to just enjoy singing and dancing. Why don't we show some other talents? For example... horse racing!"
People were devastated, and someone immediately retorted: "How can that be possible!"
The Queen glared at them fiercely, and Concubine Gu Xian beside her said, "Princess Ji'an was talking to the Queen, and you rushed to answer her. But are you comparing yourself to the Queen?"
This frightened the young lady so much that she knelt down and kowtowed to beg for forgiveness. Unfortunately, no one paid any attention to her. Then the Queen asked Feng Yuheng, "How do you say that? This is really new."
Feng Yuheng smiled and said, "There's no need to go out of your way to make arrangements. Why don't we all go to the racecourse together and just race some ordinary horses?"
The Queen nodded, "I think it's very good."
Feng Yuheng then turned around and asked the ladies, "Now it's your turn to speak, what do you think?"
For a moment, people were speechless. After a long while, someone finally asked timidly: "Why do we have horse racing? Isn't it better to just show your talent?"
Feng Yuheng shook his head, "No, no matter if it's a man or a woman, they should all develop in an all-round way, which is conducive to the advancement of Dashun's national destiny."
Someone else said, "But what's the point of horse racing? We are all girls. Are we going to fight on the battlefield in the future?"
Feng Yuheng also had something to say: "Then tell me, what's the point of singing and dancing? You are all daughters of government officials, are you going to be singers and dancers in the future?"
People shook their heads and said, "Of course not." What kind of talk is this? They are all rich ladies, why would they become singers and dancers?
Feng Yuheng asked again: "Since you don't want to be a singer or dancer, it means that singing and dancing have no real use. Why do you still want to learn? Ask your mother or the female elders in your family, after you married into your husband's family, how many times have you danced? How many times have you sung? How many times have you played the piano?"
Everyone was speechless. The ladies' cheeks were also flushed by what they said. Singing, dancing and playing the piano were the talents that they thought their daughters should learn. How could Feng Yuheng say that nothing would happen? But how could they refute this? Just like what people say, after marrying into the husband's family, how many times have you danced in your life? How many times have you sung? How many times have you played the piano? Could it be that they were going to tell Feng Yuheng that these were means before marriage, in order to win the favor of men?
Some people thought about these things but didn't say them out loud, but there were some shallow-minded people who said them directly. As a result, they were further ridiculed by Feng Yuheng: "Do you think men are too simple? You can get a good man by dancing a few times? You can get a good man by singing? Then such men are only interested in your singing and dancing skills. What will you do when you can't dance anymore? Let me tell you, they will find new people, and new people will replace your previous positions, so you will be caught in rounds of inner house fighting, and there will be no peace."
This may sound alarmist, but if you think about it carefully, isn't it true? It's all true!
Then, Feng Yuheng added: "This princess can't sing or dance, but she has a close rapport with His Highness the Ninth Prince. Do you think His Highness the Ninth Prince is not as good as those men who only know how to listen to and appreciate songs?"
Who dares to nod? Moreover, even if they wanted to nod, they couldn't do it. Xuan Tianming's excellence was obvious to all of Dashun. Not to mention the early engagement, the Ninth Prince didn't care about it at all. He could break the engagement in an instant. And being able to get along with Princess Ji'an to this extent, one had to admit that it was Princess Ji'an's ability.
Someone else asked unwillingly, "So according to what the princess said, what you know will be useful? Will it be useful for us to go to horse racing?"
"Why not?" Feng Yuheng answered as a matter of course, "At least this princess is good at riding horses and practicing martial arts, so she can accompany His Majesty to fight in the war. What about you? You can't be a singer or dancer, so why do you sing and dance all day long?"
Here we go again! Everyone was sweating, can’t you just turn the page on the singing girl and dancing girl?
As a result, Feng Yuheng added: "Or you want to say that you can be the master of the household, and you can manage the household. Then come on, let's compete to see who is better at calculating, who is better at making calculations, and who is better at managing the household?"
For a moment, everyone was speechless again, even those who had the courage to question it fell silent. How should this verbal battle be fought? They are not on the same page at all! Princess Ji'an's words were reasonable, but they couldn't refute them. Those with strong wills were fine, but some ladies who were weak and had no ideas were already beginning to doubt their lives after being told by Feng Yuheng. Some even decided to smash their zithers and drive their dance masters out of the house after returning. From now on, they would invite martial arts masters to practice martial arts and learn to use an abacus.
Seeing that no one was saying anything and the atmosphere was a little awkward, Xuan Tiange took the initiative to stand up and said cheerfully, "This princess thinks that horse racing is a good idea. Sitting like this all the time will make your muscles and bones ache. This princess agrees with the idea of horse racing and is happy to join in."
Feng Yuheng nodded and said to everyone, "What did you say when we were dancing before? Princess Wuyang has already come on stage, could it be that Princess Ji'an is more arrogant than Princess Wuyang? Now this princess wants to ask you, Princess Wuyang is about to join the horse race, could it be that you are more arrogant than Princess Wuyang? Really, the status of young ladies from official families is getting more and more precious nowadays. This princess can't dance, but you forced her to go on stage and dance a song. Now this princess wants to race horses, why can you not race? Your status is really higher than this princess and Princess Wuyang!"
This is called giving someone a taste of their own medicine! Not only were those people speechless, they were also secretly frightened. But at this time, the Queen also interjected: "I also think that watching the horse race is a good idea."
What else could they say? This was no longer a matter of being happy or not, but a matter of obeying the order or not. So everyone stood up and echoed: "The Queen is right."
If that’s the case, let’s go to the racecourse!
So, people left the main venue of the Hundred Flowers Banquet again and headed towards the horse racing track.
During this time, some young ladies couldn't help but worry: "What should I do? I'm wearing a skirt today, how can I ride a horse?"
Someone immediately said helplessly: "Who is not wearing a skirt?"
"But I can't ride a horse! I've never ridden one before!"
"Who can ride a horse? Who has ridden one before?"
"So what should we do?"
Everyone was silent for a while, and someone suggested, "There are so many of us, we can't all go to the horse race, and there won't be that many horses for us to use at the racecourse, right? When the time comes, no one of us should say anything, and no one should take the initiative, so she won't force us to ride on the horses."
This idea was reliable, so everyone thought to themselves that they should walk slower and slower, and it would be best if they could stay far away from Princess Ji'an so that she couldn't see them.
Feng Fendai was naturally among the crowd. Some people wanted to ask her for some inside information, but Feng Fendai kept saying "I don't know" and dismissed them all. But people could also see that the younger sister of Princess Ji'an, the fourth young lady of the Feng Mansion, was also in a bad mood at this moment.
Someone thought: "Didn't the fourth young lady of the Feng family win the heart of the fifth prince by dancing? I think she would feel bad after hearing what her sister said."
Feng Fendai was of course upset. Others might not know the relationship between her and Feng Yuheng, but how could she not know it herself! Not to mention that Feng Yuheng's words just now were not intended to target her, but even if he did, it was normal. The two sisters had already developed to the point where they were just about to fight in person, so what was this little quarrel and scolding? But what Fendai was worried about was... "Do you think Feng Yuheng will not specifically ask me to go on stage later?" She whispered to Dongying beside her, "I can't ride a horse, and she has always had a grudge against me. I can't guarantee that she will embarrass me at this time."
Dong Ying thought about it and comforted her, "In my opinion, that won't happen. Although the Second Miss is not close to us in the mansion, outside, as long as we don't take the initiative to provoke her, she will still maintain the reputation of the Feng family to some extent and protect our shortcomings."
"I hope so!" Fen Dai was not optimistic at all. This was not the first time that she had been beaten up by Feng Yuheng. When had that person ever cared about the Feng family? When had he ever cared about family affection?
It took them half an hour to reach the horse farm. The empress and the concubines rode on sedan chairs, so they were not tired. However, it was hard for the ladies. They were so tired from just walking that their legs were shaking. How could they ride horses later?
Feng Yuheng and Xuan Tiange were the first to arrive at the horse farm, followed by the Queen and others, then Xiangrong, the ladies of the Yao family, and some ladies who were neutral. But when I looked back, I saw that the timid ones were all walking slowly from a distance, with a long distance between them.
Feng Yuheng ignored him and just focused on choosing horses with Xuan Tiange. They each picked a good horse, and then without saying a word, they jumped on it with clean and neat movements.
Although Xuan Tiange did not know martial arts, he had learned horse riding since childhood as a member of the royal family, so naturally he was unwilling to be outdone.
Until the two of them were both sitting on their horses and looking back, they saw that those slow-moving people had finally arrived near the horse farm, but they still stopped at a distance and refused to move forward no matter what.
Feng Yuheng was puzzled: "Why are you hiding so far away? Horses don't eat people, what are you afraid of?"
Pooh!
Who is afraid of being eaten by a horse? People kept complaining in their hearts, but no one dared to speak out.
Feng Yuheng looked at their useless appearance but was not in a hurry. She slowly reached into her sleeve and soon took out a notebook from her sleeve.
"Since no one is willing to step forward, I will have to use a more direct method to invite you to participate in this event. Next, let's call the roll!"
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