On the surface, it seemed like the two were evenly matched, each managing to make the other's mother so happy that they forgot which one was their biological child. However, in reality, Jiang Xuelin had a slight advantage.
The reason is simple: at least Lady Jing'an didn't find Jiang Xuelin annoying or an eyesore and let her leave first.
But Princess Ping... has completely stopped caring about him as her son, right?
Jiang Xuelin, you're ruthless!
Jiang Xuelin curled her lips into a smug smile at Fu Hanlai, her smile full of pride—I told you yesterday not to go too far, but you didn't listen!
You do the first day of the month, I'll do the fifteenth, it's perfect.
Fu Hanlai: "..."
After understanding Jiang Xuelin's meaning, Fu Hanlai became even angrier.
How could there be a woman like Jiang Xuelin!
He's so angry!
"Mother, there's nothing for me to do when I get back..." Fu Hanlai said with a slightly aggrieved expression.
—Jiang Xuelin did it on purpose!
Mother, did you see that?!
She even gave me a smug smile!
She did it on purpose!
"If you're bored, go copy some books. Your father said your handwriting isn't as good as it used to be. Have you been slacking off lately? Since you have nothing else to do, go copy some books to calm your mind."
Stop thinking about causing trouble all the time.
Fu Hanlai: "..."
Karma!
Hearing this, he could already imagine what kind of expression Jiang Xuelin would have.
You must be secretly overjoyed, right?
Tsk!
Fu Hanlai dared not defy Princess Ping, and in the end could only leave in humiliation to go back and copy books.
This was truly a frustrating experience.
Princess Ping watched him leave before turning back to continue talking to Jiang Xuelin.
well.
Sons and daughters are just different.
Although she's not her daughter, she's practically her daughter-in-law now.
Jiang Xuelin stayed in the main courtyard until the afternoon before returning home. She had lunch with Princess Ping in the main courtyard. After lunch, Princess Ping wanted to take a short rest and had some things to take care of, so Jiang Xuelin returned to Qiutang Courtyard.
Upon returning, they were immediately met with Fu Hanlai's sarcastic and sarcastic attacks.
"The Crown Princess Consort has truly mastered the art of manipulation."
"No problem, no problem. I can't compare to the young master. I just learned this from him. It's nothing more than picking up scraps from someone else." Jiang Xuelin raised her eyebrows and smiled mockingly, not taking Fu Hanlai's annoyance to heart at all.
Fu Hanlai: "..."
What a heartless woman!
What a tragedy! How could he have ended up marrying this girl?
What a tragedy!
After taking a short nap in the afternoon, Jiang Xuelin started copying books. Fu Hanlai, having nothing else to do, also started copying books. In this strange atmosphere of copying books, the new issue of the "Tian Ri Zhao Zhao" tabloid was finally published.
Nowadays, people in Beijing are used to the bi-weekly tabloid "Tian Ri Zhao Zhao" (The Sun Shines Brightly). Although it doesn't always contain big news, the content is still quite enjoyable to read.
That's really interesting.
Many people thought that nothing major had happened recently, and that this issue of the tabloid would probably not have any eye-catching news. However, as soon as they got their hands on the tabloid, they were attracted by the headlines.
The discussions about foot binding in the imperial court were largely unknown to ordinary people, who had no way of knowing about these matters and were even less aware of the emperor's attitude towards them; only officials and their families knew about it.
In Jiangnan, where women with concubinage were most popular, no one knew about this. But now, with this tabloid, the ugliness hidden by the wealthy and powerful has been exposed.
The Chengyi Earl's Mansion suddenly became the focus of the entire capital.
Even though these matters were being discussed in the imperial court, Yao Yufang, who had not taken them seriously, was bewildered. His grandfather, Duke Yao, however, was not too surprised.
Just by looking at the Prince of Ping's reaction that day, and his grandson's reaction when he met the Prince of Ping's heir and his wife, one could have predicted today.
After he saw Prince Ping return, he locked himself in his study and then ordered Yao Yufang to send all the women with golden lotuses away, forbidding any of them from staying in the mansion. If they didn't listen, they were to go back to their hometown in Jiangnan. His wife and daughter-in-law were puzzled and dissatisfied with this, and he couldn't explain it to them.
However, I've been focusing more on my children's and grandchildren's studies these past few days.
...He originally thought that this time the trouble would start with their Duke's Mansion, but he didn't expect it to be the Marquis of Chengyi's Mansion. This made Duke Yao breathe a sigh of relief, at least the center of the storm was not in their Mansion.
Compared to his grandson Yao Yufang, it was clearly the actions of the Chengyi Earl's Mansion that attracted more attention.
As the center of the incident, the Chengyi Earl's Mansion is now universally condemned. Everyone who sees the content in the tabloids is full of contempt for it. How many of them are truly contemptuous, how many are just following the crowd, and how many are trying to show their attitude to Emperor Xuande, who knows? In any case, most of the people are very ashamed of it.
My romanticized view of the Chengyi Earl's Mansion is almost shattered.
They never dared to dream of living in such powerful and wealthy families, but they were surprised to find that they were no different from them, or even worse. At least these families wouldn't do such things to their maids.
Cheng Yibo was furious. He summoned Li Wenfeng and gave him a severe scolding—he was clearly behind the others in "The Sun Shines Brightly," so why didn't he know about this? Or was this matter actually related to Li Wenfeng?
“I don’t care what you think. The third young lady of the Chengyi Marquis’s mansion is currently staying at home safely and has not had her feet bound. She is a young lady and it is not appropriate for her to stand up. As her elder brother from the same mother, you have more persuasive power to speak out. I want you to come forward and clarify this matter. We cannot let outsiders tarnish the century-old reputation of the Chengyi Marquis’s mansion!”
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