"Alas, I'd better mention it." Wen Yu sighed, looking very sad, "Royal brother, am I stupid?"
The emperor was very surprised: "Imperial sister, you just knew about this?"
Wen Yu's mouth twitched: "Am I really vulgar and unworthy of the title of eldest princess? Am I not your biological sister?"
The emperor, who was originally looking at Wen Yu with a smile, was wondering what she was going to do, but his face suddenly turned gloomy.
Even though the imperial sister was very stupid and behaved a little absurdly, she was still his imperial sister from the same mother and the eldest princess of the Sheng Dynasty!
Someone actually dared to say this in front of my royal sister!
The emperor said coldly: "Who told you this, sister?"
Wen Yu looked distressed: "They all said so."
"I just went to the Imperial Garden and heard Concubine Chen, Concubine Li, Concubine Liu, Concubine Song, Concubine Wu, Concubine Zhang, Concubine Yun, Concubine Gao, Concubine Zhao, Concubine Wang, Concubine Li, Concubine Huang, Concubine Sun..."
emperor:……
"Royal sister..."
"Wait, I haven't finished yet." Wen Yu continued, "Lu Cairen, Qin Cairen, Li Liangren, Huang Liangren, Chen Liangren, a total of eighteen people. Liuchun, there are no missing ones, right?"
Liu Chun pulled out a piece of paper titled "The Princess's List" from his sleeve and nodded: "The princess didn't leak anything."
Wen Yu nodded with satisfaction: "These are the people who said so."
emperor:……
"When I heard them say I was not your biological sister, I got angry and scolded them. I was about to leave, but then I felt that I should have scolded them and should have gone back to apologize to them."
"I am a fool. I can't learn anything. I am crude and don't look like a princess at all. I can only bring shame to you. I am not worthy of being your sister..."
"Bang!" The emperor's face was gloomy and he slammed the table angrily, "Come here! Pass on my oral order. Each of the concubines on the eldest princess's list will be demoted one level, and they will be confined to reflect on their mistakes for three months. They don't have to attend the New Year's banquet!"
Upon hearing this, Wen Yu quickly took the list from Liu Chun and handed it to the palace attendant, saying, "Don't miss any of them. There are eighteen people!"
Palace maid: ...
Then he ran behind the emperor, massaged his shoulders, and said happily: "I know that my brother is the best!"
The emperor shook his head and smiled helplessly.
He knew very well what his sister was thinking; after all, it was written all over her face. It would be a good idea to use this opportunity to warn those who were talking about her behind her back.
At this time, Wen Yu suddenly asked: "Royal brother, there is something I have been curious about for a long time."
The emperor asked, "What is it?"
Wen Yu asked: "There are so many beauties and talents in the harem, can you tell them apart?"
The emperor answered truthfully: "I can't tell."
Wen Yu: ...
Leaving Hongde Hall, Liuchun asked in a low voice: "Princess, it seems that this is not the case? Is it okay to say this?"
Wen Yu looked at her and smiled, "Did I tell a lie?"
Liu Chun thought for a moment and said, "No."
Wen Yu shrugged: "Yes, I didn't tell a lie. They had already said those words. I just changed the order."
Seeing that Liuchun still didn't understand, Wen Yu gave an example: "For example, what does it mean for a general to be defeated repeatedly in battle?"
Liu Chun frowned, "I always lose the battles. I have no ability."
Wen Yu nodded: "What if I say that this general keeps fighting despite repeated defeats?"
Liu Chun was stunned.
"Similarly, if a university scholar goes into business and becomes successful and makes a lot of money, most people would think that he is full of money and vulgar and unworthy of being a university scholar."
"But if you say that he is a businessman who is good at business and studies knowledge in addition to business, and his knowledge is so profound that he can be compared with a university scholar, then others will respect him and think he is a Confucian businessman."
"So, if you tell the same thing in a different order, it will be very different, but it is still the truth."
Liuchun’s eyes widened.
The venue of the New Year's Eve banquet was not what Wen Yu had expected. It was not indoors, but outdoors in the cold.
But think about it, no matter how big the hall is, it can't accommodate so many people.
I can only say that God was kind enough and there was no snow.
Because New Year banquets were always held in this garden, this originally ordinary garden was even renamed New Year Garden.
It's really sloppy.
Many court officials had gathered in Xinsui Garden at this time. They all sat in their seats in a very orderly manner, occasionally raising their glasses to have a drink with the ministers and colleagues around them.
As for the seats for the female relatives around him, they were all empty.
Because the banquet had not yet begun, these young ladies from official families were all at the other end of the garden admiring the plum blossoms and writing poetry.
As soon as Wen Yu entered the Xinsui Garden, she heard bursts of silvery bell-like laughter.
Wen Yu raised her eyebrows, took Liuchun and walked towards the source of the laughter, then hid stealthily behind a rockery to watch the fun.
"Li Er, if you can't make it, that's fine. But the hairpin on your head will belong to me."
The person who spoke was a pretty woman in pink. She stared at Li Qingyi and smiled, with a hint of disdain hidden on her face.
She was just the concubine's daughter of a fifth-rank official of Shengjing Prefecture. How dare she attend the New Year's banquet? She didn't even consider her own status.
Li Qingyi pursed her lips, unwilling to give the hairpin to others, but she was indeed not as good as the daughter of Linjiang Hou in writing poetry.
"I am not good at writing poetry. It was you, Miss Chen, who insisted on competing with me. I did not agree."
Chen Xiuling smiled: "So many people here saw it, and you didn't agree, nor did you refuse. Doesn't silence mean you agree?"
Among the young ladies from official families present, Chen Xiuling had the highest status, being the legitimate daughter of Marquis Lin'an. Once she spoke, it was difficult for the other young ladies to directly contradict her.
Seeing this, Li Qingyi knew that she wanted to intimidate her, not for any other reason, but because all those present were legitimate daughters, and she was the only illegitimate daughter.
She could only swallow this loss in silence.
Li Qingyi slowly took off the silver hairpin on her head, feeling a little reluctant, but still placed the hairpin on the stone table.
Chen Xiuling picked up the silver hairpin, turned it in her hand, and then showed a trace of disgust: "That's it, so precious? I don't think it's that good."
As he said this, he threw the hairpin into the snow as if throwing away garbage.
Li Qingyi was stunned for a moment, and anger appeared uncontrollably on her face, but she quickly suppressed it.
"Since Miss Chen doesn't like it, can I take this silver hairpin back?"
"Of course not." Chen Xiuling chuckled, "What I won is mine, I can do whatever I want with it, let alone throwing it away, even if I give it to a beggar on the street, it has nothing to do with you anymore."
Li Qingyi clenched her palms upon hearing this.
At this time, Wen Yu behind the rockery said:
Isn't this an ancient version of bullying?
At this moment, a cold voice suddenly came to her ears: "Princess, what are you doing hiding here?"
Wen Yu, who was concentrating on eating melon, was frightened and got goose bumps all over her body.
She turned around and saw that it was Lin Yuzhi.
Today he was wearing a red official robe, looking very dignified, but his eyes were still calm and expressionless.
Wen Yu patted her chest and said, "If you scare people, you can scare them to death, do you know that?"
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