The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 178 Meandering Water Drinking Water

Shi Yao also knew this girl. She had seen her at birthday parties and during the Chinese New Year. She was the second Miss Lin from the Nan'an Earl's Mansion, and her maiden name was Lin Zhiwu.

After Lin Zhiwu greeted Shi Mingzhu and Ge Qiuheng, he saw Shi Yao and the Ge family's concubines. He smiled at them without saying much.

The two sides greeted each other. Lin Zhiwu took Ge Qiuheng's arm and introduced her with a smile: "Princess Jingyang is here today. She was the one who initiated the Qushui Liushang, saying that it imitated the elegance of the ancients. You came at the right time. Go and pay your respects to Princess Jingyang first."

The girls agreed and came to a hexagonal pavilion on a rockery.

Four maids dressed as palace maids stood in the pavilion, and more than a dozen noble ladies sat on the stone tables and benches. Witty words and laughter could be heard constantly from the spacious pavilion.

The maid announced, "Princess, the women from the Shi and Ge families have arrived."

Suddenly, the witty words, laughter and playfulness came to an abrupt end.

The ladies all lowered their heads and looked towards Shi Mingzhu and Ge Qiuheng who were standing on the steps.

Shi Mingzhu was both embarrassed and awkward.

The women of the two families bowed to Princess Jingyang Zhou Shu who was in the center of the pavilion.

Zhou Shu had a peach blossom ornament on her forehead, looking extremely elegant and graceful. She smiled faintly and nodded, then asked, "Ge Si, how did you get here with Zhu Zhu?"

Judging from the tone of voice, he is obviously very familiar with the Ge and Shi families.

Her words aroused everyone's interest.

Didn't the Ge family want to break off the engagement with the Shi family? This news had been circulating in the capital for quite some time, so why were the two families going out at the same time?

Could it be that the Ge family has changed their minds and is willing to accept the marriage with the Shi family?

Ge Qiuheng smiled indifferently and said, "I really didn't expect to bump into Sister Shi at the grassland. After flying the kite, I bumped into Sister Shi again at the gate of the villa."

What she meant was that the Shi family followed her on purpose, not because she had made an appointment with the Shi family to go out together today.

Princess Jingyang smiled and said, "So that's how it is. Don't stand anymore, come and sit down." She then ordered the maid to serve tea.

The girls hid their hands and laughed.

The Shi family really had no shame at all and used every possible means to secure the marriage with the Ge family.

Coincidentally, there were only two empty seats left. Someone pulled Ge Qiuheng and Lin Zhiwu to sit down, and the rest of the people had to stand.

Shi Mingzhu, who had always been the center of attention, had never suffered such an injustice. Her face flushed and she felt as if something was thorny. She gritted her teeth and said after a while, "It was just a coincidence that I ran into Sister Ge."

Princess Jingyang pretended not to hear and chatted with the girls, making the rules for the Qushui Liushang game.

Shi Mingzhu didn't understand why Princess Jingyang, who had always been on good terms with her, now began to distance herself from her and suppress her.

In her previous life, Princess Jingyang fell out with her after she announced her engagement to the Fourth Prince Zhou Shao, but she never humiliated her in public.

Princess Jingyang is on the prince's side.

After some silent contemplation, it was probably because of the rumors about her marriage to the Fourth Prince, and the fact that the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion had recently lost the favor of the Emperor, that was why she was treated coldly.

Shi Mingzhu pursed her lips and collected her thoughts. She had experienced the fickleness of human nature in her previous life, so she shouldn't be angry or surprised in this life.

Praising the powerful and bullying the weak, squeezing out political opponents, this is the true face of the powerful circle in Beijing.

It doesn't matter. She has many advantages in her grasp and with the help of her father and brothers, the Shi family will slowly get better, and those ugly and sarcastic faces will gradually turn back to being flattering.

But when she thought that Shi Yao was right behind her and saw her embarrassment, she felt uncomfortable all over and wished she could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

She secretly blamed Lin Zhiwu for this, thinking that Lin Zhiwu must have brought her here on purpose to embarrass her.

Shi Yao had indeed seen enough of the show. It turned out that the Shi family's situation was more difficult than she had imagined.

She was bored and folded the handkerchief into different patterns. She folded ten in a row. Princess Jingyang finally spoke: "Okay, this pavilion is cramped, and it's not good to ask the sisters and sisters-in-law of the Ge and Shi families to stand all the time. Everyone go to the reserved seats and let's start now."

A sister-in-law of the Ge family apologized and said with a smile: "Princess, please forgive me. My father is a military commander. He said that a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent. I can't write poetry. I won't participate in it if I don't want to spoil your interest."

Tao Ziyi was looking worried, and upon hearing this, she hurriedly said, "I, your humble servant, must also apologize. I am born dull and have no knowledge of poetry or songs. It is lucky that I can understand a few lines. How can I write poetry?"

Shi Yao took a step forward, and Shi Mingzhu grasped her wrist and said with a smile: "Second sister, you said that you like poetry and books the most. You must write a few poems later so that the princess and the sisters can see your talent and make grandparents proud."

At this time, Shi Mingzhu was unhappy and eager to find an outlet for her anger. She didn't know whether Shi Yao was going to refuse or to please her when she stepped forward, so she simply took the initiative and made Shi Yao a plagiarist to vent her anger for the humiliation she suffered today.

She still believed that the humiliation she suffered today was ultimately caused by Shi Yao and Zhou Shao, the scumbag and bitch.

Deal with Shi Yao first, then deal with Zhou Shao, one by one, no one can escape!

Shi Yao was shocked. Since Shi Mingzhu wanted to harm her, she didn't need to save face for Shi Mingzhu. She said directly, "Big sister! When did I say that I like poetry and books the most? I don't like them!

Before I came to Beijing, I had read very few books. I only knew the thousand characters in the Thousand Character Classic, but I didn’t understand them very well. Now I feel overwhelmed when I see a book, let alone composing a poem! "

Shi Mingzhu's face suddenly darkened.

what happened?

She mentioned her grandparents, so Shi Yao should go with the flow and bring honor to the Shi family by copying and reciting the poems she had learned in modern times.

How could she pass up this opportunity to shine?

Ge Qiuheng chuckled: "Ms. Shi, please stop trying to trick Second Sister Shi! Who among you here doesn't know that Second Sister Shi grew up in your hometown of Jinling?

Although she was not born in the countryside, she is far from being able to be compared with the girl who had been commanding servants and taught by famous teachers since she was a child. How could she write poetry?"

She made such a joking accusation in a gentle tone, but which of the noble ladies present was not a shrewd person? They immediately understood Shi Mingzhu's trick of deliberately setting a trap.

Therefore, everyone looked at Shi Mingzhu, whispered to each other and laughed, all laughing at Shi Mingzhu's joke.

Shi Mingzhu wanted to slap Shi Yao and Ge Qiuheng in the face. She stared at Shi Yao and said with a forced smile, "Second sister, you said this. Have you forgotten?"

Shi Yao touched her head in confusion: "That's impossible. I haven't lost my memory. If I insist that I can do something I can't do, aren't I just waiting to slap myself in the face?"

Shi Yao didn't slap her in the face, but Shi Mingzhu felt like she was slapped hard in the face.

She squeezed Shi Yao's wrist hard before letting go.

Shi Yao cried out in surprise, raised her wrist which had a red mark from being pinched, and cried out in tears, "It hurts!"

Lin Zhiwu was horrified: "Ah, Sister Shi, you actually pinched Shi Yao!"

The noble ladies said one after another: "We know Miss Shi is not favored, but you can't humiliate her in public like this!"

"Now I believe the rumor that the Shi brothers killed their sister."

"Miss Shi Da has lost face, I'm afraid Miss Shi Er will suffer even more when she returns."

"Miss Shi is so vicious!"

"The Shi family bullies others by taking advantage of their power..."

Shi Mingzhu staggered and almost rolled down the stone steps.

The word "vicious" has always been exclusive to Shi Yao and Zhou Shao!