Chapter 36 Let Liu Ling become Chen Sanye's legal wife
After seeing Liu Ling come in, her eyes never stopped, looking around here and there, even looking at Old Madam Shen unscrupulously, and she bowed, staggering from side to side, totally unworthy of her identity as the legitimate daughter of Marquis Pingnan's Mansion.
Wu's frown could kill a fly. At Wu's signal, the personal nanny stepped forward to help the man and said with a smile:
"Mrs. Liu and Miss Liu, please don't bother."
When the nanny was about to touch Liu Ling, Liu Ling quickly dodged with his arm.
The smile on the nanny's face disappeared and she retreated behind Mrs. Wu.
Wu came from a big family, and she looked down on people like Liu Ling who were unruly and arrogant.
Out of Liu Yu's face, he did not drive them out like those people did.
But he would never pay attention to the Liu family mother and daughter, and turned to talk to Old Madam Shen.
He praised Madam Shen for teaching Shen Wanwan well, saying that she was up to the standards of a noble lady from a prominent family. He also said that she was suitable to be the headmistress of the Chen family.
When has Liu Ling ever been treated so coldly?
The Yanjing circle is only this big. She had met Shen Wanwan before. What she hated most was her arrogant attitude. Now she wanted to snatch men from her.
Liu Ling couldn't tolerate it.
She glared at Liu Yu and signaled Liu Yu to help her speak.
Liu Yu was unmoved. She only agreed to help with the introduction. Now that she has fulfilled her promise, she will not be involved in the subsequent matters.
Liu Ling took note of her in her heart. She could only pry open her mother's hand and stand up and say:
"Madam, as the saying goes, hearing is believing, seeing is believing. Since you are choosing a wife for Elder Chen, you must be careful. You have to compare her with others in music, chess, calligraphy and painting to know for sure."
She must surpass Shen Wanwan and let these people see that only she, Liu Ling, is worthy of Elder Chen.
The Chen family has already promoted Liu Yu to be a concubine. Not to mention that the old lady is Wu, they are also unwilling to let Mr. Chen San marry a girl from the Liu family as his principal wife. Not only will it not help the Chen family, but her status will still be lower than Liu Yu's. The most important thing is that this girl has a very arrogant and disrespectful character. How can she be a wife of the Chen family?
"Madam Lou, is this how your Liu family teaches the rules?" No matter when, the Chen family would never point their guns at their own family members. Wu did not cause trouble for Liu Yu, but looked at Lou with sharp eyes.
Lou was also a proud person. She was the only one who was willing to show respect to others. How could she possibly go along with Wu's wishes and scold her own daughter when Wu was so unwilling to give her respect?
"Madam, if anyone is interested in today's Hundred Flowers Banquet, they can set up a competition arena to challenge each other to test their talents. My daughter just wanted to invite Miss Shen to compete, why did she bring up the rules?"
The Shen family is a military officer who just came back from the border. The daughter of the Shen family probably only knows how to wield swords and guns. She is not willing to give up the big piece of fat meat of the Chen family to such a vulgar family.
Wu looked at Liu Yu: "Aunt Liu thinks so too?" She had never heard of Shen Wanwan and other noble ladies in Beijing practicing music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
Liu Yu didn't answer immediately, she looked at Shen Wanwan.
Shen Wanwan smiled back and asked, "If I were your aunt, would I accept the challenge?"
"Of course I will." Liu Yu answered without hesitation:
"General Shen has been a soldier for half his life. He will never give up without a fight."
Lou heaved a sigh of relief, fortunately this girl was helping them.
Shen Wanwan nodded:
"That's right, auntie. What do you think is better?"
Lou was excited and kept winking at Liu Yu.
Among the four arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, her daughter is best at playing the music. If that girl Liu Yu were to compete in playing the music, her daughter would definitely win.
Liu Ling's piano skills were well-known in the capital, and everyone was looking at Liu Yu, afraid that she would mention a piano competition.
Unexpectedly, Liu Yu said "painting". Everyone looked at each other in confusion. No one had ever heard of Liu Ling's painting skills.
But I have never heard that the girls from the Shen family can paint.
When Lou heard Liu Yu compare it to painting, she was stunned at first, and then relieved. Although her daughter's painting skills were not the best, she was also very impressive.
On the other hand, the Shen family has probably never touched a pen!
Thinking of this, Lou became proud, and looked as if he had already won the game.
Liu Yu took in Lou's expression and retreated to her original position. No one noticed that she looked at Lou's back and gave a sarcastic smile.
But this does not include Old Madam Shen and Shen Wanwan. When Liu Yu mentioned the comparison to painting, they were still skeptical and thought it was a coincidence. But after watching the scene just now, they knew that Master Chen San's concubine was helping them.
But she had heard that Wanwan's painting skills had reached the pinnacle.
You may not lose if you compare with others, but you will definitely win if you compare with painting.
Shen Wanwan immediately developed a liking for Liu Yu, and her gaze towards Liu Yu became much softer.
Seeing that Old Madam Shen and Mrs. Lou had no objections, Mrs. Wu nodded.
Since we are going to compete, we can't do it here.
The group left the pavilion and headed towards the heart of the garden.
There is a stone in the center of the garden. Whenever there is a banquet, the Fu family will invite the best musician in the capital to play the piano to add elegance and fun to the banquet.
The moment Liu Ling decided to compete with Shen Wanwan, the news spread throughout the garden.
When they arrived at the stone platform, the usual musical instrument and desk were gone, replaced by two desks. In addition to pens, ink, paper and inkstones, there were also various colored dyes used for painting. Many people had gathered under the stone platform to watch the fun.
As soon as I walked in, a man who claimed to be the housekeeper of the Fu family came up to me and said with a smile:
"Mrs. Shen, Mrs. Liu, our host heard that the girls from your two families want to compete in painting skills, and we are willing to offer a painting by Mr. Qi as a prize."
Madam Shen: "Yes, thank you for me."
The Fu family butler turned around and came to Shen Wanwan and Liu Ling and saluted:
"It's like painting, which requires a theme. My boss suggested using the current season as the theme. Are you two girls willing?"
"Okay." Shen Wanwan had no objection.
Seeing that Shen Wanwan nodded, Liu Ling no longer had any objections and agreed on the spot.
The two men walked onto the stone platform, and a stick of incense was placed in front of the platform. It would take an hour for the incense to burn out.
Liu Yu had no interest in this game which was a foregone conclusion, so he turned around and planned to go somewhere else.
But just as she turned around, a tall figure blocked her way. If she hadn't reacted quickly, she would have bumped into the person behind her.
"Girl, are you planning to leave? Don't you want to see who wins?" The man's voice was a little frivolous.
Liu Yu looked up towards the light and saw the face she least wanted to see in her life.
Qi Wang Li Qi.
Liu Yu lowered his head instantly and saluted, his voice a little stiff: "Your Highness Prince Qi is looking for me, Liu Huan! I won't bother Your Highness."
He turned sideways and tried to leave around Prince Qi.
How could Prince Qi let her leave so easily? He signaled the servant beside him to stop her.
Liu Yu's pores stood up and his nails dug into his flesh.