Chapter 61: so-called reputation

Chapter 61 The so-called reputation

Shen Mingjiao pulled Cui Lingling out of the courtyard. After walking far away, Cui Lingling took a deep breath and seemed to come back to life all of a sudden. Her straight back collapsed, and she tilted towards Shen Mingjiao as if she had no bones.

Shen Mingjiao glanced at her angrily, "Stop pretending to be a lady?"

After finishing speaking, he pushed the person away in disdain: "You are so skinny that you only have a handful of bones left. It makes me feel uncomfortable."

Cui Lingling pouted, straightened up and stroked her arm: "How could that be so exaggerated! I eat on time, okay?"

"And don't you ladies advocate thinness as beauty?"

Shen Mingjiao retorted bluntly: "Then, have you ever heard that King Chu is so thin-waisted and starved to death in the palace?"

Although Cui Lingling doesn't know who the King of Chu is, she can probably understand what she means. She drooped her eyebrows and kicked the pebbles on the side of the road.

"But my mother said that as a noble daughter of ours, I should refrain from eating, and I can only eat a little bit every meal!"

Bringing this up, she also seemed to feel aggrieved.

Shen Mingjiao knows that girls in their circle, when they go out to a banquet, their behavior and demeanor are definitely a standard that surpasses each other.

Take eating as an example. Dozens of people sit together to eat, and only the slight collision of bowls and chopsticks can be heard.

As for how much they can eat, let’s put it this way, each chopstick can hold no more than ten grains of rice, and only two white teeth are exposed, and then put it into the mouth with small mouthfuls, and chew lightly with closed lips, without a trace of chewing being heard the whole time the sound of.

Just this speed. It's impossible to get full,

However, this is usually only done in public places. If you eat like this usually, you may die of starvation or death.

She looked at Cui Lingling in disbelief, "Don't tell me, you eat like this every meal?"

Cui Lingling nodded with a bitter face: "Yes, my sister said that only if I eat like this, my mother will be happy when she sees it."

Shen Mingjiao held his forehead weakly: "Do you also believe this?"

"By the way, why didn't you see Tong Yuyao just now?"

"My sister went to find the little sister she usually made friends with. My mother said that I am not young, and she brought me with me so that it is convenient for me to meet and talk about marriage."

When it came to her own marriage, her tone was very natural, obviously she hadn't quite figured it out yet.

Shen Mingjiao's eyes flashed, and she asked suspiciously: "I remember you seem to have a baby kiss who married you from the pulp of your little finger, right?"

Cui Lingling didn't realize how she knew such secret news. Casually said:

"You're talking about the marriage with Duke Lu's mansion, right? My sister said that he and the young man of Duke Lu's mansion were childhood sweethearts, and begged me to let her get married."

Shen Mingjiao: "Don't tell me you just agreed!"

Cui Lingling replied as a matter of course: "I don't know that little father-in-law. Besides, he and his sister are childhood sweethearts. Since my sister likes it, let her do it."

She doesn't think there is anything, a fiancé who has never met, how can family be important.

Shen Mingjiao took a deep breath and looked at her seriously:

"Lingling, the Duke of Lu's mansion is a family that has been farming and studying for a hundred years, and the family style is upright, and the young man of the Duke of Lu's mansion has read poetry and books since he was a child, and he is a leader among his peers. Men in the Duke's Mansion have a rule of forty to have no children before they can take concubines, so Lingling, are you sure you want to give such a good marriage to Tong Yuyao?"

Cui Lingling was stunned when she heard that, even though she was no longer aware of the relationship between men and women, she still knew how rare it is to have a concubine after forty years of childlessness.

She suddenly thought of such a good marriage, but the whole family called her to give it to their sister without even thinking about it. It was obvious that she was their real blood relative.

She stood in a daze for a while, feeling a little dazed for a moment, but something seemed to be collapsing in her heart.

Shen Mingjiao sighed secretly, knowing that she could not be forced too hard, she took her arm: "Let's go, I heard that the back garden of Pei Mansion is very beautiful, let's go and have a look."

The two walked and chatted, and along the way, they met many ladies and wives who came to the banquet.

When they saw Shen Mingjiao, their eyes couldn't hide their astonishment, not because of her appearance, but also because of the clothes she specially wore today.

Someone couldn't help but stepped forward and asked Shen Mingjiao where did she buy her clothes? Shen Mingjiao smiled and said that she bought it in the Pretty Pavilion.

The person who asked the question obviously didn't believe it. After all, as we all know, Pretty Pavilion is almost a ready-made clothing store that is about to close down.

Shen Mingjiao said that after a few months, the Pretty Pavilion reopened, and then there would be good-looking clothes.

Just when the other party was dubious, someone recognized her identity. She exclaimed in a low voice, "Concubine Su",

The person who asked the question turned pale at the time, and was about to kneel down trembling. The few people who were curious and came over also backed away with horror on their faces.

Shen Mingjiao: "..."

Knowing that she has a bad reputation, she didn't expect her to be as bad as Zhi Xiaoer Yexi!

She finally realized belatedly that, given her notoriety, would anyone really dare to buy the clothes she designed by herself in the future?

…

So much so that she lowered her head and pondered for the rest of the journey, thinking about ways to save her reputation. At this time, the two came to the back garden of Pei Mansion.

Cui Lingling poked her arm, and softly shouted: "Isn't that Sister Danxue?"

Cui Lingling has always been acquainted with each other. Although she had only been with Gu Danxue for less than a day before, she unilaterally agreed that the two were friends.

Shen Mingjiao followed Cui Lingling's line of sight, and there was a group of seven or eight gorgeously dressed ladies sitting in a gazebo not far away. The leader was Xu Ningyue, while Gu Danxue stood with her head lowered among them, being pushed back and forth by two noble girls,

Xu Ningyue looked at Gu Danxue, who was in a mess at this time, and felt distorted pleasure in her heart. She leaned on the recliner and smiled contemptuously:

"Gu Danxue, you are really thick-skinned. My aunt told you not to come, why didn't you listen?"

Gu Danxue broke away from the two noble girls who were pushing her, pursed her lips and did not speak.

Originally she did not intend to come. The second aunt told her since she was a child that she was ugly, so she had nothing to do to attend some banquets, so as not to lose the face of Ningyuan Houfu.

But she inadvertently learned that the last time Princess Su sent her a post to invite him to Jinxiufang, but she was stopped by the second aunt on the way.

When she heard the news, she was very angry. She still remembered that day when she quietly went to add makeup to Shen Mingjiao with the Liuyun brocade that had been hidden for a long time. It was a day when she rarely felt leisurely and happy.

She rushed into the main courtyard and wanted to question the second aunt, but after all the courage met the other party's eyes, the instinct of the body made her feel shy.

She will come over today, but she just wants to say sorry to Princess Su personally.

Seeing that Gu Danxue still dared to break free, the two noble ladies immediately stepped forward and pushed her hard, lifted their feet and crushed her clean skirt vigorously.

"It's still a guess, I guess it's because I'm afraid I won't be able to get married, so I came to find a man!"

"Cut, just like her, no man wants to strip her naked..."

After speaking, several people covered their mouths and laughed lowly. Before the laughter fell, they heard a lazy and soft female voice:

"A man who opens his mouth and shuts his mouth is a man, is this the upbringing of a girl in the Hanlin Mansion?"