Ink Burns

Chapter 31 The process of counterattack (Part )
The girls were temporarily distracted by this unusual bet. One of them, a gentle girl from the Cheng family named Qiaozhi, asked, "When will the answer be revealed?"

Shan Yue replied: "It will be revealed within ten days."

Cheng Qiaozhi looked at her sister beside her and smiled softly: "Madam's vision is certainly good. Looking at the way Yue Niang speaks and acts, you can tell that she is completely different from us caged birds."

The girl next to Qiaozhi, whose name was Xiaozhi and whose last name was Cheng, murmured softly, "It's just a trick."

He looked at the decorations in the room again, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He said sarcastically, "It was through this pretentious display that he earned all these fine things in the room!"

The room was filled with jewels and gems, including three plum vases! Not to mention the old elm wood dressing table with drawers, a set of sky-blue glazed teacups, and a wenge glazed screen. In the dressing table, there were even several tubes of silver-inlaid enamel bluestone ink!
A tube of Qingshidai costs two hundred coins!
Cheng's younger sister Qiaozhi looked at Shanyue apologetically and hurriedly pulled her elder sister: "Shh - sister, stop talking. Madam doesn't like us quarreling. If Madam hears about it, we will be in trouble again."

Xiaozhi was provoked and instantly became furious.

Eat Gualuo!? If they eat it, will Yue Niang not eat it!?
These are all things that the Cheng family prepared to climb up the social ladder. Why is it that this Yue Niang who came out of nowhere is better than them in every way! She is better than them in terms of food, clothing and daily expenses. So when it comes to future marriages, should they give priority to Yue Niang if they have something good? !
Are these people only destined to be concubines of coffins?
Xiaozhi rushed forward, put his hands on his hips and was about to curse, but was met with a light laugh from Ting Shanyue.

"They are all meat on the chopping block, why do you have to compare them to see if they are fat or lean?"

Shanyue looked at Xiaozhi calmly: "Which of these good things in this room has my name on it? If I leave the Cheng family, what can I take with me? All mortals pursue profit, and they will not get up early without profit. Whatever I enjoy, I must pay it back with something of equal value - if I can't pay it back, guess what I will use to pay it back?"

Xiaozhi suddenly thought of Cui Niang, whose head was broken and bleeding, and subconsciously took half a step back.

What can I use to fill it?

Pay with your life.

These girls came to the Cheng family naked, and when they left, they were either wearing phoenix crowns and bridal robes, acting as a gift from the Cheng family to flatter Shangguan Shangfeng; or they were naked, acting as nutrients in the soil of the Cheng family to help the flowers, trees and grass grow vigorously.

Cheng Xiao felt sorry for his own kind and said no more.

However, Cheng Qiaozhi glanced at her sister in private and let out a long sigh with regret.

The crowd left one by one.

Zhou Liniang, who had been hiding aside to avoid the dispute, poked her head out from the inner room. She could not hear the quarrel among the girls over the plum vase, eyebrow pencil, and red lacquered tall cabinet - she did not understand what was there to fight about these things?

A thousand ounces of gold are not as good as a civet cat.

She was just curious about the candidate to fill the vacancy of Miss Uncle: "Who will marry Miss Uncle off?"

Shan Yue lowered her head and packed up: "Whoever has a figure and eyes like the beauty in the painting will be married off."

Painters have a strange sensitivity to people's faces, details of light and shadow, and tones of scenery.

Zhou Liniang thought about it carefully in her mind, and suddenly an idea flashed in her mind and she thought of someone!
"The Astragalus in the Madam's room?" Zhou Liniang exclaimed.

Huangqi has a very good figure and is of the right age as my uncle's daughter. Her curvy body is usually hidden under a loose dress and cannot be seen. However, people who are good at painting can always see the hidden truth through the cloth!

Zhou Liniang shook her head repeatedly, and was the first to deny her own guess: "No way! Huangqi has been with Madam for five or six years. People are all made of flesh and blood. How can Madam bear to let him go?"

Shanyue paused as he was packing his things, and turned to look at Zhou Liniang as if she were a mentally retarded person, a fool who only knew how to draw cats and trees.

Miss Wang Er slapped Zhou Liniang on the back of her head and said, "Give me five hundred taels and I will kill my own husband!"

Zhou Liniang frowned, "How can a husband be so expensive?"

Shanyue: This cat is really teachable. She was crying for her lover a few days ago, but now she knows how to calculate the price of her husband.

I don't know whether it was Duan's intimidation that worked, or Shan Yue's words "we are all meat on the chopping board" that resonated with everyone, but the morning school for five consecutive days was peaceful and uneventful. Even though there were many girls and their minds were mixed, no one brought the dispute to the surface.

Five days later, Duan brought Shanyue to Liu Mansion as promised. This time, they were not in the courtyard, but were led by the old nanny to a secluded courtyard. She left a message, "Study hard," and then followed a maid to the inner garden in a hurry.

A maid with a silver plaque with butterfly patterns carved on her hair bun sat cross-legged behind a low table. She glanced at Shanyue sharply and asked him to sit down without saying anything polite. She spoke very concisely, "I am from the imperial palace. Lord Liu asked me to come here to teach you how to behave properly. You need to learn everything from the arts of playing the piano, chess, calligraphy, and horsemanship to the daily necessities of life. This way, when you go out in the future, you will not bring shame to the Jiangnan officialdom."

The mountain moon lowered its eyes and replied.

The obediently exposed swan-like white neck made the old lady's face look a little better.

The subsequent teaching was slow and methodical, and Shanyue learned very quickly. After an hour, the old lady was satisfied and called Shanyue "Yue Niang". "Yue Niang, you must go home and practice hard. Don't be lazy just because you are naturally smart."

Shan Yue lowered his eyebrows and said, "Yes."

The old lady was even more satisfied: all the girls that Qingfeng presented to her for training tried to get information from her about the family and the man they were competing for. Some girls were too smart and made mistakes, thinking that they were being careful and covert in their inquiries. She was already a thousand-year-old fox, and with the tricks of these little demons, how could they expect to play Liao Zhai with her?

This Yue Niang is very good. She learns whatever she is taught, quickly and well. She never asks questions and never pries into things that she shouldn't.

This kind of sensible and smart girl makes people worry-free.

For the first time ever, the old nanny sent her to the porch. Seeing that Cheng Duan was not in the hall, she prepared to ask the maid to serve tea and settle Shanyue down so that she could wait.

It was the coldest time of the year at the beginning of autumn, and it was the time when servants in the Liu Mansion were cutting and changing clothes, and people were coming and going in a hurry.

Shan Yue lowered her eyes and bit her lip: "Why don't you wait? I'm just staying here alone and causing trouble for others——"

Turning his head and seeing that it was getting dark, he obediently said, "My Madam, since you have something important to do, and the east end of the city is not far from our home, I can just walk back."

When they came, Shanyue and Duan rode in the same carriage.

The old lady glanced at the sky and sneered.

Important matter? What important matter? Important matter in bed?
The old female official who came from the six departments of the palace climbed up by hard power. Deep down, she looked down on Duan Shi, who was even worse than a concubine. A concubine had a place to stay, but Duan Shi was like a chicken or a duck in a brothel, who could come and go at will without even having to pay for prostitution.
The old lady said firmly, "Why are we going? It's going to rain, and if your hair gets wet you'll get cold, and how are you going to attend the classes later?"

The old lady made the final decision: "You take the carriage back first, and I will arrange for the carriage from the Liu Mansion to take your wife back."

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