flstandardbreds Chapter 124: There is no one who can fight
Chapter 124: There is no one who can fight
After saying that, Lu Yangyang calmly turned around, walked to Xue Wanyue, took her mask from her hand and put it back on, "Thanks."
“You…” Xue Wanyue was stunned.
But the next moment, Lu Yangyang grabbed her wrist and ran out.
Xue Wanyue didn't understand why, but she still followed her.
Lu Yangyang only let go of her after the two had run quite a distance out of the courtyard and reached a quiet place.
Xue Wanyue was exhausted and was already panting heavily.
But looking at Lu Yangyang, who seemed completely unaffected, she couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you upset about what they said about you?"
"Sad? Why should I be sad? It's not like I'm the one who talks too much." Lu Yangyang said inexplicably.
"What if they cause you trouble?" Xue Wanyue looked at her worriedly.
Lu Yangyang raised her chin and laughed triumphantly: "I came in first place in the riding and archery exam this afternoon."
"Then, what does that have to do with it?" Xue Wanyue didn't understand. Did this have anything to do with her getting first place?
"Of course they do, which means none of them are good fighters." Lu Yangyang thought the girl in front of her was rather clumsy.
"Then why were you running just now?" Xue Wanyue was even more confused.
Lu Yangyang was speechless: "I mean, if they mess with me in the future, I'll definitely beat them up. I haven't even started school yet, and if I beat them up, what if it affects me? Should I just run away and wait to be caught red-handed by the teacher?"
"Didn't you bring your name card to take the exam? You shouldn't be expelled so easily, right?" Xue Wanyue thought of the time she saw Lu Yangyang with the young master and fourth young lady of the Duke of Sheng's mansion at noon. This meant that Lu Yangyang was from the Duke of Sheng's mansion. It shouldn't be difficult for the Duke of Sheng's mansion to squeeze someone into Taiming Academy. As long as Lu Yangyang didn't make any big mistakes, she wouldn't be expelled so easily.
"Who told you I got in by using my visiting card?" Lu Yangyang was a little confused. Indeed, quite a few people wanted to give her their visiting cards. That was Lan Shi's initial plan, and later Yan Yue also wanted to help. Princess Li Duan also said she could give her a visiting card. Even the Cheng'en Duke's Mansion, which she had helped, sent someone to deliver a visiting card after learning that she was going to take the Tai Ming Academy entrance exam. Even the Feng family sent her a visiting card.
But she felt she didn't need them, so she didn't bring any.
"When you were taking the math exam this morning, weren't you just trying to cheat? I saw it. You didn't even make any drafts before you started writing. The female teacher's face turned green. And then you were sleeping. She saw you several times but didn't dare to say anything. There aren't many people actually taking the math exam seriously; most of them just got invitations to make up the numbers," Xue Wanyue said in a low voice.
Lu Yangyang's eyes widened. "So that's what she means by being unhappy? That she thinks I'm fooling her?"
Lu Yangyang was truly stunned. She had thought the female teacher was just unhappy; she never imagined she was the one who had offended her. During lunch, she even asked Jiaojiao if all the teachers at Taiming Academy had bad tempers, otherwise why would their faces be so dark, looking like they were about to devour someone? Jiaojiao said she was probably overthinking it.
It turns out that it wasn't that the female teachers at the academy were fierce; it was that they thought she was hopeless!
This……
Lu Yangyang blinked. She really felt a little wronged.
"I wrote down all the answers carefully, and I can be sure that all of them are correct." Lu Yangyang may not be confident about other things, but she is very confident about this. She doesn't need to do any calculations for the questions on the exam; she can do the answers in her head. To put it bluntly, she could do these questions when she was five years old.
When her husband saw it, he actually thought she was fooling him?
Xue Wanyue was also surprised: "You, you can write?"
"Yes, I finished writing before going to sleep. The teacher said we couldn't hand in the paper early."
Lu Yangyang became increasingly speechless as she thought about it.
Xue Wanyue: ……
So the clown was actually her.
She struggled for an hour, but only managed to complete less than a third of the questions, and she wasn't very confident about it.
And Lu Yangyang...
No wonder she was so confident; she really is talented and capable.
Seriously, I'm so envious.
Xue Wanyue looked at her with eyes full of admiration.
Lu Yangyang felt uneasy under her gaze: "Thank you for speaking up for me just now, but in the future, it's best not to argue with them. They won't understand anyway. People who don't listen to reason are basically fine after a beating. I'm leaving now, goodbye."
Lu Yangyang was still thinking about how her older brother had said he would pick her up in the afternoon and take her and Jiaojiao out for snacks. The pastry she had eaten in the morning was really delicious, and she wanted to eat it again. She also wanted to eat wontons. Now that the exam was finally over, she was determined to eat and drink her fill before going home.
"Oh, okay, goodbye." Xue Wanyue was a little reluctant to leave. She had no friends, and hardly any peers to talk to. Her sisters at home didn't like her, and her stepmother disliked her even more. Her father and grandmother wanted to use her looks to sell her for a high price, so they always took great care of her food, clothing, and daily necessities. However, they kept her locked up and didn't let her see anyone. Her stepmother felt that her father and grandmother were biased towards her, and would often make trouble for her and secretly deduct from her allowance.
Even the maids around her were sent by her father to monitor her, and her elder sister placed them to control her; she had no one she could talk to. If only she could live as freely as Lu Yangyang, doing whatever she wanted.
And this face, who does she resemble? Is it her fault? Why should it become a shackle for her?
She would rather be of average appearance, like her other half-brothers, so that at least for the sake of the Guangping Marquis's reputation, she could marry a poor scholar or a concubine's son and become a proper wife, instead of being put up for sale from the start, with people thinking about who could give her away to maximize their profits.
Her father was plotting against her, and her eldest sister was plotting against her as well.
When Mingming was young, her aunt gave her the nickname Lingling. Her stepmother, who was also her eldest sister's biological mother, said that she should be named Xue Wanling. But after a few years, as she grew up, her name changed to Ayue, Xue Wanyue.
Because the late empress's maiden name was Yan Chengyue.
Xue Wanyue watched Lu Yangyang run off into the distance, and once again lowered her head in envy. Just as she was about to lift her foot to follow, a voice rang out. It was her elder sister's maid.
"Seventh Miss, what are you doing standing here? I've been waiting for you for quite a while now, you should go back."
Xue Wanyue lowered her head and obediently replied, "I understand."
……
At this time, Princess Liduan waited for two days at Huguo Temple, but not only did she not see the Princess, she also received a message saying that the Princess had gone to Qinglian Temple on her way and asked her to return to the capital first.
Princess Liduan didn't waste a moment and went down the mountain overnight.
Suddenly, a downpour started.