Li Rui had always known that Jiujiu was beautiful, but she did not expect her to be so beautiful. She had stolen everyone's attention the moment she appeared. Now, even Li Jin, who had just praised her in a poem, had turned against her.
Li Rui gritted her teeth, but since she was the one who had suggested this, she could only fake a smile and raise her wine glass. She walked up to Jiujiu and said, "I was young and ignorant in the past. I hope that Miss Su will be magnanimous and forgive me."
Li Rui raised her wine glass and downed it in one gulp. Her frank and straightforward manner won her many praises.
Jiujiu's lips curled into a faint smile when Li Rui spoke. When Li Rui finished speaking, she raised her eyebrows.
"Miss Li is right."
Li Rui thought that Jiujiu was willing to forgive her after hearing Jiujiu's words. However, her expression darkened when she heard Jiujiu's next words.
"However, in the dead of winter, Miss Li sent someone to pour a bucket of cold water on me. I had to lie in bed for three months before I recovered. This is not something that can be resolved with a simple 'misunderstanding'."
Jiujiu casually picked up the wine cup. Her slender and fair fingers, her pink fingernails glowing under the sunlight, and her pink mouth opened and closed as she spoke. "I'm different from Miss Li. I'm petty, and I've always had my revenge. How about this?
Miss Li sent someone to pour a bucket of cold water on me in the dead of winter. Now, let me pour a bucket of cold water on you. Then, we can write off our grievances. How about that? "
After Jiujiu finished speaking, the corners of her mouth curled up, revealing a faint smile.
Li Rui was stunned.
How dare she say such vicious words in front of so many people? Did she not care about her reputation?
Li Rui was overthinking this.
Not to mention that everyone loved beautiful women, Jiujiu's face alone was enough to make people forgive her for all her viciousness. Just as Jiujiu had said, she had only made such a request because Li Rui had poured a bucket of cold water on her.
She wasn't making things difficult for him for no reason. She was just taking revenge.
Moreover, Li Rui had splashed a bucket of cold water on her in the dead of winter, causing her to be bedridden for such a long time. Now, she was just splashing a bucket of cold water on Li Rui on a warm spring day.
If Jiujiu was vicious, then Li Rui, who poured cold water on people in winter, was simply a vicious woman.
Li Rui only saw Jiujiu's viciousness, but she forgot that she was the one who started it.
Furthermore.
When Jiujiu talked about her grudge with Li Rui, the young masters present unconsciously sided with Jiujiu. When they heard that Jiujiu was splashed with a basin of cold water by Li Rui in the middle of winter, they were furious.
The young man, who was obsessed with Jiujiu's beauty, looked at Li Rui in a different light.
To put it bluntly, these scholars only cared about appearances.
And Jiujiu was the goddess of these scholars.
Modern fans were crazy when they chased after stars, and these scholars were not to be outdone.
Everyone knew that when you liked someone, no matter what that person looked like, you would think that she was perfect because you liked her.
Perhaps when Jiujiu first proposed to splash water on Li Rui, some scholars were surprised that Jiujiu's temperament did not match her appearance. But when Jiujiu told them the real reason, they only felt a little pity for Jiujiu.
Their goddess was bullied and was seriously ill in bed. Now, the request for reconciliation was like returning good for evil.
Their goddess was really kind to the extreme.
On the contrary, Li Rui, a woman who could throw cold water on people in the middle of winter, was as vicious as a snake.
The ancients didn't lie. A woman's heart was the most vicious.
In the past, Qingcheng was a frequent guest at banquets like Li Rui.
Although the other young ladies didn't like that people couldn't see them wherever Qingcheng went, they would at most say a few words of jealousy in their hearts.
It was the first time they saw someone like Li Rui who poured cold water on people in the middle of winter.
Moreover.
Qingcheng's body was weak. She had to take a long time to recuperate when she had a fever.
Being poured cold water on in the middle of winter was obviously harming someone's life.
No wonder last winter, when they invited Qingcheng to banquets, she refused them all with the excuse of being sick. They thought that she was not interested in them because she wanted to be a favorite concubine in next year's election. It turned out that she was really sick.
As for Li Rui, who dared to be so ruthless at such a young age, who would dare to be close to her in the future?
Compared to Li Rui's viciousness, Qingcheng's beauty was not so unacceptable.
The scholars present were more straightforward and magnanimous than the ladies of the boudoir.
In their opinion, the reason why Li Rui poured cold water on Jiujiu was that she was jealous of Jiujiu's beauty.
It didn't matter if a woman was ugly, but if her morals were bad and she acted viciously, then she was really hopeless.
Li Rui was only beautiful. It was because of her father, the Minister of Revenue, that people praised her beauty.
Now, her viciousness was exposed. Even if she had a father, the Minister of Revenue, it was useless.
Moreover, how could a Minister of Revenue, who could educate such a vicious daughter, be a good person?
Thinking that such a person was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, people couldn't help but feel their hair stand on end.
The scholars who admired the Minister of Revenue's talent and wanted to kowtow to him instantly retreated.
Li Rui, who didn't know what kind of trouble she had caused for her father, was still angry at Jiujiu.
She was angry that Jiujiu didn't give her face and said such words in front of everyone, causing everyone to look at her differently.
But she also knew that she was in the wrong. And Jiujiu's attitude was obviously not willing to forgive her.
It was useless to say more, so she simply didn't mention it and pretended that it never happened.
Li Rui pretended to be deaf and mute, which made those scholars who already had a bad impression of her even more despise her.
Even if she couldn't accept the other party's request, she could still apologize.
She didn't even apologize and still wanted to win someone's forgiveness. She was really stubborn.
Jiujiu had come here because she didn't get along with Li Rui. Now that Li Rui's reputation had hit rock bottom, she pretended to be tired and got up to leave.
Most of the people here had come because of Li Rui's invitation. But after arriving, they found that Li Rui was different from what they had imagined. Not only was she petty, but she was also vicious.
When they thought of how Li Rui had dealt with a girl like Jiujiu, the young ladies from prestigious families couldn't help but wonder if the Minister of Revenue had also used such vicious methods to climb to his current position.
They had to quickly go back and warn their father to be more vigilant.
With this thought, no one was willing to stay.
Less than a quarter of an hour after Jiujiu left, everyone had left.
Li Rui looked at the previously bustling banquet that was now deserted. She raised her hand and flipped the table in front of her.
This scene happened to be seen by Li Jin, who had left his folding fan on the table and came back to pick it up.
Li Jin saluted Li Rui, but his eyes were full of disgust as he left.
Although Li Rui wasn't interested in a commoner like Li Jin, it didn't mean that she dared to slack off.
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