Regardless of whether they were from a rich family or a poor family, those who were able to attend Li Rui's Flower Admiring Banquet were all highly educated and had a bright future ahead of them.
The most important thing was that they were all well-informed.
Today, when Jiujiu revealed what she had done in front of so many people, the corners of Li Rui's eyes twitched. Although she did not refute it directly, she was already prepared to find someone to fabricate a few reasons to cover it up after the news spread.
Scholars were the most noble. Even if they knew that she was spreading fake news, they would not lower themselves to clarify it.
However, if Li Jin saw her flipping the table, he would definitely spread the news to others. Even if her image in the eyes of the public was still fine, her image in the eyes of the upper class would be completely destroyed.
Thinking about how her mother had told her that the young masters who wanted to propose marriage for her were all good friends of Li Jin, Li Rui really wanted to cry this time.
Li Rui could not tell Li Jin about this matter. When she returned home, she asked her second brother, Li Guangzu, to sound Li Jin out.
Li Guangzu knew that his sister's marriage was an important matter. Not only did he give her expensive gifts, but he also tried to curry favor by saying that their ancestors were from the same family. Finally, Li Jin said that he would not tell anyone else about this.
However, Li Jin could not help but say something to Li Guangzu.
'Your sister's temperament is too bad. She needs to read more Buddhist scriptures to cultivate her character.'
Li Jin thought that he had done all he could, but he did not expect Li Guangzu to bear a grudge against him because of this.
Of course, Li Guangzu did not dare to do it now. He purposely waited for a few months, a few days before the Spring Imperial Examination.
Li Jin's carriage was suddenly shocked. Li Jin broke his leg and was unable to attend the Spring Imperial Examination.
Li Jin was from an ordinary family and naturally did not find out anything. However, Li Guangzu did not do it behind anyone's back. Naturally, people with ulterior motives found out.
Although the other party did not tell Li Jin about this matter because he was the Minister of Revenue, Li Guangzu's despicable methods were known by others and linked to Li Rui's despicable methods.
There was no such thing as an impenetrable wall in this world. Li Rui and Li Guangzu were already so vicious at such a young age.
People often say that words and deeds teach. If it weren't for their parents' nature, how could they have raised such a vicious pair of children?
The Minister of Revenue had worked hard to climb to his current position, but his reputation had been completely ruined by his children.
The story of Li Jin falling from the horse carriage and breaking his leg was spread all over the streets because it was too shocking.
Jiujiu asked Nanny Li to find a reliable doctor to treat Li Jin after hearing it several times. She also sent him a lot of tonics to help him recuperate and prepare for the imperial examination in spring next year.
Jiujiu did this because she valued Li Jin's talent. Secondly, Li Jin's broken leg was more or less related to her. She did this because she felt guilty.
Li Jin was unaware of Jiujiu's thoughts. He was completely immersed in the fact that not only did his goddess find a doctor to take a look at his leg, she even took the initiative to give him tonics to nurse his body back to health.
Li Jin didn't cry because of the pain of his broken bone. Instead, he was moved by the tonics and burst into tears.
Later, when his friends who came to visit him heard that Jiujiu had sent him medicine and greetings after he broke his leg, they all looked regretful.
It seemed that they were regretting that they weren't the ones who broke his leg.
Originally, Mammy Li admired these scholars.
When she heard that Jiujiu asked her to send gifts to these scholars, she was quite happy. However, when she saw that these scholars collectively regretted that they weren't the ones who broke his leg, she couldn't help muttering in her heart, "Did they lose their brains because of studying?"
After Nanny Li sent the gifts, she passed on a few words of concern from Jiujiu and went back to report.
On the contrary, Gu Yuan's eyes lit up when he heard about Jiujiu's concern from his old friend.
A few days later, Jiujiu heard that Gu Yuan was seriously ill.
Moreover, this news was delivered by Gu Yuan's Nanny in person.
Jiujiu looked at the Nanny who was standing in front of her and telling her in detail how seriously ill their young master was. She described how Gu Yuan was so ill that he couldn't get up.
If Jiujiu hadn't seen Gu Yuan last time and knew that he was strong and healthy, she would have thought that Gu Yuan was already on the verge of death.
Last time, when those scholars were looking at Li Jin's injury, their expressions were too strange, so Nanny Li didn't mention it to Jiujiu at all. Therefore, Jiujiu didn't know why they were acting like this.
Although she was speechless, she still kindly suggested, "Young Master Gu is seriously ill. Just get a doctor. It's useless for Nanny to tell me this."
Firstly, she wasn't a doctor. Secondly, she had only met Gu Yuan once. What was the use of telling her this?
When Nanny Li saw that Jiujiu took the initiative to mention the doctor, she immediately said, "Miss, you don't know. The doctor said that our young master has a heart attack."
Jiujiu was speechless.
What did a heart attack have to do with her?
Although she was impatient, Jiujiu still said, "Since it's a heart attack, whoever started it should end it. We just have to find the cause of Young Master Gu's heart attack."
Hearing Jiujiu's words, the eyes of the nanny who came to pass the message lit up.
"Miss, you're right. It's just that …" Nanny Li looked up at Jiujiu's expression as she spoke. When she saw that Jiujiu's expression was normal, she felt relieved and said boldly, "The doctor said that our young master has a lovesickness illness."
Jiujiu was speechless.
She knew that Nanny Li didn't go to find a doctor. Instead, she talked to her for half a day. It turned out that she was waiting for her here.
Jiujiu's impression of Gu Yuan was that he was talented and capable. She didn't expect that he would take a fancy to her after they met last time.
After Nanny Li finished speaking, she looked at Jiujiu with sparkling eyes, as if waiting for Jiujiu's response.
Although it was no longer a rule that boys and girls should not sit together after eight years of age, it was still a little rude to ask for the girl's opinion so openly.
Jiujiu tried her best to keep her face red. She looked down and didn't look at Nanny Li. She said, "Nanny Li, see the guest out."
Jiujiu could have gotten someone to kick her out for being so abrupt. But in the end, she only asked her to see the guest out with a red face. That was already good enough.
Moreover, Jiujiu's red face looked more like she was shy than angry.
Nanny Li sighed in her heart. It worked.
Nanny Li quickly went back and told Gu Yuan about this.
When Gu Yuan heard this, his handsome face revealed an expression of wild joy, and he immediately rushed to the study to tell his father that he wanted to get married.
Hearing Gu Yuan say that he wanted to get married, the Prime Minister was overjoyed. He quickly asked Gu Yuan about which girl he had taken a fancy to.
Just as the Prime Minister was thinking about the betrothal gift in his mind, he suddenly heard Gu Yuan say to him, "Marquis Su's legitimate daughter, Su Qingcheng."
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