What was Shen Miao like?
If one were to ask the students in Guang Wen School, no matter if it was Grade One, Grade Two or Grade Three, they would all know. There was no other reason. She was stupid, cowardly but she still had to put on a virtuous appearance.
Her appearance was not special and her temperament was not outstanding. She had no talent and was also a love-struck fool. Everyone in the Ding capital knew that she was infatuated with Prince Ding.
So if one were to say who was the most outstanding female in Guang Wen School, it would naturally be Shen Yue. If one were to say who was the most despicable female, it would naturally be Shen Miao.
They were both daughters of the Shen family but their image was completely different. Everyone was used to the maidservant Shen Miao beside Shen Yue and when one day Shen Miao became not like Shen Miao, everyone was not used to it.
Yi Pei Lan pushed Shen Yue, "Yue Niang, could it be that your younger sister is confused from her illness? Why is she like a different person today?"
Shen Yue looked at Shen Miao and her heart was somewhat puzzled. It seemed that after waking up from falling into the water, Shen Miao's temperament had changed a lot. Could it be that the matter with Prince Ding was too big of a blow? Just as she wanted to speak, her good friend Jiang Caixuan opened her mouth, "Shen Miao, I heard that you fell into the water. Why? Is your cold better now?"
These words were said so openly and it was really embarrassing. If it was the usual Shen Miao, she would not know what to do and look at Shen Yue and ask Shen Yue to speak up for her. But today she only glanced at Jiang Caixuan and lightly said, "Alright. Many thanks for the concern."
Jiang Caixuan was surprised and everyone in the school was surprised. Perhaps it was because she did not expect that Shen Miao would be so lukewarm towards herself that Jiang Caixuan felt that Shen Miao's attitude was extremely irksome and immediately said, "Since your cold is better, the first thing to do is not to apologise to His Highness Prince Ding but to come to the school. Don't you feel that the cart is being put before the horse?"
Shen Miao took a deep breath. The surrounding students, no matter if they were youths or young ladies, did not have the intention to speak up for her. She was originally a person who did not have any friends. And seeing Shen Miao make a fool of herself was probably the only pleasure of these aristocratic children in the school.
Sweeping a glance at everyone who had different expressions, and then looking at Shen Qing's gloating eyes, Shen Miao was about to speak when she heard Shen Yue say, "His Highness Prince Ding is open-minded and would not blame Fifth Younger Sister for such a small matter. For Fifth Younger Sister to come to the academy, it is naturally because she is thirsty for knowledge and this is a good thing."
"What is it?" The youth on the other side could not help but laugh. He had secretly admired Shen Yue for a long time and usually looked down on Shen Miao. He felt that it was Shen Yue's tragedy to have such a younger sister like Shen Miao. He said, "Thirsty for knowledge. Shen Yue, if you want to help this Younger Sister, you do not need to use such words. Thirsty for knowledge … For a person who does not even know how to read the first national teacher's text, to say thirsty for knowledge is too ridiculous! Moreover … "He looked at Shen Miao maliciously and continued," Who knows if she deliberately fell into the water. Isn't it always like that in the dramas? Falling into the water, the hero rescues the beauty and dedicates his life to the hero … But one must have guessed the ending wrongly! "After saying that, he probably felt that it was interesting and laughed out loud.
He was the leader of this group of youths, and as soon as he spoke, the surrounding youths also roared with laughter. The noble ladies around Shen Yue also felt that it was funny and for a moment, ridiculing laughter surrounded Shen Miao and the gazes that landed on her were full of malice.
Words were the most hurtful weapon and in the previous lifetime, it was unknown how many times this kind of situation had happened. She was used to being despised, insulted and ridiculed and was even more unwilling to take the initiative to break these inherent concepts. Finally, Shen Yue and Shen Qing were on good terms with these noble sons and daughters and she was getting further and further away from this circle.
She once thought that this was the biggest misfortune but compared to the tragedies in her previous lifetime, what did these count as? These youths and young ladies were not even as old as her Wan Yu and Fu Ming but because of instigation, they were like water and fire. Should these people really be her enemies?
Naturally not. These noble sons and daughters were either rich or noble and there was no lack of aristocratic families. What kind of ending did these aristocratic families have in the previous lifetime? They were all eliminated by the late Emperor and Fu Xiu Yi. For example, the person who was ridiculing her was Shen Yue's admirer, the Eldest Young Master of the Cai family, Cai Lin. A few years later, the Cai family was involved in a corruption case and their properties were confiscated and Cai Lin was also sent to the army. It was a pity that he had admired Shen Yue for so many years but at the end Shen Yue could not wait to draw a line with him.
She did not have a hostile relationship with these youths and some of them even stood on the same side. It was just that these aristocratic families were on the opposite side because of the deliberate checks and balances of the Emperor. The relationship between them was not close and there was even some hatred.
There was no need to turn allies into enemies. In the previous lifetime when she was an Empress, Shen Miao had learned a lot of things. One must not make enemies because of a moment of impulse as it was not worthwhile.
"Cai Lin, how can you say that about Fifth Younger Sister." When everyone had enough laughing, Shen Yue suddenly spoke, "Fifth Younger Sister is not that kind of person."
"Cai Lin." Shen Miao interrupted Shen Yue's words and her tone was flat without any ups and downs, "Who told you that I fell into the water because I was in love with His Highness Prince Ding?"
To say it out loud, it should have made others feel contempt but when Shen Miao said it, she was very calm and her tone was very indifferent which made everyone surprised for a moment.
Cai Lin was the little overlord here and on normal days when Shen Miao saw him, she did not dare to speak much so when did she use such a questioning tone? Furthermore, there was a hint of a commanding tone in his voice. Cai Lin did not know why but he did not scold out loud and instead said, "Is it not so?"
"So it is like this …" Shen Miao said to herself and suddenly smiled as she looked at Shen Yue and Shen Qing, "Eldest Older Sister, Second Older Sister, it is fine if others do not know but do you also not know? Why did you not defend for your Younger Sister? "
Shen Yue and Shen Qing were startled at the same time as they suddenly remembered their mother's exhortations before they left that they must not say anything wrong about Shen Miao falling into the water. Shen Qing was after all more concerned about the overall situation than Shen Yue and immediately said, "Yes. You all must not speak nonsense. At that time I was with Fifth Younger Sister and I saw it with my own eyes that Fifth Younger Sister accidentally slipped into the water and coincidentally His Highness Prince Ding arrived at that time. It has nothing to do with love. "
Shen Qing said it with such certainty that even though everyone did not believe it, they were not as serious as before. But they saw Shen Miao opening her mouth to say, "One would not speak nonsense if one did not see it with one's own eyes. Guang Wen Tang not only teach one's studies but also one's moral character. Moreover the words of love are beautiful words so why was it said in such an unbearable manner? If I, Shen Miao, love a person, I must love with dignity. His Highness Prince Ding is a descendant of the Heavens, how can I have such thoughts? Everyone is wrong. "
In this world, it was very difficult to change one's impression all at once. Moreover everyone knew that she was infatuated with Fu Xiu Yi so if she said now that she did not love him, one fear that no one would believe it.
But no matter what, one must draw a clear line.
Before the words were finished, one heard a voice of admiration, "What a good 'love with dignity'!"
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