Chapter 88 part7

Rebirth of the General's Granddaughter Chapter 88.7
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At this point, the other three xiaojies sensed aproblem. Actually, which one of these noble xiaojies was truly innocent? If shewas naïve, it was good that her parents protected her at home. But once shemarried and met such vicious women like Yu Lanxuan, even one or two of thewomen would be enough to make the xiaojie die without a full skeleton. Shewouldn't even know how she died.
Yu Lanxuan's actions made them have a differentopinion of her character. When they met her later, they wouldn't treat her as afriend.
Liu Ruixue even warned Zi You to not associate withYu Lanxuan. Yu Lanxuan was not a simple character.
This episode made Yu Lanxuan unable to completeFourth Gongzhu's task. She thickened her face and asked questions for a longtime. What was everyone talented in? What was everyone untalented in? No onetold her anything.
Only Zi You straightforwardly told her, "Other thanmedical skills, I don't know anything else."
Yu Lanxuan immediately pretended she needed the bathroomand told this information to Fourth Gongzhu with difficulty.
So after the banquet, the gongzis and xiaojies whowere gathered in groups heard Fourth Gongzhu's older brother Fourth WangziShangguan Botao loudly proposed, "Gongzis and xiaojies, for this gathering,what if we compose poems and paintings? The gongzis will compose poems. Thexiaojies will compose paintings from these poems according to the poem'smeaning. If the xiaojie succeeds, then the gongzi will do one thing for her. Ifthe xiaojie's painting is not similar to the peom's meaning, then she will doone thing for the xiaojie. How is Benwangzi's [literally: this wangzi (prince),how wangzis refer to themselves] suggestion?"
Then he said to Liu Ruixue, "Little saozi [sister-in-law, because she is Taizi's future consort], you are the host. Can you please prepare the brush, ink, and paper?"
It should be explained that Great Yan was quite open-minded. Although males and females could not attend school together like the Tang Dynasty, the high society gongzis and xioajies used social gatherings to form good feelings.