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Chapter 282 Li Xiaonan’s reverse scale
Mr. Dong Xi’s literary meeting was prepared very quickly.The invitation inviting Li Xiaonan to give a lecture on Gezhi was sent by Wu Jie, a disciple of Mr. Dongxi, and Lu Zhangyi, a descendant of the Lu family who was preparing for the exam in the capital. Wan Qing went out to collect the invitation, and came out to reply to them shortly: Her girl agreed. , I will definitely arrive on time on the day of the cultural meeting.

The two of them turned out of the alley. Lu Zhangyi thought about the Hanshan Temple mentioned in the letters from his sisters at home, and couldn't help laughing: "This Miss Li is really... not polite."

"Sir, he said she was still in the rough." Wu Jie added with a smile.

"I don't know if it's Puyu, but Weizuo must be Weizuo, the prince..." Lu Zhangyi coughed lightly and looked at Wu Jie.

Wu Jie looked understanding and said with a smile: "Well, everyone has his own fate."

"Yes." Lu Zhangyi laughed.

After taking a few steps, Wu Jie said with a smile: "One more thing. Those Hanlin bachelors who are famous for their elegance have sent word that they will come too, and many people from the Imperial Academy will also come."

Lu Zhangyi raised his eyebrows in surprise, "It was the prince who invited her, right? Is that Miss Li really capable of this?"

"Miss Li told this story once in Hangzhou." Wu Jie half-smiled.

"I taught two questions in total, and the rest were all gimmicks. According to my third uncle, it was not a lecture, but more like playing tricks. This prince... Tsk, it's true, this is the capital city, not Hangzhou city!" Lu Zhangyi simply didn't know what to say.

"There is a gentleman here, so she won't be able to stop it." Wu Jie said with a smile.

"Alas! It's really difficult for Mr. Dongxi." Lu Zhangyi sighed.

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When Li Xiaonan came back from Zhangjiayuanzi, she concentrated on preparing to talk about Gezhi. To be on the safe side, Li Xiaonan prepared three lecture notes, from easy to difficult. She planned to start with the most difficult lecture first. If she didn't understand too much, Just switch to the medium difficulty one, if you can’t understand it anymore…

Li Xiaonan looked at the simplest handout. If she could only talk about this simplest part, then her science popularization task would be a long and arduous task.

The clothes she wore on the day of the lecture were a silver-gray skirt and a tile-blue half-armor. According to Yuting, it looked like Li Xiaonan was particularly knowledgeable.

This piece of clothing was carefully selected by Wan Qing. For this purpose, Wan Qing went to four or five garment shops.

On the day of the lecture, Wan Qing was dressed in moon white, and Yu Ting's housekeeper was dressed as a woman. They followed Li Xiaonan and A Wu with their handouts in their hands, and arrived at Fuyintang a quarter of an hour early.

As usual, the Dragon Boat Festival literary gatherings of Jiangnan scholars are held in turns at several guild halls in Jiangnan. But this year, because Mr. Dongxi initiated the cultural gathering, almost all the Jiangnan scholars were present, plus more than a dozen people. Hanlin and dozens of Taixue students thought that any guild hall was too small, so this literary guild was arranged in Fuyin Hall next to Yingxiang Pond.

Although Li Xiaonan arrived a quarter of an hour early, it was not too early. Fuyin Hall was already filled with groups of scholars.

Li Xiaonan took a step forward and looked around carefully. Wan Qing followed Li Xiaonan closely. Before entering the door, he introduced: "Fuyintang" was written by the founder of Prince Rui's Palace. After entering the door, Wan Qing stopped talking, and so did she. Entering Fuyintang for the first time.

Yuting followed Wanqing closely, walking among the crowd, and couldn't help but become nervous.

Mr. Dong Xi stood in the corridor of the main hall, looking down at Li Xiaonan who was watching as she walked.

Wu Jie walked forward from Mr. Dong Xi to greet Li Xiaonan, but was stopped by Mr. Dong Xi with his hand.

Li Xiaonan looked at the small groups of scholars in the vast courtyard. The scholars all over the courtyard were looking at her, but they didn't look directly like her. They were talking, turning their folding fans, and pretending to glance at them accidentally.

Seeing that it was almost time to reach the main hall, Wan Qing became a little anxious. She took a step forward and lowered her voice: "Why is no one paying attention to us?"

"We came early." Li Xiaonan replied casually. She was looking at the people standing in the corridor. Almost all of them were standing by themselves. They all had beards. It seemed that they should be Hanlin or something.

"Yes." Wan Qing was relieved.

Li Xiaonan paused for a moment at the steps of the main hall. The sun was too bright outside and she couldn't see what was in the main hall. Let's go in first.

Li Xiaonan walked up the steps. As soon as she stood on the corridor, Mr. Dong Xi stepped forward and said with a cold face: "Are you Miss Li? Are you called Xiaonan?"

"Yes. Are you?" Li Xiaonan smiled and bent her knees slightly.

"Miss Li comes from a rural background and is rough in words and deeds. I thought of this, but I didn't expect that Miss Li would be so rude." Mr. Dong Xi clasped his hands behind his back and sounded stern.

After Li Xiaonan was stunned for a moment, she subconsciously stepped back and looked at Mr. Dong Xi.

This is probably Mr. Dongxi, and he wants to give her a warning first.

"This is not the countryside of Kunshan, this is a place of dress and etiquette! Miss Li came in, looked around, swayed left and right, completely ungraceful!"

Mr. Dong Xi then scolded.

"Don't Miss Li know that this place is no longer the same place as before?! How can you act so recklessly! Has no one taught you the etiquette and rules you should have?"

Li Xiaonan looked at Dong Xi, hesitating whether to accept the lesson or reject it. Dong Xi continued: "Looking at you like this, you still don't know where you went wrong, right? Okay, I will teach you a thing or two here. , listen carefully!

"First: Miss Li knows why she is here in the capital, so she should respect her identity. Whenever she goes out, she should be strict with her veil. How can she be so naked?"

Li Xiaonan looked at Wan Qing, and it was Wan Qing who told her that there was no rule in the capital for high-class ladies to wear curtains and hats.

Wan Qing's eyes widened and she looked from Li Xiaonan to Dong Xi.

Dong Xi has already continued the second lesson.

"Secondly: When you get outside this door, you should be informed and wait for someone to take you in and out through the side door. How could you just barge in like this?

"Again! Now that you have barged in, you should have hurried in with lowered eyebrows and lowered eyes when you saw the courtyard full of scholars, but you wavered and looked around. It's really ridiculous!"

Li Xiaonan glanced sideways at the few scholars who were stroking their beards and nodding, and took a breath. She was careless and stepped into Dong Xi's trap!Forget it, admit it when you are stupid and admit your mistake.

"Sir, the lesson is right." Li Xiaonan took a breath. "This is just ridiculous etiquette. I heard that your two sisters blocked the whole city's female family members from sharing their business in Hanshan Temple? That's ridiculous!"

Li Xiaonan's eyebrows rose.

"Just for the sake of a few taels of silver, you do such a shameless thing. Do you know that this will put you in a place of eternal destruction?"

Li Xiaonan took a slow breath, turned her head and asked Wan Qing in a low voice, "Is the Crown Prince here?"

"Let me take a look." Wan Qing carefully looked at the lofts on both sides.

On the east corner building, Gu Yan looked from Li Xiaonan to Wan Qing, who was looking around, and motioned to Shi Gun, "Then Nizi is looking for you. Let someone ask."

"Yes." Shi Gun agreed and waved his hand to a boy.

When Wan Qing saw the boy, she shook her head slightly to indicate that it was okay, and said in a low voice: "Here he comes."

Li Xiaonan held her breath, and before Mr. Dong Xi was breathing, she asked suddenly: "What is your surname, sir?"

Mr. Dongxi was unable to react to Li Xiaonan's sudden question.

"This is..." Wu Jie hurriedly answered the introduction, but was interrupted by Li Xiaonan: "I didn't ask you, so shut up! Sir, what is your surname?"

"Absurd!" Mr. Dongxi was really angry now.

"I don't know you sir, how ridiculous is it to ask him your surname? Isn't it okay to ask him your surname?" Li Xiaonan said unceremoniously.

"Sir..." Wu Jie answered again, but was interrupted again by Li Xiaonan: "I didn't ask you, sir, do you not know your last name, or is it that you can't tell me your last name?"

"My name is Dongxi!"

"Have you heard of it?" Li Xiaonan turned to ask Wan Qing. Wan Qing blinked, realized for a moment, and immediately shook her head.

"What about you? Have you heard of it?" Li Xiaonan turned around and asked Yu Ting. Yu Ting was a smart person. Wan Qing even shook her head, and of course she shook her head immediately.

"I haven't heard of it either." Li Xiaonan looked at Dong Xi and said, then turned to face the scholars in the courtyard, "These are not the things this gentleman sent me. I don't want to be like him who doesn't even have a last name." Those who dare to speak can explain it, but since everyone is sensible, I will explain it to you.

"One of the things this gentleman said is that I came to Jianle City this time to meet and discuss marriage. I should regard myself as the noble daughter of Jianle City now. How can this noble daughter of Jianle City go out? I think you all know better than me."

"Miss Li..." Wu Jie took a step forward.

"Can't you learn to shut up or do you not want me to talk?" Li Xiaonan interrupted Wu Jie again, turned to look at Yu Ting and said, "Go and call Ah Wu in. If he talks too much, Ah Wu will hit him in the mouth."

"Okay!" Yu Ting said the word "good" simply.

"Secondly, what about that post?"

Wan Qing immediately took out the post and handed it to Li Xiaonan. Li Xiaonan motioned to everyone, "Show them.

"This gentleman posted a post asking me to speak about Gezhi's knowledge. I would like to ask this gentleman, before you sent the post, did you know that I am a girl? Didn't you arrange for a nanny or two to wait at the door?
"It's okay if I don't have any arrangements. You've been standing here. You've seen me since I entered that door, right? You watched me walk in blankly and walked up the steps, and you just stood there silently. Waiting here, why? Just to give this gentleman a reason to scold me, right? "

Dong Xi's face turned ugly, "Miss Li's talk..."

"I haven't finished speaking yet." Li Xiaonan replied rudely to Dong Xi's words, "You accused my sister of splitting up her own business for the sake of a few taels of silver, which is shameless. The four of us brothers and sisters lost our parents. It was the three sisters who pulled plows like oxen and horses, plowed the fields, spun and weaved cloth, supported my brother to become a scholar, and allowed me to read and write.

"I read an article by Wang Xiang, saying that his success in studying was all due to his wife farming and raising silkworms. She worked day and night to earn money. In order to get a few more copper coins, she made sachets and sold them on the street. Because of this , the court also commended Mrs. Wang Xiang, right?

"They all support scholars. Mrs. Wang Xiang is of noble character. Why are my two sisters so shameless? Because my sister only supported a scholar and not a husband?"

"If we talk about quality first and then right or wrong, sir, what are your virtues and abilities? What achievements do you have? Where did you get such a big face to say that my sister is a scumbag?"

"Ah Nan!" With a smile in his voice, Gu Yan passed through the crowd and stood at the foot of the steps. He nodded with his folding fan and motioned for Li Xiaonan to come down.

Watching Li Xiaonan go down the steps, Gu Yan tapped Mr. Dongxi with the folding fan in his hand, "This Mr. Dongxi wants to accept you as a disciple."

Dong Xi's face turned blue and he glared at Zhou Chennian. Zhou Chennian twisted his head and didn't look at him.

"If he accepts me as a disciple, what can he teach me? A teacher, preaching, imparting knowledge and solving my doubts, what is he like?"

Li Xiaonan didn't know what Gu Yan wanted to do. She had already reached this point. If he said that he wanted to accept a disciple, she would not be able to bend down and become a disciple, so she could only continue to despise him.

"Then let's see what he has in common. Forget it today, choose another day and take a good look at what Mr. Dongxi can teach you. Let's call it a day." Gu Yan waved the folding fan in his hand and signaled again. Li Xiaonan left Fuyin Hall together.

After leaving the door, Gu Yan leaned over slightly and asked in a low voice: "Wan Qing was looking around just now, is everything okay?"

"Just to see if you're here." Li Xiaonan also lowered her voice.

"Ok?"

"I dare to quarrel with him when you come here." Li Xiaonan explained.

Gu Yan raised his eyebrows.

"If you weren't here, what if he hits me." Li Xiaonan responded to Gu Yan's raised eyebrow.

Gu Yan laughed, watched Li Xiaonan get into the car, and ordered Shi Gun to take a few people to take Li Xiaonan back.

(End of this chapter)