After rebirth, the cold prince clings to me every day

Chapter 61 The so-called reputation

Shen Mingjiao pulled Cui Lingling out of the yard. After walking far away, Cui Lingling took a deep breath and seemed to come to life all of a sudden. Her straight back collapsed and leaned towards Shen Mingjiao as if it were boneless.

Shen Mingjiao glanced at her angrily, "Don't you pretend to be a lady anymore?"

After saying that, he pushed the person away in disgust: "You are so skinny that only a handful of bones are left in your body. It makes me feel uncomfortable."

Cui Lingling pouted, straightened up and touched her arm: "It's not that exaggerated! I eat on time, right?"

"And don't you ladies all advocate that thinness is considered beautiful?"

Shen Mingjiao retorted unceremoniously: "Then have you ever heard that the King of Chu had such a slim waist that he often starved to death in the palace?"

Although Cui Lingling didn't know who King Chu was, she could probably understand what she meant. She drooped her eyebrows and kicked the pebbles on the roadside.

"But my mother said that as a noble daughter, I have to restrain my diet and only eat a little bit at each meal!"

She seemed to feel aggrieved when she mentioned this.

Shen Mingjiao knew that girls in their circle must behave according to the same standards when going out for banquets.

Take eating, for example. With dozens of people sitting together to eat, you can only hear the slight clinking of bowls and chopsticks.

As for how much they can eat, let's put it this way. Each chopstick holds no more than ten grains of rice, with only two shell teeth exposed. Then they put it into their mouths in small bites, and chewed lightly with their lips closed. There was not a trace of chewing the whole time.

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At this speed, it's impossible to get full.

However, it usually only happens in public places. If you eat like this every day, you may die of starvation or grinding yourself to death.

She looked at Cui Lingling in disbelief, "Don't tell me, this is how you eat every meal?"

Cui Lingling nodded with a grimace: "Yes, my sister said that only if I eat like this will my mother be happy."

Shen Mingjiao weakly held her forehead: "Do you believe this?"

"By the way, why didn't you see Tong Yuyao just now?"

"My sister went to find the little sisters she usually makes friends with. My mother said that I am not too young anymore, so she brought me with her so that she could see me and get married."

When she mentioned her marriage, her tone was very natural, and it was obvious that she was not yet enlightened.

Shen Mingjiao's eyes flashed, and she asked doubtfully: "I remember that you seem to have a way to marry a baby from the tip of your little finger, right?"

Cui Lingling didn't realize how she knew such secret information. She said casually:

"You are talking about the marriage to the Duke of Lu, right? My sister said that he and the young prince of the Duke of Lu were childhood sweethearts and begged me to let her get married."

Shen Mingjiao: "Don't tell me you agreed just like that!"

Cui Lingling replied matter-of-factly: "That little uncle and I don't know each other. Besides, he and his sister are childhood sweethearts. Since my sister likes it, let's leave it to her."

She didn't think it was anything. A fiancé she had never met before was not as important as her family.

Shen Mingjiao took a deep breath and looked at her seriously:

"Lingling, the Duke of Lu's mansion is a home of farming and studying for a century, and his family tradition is upright. The young master of the Duke of Lu's mansion has been reading poetry and books since he was a child. He is the best among his peers. And the most important thing is that Lu

There is a rule in the Duke's Mansion that a man can take a concubine only if he is forty years old and has no children, so Lingling, are you sure you want to give up such a good marriage to Tong Yuyao?"

Cui Lingling was stunned for a while after hearing this. Even if she didn't know much about men and women, she still knew how rare it was for someone to be childless at 40 to take a concubine.

She suddenly thought that for such a good marriage, the whole family had asked her to give it to her sister without even thinking about it. She was obviously their true blood relative.

She stood in a daze for a while, a little confused, but something seemed to be gradually collapsing in her heart.

Shen Mingjiao sighed secretly, knowing that she could not push her too hard, so she took her arm and said, "Let's go. I heard that the back garden of Pei's house is very beautifully maintained. Let's go and see it together."

The two of them chatted while walking. Along the way, they met many young ladies and ladies who came to the banquet.

When they saw Shen Mingjiao, their eyes could not hide their amazement, not only because of her appearance, but also because of the clothes she wore specially today.

Someone couldn't help but come up and ask Shen Mingjiao where she bought her clothes. Shen Mingjiao smiled and said that she bought them at Meili Pavilion.

The person who asked the question obviously didn't believe it. After all, it was well known that Meimei Pavilion was almost a ready-to-wear store that was about to close down.

Shen Mingjiao said that Beautiful Pavilion will reopen in a few months, and then there will be good-looking clothes.

Just when the other party was half-convinced, someone recognized her identity and exclaimed "Princess Su" in a low voice.

The person who asked the question turned pale at that moment and was about to kneel down while trembling. Several people who had come over out of curiosity also stepped back with frightened expressions on their faces.

Shen Mingjiao: "..."

I knew she had a bad reputation, but I didn't expect her reputation to be as bad as Zhi Xiaoer Ye Ciao!

She finally realized belatedly that with her infamous reputation, would anyone really dare to buy the clothes she designed in the future?

…

So much so that she kept her head down in thought for the rest of the journey, thinking about ways to restore her reputation. At this time, the two of them came to the back garden of Pei's house.

Cui Lingling poked her arm and shouted softly: "Isn't that Sister Danxue?"

Cui Lingling had always been acquainted with each other. Although she had only been with Gu Danxue for less than a day before, she unilaterally recognized that the two were friends.

Shen Mingjiao followed Cui Lingling's line of sight and looked over. In a pavilion not far away, there were a group of seven or eight richly dressed ladies. The leader was Xu Ningyue, while Gu Danxue stood among them with her head lowered.

Being pushed around by two noble ladies,

Xu Ningyue looked at Gu Danxue, who was now in a state of embarrassment, and felt twisted joy in her heart. She sat back on the recliner and smiled contemptuously:

"Gu Danxue, you are so shameless. My aunt told you not to come, why didn't you listen?"

Gu Danxue broke away from the two ladies who were pushing her, pursed her lips and said nothing.

Originally, she had no intention of coming. Her second aunt had told her since she was a child that she was ugly and should attend less banquets to avoid losing the face of the Ningyuan House.

But she accidentally learned that Princess Su sent her a post last time inviting him to Jinxiufang, but her second aunt intercepted it in the middle of the post.

When she learned the news, she was very angry. She still remembered that day when she quietly went to add makeup to Shen Mingjiao while holding the Liuyun brocade she had hidden for a long time. It was a rare day when she felt free and happy.

She rushed into the main courtyard and wanted to question her second aunt, but after all her courage failed when she met the other person's eyes, her body's instinct made her shrink.

She will come here today just to say sorry to Princess Su in person.

Seeing that Gu Danxue dared to break free, the two noble ladies immediately stepped forward and pushed her hard, then raised their feet and crushed her clean skirt hard.

"It's no use guessing. I guess I'm afraid that I won't be able to get married, so I came here to look for a man!"

"Tch, if she's like this, even if she's naked, no man would want her..."

After speaking, several people covered their mouths and laughed. Before the laughter could stop, they heard a lazy and soft female voice:

"A man who opens his mouth and a man who shuts his mouth, is this the upbringing of a Hanlin Mansion girl?"

(End of chapter)