Yuxi was a little too happy.
Next was Yuchen's turn.
Teacher Song said, "Third Miss, recall what you have written." For Yuchen, she still held great hope. She was willing to come to the Duke of the State's residence because she knew Yuchen was outstanding and had extraordinary qualifications.
When Yuchen recited the text in má liū1 style, she finished it in a blink. There was no pause in the middle, no mispronounced words, and even the analysis was perfectly answered.
Although Yuxi made no mistakes in reciting or analysing the text, she was slightly inferior to Yuchen.
Teacher Song was somewhat surprised. Yuchen performed so well as she had expected. After all, not only was she highly qualified, but she had also learned all these things. But Yuxi had not been trained in this before, and the news she heard also said that Yuxi only had general qualifications. Teacher Song put down her doubts, opened the book, and said, "Good, now open the book." Yujing's departure had not brought any effect on her.
Concubine Rong was busy doing embroidery work in Pleasant Courtyard when she saw Yujing crying over her face. She got a fright. She put down her embroidery and asked, "What's the matter? What happened? "At this time, Yujing was supposed to listen to Teacher Song's lecture in class. Why did she run back crying?
Yujing kept crying, unwilling to tell her mother that she had never been so humiliated since she was young. Concubine Rong could only ask Yunbo, Yujing's personal maid.
She finally knew that Yujing had run from her class, so she scolded her, "You dare to run from your class. Do you have any brains?"
For the first time, Yujing was scolded by Concubine Rong. She forgot to cry and stared at her mother with two lines of clear tears on her face.
Concubine Rong was almost furious. "Go back with me now and apologise to Teacher Song."
Yujing was unwilling to go. "I won't go. She hit me, and now my hand has swollen." After a pause, she embraced Concubine Rong and cried, "Mother, I almost died of pain when that ruler hit my hand. Mother, I don't want to go. Mother, let me learn from you, okay?"
Hearing this, Concubine Rong tried hard to suppress her anger and said, "No. You should never quit school. If you grind your teeth, you must stick with it for me for a few months. "She also had a headache. She focused her previous energy so much on finding ways to give birth to a son. When she finally felt hopeless after two years of trying, she discovered that Yujing had been malnourished. She had always wanted to straighten Yujing out but with little success.
Yujing still did not want to. "Mother, I wrote all night last night. I can't even hold a pen today. If she beats me ten times, my hand will indeed be broken. "
Concubine Rong said with a cold face, "If you want to marry a low-income family in the future, I will not stop you from living that bitter and cold life."
Yujing's greatest wish was to marry into a high-ranking family and become a wealthy, influential lady. To let her marry a poor man was equivalent to bringing her early death.
Concubine Rong hugged her and said, "Dearest child, Jing-er, you must suffer now if you want a good future life." In those days, she recited poems all night to gain the favour of Duke Han of the State. At least this bit of suffering would pay her something in the end.
Yujing was silent. She wanted to avoid learning from Teacher Song or marrying into a low-income family.
Concubine Rong didn't give Yujing time to think about it. She took Yujing's hand and said, "Go to Magnolia Courtyard now and apologise to your teacher." Seeing that Yujing did not understand, she stopped reasoning and added, "If you don't go there with me today, I'll not have you as my daughter anymore."
Yujing was frightened. "Mother…" She didn't want to go there and lose face. But under the pressure of Concubine Rong, she finally went to Magnolia Courtyard, feeling grievance.
Unfortunately, she couldn't enter the class because Teacher Song wouldn't let her in.
Yujing wanted to flee, but Yunbo took her hand and reminded her, "Miss, if you leave, there will be no room to turn around. Miss, please think about what your mother said." She didn't stop her Miss before, but now she couldn't let her go anymore, or else Concubine Rong would hold her responsible.
Yujing remembered what her mother said, and if she left again now, there would be no room for her to turn around. She felt like one thousand heavy things were on her feet, dragging her down.
Standing at the door waiting, Yujing found that time had passed very slowly. Every second was suffering for her. She even felt that all the maids in Magnolia Courtyard were secretly laughing at her. As she thought till here, her expression became even uglier.
At last, the class was over, and Yuxi shook her hand, which was very sore.
Yuru walked up to Yuchen with some embarrassment and asked, "San Mei2, can you lend me your notes?"
Yuchen smiled and handed her notes to Yuru, saying, "You're welcome, Dajie3."
They didn't have to pack their things since they had to use them again for the afternoon class. Outside of the room, Yuxi saw Yujing apologising to Teacher Song. Unfortunately, Teacher Song did not accept. "I have already said, do not come back." She did not continue talking to Yujing. She just turned and walked away.
Yujing tried to catch up but was stopped by the older woman beside Teacher Song. "Miss, my Master is tired and needs to rest. Please, Miss, go back!"
Yujing noticed that Yuru was looking at her as the three people came out of the room. Her face turned red like a pig's liver.
Yuchen said, "Er Jie4, come with me to see Grandmother!" Yujing couldn't solve the problem herself. Only her grandmother could solve it.
Yujing was not stupid. Naturally, she knew what this meant. She was now incredibly regretful. If she had known earlier that she would be humiliated like this, she would not have run out of class just now.
Yuxi would want to avoid taking care of Yujing's misdeeds. But when Yuchen came forward to help, and if only Yuxi had gone straight to her courtyard, she would be considered to have disregarded sisterhood. For the sake of her reputation, she decided not to leave her spot.
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Yuru hesitated for a moment and urged, "Er Mei5, this can only be said to Grandmother. Otherwise, the teacher won't let you join."
Yuxi accidentally took a glance at Yuru. Her words sounded like a plea, but why did she hear a trace of schadenfreude?
Old woman Ding told her Master what she saw in the yard. "Ma'am, the Third Miss is really talented." In her eyes, Yuchen was good in everything, with no single flaw.
Teacher Song nodded her head. "I've been teaching for more than ten years. It's the first time I've met such a talented person." Excellent appearance, excellent qualifications, and, more importantly, good temperament. Yuchen was very familiar with what she taught, and not only did she not show any impatience in class, but she also listened carefully and did very well on her homework. It was Teacher Song's good fortune to meet such a student.
Old Woman Ding added, "But that Second Miss..." She did not know how to describe her but could only say in four words: she was terribly awful.
Teacher Song smiled. "Even the girls of Yu's family cannot all be good." She was referring to a famous family of the south of the Yangtze River, which had served as Imperial Official Assistant for two terms.
Old Woman Ding shook her head. "But no one in this mansion is talented except for Third Miss. Eldest Miss' qualifications are poor, and she can not bear the hardships. She certainly will not go through the first few months."
Teacher Song smiled and commented, "Fourth Miss is also pretty good."
Old Woman Ding shook her head. "Fourth Miss' qualifications are not bad, but her character is still questionable." Through today's matter, she felt that Fourth Miss was being unkind to her sisters and had a high attitude of indifference.
Teacher Song also saw that Yuxi was somewhat aloof. She thought momentarily and said, "There are causes and results in everything. It is not by chance that she developed such temperament." Today was her second day in the residence. Thus, she was afraid to make any judgment.
Old Woman Ding was surprised. "Ma'am, you're thinking of taking her as your student?" Those who wanted to become Teacher Song's students must have a good combination of aptitude, perseverance, and character. In character alone, she felt that the Fourth Miss could not pass the test, not to mention that her qualifications were lower than those of the Third Miss.
Teacher Song shook her head. "It takes a lot of effort to teach one, and it is impossible to teach two." It took a lot of energy to teach a student, and she didn't have that much energy for more than that.
The Old Lady was well informed and soon learned about Yujing's escape from the classroom. Although she was angry, it was not much since she had no expectations for her.
She sat on the couch and listened to Yuchen's story. She then looked at Yujing and asked, "Why did you run out of class then?"
Yujing stretched out her swollen hand and cried, "Grandmother, my hand hurts." Her hand was still burning with pain.
Yuru looked down at her swollen hand with an inexplicable mind.
The Old Lady glanced at Yuchen without a trace, and when she saw that her hands were still fair, she felt relieved. "Now that you have left, why do you want to join again? After returning to class, your hand will still need to be hit. "
The Old Lady's eyes just now seemed to have no trace, but she still perceived by the keen Yuxi. She sneered in her heart. From this small matter, she could see how biased the Old Lady was, but fortunately, she did not care anymore.
Yujing winced when she heard her Grandmother's words, but she still said through her gritted teeth, "I was just frightened and did not mean to disrespect Teacher Song. Grandmother, I still want to learn from her."
Yuchen began to plead, "Grandmother, our school only started yesterday, and Er Jie4 just didn't go today. If this goes out, it will ruin her good reputation." If Yujing had a bad reputation, it would also ruin the reputations of others.
The Old Lady thought momentarily and said, "You all go back. I'll take care of this." Even if Yujing couldn't suffer and refused to learn, she couldn't leave this way.
Yuxi woke up at noon and began to write. In light of yesterday's situation, she should have written a thousand words today but could not finish them in the evening.
Mama Shen knew much earlier that Teacher Song was harsh, but it was one thing to hear and another to see. "Miss, take it easy." If Yuxi went on like this, her hand would soon be useless.
Yuxi also wanted to take her time, but Teacher Song wouldn't let her. She did not want to be hit by her tomorrow and did not want to leave a wrong impression on her.
Yujing also appeared in the class that afternoon. Yuxi looked at Yujing's hand, which was red like a pig's hoof and smiled unkindly. She seemed to miss many good shows because of her illness in her former life.
Yuxi had to gather more than one hundred per cent concentration during class. She had no choice. Teacher Song spoke too fast. If she slipped, she would miss a paragraph.
After the class was over, Teacher Song assigned them homework. To Yuxi's surprise, she only asked them to write down the texts written in the morning and recited what they had learned that day. In other words, they would only write more than 600 words but less than 1,000 words, as she first expected.
She breathed a sigh of relief. She had written nearly 200 words at noon. With this, she could finish her task early in the evening.
Footnotes Full List
- Chinese dialect, meaning fast
- san=third, mei=younger sister, short form for Meimei
- eldest sister
- er=second, jie=elder sister, short form for Jiejie
- er=second, mei=younger sister, short form for Meimei
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