Golden Age Legitimate Fei

Chapter 29: Taking a Stroll in the Street

Chapter 29: Taking a Stroll in the Street

Zhao yiniang[1] was indeed a smart person, not at all needing Ye Li's a.s.sistance and reminder; on the second day in the fu[2], news that Zhao yiniang was pregnant had spread. Moreover, it was said to be a male foetus. w.a.n.g shi[3] pretty much immediately forgot about the matter of looking for Ye Li to make trouble, switching around to begin thinking of every possible way to deal with Zhao yiniang.

Her foundation in the Ye home was already stable; if one were to really say she was worried about Ye Li this one young lady who was soon to be married off in treating her in what way, that would be a joke. The reason why she was targeting Ye Li was plainly still because of that jealousy and resentment that was difficult to say out loud that she had towards Ye Li's birth mother.

Now with the matter concerning her treasured only son's position in the fu, w.a.n.g shi naturally put other matters aside without the slightest hesitation.

With w.a.n.g shi not coming to pick a quarrel and Ye Ying's vitality being sapped due to the frustration over the Hundred Flowers' Event, Ye Li just so happens to end up free. With her display of her ability for the first time at the Hundred Flowers' Event, it also allowed Ye Li to gradually enter the social circle of the unmarried n.o.ble daughters of the capital. Other than the matter of continuing to prepare her dowry, when she had the leisure, she could still make an appointment with Qin Zheng, Hua Tianxiang, and Murong Ting to have fun together. On the third day after the Hundred Flowers' Event, that xiaojie[4] who was originally in first place for poetry and had later been surpa.s.sed by Ye Li and who was also surnamed Qin and was actually the capital's magistrate Qin Mu daren's[5] own younger sister, Qin Yu Ling had also sent Ye Li an invitation. Although she didn't have any sort of contact with her before, Ye Li's impression towards this iron-faced (upright and selfless) magistrate's younger sister was rather good; after sending letters back and forth several times, there was also an added bit of camaraderie.

Ye Li who was in a good mood also didn't particularly mind Zhao yiniang coming over to her own Qing Yi Xuan from time to time to say whatever. Zhao yiniang's thoughts were something she naturally knew; as long as she knew her place and complied with one's own commitment, Ye Li also wouldn't go back on her word and would naturally ensure letting her reach Yun prefecture safe and sound to give birth to her child.

On this day, Ye Li had agreed to Qin Zheng's invitation to go out and take a stroll in the streets. Ye Li these days had become idle and was also preparing to purchase some books for herself; these years when she had nothing to do, she had read almost all of the books left behind by her mother. However, Ye Li was also clear on the inside that she herself had a couple of jin/catty and a couple of taels (one's own value, ident.i.ty, weight that their name carries); even if she were to have a highly retentive memory and learned all the books in the world by heart, she would never be able to become like Qin Zheng that kind of talented girl who was proficient in all kind of arts like zither, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and song. To put it bluntly, she didn't have that innate skill even though her mother had once been the capital's number one talented lady.

What's even more important was that, for her who had retained her previous life's memories, her line of thought and insight had already long been fixed. Even after so many years, she still was unable to comprehend the artistic mood and ideology of the people from ancient times.

And so, she could probably write out a couple of limericks, but if she herself wanted to write a remarkable poem, that would basically be impossible. Thinking like this, Ye Li felt that her grandfather who had once forced her to memorize so many ancient books was truly, extremely wise; at least it had allowed her to be able to, under such inescapable circ.u.mstances, turn out a couple of poems from memory to make up for it.