Chapter 260 Dilemma
All noble ladies stand on the same starting line and accept the same test, not only for their talents, but also for their memory, dexterity, intelligence, endurance, and ability to deal with others.
You can't fake it, you can't fake it. What the second princess is testing is the true ability of the ladies.
This is also equivalent to completely uncovering a person's nature and exposing it in front of the second princess. Whether it is a low-quality product or a high-quality product, the second princess can tell at a glance, and no one can fake it.
The second princess' ability to test people's intelligence truly impressed Xia Zihan.
In this piano art competition, the first test is people's memory, and the second test is people's piano skills. In order to show off their piano skills, those people hid at home and practiced hard on a piece of music. The ladies who were many months old were dumbfounded.
This kind of competition made all their hard work for more than a month in vain. The familiar songs that they could play with their eyes closed were useless at this moment.
After the piano master finished playing, dozens of noble ladies were all as silent as a cicada.
In the end, there was no one who could play this song completely.
The second princess's eyes swept around the faces of the ladies.
Dozens of noble ladies all blushed, especially those talented ladies who were rumored to have good piano skills. Their faces were even more embarrassing.
Whether it is a mule or a horse, you will know after taking it out for a walk.
This time, those talented women who were regarded as the best in piano skills in the capital were completely humiliated.
Among them, the Lord of Danhua County is one.
The head of Danhua County has always been proud of her piano skills. If her daughter's circle considers her piano skills to be second in the capital, no one would dare to claim to be first.
But this time, it was a real test of her piano skills. She couldn't even play half of the song. It was like Hong Guoguo slapped her in the face, making her face crackle.
What makes her even more embarrassed is that Princess Mingzhu, who has always been secretive, can actually play this new song nine times out of ten.
Although it is not a complete piece of music, it is still the best among the ten noble ladies who played it one after another. The second princess had a very good impression of her.
Next, the embroidery skills and cooking skills were tested one by one. Xia Zihan's scores were always at an average level.
What left Xia Zihan speechless was the last competition.
This can't be called a competition either.
It was the maids of the second princess who gave each noble girl ten papers. Each paper had only one question. The test was not about poetry, calligraphy and painting, but the normal situations that the wives of the head of the house would encounter.
For example, if your husband only loves your concubine, what will you do as your legitimate wife?
For example, if your concubine accidentally gets pregnant before you, what will you do?
For another example, what would you do if you haven't been pregnant for five years?
For another example, if the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law don't get along well, there is a dispute, and the husband turns on the mother-in-law, what will you do?
There is also a more sharp question, which is what would you do if someone covets your son's right to inherit the title and harms your son, but you have no evidence?
It can be said that most noble families will encounter this problem.
Chu Haoyu once sent assassins to assassinate Chu Xuanyu's family of three for the sake of the title of Duke Anguo.
This kind of thing would happen not only in Anguo Duke's Mansion, but also in seven out of ten noble families.
The second princess took this matter as a task for everyone to do, and the test was nothing more than human nature and everyone's methods.
No one would be stupid enough to say, ‘Then give my son’s inheritance rights to the title to the other party. ’
If you don't give in, you have to fight.
……
In short, these ten questions are common things that the wives of some wealthy families will encounter.
And every noble lady uses different methods when encountering this situation.
For example, Article 1: No legitimate wife would ever see her husband pampering a concubine day and night.
In such a situation, the legitimate wife will pretend to be silent on the surface and treat the concubine very well, but secretly, the legitimate wife will definitely use hard means to sow discord between her husband and the concubine, and then kill the concubine. All methods of framing, throwing dirty water, and poisoning will be used one by one until the concubine is dead.
This is the tacit way that the concubines of the wealthy families deal with their concubines.
The second princess took the exam on this topic.
But doing this kind of thing is one thing. No one is willing to write it down, but they are also unwilling to admit it generously and say "don't care".
Now that this question has been raised, if you really marry Ao Tianchen in the future, and Ao Tianchen only loves a concubine, can you really not care about it?
If you care about it, the second princess will put your today's white and black paper on the table for you to see.
This is evidence.
The second princess's test question is really wonderful.
Even someone like Xia Zihan, who has lived his whole life, doesn't know how to answer the questions when he sees them.
She felt that no matter how she responded, it seemed wrong. If you generously say that you don't care, wouldn't it be too hypocritical and too weak? Even a concubine can climb over you. How can you be a suitable wife? Be a housewife?
But to be careless, it seems that the wife is too petty and does not conform to the three obediences and four virtues taught in the training of women.
You think she's just a concubine who can't stand up to the public eye. Whose wife would compete with a lowly concubine for favor, and if word spread, it would make people laugh to death?
In short, no answer is correct.
At this moment, Xia Zihan truly realized how powerful the second princess was, and she finally discovered belatedly that the previous tests only tested people's talents, intelligence, and other personal issues.
And these ten questions test the ladies' real ways of dealing with others.
Xia Zihan polished the ink and sat there for half a cup of tea before picking up the pen and adding answers to the scrolls of paper.
These ten rolls of paper must all be signed, so that the second princess can understand each noble girl.
After an hour passed, the ladies handed over the rolls of paper.
To everyone's surprise and disbelief, the second princess and all the ladies were actually looking at this large pile of rolls of paper.
This is tantamount to exposing everyone's methods to the outside and being watched one by one by others. It is like stripping off one's clothes and being admired by others. It makes dozens of noble ladies look very embarrassed.
Some noble ladies even felt humiliated and thought that the second princess was humiliating them by asking such a question.
But think about it, which family has not had these things happen before, even in their own family, and the second princess would ask this question just to see what methods they would use after encountering such a situation. Let's deal with it and see if they are suitable to be the princesses of the Second Prince's Palace.
The exam was over, and the ladies were relieved after sitting there all afternoon. But after the screen was removed, everyone found that no one had a happy face.
Some were extremely heavy, some were uneasy, some were dejected, and some were pale.
In short, today's test is an unprecedented one in the history of Dasheng Dynasty.
It is a real test for dozens of noble ladies from body to heart to soul.
After taking a break for tea, the second princess had already finished reading the scroll. Seeing that the sun was going down, the old nun beside the second princess informed everyone to go back first and would give everyone an explanation in two days.
The ladies were a little expectant, a little sad, and all reluctantly said goodbye to the second princess and other ladies.
Princess Qinghui held Xia Zihan's hand and was reluctant to let her go, "How about you stay here for one night and go back tomorrow afternoon?"
"No, my grandmother is not feeling well these days. I have to go back to accompany her." Xia Zihan said with an embarrassed look on her face.
Princess Qinghui couldn't force her to keep her, but she still said unwillingly, "Then when your grandmother is well, you can come and play again. Then I will teach you how to ride a horse. I am learning to ride a horse from my father. He also gave me a pony. When you learn to ride a horse, I will also ask your father to give you a pony.”
"Okay."
"That's a deal."
Xia Zihan smiled and nodded.
She and Zhuo said goodbye to the second princess together. After leaving the palace, she realized that Xia Ziqing was the first to come out and had been waiting for her in the carriage for a long time.
Xia Zihan told the coachman, "Send the eldest girl to Xia's house. I will take the carriage from Duke Anguo's mansion back."
"Second sister, won't you go back with me?" Xia Ziqing got out of the carriage.
She also wanted to keep her second sister at Xia's house for dinner, and then find out how she answered the questions.
Xia Zihan didn't give her a chance, "No, I'll take the carriage from Duke Anguo's mansion back."
Saying goodbye to Xia Ziqing, Xia Zihan got into a large and gorgeous carriage nearby. There were eight guards at the front and rear of the carriage, riding tall black horses. The large and majestic group of people gradually left in front of Xia Ziqing's eyes.
On the carriage, although he was mentally prepared, Xia Zihan's heart still skipped a beat when he saw Chu Jingqi's glance.
Seeing her stunned by the carriage door, Zhuo greeted her with a smile, "Ayu, sit next to Aqi. It's getting dark, so we should set off quickly."
Xia Zihan was the last one to get on the bus. Sitting beside Zhuo was the maid Yue Jin. There was also a large box on the stool, but there was no room for it.
Chu Jingqi sat alone, leaving a large space vacant.
Xia Zihan lowered his eyes and was about to sit down outside, but Chu Jingqi stood up and said, "Ayu, sit inside."
Xia Zihan looked at him blankly.
Isn't it different where you sit?
Chu Jingqi said softly, "It's easy to ventilate there. If you sit inside, I will block you."
Since September has entered the capital, the weather has become colder at an accelerated pace, especially in the evening. Every time the sun goes down, a cool breeze blows on people, making it easy for people to catch wind chill.
However, Chu Cong specially prepared a jade-patterned brocade feather satin cloak for her, and put it on her when she left the Second Prince's Mansion. Even if the wind penetrated the car curtain, she would not be cold.
(End of chapter)