Nan Guang, Liu Xiaomeng, and Nan Yan all turned red with shame.
They have never encountered such humiliation in their entire lifetime!
Nan Baoyi's mouth was dry from eating the melon seeds. She took a shallow sip at the teacup that Xiao Yi passed to her.
She lifted her bright phoenix eyes and spoke warmly, "Our Nan family do good deeds and are reasonable people. Since you say Madam Liu is your woman, do you have any proof?"
Niu San wiped off his non-existing tears and praised her, "I can see that you are a reasonable person in the Nan family, you are a very good person!"
He took out the indenture from his pocket, "This is Liu Xiaomeng's indenture written clearly in black and white. Liu Xiaomeng is my person! Isn't the Third Master Nan snatching my woman now?"
Nan Baoyi nodded, "It's written clearly."
Niu San showed the indenture to the guests, "Everyone can be the judge on this, is Liu Xiaomeng my wife or not?"
Everyone was shocked!
"It really is!"
"Does this mean that Third Master Nan supported another man's wife for more than ten years in vain?"
"Nonsense, didn't he also earn a son and daughter?"
"Who knows if they are his…"
"He chose not to love such a good woman like Madam Song and wanted to have a mistress outside. Look at this, this is what you get for having a mistress outside!"
[Translation note: Madam Song is Nan Guang's first wife, Nan Baoyi's mother.]
There was mocking in all directions.
Nan Guang was burning with shame and wished he could find a hole and hide!
Madam Liu stared blankly at the indenture.
She felt chills from head to toe.
Her indenture was clearly still in Spring Jade Hall, she was waiting for a suitable time to get her husband to redeem her. How could it appear in Niu San's hands now…
Nan Yan's face turned green.
She thought that she could become the Nan family's official daughter, but what was happening now?
Her mother turned out to be a cheap slut?!
How could she be an official's wife in the future?!
Niu San laughed, "You have nothing more to say right? Let's go, follow me home! I have not been with a woman in a long time!"
He stretched out his filthy hands and grabbed Liu Xiaomeng without waiting for a response.
Liu Xiaomeng panicked, "My Lord, save me, save me!"
Nan Guang's vision was turning dark, he did not have the strength to save her.
Alas, he whined and fainted!
This farce came to an end.
The story of Nan Guang and his mistress still spread around town.
The people in Jinguan City saw him as a joke and thought that he was cuckolded by his wife. They even gave him a nickname "Nan Hat" and was laughed at for many years.
[Translation note: When a wife is unfaithful to her husband, her husband is said to be given a green hat and thus the nickname had a hat word in it.]
Of course, that was all in the future.
Right now, Nan Baoyi was delighted.
She stood under the eave and could not help but smiled.
Not only did she succeed in preventing Madam Liu from marrying into the family, she even drove a wedge between her father and Madam Liu.
This was something she dared not even imagine in the past life.
But it was still a long road ahead and there were many more things waiting for her to do.
Such as rejecting a marriage proposal.
However, Cheng Deyu was still studying in Chang An at this time. Even if she wanted to reject the proposal, she had to wait for him to return.
During dinner time, Nan Baoyi was in such a good mood that she ate two bowls of rice.
He Ye filled her a bowl of fresh milky white soup, "Miss, drink some fish soup. Yu Wei carefully prepared it, it is nourishing, and drinking more of it can make you more beautiful. The Spring Flower Festival is in another twenty days, Miss needs to look beautiful and join in."
Spring Flower Festival?
Nan Baoyi paused.
The Spring Flower Festival in Jinguan City was a grand event held every year on the outskirts of the city in Bibo Lake.
The event was lively and all the city's dignitaries will attend the banquet.
In the event, a talent examination school would be set up specifically for young people. This would be an excellent opportunity to show off their talents and beauty.
Nan Baoyi remembered. In her previous life, she participated in this year's Spring Flower Festival, and coincidentally Cheng Deyu's mother was also there.
Nan Yan instigated her to perform well in front of her future mother in law so she excitedly signed up for the talent exam. In the end, she became a huge joke.
And Cheng Deyu's mother not only did not defend her, but she was also the first one to mock her along with other people.
Come to think of it, Cheng family actually looked down at her from the beginning, didn't they?
However, Nan Yan at that time performed extraordinarily, winning first place in all the categories; music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.
A young and beautiful girl who was both talented and virtuous was naturally highly admired by dignitaries.
From then on, many dignitaries approached Nan Yan for her hand in marriage.
Her reputation as a talented girl in Shu County completely overtook Nan family's other daughter's talents.
In this life…
Nan Baoyi's eyes shined.
Not only she would stop Nan Yan from becoming famous, but she also wanted to go on stage and wash away her reputation as a petty and spoiled girl!
He Ye saw her mistress smiling widely and knew that she was coming up with some sort of plan.
She advised, "Miss, you have no qualifications to participate in the competition. You can only participate if you answer a question correctly from the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism to qualify."
Oh…
Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism…
Nan Baoyi held her small face, feeling embarrassed.
In the previous life, she was mocked because of this.
She did not even know which books the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism were referring to, how could she answer the qualifying question correctly!
Life was too hard!
Feeling depressed, she drank the soup and suddenly her eyes shone, "This is really delicious."
"Isn't it? Yu Wei is really talented!"
"Send some soup over to Songhe Yard and let Grandmother have a taste too."
Nan Baoyi ordered and finished drinking her soup. Seeing there was still a lot of soup leftover, she ordered her maid to scoop another bowl of soup and personally sent it to the study room.
Xiao Yi was the one who bought Madam Liu's indenture.
She should repay him properly.
The sun was setting, the study room was already lit with lanterns.
A young man in black robes was sitting by the window and flipping through sheets of paper with large characters on it.
It was Nan Baoyi's calligraphy that she wrote a few days ago.
His name was written on every sheet of paper, the strokes were beautiful and stylish.
He could almost imagine the little girl sitting in the pavilion, looking serious while practicing her calligraphy…
"Second Brother!"
A sweet crisp voice suddenly sounded.
A little girl happily stepped in while carrying a food container.
Xiao Yi immediately hid the sheets of paper he was holding with other pieces of paper and said with his voice lowered, "You don't know how to knock?"
Nan Baoyi pouted and retreated unhappily. She knocked on the door lazily, "Second Brother."
"Come in."
The powerful minister was really pretentious…
Nan Baoyi thought over and put the food container on the table, "Second Brother, I'm here to deliver you some supper!"