A few days later, Du Jiahui attended a tea party hosted by the daughter of an official in the finances department. She returned with the news that all the young ladies in the Capital knew that Nangong Yao and Wang Jingyuan were archenemies. News of their fight during the fifth prince's birthday banquet had spread like wildfire.
"I think you are the first to openly go against Nangong Yao and emerge unscathed," Du Jiahui told Wang Jingyuan. "The girls at the tea party were very interested in the details of the fight and kept asking me about you. One girl told me that she heard Nangong Yao saying that she 'totally had everything under control,' but another girl who was present that night confirmed that you won the fight. Apparently, that was the worst she had ever seen Nangong Yao."
