I fought back after reselling my engagement

Princess Changle moved her lotus steps, "There are three more winners now. To be a member of the Noble Ladies' Society, in addition to having a noble family background, you must also have a skill. If your calligraphy is good, you will pass. Each of you will write a piece of calligraphy. The champion of the poetry group does not need to come out again. Your calligraphy is good. Give me your name card later. I will report to the Ninth Princess that the Capital Noble Ladies' Society has added a new member."

The girls in the poetry group's eyes sparkled with excitement.

"My lady, I am Chu Lianyi." The girl introduced herself.

Princess Changle said, "The rules of the Noble Ladies' Club require you to submit a membership card." She glanced, and a maid took a few steps forward. "You must write your name, family background, and the identities of your ancestors on the membership card. All marriages of members of the Noble Ladies' Club must be reported to the Queen and the Imperial Concubines. Once you submit your membership card, the elders of each family can no longer arrange marriages for you at will. From now on, the nobles in the palace will arrange marriages for you."

It is such an honor that one cannot be married off by family elders but is arranged by the royal family.

A man who can gain a reputation among the nobles in the palace must be a rare talent.

Chu Lianyi had not expected this benefit, and immediately bowed and said, "I will prepare a name card and present it to the princess as soon as possible."

Princess Changle said, "The name card will have to be kept in the Noble Ladies Society's archives for decades. I will have my maid give you the name card of the Noble Ladies Society later, and you can just fill in the information."

"Yes."

Zhen Su pulled Zhou Yiqing over and said, "Sister Zhou, do you have a membership card?"

"Of course I have. Yours was written by me and your second cousin. The Ninth Princess stamped it with the Phoenix Seal. You are now a member of the Noble Ladies' Society."

Zhen Su said, "Do the ladies manage the marriages of the members of the Noble Ladies' Society?"

The empress and imperial concubines must have so much free time to be concerned with such matters.

Zhou Yiqing whispered, "After you left Beijing, the Emperor thought this Noble Ladies' Society was quite good and announced that the marriages of the members of the Noble Ladies' Society would be arranged by the Empress and Imperial Concubines. Noble ladies who joined the Society could marry royal men as concubines or legitimate wives, and those outside the royal family could become principal wives."

Princess Shouning said, "Any family with some background in the capital would want their daughter to join the Noble Ladies Society."

There will be an examination in March next year. In order to join the society, each family will spend a lot of money to invite a teacher to teach their ladies their talents. It is not required to be proficient in everything, but at least one thing must be outstanding, and the others can be acceptable.

A thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl walked out of the crowd and said to the leader of the embroidery group who was writing: "Fifth sister, I want to challenge you."

"Sixth...Sixth sister..." The girl who was practicing calligraphy obviously didn't expect this.

Su Qiniang said, "Sister, look, the one who challenged me is Mao Liuniang. She is very boring and doesn't act according to common sense. Sometimes she can make people so angry that they jump to their feet."

He keeps silent, but out of the blue he might poke you with a stick, which can make you so frustrated that you get angry.

"The one you were fighting over jewelry with?"

"She was the one who robbed me." Su Qinniang would not admit that she robbed Mao Liuniang for a set of jewelry worth twenty taels of silver, and her sister returned it in the end. "Her father died early, and she lived with her mother. Originally, the eldest lady of the Mao family hoped to save her father's life, but her father died on the third day after she was born. The eldest lady thought that she killed her father. If she was not his only flesh and blood, she would have driven her out."

The first wife of the Mao family had four brothers, and the eldest and youngest sons were the legitimate sons of the old lady, while the second and third sons of the first wife were illegitimate. It is said that the fourth son was born prematurely and was sickly since childhood. When he was sixteen, the old lady wanted to give the youngest son a happy marriage, so she married the daughter of Liang Juren from outside the city, but the youngest son did not live to the age of eighteen.

On the third day after Mao Liuniang was born, her father died of illness.

The eldest old lady cried for her youngest son's untimely death, and she was not happy with both the fourth wife and Mao Liuniang. But since her son was gone, she couldn't just drive out the helpless mother and daughter.

Mao Liuniang had been standing aside like a wooden stake before. But now she suddenly heard that if she joined the Noble Ladies' Society, her marriage would no longer be arranged by her elders, but would be arranged by the empress in the palace. As long as she did not marry a royal son, she would have to be the legitimate wife if she married someone outside the royal family. She stood up immediately.

Liang was from a humble family who married into a rich family. She had no say in her husband's family and no power, so she was always worried about her marriage. However, because of the rumor that she was "unlucky in marriage", her sisters were unwilling to have any contact with her, which led to her eccentric personality.

Princess Changle said, "Mao Wuniang, someone has challenged you. According to the rules, you must accept the challenge. This round is a calligraphy contest. If she wins, the second round will be embroidery. If you win the second round, you will have another round. The winner is the one who wins two out of three rounds."

Bai Ruizhu looked at the noble ladies around her with burning eyes, "Is there anyone who wants to play chess with me? If you want to challenge me, please come out now."

Now that Mao Yuanniang has been defeated, who can still fight her?

Mao Erniang said, "My Lady, Bai Sanniang is not from Yueyang Prefecture."

Princess Changle said, "We are all citizens of Da Qi. If you are not convinced, then defeat her in chess. If you cannot defeat her, then she wins."

Bai Ruizhu has already written the words.

Princess Changle took the calligraphy and wrote a poem using a plum blossom hairpin, and used three fonts: official script and running script. "Bai Sanniang passed!"

"Thank you, Princess!" Bai Ruizhu bowed.

Mao Sanniang gritted her teeth, wondering if the Sixth Sister had gone crazy. The Fifth Sister had already won, jumping out to fight with her family members. At this time, another noble lady said, "We want to challenge the embroidery group too!"

"Yes, those who participated in the embroidery group earlier are not allowed to participate again. This time, you will compete in calligraphy first. If you pass the test, you will compete in embroidery."

All of a sudden, six people who had not participated in the embroidery group earlier came out and requested to take on the challenge.

After each of them wrote a piece of calligraphy, according to the regulations, the calligraphy must be passed in three different fonts. Only those who passed would be considered to have passed. This time, four people passed.

The four of them each received needles, thread, and fabrics, and sat in a row. This time, they drew a test topic: "The topic is "Butterfly Loves Flowers". You can choose the color, needlework, and pattern. The time limit is half an hour. Let's start!"

It takes only half an hour to finish the test. This is too challenging.

Mao Liuniang prepared the silk threads and used the embroidery hoop to sew with the needle. She threaded not four but twelve strands of thread with skillful movements. Now it depended on who could finish faster. Whoever failed to finish the embroidery would be at a disadvantage.

Princess Changle's maid brought two copies of the "Invitation Card for Joining the Society", one for Chu Lianyi and one for Bai Ruizhu. Zhou Yiqing and Shouning taught them how to write the invitation card, asking them to make a draft first, and then copy it after revising it.

"This will be sent to the palace for the ladies to review. If it is not written well, it will be embarrassing. It doesn't matter if you make mistakes on the draft paper, but you must write well on the name card. Otherwise, it will be disrespectful."

Princess Changle sat at the table, eating snacks, watching four people compete, burning incense. When the incense was burnt out, the competition was over, and there were still people next to them eager to try. Those who could try had all tried. Who doesn't want to join the Noble Ladies' Society? Su Qinnan tried several groups today and felt that her skills were not good enough. If she had, she would definitely be able to join the society.

The maid looked at Chen Xiang and said, "There is only one inch of time left. Participants, please pay attention and finish the embroidery work in your hands as soon as possible."

Mao Liuniang began to close the needlework, cut off the thread ends with scissors, stood up, walked towards Princess Changle with her work in hand, and held it with both hands, "Princess, please give your comments!"