Reborn to marry a playboy, the scumbag kneels down and calls me aunt

"No, no, no."

Su Xuqing tried hard to force a smile and said softly, "I just got a little nervous suddenly. I haven't seen what the Painting Boat Festival is like yet."

Shen Xuanheng said nonchalantly: "It's actually a gathering of young ladies from official families, competing with each other for beauty while building relationships among families. If you don't like that kind of occasion, just leave halfway."

"Well, I see."

Su Xuqing smiled, took out hair accessories from the jewelry box, and decorated her high bun.

As the sun sets, the orange-red sunset spreads across the West Lake, like a profound ink painting.

The banks of West Lake are decorated with all kinds of lanterns. In the center of the lake, more than a dozen pleasure boats are brightly lit. From afar, you can see the beauties on the boats, and there are countless young ladies from official families who are rarely seen.

To put it simply, the Painted Boat Festival is a carnival for the upper class, and ordinary people can only stand on the shore and watch from afar.

However, there are some people on the shore who are unwilling to be ordinary, such as some scholars who are conceited about their talents. They are dressed elegantly today, reciting poems and composing couplets, while talking about things. They look elegant and refined with knowledge of poetry and books, but in fact they just hope that the lady on the pleasure boat will fall in love with them at first sight, so that they can grab the phoenix's tail and fly to the sky.

But in the final analysis, the story of a young lady from an official family falling in love with a poor scholar is just a story made up by storytellers. The daughters of wealthy families are really too proud to look down on scholars like them who have no achievements.

Even though the women on the boat are looking around, in fact, the way they look is not much different from looking at monkeys.

Amid the noise, Su Xuqing rode in the Zhen'an Prince's Palace's carriage to the shore of West Lake, and Yinhuan helped her get off the carriage.

Su Xuqing looked around and it was indeed very lively. Thinking back to her previous life, she had only heard of the Painted Boat Festival. Every time, it was Su Miner who came to participate and then showed off after returning.

Thinking of Su Min'er, Su Xuqing suddenly remembered that this guy has been bedridden since he was beaten, and he hasn't seen her for many days. Li was also beaten yesterday. Now the second wife and her three daughters should be lying at home recuperating from their injuries, right?

Thinking of this, Su Xuqing's mood suddenly improved a lot. After all, some of the suffering she had endured in her previous life was paid back.

Today, ordinary people are not allowed to cruise in the West Lake. There are government runners patrolling the shore. When the young ladies arrive and present their invitations, the runners will arrange a small boat to take the guests to the pleasure boat.

After Yinhuan handed over the invitation, a small boat soon came to the shore. Su Xuqing got on the boat, paddled through the clear blue water, and slowly sailed towards the largest pleasure boat.

Qingluan is the name of the largest painted boat. It is said that it was named by Sun Youwei, the granddaughter of Tutor Sun. The name was taken from a poem "Dielianhua" by a great poet of the previous dynasty.

I forgot to sleep and eat, and my thoughts were everywhere. Thanks to the blue phoenix, I don't need to rely on fish and geese.

The general meaning of the poem is that there is no need to rely on fish and geese to convey his feelings, because he has Qingluan as his soulmate, which is consistent with Sun Youwei's original intention of organizing the Painting Boat Festival.

Yinhuan had done her homework in advance, and told Su Xuqing all these things while on the boat.

Soon the boat came to the vicinity of the pleasure boat, and a folding ladder with mortise and tenon joints was quickly lowered from the pleasure boat. Su Xuqing climbed up the stairs with the silver ring and stood on the brightly lit pleasure boat.

"This must be the Ninth Prince's wife, she is indeed beautiful and has an extraordinary temperament."

Before Su Xuqing had even firmly planted her feet, she heard a sweet voice like the singing of a pair of loving couples.

Glancing sideways, I saw a woman in a goose yellow dress walking towards me. She had a face as beautiful as a peach or plum, with soft features. She walked with lotus steps, and her manners were full of poetry and literature.

The woman smiled gently and bowed.

"My name is Sun Youwei, nice to meet Madam Nine."

Su Xuqing returned the greeting and said in a gentle tone, "I have long heard that Miss Sun is famous in the capital for her talent and beauty. Seeing her today, it is indeed true."

Sun Youwei smiled and covered her mouth. "Madam Nine, you are too kind. It's windy outside. Please move to the pleasure boat and take a rest. The dinner will start in less than half an hour. You can talk to some acquaintances. If you need anything, just tell the servants."

Whenever Sun Youwei spoke, people always felt as if they were bathed in spring breeze. Su Xuqing had a good impression of her. Remembering that the old lady had instructed her to build a good relationship with this person, Su Xuqing originally planned to chat with her for a while longer, but someone else came down from the pleasure boat. After Sun Youwei apologized slightly, she went to greet the guest.

When they entered the houseboat, they saw low tables already set up inside, but the guests did not take their seats. Instead, they gathered in groups of three or four to chat.

Although Su Xuqing has lived two lives as a human being, she has no friends among the young ladies from official families, so she can only wander around with her silver ring, which is very boring.

I thought I would just sit here and wait for the banquet to begin, but unexpectedly two women came up to talk to Su Xuqing.

"Madam, we two sisters are the daughters of the Censor-in-Chief Xie. I wonder which family you are from. Can we get to know each other?"

Su Xuqing was polite and said slowly, "I am the wife of the ninth prince of Zhennan Palace."

As soon as these words were spoken, the two sisters of the Xie family, who had been speaking politely, changed their expressions and quickly turned around and walked away.

"So she's the wife of that dandy young man..."

"Stay away from him and don't let him bring you bad luck. If you are given a nickname, you will be laughed at for the rest of your life."

Su Xuqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry when hearing the whispering words. It turned out that Shen Xuanheng was so notorious outside that people had to avoid him like the plague?

The news about Su Xuqing's identity soon spread to the two sisters. All of a sudden, the ladies and wives in the pleasure boat cast strange looks at her and pointed fingers at her in private.

Su Xuqing was not angry about this. She just gently touched the hairpin on her head and thought to herself, her husband is already so famous, why is that woman willing to lend him so many jewelry?

This relationship is definitely not ordinary...

"Who, who is the sickly lady?"

Suddenly, a woman in a hurry came in from outside the pleasure boat. She was wearing a bright red dress which was very eye-catching. She had a big round face like a pancake and three black moles on her right cheek, like three sesame seeds sprinkled on the pancake.

Su Xuqing showed an unhappy look on her face and said coldly, "Watch your mouth."

The woman looked at Su Xuqing, smiled disdainfully, then walked over with her head held high.

"Why, do you think the nickname 'Sickly' is not nice? When your husband gave my sister-in-law a nickname, why didn't he worry about whether it sounded good?"

Su Xuqing frowned, wondering how many people Shen Xuanheng had given nicknames to!

"Who are you? Who is your sister-in-law?"

The round-faced woman patted her chest carelessly and said, "My name is Wang Cuilan, the daughter of the Minister of Revenue Wang Yuanshan, and my sister-in-law is Tang Xue, the daughter of the eldest princess."

Su Xuqing was stunned for a moment, then said, "As far as I know, the eldest princess's son hasn't married yet."

"It's only a matter of time!" Wang Cuilan touched her face narcissistically, "After all, I'm so pretty, there's no way Tang Que doesn't like me."

Everyone in the pleasure boat had a tense face, trying hard not to laugh out loud.