The Duke of Cheng'en was truly shameless. He copied Sister Hua's lines and movements word for word, not even letting the tiniest details slip.
The Director of the Imperial College and his wife could have put on a whole play themselves, but the Duke of Cheng'en just had to act as the middleman.
The eight-person gossip squad sat aboard a luxury coach, hurtling along at breakneck speed, rattling and roaring toward the edge of a cliff. They were about to plunge over...
At that critical moment, Jian Xilu pulled everyone down from the windowsill.
"Ahem, since the spy and his accomplice have both been caught, we'd better head back before Mother starts worrying."
Of the eight present, Wang Yuan and Jian Ruonan had yet to come of age, Teng was still at the mud-pie stage, and the other three older girls had only recently come of age. They really couldn't keep watching.
What a shame to leave this juicy gossip half-finished.
The eight-person squad were daughters of respectable families. They truly couldn't linger any longer, so they left the courtyard residence, still craving more.
Ge Yingqiu and Hua Wuyue walked ahead in silence, neither saying a word, their expressions peculiar.
After only a few steps, Hua Wuyue stopped and sneered at Ge Yingqiu. "Didn't you say you were going to tell your brother? Go on, then. Your brother's in there... in there..."
Hua Wuyue's face turned as red as a tomato. She stammered for ages but still couldn't say what he was doing "in there."
[Bearing humiliation under a heavy burden, and carrying thorn branches to beg forgiveness!]
Jian Xilu: Pfft-
Teng nodded. Fifth Sister had used those idioms perfectly. If the Director of the Imperial College heard them, even he would stand up and shout his approval.
Ge Yingqiu's