What is Shen Miao like?

  Ask the students of Guangwen Academy, whether it's Guo Yi, Guo Er or Guo San, they all know. Nothing else, stupid, timid, and still want to pretend to be virtuous and gentle.

  He doesn't have a particularly impressive appearance, his temperament is also not outstanding, he has no exceptional talents, and he's still infatuated with Ding Wang, to the point where everyone in the capital knows about it.

  So, if you say who is the most outstanding woman in Guangwen Hall, it must be Shen Yue. If you say who is the most rustic woman, it must be Shen Miao.

  They are both Shen family daughters, but their images are completely different. It's just that everyone is used to the maid-like Shen Miao next to Shen Yue, and one day when Shen Miao becomes unlike herself, everyone feels a bit uncomfortable.

  Yi Peilan pushed Shen Yue: "Yue Niang, is your sister Mo Fei ill? Why does she seem like a different person today?"

  Shen Yue looked at Shen Miao, also somewhat puzzled. It seemed that after falling into the water and waking up, Shen Miao's temperament had changed a lot, perhaps it was because of the shock from the Ding Wang affair? She just wanted to speak when her good friend Jiang Cai Xiang opened her mouth: "Shen Miao, I heard you fell into the water, how is it that your wind chill has recovered now?"

  This was said so bluntly that it was really embarrassing, and if it were the usual Shen Miao, she would definitely look at Shen Yue in a daze and ask Shen Yue to speak for herself. But today she just glanced lightly at Jiang Caiyan and said calmly: "Alright, thank you for your concern."

  Jiang Cai Xuan was taken aback, and everyone in the school followed suit. Perhaps it was unexpected that Shen Miao would be so nonchalant towards herself, Jiang Cai Xuan felt that Shen Miao's attitude was extremely annoying, and immediately said: "Since you've recovered from your cold, shouldn't the first thing to do be to apologize to Ding Wang Gong, but instead you come to the school, don't you think that's putting things in reverse?"

  Shen Miao took a deep breath, and the students around her, whether boys or girls, did not intend to speak up for her. She was originally a person without any friends. And seeing Shen Miao make a fool of herself was probably the only entertainment for these noble children in the academy.

  She swept a glance over the crowd with different expressions, then looked at Shen Qing's eyes filled with schadenfreude. Just as Shen Miao was about to speak, she heard Shen Yue say: "The king of Ding is broad-minded and will not blame Eldest Miss for these trivial matters. Eldest Miss coming to the academy is naturally because she thirsts for knowledge, it's a good thing."

  "What a good thing." The young man on the other side couldn't help but burst out laughing. He had secretly admired Shen Yue for a long time and looked down on Shen Miao, thinking that having Shen Miao as a sister was a tragedy for Shen Yue. He said: "You're so eager to learn, Shen Yue, if you want to help your sister, you don't have to use such words... 'eager to learn'... someone who can't even recite Mr. Lian Yi's texts, saying 'eager to learn' isn't too ridiculous? Moreover..." He maliciously glanced at Shen Miao and continued: "Who knows if she deliberately fell into the water, isn't that how it's acted out in plays? Falling into the water, a hero saves a beauty, and pledges his love... but I guess I got the ending wrong!" After finishing speaking, he found it amusing himself and burst out laughing loudly.

  He was the leader of this group of young men, and as soon as he spoke, the surrounding young men also burst out laughing. The noble ladies surrounding Shen Yue also found it funny, and for a moment, the mocking laughter surrounded Shen Miao, with malicious gazes falling on her.

  Words are the most hurtful weapons. In her past life, she didn't know how many times such scenes had occurred. She was used to being belittled, insulted and ridiculed, and even more unwilling to break through these inherent concepts on her own initiative. In the end, Shen Yue and Shen Qing got along with those noble children, while she became farther and farther away from this circle.

  She had thought this was the greatest misfortune, but compared to the tragedies that followed in her previous life, what did these amount to? These young men and women were not even as old as Wan Yu and Fu Mingda, yet they were already sworn enemies just because of some petty grudges. Were they really supposed to be her arch-nemesis?

  It's not that they're not, these noble children, either rich or honorable, among them are many prominent families, but what happened to the prominent families in the previous generation? They were all beheaded and eradicated by the former emperor and Fu Xiuyi. For example, this person who is mocking her now, Shen Yue's admirer, the current imperial courtier Cai family's eldest son Cai Lin, a few years later, the Cai family was involved in a corruption case and their home was confiscated, and Cai Lin was also sent to the army as punishment. Poor him, he had admired Shen Yue for many years, but in the end, Shen Yue couldn't wait to cut ties with him.

  She is not in an antagonistic relationship with these young men and women, and some of them are even on the same side. It's just that these aristocratic families, due to the emperor's deliberate balance and provocation, are in a subtle confrontation, and their connections with each other are not close, and there is even some resentment between them.

  There's no need to turn allies into enemies. As the queen in her past life, Shen Miao learned a lot of things. Don't make enemies because of temporary anger, that's not worth it.

  "Cai Lin, how can you say that about Wu Mei?" Only after everyone had laughed enough did Shen Yue suddenly speak up: "Wu Mei is not that kind of person."

  "Cai Lin," Shen Miao interrupted, her tone flat and even: "Who told you that I fell into the water because I had a crush on Ding Wangye?"

  It's really shameful to say such a big thing, but Shen Miao said it with a calm and clear face, her tone was also very indifferent, which made everyone stunned.

  Cai Lin is the little overlord here, and normally Shen Miao doesn't dare to say much in front of him. When has he ever used this kind of questioning tone? Moreover, this tone unconsciously carried a hint of command-like inquiry. Cai Lin himself didn't know why, but instead of scolding, he said: "Isn't it?"

  "Is that so...". Shen Miao muttered to herself, suddenly smiled slightly and looked at Shen Yue and Shen Qing: "Big sister, second sister, others may not know, but you two don't know either? Why didn't you explain for your little sister?"

  Shen Yue and Shen Qing both paused for a moment, suddenly remembering the reminder from their mother before they left: no matter what, don't say anything wrong about Shen Miao falling into the water. Shen Qing was more considerate of the overall situation and immediately said: "Yes, you all shouldn't speak nonsense. At that time, I was with Fifth Sister, and I saw it with my own eyes - Fifth Sister accidentally slipped into the water. It just so happened that Ding Wang had arrived at the scene, and that's how he found out. It has nothing to do with romantic feelings."

  Shen Qing said this with such certainty, and although the crowd didn't believe her, they were no longer as serious as before. Then Shen Miao spoke up: "If it's not something I've seen with my own eyes, then I shouldn't speak of it rashly. Guangwen Hall doesn't just teach lessons, but also cultivates character. Moreover, 'love' is a beautiful word, so why say it in such an unseemly way? When I, Shen Miao, love someone, I must do so with dignity. Ding Wang's noble status is not something I can aspire to. You are all mistaken."

  It's hard to change one's impression overnight. Moreover, her previous infatuation with Fu Xiuyi was well-known, and now saying she doesn't love him is unlikely to be believed by anyone.

  But in any case, boundaries must be drawn.

  No sooner had he finished speaking than a voice of admiration was heard: "What a dignified admirer!"