Chapter 15 A Competition
Xiao Nalan then turned to Xiao Yiran and said, "You bastard, you even went out of your way to buy clothes? Don't you know when the banquet starts? You are late and still have the nerve to come here. Get out of here right now. You are really embarrassing our Kunning Palace."
Xiao Yiran lowered his head subconsciously.
Xie Xunfeng stood in front of Xiao Yiran and said, "I took him to buy clothes! Besides, we didn't get late."
"Hmph, you fool, you're still being stubborn. Look, it's already noon. If Old Master Wen hadn't missed a distinguished guest, the garden party would have started long ago! You want to participate today? It depends on whether the eldest princess agrees." A girl from an aristocratic family said sarcastically.
Xiao Nalan continued, "Xiao Yiran, if you want to go in... just change into this dress. The maid's dress is still there. After you put it on, I won't bother with you. Otherwise, you definitely won't be able to enter this door today."
Xie Xunfeng glanced at Xiao Nalan, not wanting to pay attention to him, and asked, "Are you from the Wen family? Aren't there any members of the Wen family here?"
At this time, a butler came out and said to Xie Xunfeng, "Xie Jizi, please show me your invitation. The time is clearly written on the invitation. If you are late, you will not be allowed to enter according to the rules of our Wen family. Of course, today is also a special case. If the princess grants special permission, you can still enter."
After hearing what the housekeeper said, Xiao Nalan sneered and said, "Fool? Did you hear that..."
Xie Xunfeng said to the housekeeper, "Have you seen my invitation? Just say I'm late?"
The housekeeper smiled and said, "No need to look, all the invitations are the same. Except for the distinguished guest invited by Old Master Wen today!"
Seeing this, Xiao Yiran looked at Xiao Nalan and said, "Princess, if I change into the clothes of a palace maid, can I go in and participate?"
Xiao Nalan smiled, then pointed at the butler's crotch and said, "Then crawl through the butler's crotch."
"Where is that idiot? He's so tall and strong, he can't possibly get through." The girl from the aristocratic family laughed.
Xie Xunfeng took Xiao Yiran's hand and said, "We don't have to beg her."
Xiao Nalan sneered and said, "You won't beg me? If you can get in today , I will take your last name..."
Xie Xunfeng said, "We in the Xie family don't have beasts like you!"
Xiao Nalan pointed at Xie Xunfeng with a sullen face and said to the housekeeper, "Housekeeper, did you see that? This idiot scolded me. I am a distinguished guest of the Wen family. Send someone over here and kick him out."
Xie Xunfeng snorted coldly upon seeing this, and said to the housekeeper, "I am the honored guest. I said I am not late... Come and take a look."
As Xie Xunfeng spoke, he took out a gold-embossed invitation.
"This... this is the gold-embossed invitation from Old Master Wen!" exclaimed the girl from a noble family nearby.
"How did this fool get this invitation?"
“This must be fake…”
Seeing this, Xiao Nalan also stepped forward and said to the housekeeper, "Housekeeper, is this fake? How could a simpleton like him have this invitation? The one given by Old Master Wen was clearly from a great writer who defeated Mo Xiaonian."
The housekeeper carefully checked it and said "Princess, this invitation is real! As for...how Xie Jizi got it, I don't know."
"Xie Hanzi, I didn't expect that you are not only a fool. You even dare to impersonate someone else... You are so shameless." Xiao Nalan said.
Xie Xunfeng ignored Xiao Nalan and said to the butler, "Butler, the invitation is correct, right? There is no time written on it. So, we are not late."
The butler nodded awkwardly.
"He is obviously an impostor... How can this fool write poetry? Butler, go find Old Man Wen and we'll know the truth after checking." Xiao Nalan gave advice to the butler.
The butler nodded repeatedly and trotted in.
Old Man Wen, who was still waiting in the house, heard the housekeeper talking about what was happening outside.
After checking the gold-embossed invitation, I found that it was indeed written by him personally.
I am also extremely curious.
He walked out, and this time he brought out all the members of the Wen family.
Seeing this, Xiao Nalan said to Xie Xunfeng, "Xie Hanzi, Xiao Yiran, you two insisted on making things worse. Let's see how you end up."
Xiao Yiran looked at Xie Xunfeng with a nervous expression.
But he found that Xie Xunfeng was as calm as ever.
Old Master Wen and a group of people who were attending the banquet came out.
Seeing Xie Xunfeng at the door, he said, "Xie Zhizi, where did you get this gold-stamped invitation?"
Xie Xunfeng said calmly, "You gave it to me yesterday? Could it be that you forgot..."
As soon as Xie Xunfeng said this, the whole audience burst into laughter.
Even Old Master Wen couldn't help but laugh and said, "You said I gave it to you? Then do you know why I gave it to you?"
Xie Xunfeng said calmly, "Then who knows why you are willing to give it to me!"
There was another burst of laughter.
Yuan Yao, who was standing by, said to Old Man Wen, "Teacher, I suspect that gentleman probably didn't want to attend the garden party, so he threw the invitation away and let this fool pick it up."
Old Master Wen nodded slightly and said, "It seems so. I felt yesterday that the gentleman was a great hermit! It's just that I didn't see his true face, which is such a pity."
After saying this, Old Man Wen and his group no longer paid any attention to Xie Xunfeng.
After all, how could he, a well-known fool, write poetry?
Old Master Wen said to Yuan Yao who was standing beside him, "Yuan Yao, go and take care of it."
Yuan Yao nodded and walked up.
Yuan Yao had already been informed by Xiao Nalan, and deliberately made things difficult for Xie Xunfeng. "Alright, Xie Hanzi! This invitation is yours if you say it's yours! So, if you want to go in today, you have to listen to the eldest princess. Just beg her... If she lets you in, I'll let you in."
After hearing this, Xiao Nalan said with a smug look on his face, "You two dogs, kneel down and kowtow to me and beg me, and I can agree to consider letting you in!"
Xie Xunfeng snorted coldly and said to Yuan Yao, "What a blind writer! What a writer who judges people by appearance! Since you, Yuan Yao, say that I am a fake, do you dare to compete with me in poetry and song?"
Every word Xie Xunfeng said was powerful.
This was heard by Old Master Wen, who was just about to go back, and he stopped.
There was another burst of laughter in the venue.
"Hmph... Just you? You are not qualified to compete with me!" Yuan Yao said with a haughty look on his face.
"Are you scared?" Xie Xunfeng said with narrowed eyes.
"Humph... afraid? Since you want to make yourself uncomfortable without knowing your own limitations, I'll grant your wish!"
Seeing this, Xiao Nalan continued, "Since it's a competition, there must be a prize. If you lose, you will be paraded through the streets, and people will say that you are an adulterous couple ! Do you dare?"
"What if you lose?" Xie Xunfeng said.
Xiao Nalan laughed as if she had heard a joke and said, "If you win, I'll kowtow to you and apologize. How about that?"
Xie Xunfeng smiled ghostly and said to Grandpa Wen beside him, "Okay! Then please let Grandpa Wen be a witness for us!"
