"My strengths happen to be other people's weaknesses, and my weaknesses happen to be other people's strengths. It seems that if you want to win, you have to use your strengths and avoid your weaknesses!"
She thought for a while and began to wave her best pen.
"I want to write their viciousness into music and scripts, so that all the people in the capital will despise them after dinner."
But she didn't know what evil things they had done.
If you write about Shangguan Liu, you will inevitably seriously hurt your husband for no reason.
It hurts her relatives and makes her enemies happy, which is not the result she wants.
So, she decided to search for scandals in this circle of ladies first.
To do such a big thing, you need allies.
The first thing she thought of was her good sister Xiangxiang.
So, she prepared gifts and went to visit the Prince of Hedong County.
Xiangxiang fully agreed, but Changsunji opposed it with both feet.
"In order to offend so many dignitaries in one go, aren't you worried that Shangguan Yuan will be attacked from both sides in the court?"
"If you are afraid of offending others, you will always be stepped on by others. It is your choice."
Xiangxiang didn't want to cause trouble to her husband, so her attitude suddenly softened.
When his father-in-law, King Gui, died, all that was left to his sickly husband was the mere illusion of royal blood.
If you keep your peace and keep to yourself, you may still have a good life. If you open fire everywhere, I'm afraid it will be bad, not good.
Alas! Times have changed!
When Qianru turned around in disappointment, Chang Sunji suddenly changed her mind.
He ordered people to bring Pipi the parrot and tie it under a short tree more than two feet high. A plate of exquisite bird food was placed in front of him.
Every time Little Pipi took a bite, the servant moved the bird food away an inch.
After not seeing each other for more than a year, little Pippi is much chubbier than before, but her temper is still as stubborn and greedy as before.
In order to eat delicious food, his two claws kept scratching forward with the rope, and finally broke the two-foot-tall tree behind him.
It spreads its wings domineeringly, fiercely protects the bird food, and enjoys it on its own.
When Changsun Ji saw this, he put his palms in his hands and laughed, praising repeatedly: "Well, it's true that the sword is still young. It's up to you to fight this battle."
"Do you want to let it go to hurt people?" Qianru was shocked, "It would be better for us to fight each other."
"What's so good about a literary fight? You can definitely win?"
Qianru is not completely sure, but literary fighting is what she is best at.
"It's futile and thankless for you to do this! The reason is the same as yesterday when you were laughed at by the crowd at Miaofa Temple. You go to find other people's scandals, and they in turn unite to deal with you. Who knows whether it is true or false?
It's all just a war of words.
At best, both sides will suffer losses.”
"That's better than letting a bird hurt someone."
"You don't know how to play at first glance." Changsun Ji asked Xiangxiang to tell Qianru what kind of fun the nobles in the capital like to play now.
"It's just something to attract cats and dogs."
"Wrong, really wrong!" Changsunji stroked his head helplessly, as if he hated iron and steel, "What fun is there about cats and dogs? They are just appearances. They are just covering up the inner parts of the body with some fancy things.
That restless heart.”
"so what?"
"In the end, it just comes down to two words: comparison."
Seeing that the two of them were confused, Changsunji had no choice but to talk about the matter in a more superficial way.
"Men are competing on how to control their wives, women are competing on how to control their husbands, widows are competing on how to control their children, and mothers-in-law are competing on whose daughter-in-law is powerful and filial. In short, it's about who is stronger.
, in a big way, it’s about comparing whose family is more prosperous. But, it’s not that you want to compare with others, others will compare with you, it depends on your identity and status.”
Xiangxiang felt that what Changsun Ji said was as if he didn't say anything, but Qianru heard the implication between the words.
"So, you want to win over some people whose identity and status cannot be ignored to our side. But, who can we win over right now?"
"Among their group, the most distinguished one is undoubtedly Princess Nandu. Therefore, whoever can compete with Princess Nandu, we will win over. The battle between nobles is about face. Those tricks that are not on the table will not only win
If you don’t get anything in return, you will be despised and isolated by everyone.”
Qianru thought about it carefully and felt that Chang Sunji's words were very reasonable.
If you act according to your original ideas, your advantages will turn into disadvantages, and you will eventually fail.
But looking at the capital, the emperor and Prince Zhang are undoubtedly the ones who can defeat Princess Nandu.
But these two important figures are determined not to get involved in matters between women.
As for the queen, she had just been enthroned and it was the time when she needed to make a contribution to the world, so she would not participate in such a thankless task.
So, in the end, they settled for the next best thing and chose Princess Luo Xiao Lian'er.
Changsun Ji planned to use the garden of Prince Luo's Mansion and Xiao Lian'er's name to hold a garden party and invite ladies from the capital to come and play.
Then, use your own strengths to compete with them fiercely, and kill their arrogance on the stage.
After that, he took the little Pipi, who was full of oil, into his arms, and said confidently: "I will use the birds for a while before raising the birds. When the time comes, let's kill everyone together."
Qianru couldn't help laughing, "But after all, this is a gathering between women. Isn't it appropriate for you to go?"
"Prince Luo's palace is so big, you women can gather in one group, and we gentlemen can gather in another group."
The three of them made a careful plan and then started to act separately.
Xiao Lian'er didn't want to get involved at first, but when she heard that Princess Nandu was now known as the most noble lady in the capital, she became furious.
"The Queen did not recognize the number one position. She actually dared to be so arrogant. This princess must give her a hard blow."
Therefore, when Xiao Lian'er sent out an invitation, they didn't have to worry about the ladies refusing to accept the invitation.
In order to make the fight more formal, Qianru drafted a detailed process and found someone to copy it. At the beginning of the garden party, one copy was given to each family.