RPAGF Chapter 136: Women Wearing Crowns and Men Wearing Crowns
Chapter 136: Women Wearing Crowns and Men Wearing Crowns
This person was Bai You. That day, he was publicly humiliated by Ren Baozhi at Lady Si's house. He said that he was a piece of fragrant and soft cake. The woman also lied to him that she was illiterate.
Humph, if you really can’t read, how can you publish this women’s newspaper?
He kept saying in front of the emperor that his body and hair were given by his parents, but it turned out that he was just kidding himself!
After realizing all this, he deliberately waited until the day Ren Baozhi opened to seek justice for himself. What if she, Ren Baozhi, was favored by the emperor's family?
It's okay for me to cause her a little trouble, after all, she's just a commoner, right?
Ren Lanyue retorted, "Why not? Weren't all the articles Jiang Tangtang posted in the past written by Jiang Jingfeng?"
The man threw the newspaper on the ground: "Heh, Jiang Jingfeng wrote for Jiang Tangtang, do you believe it? I don't believe it."
"This matter has been judged and determined. Jiang's father and son have long been exiled three thousand miles away. You cannot help but believe it."
Ren Lanyue bent down to pick up the newspaper on the ground, but the newspaper was firmly stepped on by a pair of boots and crushed several times viciously.
She clenched the newspaper in her hand and forced herself to calm down. Bai You was the eldest son of Fengge Sheren Bai Chi, and she was not someone she could afford to offend.
Seeing Ren Lanyue stand up without taking any further action, Bai You became even more arrogant. "Do you really think I don't know the twists and turns? Deceiving the emperor is a capital crime. As long as the Jiangs are still alive, there will always be something fishy about this case. If you ask me, I think it was this vicious woman named Jiang Jingfeng who framed Jiang Tangtang and took all the articles Jiang Tangtang wrote for herself."
Several voices echoed from the crowd nearby: "That's right, what do you women know? You actually opened a shop and flaunted it openly?"
"Women should spend their time on their appearance, conversation, and dancing. With your female brains, how can you dream of writing a masterpiece?"
"Pots and pans, such trivial matters can be published in newspapers. It's simply disgusting!"
"A gentleman should stay away from the kitchen. A scholar's writing should describe the elegant pursuits of brewing wine and tea, or the lofty ambitions of literary and military strategy. Your newspaper's scope is too narrow."
Even Ren Lanyue was very angry about these remarks. She secretly glanced at Jiang Jingfeng's seat.
Jiang Jingfeng was still sitting upright by the window, his head lowered as he silently drank the tea in his hand.
The men's voices were so loud that Jiang Jingfeng must have heard them all. She was usually very sensitive, and Ren Lanyue didn't know what she would feel when she heard these words.
Didn’t sister also hear these men mocking Jiang Jingfeng? Why didn’t sister come out to help Jiang Jingfeng?
Just as Ren Lanyue was arguing with everyone, Jiang Jingfeng finally took a sip of the tea in her cup and slowly stood up from her chair.
Ren Baozhi curled her lips and smiled. She was waiting, waiting for Jiang Jingfeng to vindicate his writing, and she had waited.
If a writer can be easily defeated by rumors, then she can only write about mundane things and will not have the courage to write about her own thoughts and feelings.
She followed Jiang Jingfeng out of the store.
The ridicule outside the store became more and more intense. Ren Lanyue and the other two could not stand it and were so angry that their eyes turned red.
Wo Wo Tou also smelled the scent of danger, and quickly stood up from the arms of his sisters, with the hair on his back standing up, and growled at Bai You with bared teeth.
Bai You was afraid of dogs, and was frightened by Wo Wo Tou's intimidating attitude. He forced himself to remain calm and ordered his men, "Come here, kill this little beast for me."
Seeing that everyone was closing in on him, Wo Wo Tou tucked his tail between his legs and barked anxiously.
"Mr. Bai, I wonder what makes you so angry?" Ren Baozhi had a polite yet distant smile on his face.
As if she hadn't noticed the restless servants, she naturally took Wo Wo Tou into her arms, smoothing his fur while politely saying to Bai You, "My dear, would you like a newspaper?"
Bai You saw that she now had short hair, which was totally inappropriate. She was furious and stomped the newspaper to pieces: "Writing is a man's thing. What good can a woman write?"
Ren Baozhi took a step back with the steamed bun in her arms, giving way to Jiang Jingfeng.
Jiang Jingfeng wore a faint smile on his face and said to Bai You, "Mr. Bai, I have some doubts about what you just said. I wonder when did writing become a men's thing?"
Bai You saw Jiang Jingfeng was thin and weak, and didn't take her seriously at all: "It has been like this since ancient times! Who are you?"
Jiang Jingfeng said in a gentle and elegant manner: "I am Jiang Jingfeng."
Bai You scoffed: "Are you that Jiang Jingfeng?"
Jiang Jingfeng seemed oblivious to the man's attitude and spoke calmly, "You just said it's been like this since ancient times. I have a question for you. Mr. Bai, do you think the 'ancient' you mentioned includes Ban Zhao, who compiled the 'Book of Han'? Does it also include Cai Yan, who wrote the 'Eighteen Beats of the Hujia'? Does it also include Xie Daoyun, who wrote the 'Song of Mount Tai'? And does it also include Su Hui, who created the 'Xuan Ji Tu'?"
Bai You had never heard of these articles that Jiang Jingfeng mentioned: "What are you talking about? How many people have heard of them? Are you not making them up? When I hear these names, they all seem to belong to men. Are you trying to make a man wear a crown on a woman?"
Jiang Jingfeng knew that he was not well-educated, so he continued, "According to what Master Bai said, should we also deny the title of Empress Changsun, who wrote 'Rules for Women'? Should we also give Empress Changsun a male name?"
Empress Changsun was the late emperor's beloved, so naturally everyone knew her.
Bai You was speechless. Even if he was dissatisfied with women's writing, he dared not deny Empress Changsun's deeds.
Even if he were given ten heads, they wouldn't be enough for him to lose.
"By the way," Jiang Jingfeng said, standing with one hand behind his back and looking at the crowd, "I just heard someone say that women should spend all their time on dressing up? Who made this rule? It seems that our Wu Zhou laws don't have this provision."
The man just now dared to speak rudely because he was in the crowd. Why should he be asked to confront Jiang Jingfeng alone now?
How could he possibly listen to a woman!
So he hid in the crowd very stubbornly and didn't say a word.
Bai You's arrogance had weakened a bit, but when he saw that the man was so timid, he stiffened his neck and said, "This is the established rule!"
Jiang Jingfeng slowly walked towards Bai You and asked, "It's a convention? In other words, these rules are not explicitly stipulated in writing, but are simply passed down by word of mouth?"
She paused for a moment, as if thinking, "So, what about my suggestion today: men should stay at home, dressing up and learning how to please women, while women should work outside to support the family? I wonder if Mr. Bai would accept this?"
"How dare you!" Bai You took a step back involuntarily. "Do you know who I am? How dare you talk to me like that!"