little prince

Hou Yuebai, seeing no one competing with him, felt secretly delighted. He hastily recited, "Autumn water, silver hall, mandarin ducks together, playing the zither under the blue sky and green water." His couplet was composed hastily, and although the parallelism was neat, the combination of mandarin ducks and zither was somewhat forced. It could barely be considered a mediocre couplet.

Miss Bai, noticing Luo Ning's furrowed brows, couldn't bear it and couldn't help but ask Lin Wanrong, "Lin San, can you match this couplet?"

Lin Wanrong, feeling a bit displeased with Luo Ning this time for not choosing the monkey-like young man, responded, "I should be able to match it."

"Can you match it better than him?" Miss Bai asked again.

Lin Wanrong smirked, "I am a self-taught person, free-spirited and unrestrained. How can his couplet compare to mine?"

Miss Bai gritted her teeth, "In that case, stand up and respond, suppress that monkey-like young master."

Lin Wanrong was surprised, wondering if he misheard. Was Miss Bai losing her mind?

Xiao Yuruo, seeing his incredulous expression, angrily and embarrassedly said, "Miss Luo has shown kindness to us, and it's our duty to repay. But don't you harbor any ill intentions towards her. If you do, it would be unfair to Qiaoqiao, Yushuang, the Xiao family, and me."

Lin Wanrong felt a bit dizzy listening to her. Unfair to Qiaoqiao and Yushuang could be acceptable, but unfair to the Xiao family? Unfair to you? Where did that come from? Miss Bai blushed, snorted, and refused to look at him anymore.

Luo Ning, seeing no one responding, was about to speak when Lin Wanrong's voice rang out, "Miss Luo, I also have a couplet."

Luo Ning was delighted, but Hou Yuebai hastily interrupted, "This couplet was proposed by me first."

Lin Wanrong chuckled, "Don't be in a hurry, Lord Hou. Listen to my couplet before speaking. Miss Luo's couplet is 'Autumn water, silver hall, mandarin ducks together.' Mine is 'Heavenly wind, jade sky, phoenix and phoenix singing.'"

Those in the hall who understood quickly realized that Lin San's couplet surpassed Lord Hou's in both parallelism and artistic conception. Needless to say, this couplet marked a victory for the Xiao family's servant.

Luo Ning, blushing and pleased, glanced at Lin Wanrong gratefully. Lin Wanrong nodded triumphantly, while Miss Bai beside him snorted, "What are you so proud of? Don't forget what I told you earlier. Don't betray Yushuang."

Lin Ning blushed as she spoke the third couplet, "On the wutong tree branch, two phoenixes perch."

This couplet seemed to follow the previous one, featuring mandarin ducks and phoenixes on the wutong tree. Did this girl truly have feelings for someone? Lin Wanrong looked at Luo Ning in confusion.

Miss Bai's expression was extremely unpleasant. The implications in Luo Ning's words seemed to carry a sense of courtship. Miss Bai gritted her teeth, "Lin San, you don't need to respond to this couplet."

"Do I still need to care about that monkey-like young master?" Lin Wanrong retorted.

"You don't need to care about him either. Let me handle it," Miss Bai said. She stood up and declared, "Miss Luo, I have matched your couplet. On the wutong tree branch, two phoenixes perch, and lotus flowers stand among them."

Lin Wanrong, feeling a bit amused, was the first to applaud. Miss Bai and Luo Ning, without coordinating, both glared at him. Others in the hall, excited to witness the confrontation between the two talented young ladies, were thrilled.

Seeing that Miss Bai had matched the couplet, Luo Ning felt both shy and relieved. The tension in the hall gradually eased as the attention shifted to the arrival of someone important.