I Am This Type of Woman

27

"Ban Hua." At one sight of Ban Hua, Jiang Luo felt his whole body was uncomfortable. At the Autumn Hunting Ban Hua had acted crazy and caused him a frustrating loss. The anger from that time hadn't dissipated yet and now her joyful smile made the fire of anger in his chest clambered up.

"Your Highness the Second Prince." Ban Huai bowed towards Jiang Luo, but the expression on his face wasn't quite right and he moved in front of Ban Hua as if blocking Jiang Luo.

"Marquis Jingting, " Jiang Luo sneered, looked at Ban Huai with disdain, "I heard when Duke Jingting was still alive, his arrows could hit the target from 100 paces distance. This Prince has always wanted to see it, I wonder if Marquis Jingting could give a few pointers."

All Palace staff around them fell silent, everyone in the Court knew that Marquis Jingting wasn't good at riding and archery. Today His Highness the Second Prince had openly mocked Marquis Jingting as useless, everyone felt unlucky that they happened to be serving there, and hating their ears for hearing it.

"Second Prince please don't make fun of weichen1. Noone in the Capital doesn't know that weichen is incapable of physical activities2, inept in literature and unskilled in martial arts. Weichen could still give pointers in the matter of drinks and entertainment, but not on archery."

Ban Huai had lived this long, he had heard harsher ridicules so Second Prince's insult didn't affect him at all. "But if Your Highness really liked archery, my dog daughter's style is quite similar to my father's, it is better to ask her than asking weichen."

Other people modestly called their sons 'a dog son', Ban Huai had an original approach of calling his daughter 'a dog daughter'. It was akin to saying that 'even though my precious daughter was a girl, but she was more than qualified for instructing you this prince in the matter of archery'.

Second Prince coldly laughed, "Fule Junzhu clearly is more than comparable to men, all the men in world are humbled and withdraw in shame3."

This was a reference to the matter of Ban Hua's engagements, but was Ban Hua the type of person who could suffer losses?

Actually Ban Hua quite admired the Second Prince. He always lost in her hand but instead of learning his lessons, he still came running to her spouting his mouth. This time he had crossed the limit by ridiculing her father, how could this be tolerated?

Definitely not!

"Your Highness the Second Prince, I know you dislike me. I don't mind that you taunt and ridicule me about other people withdrawing their engagements with me, but why do you humiliate my father as well?"

Ban Hua tugged on the Second Prince's sleeve. Her voice trembled, her expression aggrieved, and the rims of her eyes reddened,

"As the saying goes, rulers' insult is the subjects' demise, fathers' insult is the sons' end. I will admit my mistakes if I have done wrong, but how could you treat my father like this?!"

"Let go! What are you pulling me for?!" The Second Prince tried to pull back his sleeve to no avail, he struggled again but still couldn't gain a jot. He was inwardly shocked, this Ban Hua looked tender and charming, what did she eat to grow up this strong?

"I am not talking to you. We ask His Majesty to judge!" Ban Hua tugged once and the Second Prince stumbled, he was dragged across the door by her.

"My good daughter, you mustn't!" Ban Huai jolted back.

He turned to grab Ban Hua but his legs swayed and he fell on the ground. By the time Palace staff ran over to help him get up, Fule Junzhu and the Second Prince had entered the Palace, even their shadows had long gone.