Heng means wearing jade. "
-----"Shuowen Jiezi"
People in the family, even the slaves, said that Nian Heng was a nerd and too slow, just because Nian Heng was quite different from the lady in the eyes of people at that time.
In comparison, the eldest lady Nian Yao and the third lady Nian Qi were much more decent and generous.
Maybe it was the talkative little maid or the nagging Ma Li who told a few nonsense words outside, saying that the second young lady of the Nian family was an idiot, which offended the gossiping woman.