"Is it spreading like wildfire? What are they saying?" Tian Yu asked the maid.

"Some say the village woman poisoned the Marquis so he wouldn't leave him. Others say the Marquis had already divorced her, but now that he's an official, she came back to beg him, and he couldn't bear it and kept her. But she's ungrateful and wants to be the head of the household. How can a princess be a concubine? In short, this village woman is a shrew, ruthless and vicious. She saw that the Marquis was a man of loyalty and righteousness, so she went further and further, forcing him not to remarry. She even threatened him with that child of unknown origin. But the Marquis was kind and couldn't bear to hurt her, so he had to suffer in silence!" the maid said excitedly.

“That village woman is really quite unbearable,” Tian Yu said with a smile as she continued drinking her tea.

"Isn't that right? What's wrong with this world? How could such a fine young man marry such a vulgar woman?" Jiang Yuanyuan sighed.

“That’s right. Since ancient times, it’s always been men who abandon their wives after they become famous. But now it’s become a case of a wicked woman harming a true gentleman.” The maidservant interjected, refilling Tian Yu’s tea cup.

"Miss! Miss!" the maidservant standing on the balcony called out happily.

"What happened?! Who won?"

"Master Lei lost, he lost badly. He had no chance to fight back at all. He was knocked to the ground after just a few rounds and couldn't even get up. His men carried him away."

"That's good! That's good!" Jiang Yuanyuan exclaimed excitedly as she stood up.

"Miss, I think that guard is quite handsome and skilled in martial arts. He's a good young man," the maid watching from the balcony said with a smile.

"Ping'er, you mustn't be rude." Jiang Yuanyuan looked at Tian Yu and scolded the maid named Ping'er.

"It's alright, his name is Gale, but unfortunately he's already taken," Tian Yu said with a smile.

No sooner had they finished speaking than Jifeng came upstairs. The maid named Ping'er was very shy when she saw Jifeng, and kept her head down, not daring to look at him, but she would steal a few glances from time to time. Jifeng, on the other hand, didn't care and whispered in Tian Yu's ear, "Madam, we should leave now."

Tian Yu stood up and said goodbye to Jiang Yuanyuan, smiling as she said, "Miss Jiang, your troubles have been resolved. As for my brother, as I just said, if you are destined to meet, you will meet again soon."

"Wait, I don't even know your surname, young lady."

"No need for formalities, my surname is Li," Tian Yu said after a moment's hesitation.

"Thank you for helping me out today, Miss Li. Marriage is predestined, and I will not force what is not meant to be. You should leave now! The steward has already gone to inform my family, and my father and the others will be here soon."

Just as she reached the door, Tian Yu turned back to the people inside and said, "I think sometimes rumors are just rumors, and the truth of things can sometimes be the exact opposite of what you think."

Seeing the stunned people in the room, Tian Yu smiled and turned to leave with Ji Feng. Back at the inn, Tian Yu sat in her room, thinking about it over and over. She found it all quite amusing. Interesting. She had now become a shrew, a poisonous woman, and a jealous woman. She wondered what new terms could be used to describe her.