Chapter 227: Everyone in the streets is talking about this
"We can't let him take it away. He wants to use the prince's jade pendant to pry Doctor Du away. We won't do what they want. Tomorrow morning, we will start the discussion. We will talk for the whole morning to ensure that the King of Qi's conspiracy will not succeed."
"It's settled, please. In fact, not only our teahouse, but also the market has arranged people to discuss this matter. We are just cooperating. Everyone go back and rest early, and don't forget the important matter tomorrow."
Everyone: “I can’t forget it.”
After getting the jade pendant, Yang Yurong sat in the carriage, his heart beating wildly. He didn't expect it to be so easy to get it. He thought it would take some effort.
Ye Tingxiao was a reckless man. She had identified him and he had no defense against others. Even a woman like her who was powerless could plot against him, let alone an enemy.
No wonder he was injured in that place. It was probably because he was too reckless and got tricked by someone.
After returning to the inn, he gave the jade pendant to Qi Wang Ouyang Qing. He took it and looked at it, then asked, "Does anyone know about your meeting with Ye Tingxiao?"
Yang Yurong thought back carefully: "Only the pedestrians on the street and the people in the teahouse saw it, but no one else noticed."
Picking up the jade pendant and shaking it in front of his eyes, Ouyang Qing, who was used to seeing good things, felt that the material of this thing was ordinary and seemed incompatible with his status as the eldest son of the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion.
Not knowing why Ye Tingxiao would wear such an inconspicuous thing, he wondered: "Is this thing really Ye Tingxiao's?"
"Of course, I took it off him." Yang Yurong looked at the jade pendant and asked, "Why does Your Majesty ask this?"
Ouyang Qing threw the jade pendant on the table and said softly, "Nothing, just asking."
So, before his men could trap Ye Tingxiao and his concubine in the house, she had already got the jade pendant? She had originally wanted to give Ye Tingxiao a taste of his own medicine, but she didn't have time.
Did Ye Tingxiao realize something or did he really fall for Yang Yurong's trick? In the capital, he had a secret meeting with Yang Yurong and was blocked in a teahouse by people invited by Ye Tingxiao, causing a stir in the city.
Why couldn't he block Ye Tingxiao and Yang Yurong in the teahouse and cause a big uproar in Liangjun City? His people arrived a step too late and miscalculated.
If a quarrel had broken out at that time, Du Wanwan would have been furious, and might even have been so heartbroken that she would have willingly followed him to leave Liangjun City and develop in the capital.
Ye Tingxiao: “…”
You think too much. My Wanwan has known your conspiracy for a long time. Want to block me and Yang Yurong? There are no doors or windows, even the dog hole is blocked tightly.
Didn't Yang Yurong just want to steal something? Just give it to her openly. It's just a worthless jade pendant, and I'll give it to you as a reward.
After finishing the work, Ye Tingxiao went to the People's Clinic to report the progress to Du Wanwan. The two discussed for a while and then took a rest.
The next morning, the beggars in the market woke up early and began to tell their stories secretly in various prosperous areas of Liangjun City.
"Do you know? A prince came to the capital and asked Doctor Du for treatment. Doctor Du prescribed medicine and the prince's condition was under control. The prince was unwilling to accept this and planned to find a way to get Doctor Du away."
"What? Take Doctor Du away? How did he do it? Take him away by force? This prince is too unreasonable."
"We didn't take him away by force. We thought of a way to make Dr. Du so heartbroken that he would ask to leave on his own initiative."
"What did he come up with, old beggar? Tell us, so we can see how he is going to make Doctor Du so heartbroken."
The old beggar took the gourd from his waist, opened it and took a sip. There was wine in it, a rare and good wine.
"I heard that the concubine next to the prince was the fiancee that our prince had arranged when he was young. Later, the prince got sick and returned to the capital to cancel the engagement. Unexpectedly, the concubine was caught meeting the prince in a teahouse."
More and more people gathered to listen to the story, all of them were peddlers and hawkers, and they all stood up for Ye Tingxiao.
"Ah? That prince is too unkind. How could he do such a thing as poaching someone else's girlfriend?"
"Oh! Stop arguing, this is not the point. The point is that we need to know how that prince is going to make Doctor Du sad. Old beggar! Just continue your story and ignore them."
The old beggar nodded and continued, "Later, the prince successfully broke off the engagement and returned to Liang County. Everyone knows that the prince's illness was real, Doctor Du cured him, and it was also true that he pledged his love to her.
Yesterday evening, the prince asked his concubine to go to the outer city to block the prince. The two of them went into a private room of a teahouse. Later, the concubine drugged the prince and stole a jade pendant from him.
Let's talk about this. If that concubine took the jade pendant to Doctor Du and told him that the prince was deeply in love with her, would Doctor Du be heartbroken? "
"Oh my god! That woman is so abominable. How could she be so calculating? No, I have to go to the People's Hospital and tell Doctor Du. I can't be fooled by that prince."
"Yes, I want to go too. Doctor Du saved my child's life. If she is really heartbroken and leaves Liang County, who will we turn to for medical treatment in the future?"
"Come on, I'll go with you. We can't let Dr. Du leave us."
"No need to go." The old beggar interrupted them, "We are all ordinary people, Doctor Du is sincere for us, we can't harm her.
Instead of telling her about this, it is better to tell more people about the prince's secret plan. The people in the whole city know about it, and it will be impossible for him to get rid of Doctor Du. It is useless to let only Doctor Du know, we must let everyone know. "
Everyone looked at each other and felt that what the old beggar said was right.
When Doctor Du is facing off against the prince, naturally the prince has more power and the woman is the prince's woman. If she really slanders that the prince is still having an affair with him, Doctor Du, who is unaware of the situation, will indeed be angry.
Even if the prince wanted to explain, he couldn't explain it clearly because the thing was in someone else's hands.
Who let that woman steal the prince's jade pendant? Doctor Du didn't understand the whole story and was very sad.
Even if they go and say it, it can't prove that the prince has no relationship with the prince's woman. If everyone in the city knows that the prince wants to plot against Doctor Du, even if the woman has the jade pendant, she won't be able to make any waves.
"Then let's find someone to spread the word. We must tell everyone about this and not let that prince's conspiracy succeed."
"That's right. Doctor Du can't be hurt by that woman. Everyone, hurry up. Do you understand everything? If you don't understand, ask the old beggar. I'm leaving first."
The power of the masses was so swift that before people in the teahouse even started talking about it, the news had already spread widely in the market.
As soon as the teahouse and tavern opened their doors and the storyteller banged the gavel, a complete story gradually unfolded before everyone.
For a time, everyone in the streets and alleys of Liangjun City was talking about this matter.
Whether you are a commoner, a wealthy family, or an official, your ears are filled with this story all day long.
Even if their ears are callused, they still enjoy listening to it.
(End of this chapter)
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