Chapter 323 Openly Spreading Rumors
Jiang Yuwei asked, puzzled, "What do you mean?"
Lin Jingxuan also looked puzzled: "Xinyue, do you know something?"
Chen Xinyue sighed softly, "I'm not sure, it's just a guess."
As she spoke, her face showed great difficulty.
With the future of the Martial Alliance at stake, Jiang Yuwei immediately became anxious: "What exactly happened? Stop keeping me in suspense!"
Chen Xinyue then said somewhat awkwardly, "Actually, I was very puzzled before. Second Sister is just an ordinary woman that Second Uncle found outside. Although she has the backing of our Martial Alliance, to put it bluntly, in the entire Martial Alliance, Prefect Song probably only takes Uncle and Second Uncle seriously."
"But just a few days ago, Prefect Song actually came to the welcoming banquet for my second sister, and even publicly supported her..."
As soon as she said that, Jiang Yuwei and his wife understood.
Jiang Yuwei frowned, but didn't speak immediately, seemingly lost in thought.
Lin Jingxuan's face immediately darkened: "Don't talk nonsense, Jin'er is not that kind of person!"
Chen Xinyue did not refute, but instead went along with her, saying, "Auntie is right, maybe I'm just overthinking it."
Her words made Lin Jingxuan uneasy.
After all, the fact that Prefect Song would support Yu Zhiyi that night was a strange thing in itself. She had been thinking about the reasons for it for the past few days, but she still couldn't see it clearly, like looking at flowers through a fog.
Now, being guided in this way...
She didn't really want to think about it too much.
But my thoughts couldn't help but drift in that direction.
As the head of the Martial Alliance, Jiang Yuwei thought more deeply and was more composed. He analyzed, "Although it is absurd, it is not impossible. If the Prefect's wife is really here to cause trouble, we may have to think about it carefully."
Lin Jingxuan pursed her lips, ultimately not uttering a rebuttal: "Shouldn't we inform my second brother and the others?"
Although saying this might get me beaten up, compared to the future of the Martial Arts Alliance, being beaten up is nothing.
Besides, if it really comes true, it's hard to say who will beat whom then.
But deep down she still didn't think that her dignified and elegant niece would do such a thing, so sending someone to inform her was just to be on the safe side.
Yu Zhiyi saw her aunt, who was with her aunt, hurriedly return to the manor. As she passed by, she cast a strange glance at her. She tried to calculate with her fingers, but couldn't figure out anything.
This shows that her aunt's trip was related to her.
If she absolutely had to arrive at a result, she would have to use a more advanced algorithm, which would require expending even more spiritual energy.
No need, she'll find out what happened soon enough.
Before long, the aunt returned, followed by... an angry Xiao Qingxuan.
Seeing Yu Zhiyi standing not far from the gate, Xiao Qingxuan's anger instantly dissipated, and her eyes even showed a hint of heartache and worry: "Jin'er, don't take their nonsense to heart. Mother will go and tear that little bitch's mouth apart!"
She rarely used such a vicious term to describe women, but Chen Ruolan and her daughter Chen Xinyue were both utterly disgusting!
Chen Ruolan is a cunning old fox; she always acts timidly and rarely reveals her true colors.
Moreover, she always pretends to be weak and pitiful, but in reality, her heart is more vicious than a snake or scorpion.
Chen Xinyue also inherited her mother's "advantages," being cunning and shrewd.
Xiao Qingxuan could completely understand why people wanted to fight for their own interests. After all, if martial artists didn't have guts and didn't fight or compete, they might as well go home and farm.
Can!
These two never seek benefits openly and honestly; they always resort to dirty tricks.
Today they've even gone so far as to openly spread pornographic rumors!
If she could tolerate this, she wouldn't be Xiao Qingxuan!
Yu Zhiyi: "?"
Although she didn't know what had happened, she could vaguely guess that Chen Xinyue must have been up to something again.
Moreover, he stepped on his mother's sore spot.
She became curious.
After spending these days together, she could tell that her mother was not a petty person. Even when she suffered such a great loss back then, she only disliked Chen Ruolan and did not hold a grudge against Chen Xinyue.
It seems Chen Xinyue has stirred up quite a storm.
She followed Xiao Qingxuan leisurely towards the gate.
When the mother and daughter arrived at the gate, Prefect Song and his wife had just alighted from their carriage.
Jiang Yuwei and the others, unaware of Yu Zhiyi and her daughter, approached Prefect Song and his wife, respectfully saying, "This humble citizen Jiang Yuwei/This humble woman Lin Jingxuan greets Prefect Song and his wife."
Chen Xinyue bowed gracefully: "This humble woman, Chen Xinyue, greets Your Excellency the Prefect and Your Excellency's wife."
Although he was a rough and unrefined man from the martial arts world, he performed the greetings with great decorum.
No matter how renowned a person in the martial arts world is or how skilled they are, they are ultimately just an ordinary person.
Moreover, for people in any era, it is a matter of chivalry using martial arts to break the law. The difference lies in the fact that some dynasties are stricter in their regulations, while others are more lenient.
In stricter dynasties, ordinary people were not allowed to keep any weapons in their homes except for kitchen knives and farm tools. If discovered, they would be punished with confiscation and a beating, or even imprisoned for several years.
The Great Sheng Empire did not have very strict control over weapons and was relatively friendly to martial artists.
If this were a hundred years ago, there would be many martial arts practitioners, especially members of the martial arts alliance, who would show great disrespect to high-ranking officials of the imperial court.
That was an era of flourishing diversity.
Unfortunately, it was precisely because the power of the martial arts world had flourished so brilliantly that they even disregarded the imperial court. Not only were they disrespectful and fearless, but some even dared to plot against imperial officials.
Enraged, the imperial court began to crack down on the martial arts world.
After decades of rectification, although the martial arts world has not yet declined, it no longer dares to oppose the imperial court.
As the largest force in the martial arts world, the Martial Alliance bears the responsibility of maintaining the balance between the martial arts world and the imperial court, so naturally it dares not act recklessly.
The main problem is that it's too unrestrained.
If the imperial court really wants to rectify the martial arts world, those minor sects and wandering knights can simply find a secluded mountain forest to hide in and reappear when things calm down.
But there's no way to avoid such a behemoth as the Martial Arts Alliance.
Besides, what man doesn't have ambitions?
No matter how powerful the leader of the martial arts alliance is, he is still just an ordinary citizen.
Jiang Yuwei also wanted to move up in the ranks.
Therefore, he was eager to build a good relationship with Prefect Song.
Lin Jingxuan didn't want to get involved with the official family, especially not her daughter, but she couldn't make that decision.
Chen Xinyue's thoughts were even simpler.
She wants to climb up!
Since the Martial Alliance refuses to be her backer, she will rely on herself to climb to a place even higher than the Martial Alliance!
"No need for formalities," Prefect Song said casually, gesturing for them to rise.
Somewhat puzzled, he asked, "Why haven't I seen the Second Miss?"
Jiang Yuwei's heart skipped a beat, and he was somewhat unsure of what to do.
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