Chapter 2122 Is Meng Yunzheng casting a wide net?
But Meng Yunzheng is a special case. He used to be Gong Qiu's son, and later exposed Gong Qiu's crimes to avenge his mother.
The late emperor wanted to reward him, but he refused and went straight home.
Once he left, many people stopped paying attention to him, assuming that he was really going to inherit his father's business and go back to be a bodyguard.
Unexpectedly, he went to take the imperial examination. Starting from the county level, he passed each level with flying colors, achieving the highest score in all four levels. In just three years, he became the top scholar in the provincial examination and went to the capital to take the imperial examination.
This is a talented person; their future achievements should not be underestimated.
Many people know Meng Yunzheng after he achieved the top rank in the provincial examination, and at that time, some people wanted to get in touch with him.
However, they soon learned that Meng Yunzheng had been working for Qi Lie during the chaos in Changjin Prefecture last year.
They assumed he had already pledged allegiance to Qi Lie, but little did they know that Qi Lie had fallen seriously ill at the end of last year, and Meng Yunzheng, after arriving in the capital recently, had not visited Qi Lie.
Not only did he not visit them to offer condolences, but he also visited Grand Tutor Qi, Minister of the Court of Judicial Review Jing, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works Yao, and even had a meal with the Earl's heir, Xiang Weinan.
In short, it seems like they're constantly on the move.
Everyone was wondering if Meng Yunzheng was abandoning Qi Lie because of his prolonged illness and was instead turning to someone else, or even casting a wide net.
Soon enough, someone sent a visiting card to Meng Yunzheng's door, wanting to get to know him better.
These people didn't care whether Meng Yunzheng was ungrateful or had character flaws. They only felt that Meng Yunzheng was ambitious and resourceful. He was able to bring down Gong Qiu and still manage to pass the exams all the way up, so he definitely had the ability and would be a very valuable asset in the future.
However, those who came to see Meng Yunzheng were not of high status or position.
Take the Earl's Mansion we visited today, for example; it has the title of Earl but no real power.
Speaking of the Yibo family, Xia Yan lowered his voice, "This Yibo doesn't just want to befriend our young master; he wants to marry his daughter to him."
Seeing Shu Yu's expression change, Xia Yan immediately clarified, "But don't worry, young master isn't interested in other women at all; they're all just infatuated with one woman."
"Don't they know that A-Yun is already engaged?"
"How could we not know? Young Master said long ago that he would get married this year, but they didn't care." In this world, how many people abandon their wives and children after gaining fame and fortune, let alone a fiancée who hasn't even gotten married yet.
So what if Shu Yu is a county princess? A county princess might be respectable in the local area, but in the capital, she's nothing.
Besides, Meng Yunzheng and Shu Yu have been engaged for three years. If they were to get married, would they wait three long years? Meng Yunzheng is already twenty-three or twenty-four years old, well past the age for marriage.
Shu You, listening from the side, was furious. "Do these people have no sense of propriety or shame? They've read so many classic books, yet they're not as reasonable as an old woman from the countryside."
Zhao Xi nodded repeatedly, "My wife is right."
"But it's alright now," Xia Yan said happily. "The young lady came, and the servants from the Yibo Mansion happened to see her. If they had any shame, they wouldn't bother us anymore."
At this time, Xia Yan was unaware that because the servant had seen Shu Yu, rumors about Shu Yu would begin to spread like wildfire the next day.
But Shu Yu was focused on something else at the moment. "You just said that Qi Lie is seriously ill?"
(End of this chapter)
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