Zhang Qing's eyes twitched slightly when she saw the Minister of Revenue's scratched face. Under pressure from the Minister's wife, Zhang Qing had no choice but to appease him, mainly because she herself was afraid of having her face scratched.
Then there was Zhang Chengjue's wife, the Director of the Imperial Household Department. Unlike the wife of the Minister of Revenue, she was gentle and timid. When she saw Zhang Qing, she started to sob, but what she said made Zhang Qing freeze in shock.
"I'm just keeping a man as a mistress, but he still has three wives and four concubines! Why can men have three wives and four concubines, but women can't?"
Uh, Zhang Qing was really stumped by her question. But, well, she turned to Zhang Chengjue and asked, "Yeah, why can't a woman have three, uh... three or four men?"
Zhang Chengjue, who had been cuckolded, shed two streams of tears. "Lord Zhang, I beg you to go home and bring your conscience with you before you speak."
However, Zhang Qing's words gave Madam Zhang an idea. That's right, men can have three wives and four concubines, so why does she only keep one man?
Zhang Qing left, but Zhang Chengjue was cheated on even more times, almost to the point of collapse. He wanted to divorce his wife! Ahhh! He wanted to divorce his wife!
However, he really couldn't divorce her, because he was afraid of getting beaten up. His seven brothers-in-law were all fat and strong, and they were all unreasonable. If he dared to divorce his wife, he had no doubt that he would be put in a sack for the next seven days.
There were several similar incidents, and Zhang Qing was having a major headache dealing with them.
When Chuanwen returned home that day, he saw that his uncle, who was not his father, looked disheveled and was often distracted during the meal. When Marquis Changxing asked him what was wrong, he just sighed and shook his head, saying that nothing was wrong.
Chuanwen was puzzled. She counted that her uncle had picked up food eight times, but sighed twenty times. How could he say that was nothing?
So I started digging into the script. I didn't realize how silent I was until I started digging.
The emperor always summons his uncle-in-law alone... It's one thing to listen to his opinions when handling state affairs, but he's also always concerned about his private life...
Marquis Changxing and the others exchanged glances. Hmm... they felt there was nothing wrong with this. After all, Chuanwen was not in the palace at the moment, and the emperor could only find out Chuanwen's thoughts through Chuanhai. Sometimes, he would deliberately have Chuanhai relay messages, but to prevent Chuanwen from becoming suspicious, the messages were relayed in a rather discreet manner.
For example, casually mention the emperor's troubles during a meal, or bump into her after returning from delivering a message and casually mention that you have some official business to attend to, and so on.
However, those unaware of the situation interpreted it differently, especially after learning that: "Ever since the Emperor started summoning my uncle-in-law alone, he's been constantly impeached for various reasons! The key is that the Emperor has suppressed all those memorials against him, not only refraining from punishing him but also frequently bestowing upon him fine gifts!"
Combining all these factors, the conclusion is obvious: "Could the emperor have taken a liking to my cheap uncle?"
!!
Marquis Changxing and the others were stunned by Chuan Wen's conclusion. They glanced at Chuan Hai out of the corner of their eyes. Although Chuan Hai was middle-aged and still handsome and dashing, the emperor probably wouldn't be.
Chuan Hai was stunned by this conclusion. Wasn't he always being criticized because Chuan Wen, that woman, was so capable of causing chaos in other people's homes, but they couldn't do anything about Chuan Wen, so they could only take their anger out on him?
The emperor suppressed those memorials because he understood that Chuanwen was just a target, and those rewards were just appeasement for him because of Chuanwen's reputation!
Chuanhai felt wronged!
Unfortunately, Chuanwen was unaware of this and was still enjoying the gossip. [Oh, no wonder my uncle has been sighing so much these past few days; he must have sensed the Emperor's intentions, hence his distress. Alas! Poor thing!]
Chuan Hai felt increasingly aggrieved. "As long as you don't make wild guesses and spread rumors, I won't feel aggrieved!"
Her resentful gaze fell on Chuanrui and Xu Yan, who quickly buried their heads in their food. "The food today is really delicious!"
The two men smiled sheepishly and served food to everyone, explaining that they had been deaf earlier.
"Yes, yes, eat more, eat more."
Marquis Changxing echoed this sentiment, helping to change the subject.
But it would have been better if Marquis Changxing hadn't spoken. As soon as he did, Chuanwen remembered that she hadn't thoroughly investigated his theft of someone else's dentures.
[Hahaha! So it turns out that my cheap grandfather stole someone's dentures because that person implicated my cheap uncle! Cutting off someone's food supply, how vicious! Old Shen's concubine's father has been eating less since losing his dentures, and he's lost a lot of weight in just a few days! Hahaha!]
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Marquis Changxing coughed awkwardly, meeting everyone's questioning gazes as they inquired whether the story of stealing someone's dentures was true or false. He said sheepishly, "Eat your food, eat your food."
Madam of Changxing: If we can't eat even a little bit, there won't be a single normal person in this family!
Wenxue, standing to the side, chuckled to herself. She found that following Chuanwen brought her so much joy every day, and she really envied Zheng Yan. But from now on, she would be the one to enjoy this boundless happiness, hehe!
The next day, before dawn and before the capital had fully awakened, the gates of the Marquis of Changxing's residence were pounded loudly.
The gatekeeper rubbed his eyes and opened the gate, only to see a poor-looking man standing swaggering in front of them. The gatekeeper assumed he was a beggar and threw two copper coins at him, trying to shoo him away. But the man quickly picked up the coins and didn't leave. He claimed to be an official in the Ministry of Revenue and wanted to see the Marquis of Changxing.
The gatekeeper chuckled upon hearing this. A junior official in the Ministry of Revenue was a government official; what government official was so poor and stingy!
Just then, Chuan Hai came out to go to court. He saw that it was Zhao Dajia, the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and hurriedly asked him what was wrong.
Chuanhai thought something serious had happened when they knocked on the door so early in the morning.
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