They came here to hear gossip, but now someone might die, and it's Chuanwen's precious darling who's going to die. They suddenly felt like everything around them was unreal!
A group of people rushed into the inn, looking quite boisterous, which frightened the inn's waiters so much that they didn't dare to come forward to greet them.
Marquis Changxing accurately located the waiter, asked for Chuanwen and the others' private room, and immediately went upstairs. However, he suddenly stopped halfway up. What reason could he give to call Chuanwen or Chuanyu away?
After realizing this, Marquis Changxing hurriedly went downstairs, because he felt that no matter what reason he gave, he couldn't fool his Wen girl, who knew everything!
However, after going down two steps, he turned around and went upstairs again. He didn't call anyone away, but quietly hid in the private room next door and secretly observed the situation on their side.
When Marquis Changxing went up and down the stairs, several officials followed him, getting exhausted from his constant movements.
The group sat down in the private room next to Chuanwen and her friends, feeling a little uneasy, fearing that something might happen to them.
While they were anxiously studying the electric fan, Chuanwen and his group were all craning their necks to examine it.
After Chuanwen explained the problem in various ways, Chuanyu and the others suddenly understood and immediately became interested, starting to work on it on the spot.
However, Chuanwen looked at Zhao Xuejiao while peeling nuts. At this moment, Zhao Xuejiao did not join in the research on the fan, but was leisurely drinking tea and eating melon seeds, just like Chuanwen.
Facing the gaze of the person who uploaded the article, Zhao Xuejiao gradually felt like she had been caught sleeping in class by her teacher, and she was a little sweaty.
"I... I think I'll do it with everyone else."
She hesitantly put down her teacup and moved towards Chuanyu and the others, but Chuanwen rolled his eyes and stopped her, saying, "Forget it, for their safety, you should just stay here!"
The painful memories of almost being electrocuted by Zhao Xuejiao several times flooded back to Chuanwen, and he thought to himself: [The Minister of Personnel seems like a very shrewd person, so why is his daughter so simple-minded?]
The Minister of Personnel happened to be in the next room. Hearing Chuanwen's thoughts, he was stunned. What did that mean? Was his daughter in there too?
All eyes were on the Minister of Personnel, who was somewhat flattered. At the same time, he was filled with anticipation for his daughter. "Daughter! If Chuanwen and Chuanyu start fighting, you must stop them! At least hold them off until they break in!"
[Ah! I never knew the Minister of Personnel had such a dark past!]
Chuanwen's inner voice came again, and the Minister of Personnel was stunned again. What, what's going on? Wasn't it said that Chuanwen was going to fight Chuanyu? How did it turn into digging up his dark history?
All eyes were once again focused on the Minister of Personnel, but this time the Minister of Personnel was sweating profusely.
[When the Minister of Personnel was young, he failed the imperial examinations every time he took them. Eventually, he couldn't even afford the travel expenses to take them again. But in pursuit of his dream of becoming an official, he deliberately twisted his ankle in front of a wealthy widow's carriage. The widow looked at him and exclaimed, "Oh! What a handsome young man!"]
Chuanwen felt a little guilty eating gossip about Zhao Xuejiao's father next to her, so he didn't dare to look at Zhao Xuejiao, for fear that he might burst out laughing.
However, in the next room, the Minister of Personnel felt extremely uncomfortable under everyone's gaze. The Minister of Works suppressed a laugh, never expecting that the usually serious Minister of Personnel could be so reckless!
The gossip continues: "Then the Minister of Personnel successfully arrived in the capital, even amassed his own treasury, and then he passed the imperial examination with flying colors! Haha, a year later, the widow came knocking on his door, bringing a big, chubby son!"
The Minister of Personnel was already wiping away sweat. Everyone seemed to have forgotten their earlier anxiety and were drawn to the Minister of Personnel's scandalous affair. They all looked at the Minister of Personnel, and they really didn't expect that the Minister of Personnel had such a romantic story.
Therefore, people who seem respectable on the surface are definitely not good people!
Everyone thought the same thing. They could all imagine that after the widow came to their door, the Minister of Personnel would definitely turn his back on her. Not to mention that a year had passed and who knew if that fat boy was his child, the widow was also a stain on his reputation. He would definitely drive her away without any mercy!
Chuanwen had no idea that the people in the next room were all scoundrels from the melon patch, nor did he know that they had already conjured up a dramatic story of a widow and a faithless man. He continued to watch the drama unfold: [The Minister of Personnel sees the beautiful widow again, and happily gets married on the spot!]
Cough cough cough!
Chuanwen choked on a nut shell and exclaimed, "So the Minister of Personnel and the pretty widow are truly in love? Could that pretty widow be the mother of the little darling now?"
"What's wrong? Are you alright?"
Seeing that Chuanwen was choking, Zhao Xuejiao was quite concerned, which made Chuanwen a little embarrassed. He quickly said it was nothing, and then hurriedly checked whether the pretty widow was Zhao Xuejiao's mother. After checking, he found that she really was.
After their marriage, the couple were inseparable and had two children within three years!
The official expressed his admiration for the Minister of Personnel's marriage prospects, leaving the group in the next room speechless: ...
They were judging others by their own petty standards!
The Minister of Personnel was still somewhat uncomfortable. Even though he and his wife were quite loving now, he was still ashamed to admit that he had seduced a widow for money.
After finishing his gossip about the Minister of Personnel, Chuanwen turned his gaze to Cheng Wanrong, sighing inwardly with regret, "Cheng Wanrong is elegant and intelligent, why didn't my brother take a liking to her!"
The Minister of Personnel breathed a sigh of relief after the news was relayed. However, Cheng Wanrong's father, Cheng Linfeng, the Vice Minister of Justice, looked at the Marquis of Changxing with piercing eyes. What did that mean? Did Chuanwu look down on his daughter?!
Marquis Changxing hurriedly forced a smile.
[They're even going on a hunger strike! If it were me, I'd be overjoyed!]
Chuanwu hasn't been eating much these past few days. He's lost all will to live. The marriage he was betrothed to isn't what he wants, and he's become cannon fodder in this new drama, destined to die young. If he has to die, he thinks it's better to starve himself to death than to be beaten to death—that would be far more painful!
Hunger strike!
The Vice Minister of Justice in the next room was getting agitated. He got up and tried to drag the Marquis of Changxing to the Emperor, as if his daughter was determined to cling to the Marquis of Changxing's residence!
While apologizing to the Vice Minister of Justice with a forced smile, the Marquis of Changxing was secretly heartbroken, thinking to himself, "Wen Yatou is truly a master at stirring up trouble!"
Fortunately, a group of people came over to persuade him, and they managed to calm the Vice Minister of Justice down. The Vice Minister of Justice was furious and said that even if he didn't go to see the emperor, he still had to get an explanation from the Marquis of Changxing.
However, at this moment, Chuanwen's thoughts came through again: "[So, didn't Cheng Wanrong's mother want to match her with her cousin? Let me see how things are going between them?]"
Even if Chuanwen were to investigate his daughter and her in-laws, the Vice Minister of Justice would not be intimidated at all. After all, his daughter and her nephew had only met a few times before the emperor bestowed the marriage upon them, and there was absolutely no progress between them!
But Chuanwen was stunned: "[Pfft—! Cheng Wanrong actually cheated on my brother!]"
After Chuanwen's heartfelt words were conveyed, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice's expression went blank for a moment, and the entire room became so quiet you could hear a pin drop!
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