After coming out of Yilan Garden, Qi Che was in a bad mood. His face was even more gloomy and scary.
"Master, your face..." the butler asked carefully.
"Get out!" Qi Che was about to lose his composure and couldn't help but yell at the housekeeper.
He couldn't figure out how the usually docile Chu Qingniang could suddenly become like this? Did she know martial arts? So she was fearless?
Is she really just an ordinary merchant girl? Why has he never noticed that she is good at martial arts after three years of getting along with her?
And that Zhixia too!
This realization made him feel fooled and ashamed. What was even more hateful was that she actually attacked him!
Qi Che raised his hand and touched his red and swollen cheek, a hint of cruelty flashed in his eyes.
After we sort out the problem with the shop, we’ll see how to deal with her!
Before he knew it, he had left the house and arrived at Zuixianju, the largest restaurant in the city.
"Waiter, bring me a pot of white pear blossom tea!" Qi Che threw down a silver ingot and went straight up to the second floor.
He seldom drinks on weekdays, but tonight, he was in a bad mood and just wanted to get drunk.
After drinking three cups of strong liquor, a fire started burning in his stomach. Thinking of how Chu Qingniang had kicked him just now, he felt the evil fire in his heart burn even more fiercely.
At this time, the sound of storytelling could be heard faintly from the lobby downstairs:
"...It is said that the unfaithful man, in order to curry favor with the rich and powerful, abandoned his wife and married another man. He imprisoned his first wife in the backyard and then married the daughter of the prime minister..."
Qi Che's hand that was pouring wine suddenly stopped.
"Isn't this talking about Qi Zhuangyuan?" The next room also heard a discussion. "My aunt works in the Qi Mansion. She said that Madam Chu was locked up in a side courtyard and couldn't even get enough food..."
"Is there such a thing? But then again, Madam Chu is also pitiful. She is an orphan with no power or influence. Now she is being bullied by her husband who is the number one scholar. She doesn't even have anyone to support her..."
"Who says it's not true? If you ask me, it's all the fault of that unfaithful man..."
Here, Qi Che's grip on the wine glass tightened, veins bulged on the back of his hand, and his bloodshot eyes stared at the storyteller downstairs.
How dare these common people?
Qi Che was already angry today, and he drank two taels of wine. After drinking the wine, he became much braver.
He gulped down a glass of wine, then staggered to his feet and opened the door of the private room.
In the lobby, the storyteller was talking about the most interesting part, "It is said that in order to please his new lover, Qi Zhuangyuan actually sold all the maids that came with his wife's dowry to the brothel——"
"Shut up!" Qi Che shouted suddenly, interrupting the storyteller.
"You, you unruly commoner, do you know what crime it is to slander an official appointed by the imperial court?"
The storyteller was startled at first, and the wake-up stick fell on the table with a "clack". After seeing who was coming, he was not afraid, but straightened his back.
"Isn't this Qi Zhuangyuan? I am just making up a story. If you think what I said is false, you can confront me in class!"
With this shout, the entire Zuixianju suddenly exploded.
"So he is the unfaithful champion! He looks like a decent man, but why is he so evil?"
"The most heartless scholar is a scholar. Madam Chu is such a good person, yet you have the heart to kill her!"
In the crowd, everyone's saliva almost drowned Qi Che.
Qi Che's face turned pale, and he pointed at everyone and said, "You, you are so brave!"
"Qi Zhuangyuan is such an important figure," someone suddenly sneered from the private room on the second floor, "He dares to do something but not to take responsibility. This is a disgrace to scholars."
The crowd suddenly became agitated. No one knew who started it first, but a rotten vegetable leaf was thrown directly at Qi Che, landing on his shoulder.
"Get out, you unfaithful man!"
"How dare you come out like this? Could the storyteller be wrong? We all saw it with our own eyes at the gate of Qi's mansion that day."
Rotten vegetable leaves and melon seed shells flew towards Qi Che.
He hurriedly raised his hand to block, but he could only block one side and not the other, and was in a very embarrassing situation.
The shopkeeper saw that the situation was not good, so he quickly asked the servant to push him out: "Qi Zhuangyuan, please be kind and stop causing trouble in our shop..."
Qi Che was already half drunk and could not stand steadily. When he was pushed to the door, he was not paying attention and sat down on the threshold.
Suddenly, the whole room burst into laughter.
"Qi Zhuangyuan, be careful with the steps!"
"Haha, don't ruin the good marriage of the daughter of the prime minister!"
Qi Che's face turned red with embarrassment and he got up in a panic, his clothes covered with vegetable leaves and wine stains.
After this incident, he was mostly sober, and his heart was instantly filled with regret.
Now that he has just entered the officialdom, he dare not confront the people in the street. If things really get out of control, the censor's memorials will be piled up on the emperor's desk!
"Get out of the way!" He lowered his head, squeezed out of the crowd in embarrassment, and finally disappeared around the corner of the street.
As I walked further away, I could still hear the cursing behind me.
The night wind blew, and Qi Che felt cold all over. He stumbled into a dark alley, and finally couldn't hold on any longer, holding onto the wall and retching violently.
What he vomited out was not only the wine, but also the humiliation and anger in his heart.
"Chu Qingniang, it's all your fault!"
He gritted his teeth and repeated the name, then suddenly punched the wall hard.
He blamed all of this on Chu Qingniang.
If she hadn't been so ignorant and insisted on getting a divorce, there wouldn't have been so many problems. Now even her own reputation was in jeopardy.
After returning home, Qi Che coldly gave the housekeeper an order: "From today on, there is no need to send food to Yilan Garden anymore."
The housekeeper was panicked and asked, "Master, is this not a good idea?"
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