The scandal is known throughout the capital.
The area in front of the Red Robe Pavilion remains bustling.
A magnificent carriage stopped in front of the pavilion. A moment later, a man was thrown out of the carriage. His clothes were spread out on the ground, and he was about to lie down and fall asleep on the street. Xiao Shun leaped up and quickly caught his young master.
I don't know what his young master was thinking, why he kept pestering his mortal enemy to drink with him.
Zhao Heng stood tall and elegant in front of the carriage door, watching coldly. Despite the murmurs around him, he remained unmoved, acting as a hands-off manager.
He glanced at the attic, his cold gaze instantly melting, a playful smile playing on his lips. "Out with the old, in with the new."
"enjoy it."
Qi Guanlan shook his head and suddenly realized something. He narrowed his eyes, a glint of shrewdness in them, and pointed at Zhao Heng from behind the carriage, saying, "No wonder Wen Ruo said you don't deserve any sympathy."
Zhao Heng paused.
"But now I feel a little sorry for you, that you gave up on someone you both loved."
"What did you say?"
Zhao Heng froze in front of the carriage, his fingertips trembling slightly. He had completely forgotten where he was. Unfortunately, his voice was drowned out by the sudden chorus of voices. The madam hadn't seen the two distinguished guests for quite some time, and at this moment she used all her strength to call out all the girls in the brothel.
Qi Guanlan was instantly overwhelmed by the smell of rouge.
"roll!"
"Only Wen Ruo can touch my body."
"If anyone touches even a single finger of mine, I'll chop off their entire family."
The world fell silent instantly.
Qi Guanlan tightened his sleeves, raised his voice loudly, and looked at Zhao Heng with disdain and arrogance in his tone, "No wonder Cao Xi doesn't want you!"
"You're already tainted!"
"I still have hope!"
Qi Guanlan, in a daze, straightened his clothes and cuffs and walked on the road by himself. People who saw him made way for him.
Xiao Shun's fingers froze in mid-air, and he instantly covered his face, wondering if he would be kicked out tomorrow.
Tomorrow, everyone in the capital will only be talking about four people.
Qi Guanlan and Wen Ruo.
Zhao Heng actually likes Cao Xi.
Cao Xi is Qi Guanlan's former fiancée, and recently there have been rumors that Zhao Heng has turned over a new leaf for Wen Ruo.
Wen Ruo was more troublesome than she had imagined.
Achoo!
Wen Ruo's hand slipped, and she drew a straight line with her pen. She rubbed the tip of her nose and sneezed three times in a row, making a pleasant sound as the tassels on her hairpin made a soft, melodious sound.
"What?" Cao Xi pulled herself out of her book and teased, "Is someone missing you?"
Wen Ruo picked up the paper on the table, glanced at it briefly, then held it up to the table. Her eyebrows furrowed involuntarily, as if she was quite dissatisfied with what she had written. "All I know is that Young Master Zhao paid a high price for your information."
Cao Xi sighed, "There are two outstanding disciples in the academy who say they want to participate in the spring imperial examination. Would you like to see them first?"
"If I don't go, I'm afraid I'll grow old and die in the academy." It's too difficult. Only after picking up a pen do you realize that years of hard study are not just empty words. Wen Ruo pursed her lips, picked up the paperweight, changed to another one, dipped her pen in ink, and continued practicing. "Why don't you take the exam?"
"I can barely manage poetry and prose; I am far from being as good as the dean."
"Do you want to be the dean?"
She met the dean once, and to describe him in one word: a divine figure. She was quite vulgar; all she wanted was a minor official position.
Cao Xi smiled but didn't say anything.
Wen Ruo: "Be careful of Zhao Heng. I think he's made up his mind."
"Zhao Heng, what are you doing following me? Want to fight?"
He had blocked Zhao Heng and Cao Xi's way, so he deserved a beating. Qi Guanlan turned his head and pointed to his chin, "Hit him here."
"I'll consider this my atonement."
Zhao Heng took a deep breath, ordered the coachman to stop, jumped off the carriage, and said in a deep voice, "What do you mean by giving up? Explain yourself! What did Wen Ruo say?"
Qi Guanlan's mind slowly worked, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly shouted angrily, "I told you you only listen to half of what I say!"
"Say I won a beautiful woman!"
"But nobody told me!"
"Who told you not to read the letter!"
"Who told you to disappear!"
"Who told you not to stop them!"
Cao Xi's letter?
He burned it!
Zhao Heng muttered to himself, his handsome face now ashen and devoid of his previous composure, as if he had been burned. Black smoke emanated from his entire body, making him appear even more sinister and chilling than the King of Hell in broad daylight.
Suddenly, a wandering Taoist priest appeared. He wore a gray Taoist robe and a square scarf on his head. The Yin-Yang Bagua symbol on his chest separated and reunited with his movements. He calculated with his fingers and said, "There is a person here who has lost their heart!"
"I have a Heartless Gu, do you want it?"
Qi Guanlan vaguely felt the name was familiar. He straightened up and asked, "What kind of Gu?"
The Taoist priest took out a bamboo tube and introduced it: "The Heart-Severing Gu, as the name suggests, can sever the threads of affection and cut off all love when kept in one's heart."
Qi Guanlan spat and said, "Get lost!"
He smiled knowingly and pulled out another one from his pocket. "A Thread-Pulling Gu. Feed it with blood, and it can find its counterpart anywhere in the world. Want one?"
Qi Guanlan was stunned.
Zhao Heng, standing to the side, said with a stern face and no mercy, "Where did this liar come from?"
The Taoist priest, interrupted, remained expressionless. He turned and stared at Zhao Heng for a while, his eyes filled with pity. "Poor thing."
Both of them changed their expressions.
The Taoist priest took out a crystal-clear jade stone with a silk thread running through its center. He gently blew on it, and the silk thread inside suddenly bent. His eyelids trembled with excitement. "This is the only one of its kind!"
"We are destined to be together."
"Ten thousand taels!"
"The Spirit Rhinoceros Gu, once planted in the other person, feeds on the primordial yang spring water, and can make the other person infatuated with you, and unable to live without you."
A flicker of expectation flashed in his eyes. Qi Guanlan's nose twitched slightly. Suddenly, he grabbed his hand, leaned in, and took a deep sniff of the rich fragrance. "It's you!"
The jade stone rolled to the ground with a thud.
I was careless!
The Taoist priest panicked for a moment, then put on a stern face and said, "What are you saying, young master?"
"Xiao Shun, catch him!"
Xiao Shun immediately used his lightness skill to arrive in front of the three. It's really annoying that he grabs people without saying a word. Tao Yan tidied his hair and beard, exuding an otherworldly and refined air. "In broad daylight, be careful of divine retribution!"
Qi Guanlan was about 70-80% awake. "You dare lie to me? I'll make you a laughingstock!"
"Tell me, did you use a curse on Wen Ruo?"
"What do you mean by being moved? You clearly used Gu to control her."
He said that the old man Yi had said he was going to the southern border for no reason.
"Brother Guanlan, what are you saying?" Sun Xuerong walked over from a distance, picked up the jade stone along the way, and examined it carefully. It did indeed look like a worm.
"Could it really be a Gu poison?"
Her eyes darkened at the sight of such a despicable person. She slowly clenched her fist and looked into the distance with pity, as if she could see Wen Ruo, dressed in white and with a plain face, through the rolling mountains.
"Sister Wen is also unlucky. She was harmed by the Sun family and lost her virginity. She was then entangled with such a person. No wonder she went to the academy. She must have seen through the vanity of the world."
"Brother Guanlan, you should let it go."
The Taoist priest, unafraid of death, said, "That's right, cherish the people in front of you."
Sun Xuerong blushed slightly, her affectionate eyes fixed on Qi Guanlan, their shimmering light revealing her love to anyone with eyes to see. She bit her lower lip, as if she had made up her mind: "I can help you forget her."
Rather than letting his affair with Wen Ruo cause a huge uproar, she should assert her dominance and bind the two together.
There was an uproar around them. Even though the actors had been changed, it felt like the real show was just beginning.
Zhao Heng raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of admiration flashing in his deep eyes. A woman actually dared to be so bold. He slowly lowered his head, a barely perceptible self-mockery playing on his lips. He was a fool, a coward.
Where did you hear that from?!
Qi Guanlan's face darkened, a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes. His gaze pierced Sun Xuerong like a cold knife, his tone filled with displeasure, "Didn't your family teach you not to listen to hearsay?"
Who healed Hong Shiliu's leg, which had been broken for many years?
"Who cured my poison?!"
"Go ask Sun Changfeng about that lousy medicine the Sun family has. Do you think he'd dare admit it?"
The Taoist priest raised his eyebrows, his eyes fixed on him without moving. After a while, a smug look suddenly appeared on his face. "You're right, this little bit of medicine is nothing! My Gu can protect her from all poisons."
Sun Xuerong's face turned pale. She twisted her handkerchief and stammered, "Brother Guanlan, I'm sorry, I just misspoke."
Qi Guanlan stood with his hands behind his back, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper. "How did you learn such manners? From now on, call me Prince Anping."
"I'm sorry, Prince Anping." Sun Xuerong's eyes were red, and she lowered her head after speaking.
"You can leave now. I won't hold it against you this time. Just don't gossip like others in the future."
"etc."
"My Gu!"
After Sun Xuerong left, Qi Guanlan turned to both sides and coldly swept her eyes around, "If any nonsense gets back to her ears!"
The people on both sides ran away as fast as they could.
Finally, the gaze stopped on the Taoist's face, the expression turning slightly ferocious, as if wishing to skin him alive. "You wicked, despicable scoundrel, throw him in jail!"
"Wait!" Zhao Heng stopped him suddenly after looking for a while. "I have good news, do you want to hear it?"
Qi Guanlan gave him a disgruntled look. What good news could you possibly have?
Zhao Heng whispered, "I think I know who he is!"
Qi Guanlan was taken aback and looked at the Taoist priest again. His originally refined face now looked too handsome, and even his height seemed to have changed. A strange light flashed in his eyes. Could it be?
Tao Yan coughed, "I was just wrapping things up, it was just a joke, why take it seriously!"
Finishing off means finishing him off. Qi Guanlan's back teeth were almost grinding to powder. He would definitely satisfy her.
"Take him to jail!"
Tao Yan blew on his beard, too angry to speak. Zhao Heng looked at him in surprise, "Are you crazy? You've captured Master Wen Ruo, do you still want to get back to normal? Is this some kind of desperate act? He's a fugitive from the Imperial Guard."
Qi Guanlan scoffed, "I feel sorry for you!"
"That's right, your ex-lover!"
Zhao Heng's blood boiled instantly, and his face turned ashen. "You can't expect anything good from a dog's mouth."
Tao Yan shook Xiao Shun off, but after two attempts he couldn't break free, he said angrily, "You have no respect for your teacher at all. Even if Xiao Ruoruo likes you, I will not agree to it."
"You two are not a good match!"
Looking at the two men glaring at each other angrily, Zhao Heng thought to himself that both master and disciple were liars.
He said Wen Ruo was moved.
Qi Guanlan sneered: "It's not like I can't live without her."
"That's what the young master said."
Xiao Shun stood expressionless in the hall, his tone chillingly cold. After speaking, he immediately lowered his head and furrowed his brows, awaiting his fate.
Rong Jing sat upright in the main seat, the veins on the back of her fair hands slightly visible, reflecting her inner turmoil. She brushed her palms over the red crescent moons, her brows furrowed as she asked, "Where is Tao Qianzhang?"
"The young prince took the person away, saying it was to prevent His Highness the Crown Prince from being distracted."
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