Chapter 271 Rumors vs. Rumors
Three people make a tiger, and if a rumor spreads enough, it will be taken as fact.
Xiao Yuan is fine, he is a powerful official and he is not afraid of people's comments.
Jiang Xinyu's misfortune was unprovoked. For any woman, having the reputation of being a bane of the country is a disaster.
The focus is not on the country but on the enchantress.
Once you get involved in this, you will become the object of some playboy's sexual fantasies.
There are also some unscrupulous painters who would paint erotic pictures in the name of historical beauties.
Even if the appearance of the person in the painting was just their imagination, the signature alone was enough to make people feel disgusted.
Ye Xiao didn't want his mother's name to be spread in this way for decades or even hundreds of years to come.
Rumors stop at the wise, but unfortunately most people in this world are mediocre.
No one will listen to a serious explanation, so all we can do is spread more rumors to muddy the waters.
First of all, Xiao Yuan must be removed from Tosai's death.
If it weren't for the anger of fighting for the beauty, there would naturally be no such thing as the evil beauty of the country.
As a result, another version of the story soon spread in the capital.
One theory is that Tosai died in an internal struggle.
The old emperor of Quanrong is already quite old, and as the second prince, Tosai is the most capable one to compete with the eldest prince for the throne.
In order to eliminate his rival, the eldest prince deliberately chose the time when Tosai was on a diplomatic mission to clear himself of suspicion.
Their great success was entirely due to them. The eldest prince of Quanrong took the blame.
Evidence
The evidence is so clear!
That Prince Tosai is good at martial arts and the guards around him are also very powerful.
They were on high alert against Dajin, how could they be killed so easily and quietly?
Of the 200-plus members of the delegation, only Prince Tosai and a dozen of his personal guards died. Doesn't this explain the problem?
It was obviously one of our own who did this, so they were completely unprepared.
Zhenguohou
How could he be the Marquis of Zhenguo?
Don't you think about the origin of Zhenguo Hou? He entered Dongchang when he was a teenager and climbed to the position of Marquis now. How can he be a fool?
Even if he wanted to kill that prince, wouldn't he have given him some slow-acting poison and waited for him to die suddenly in Quanrong?
Dongchang is best at killing people silently, why did they have to do it in Dajin territory and arouse suspicion?
This view quickly became the mainstream voice and was even more credible than the other two possible ones.
No one would believe you if you say that Xiao Yuan is a loyal and virtuous person who would not do such a thing as to instigate a war without caring about the lives of ordinary people.
It would be reasonable to say that he, who came from the East Factory, had more sophisticated means of killing.
The truth doesn't matter; people only want to believe what they think is right.
The Dongchang Governor, King Xiao Yan, has always left the impression on the people that he is cunning and treacherous.
That kind of person is so ugly that even a single eyebrow of his is empty. If you say he is bad, some people will believe you; if you say he is stupid, others will immediately refute you.
The other two theories also occupy a part of the market.
One is the game theory of great powers.
It is said that Beijiang and Dongyi planned this murder with the purpose of provoking Quanrong and Dajin to go to war so that they could reap the benefits.
This theory was widely circulated among scholars, and they all shook their heads and talked loudly as if they had witnessed the conspiracy of other countries with their own eyes.
This is the insight unique to them, the educated people, which shows that they are different from those ignorant women, peddlers and hawkers.
Only educated people will consider issues from the overall perspective. Their level of thinking and vision are not comparable to those of ordinary people.
Another theory is the court conspiracy theory.
This view has a certain market among scholars, and is more recognized by the children of officials, wealthy businessmen and gentry.
Because the protagonist of this statement is unknown, everyone put one in according to their own cognition.
Some people believed that it was the Regent who did it, in order to ruin the reputation of the Marquis of Zhenguo and his wife so as to squeeze him out of the court.
Some people believed that it was done by the second prince's mother's family in order to make the Regent Prince and the Marquis of Zhenguo suspicious of each other.
That family probably wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to unite with the Marquis of Zhen Guo to overthrow the Regent and establish another little emperor.
After all, if he hadn't been the Regent King, the one sitting on the throne might have been his nephew, the Second Prince.
Others said that it was done by the border marshal, who wanted to gain military merit when the two countries went to war.
Being a general does not necessarily mean that the country will be at peace. After all, the imperial court only has so much food and rations, and only by fighting can one burn, kill, plunder and make a fortune.
Once the country is at peace, the situation will be like this: put the weapons into storage and let the horses go to the mountains. In more serious cases, it is possible that the running dogs will be cooked after the cunning rabbit dies.
When the country is unstable, military generals are valuable; when the world is peaceful, military generals have no status in the court.
Everyone can do the math.
It is true that human hearts are the most difficult to predict. Once conspiracy is brought into play, there are people who have very dirty thoughts.
The first theory, "Master Xiao is not stupid," was written by Ye Xiao, and the theory of great power game was proposed by He Zhang.
The third theory of internal worries and conspiracy was discussed by the two people together, and their styles of doing things can be seen from this.
But no matter whether the pattern is big or small, in terms of possibility, they all crush the initial theory of the Marquis of Zhenguo provoking a war.
That theory is too simple and lacks technical content. They deliberately spread it as if those who believe in the first theory are all fools with no wits about them.
No one wants to admit that they are not smart, and gradually the first voice disappears.
Xiao Yuan was very satisfied with the operation of the two children, and even Jin Zekang felt that some branches of the second theory and the third theory were correct.
After all, Tosai was really dead and Xiao Yuan did not send anyone to do it.
They also suspected this and secretly sent spies to several surrounding countries to collect information.
If someone really wanted to provoke a war between the Quanrong and the Dajin, it would be impossible for them to be unprepared.
Just look at which country is secretly purchasing food in preparation for war and you will know that it has bad intentions.
Jiang Xinyu's reputation as the evil queen of the country disappeared after only a few days. Jiang Wanqiu, who was hiding in the dark, gritted his teeth in hatred.
The spy hidden next to Jiang Wanqiu had already reported her spreading rumors to Xiaodie.
After listening to this, Jiang Xinyu sighed that this guy was still so mean but just let them continue to monitor.
Jiang Wanqiu is a reborn person, it would be a shame to kill her for such a small matter as spreading rumors.
Especially at this time, she should keep a low profile, and her nominal family should be safe and stable and not have any incidents that would attract attention.
I heard that the mansion was getting increasingly poor and stretched to the limit, and Liu was busy taking care of Jiang Song every day and asking him about everything.
Jiang Wanqiu's life was not good. She ate delicacies every day and didn't bother with a complaining woman who only had to eat coarse food.
Why bother with her?
The correct way to take revenge is to live your own life and ignore her completely.
Jiang Xinyu's idea was indeed correct. After a few days, Jiang Wanqiu, whose life remained the same, broke into her own room first.
It's not a secret that I let people spread rumors, and it's impossible for the Dongchang to fail to find out with its capabilities.
But Jiang Xinyu ignored her completely, and she felt insulted by this attitude of disregard.
After enduring these days, Jiang Wanqiu was really going crazy. She even forgot her great ideals and would rather Jiang Xinyu kill her.
The gap between being a noble duke's wife and becoming a poor, neglected little concubine's daughter was more unbearable than he had imagined.
From meals, snacks and tea to clothes and bedding, everything was unbearably rough.
Unable to enjoy good things and unable to tolerate bad things, she finally understood what it meant to have the body of a lady and the fate of a maid.
But she has to endure this kind of life for a long time and there is no guarantee that anything will change.
Sometimes she really wanted to die again, maybe when she woke up she would be the noble wife of a duke again.
The poor days were like cutting meat with a blunt knife. She couldn't eat or sleep well, and she didn't have a single comfortable day.
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