Chapter 436 It turns out there is another hidden story
Someone nearby snorted coldly and said jokingly.
"Even if he is deaf, I didn't hear anything. Mr. Wu only said that Chen was having a secret meeting with a man outside, but he didn't say that they were no longer husband and wife."
The man standing in the front clapped his hands as if he suddenly understood, and said to everyone.
"Then this...isn't this confusing us?"
"Yes, I think so. No wonder Chen criticized us so harshly. We almost wrongly accused someone by not clarifying the facts."
"How can you be so heartless, man? A married woman will not be implicated by her mother's family, but you divorced her and even slandered her afterwards. You are a scholar, and you are really despicable."
There were many women present, and they all knew how important reputation was to women. Even a divorced woman had to continue living.
Fortunately, Chen Xu argued and told the truth, otherwise if the news of Wu Luan's confusing the public were to spread, Chen Xu would surely be criticized by the world.
"I think he is deliberately trying to attract attention so that people can laugh at this woman's joke. We must keep our eyes open and not be fooled by such people."
Wu Luan was surrounded by people, and was bombarded with accusations one after another. He almost found a crack in the ground to crawl into.
And it wasn't just him, even his classmates who came with him felt a little embarrassed.
They wanted to leave but were surrounded and couldn't leave at all. Several people regretted following them.
In the inner room, Duan Ling, who had a brief understanding of the whole cause and effect, was filled with anger. She took Ran Qingxuan's hand and thanked him softly.
"Let's go and deal with this villain together, so that Sister Chen can vent her anger."
Ran Qingxuan felt that his little cousin Duan Yi was very compatible with his personality, and the two hit it off immediately. When they were about to go out together, Duan Ling turned around and grabbed Ran Qingxuan.
"Wait a minute, dear sister. I have something to tell you."
The two stayed in the inner room for two minutes, and when they came out, Ran Qingxuan's face was full of hidden anger.
Gu Yanchen had amazing hearing and had already heard what Duan Ling and Ran Qingxuan said. He turned around and looked at Wu Luan's ugly face with his fists clenched.
After all, Chen Xu is also the third sister-in-law's family member. They will definitely not stand idly by and watch him being bullied like this.
Wu Luan didn't expect that he would shoot himself in the foot. Just as he was about to push through the crowd and leave, Ran Qingxuan called him to stop.
"Since there are reasonable people here, there are some things I must make clear today. Otherwise, rumors will spread and everyone will think I am the fickle woman you mentioned."
Originally, those people who were watching the fun were curious about the sudden "catching an adulterer", but after hearing the woman's painful complaint, they suddenly quieted down.
Ran Qingxuan was dressed in plain clothes, with an indescribable sadness in his eyes, which made everyone present feel an unspeakable helplessness.
"I'm sure there are people here who know my Chen family. Although my father, Chen Cheng'an, only deals with farmland, he is also a government employee."
"My father almost lost his life while trying to save the autumn grain for the entire prefecture. Later, he was rewarded by Emperor Mingde with a reward of 100 taels..."
Upon hearing these words, everyone present took a deep breath, but compared to the autumn grain of the entire state, a hundred taels of gold was nothing.
Others were discussing the matter, and Wu Luan's face changed drastically. He didn't know what Chen Xu meant by suddenly mentioning this matter.
Ran Qingxuan lowered his eyes, picked up a handkerchief and pretended to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, then suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Wu Luan.
"When he came to propose marriage after passing the imperial examination, the outside world was saying that my father saw that he had passed the imperial examination and had the qualifications to pass the imperial examination, so he let me marry him. In fact, it is not true at all!"
"Although my father's official position is only the director of the Ministry of Revenue, he is also a fifth-rank official and has even been personally rewarded by the emperor. How could a daughter of a fifth-rank official like me marry the son of a farming official?"
Among the people gathered outside the gate, there were many who knew the Chen family, and they all felt that what Ran Qingxuan said made sense.
“I remember that Master Chen has a brother who is an official in the capital. If Master Chen wants to return to the capital, it will only take one or two years.
When the time comes, Miss Chen will return to Beijing and find a young man to marry. It will be much better than ours. There is really no need for her to marry a man who has just passed the imperial examination and become a scholar. Don’t you think so? ”
"Yes, water flows to the lowest places and people go to the highest places. Who would lower their status to let their daughter marry someone lower than them?"
"I won't do that anyway. To put it bluntly, any young master from a noble family in the capital is a hundred times better than our officials. Why should we lower our status..."
Wu Luan's face turned from white to red, and from red to blue. He then raised his hand and pointed at Ran Qingxuan, with a ferocious look on his face, as if he was about to rush into the room.
Gu Yanchen would not let him in. He flashed to the door and kicked him hard in the abdomen.
Wu Luan was kicked out and hit the fence post, his expression instantly distorted with fear.
“You…you…”
"What? Did you just want to come in and beat someone up?"
The onlookers were talking about it, and Ran Qingxuan saw that the time was right and cried and denounced.
"It was him. My father didn't agree to our marriage at all. I thought the matter was over after he rejected it, but I didn't expect..."
Ran Qingxuan was crying sadly. Duan Ling walked up to him and pretended to comfort him, speaking to everyone present with a cold face and a deep voice.
"Four years ago, my mansion held a flower-viewing banquet. Miss Chen went to my room with me. When passing by the lotus pond in the backyard, Miss Chen was accidentally bumped by a maid in the mansion and accidentally fell into the lotus pond..."
The onlookers were confused, but Duan Ling raised her finger and pointed at Wu Luan and said coldly, "It was him. He just happened to appear and jump into the lotus pond to save Miss Chen. He just happened to be seen by someone who suddenly came to the backyard.
Since the two of them had had physical contact in public, Lord Chen had to agree to Wu Luan's second proposal for the sake of Miss Chen's future reputation. ”
Duan Ling frowned and stared at Wu Luan with a cold look on her face.
"The maid in my house was sent to do rough work in the backyard because she offended a distinguished guest. She couldn't stand the hardship, so she told her everything about what Wu Luan had done to her in advance.
But Miss Chen had already married him at that time, so it was useless to say more..."
"Ah, I didn't expect that Master Wu would do such a thing just to get married!"
At this time, someone couldn't figure it out and said loudly.
"Since he had put so much effort into marrying her, why did the Chen family write a letter of divorce and kick her out after something happened? This is unbelievable, unbelievable!"
Everyone present was shocked by Wu Luan's original actions, and the one who felt even more uncomfortable for Chen Xu was Ran Qingxuan.
Although I just got the general idea, I was still shocked by Wu Luan's amazing operation when I heard so many details with my own ears.
He was forcing people into a desperate situation, and then appeared like a savior to make his plan succeed.
"You are talking nonsense, nonsense, I didn't..."
Duan Ling didn't want to listen to his nonsense, and said coldly: "Now Miss Chen has nothing to do with you, and what she does has nothing to do with you. What right do you have to stand here and accuse her?"
"She even said something that was misleading, and she was almost despised by the world as a woman of bad character."
Wu Luan was speechless. He covered his swollen chest and just wanted to escape from here as soon as possible.
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