Chapter 48 The Bustling Capital
The person who lost the fight with Ye Jing just now went downstairs and saw this scene.
He covered his head and gritted his teeth, saying, "It's Chen Jiatao, the illegitimate son of the Vice Minister of Rites."
The other person was rubbing their cheek and grimacing.
"Damn it, I always felt these two were abnormal. They really are a pair of adulterers."
Pei Yanchi was in room number three of the "Heaven" section. He opened the back window, looked down at the densely packed crowd, and quietly listened to their discussions.
He wondered to himself: What did these two people do to offend my cousin, that he would plot against them like this?
But he didn't dare ask Xiao Ling this question.
Diagonally opposite room number two (地字二) is room number nine (天字九), where Xiao Ling is sitting comfortably.
Qingfeng, who was standing at the door, told Xiao Ling everything that had happened.
Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Xiao Ling turned around and left with Qingfeng in a leisurely manner.
Xie Yunyu slept soundly until dawn.
After getting up, he took Gu Yu to check with the various teahouses they had contacted to see if they had followed the contract and written the script.
I inspected three or four companies, and they were all relatively trustworthy, all claiming to be using the same characters they had written.
Xie Yunyu was very satisfied, so she took Gu Yu and headed back home.
After having lunch at home, I went for a nap.
In the afternoon, Old Master Xie summoned Xie Yunyu and began to question her abruptly:
"This is your idea?"
"You're a woman, how could you come up with such an idea?"
Xie Yunyu was stunned. Had the old man heard this storybook all morning?
The speed at which it spreads is quite impressive!
Xie Yunyu stammered, "I've tried my best to romanticize their unwavering love in the storybooks..."
Old Master Xie said, "What storybook? I'm talking about what happened at Tianxing Tower last night."
Xie Yunyu was stunned for a moment.
What happened at Tianxing Tower last night?
Seeing Xie Yunyu's bewildered expression, Old Master Xie realized it didn't seem like he was faking it.
"You really didn't do what happened last night?"
Xie Yunyu shook her head: "What exactly happened at Tianxing Tower last night?"
Old Master Xie didn't know how to start, so he waved his hand and said:
"Go there, things are in a mess right now."
Xie Yunyu hurriedly took Gu Yu to Tianxing Tower.
On the street outside room number two, a group of busybodies were standing, pointing and gesturing at the window.
Xie Yunyu turned pale upon seeing this, thinking that the person was talking about her.
But when they got closer and listened, they found that they were talking about Ye Jing and Chen Jiatao.
Xie Yunyu was completely bewildered. After entering Tianxing Tower, she went to find Xie Fu.
Xie Fu recounted what happened last night, and Xie Yunyu immediately realized that it was Xiao Ling's doing.
He reached out and rubbed his head, then called out for help.
Gu Yu, come in quickly.
Xie Yunyu thought that Xiao Ling should be at the yamen at this time, so she said:
"Go and call Qingchen in."
After Qingchen entered, Xie Yunyu asked him, "Do you know where the Ministry of Personnel is?"
Qingchen nodded.
Xie Yunyu wrote a note that said, "Send this note to the Ministry of Personnel and say that you are Jixiang and want to see Qingfeng, who is by the side of the Prince of Shou'an."
Then he handed the note to the Prince of Shou'an.
Qingchen nodded.
Carrying the note, he went straight to the entrance of the Ministry of Personnel, showed his waist token from the Princess Jinyang's residence, and went directly inside to find Xiao Ling.
Xiao Ling looked at the note in his hand: "Meet me tonight at 5 PM in room number nine of the Heavenly Palace."
Xiao Ling smiled after reading it and put the note away.
Then he turned to look at Qingchen: "Your identity has been exposed?"
Qingchen shook his head.
"No, it was a spur-of-the-moment decision by Third Madam Xie that she sent me."
It also told me to give an auspicious name so I could meet Qingfeng.
Xiao Ling nodded and instructed, "Go back and tell her that Qingfeng brought you to see me, and I specifically asked you to be in charge of delivering letters for her from now on."
Qingchen nodded and prepared to leave.
Xiao Ling suddenly stopped him again and asked, "How was she when you saw her?"
Qingchen thought for a moment and replied, "She's covering her forehead, looking quite troubled."
Xiao Ling didn't speak, and told Qing Chen to leave.
The capital was bustling with activity that day.
In the morning, half the people were talking about the gay love affair at Tianxing Tower.
The other half is talking about stories of growing old together.
In the afternoon, the two groups had a brief interaction and eventually reached a conclusion.
The protagonists of these two events are actually the same two people.
For a time, half the people in the capital rushed to teahouses to listen to storytelling, while the other half rushed to the Tianxing Tower to look at that window.
Some busybodies actually went to the gate of the Marquis of Guangping's residence, only to find it tightly closed.
Another group went to the residence of the Vice Minister of Rites, but were chased away by the servants.
Inside the Marquis of Guangping's residence, the Marquis's wife had fainted several times from anger.
Marquis Guangping then used family discipline to give Ye Jing a thorough beating and made him kneel in the ancestral hall to reflect on his actions.
But things weren't so good for Chen Jiatao.
When the news reached the mansion, Chen Heng was summoned back from the yamen. After hearing the whole story, his first action was to order someone to prepare a rope to hang Chen Jiatao.
Chen Heng's wife had always worried that this illegitimate son was too clever and would be difficult to control in the future.
When the news spread, Madam Chen was overjoyed.
At this moment, the old lady of the Chen family suddenly spoke up:
"At this point, his life is no longer something we can control."
Chen Heng, his face contorted with anxiety, roared in fury, "I am his father! If I can't make the decision, who can?"
The old lady said calmly, "His life is now being watched by the entire capital."
If we hang him, what will we do when the Marquis of Guangping's mansion comes to demand his return?
"If he suddenly dies, and the censor impeaches you, what will you do?"
The old lady's two questions left Chen Heng speechless.
After a while, Chen Heng threw down the rope in his hand and glanced at Chen Jiatao, who was kneeling on the ground as if he was ready to die.
Then he asked the old lady, "So what should he do now?"
The old woman's aged face was as still as a dry well, with only a hint of pity in the depths of her eyes. After a long pause, she said:
"Let's send him away first, let him lay low for a while. We'll talk about the future after this storm has passed."
Upon hearing this, Chen Jiatao thought to himself calmly, "It seems I won't die today."
In his view, death would be better; it would be a relief.
Having lived for over a decade, with an unkind mother and an unloving father, I thought I could make a name for myself through hard work.
However, with powerful families scattered throughout the capital, he was alone and powerless, and was still bullied.
It was so rare to find someone willing to help her, yet this tragic relationship developed between them.
He is the heir apparent, and his parents treat him very well, so everything will be alright.
But now that my reputation is ruined, I can no longer go to the academy. What future do I have?
Well, it's not so bad for this haphazard life of the past ten years to end like this.
Hearing that he wouldn't die didn't make him feel much better.
Because he understood that once he was sent away, his future would be even more difficult, bleak, and he would have no chance of ever getting ahead.
Upon hearing his mother's words, Chen Heng immediately decided to send the person away.
Madam Chen was naturally more than willing to accept this.
Unexpectedly, the old lady said again, "Let him go to the ancestral hall to reflect for a while, and wait for news from the Marquis of Guangping's residence."
If there's no news from the Marquis of Guangping's residence, then send him away.
Chen Heng listened and nodded.
He walked over and kicked Chen Jiatao, knocking him to the ground.
"Hurry up and kneel in the ancestral hall."
Chen Jiatao stood up, head held high, and walked towards the ancestral hall.
Chen Heng, watching from behind, couldn't resist the urge to go forward and kick him again.
"You little brat, how dare you stand so tall and proud after doing such a despicable thing?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Jiatao turned his head and gave Chen Heng a brief, indifferent glance, saying:
“Father, I learned this from you.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Heng was like a chicken being choked, instantly losing his voice.
Hearing this from behind, Madam Chen scoffed lightly, her expression full of disdain.
This filthy house is truly rotten to the core.
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