Chapter 879 Losing Face
It was almost dusk.
In Jingzhao Prefecture, Mei Guangtao was packing up and preparing to go home after get off work.
He promised his children that he would take his wife and children out for dinner tonight, and then go to the night market after dinner.
Therefore, he prayed all day, hoping that nothing would happen today.
It was almost time to get off work, and everything had been peaceful and smooth.
It seemed that his prayers were effective.
No need to work overtime today, that’s great!
Mei Guangtao took out a mirror and a small comb from the drawer and combed his hair carefully in front of the mirror.
Since you are going out to eat, you naturally have to dress appropriately.
Just then, a yamen runner ran in quickly and shouted loudly.
"Mr. Prefect, something terrible has happened! There has been a large-scale stampede in the city, and many people are injured!"
Mei Guangtao was so frightened that his hands began to shake and he accidentally combed his hair too hard.
Two strands of hair were pulled off and floated down in front of his eyes.
Mei Guangtao: “…”
His eyes went dark and he fainted.
The yamen runner quickly shouted, "Doctor Tang, come in quickly! The prefect has fainted again!"
The Doctor Tang mentioned by the yamen runners was not a real doctor. His main job was a coroner. Because he was well versed in medical skills, he would work part-time to see his colleagues in Jingzhao Prefecture.
The bailiff knew that the prefect might faint from anger, so he invited Doctor Tang over in advance.
As soon as he finished speaking, Doctor Tang came in quickly, took out a silver needle with skillful movements, and without saying a word, prepared to give the prefect two injections to wake him up.
Mei Guangtao woke up as soon as the silver needle came out.
Doctor Tang saw this and put away the shiny silver needle, smiling and said, "Your Excellency woke up just in time."
Mei Guangtao wanted to cry but had no tears.
Even fainting couldn't change the fate of having to work overtime.
He has it so hard!
Mei Guangtao asked someone to send a message home to inform his wife that she didn't have to wait for him for dinner.
He rushed to the crime scene with a group of people.
Not only did people from Jingzhao Prefecture arrive, but even people from the City Defense Office were alarmed.
People from the two departments worked together and put in a lot of effort to gradually calm the confused people.
Those who fought were sent to jail to await their fate, and the injured were sent to the hospital for treatment.
As for the wedding procession, they will naturally continue to escort the bride.
But they no longer had the cheerful mood they had before.
The suona, gongs and drums were still playing, but the tones gave people a weak feeling, as if they would die at any time.
This doesn't seem like going to a wedding, but more like going to a funeral.
Luo Yanzhi was already very unhappy with this marriage, and now with such a terrible incident, he lost face in front of the people in the city, causing his dissatisfaction to increase exponentially.
By the time they arrived at the Jingxian Palace, the auspicious time for the wedding ceremony had already passed.
But now that things have come to this, we can’t not get married.
So Luo Yanzhi and Xia Yuran could only make do with the wedding.
Next is the wedding banquet.
Because Luo Yanzhi was in a bad mood, he drank a lot and got drunk quickly.
He was very restless when he was drunk. He shouted all kinds of things at the banquet and said many excessive words.
The guests could only pretend they didn't hear anything and felt very embarrassed.
After waiting for a long time for the wedding banquet to end, everyone ran away as if escaping, not wanting to stay even a quarter of an hour longer.
Luo Yanzhi was helped to the new house.
Xia Yuran was not a good-tempered person. She was spoiled since she was a child, and except for her marriage, she had never suffered any grievances.
She knew very well how sloppily the wedding was conducted today, and she didn't even dare to imagine how those people outside would laugh at her.
She was so angry that it would have been fine if Luo Yanzhi could have comforted her, but Luo Yanzhi was drunk.
It's impossible to coax a drunkard. He just lay down on the bed and started ordering Xia Yuran around, asking her to wash his feet.
Xia Yuran's anger exploded instantly.
She completely forgot her parents' instructions before she got married. She stood up, pointed at Luo Yanzhi and started scolding him.
Scold him for being useless, scold him for being shameless, scold him for being self-righteous.
How could Luo Yanzhi bear this humiliation?
He told Xia Yuran to shut up.
Instead of shutting up, Xia Yuran cursed even more fiercely and told him to get out immediately. She didn't want to sleep in the same bed with a drunkard.
Luo Yanzhi slapped her without saying a word.
Xia Yuran was stunned.
She had never been beaten since she was a child, not even her parents had ever beaten her, so why did this man beat her? !
Xia Yuran rushed forward with red eyes and bared teeth and claws: "How dare you hit me? I will fight you!"
The two men started to wrestle, and all the fruits and wine glasses on the table were knocked to the ground, making crisp shattering sounds.
The maids waiting outside rushed in and pulled the two apart.
There were two bloody marks on Luo Yanzhi's cheeks, and his sleeves were torn. He looked in a miserable state.
Xia Yuran wasn't much better either. All the pearl hairpins on her head had fallen off, her hair was disheveled, her right cheek was swollen, and her eyes were red.
The table and the floor were a mess.
The four maids who came with the dowry were almost dying of anxiety. They wanted to speak up to persuade her, but before they could say anything, Luo Yanzhi spoke first.
"Since you don't want me to stay here, then I will leave."
After saying this, he didn't even look at Xia Yuran, and simply turned around and left.
Xia Yuran covered her face and glared at him fiercely, with no intention of keeping him.
After the people left, the maids dared to speak.
"Princess, how can you let the prince go? Tonight is your wedding night. If the prince doesn't stay with you, how will others see you?!"
Xia Yuran was speechless with resentment.
She felt that Luo Yanzhi would not dare to really leave, and he would definitely come back. After all, she was the daughter of Princess Hua'an and the granddaughter of the Empress Dowager. Even if Luo Yanzhi disliked her so much, he could not ignore the face of Princess Hua'an and the Empress Dowager.
However, the fact is that after Luo Yanzhi left with a bad temper, he never came back to Xia Yuran.
It was not until the next day that Xia Yuran found out that Luo Yanzhi had spent the night with a concubine.
This was undoubtedly a loud slap in the face to Xia Yuran, which slapped her hard in the face and made her lose face in front of everyone in the mansion.
Soon, a piece of news appeared on the gossip page of Shengjing Daily the next day:
"A grand wedding actually led to a bloody incident. Is this a moral decline or a loss of humanity?!"
This is about a man and a woman who caused chaos on their wedding day by throwing wedding money, resulting in dozens of people bleeding and injured. It even alarmed the Jingzhao Prefecture and the patrol office. It was simply unprecedented.
The second half of the report also mentioned that a man and a woman had a fight on their wedding night and parted unhappily. In the end, the man abandoned his wife and spent the night in his concubine's room.
As soon as this big melon came out, it immediately aroused heated discussion among the onlookers.
If there was Weibo in this era, the Wang couple of Jing County would definitely be the number one trending search today!
(End of this chapter)
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