Chapter 261 A Carrying Bag
Seeing Wen Wan's increasingly gloomy expression, Wu Xiang swallowed unconsciously and asked timidly, "Madam Wen, is there something wrong?"
This is a big problem!
Wen Wan rubbed her aching temples and asked, "Let me ask you, how is your relationship with the owner of the jade pendant?"
Upon hearing this, the affection in Wu Xiang's eyes immediately surged, and the seven-foot-tall man actually showed a slightly shy expression.
Wen Wan's heart sank again. Without even asking, she could tell that Wu Luan definitely still had feelings for that person.
Wu Xiang said slowly, "I met her when the ice and snow were just beginning to melt. At that time, she was so innocent that she would even cry when she saw the ice sculptures melting."
Wen Wan frowned, "She fell into the water?"
Wu Xiang was shocked, "How did you know?"
He just mentioned the ice sculpture, how did she know that they fell into the water together?
Wen Wan waved her hands irritably, "Alright, that's not important. I don't care what your relationship was like back then. Let me ask you, if you were interested in each other, why did she end up marrying someone else?"
Wu Xiangxu had been suppressed for too long, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion when the old things were brought up again.
"When I first met her, I had no idea her family was so prominent. I'm just a craftsman who makes a living by carving ice. How could I possibly be worthy of her?"
Ice sculpture artist?
Wen Wan was stunned. In this era, it was a fresh and unpopular industry.
She took another look at Wu Xiang's current attire and said, "Uh...but aren't you a scholar?"
Wu Xiang said solemnly, "She once said that all things are inferior except for studying, so I sold my family property and started working to study. I just passed the examination last year."
"Although I'm still far from her family, but... as long as I work hard, I can always, always..."
Having said this, even he himself couldn't continue.
What if he tried hard?
Her father was a great scholar of his time, the chief of the Hanlin Academy, and held an extraordinary status among the literati. However, he tried his best but could only obtain the title of scholar.
What's more, she has already married someone else and they are from two different worlds.
Wu Xiang was filled with dejection, with his head hung low and silent for a long time.
Looking at him like this, Wen Wan actually felt a little bit reluctant.
In a mismatched relationship, the cruelest thing is not that the two people cannot be together, but that one person has already moved on to the future while the other is still immersed in the past.
What did Wu Xiang do wrong?
He just fell in love with someone who was out of his league.
He gave up everything and started studying from scratch. He had no special talents, but relied purely on his passion. It was unknown how much effort he put in to become a scholar who was not considered outstanding in the eyes of others.
And he, like this, came to participate in the Spring Examination eagerly, wanting to see the person he had been thinking about day and night. Even if it was not suitable, it would not be a big mistake.
"Madam Wen, do you know her..."
Wu Xiang asked cautiously.
Wen Wan's eyes darkened, and then she raised her head. "How is that possible? I don't even know who she is. Don't think too much about it. I'm just sighing over your relationship that ended without a trace."
Wu Xiang was a little suspicious, "Didn't you know that she fell into the water?"
Wenwan's expression was calm. "What's the big deal? Isn't that what's written in the storybooks? A daughter falls into the water, a hero saves the beauty, a talented man and a beautiful woman fall in love with each other. Isn't that how stories are told?"
"Is that all?" Wu Xiang still felt something was wrong.
Wen Wan nodded repeatedly, "That's it."
As she spoke, she handed over the jade pendant. "Mr. Wu, I've heard your story, and now I believe this jade pendant is indeed yours. I'm a little pregnant this month, and I feel tired after just a few words. I'm so sleepy that I can hardly open my eyes. I need to go to sleep..."
She pretended to yawn, and seeing this, Prime Minister Wu took the jade pendant and politely said goodbye.
As soon as he left, Wen Wan turned around and gave instructions to Ban Yue.
"Hurry up, pack your things, we'll leave immediately."
Ban Yue was confused. "Madam, what's going on? Why do we have to leave? We've just settled down in Taohua Town not long ago. Where can we go in such a short while? And you're pregnant?"
Wen Wan knew this very well, but the current situation was really giving her a headache.
Banyue poured her a bowl of hot goat milk and said, "Madam, don't worry. If there is anything, we can find a solution together."
Wen Wan took a sip of goat's milk and couldn't help but let out another long sigh.
She hesitated for a moment, frowning and saying, "You heard what Wu Xiang said just now. Do you know who he's obsessed with?"
Ban Yue shook her head.
Wen Wan whispered, "If I'm not mistaken, the person Prime Minister Wu is concerned about is surnamed Zhao, named Lianlan, the only daughter of Zhao Hanlin, and now the wife of General Shen."
I haven't heard of Zhao Hanlin for half a month, but I know the name of General Shen.
"General Shen? But he's the only son of Prince Anding, the one who, at a young age, was stationed at the border and made numerous military achievements."
Ban Yue sighed, "How can Master Wu compare to the general? No wonder Miss Zhao chose to marry the general instead of Master Wu."
"What a pity for Master Wu, he's such a good man... Uh, that's not right. Master Wu said that he and Miss Zhao were once in love. Could it be that Miss Zhao married General Shen because her family forced her to?"
Wen Wan curled her lips, "Forced?"
She recalled the look Zhao had given Shen Yu. Didn't she look forced at all?
Wen Wan shook her head. "It's not necessarily forced. After all, we only heard Mr. Wu's one-sided account of the matter between Zhao and Mr. Wu."
Ban Yue's eyes widened. "Are you saying that Master Wu is lying?"
"That may not be the case. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Mr. Wu looks at the relationship between him and Zhao through a filter. Maybe he is just being one-sided?" Wen Wan said.
Ban Yue understood, "Oh, then the dispute between Master Wu and the General's wife has nothing to do with us, so why should we hide?"
Suddenly, Banyue seemed to have guessed something. She stared at Wenwan's belly in shock and asked tremblingly:
"Madam, could it be... could it be..."
Wen Wan looked down at her round belly, twitched the corners of her mouth, and stared at Banyue suspiciously.
"You can guess this?" Now it was Wen Wan's turn to be shocked.
She had to hide because she was pregnant with the general's baby, but how did Banyue guess that?
Ban Yue pursed her lips and said, "Is there anything I can't guess? Your child's father must have offended someone in the General's Mansion."
Wen Wan: “…”
The story that the storyteller in the small town is telling recently is about a posthumous child who hides his identity to avoid being hunted by his enemies, and then avenges his father when he grows up.
Most of the time, Banyue went to listen to storytelling on the way to buy groceries.
Sure enough, Ban Yue's next sentence was, "That's what the storytellers in the teahouses all say. The court was full of intrigue and deception. The father of the posthumous child discovered evidence of corruption by his superiors and was murdered by them to silence him. The mother of the posthumous child fled with the unborn child."
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