Lu Baichuan shook his head, looking puzzled, and said to him, "Maybe they were deceived by the slander of petty people."
Those around them, upon hearing this, were at a loss for words to laugh at. It was clearly their own incompetence that led them to blame the emperor for being deceived.
The entire court is watching; how can we possibly deceive them?
No one expected that Lu Baichuan and Qin Jian were such stupid people in private. They thought they would be difficult to deal with before, but now it seems that a warrior is just a warrior after all. He is simple-minded and strong in body, and he can never pose any threat.
After that, Lu Baichuan was grounded and followed Jiang Jiuniang around like a leech every day.
As for the shop, when Lu Baichuan said there was no stock, there really was no stock. They were operating normally every day, but there was just no stock.
There were several disputes over this, but the Lu family always said that the product was already in production and they were waiting for the key medicinal ingredients. They also said that all the troublemakers would be remembered and the product would no longer be sold.
In this way, even if you have money, you can't buy it.
Everyone was furious, but they didn't dare to cause any more trouble and offend Jiang Jiuniang too much, as that would be counterproductive.
Jiang Jiuniang originally planned to just let things sit there, but after a few days of being idle at home with a ravenous man by her side, her back was almost broken. She decided to go out and make a living; she couldn't go on like this any longer!
As a result, rumors began to circulate that Jiang Jiuniang had goods on hand, but dared not sell them because the officials who criticized the Lu family in court had offended Jiang Jiuniang, so she simply refused to sell them.
If it were anything else, they wouldn't sell it if they didn't want to, but this new product is a really good one. People who bought it keep saying how great it is, while those who didn't buy it are kicking themselves and have to send people to the shop every day to ask when it will be available for sale again.
The people in the shop were clever; they didn't give a specific answer, but only hinted that Lu Baichuan was still under house arrest, and the owners didn't dare to be too presumptuous.
Everyone understood that this meant that sales would not resume until Lu Baichuan lifted the lockdown.
Smart people understood that this was a plea for them to plead with the emperor to not concern themselves with the Lu family opening a shop.
But they were the ones who conspired to put Lu Baichuan under house arrest back then. If they were to plead with the emperor for him, wouldn't they be slapping themselves in the face?
Everyone was immediately conflicted, unsure of what to do, so they decided to wait and see how things went. As a result, the day of Qin Jian's wedding arrived.
When Qin Jian got married, the emperor was kind enough to lift Lu Baichuan's confinement. Lu Baichuan acted as if nothing had happened, and went to help his brother overcome all obstacles. Many people were waiting to see him make a fool of himself, but they didn't see anything.
As Qin Jian's best friend, Lu Baichuan's main task was to help Qin Jian fend off drinking and not interfere with Qin Jian's important business at night.
Everything at home was taken care of by Sun Shi and Jiang Jiu Niang, and the couple rarely saw each other all day.
When it came to the banquet, Lu Baichuan had been drinking since the beginning. He wasn't a very good drinker to begin with, and by the middle and later stages, he just couldn't keep up anymore.
"Wife, where is my wife?"
He blinked and looked around. There were all sorts of heads, but none of them were his wife's.
Seeing his brother's condition, Qin Jian knew he had done his best and prepared to have the servant take him to rest.
"Lu Baichuan! You heartless bastard! You treacherous wolf!"
Just as they were about to leave, a heavily pregnant woman suddenly burst out from the crowd, pointed at Lu Baichuan, and began to hurl insults at him.
Qin Jian was completely bewildered. What was going on?
At his wedding banquet, someone cursed him, calling his brother a heartless traitor.
How could someone do something so unlucky? That's really despicable!
"Come and see, everyone! Lu Baichuan, that heartless man! He made such sweet promises before, saying he would divorce his wife and marry me. Now I'm heavily pregnant, but he still won't keep his promise! Today, in front of everyone, you must give me an explanation, or else... or I'll kill myself right here in front of you!"
The woman seemed mentally unstable, with a fierce look but a smile on her face, which was really scary late at night.
Lu Baichuan took a step back as soon as he saw this person. Although he was not completely sober, he subconsciously knew that he could not get too close to any woman other than his wife.
Immediately, some people in the crowd became restless and began to whisper: "Hey, didn't General Lu claim that his love for his wife was unbreakable and that he would never take a concubine? Then what's the story with this woman?"
"Who knows? Her belly is so big, she looks like she's about to give birth! What a tragedy!"
"What else could it be? Some people are two-faced, saying they love their wives so much, but they're actually out having a good time outside!"
"This woman looks like a prostitute. She's brought all her scandalous affairs here. What a disgrace!"
...
Taking advantage of Lu Baichuan's drunkenness and inability to react in time, everyone threw all sorts of accusations at him.
Qin Jian was immediately displeased. It was one thing for these people to cause trouble at his wedding banquet, but to also smear his brother's reputation was unacceptable!
"Shut up, all of you! What kind of bullshit is this? You just pick some random woman and claim she's my brother's womanizing ways? If I put a sow in front of you, I'd say you wouldn't even spare a sow! What a bunch of idiots! Bah!"
“My brother and sister-in-law have such a good relationship. Over the years, I have never done anything to wrong them. What crazy woman dares to frame someone like this? Arrest her and send her to jail. I will personally interrogate her!”
Qin Jian was genuinely angry. Although he knew those people would cause trouble and would definitely do something to annoy them, he didn't expect them to resort to such despicable means.
By smearing Lu Baichuan at his wedding banquet, both of them have been tainted with bad luck, and neither of them will have an easy time!
Since that's the case, he doesn't need to give these people any more face!
It's true that things can get a bit chaotic at a wedding banquet, but it's impossible for a stranger to just walk in and cause trouble without any hindrance. There must be someone helping them. We need to catch that person behind the scenes tonight.
"You, you've gone too far! You're bullying me, a weak and helpless woman, and treating me like this! Waaah, I don't want to live anymore!"
As the woman spoke, she was about to crash into a nearby pillar, but someone naturally stopped her. From a distance, Jiang Jiuniang's voice came: "Let me see who called me a haggard old woman?"
Hearing the sound, everyone turned to look at her and automatically made way for her. Jiang Jiuniang was wearing a pink dress, which complemented the festive atmosphere of the day without overshadowing the bride. Instead, it made her look exceptionally beautiful and delicate, and everyone around her was mesmerized.
Is that all? A haggard old woman?
How dare that woman!
If you look at the woman alone, she is indeed quite attractive. After becoming pregnant, her figure has become much fuller, and she is quite a sight to behold.
But compared to Jiang Jiuniang, who is naturally beautiful and knows how to dress, she pales in comparison.
With the arrival of the main wife, everyone was secretly hoping to see how Jiang Jiuniang would resolve this predicament.
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