Chapter 711 "Scandal" Exposed
"Alright, alright, I understand." Shi Yu took the jade pendant: "Don't worry, I will definitely give it to her. She will understand your heart."
With those words, Wan Qingzhou felt relieved and nodded, "Thank you."
Shi Yu gritted his teeth and said, "Between brothers, let's not talk about this."
As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Zhi's men walked in. Seeing Shi Yu, they frowned and said, "Just bring the person in. Master Tang said that no one is allowed to come here anymore. You should leave now."
Shi Yu suddenly looked at him with a fierce expression.
Wan Qingzhou tugged at his sleeve: "Those of us in this line of work walk on the edge of a knife all year round. I'm lucky to have survived until today... You... you don't need to worry too much about it. Take care of yourself. Also, remember what I told you. Zhiyi will need your help in the future."
Shi Yu let out a breath and squeezed his shoulder: "Don't worry."
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Meanwhile, in the main hall of the Wen family residence.
With a "smack," Wen Zhiyi, who was kneeling on the ground, had her face turned to one side.
Qi Peishan, who was sitting in front of the hall, suddenly stood up and grabbed Wen Ting, the current head of the family, who was standing in front of Wen Zhiyi: "Why don't you talk things out? Why are you hitting the child!"
Wen Ting was trembling with anger and threw the newspaper in front of Wen Zhiyi: "She did such a scandalous thing, and I haven't even asked for family punishment yet, which is already showing her leniency!"
He pointed angrily at Wen Zhiyi, saying, "How have I taught you since you were little? Girls should respect and love themselves. But you, who act so smart and well-behaved on ordinary days, actually go and sleep with some random guy outside..."
Seemingly finding it difficult to speak, Wen Ting hesitated for a long time before finally uttering the rest of his words.
"Did you feed all the knowledge I taught you to the dogs?!" Wen Ting pretended to hit him again.
Qi Peishan quickly stepped forward to stop them: "Stop fighting! Things have come to this point, we still need to think about how to suppress this matter. Do we want the outside world to laugh at Zhiyi?"
"That's what she brought on herself. Now they're not just laughing at Zhiyi, they're laughing at the entire Wen family!" Wen Ting slammed his cane on the ground, making a rapid sound.
Qi Peishan was also upset, but after all, she was her daughter, so she still sided with her. She walked over to Wen Zhiyi and said with heartache, "Zhiyi, I know you're playful and mischievous, but you've always been sensible when it comes to important matters. What exactly happened? I want to hear it from you personally. Also, who is that man?!"
Wen Zhiyi knelt on the ground, looking at the newspaper on the ground, her face pale, and she pursed her lips.
The front page of the newspaper featured a picture of her entangled with a man. She was lying on the bed with her clothes half off, and the man was beside her, only his back was visible, and his whole face was not clearly seen.
Although the picture quality is not high and it's dark, people who know her can still recognize her at a glance from her profile.
The large headline at the top of the newspaper, "The eldest daughter of the Wen family is not content with being alone and is partying every night at school," successfully captured people's strong curiosity.
Now that things have come to this, Wen Zhiyi naturally knows the "good intentions" of the person who harmed her—that is, to ruin her reputation completely through this incident!
She didn't know who was behind it all, but the methods they used showed how vicious they were.
The newspaper was discovered early that morning by one of Wen Ting's men.
Although the news was reported to Wen Ting the moment it was discovered, and Wen Ting immediately ordered it to be collected and destroyed, the scandalous news of "the eldest daughter of the Wen family being indecent" had already spread throughout the streets and alleys.
Wen Ting knew this would be the outcome, and he was furious. He had her brought from the room, which led to the initial slap.
Faced with her mother's question, Wen Zhiyi straightened her back subconsciously: "I have to take responsibility for my own actions. I was indeed unlucky in my dealings with people and was tricked. There's nothing more to say."
She really had nothing to say.
It was because she wasn't careful enough and fell into the trap, and it was also because she was blind to have fallen for Wan Qingzhou—a real conman.
Ultimately, it was all because she fell for the wrong person; she was bewitched and brought this upon herself.
"This, this is your attitude!" Wen Ting was so angry that he couldn't speak properly, not expecting Wen Zhiyi's explanation to be like this.
Wen Zhiyi bit her lip: "It was wrong of me to bring shame to the Wen family. You can punish me as you wish, I will accept it."
"You...you..." Wen Ting was both angry and heartbroken at the sight of her. After a long while, he gritted his teeth and said, "You go into the ancestral hall to reflect on your actions. You are not to come out without my permission!"
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Wen Zhiyi was imprisoned in the ancestral hall, and at the same time, news also spread that she had been expelled from the Imperial Academy.
Openly engaging in lewd acts at the highest institution of learning in the field of traditional Chinese medicine?
Even if she is a favored daughter of heaven, she cannot be allowed to desecrate the Holy Academy in this way.
After the "scandal" broke out, the people in the Yudao Academy's academic affairs office held a meeting all afternoon and finally posted the decision to expel Wen Zhiyi.
Although they felt that Wen Zhiyi was indeed the most talented student in this year's class, they could not tolerate even the best student having such a morally corrupt problem.
In an instant, the once-beloved princess fell to the dust, wishing everyone would step on her.
Many of the sisters who used to be close to Wen Zhiyi now consciously distance themselves from her, and even feel it's undignified to mention her name.
The Wen family was in a tense atmosphere.
Who doesn't know that Wen Zhiyi is the most likely successor in the Wen family?
But now that this has happened, everyone is outwardly silent, but in private they can't help but wonder if the Wen family... is about to undergo a major upheaval.
If Miss Zhiyi is unable to inherit the position of family head, then who will be the next family head?
The only person worth mentioning in this process is Wen Zirou.
While everyone else wished they could never utter a word about Wen Zhiyi's name, Wen Zirou went to the study every day for three days in a row to plead for Wen Zhiyi.
Every time she came out of the master's study, she was red-eyed and tearful.
Those servants present who heard or saw this couldn't help but whisper among themselves, marveling at the deep affection between the two sisters.
While Wen Zhiyi was "reflecting" in the ancestral hall, she kept trying to figure out who had harmed her. Just as she thought of Wen Zirou, the only person who knew about her relationship with Wan Qingzhou, she heard that Wen Zirou had pleaded for her.
As a result, her suspicions about Wen Zirou did not decrease, but rather increased.
Although she had a good relationship with Wen Zirou in the past, she also knew what kind of person Wen Zirou was—she was weak-willed, always used to protecting herself, and had a natural fear of her father.
This same person is now going against the grain to plead for himself.
Is it because of their deep sisterly bond, or because... they feel guilty and are deliberately putting on an act to watch?
Wen Zhiyi narrowed her eyes, thinking to herself that once she left the ancestral hall, she might ask her cousin a good question.
After all, after much thought, the only person she knew about Wan Qingzhou and her own situation, who also knew that Wan Qingzhou was going to the warehouse that day and was knowledgeable about pharmacology, was Wen Zirou.
Even if she didn't know the other person's motives, she was unwilling to place her suspicions on them.
But as the saying goes, if you eliminate all possibilities, even the most impossible thing will still be the truth.
...
However, things are unpredictable.
Not long after, Wen Zhiyi was indeed released from the ancestral hall, but she had neither the mind nor the time to investigate who the mastermind was.
Because she discovered she was pregnant.
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