Chapter 2123: 2120: Public Opinion

Chapter 2123: Chapter 2120: Public Opinion

But she never asks too many questions; she always puts the young miss first. In short, she listens to whatever the young miss says.

She took the silver and quietly called someone to handle the task.

At this moment.

The group of scholars from the daytime.

Were currently composing poems and exchanging verses in various taverns, making quite a ruckus. Once they drank too much, it became hard to control.

When several scholars, borrowing the stories from the bathhouse, mocked Chu Heng, they didn’t expect the commotion around them to grow.

“Pfft, that story really cracked me up. What Yan Sanlang and Zhou Wulang, it’s all just to deliberately provoke conflict between us gentry clan scholars and the scholars from wealthy non-official families.”

“Right, they can’t find the author of that book; it might have been written by the bathhouse shopkeeper himself.”

“I heard that the bathhouse is a property of Lord Chu, Vice Minister of the Ministry of War.”

“Isn’t Lord Chu the role model for scholars from wealthy families? Unlike others, he’s managed to amass such wealth.”

“We’re just wealthy families, drowning in silver.”

“Hahaha, exactly.”

“We should be taking Elder Zhong as a role model.”

“Not stoop to creating these crowd-pleasing stunts for business.”

“After all, the perspectives are different.”

These people were full of sarcasm and ridicule. Upon closer inspection, every speaking scholar was a child of the gentry clan.

They were clearly banding together to mock Chu Heng and simultaneously tarnish his name. Usually, the elders of these scholars wouldn’t easily oppose Chu Heng in the court, fearing retaliation. But now, once they have a chance, they wish they could bite off a piece of their opponent.

Perhaps they thought by uniting a majority of the noble families, they could deter Chu Heng.

With the spread by those with ulterior motives, soon, the whole capital had heard the news, and the conversations of scholars mocking Chu Heng were also spread out. Some scholars even deliberately composed poems to satirize Chu Heng’s quest for fame by any means.

Early the next morning.

Ye Muyu woke up.

After finishing breakfast.

She walked into Jingyuan and noticed something different about today’s atmosphere.

The difference was that the working men were all looking at her; some seemed hesitant to speak, some curious, and some wore troubled expressions.

These little gestures were so obvious that it was hard for her to ignore them, even if she wanted to.

Ye Muyu pretended not to see it. After entering her resting room, she called Li Shuang over.

Li Shuang entered nervously and respectfully paid her respects.

“No need for formalities. I called you in because I have something to ask,” Ye Muyu directly got to the point: “What happened today? Your expressions don’t seem very good.”

Li Shuang was so scared that his eyes widened, and he quickly waved his hands: “Ah, Second Manager… nothing, nothing happened. We’ll definitely work hard.”

“With your behavior, can I really believe nothing happened?” Ye Muyu raised an eyebrow, showing abundant patience: “You don’t need to worry, just answer honestly. Even without you, I can ask someone else. If someone else answers and you don’t, that would be your negligence. What I cannot tolerate here is not reporting truthfully.”

Li Shuang, being young, was so frightened by her words that he dared not hide anything. With a flushed face, he recounted the events.

After listening, Ye Muyu’s expression turned somewhat subtle.

She hadn’t expected that overnight, her husband’s reputation had been so ruined… quite miserably…

Ye Muyu thought of this and couldn’t help but laugh.

Li Shuang looked at her with horror, almost thinking she was crazy.