After traveling through time, I thrived in ancient times

Chapter 8 Rumors in Beijing

"Hey, you are such a kind boss."

"Yes, boss, give me two more buns. Your buns are really delicious."

The vendor didn't expect that his action would actually attract the favor of the onlookers. Many of them asked for several more buns and made the boss happy, feeling that this old man was their lucky star!

The old man took the bun, gave the vendor a satisfied look that said "you are really smart", and then took a bite of the bun in his hand.

The crowd did not urge him, but waited for the old man to finish a bun, calm down, and then slowly spoke:

"Speaking of the Princess of Chen, she is both lucky and unfortunate. She has suffered but is also blessed. After waking up and learning everything, she was heartbroken. She jumped into the lake before getting married just to get angry with the Minister. He let a legitimate daughter marry instead of a concubine's daughter. Even if she married into the royal family, it would be a shame for anyone!"

"Who would have thought that even if she was thrown into the lake, it would not stop the Shangshu's thoughts. He actually carried the unconscious person to the bridal sedan. Now that she has woken up from the coma, the matter is settled."

"I originally didn't want to pursue the matter because of my father's kindness in raising me, but who knew that the Shangshu Mansion was really too much. Not only did they treat the legitimate daughter so badly, they didn't even give her a decent dowry, and even withheld all the betrothal gifts from the Chenwang Mansion!"

"Princess Chen was so heartbroken that she finally woke up, but now she fainted again from anger. Now the Prince Chen's Mansion is looking for an imperial physician to treat the princess!"

After he said this, the whole audience was in an uproar. They couldn't believe that the Minister of Revenue, who seemed to be the most upright person on weekdays, could treat the daughter of his former first wife in this way!

"Is this true? There is such a thing?"

The old man took a sip of water, wiped his mouth with his hand, looked at the man and continued:

"How can it be fake? Do you think those officials are really like the rumors say? You probably all forgot how the Minister of Revenue got to this point, right? Isn't it all thanks to the former Minister's wife that he has everything he has today?"

"Madam Shangshu? Isn't Madam Shangshu in the mansion? Which Madam Shangshu?"

"Hey, I see. It's Miss Jiang Wanyun, right?"

When this person was mentioned, everyone thought of the eldest daughter of the Jiang family who was famous in the capital at that time. When she married Yu Huaiyi, who was not yet the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue at that time, she was dressed in a red dress that was ten miles long and was the center of attention.

It’s a pity that Miss Yu died a few years after she gave birth. Because of this incident, the current Grand Tutor Jiang was so angry that he went to the Imperial Study!

"Humph, that's right. Even if we don't talk about what happened back then, Miss Jiang had quite a lot of dowry. How come when her daughter got married, there were only a few boxes of things left?"

The old man said this with a sneer, and the meaning was self-evident. It was probably that the Shangshu's mansion had embezzled the dowry of the original wife!

"But... after so many years, maybe the Shangshu Mansion has run out of them?"

As soon as this statement was made, it was immediately refuted by people around him.

"How is it possible? I saw Miss Jiang getting married from afar. She had so much dowry. How could it be used up? Besides, who can use the original wife's things?"

"Even if the person is gone, there is still this daughter. Even if the money is spent, there are still various jewelry stores."

"Now that you've mentioned this, let me tell you something you all know, right? The shop that used to be owned by Miss Jiang is now managed by the former concubine of the Shangshu Mansion."

"Ah? W-What's going on?"

The owner of another business also came out and said something that shocked everyone.

"Humph, there's still a lot you don't know. The Minister of Revenue said he missed his wife and refused to remarry, but in fact, the concubine in the mansion now was his lover before he married Miss Jiang! Before Miss Jiang, he already had a son with that woman."

"After Miss Jiang passed away, the Minister gave all of Miss Jiang's dowry to the concubine on the grounds that the legitimate daughter was still young. Even now, when the legitimate daughter married off their second daughter, not a cent was given to the concubine!"

After these words were spoken, everyone around was extremely angry. These people were simply so heartless and worse than pigs and dogs!

"Now I understand. I was saying that Miss Jiang was famous in the capital back then, but how come my daughter has never even been mentioned in the capital? On the contrary, the second young lady born to the concubine was the most famous in the capital, but it turned out that she was bullied in her boudoir and became like this!"

The other old man sighed and shook his head when he heard this, "How can such a person, who can't even manage his own backyard, be worthy of such a high position!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone hurriedly pulled the old man and said, "Don't dare to say it, you are going to die!"

Then everyone looked around and dispersed.

The mess in the Shangshu Mansion also spread throughout the capital!

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Chenwang Mansion

Yu Tingwan watched Shen Chenli pass on the matter, thinking that it wouldn't be long before rumors started to spread throughout the capital, and when she returned home in three days, it would surely be a lively scene!

Her mood, which had been bad because of the dowry issue, also became cheerful, and everyone present could feel her good mood at the moment.

"By the way, is there anything the prince wants to do?"

When Shen Chenli heard her question, he waved to Butler Chen and asked them to leave.

Butler Chen bowed and left the room with the maid.

Lan Yue looked at Yu Tingwan, and when she saw her waving her hand, she also bowed and followed her out.

After the door was closed, Shen Chenli looked at her and said, "The maidservant beside Miss Yu is really loyal."

"If you're not faithful, I'm afraid I can't marry you!"

He died in the Shangshu Mansion a long time ago!

This was a strange thing to say, but Shen Chenli understood the meaning. It seemed that the Shangshu Mansion did not do anything to Yu Tingwan, but it was only an appearance! The difficulty was probably only understood by Yu Tingwan who was in it.

"I haven't told you yet. What did the prince want me to do? For the poison in your body?"

Shen Chenli confirmed what she said and asked about his physical condition.

Of course Yu Tingwan knew what he wanted to ask most, but she didn't say it out loud and just went along with what he said.

"The poison in your body must have been planted when you were very young, or even in your mother's womb. The reason you have lived so long and have mastered some good kung fu is probably because someone gave you good food to suppress the poison."

"It's happening now because someone gave you a different poison, causing the suppressed poison to break out."

"Besides, because there are too many toxins in your body, these poisons are mixed together to form a new poison. So, I am actually using another poison to suppress the poison in your body and maintain a balanced state."

I have to say that this person's desire to survive is really strong. If it were someone else, they might not be able to hold on until now.