Chapter 781: The Benevolent Heavenly Preceptor
Qi Xuansu finally understood why Zhang Yuelu had laughed out loud. She clearly did not believe this for a second.
The Heavenly Preceptor was even less likely to believe it. He could easily tell that Qi Xuansu had not lost his primal yang. Similarly, Zhang Yuelu had not lost her primal yin. This indicated that both were still virgins.
So the question was, how could a man who had not lost his primal yang possibly impregnate a woman? Did someone else do it on his behalf?
Since that was impossible, the rest of the accusation did not hold. It was all pure fabrication. So after a brief investigation, the Fengxian Hall did not even bother to question Qi Xuansu.
Such a baseless accusation could not do any physical harm to Qi Xuansu, yet the spreading rumors had a significant impact on his reputation. Even if Qi Xuansu had the woman arrested for slander, people would say the Zhang family was using its power to silence dissent, making the situation look even worse. But doing nothing was irksome, like a fishbone stuck in his throat.
Qi Xuansu was infuriated, thinking, She even claimed to have miscarried my child?! If she’s standing before me now, I’ll demand she produce the dead fetus. I’m sure the Huasheng Hall can confirm the fetus’s bloodline on the spot. Once they confirm it’s not mine, I’ll twist her head off so she can accompany that unborn child!
Of course, Qi Xuansu could not actually say or do any of that. He had to suppress the fury in his heart. At the very least, he could not let any murderous intent slip out and ruin the Heavenly Preceptor’s impression of him.
After laughing, Zhang Yuelu also realized how much damage this incident had done to Qi Xuansu’s reputation. So she stifled her laugh and turned solemn.
This matter did not warrant being blown out of proportion, nor would it cause any substantial harm to Qi Xuansu. But it gave people plenty to gossip about, which made him deeply uncomfortable.
What’s done was done, and the consequences had mostly already taken shape. All Qi Xuansu could do now, aside from trying to mitigate the damage, was to vent his anger somehow.
But now that the matter was public and had attracted the attention of many, using Daoist authority or taking action personally were both bad options.