Chapter 1029: Purposefully Tearing Faces (2)
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After leaving the Prince’s Mansion, Xiao Ruiyuan did not return to the Hou Mansion but went to the nearby General Mansion instead. The General Mansion had already entered the renovation stage a few days earlier, with two top garden experts working together. Although it was still in its initial form, one could foresee how beautiful the residence would become upon completion.
Xiao Ruiyuan was not new to the place and had already seen the design plans of the two masters, so he was very reassured. After taking a walk around the courtyard and finding nothing inappropriate, he returned to the study.
As Xiao Ruiyuan often stayed overnight at the General Mansion, it was equipped similarly to the Hou Mansion, which also facilitated his handling of official duties there.
In the study, Xiao Eleven had been waiting already. Upon seeing his master enter, Xiao Eleven bowed respectfully and then presented a stack of papers on the desk, "This is just retrieved from the mouths of those chaps at the teahouse who were spreading rumors, please have a look, master."
Xiao Ruiyuan nodded, picked up the dozen pages, and started to flip through them. In less than a moment, he had read through all the pages. His expression did not change, indicating that everything written on them was expected.
Xiao Eleven wiped the fine sweat from his forehead and released a sigh of relief. Heaven knows, during the interrogation of those rumor-mongers and upon learning how they intended to slander the Lady, he almost wished he could immediately condemn these fools to death.
It was bad enough that the shameless man and woman dared to let people spread rumors about the Lady’s lack of filial piety and unvirtuous behavior, but they also plotted to fabricate stories about the Lady and master engaging in indecent acts. They wanted thousands of commoners’ mouths to defame the Lady’s reputation, making her a subject of ridicule wherever she went.
If their plan succeeded, even the master would be shamed, causing a rift to form between husband and wife. It took the master so much effort to find someone he truly loved, yet those shameless creatures couldn’t bear to see the master happy, resorting to such despicable methods—utterly contemptible.