Chapter 2122: Is Meng Yunzheng Casting a Wide Net? (Patreon)

Chapter 2122: Is Meng Yunzheng Casting a Wide Net?

Meng Yunzheng was a special case. He was originally the son of Gong Qiu, and later, he exposed Gong Qiu's crimes to avenge his mother.

The Emperor wanted to reward him, but he refused and went back home.

After he left, many people stopped paying attention to him, thinking he was returning to his father's profession as a bodyguard.

However, to their surprise, he decided to participate in the imperial examinations. Step by step, he advanced from the county-level exams, excelling at every level. In just three years, he reached the capital as the top scholar.

This was true talent, and his future achievements shouldn't be underestimated.

Many people knew that after Meng Yunzheng became a top scholar in the prefectural examination, some wanted to get in touch with him.

However, they soon learned that when the turmoil occurred at Changjin Prefecture last year, Meng Yunzheng had been working alongside Qi Lie.

They assumed that he had already joined Qi Lie and was no longer interested in him. Surprisingly, Meng Yunzheng came to the capital recently but didn't visit Qi Lie.

Not only did he not visit Qi Lie, but he also paid visits to Prime Minister Qi, the Minister of Justice Jing, Assistant Minister of Personnel Yao, and even had a meal with Viscount House's heir, Xiang Weinan.

In short, it seemed like he was active everywhere.

People speculated that Meng Yunzheng might have lost interest in Qi Lie due to his prolonged illness and was now looking to ally with others, perhaps even casting a wide net.

As a result, people soon sent invitations to Meng Yunzheng, hoping to establish further connections with him.

These people, however, had relatively low social status.

For instance, today's Yibo Manor, which bore the title of viscount but lacked real power.

Speaking of Yibo Manor, Xia Yan lowered his voice and said, "This Viscount Yibo doesn't just want to establish a connection with our young master; he wants to marry his daughter to our young master."

Seeing Shu Yu's expression change, Xia Yan quickly clarified, "But Miss, rest assured, our young master isn't interested in other women. He has no desire for anyone else except you."

"They don't know that Ah Yun has already been engaged?"

"How could they not know? Our young master has said before that he would marry this year, but they don't care." In this world, how many people, after achieving fame and fortune, abandoned their wives and children? Furthermore, Meng Yunzheng and Shu Yu had been engaged for three years. If they could wait for three years, what was a little more time? Meng Yunzheng was already twenty-three or twenty-four years old, way past the age for marriage.

Shu Yu, feeling indignant, said, "These people have no sense of morality left in them, even though they've read so many books of sages. They're worse than rural old women when it comes to moral principles."

Shu You's words resonated with Shu Yu, who nodded in agreement. "Madam is absolutely right."

"But it's all fine now," Xia Yan said cheerfully. "Miss has arrived, and that servant from Yibo Manor happened to see her. If they want to save face, they won't bother us anymore."

At this point, Xia Yan didn't yet know that because the servant had seen Shu Yu, rumors about her would start spreading like wildfire the next day.

But at the moment, Shu Yu was more concerned about something else. "You mentioned earlier that Qi Lie is seriously ill?"