Chapter 203

Zhou Ran's words caused an uproar among everyone.

Zhou Ying and Cui Yuzhu were criticized by the people watching.

"I didn't expect that Aunt Ying is the ruthless and unjust villain."

"Why does she have the nerve to slander others?"

"It's not unusual for someone like her to do anything."

"It's not a good idea for Miss Bofu and the other two ladies to help such people slander others."

Some people also spoke for Cui Yuzhu, saying that she was deceived by Zhou Ying.

But as soon as those words were said, someone retorted: "The fact that she did things that spread rumors and tarnished people's reputations based only on Zhou Ying's words only shows that she is stupid and vicious."

The person who retorted was none other than Mr. Zhang who was in the crowd.

Others who originally thought that Cui Yuzhu was just deceived suddenly looked at Cui Yuzhu from sympathy to disgust.

Listening to all kinds of words of condemnation and disgust towards them, Cui Yuzhu and others just wanted to escape from the court.

When Shuntian Fuyin gave them a verbal lesson and asked them to apologize to Zhou Ran, they simply agreed and apologized to Zhou Ran in front of the court.

Zhou Ran originally just wanted to make the truth of the matter known to the public. Now that the goal has been achieved, he stopped entangled and Shuntian Fuyin successfully closed the case.

Cui Yuzhu and the others left Shuntian Mansion almost as if they were fleeing.

But when they returned home, they each received another punishment.

After Zhou Ran and Ye Ximing came out of Shuntian Mansion, without Zhou Ran opening her mouth, Ye Ximing arranged for Zhao Wu to find someone to spread the news about what happened in the court today.

In the Gao Mansion, Mrs. Gao was looking through some materials sent by the Empress, while listening casually to the servants' report on what happened in the court today.

After the servant finished reporting, Mrs. Gao didn't say anything, but waved her hand and asked the servant to leave.

After the scary man left, the nanny beside Mrs. Gao said with some regret: "Miss Cui is still not good at doing things, and she let the Zhou family get rid of the stigma so easily."

Mrs. Gao said nonchalantly: "I didn't expect her to do anything to Mr. Zhou."

It would be best if Cui Yuzhu could cause some trouble for Zhou Ran. If not, it would be fine. With the Queen around to deal with Zhou Ran, there would be no need for Cui Yuzhu to take action.

It was just that Rong Yue had just had an accident and it was not convenient for the Queen to take action at this time, so she thought of letting Cui Yuzhu go and cause some trouble for Zhou Ran.

After August 15th, the weather in Beijing gradually became cooler.

The rumors about Zhou Ran, Zhou Ying and Ye Ximing were also completely reversed. Everyone in the capital knew that Zhou Ying was the treacherous villain, and some storytellers even used the matter as a story in restaurants and teahouses.

The reputation of Uncle Chengen's house was also implicated, and Uncle Chengen was often ridiculed and ridiculed by his friends.

Uncle Cheng'en lost face because of Zhou Ying and lost his love for Zhou Ying. Zhou Ying's life in Uncle Cheng'en's house became difficult.

But Zhou Ran didn't pay attention to these anymore. She was currently busy with Zhang and his family returning to their hometown.

Zhou Ran originally wanted to keep them in Beijing for a while, but Ye Erlang and the others were thinking about the roast duck restaurant, and Zhang and the others also felt that the weather was suitable for traveling now, so Zhou Ran did not persuade them any further.

Zhou Ran prepared a lot of specialties from Beijing for them, and sent them off to the capital with Ye Ximing on August 20th.

After sending the person outside the city, Mrs. Zhang took Zhou Ran's hand and gave her some instructions before reluctantly getting on the carriage.

Watching Zhang's carriage go away, Ye Ximing took Zhou Ran into their arms and got on their carriage. Looking at Zhou Ran whose eyes were red, Ye Ximing comforted her softly: "Don't be sad, we can also go back to Nanxing County to see them in the future."

That may have to wait until Ye Ximing retires and returns to his hometown. Now is not her era, so she can just go back if she says she can.

But Zhou Ran didn't say these words to spoil the mood.

By the time the two returned home, Zhou Ran's mood had also been adjusted.

The two of them sat in the yard, talking and peeling pomegranates to eat.

The pomegranate was sent from the Anyuan Marquis Mansion. It was big and red, and the pomegranate seeds were full, like rubies. Zhou Ran liked eating them very much, but she didn't like peeling them very much.

Ye Ximing had a small bowl at his hand. He peeled off half of the pomegranate seeds in the bowl and pushed the bowl in front of Zhou Ran.

Zhou Ran fed a few pills into her mouth, and then stuffed a few pills into Ye Ximing's mouth.

Before finishing half the bowl of pomegranate seeds, there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard.

Zhao Wu went to open the door, and Cao Bingwen stood outside the door.

Zhou Ran greeted Cao Bingwen and returned to the room carrying the uneaten pomegranate seeds.

Ye Ximing asked Cao Bingwen to sit down, served him some tea, and said with a smile, "Why does Brother Cao have time to come today?"

Cao Bingwen took the tea and said, "I'm here to send you an invitation, Brother Ye."

Ye Ximing's hand holding the teapot paused for a moment, and then asked nonchalantly: "Has the wedding date been set?"

Cao Bingwen nodded awkwardly and explained: "Originally, I wanted to observe the mourning for Yu Niang for a hundred days before going to the Yuan family to propose marriage, but my parents..."

At this point, Cao Bingwen shook his head with a look of distress, "I really have no choice. In addition, there are some gossips that are harmful to Miss Yuan's reputation. I can only decide on the marriage as soon as possible."

Ye Ximing didn't say anything more, nodded and said: "Okay, I will definitely be there when the time comes."

After Cao Bingwen left, Zhou Ran asked about Cao Bingwen's purpose.

When she knew that Cao Bingwen was about to marry Miss Yuan, Zhou Ran couldn't tell what kind of mood she felt, but it wasn't exactly a happy one.

Ye Ximing understood Zhou Ran's mood.

If Cao Bingwen's wife had not weaved cloth for Cao Bingwen to study for the imperial examination, Cao Bingwen would not be where he is today.

This is why Ye Ximing and Zhou Ran have always felt that the matter of Cao Bingwen's wife does not make sense.

How could a woman who worked so hard to support her husband in studying for the imperial examinations and just hoped that her husband would succeed would hook up with other men behind her husband's back?

In order to make Zhou Ran happy, Ye Ximing said: "Actually, this marriage may not go smoothly."

"Why?" Zhou Ran wondered. The wedding date has been set. Could there be any surprises in this marriage?

Ye Ximing told Zhou Ran the news he accidentally learned. Fang Yichen found someone to go to Nanxing County to investigate Cao Bingwen's wife.

"If he finds out something, Yuan Yushi will definitely not let his daughter marry Cao Bingwen again."

"What if it can't be found out?"

Ye Ximing was silent for a moment and said: "Whether it is found out or not, I will gradually let go of my relationship with Cao Bingwen in the future."

I don't know if he has never understood Cao Bingwen before, or if Cao Bingwen has changed. In short, what Cao Bingwen has done in recent months has made him clearly realize that people like Cao Bingwen are not suitable to be true friends.


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