Compared with the people of Zhu family in Duke Zhao's Mansion, Zhang Shou didn't learn about the sensational news until the next morning.
He once suspected that he had heard it wrong, but the person who came to deliver the news was none other than Lu Sanlang, so he certainly would not doubt that this clever little fat man was spreading rumors and hearing things from others. Sure enough, the little fat man confirmed that he heard the news from his father himself, and then exaggerated the violent reaction that the news caused in the capital, and then sneered.
"My father said that the Hong family member was so obsessed with fame that he was willing to push his own daughter into the fire pit. With the personality of the eldest prince, even if you send fairies from heaven to earth, it is impossible to make him change for the better, because his nature is already rotten!"
"I sent people to inquire about this, and there are several different explanations for what Mr. Hong did. Some people say that Mr. Hong values etiquette and respect for elders. The eldest prince is of royal blood, so he cannot be without a wife even if he has committed a crime. In order to prevent others from losing a daughter because of his petition, he simply gave his daughter away with dignity."
"There is another theory that the daughter surnamed Hong is not a pushover either, so he plans to marry her to the eldest prince, so that the couple can work together to turn the current situation around, and then have the eldest prince make a gesture of reforming himself and find a way to get out of the Zongzheng Temple. Although the emperor has deposed the empress, the eldest prince is the eldest in the order of seniority, so he may not be without a chance."
Seeing that Zhang Shou didn't say anything, the eloquent Lu Sanlang immediately brought up the third opinion he had heard: "Some people even said that the man surnamed Hong just wanted to tell the emperor that if the eldest prince didn't get married, people would say that the emperor was heartless. As long as the eldest prince was given a virtuous wife, the emperor would have done his best. He didn't want the eldest prince to be released from the Zongzheng Temple, but hoped that the emperor would uphold the original verdict."
"In this way, the emperor will be majestic and fair, but also be kind and loving, and no one in the world can say anything against it."
Seeing Zhang Shou's face full of pain after hearing this last comment, Lu Sanlang spread his hands and said, "Young Master, you have also seen that people with such a good reputation are extremely cruel and ruthless! And this thing was done... Who can say anything?"
“Are you saying that the daughter of a famous scholar named Hong, the president of Yuzhang Academy, is not worthy of being a match for a prince who has committed a crime and is imprisoned? According to the third opinion I heard, they are planning to sacrifice their daughter to accompany the prince in prison for the rest of his life! This is simply... Anyway, this kind of father is ten thousand times worse than my dad was!”
Zhang Shou took a deep breath and decided... forget it! Someone was willing to push his daughter into the fire pit. As an outsider, even if he despised this so-called celebrity, would he still object? How could he object
Emperor, your son is such a bastard, why don't you get married and have children to bring harm to others and give birth to bad descendants? Hong, you are a distinguished scholar, why don't you push your daughter into the fire pit and ruin her life? Haha, unless the parties involved protest, no one can intervene in such trivial matters.
So, he directly signaled Lu Sanlang, who was still planning to continue complaining, to stop, and said expressionlessly: "It's their business if they want to marry their daughter off, and it has nothing to do with us. Now, you should tidy up your clothes and look your best. Don't lose face as a senior. From today on, you are the head of the second grade dormitory. This is the first class for the first graders, so you should set an example."