"Luo Xiang's son is truly a young talent. He has become famous at a young age. Did you see the scene just now? Those talented scholars in the Imperial College, who are always arrogant, were all very respectful in front of him and followed his lead..."
"Tsk! How naive! Do you think those talented men admire Luo Rui's talent? They are only impressed by Prime Minister Luo's power! If I had a father who was the prime minister, even if I am uneducated, they would sincerely praise me as a peerless genius!" said a nonchalant voice.
Xu Shichu couldn't help laughing. What this person said was quite interesting.
"Don't be so stubborn. Are you jealous that Young Master Luo has both talent and family background? Even if you have a father who is the prime minister, you will only be a playboy who loves to eat, drink and have fun." Another male voice said disapprovingly.
"What's wrong with liking to eat, drink and have fun? Who gave me the capital to do so? Even if I idle away until I die, I still have my father and brother to back me up, but this Young Master Luo is different...
Didn't his father, the Prime Minister, marry a new wife a few days ago? The new wife is young and beautiful. When he has a younger brother, do you think he can still be as happy as he is now? If the new wife is more powerful... Humph, there will be more suffering for Master Luo!" said the sloppy man with disdain.
"Even if Prime Minister Luo has a young son, it won't affect Young Master Luo, right? He has grown up and become a talented person. For the sake of the family, Prime Minister Luo can't help but value his eldest son."
"Hmph, you don't know what a biased father can do. It's true that if there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather. How can a grown-up son be as lovable as a lovely wife and young son who accompany him every day?" said the careless man disdainfully.
"Not necessarily. Doesn't Prime Minister Luo have a good relationship with his original wife? He has refused to remarry for so many years." Another male voice said in disbelief.
The unruly voice continued, "The original wife has been dead for many years? You and I are both men. If we don't marry, can we have other women?"
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The people next door continued to talk a lot, and Xu Shichu thought as he listened, Luo Changqing loved his first wife deeply, so of course he couldn't be a partial father. He disdained his new wife, so how could he have a doted on young son? It really disappointed the gossiping people.
The food at Wankelou was indeed top-notch. Xu Shichu was very satisfied with the meal and returned to the prime minister's residence.
She sat in the carriage, rubbing her bones that were sore from the bumps, and thought, it would be great if there were rubber wheels now, otherwise she would feel pain all over every time she went out.
She decided to look for rubber trees in her companion space.
As soon as she returned to the prime minister's residence, a servant came to report that the Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion had sent a letter, asking her to go back the next day for something.
This was completely within Xu Shichu's expectations. She had caused a big scene at the Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion that day, so naturally, there was no way the people in that family would let her go.
After all, the person who had been bullied by me before and could only swallow the humiliation, suddenly learned to resist one day, and even ruthlessly slashed my face. How could I bear it? Of course, I had to suppress it severely.
They thought Xu Shichu was someone they could summon and dismiss at will, and they wanted her to go back obediently with just a casual post, without thinking that she would refuse.
"Don't worry, I won't go back tomorrow." Xu Shichu said.
So the next day, in the Ningyuan Marquis's mansion, the Xu family members were waiting for Xu Shichu to come back, as their plan to hold a trial between three judges could not proceed because the protagonist was missing.
"Why hasn't this rebellious and unfilial daughter come back yet?" Xu Shichu's biological father Xu Wenguang said with a gloomy face, trying hard to suppress his displeasure.
"She has grown powerful and married into the prime minister's mansion. How could she still take us from her family seriously? There is no need to suppress her temper. She can beat her own sister at will." Li was still resentful of Xu Shichu for having her daughter slapped twenty times, and she spared no effort to speak ill of her in Xu's father's ear.
“When the third girl comes back, she will have to be taught well. If people knew that she was disobedient, cruel, and ruthless, then the other girls would have no chance of getting married.
If we don't teach her well, won't the Prime Minister misunderstand the upbringing of our Bofu?" The head of the Bofu family, Xu Shichu's uncle Xu Wenbo, said with a gloomy face, obviously dissatisfied with this suddenly rebellious niece.
Aunt Zhou said to the nanny beside her, "Go out and see if Chu Jie'er has arrived." The nanny obeyed the order and went out.
"What if Third Aunt doesn't come back?" The gentle and lovely Xu Xueruo asked hesitantly. She was Xu Shichu's cousin, and her aunt was trying every means to get her to marry the granddaughter of the Prime Minister's eldest son.
"She, she dares not to come back?!" Xu Huishu said hatefully. The bruises on her face had not completely disappeared. Her hatred for Xu Shichu made her come even with a face scarf on, waiting to avenge herself.
Xu Xueluo glanced at her silly little aunt and said, "That's hard to say. After all, she did something so rebellious the last time she came back."
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The people in Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion were still arguing with each other against Xu Shichu, but they waited from morning to afternoon and no one came back.
Xu Wenbo was incredulous: "She really dares not to come back?"
He looked at his family, closed his eyes, and said to his wife, "Go to the Prime Minister's residence today and invite her in person. See if she has the guts to not come back!"
Zhou nodded: "Okay, I don't believe that she can refuse when an elder like me comes to her house in person, unless she doesn't want her reputation anymore."
If Xu Shichu heard her words at the scene, he would definitely laugh and ask, what use is reputation to her? She is married, will a bad reputation affect her as the wife of the prime minister? Luo Changqing will not divorce her because of this. The Xu family treated her badly, if her bad reputation would affect the Xu family, then she would rather have a worse reputation.
Reputation is only important in the eyes of those who need it, and Xu Shichu in this world is precisely the person who least needs to care about her reputation. She is alone, and as long as she doesn't care, how can other people's gossip affect her
It just so happened that she was a carefree person who only cared about her own enjoyment. She had enough status and could make money, so she could live happily.
As for the Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion, what did that have to do with her? She even wished that the Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion would decline further so that she could avenge the original owner for being abused.
At this time, Xu Shichu didn't know that he would be confronted by his aunt the next day.