The Marquis' Wife

Rumors and bets

The next day the news about the Emperor ordered Miao Adelia to make a new type of wine to please the chief concubine Yang Guifei spread to the public. Everyone gasped at the news and no one believed Adelia could fulfill the order.

Everyone was talking about the news, both in the teahouse, restaurants or in Banmei's house and even gambling houses opened bets on whether Lu Xiang's wife was able to carry out the Emperor's orders or not and everyone else flocked to bet that Adelia could not fulfill those orders.

"Hey, what are you betting on?".

Some people looked at the man who asked with a look of 'are you stupid?'. "Of course bet Nyoya Lu could not fulfill the emperor's orders. Did you bet anything else?".

All eyes looked at him with astonished gazes as if he was something rare for not following the trends of the times, the gaze made him depressed and immediately shook his head. 

"Of course not! Are you crazy?! of course I bet the same thing as you, I'm not stupid".

"So why are you asking?"

"Hehe, I'm just curious, if any of you have chosen a different option".

Everyone in the teahouse rolled their eyes.

"If the order was not from the Emperor but only from the prefects or other nobles maybe I would think twice before betting. But this is clearly from the Emperor, you think what wine His Majesty has never tasted before".

"You're right so all bet the same thing and all will win. Haha"

The news also resulted in De Xiang's store becoming deserted of visitors, the customers who usually visited did not want to bring themselves closer to matters concerning Lu Xiang's family because they were confident that the family would definitely be punished by the Emperor for not being able to fulfill the orders he gave so that he does not want to be affected.

The drastic difference in visitor data yesterday and today makes new rumors in the community. They gossiped enthusiastically about what happened to Lu Xiang's family, the rumor further weighing the option that Lu's family history would be completed sooner or later, because the rumors were also one by one employees resigned because they felt threatened to be affected by the impact of their boss, only three employees who did not resign because they had no other choice.

The third has the same thing that is having a poor family but has a large family member, if they quit their current job then it will be very difficult to find another job that has a decent salary and fantastic bonuses, he said, one of them was even more enthusiastic about working because it was offered to be a spy, finding out the latest information from the Lu family because the employees who lived in difficult times would definitely be more trusted than before.

The changes that had happened to Lu Xiang's family due to the impact of the Emperor's orders had not only impacted Adelia but Lu Xiang's own career as well, if the previous colleagues who did not like or envy him only put up a face of the time but this time they dared to scorn Lu Xiang as if the rumors that were spread were definitely going to happen.

"Oh who is this if not Lu Xiang? I don't think you're going to work out of frustration thinking the solution to the Emperor's orders isn't. Does that mean you've given up?".

"Haha. I think so, otherwise maybe he still has time to get to work".

Another man who had a thin mustache and beard also joined in ridiculing Lu Xiang, he did not hate this other colleague but because he came from the Murong Xianting faction, the third prince.

"He went to work because he wanted to enjoy the rest of his time as a government employee because in three months he would not be able to enjoy it anymore".

Lu Xiang only silently heard the links and scorn of his colleagues, not because he was a loser and a coward but rather that he felt it inappropriate to humble himself just to make the face of his office mate change.

Lu Xiang thought about the wine Adelia would make and smiled, he could imagine how his colleagues' faces would react after knowing that his wife could carry out the Emperor's orders and become a noblewoman, he also wants to make bets in shops, casinos and brothels, result 1:10 Will make his wife will become a wealthy woman but Adelia says that it is too early to bet and make others suspicious.

"Why are you smiling? You disagree with our words?". One of the men looked at Lu Xiang's slightly flattering lips and felt astonished.

Lu Xiang looked at the older man then shook his head with lips turning upward. "No, I'm just surprised to see you guys knocking me down as if I've been convicted by the Emperor, don't you know the proverb of life like a spinning wheel?".

Their faces changed hearing Lu Xiang's reply, in their hearts asking if Lu Xiang's wife could really create a wine that the Emperor had never drunk before? Otherwise, where did Lu Xiang's confidence come from?.

They see each other. "Are you really able to fulfill Emperor Jinshi Lu's orders?". They were a little nervous and even changed the call towards Lu Xiang.

Lu Xiang simply smiled and passed.

On the other hand, Murong Xianming knocked on the table many times with a monotonous gesture, he and his personal advisors had finished discussing about the information they had just obtained about Murong Xianxian, the fourth prince.

Secretly the man and his maternal family built a hidden army not so far from the capital but located in a place of smiles and inaccessibility, if Murong Xianxian had not heard from Murong Xianming in secret about the plot to overthrow the throne by Murong Xianting, Murong Xianming as the crown prince would not have found such a great thing.

"The fourth sister is more cunning than I thought".

"Crown prince, did I send an army to exterminate them?" Jun as the leader of the shadow forces that would protect Murong Xianming proposed a suggestion.

Murong Xianming shook his head in disapproval. "You'll bully other enemies if you do that". 

Murong Xianming's lips then pulled upwards, he stroked his thin bearded chin and with mysterious glowing eyes. "After all, it would be a great piece if we could make good use of it".

Murong Xianming then let out a long sigh. "It looks like my father's birthday party will be filled with blood".

Jun's eyes and the shadow troops that were in the darkness were wide open. Jun immediately knelt down with a very serious face. "Hamba will prepare him well the crown prince".

Murong Xianming smiled in satisfaction, he was very comfortable with subordinates who knew what to do before being ordered but spoke of his father's birthday party, which he was at, he was reminded by the Emperor's order to Lu Xiang's wife and the rumors spreading in the capital.

"Tell Ming Baixin to bring Lu Xiang to Banmei's house, I have to convey something to her".

"Good prince".