Cultivating Immortality Begins with Selling Oneself

Chapter 163 Try it
"If you ask me, I doubt you'll ever pass the imperial examination. Your morals are already corrupted."

"As a court official, the most important thing is to do practical things for the people. You keep talking about big principles and don't explore the truth. You only believe what you see."

"Even if you become an official appointed by the court, you won't achieve anything and will only harm the people."

Shen Fuyu was very aggressive. The three people from Chengfeng Academy looked very ugly and glared at Shen Fuyu fiercely.

Originally, Shen Fuyu didn't think of speaking, because the three of them kept talking about ruining the woman's reputation.

Since they have no moral principles and slander others casually, don't blame Shen Fuyu for speaking harshly.

"you!"

The tall and thin boy pointed at Shen Fuyu angrily with trembling hands.

You have to know that for a scholar, nothing is more devastating than the sentence "You will never pass the imperial examination in your life."

"Although our dynasty doesn't strictly enforce strict separation between men and women, women should still be mindful of maintaining a distance from men. And what about you? You're actually gathering in Zuixianlou to drink and have fun. Isn't this debauched behavior?"

"Snapped!"

Shen Fuyu slapped the tall and thin boy without saying a word.

She said, "We acted openly in public, and the door to our private room was always open. What could we possibly do? It's you, the young master, who has been slandering our reputation, causing us great psychological trauma. If you can't produce evidence today, I will definitely go to the government office with you."

Shen Fu spoke sternly, glaring at the tall and thin boy.

Her beautiful eyes were open and frank, and she showed an attitude that she was determined to fight the tall and thin boy to the end, which immediately made the boy feel a little guilty.

However, the arrow was on the string and had to be shot. The tall and thin boy felt a little unhappy about losing face in front of everyone. He subconsciously raised his voice, hoping to boost his self-confidence.

"I don't have any evidence, but everyone has eyes. What kind of good girl would drink with a strange man?"

"Without evidence, it's slander and malicious destruction of a woman's reputation. According to current legislation, the penalty is one year in prison."

Meng Yuan reacted very quickly and stood behind the three people from Chengfeng Academy.

Cheng Ziqi and Lu Mingtang followed closely behind and surrounded the three people tightly.

"Let's go and ask the prefect to judge the case."

The three people from Chengfeng Academy were immediately frightened and quickly separated from the tall and thin boy and tried to distance themselves from him.

"It's none of our business. We didn't make any false accusations."

"If you want to take him, take him away."

Seeing their firm attitude, the tall and thin boy was also scared.

Due to the sake of face, the tall and thin boy couldn't say sorry and could only waste time with them.

Cheng Ziqi and Lu Mingtang were not soft-hearted people. They immediately took the tall and thin young man to the government office.

Shen Fuyu did not stop them. Only a strong enough attitude could suppress the rumors. Otherwise, as soon as Shen Fuyu and others left, the people would start spreading rumors. When more people spoke, the false rumors would become true.

By sending the tall and thin young man to the government office, others will be afraid and dare not speak out, thus stopping the rumors.

Shen Fuyu and Lu Mingtang finished dealing with the matter when it was already dark. As soon as they walked out of the government office, they saw Madam Shen sitting in a carriage, rushing over in a hurry. Obviously, what happened in Zuixianlou had reached Madam Shen's ears.

As for the Shen sisters and others, they were arranged to wait on the side.

After all, among the few people, only Shen Fuyu and Lu Mingtang remained sober, and the others were more or less drunk.

Mrs. Shen did not go to check on the Shen sisters immediately, but instead hugged Shen Fuyu.

"Silly child, why didn't you send someone to inform me when something happened?"

"This kind of small matter, this lady is still capable of solving it."

Tears glistened in Mrs. Shen's eyes.

Shen Fuyu touched the tip of his nose embarrassedly and said, "Madam, I'm sorry. It was my indulgence in drinking by the eldest and second young ladies that led to this kind of thing." "No need to apologize." Unexpectedly, Madam Shen did not blame Shen Fuyu at all.

"A Ning and A Wu, you've been often ridiculed these past few years, and they must be feeling bad. I understand that they passed the Tongsheng exam today and are so excited they want to drink to celebrate."

"However, next time you encounter something similar, you must send someone to notify me immediately."

"Don't be so stubborn. This lady can support you."

After hearing these words, Shen Fuyu felt warm in his heart.

Meng Yuan and the other two said goodbye to Mrs. Shen and returned home.

Shen Fuyu and the Shen sisters got on the carriage.

……

The next day.

Shen Mengwu woke up from her drunkenness and realized what had happened yesterday. She hurried to Shen Fuyu's room.

"Shen Fuyu, I'm sorry."

Shen Mengwu lowered her head, her tone full of self-blame. If she hadn't insisted on drinking osmanthus wine, she would never have encountered such a thing.

It’s all her fault. Why did she choose to drink in a restaurant?

If they were the only three of them drinking at home, this wouldn't have happened.

Thinking of this, Shen Mengwu felt more and more guilty, thinking that she had implicated Shen Fuyu and forced her to go to the government office in the middle of the night.

Shen Fuyu woke up in a daze and saw Shen Mengwu's self-blaming expression at a glance.

"He has a bad heart. It has nothing to do with us. Shen Mengwu, you don't have to blame yourself."

Shen Fuyu's voice was hoarse as he comforted Shen Mengwu.

At the same time, Master Chen from Chengfeng Academy also found Mrs. Shen.

The tall and thin boy who was locked up.

He is a relative of Master Chen's family.

Master Chen smiled and said, "Madam, it's just a few words between the teenagers. There's no need to make such a big deal out of it, right?"

"Even the child doesn't understand, doesn't the lady understand? If he is really thrown into prison, his life will be ruined, and he will never be able to take the imperial examination again."

There was a hint of anger in Master Chen's eyes. If it weren't for the powerful Shen family, Master Chen would have been furious.

Besides, he felt that his nephew had done nothing wrong at all. If the Shen sisters had known etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame, they would not have drunk in Zuixianlou.

"Similarly, even if the child doesn't understand, doesn't the master know how important reputation is to a girl?"

Mrs. Shen calmly took a sip of tea, and the words between the lines were full of protectiveness.

Mrs. Shen has always been protective of her children.

It would be fine if they didn't take the opportunity to set a fire, but how could they let the young man go so easily?
Master Chen clenched his fists and took a deep breath to suppress his anger. "The young man's words were tactless, but I did see it with my own eyes. After all, he was drinking in Zuixianlou at such a young age. If Madam hadn't taught him more, there's no doubt that something bad might have happened in the future."

"If you really want to swing it..."

There was a subtle threat in his tone, as if if Mrs. Shen didn't give in, Master Chen would use all means to drag the Shen sisters into this.

Instead of being afraid, Mrs. Shen laughed out loud.

"Master, you can try."

(End of this chapter)