Chapter 301 How to break the scandal
Liu Yue'e was full of grievances.
She knew she had offended her mother-in-law again.
Tong Huaqiong didn't care about Liu Yue'e's thoughts. She directed the carriage towards Tianxiang Tower.
The lights in Tianxiang Tower were bright, and it seemed that it had not been affected by the incident between Xianxian and Mr. Chen Er, and had resumed business.
The carriage stopped at the entrance of Tianxiang Tower.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
Gu Dashu was frightened. He was scared by Tianxiang Tower and didn't even dare to look at the two stone lions at the entrance of Tianxiang Tower.
"You guys wait here, I have something to do with Mom Mo."
Tong Huaqiong entered Tianxiang Tower and came out soon.
After Tong Huaqiong left, Mother Mo's anger caused by the quarrel between Mr. Chen and Xianxian disappeared instantly.
She excitedly said that it was a good thing that she did not offend Tong Huaqiong, otherwise how could she have gotten close to Mr. Lu.
She had long wanted to go into the Lu family's mansion and take a look inside.
As for what Mr. Lu wanted to talk to her about, she had already guessed it.
It’s all about his grandson Lu Zhaoyang.
As a woman who deals in the romantic business of the rich and powerful young men in the city, Mother Mo knows all the hobbies, scandals and gossips of any young man from a wealthy family in the city.
Among these young masters now, Lu Zhaoyang is unusually clean.
She neither has a concubine nor stays in Tianxiang Tower. Instead, she is involved with Lord Yao.
If she could straighten out Lu Zhaoyang and get him into Mr. Lu's core business circle, she would no longer have to look at the faces of the various young masters in Pearl Lane.
Mother Mo went to the Lu Mansion early the next morning. She guessed correctly the reason why Mr. Lu came to see him, but she guessed wrong about the person Mr. Lu was looking for.
Tong Huaqiong was checking the accounts on the second floor of Taohua Dessert. She saw Mother Mo's carriage slowly passing by through the window. She knew that Mother Mo had returned from the Lu family.
Tong Huaqiong couldn't resist her gossiping thoughts, so she went downstairs and stopped Mo's mother on the road.
"What does Mr. Lu want to talk to you about?" Tong Huaqiong asked directly.
Mother Mo looked embarrassed and a little angry.
Tong Huaqiong thought, it seems that Mr. Lu has bad intentions.
Mother Mo stood in a secluded place and asked Tong Huaqiong, "When you visited the Lu family yesterday, did you hear any rumors about Lu Zhaoyang?"
Tong Huaqiong said: "What rumor?"
Mother Mo hesitated to speak.
Tong Huaqiong said, "You are keeping me in suspense. Don't keep me guessing."
Mother Mo said, "Master Tong, you are from the countryside after all, so you don't know much about the life of the rich young men in the capital. I don't mean to look down on you. These young men have been served by maids since they were young. These maids not only serve them personally, but also warm their beds when they grow up. Master Lu still doesn't have a maid who takes care of him. Do you know why?"
Tong Huaqiong's passion for gossip was instantly ignited.
Could it be that Gu Taohua was right, that this sickly Lu Zhaoyang had a hidden disease that prevented him from having a son?
Absolutely.
Tong Huaqiong's imagination was blown away. This could explain why Mr. Lu was looking for Mother Mo.
In order to cure Lu Zhaoyang's hidden illness, he looked for a prescription in the entertainment industry.
Tong Huaqiong wanted to tell Mo's mother, "Is it because Lu Zhaoyang is not in good health?" But after thinking about it, she felt that it was too mean. After all, Lu Zhaoyang had no grudge against her and he even gave her twenty pigs. It would not be nice to directly complain about him behind his back.
However, she got angry when she thought about the fact that Mr. Lu wanted to marry Gu Taohua to Lu Zhaoyang even though he knew that his grandson had a hidden illness.
So her daughter is not a treasure, right?
"How would I know what it is? I'm not lying under Lu Zhaoyang's bed." Tong Huaqiong said.
Mother Mo asked, "You have a good relationship with the Lu family and know Prefect Yao. Have you not heard of the rumors about Master Lu and Master Yao?"
Lu Zhaoyang and Prefect Yao.
Tong Huaqiong felt like a heavy hammer hit her heart.
"What's the rumor?" Tong Huaqiong asked.
"They say they are both gay." said Mother Mo.
Tong Huaqiong had a large piece of melon stuffed into her mouth.
No wonder yesterday at the Lu family, when Magistrate Yao’s housekeeper sent ginseng to Lu Zhaoyang, Mr. Lu reacted so violently and said a bunch of weird things.
Tong Huaqiong thought that Mr. Lu, as an imperial merchant, had a feud with Prefect Yao's family in Shengjing.
It turned out that it was all caused by Lu Zhaoyang and Lord Yao's close relationship.
However, Tong Huaqiong thought that the scandal between Lu Zhaoyang and Prefect Yao was complete nonsense.
She didn't believe that the relationship between Lu Zhaoyang and Master Yao went beyond that of fellow apprentice brothers.
Tong Huaqiong said to Mama Mo, "Mama Mo, I don't believe the rumors about Master Lu and Prefect Yao. It is said that gossip can melt gold and slander can destroy a person. This must be fabricated by the public. Think about it, Master Lu is the most promising student in Wanliu Academy, and his family is rich, so it is easy for people to envy him. Not to mention Prefect Yao, who is an honest official with a clean family background. When he became the prefect of the prefecture, he affected the interests of many people. I don't know how many people secretly hate him. Those villains couldn't find a handle to attack Prefect Yao, so they used rumors to attack him."
"Prefect Yao and Master Lu are brothers in the same sect. Isn't it normal for them to have such close contact?"
"Master Yao and Master Lu may not be unaware of the rumors outside, but they won't come out to explain, right? No, the more they explain, the worse it gets. Those gossipers keep making up rumors because they know it's difficult for them to come out to explain. Mother Mo, think about this and see if it makes sense."
After being enlightened by Tong Huaqiong, Mother Mo felt that what Tong Huaqiong said made sense.
So he said, "Prefect Yao is indeed a good official. If he hadn't enforced the law impartially in this matter between Xianxian and Mr. Chen, my Tianxiang Tower would probably not have been able to escape."
Then he cursed: "The person who spread the rumor should die."
Tong Huaqiong asked, "By the way, Mr. Lu came to you because of this rumor?"
The best way to break up the scandal between A and B is to create a new scandal between A and C.
Just like Tong Huaqiong's previous life, there was a pair of scandalous singers and musicians in the entertainment industry, who dispelled the rumors by officially announcing their girlfriend and engagement.
Could it be that Mr. Lu also came up with this trick to dispel the scandal between his grandson and Prefect Yao, and let his grandson go to Tianxiang Tower to "go into the sea" and use the scandal with the girl from Tianxiang Tower to dispel the scandal with Prefect Yao.
I have to say that Mr. Lu’s idea is correct.
But doing so would only result in injuring one thousand enemies and eight hundred of your own people.
If Lu Zhaoyang really had an affair with the girl from Tianxiang Tower, it would be estimated that no good family would be willing to marry him in the future.
Even if he enters the government in the future, he will become a target of attack by the other side.
"This is exactly why Mr. Lu came to me." Mother Mo was speechless when she mentioned this.
She had the same idea as Tong Huaqiong, that Mr. Lu wanted to spread a scandal between Lu Zhaoyang and the girl from Tianxiang Tower.
Isn’t this easy to handle?
She’s very good at it.
Under her manipulation, starting tomorrow, every street and alley in the city will be filled with rumors about Mr. Lu and a certain girl from Tianxiang Tower.
But Mr. Lu had a rather strange idea. He did not let his grandson "go into business", but let Governor Yao...