"My distant maternal great-uncle's second aunt's little nephew's sworn brother serves in Ping'an County. When they rushed to Yu Garden, more than thirty people had been slaughtered, leaving the scene absolutely horrific. He couldn't hold it in and vomited all over the place. They say that when the magistrate arrived, he collapsed onto the ground and couldn't even crawl back up. Guess whose garden Yu Garden was?"
"Whose?"
"The current Right Chancellor, Gu Qinglin."
"Gu Qinglin killed the woman he kept outside, along with more than thirty members of her household. He wiped them all out."
"They say the wife he married is a woman of the Song Clan. That woman is spoiled and jealous. It wouldn't be strange if she were the one who did it. A woman of the Song Clan is more precious than a princess—how could she possibly share a husband with other women?"
All of a sudden, public opinion surrounding the Yu Garden massacre changed direction.
At the very beginning, everyone only knew that something had happened. The massacre of the thirty-two people in Yu Garden was already a major case and a major event to ordinary citizens.
Later, Yu Garden's owner was exposed. He turned out to be the current Right Chancellor, Gu Qinglin. The identity of the mistress in Yu Garden also became known: she was Gu Qinglin's concubine, whom he kept there.
Vengeance. A massacre. A concubine. A jealous wife.
When these factors were linked to the empire's Right Chancellor, Gu Qinglin, they instantly ignited the gossiping hearts of all Tiandu's citizens. Teahouses and wine shops, brothels and painted pleasure boats, streets and alleys, crowds and markets—
Everyone was discussing the matter. Everyone was asking around and probing for information, hoping to obtain more details and inside news so they could show