*[But Meng Wenyao had far more scruples than Xing Yuanzheng. At least there was no substitute-lover drama.*
*He fell in love with his page while he was studying, and their relationship had always been pretty good.]*
Jiang Nuan nodded. That was rather nice.
[But didn't I remember that he had children too?]
Jiang Nuan noticed another curious detail.
[No, his children were his older brother's. His brother died in an accident and left two children behind, so he adopted them.]
Guagua explained.
[That's good, then. It wouldn't be right if someone had been deceived.]
Jiang Nuan felt relieved.
As Jiang Yunsheng listened to this gossip, he had little interest in such matters. He only wanted to hurry up and hear why Meng Wenyao had become another important informant for Prince Xin.
Soon, Guagua reached the part he wanted to hear.
*[Host, next I'll tell you how Meng Wenyao became another important informant for Prince Xin.*
*Originally, Meng Wenyao wasn't remotely worthy of Prince Xin's notice, but he was incredibly lucky. He actually discovered a silver mine on a barren mountain he owned, and Prince Xin happened to find out about it.]*
A silver mine!
At those words, the ministers inwardly sucked in a breath of cold air.
Jiang Yunsheng fell even more silent. Why had such good fortune never come his way? Even if it hadn't, why should Jiang Xiangyang be lucky enough to discover someone like this?
*[That immediately drew Prince Xin's attention to him. Although his official rank wasn't very high, that was only because he had never tried to advance. Otherwise, he certainly could have risen higher.*
*He had always been lucky. Even during the imperial examinations, he hadn't spent much time reviewing, yet he always managed to scrape past the cutoff for the next stage and