The Daily Life Of Mei Furen Doting On Her Husband - Chapter 26

“Who is this? What kind of woman is waiting at the entrance of our criminal department? Is it possible for an ordinary woman to come here?”

“You are stupid. Look at her weird outfit. Who else but the second lady of the Wu family, the younger sister of Her Majesty the Empress, would dare to dress like this?”

“This is the first time I’ve seen the legendary Second Miss Wu. She’s much more beautiful than I imagined.”

“She is beautiful, but can you afford such a woman?”

“I heard a while ago that Minister Mei from the Ministry of Justice wanted to marry her. Could she be here to see Minister Mei?”

“Of course she is. I just don’t know why she is looking for Minister Mei. Maybe she is here to see her groom for the first time. Well, let’s come back later to see if she was satisfied. If she was not satisfied, maybe we could see her whipping someone.”

Wu Zhen could hear the whispers around clearly. She glanced around casually and saw that all the officials and clerks had strange expressions, looking at her with curiosity, contempt, fear, or expectation.

After a while, Wu Zhen saw Minister Xu and the blue-clothed clerk who had spoken ill of them behind their backs come out. Coincidentally, Mei Zhuyu also came out after a while behind them.

Wu Zhen smiled, suddenly urged her horse forward, and then accelerated sharply. Many petty officials were frightened and quickly dodged to the side. When Xu Shilang and the other two found that Wu Zhen was coming straight at them, they were even more horrified. They didn’t have time to react before Wu Zhen’s horse had already reached them.

Minister Xu and the blue-clothed clerk’s legs went weak and they fell backwards. At the same time, the horse Wu Zhen was riding leaped up, jumped over their heads, and landed steadily in front of Mei Zhuyu.

Mei Zhuyu remained calm and looked up at her with a normal expression.

Although he didn’t say anything, Wu Zhen seemed to understand what he wanted to say. She smiled and said indifferently, “If you let your horse run in front of the government office, you will be fined ten cents. Am I right?” Then she took out a heavy bag from her bosom and threw it into Mei Zhuyu’s hand.

Mei Zhuyu: “…No one was hurt, a fine of five cents will do.”

Wu Zhen immediately said in a friendly tone, “Then the remaining half is for you. I see that you seem to have lost weight in the past few days. Is the lunch in the Ministry of Justice so bad? You can eat one outside the palace next time.”

Mei Zhuyu carefully answered, “Actually, it’s okay.”

The two of them were talking there as if no one was around, and their conversation was very natural, which stunned the colleagues who were watching around them. Most of them thought that the two had only met a few times and were not familiar with each other, but looking at the situation, it seemed that the two met often?

Minister Xu, who had just been frightened by Wu Zhen’s horse and fell down, was helped up by the clerk next to him. When he heard the conversation between Mei Zhuyu and Wu Zhen, his face turned red and white, which was very interesting.

Wu Zhen then smiled and said to Mei Zhuyu, “My dear, you need to take a break, how about going with me to visit Dujuan Mountain at the foot of Nanshan Mountain?”

Mei Zhuyu’s calm eyes showed anticipation. He nodded and agreed without hesitation, “Okay, I can rest in three days.”

Before Wu Zhen asked, she wasn’t sure whether Mei Zhuyu would agree. In fact, it didn’t matter whether he agreed or not. She was just expressing her attitude. But he seemed very happy, Wu Zhen also became inexplicably happy, and her smile became brighter. “Okay, I’ll come find you then.”

Mei Zhuyu looked at her overly bright smile and suddenly froze, staring at her in a daze.

At that moment, the onlookers couldn’t help but feel that they shouldn’t be in the place, and seemed too redundant. Of course, some people quietly rubbed their eyes, thinking that they saw a fake Minister Mei. Who was that person standing awkwardly, staring at the lady on the horse? It was definitely not the usually cold and taciturn Minister Mei. He must be dazzled. How could Minister Mei show such an expression?

Because of the scene at the entrance of the Ministry of Justice, rumors about Mei Zhuyu and Wu Zhen soon spread. Xu Shilang, who was watching the incident and was slapped in the face, was so angry that he couldn’t sleep all night. The next day, he heard people in the office talking about the incident again – including his embarrassing performance of falling down because of being scared by a horse, and he was so angry that he almost smashed his inkstone.

“Minister Xu, calm down. Why bother with that kind of person? Why don’t we go to Pingkang street after we get off duty this afternoon and find a few close ladies to drink with us?” Suggested the flattering clerk.

“Okay, let’s go to the house of Miss Wei that we often go to.”

At night, in the brothel in Pingkang street, Xu Shilang and a young official in blue clothes were drinking and listening to music under the service of two ladies. Next to them, Wu Zhen was sitting with her legs crossed, humming a little tune, looking very happy. Her group of younger brothers was playing drinking games, and the wine chips were thrown back and forth.

“Sister Zhen, what are we doing here today?” Mei Si came over and asked.

Wu Zhen smiled, put down her wine glass, and said leisurely, “Play with two talkative bearded men.”

That night passed, and on the second day, when Mei Zhuyu was having lunch at the Ministry of Justice, he heard a new rumor. It was said that the Minister Xu of the Ministry of Justice and a minor clerk under him were found hugging each other in dishevelment in Pingkang street.

“I didn’t realize that Minister Xu was a homosexual. Tsk, you can’t judge a person by his appearance.”

“That’s right. I heard that they were caught by a group of young men. How embarrassing! You are saying that the two of them had homosexual tendencies, and they went to a brothel. They even asked Miss Wei to accompany them. Miss Wei is not cheap. It’s really a waste of money.”

Among the crowd of people talking and laughing, Mei Zhuyu, who was sitting alone and eating seriously, seemed to be in another world. After finishing his meal, he stood up and walked out of the gossip. He didn’t care about the irrelevant people and irrelevant news in the gossip at all. At that moment, he was thinking about only one thing.

A day later, he and Wu Zhen were going to visit Dujuan Mountain.

There were usually many forest ghosts in the mountains. He carefully considered whether he should go there early that night and clean up the mountain first.