After a while, Qin Ming and others put on their clothes and shoes and walked out of the room together.
On the way, Cheng Chumo looked gloomy and strode ahead of Qin and Ming.
Only then did Qin Ming remember that he still didn’t know who the other party was, so he pulled Xiong Er beside him and asked:
"Xiong Er, bah, bah, Chu Liang, what I heard in the room just now was not very clear. Tell me, what are the origins of those two people?"
Xiong Er was rarely reliable when he heard this. He glanced at Xiong Da who was walking in front and said in a low voice:
"One of them is Changsun Chong, the eldest son of Changsun Shangshu's family, and the other is Gao Jingcheng, the eldest son of Youpuse's family. Both of them are well-known playboys in Chang'an City. Both of them are well-established businessmen. The Long nobles, one of them is the Queen's nephew, and the other is the Queen's cousin. However, their two families are not from the same family as our Cheng family, who are distinguished members of the court."
Qin Ming was also shocked when he heard this. Changsun Chong, Empress Changsun's nephew, isn't that Changsun Wuji's son?
And that Gao Jingcheng is actually the cousin of Queen Changsun.
These guys are all serious relatives of the emperor, but Qin Ming then thought about it and realized that he was already engaged to Li Er's daughter, so he was considered a quasi-imperial relative.
Thinking of this, Qin Ming felt a lot more at ease.
Then Qin Ming felt his sleeve being pulled by someone. He turned around and saw Xiong Er tugging on his sleeve. He glanced at Xiong Er doubtfully.
Feeling Qin Ming's attention, Xiong Er glanced at the corridor and saw that there were no pedestrians, so he lowered his voice and said:
"A while ago, I heard news from the palace that the saint had decreed that Princess Changle should be betrothed to Changsun Chong. But then for some unknown reason, the Changsun family suddenly took the initiative to ask His Majesty to cancel the marriage."
When Qin Ming heard this, he suddenly remembered the uproar in the teahouse years ago about the cousins having problems getting married and having children. He was so busy these days that if Xiong Er hadn't mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten about it.
It seemed that his guess was correct. Someone did deliberately spread this news years ago, with the ultimate goal of disrupting the marriage between the eldest son's family and the royal family.
But who did this, and what good does it do to him?
Unfortunately, I have too little information. It seems that after returning home, I need to establish an intelligence system as soon as possible to avoid being used inexplicably like last time.
If something happens in the future and someone blames him, then he will suffer a terrible disaster, Qin Ming thought.
While Qin Ming was thinking, several of them had arrived outside the private room where Chang Sun Chong and others were staying.
Cheng Chumo pushed open the door and walked in, followed closely by Qin Ming and Xiong Er.
Cheng Chumo saw Changsun Chong sitting on the main seat, and Hua Niang was being held in his arms.
Everyone in the room stopped what they were doing when they saw Cheng Chumo and his group pushing the door open.
Hua Niang watched Cheng Chumo's lips move and wanted to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything and just lowered her head silently.
Changsun Chong slowly put down the wine glass in his hand, smiled faintly at Cheng Chumo, and said:
"Isn't this Brother Cheng? Why did Yaxing come to Baihua Pavilion today? Don't you usually like to go to Qunfang Courtyard the most?"
When all the students heard about Qunfang Courtyard, they all cast disdainful glances at Cheng Chumo.
There is also a chain of contempt for visiting brothels in the Tang Dynasty. To put it simply, those who go to goulan look down on those who leave the door ajar, those who go to brothels look down on those who go to goulan, and those who go to Qunfangyuan and Baihua Pavilion look down on each other.
People who come to Baihua Pavilion despise those who go to Qunfang Pavilion, thinking that they are vulgar and do not know how to pity women.
The people who go to Qunfang Pavilion despise the people who go to Baihua Pavilion, thinking that they are hypocritical. They are obviously just for that kind of thing, but they insist on pretending to be aloof.
Cheng Chumo's face became even more gloomy when he heard this. Without saying a word, he walked up to Changsun Chong and stretched out his hand to pull Hua Niang.
But before his hand touched anyone, a strong figure appeared next to Changsun Chong and grabbed Cheng Chumo's arm.
Cheng Chumo raised his eyebrows, glanced at the visitor, and said disdainfully:
"Gao Jishi, are you itchy? How dare you stop me?"
Seeing this, Cheng Chuliang rushed to Cheng Chumo's side, stared at Gao Xingyi with the same unkind eyes and said:
"Gao Xingxing, if you know what's going on, please take your dirty hands away, otherwise don't blame me for being rude."
Upon hearing this, Gao Jingcheng glanced at Cheng Chuliang indifferently, then stared at Cheng Chumo and said:
"Hua Niang, we invited you in first. Cheng Chumo, you are here to snatch people away. Are you not taking me seriously?"
Cheng Chumo burst out laughing when he heard this, then he broke away from Gao Xingcheng's hand and said coldly:
"It sounds like I have put you in my eyes before. Today I will definitely take Hua Niang away. If you insist on stopping me, then don't blame me for being rude to you."
At this time, the students in the room looked at Cheng Chumo with even more contempt. One of them shouted:
"Vulgar, too vulgar. Xiaosheng must turn around and tell the pavilion master that the threshold of Baihua Pavilion should be raised. It's better not to let those vulgar warriors in."
The other students nodded after hearing this and followed suit:
"Brother Cui, what you said makes sense. Let's go together when the time comes."
"Yes, let's go together."
When Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang heard this, their chests rose and fell, just when they were about to ignore the ridicule of these students and fight against Gao Xingyi and the two.
But Qin Ming spoke. He had been looking at everyone in the room since he entered the door. At this time, he saw Xiong Daxiong Er being dressed up by a few students. He was at a disadvantage and knew that the two of them were not good at words.
So he suddenly opened his mouth and said to the students:
"It's really funny. In my opinion, you are the ones who are vulgar. You people, all of you are disheveled and have your breasts exposed. You actually have the nerve to call other people vulgar. It's really ridiculous. If I didn't guess, Wrong, it’s even worse under you.”
After hearing this, the people in the room all turned their attention to Qin Ming. Several people dressed as students blushed at Qin Ming's words and began to adjust their clothes.
Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang's eyes lit up when they heard this.
The student surnamed Cui who just laughed at Cheng Chumo said forcefully:
"We, the scholars, are here to have a banquet behind closed doors. Why shouldn't we behave more boldly? What does that have to do with you?"
"That's right, we are here to talk about classics, history, poems and songs, and you barge in without saying a word, and you are so rude, and you want to rob the Ji Zi we have recruited. How is this reasonable?"
"Yeah yeah."
Qin Ming smiled when he heard this. He pointed at the students who were talking and said:
"Scholars? Are you worthy of being called a scholar? You are having sex with a prostitute while discussing a collection of classics and history? What you are doing is simply insulting the sage Confucius!"
When everyone in the room heard this, they all stared at the student who just spoke so carelessly. The student named Zhang was also sweating profusely when he heard this. He sat there and hesitated and said:
"Xiaosheng, what I just said was wrong. Xiaosheng has never done anything to insult a saint."
When Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang heard this, they didn't bother to cause trouble for Gao Jixiong and Changsun Chong, and laughed loudly and said:
"Brother Qin, you are right, these people are not worthy of being scholars at all."
