Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 364 A complete fallout

The atmosphere of the flower-viewing banquet was very harmonious. Everyone ate the novel cakes and happily discussed the purple flowers outside.

"I don't know where Young Master Song found those purple flowers, they smell pretty good."

Song Chunlin: "You mean the purple flower, right? That's called lavender. Well, it came from a place a little further away than the Western Regions. I like to get some strange seeds and try to grow them myself. I didn't expect that this thing would grow so well here. I heard that the fragrance of lavender can help you sleep and calm your nerves. When you go back, you can pick a pot and put it in the yard. You will sleep better at night. After drying, you can put it in a sachet and wear it."

Hearing that each of them could bring back a pot of lavender, everyone could not help but smack their lips in amazement. This Young Master Song was really generous. They had never even heard of a place farther away than the Western Regions, but this Young Master Song could actually bring back so many seeds from such a faraway place. And he gave most of these precious flowers and plants away immediately. No one knew whether he was really rich or just trying to show off.

Judging from the current situation, it seems to be the former.

"Thank you very much, Young Master Song. It's rare that you came all the way here to find such rare flowers and plants."

"It's a bit far, but lavender is not only a flower, but also a spice. If we can successfully grow it in Baita City, maybe we can add a new livelihood to Baita City."

Song Chunlin stopped short of saying that, but everyone present understood the underlying meaning of his words.

Thinking of what Song Chunlin had just said, that lavender has the effect of calming the nerves and helping sleep, and since it can be made into sachets, it can definitely be made into other spices. Among all the female family members, there happened to be one whose family was in the spice business. At this moment, she had already started to think about it, but she didn't show it on her face.

While others were discussing flowers and plants, some couldn't help but complain in a low voice, saying that Song Chunlin was truly a country farmer who could only fiddle with these things that were not worthy of being presented to the public.

"It's just some spices. White Tower has never been short of them."

"Speak softly, or someone might hear you."

The two of them were whispering, and as they spoke they couldn't help but chuckle. They thought Song Chunlin didn't know, but in fact, Song Chunlin had already heard their conversation clearly with his mental power. He carefully recalled the identities of the two people in his mind, and vaguely remembered that they were the wives of two officials who were good friends with Madam Lu, and one of them was a relative of Madam Lu's family.

It turns out that he is Mrs. Lu's friend. No wonder she dislikes him. When the two of them go back later, he will tamper with their potted plants. Anyway, they look down on him, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't give them the flowers.

Song Chunlin originally planned that if the other party did not cause trouble, he would just give them a little punishment, but he did not expect that these two were not only contemptuous, but also brainless. The older one, who was also related to Mrs. Lu, actually deliberately mentioned Miss Lu in front of Song Chunlin.

"Mr. Song has just arrived. I wonder if he has met Miss Lu, Gu Sima's confidante."

Song Chunlin's hands did not shake as he drank tea. After hearing the provocative words, he still took a sip of tea slowly and leisurely. After drinking it, he pursed his lips, savoring the sweetness of the tea. As expected, he still had to add some red dates. It tasted sweet and delicious.

After drinking it, he slowly put down the teacup, then raised his eyebrows and looked at everyone. Seeing that no one said anything, he pretended to be enlightened.

"Oh, the Miss Lu you are talking about, is she the girl who has nothing to do all day and just blocks our Sima Gu? I don't really know about that, but..." He paused here, and then looked lightly at the lady who had just spoken.

It was not until now that everyone realized that when Song Chunlin answered just now, he did not even look at the lady. This attitude clearly showed that he looked down on the lady.

The lady also came to her senses. Her husband was a fourth-rank military general. Although not as good as the Grand Marshal, he was still a real general. The Song Chunlin in front of him was just a title of protector of the country. He had no rank and no official position. Strictly speaking, he was still a commoner, and he was only engaged to Gu Fengyue. She was able to come here because of Gu Fengyue's face. Otherwise, how could such a country boy have the qualifications to sit here and entertain the wives of officials?

Song Chunlin only took a glance and understood what the lady was thinking about. It was nothing more than those things that were not presentable. He didn't even bother to guess. His eyes fell on the lady, then quickly moved away and fell on the flowers and plants outside the door.

His eyes moved away so quickly that no one had time to react, and Song Chunlin's voice rang out slowly.

"Madam, is it your idea or that of the Lu family to mention Miss Lu in front of a man who has not yet married you? Why, seeing that Gu Fengyue and I are not married yet, you are rushing to send someone to my future husband's bed?"

The voice he spoke in was lazy and a little nonchalant, but for some reason it gave people goosebumps.

The lady was a little frightened. She stammered and didn't know what to say. She just explained that it was all her idea.

Song Chunlin: "Oh? So, you are standing up for Miss Lu, thinking that it is me, the wife, who is blocking her from becoming Gu Fengyue's mistress?"

"What mistress? Young Master Song, how can you slander someone without any evidence? If this gets out, how will Miss Lu live? Although you are the legitimate husband, you are stopping your husband from taking a concubine before they even get married. If this reputation of jealousy gets out, it won't be a good thing."

Song Chunlin sneered, "You also know that it's not nice to hear. Why, before Zhengjun gets married, she's already rushing to offer herself to him. She's so self-deprecating and afraid of what people say? She must be eager to spread the rumors so that everyone in the city knows about it, so that she can directly use the rumors to create a fait accompli. Then, even if we don't want to, we will have to accept her, right?"

Song Chunlin's words almost revealed the true face of Mrs. Lu and her friends. During this period, Mrs. Lu had been spreading rumors that Miss Lu and Gu Fengyue were very close under the pretext of attending parties, which led some people to have preconceived ideas and think that Miss Lu and Gu Fengyue were a pair of lovers who liked each other. It was only because of the existence of her fiancé Song Chunlin that she was unable to take Miss Lu into the house.

"Humph, Young Master Song is really calculating. I'm afraid he has bad intentions in hosting this banquet today."

"Who has bad intentions? You know it in your hearts. Gu Fengyue and I have been childhood sweethearts. The emperor has granted us a marriage, and Princess Baohua is personally acting as the matchmaker. Your Miss Lu is not a fairy from heaven, nor does she have any talent or skills. I don't know where your confidence in winning comes from."

“Where did it come from? Naturally, it was Sima Gu’s tacit approval.”

If Song Chunlin didn't know Gu Fengyue and believed that Gu Fengyue would not do such a thing to let him down, he would have been deceived by these people's words.

"Puchi." Cheng Qiao listened for a long time and finally couldn't help laughing out loud. She couldn't stop laughing, which made the people around her look confused.

"Is General Cheng crazy? He laughs so crazily. No wonder he can become a general."

Song Chunlin: “…”Is it so funny?

He coughed twice, signaling Cheng Qiao to stop.

Cheng Qiao understood his hint, but what the lady said was so funny that she laughed for a long time, until tears came out, before she reluctantly stopped.

"Hahahahahahaha, sorry, sorry everyone, it's really, hahahaha, what this lady said is so funny, hahahahaha, Gu Sima and I are colleagues after all, I didn't know that the person he loves is not Young Master Song, hahahahahaha, and he acquiesced, acquiesced to Young Master Song slapping Miss Lu in public? Hahahahaha!"

Speaking of that slap, all the ladies present could not help laughing out loud. Miss Lu was slapped in the face by Song Chunlin in public that time, and not many people saw it. However, Bai Ta City was too small, and any gossip could spread quickly throughout the streets and alleys. Coupled with Mrs. Lu's exaggeration, everyone was really misled by her at first. They thought that Song Chunlin was jealous of Miss Lu, so he slapped Miss Lu. But now think about it carefully, Gu Fengyue was also present at the time. Since he liked Miss Lu, how could he watch his sweetheart being beaten and do nothing?

Moreover, it has been almost half a month since Miss Lu was beaten, and there has been no news of Gu Fengyue visiting Miss Lu privately. Instead, it is said that Lord Lu came to the door to apologize. If Miss Lu had not really done anything wrong, why would the elder come forward to apologize to Gu Fengyue?

Mrs. Lu thought that the scheme she had set was foolproof. If Song Chunlin clarified in public, it would mean that he was guilty and did not want to confirm his reputation as a jealous person. If Song Chunlin did not show up, then she could continue to confirm the rumor. Once Song Chunlin left, she would let Miss Lu spend more time around Gu Fengyue. She felt that no man could refuse a gentle and considerate girl, and by then, once she had control over Gu Fengyue, Song Chunlin would not be a threat to her.

But she didn't expect that Song Chunlin would not only clarify the matter in public, but also slap Mrs. Lu in the face in public.

After Cheng Qiao finished laughing, there were still some tears in the corners of her eyes. These were the physiological tears that she couldn't help but flow out because she laughed too hard just now.

"You are such a shameless person. You are spreading rumors as if they are true. Don't you know that you are being used as a pawn by others? And you are just a silver-plated pawn. It looks good but is useless."

"You! Who are you calling useless? You think everyone is the same as you, a piece of shit played by the barbarians, and you dare to be on an equal footing with us. I'm afraid you'll dirty this land."

As soon as these words were spoken, Song Chunlin's face immediately turned gloomy. Cheng Qiao didn't feel anything. She had heard such words countless times. Although she still felt a little uncomfortable, she didn't feel unacceptable like she did at the beginning. Anyway, what they said was true.

But just because Cheng Qiao doesn't care doesn't mean Song Chunlin doesn't care.

This was the first time that Song Chunlin showed his murderous intent during the banquet. He slowly walked down from the main seat and stood in front of the lady's seat. Then, he said in a murderous voice, "Apologize."

"I..." The lady was about to retort, but she was shocked by the murderous intent in Song Chunlin's eyes and froze in her seat. The murderous aura that seemed to be tangible made her back feel cold and she felt the hairs on her body stand up. She even felt that if there were not so many women from official families here, Song Chunlin would probably kill her on the spot.

"Say it again, I apologize to General Cheng."

The other party was brought back to her senses by Song Chunlin's cold voice, and she said those three words without hesitation.

"sorry."

"Sorry to whom."

"I'm sorry... General Cheng." The lady said while biting her lower lip tightly, as if she had done something very shameful.

However, even though she apologized, Song Chunlin did not want to let her go.

"Do you think you are very noble? Are you complacent about the fact that your husband is the only man you have?" Song Chunlin's voice was still cold. He turned his head and looked at the people in the room. He felt a sense of disappointment from their evasive eyes.

"Most of you are women. I thought that as women, you would feel sorry for each other's misfortunes. But I never thought that you would use the pain of others as a sharp blade to stab them, and use the chastity of the flesh to degrade their personality. What are you doing differently from those who hurt them?"

"It's just that one of you hurt them physically, and the other hurt them with words. You are even like those people, complacently thinking that you are superior to them. It's really ridiculous."

"Who here can be like General Cheng, who can kill enemies even with wounds all over her body, and lead a group of girls like her to recover the lost territory for Dajing. I'm afraid you can't even lift a sword, right? If you were asked to fight with Madam Cheng, you would have died under your own sword before you even saw the enemy. People like you, what qualifications do you have to laugh at someone who defends her country? Even though she is a girl, she has done things that you can never do, but you only care about other people's wounds. Do you think you are proud of yourself?"

The flower-viewing banquet ended in a bad mood, but Song Chunlin's original purpose was achieved. He did not want to help Mrs. Lu and Miss Lu get together, but he did not expect that this would reveal Cheng Qiao's scars and make her lose face in front of everyone.

After everyone else had left, Song Chunlin lowered his head and apologized to Cheng Qiao in a muffled voice.

"I'm sorry, Madam Cheng, if I had known these people were so bad, I wouldn't have invited them over. What's the point of appreciating the flowers? It's a waste of all my lavender."