The evil mother-in-law does not whitewash, she only abuses her children

Fan Tong was wrong.

It was not the housekeeper's intention to treat him poorly, but Deng Changshi's instruction.

Deng Changshi has been with Prince Ning for so long that he naturally would not be easily fooled by a few small favors.

As Prince Ning's confidant, countless people come to him every day.

Even though Fan Tong saved his life, he would still wonder if it was a deliberate attempt to get close to him.

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that when he woke up, he saw his savior standing beside him.

What if this was a play staged by Ning Wang's political enemies to lure him into taking the bait and thus trap Ning Wang? Wouldn't he be killed without a burial place?

The reason why he brought Fan Tong home that day and said those words to help him get promoted was simply to find out more about Fan Tong.

He has found out Fan Tong's background in the past two days. He is just a poor scholar who has taken refuge with his relatives.

This scholar has neither background nor connections in Ningcheng.

The only person who could be related was the crown prince, after all, he was from the village next to the crown prince's village, and through investigation, it was found that the crown prince and he didn't know each other at all.

He knew clearly that the person the scholar came to Shengjing to seek refuge with was the common grandmother of the crown prince.

The crown prince's common grandmother was just a businessman. The chief historian investigated repeatedly but could not find any connection between the crown prince and the incident. Even the crown prince's common grandmother did not know that Fan Tong had saved someone.

After this investigation, Deng Changshi no longer doubted that Fan Tong saved him at night.

In order to avoid making an enemy of Prince Ning, Deng Changshi politely wanted to visit Tong Huaqiong to thank Fan Tong for saving his life, but Fan Tong took the initiative to come to him.

After further inquiries, Deng Changshi learned that Tong Huaqiong looked down on Fan Tong and drove Fan Tong out.

Tong Huaqiong was not stupid either. He soon found out that Deng Changshi was asking about Fan Tong, so he directly spread the news that Fan Tong had abandoned his wife under the pretext of marrying Prince Ning.

Tong Huaqiong didn't know whether Deng Changshi was a good person or a bad person, but she knew that Deng Changshi was a wife-doting maniac and a henpecked husband. She hated to see men abandon their wives when they became rich.

For example, Su Chengmin's father Su Shihang belongs to the Ning Wang faction, but Deng Changshi never treats Su Shihang well because he looks down on his Chen Shimei behavior.

As for how Tong Huaqiong knew about Deng Changshi's family affairs, it was not something she gained from Tong Dajiao's experience in her previous life.

This matter was learned from a servant in Deng Changshi's family.

Peach Blossom desserts are very popular in Shengjing, especially the various celebratory cakes provided, which are very popular among wealthy nobles, and the Deng Mansion is no exception.

After a few visits, the servant who came to Taohua Dessert to buy pastries became familiar with the shopkeeper He.

Years ago, Deng Changshi's first wife had a poor appetite and wanted to eat the plum blossom cake from her hometown, saying that none of the ones sold in Shengjing suited her taste.

Deng Changshi was extremely anxious.

Deng Changshi asked his servant to go to Taohua Dessert to buy plum cakes. The servant was afraid that his wife would not be satisfied with the plum cakes, so he described the ingredients and taste of the plum cakes in his wife's hometown. He Chao immediately asked the bakery to re-bake the plum cakes according to the servant's description.

When the servant handed the plum cake to Mrs. Deng, she choked up and said that it tasted exactly like the plum cake her mother bought her when she was a child. Even the pattern on it was very similar.

Tong Huaqiong thus realized that Deng Changshi was a man who doted on his first wife very much.

Sure enough, Fan Tong's act of abandoning his wife was a stepping on Deng Changshi's minefield.

Based on Fan Tong's ruthless behavior towards his wife, Deng Changshi directly and arbitrarily concluded that Fan Tong was a person of low character, and even became more and more suspicious that his rescue of people was premeditated.

"Ask him why he left the place where he was staying." The chief secretary instructed the housekeeper.

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The housekeeper brought two bottles of wine and prepared a table of food to invite Fan Tong to dinner.

Fan Tong thought that the butler finally realized that he was Deng Changshi's savior and came to curry favor with him.

"I didn't want to say it originally. It's too embarrassing."

The housekeeper and Fan Tong were in high spirits while drinking, and they started chatting heart-to-heart.

Fan Tong quickly took the bait and took the initiative to talk about the misery of being driven out by Tong Huaqiong's family. Of course, he distorted the facts as usual.

Fan Tong said, "I came to Shengjing to seek refuge with my wife's eldest sister-in-law. Her family mistreats me because I'm a poor scholar. They're only willing to take me in until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. They say I'm incapable of earning money and are trying to persuade my wife to divorce me."

"On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I accompanied my wife to enjoy the lanterns. It happened to be when the Fifth Prince was rebellious... Alas, we got separated while fleeing. On my way to find her, I saved the Chief Secretary. The next day, when we returned, my wife was furious. Her eldest sister-in-law and nephew yelled at me and chased me out in the snow."

Fan Tong pointed to his face and arms, which were still swollen.

"This is all because of the beating they did that day. I told you before that it was because I wanted to save face and was too embarrassed to say it."

One day he would take double the humiliation he suffered that night from the Gu family.

He has already figured out how to retaliate.

The spring examination is about to begin, and King Ning is used to destroy Gu Jingzhe.

After all, Gu Jingzhe is the hope of the Gu family to change its fortune, so that would ruin Gu Jingzhe's future.

The housekeeper asked, "Where's your wife? Why didn't she come out with you?"

Fan Tong sighed and said, "Don't mention it. She was forced to divorce me by her family."

The housekeeper remained calm and continued to ask, "Is your wife so soft-hearted?"

Fan Tong smiled bitterly and said, "My wife and I were forced to get married and to get divorced because of her family. Her family is wealthy and influential in the local business community. I saved my wife, and she insisted on marrying me. After I failed the provincial examination last year, she turned hostile, calling me useless and a waste. It was her idea to come to Shengjing to seek refuge with her sister-in-law, but for some reason, ever since we arrived in Shengjing a few years ago, my wife has become increasingly cold towards me."

"Perhaps after witnessing the prosperity of Shengjing and the carriages flown by the nobles, she felt even more that I was wronging her by not being able to make money or hold an official position. Her sister-in-law, relying on her wealth, kept urging her to divorce me, saying she would find her a good husband immediately after the divorce."

"We got separated on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month while watching the lanterns. When I returned, my wife was determined to divorce me."

The housekeeper listened to Fan Tong's story.

He sneered in his heart. If Deng Changshi hadn't sent people to inquire, he would have really been fooled by a country scholar.

After the butler got Fan Tong's words, he went to see Deng Changshi.

Deng Changshi pondered for a moment and asked, "Did he tell me whether the buns he gave me were stuffed with pickled cabbage or radish?"

The housekeeper said, "He said it was stuffed radish."

The chief secretary's face darkened.

It was confirmed again that Fan Tong was lying.

The two buns that night were filled with neither sauerkraut nor radish, but tofu.

If, as Fan Tong said, he was the one who gave the two buns, how could he not know what the filling of the buns was.

Even if he just picked it up casually when buying it, he would still tell the truth.

Why do you have to choose one of the two?

"The sister-in-law he mentioned is the owner of Peach Blossom Dessert and Jufulai. He asked someone to go to Peach Blossom Dessert to find out the details of Fan Tong's divorce."