Chapter 459
Yao Zhenyi, who prided herself on her noble 京城 (Jingcheng) lineage, patiently explained the complex web of connections in the capital to Zhan Feiyu. Although the Yao family had declined, a starving camel was still larger than a horse. At the very least, she was not someone like Zhan Feiyu, who hailed from the countryside.
"Yao Zhenyi, you're wasting your breath. How foolish do you have to be to think Zhan Feiyu would curry favor with your Yao family?" a mocking voice rang out. Yuan Kangping looked disdainfully at the oblivious Yao Zhenyi. "Zhan Feiyu is a disciple of Scholar Gu. Even your grandfather isn't fit to carry her shoes!"
"Yuan Kangping, shut your mouth!" Yao Zhenyi's blood-stained face contorted with rage as she screamed again, "You're just a scholar who repeatedly failed the imperial examinations. You don't understand anything! Scholar Gu is a court official, but he can't control matters of the inner chambers! Without my Yao family's support, Zhan Feiyu can't expect to establish herself in the capital!"
Before she had even gone to the capital, they were all already worrying about her future there.
Zhan Feiyu watched speechlessly as Yuan Kangping and Yao Zhenyi cursed each other, seemingly wanting to kill one another. Truly, birds of a feather flock together; the couple was a perfect match.
Yuan Kangping hated it most when people mentioned his failure in the provincial examinations, especially when this foolish woman, Yao Zhenyi, kept stabbing him in the heart. Enraged, Yuan Kangping's face contorted grotesquely. As Yao Zhenyi was enjoying her tirade, he suddenly stood up and grabbed her by the neck.
"Keep talking! Go on, curse me!" he sneered, his eyes fixed on Yao Zhenyi's reddening face as she struggled to breathe. He felt immense satisfaction. "I may be a coward, but didn't you travel all the way from the capital to marry this coward? Among all the noble sons in the capital, why did you marry me? Because you weren't worthy! Because they looked down on you!"
Fueled by humiliation and the agony of suffocation, Yao Zhenyi frantically reached out and clawed at Yuan Kangping's face, again and again, as if she wanted to tear his skin off.
Gasp... Zhan Feiyu was stunned again, especially seeing Yao Zhenyi's face turn beet red, yet her hands were still digging into Yuan Kangping's face, tearing off flesh.
Madam Yuan and Miao Shi actually wished the two would fight to the death, thus ridding the Yuan family of a menace. However, unfortunately, both mother and daughter hailed from scholarly families, and their upbringing prevented them from airing their dirty laundry. Moreover, there was still the frail old madam.
"Quick, pull them apart!" Madam Yuan said, clutching her chest as if she couldn't bear the scene.
The steward immediately ordered people to separate Yuan Kangping and Yao Zhenyi, who were wrestling violently. Four guards, all skilled in martial arts, could barely restrain the frenzied couple.
Cough, cough... Coughing violently, Yao Zhenyi's bloodshot eyes glared at Yuan Kangping. However, she spoke to Zhan Feiyu, "If you help me get rid of this beast, Zhan Feiyu, my Yao family will be at your service from now on!"
Perhaps the recent brawl made Yao Zhenyi realize that Zhan Feiyu truly disdained currying favor with the Yao family, so she changed her terms. As for whether the Yao family would honor their promise later, Yao Zhenyi couldn't control that. They were the ones who had married her into the Yuan family, a wolf's den.
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Yao Zhenyi, who prided herself on her noble 京城 (Jingcheng) lineage, patiently explained the complex web of connections in the capital to Zhan Feiyu. Although the Yao family had declined, a starving camel was still larger than a horse. At the very least, she was not someone like Zhan Feiyu, who hailed from the countryside.
"Yao Zhenyi, you're wasting your breath. How foolish do you have to be to think Zhan Feiyu would curry favor with your Yao family?" a mocking voice rang out. Yuan Kangping looked disdainfully at the oblivious Yao Zhenyi. "Zhan Feiyu is a disciple of Scholar Gu. Even your grandfather isn't fit to carry her shoes!"
"Yuan Kangping, shut your mouth!" Yao Zhenyi's blood-stained face contorted with rage as she screamed again, "You're just a scholar who repeatedly failed the imperial examinations. You don't understand anything! Scholar Gu is a court official, but he can't control matters of the inner chambers! Without my Yao family's support, Zhan Feiyu can't expect to establish herself in the capital!"
Before she had even gone to the capital, they were all already worrying about her future there.
Zhan Feiyu watched speechlessly as Yuan Kangping and Yao Zhenyi cursed each other, seemingly wanting to kill one another. Truly, birds of a feather flock together; the couple was a perfect match.
Yuan Kangping hated it most when people mentioned his failure in the provincial examinations, especially when this foolish woman, Yao Zhenyi, kept stabbing him in the heart. Enraged, Yuan Kangping's face contorted grotesquely. As Yao Zhenyi was enjoying her tirade, he suddenly stood up and grabbed her by the neck.
"Keep talking! Go on, curse me!" he sneered, his eyes fixed on Yao Zhenyi's reddening face as she struggled to breathe. He felt immense satisfaction. "I may be a coward, but didn't you travel all the way from the capital to marry this coward? Among all the noble sons in the capital, why did you marry me? Because you weren't worthy! Because they looked down on you!"
Fueled by humiliation and the agony of suffocation, Yao Zhenyi frantically reached out and clawed at Yuan Kangping's face, again and again, as if she wanted to tear his skin off.
Gasp... Zhan Feiyu was stunned again, especially seeing Yao Zhenyi's face turn beet red, yet her hands were still digging into Yuan Kangping's face, tearing off flesh.
Madam Yuan and Miao Shi actually wished the two would fight to the death, thus ridding the Yuan family of a menace. However, unfortunately, both mother and daughter hailed from scholarly families, and their upbringing prevented them from airing their dirty laundry. Moreover, there was still the frail old madam.
"Quick, pull them apart!" Madam Yuan said, clutching her chest as if she couldn't bear the scene.
The steward immediately ordered people to separate Yuan Kangping and Yao Zhenyi, who were wrestling violently. Four guards, all skilled in martial arts, could barely restrain the frenzied couple.
Chapter 459
Yao Zhenyi, who prided herself on her noble 京城 (Jingcheng) lineage, patiently explained the complex web of connections in the capital to Zhan Feiyu. Although the Yao family had declined, a starving camel was still larger than a horse. At the very least, she was not someone like Zhan Feiyu, who hailed from the countryside.
"Yao Zhenyi, you're wasting your breath. How foolish do you have to be to think Zhan Feiyu would curry favor with your Yao family?" a mocking voice rang out. Yuan Kangping looked disdainfully at the oblivious Yao Zhenyi. "Zhan Feiyu is a disciple of Scholar Gu. Even your grandfather isn't fit to carry her shoes!"
"Yuan Kangping, shut your mouth!" Yao Zhenyi's blood-stained face contorted with rage as she screamed again, "You're just a scholar who repeatedly failed the imperial examinations. You don't understand anything! Scholar Gu is a court official, but he can't control matters of the inner chambers! Without my Yao family's support, Zhan Feiyu can't expect to establish herself in the capital!"
Before she had even gone to the capital, they were all already worrying about her future there.
Zhan Feiyu watched speechlessly as Yuan Kangping and Yao Zhenyi cursed each other, seemingly wanting to kill one another. Truly, birds of a feather flock together; the couple was a perfect match.
Yuan Kangping hated it most when people mentioned his failure in the provincial examinations, especially when this foolish woman, Yao Zhenyi, kept stabbing him in the heart. Enraged, Yuan Kangping's face contorted grotesquely. As Yao Zhenyi was enjoying her tirade, he suddenly stood up and grabbed her by the neck.
"Keep talking! Go on, curse me!" he sneered, his eyes fixed on Yao Zhenyi's reddening face as she struggled to breathe. He felt immense satisfaction. "I may be a coward, but didn't you travel all the way from the capital to marry this coward? Among all the noble sons in the capital, why did you marry me? Because you weren't worthy! Because they looked down on you!"
Fueled by humiliation and the agony of suffocation, Yao Zhenyi frantically reached out and clawed at Yuan Kangping's face, again and again, as if she wanted to tear his skin off.
Gasp... Zhan Feiyu was stunned again, especially seeing Yao Zhenyi's face turn beet red, yet her hands were still digging into Yuan Kangping's face, tearing off flesh.
Madam Yuan and Miao Shi actually wished the two would fight to the death, thus ridding the Yuan family of a menace. However, unfortunately, both mother and daughter hailed from scholarly families, and their upbringing prevented them from airing their dirty laundry. Moreover, there was still the frail old madam.
"Quick, pull them apart!" Madam Yuan said, clutching her chest as if she couldn't bear the scene.
The steward immediately ordered people to separate Yuan Kangping and Yao Zhenyi, who were wrestling violently. Four guards, all skilled in martial arts, could barely restrain the frenzied couple.