章 46: Chapter 42: Meeting the Gentleman_2

The stout Daoist sitting quietly to the side nodded his head.

"Zing!" The qin player, who had been tuning the instrument, finished his task and began to play.

The brocade-clad young master, seeing that everyone responded and turned their attention to him, was quite satisfied.

"Lady Lan is the daughter of the State Preceptor, of noble birth. She favored him, entrusted herself to him, managing his household from a young age, and waited bitterly for his return. Yet, on his wedding day, he tore up the agreement and abandoned the marriage, ruining the woman's lifelong reputation. How is she to face the future now? This is heartless," he stated.

"The State Preceptor regarded him as a son, instructed him personally, and supported him with great effort. Yet during the spring sacrificial rites of the king, in front of ten thousand citizens of Luojing, he accused the State Preceptor of 'ten crimes and five acts of treachery,' fabricating crimes that did not exist. This is unrighteous."