Although only a few hundred copies were sold, the news reached far more than just a few hundred people.
In just one morning, the story of Lu Yuan and Zhao Qiao'er's affair had spread throughout basically the whole of Taiping City.
「The Zhao Family Home」
「The East Wing」
Zhao Qiao'er's face was beet red as she stared at the newspaper in her hands. She looked over at Lu Yuan, who was sipping tea beside her, and complained coquettishly,
"What is this?!
How could you put our business in there for everyone to see!
It's so embarrassing!!
Just look at this! What is all this garbage? Who wrote this?!"
'This is absolutely mortifying.'
'All this talk about "noises in the night," and how "Madam Zhao usually gazes at her young nephew with limpid, flirtatious eyes, her face a picture of passion."'
'What is all this nonsense...?'
'It's so scandalous...'
But Lu Yuan just sat there leisurely sipping his tea, one leg crossed over the other. With an unconcerned look, he said,
