Chapter 698: The Sorrow of the Li Family 6

After playing the ostrich and waiting for everyone to leave, Li Aoqiong finally carried Li Yaoxiang on his back and returned to the Li family's courtyard in the Imperial Capital.

Upon returning, Li Aoqiong remained tight-lipped and didn't say a word.

Li Yaoxiang, even more so, wished he could erase the events of that day like trash, so he naturally wouldn't mention it.

However, even if they didn't want to bring it up, they couldn't stop others.

How could lively youngsters like Bei Chenying and his friends endure the loneliness or keep a secret?

After they returned, not only did they spread the word, they even helped the Li family publicize it extensively!

The most important point was the publicity surrounding Li Yaoxiang's empty part.

For a moment, almost the entire Imperial Capital was in an uproar.

Li Yaoxiang was the Second Palace Master of the Yaochi Li Family, a high and mighty existence. Who would have thought he was actually… "Oh my god, did you know? That Second Palace Master of the Yaochi Li Family is actually… hey, I'm only telling you, don't tell anyone else."

"Right, right, did you know? That Second Palace Master of the Yaochi Li Family… hey, I'm only telling you, absolutely do not tell anyone else."

"The men of the Yaochi Li Family are actually eunuchs. I heard that place doesn't work at all… hey, I'm only telling you, don't let it get out."

"Have you heard? It's said the next generation of the Yaochi Li Family isn't their own biological children, they're adopted. Because that Palace Master is a eunuch and can't procreate. Hey, I'm only telling you, don't let it get out."

"Hey, I'm only telling you, don't let it get out…"

Everyone cautioned others not to speak of it, but they all had their own relatives and friends. How could such world-shaking gossip be kept in? If they didn't say it, they felt like their whole being was unwell.

Thus, everyone promised not to tell others, yet secretly told others themselves.

This gossip was like a rolling snowball, getting bigger and bigger. In less than a morning's work, it was common knowledge in the Imperial Capital. Even the market aunties, the ragged beggars, the dock laborers… from seventy-year-old Old Madams down to three-year-old toddlers, everyone knew that the Yaochi Li Family's Second Palace Master, Li Yaoxiang, was actually a damn eunuch!!!

By the time the Yaochi Li Family came to their senses, it was already beyond salvation.

They were so angry they almost fainted.

The Yaochi Li Family, in a fit of rage, went to find Emperor Jing, demanding that he issue an imperial edict to deal with those spreading rumors.

However, the high and mighty Yaochi Li Family had clearly always relied on prestige to intimidate those below. When it came to handling this kind of gossip, they seemed quite incompetent at public relations, only knowing how to use force for suppression.

But with gossip and rumors, the more you suppress them, the more they rebound. After all, mouths belong to other people.

Emperor Jing also wanted to help, but unfortunately, his power fell short of his will.

Because the countrymen's love for gossip was an innate character flaw; how could it be changed by a single imperial edict?

Even the Saint said that rumors stop at the wise; forceful means cannot stop them.

Thus, the more the court tried to stop it, the more frantically the people discussed it in private.

First, it was spread that Li Yaoxiang was a damn eunuch. Later, as it spread, it was said that Li Yaoxiang had committed adultery with his sister-in-law and was thus castrated by the Yaochi Palace Master. Eventually, they even reached the conclusion that Li Aoqiong, Li Yaoyao, and the others were not sired by the Yaochi Palace Master… The public's desire for gossip was burning fiercely.

Of course, Bei Chenying and the others naturally contributed to fanning the flames.

Seeing the latest rumors reported by the servants, Bei Chenying clutched his stomach and rolled around on the bed.