Transmigration into a Book: My Lord, Your Wife Has Taken Another Concubine for You

Upon hearing Chu Yunheng's words, not only the others, but also Li Kangping and Kong Shaoxing gasped in shock. Four people spending 80,000 taels in a month—who wouldn't want to kick them out?

Kong Shaoxing frowned and asked, "Did Marquis Wenxuan have Madam Ma return the silver?"

Chu Yunheng shook his head, feigning helplessness.

One of his classmates asked, puzzled, "Then how dare they cause you trouble?"

"They just returned from the border, and they're General Ma's sons, so they probably think our Marquis's mansion is stingy!" Chu Yunheng's answer once again sent a chill down everyone's spine.

After gossiping about what they wanted to hear, everyone went back to their studies.

Only Li Kangping and Kong Shaoxing sat beside Chu Yunheng, continuing to whisper among themselves. Li Kangping didn't believe there were really such stupid people in the world, living in someone else's mansion without any sense of propriety, and spending money recklessly: "What you just said was all true?"

Facing his two friends, Chu Yunheng was relatively honest, saying, "Only one sentence was a lie."

Kong Shaoxing quickly asked curiously, "Which sentence?"

Chu Yunheng lowered his voice and explained, "It wasn't my father who drove them away, it was my mother."

Upon hearing this, Li Kangping and Kong Shaoxing both gave Chu Yunheng a thumbs-up.

Both of them sighed in unison, "Princess Yixian is still too good-tempered! If it were us, we would have made them return the money before kicking them out of the manor."

"General Ma..."

As soon as Chu Yunheng mentioned it, Li Kangping and Kong Shaoxing understood. Since the imperial court remained inactive, the nobles of Cangming dared not do anything more, fearing they might disrupt the court's plans.

Kong Shaoxing was still puzzled. "This is the opponent you've been so obsessed with these past two days, so actively preparing for? Foolish and impulsive, even if you didn't use your brain, they couldn't outsmart you?"

"My older brother said that my cousin Ma Zhongzheng is modest about his martial arts skills and told me not to spar with him. You two shouldn't spar with him either, no matter how much he provokes you."

Chu Yunheng believed his elder brother's words one hundred percent, so he gave his two friends his instructions with particular seriousness.

Neither Li Kangping nor Kong Shaoxing were arrogant people. In particular, Chu Yunheng's elder brother had been a companion to the current crown prince in the palace since childhood. It would be impossible for him not to have some sense of propriety.

Therefore, Li Kangping and Kong Shaoxing agreed without hesitation.

Reality was much as Lin Yanran had imagined. In a place like the academy, those who excelled academically were less likely to be bullied.

People like Chu Yunheng, who have both academic excellence and a privileged family background, are even more favored by the teachers.

Afterwards, several teachers, including Master Liu, who taught Chu Yunheng and his classmates, privately instructed Chu Yunheng that if Ma Zhongzheng and Ma Zhongshuai caused him trouble, Chu Yunheng should go and confront them.

After Ma Zhongzheng and Ma Zhongshuai were taken out, they were taken to a place that resembled a solitary confinement cell, thanks to Ma Zhongshuai's stubborn remarks along the way.

When Ma Zhongzheng and Ma Zhongshuai were taken to the confinement room, all the students and teachers in the academy knew what a joke General Ma's two eldest sons were.

After the guards left Ma Zhongzheng and Ma Zhongshuai in the solitary confinement room, they announced the academy's punishment on their behalf: "Young masters, you two need to hand-copy the rules of Zhiren Academy. You can only leave after you have finished copying them."

Ma Zhongshuai clenched his fists and was about to rush outside when Ma Zhongzheng grabbed him, saying, "Stop fooling around."

Pulled along by his elder brother, Ma Zhongshuai could only glare fiercely at the guard in front of him, then at his elder brother who was pulling him, before angrily sitting down at the table next to him.

The guard bowed to the two men and then left, closing the door behind him.

Ma Zhongshuai looked at the closed door, turned his head and glared angrily at Ma Zhongzheng, "Big brother, look at them..."

Ma Zhongzheng patted his clothes, sat down at the table next to Ma Zhongshuai, picked up a pen and began copying the college rules.

While copying, Ma Zhongzheng didn't forget to educate his younger brother:

"Hurry up and copy it too! Haven't you realized yet? This isn't the border, and these people aren't afraid of our father."

"They're not afraid of our father anymore, so why would they be afraid of us two little brats?"

Ma Zhongzheng was now filled with regret. If they had known that the academy was so powerful, they shouldn't have gone looking for trouble with Chu Yunheng on their very first day at the academy.

They should have found out the situation first; they underestimated the enemy!

While copying the school rules and advising his younger brother, Ma Zhongzheng also reflected on his own actions.

Ma Zhongshuai was stunned by his elder brother Ma Zhongzheng's words. In Ma Zhongshuai's mind, his father was omnipotent. These people were not even afraid of his father. How powerful must they be?

When Ma Zhongshuai came to his senses, he looked at Ma Zhongzheng, who had already copied half a page, with a suspicious gaze, "Aren't they really afraid of their father?"

"Just look at how we're being treated now." Ma Zhongzheng knew what his second brother was thinking. Even without mentioning his brother, he was also shocked and bewildered.

It was as if a corner of the mountain that had been in his heart for so many years had collapsed.

Ma Zhongshuai looked around the room. Apart from the table, chairs, writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones, there was nothing else.

Since there were no servants to wait on them, nor tea or pastries, it was clear that the two brothers were not taken seriously.

Ma Zhongshuai hesitated for a long time, but finally picked up his pen and slowly started copying. At first, he would curse Chu Yunheng every now and then while copying.

Later, when his hand hurt from copying, he would copy a few sentences, and Ma Zhongshuai would copy a couple of sentences and cry a few times.

Ma Zhongzheng could only finish copying quickly and help his younger brother grind ink; he dared not do anything else.

While Ma Zhongzheng and Ma Zhongshuai were copying books, everyone in Cangming knew that General Ma's two sons had caused trouble for their maternal uncle's children as soon as they entered Zhiren Academy, and had been punished for disrespecting the teacher by copying the academy's rules.

In everyone's mind, Ma Zhongzheng and Ma Zhongshuai are ungrateful bastards who do not respect their teachers.

In this era where reputation is everything, even a normal person would feel like the sky is falling if they had this kind of reputation.

The brothers Ma Zhongzheng and Ma Zhongshuai have such a tarnished reputation.

Lin Yanran didn't know if Ma Zhongzheng and Ma Zhongshuai's world had collapsed, but she knew that Chu Xiyao's world had collapsed.

Because Chu Xiyao hadn't set foot in the Wenxuan Marquis's residence for so long, she angrily went to confront her elder brother early the next morning after this incident.

Before Chu Xiyao stole Old Madam Hou's things, Chu Mochen still had some brotherly affection for his younger sister, but now there is none left.

So when Chu Mochen saw Chu Xiyao arrive, he didn't even have tea served. He went straight to the point and said, "Little sister, is there anything I can do for you? If not, I have to go to court and don't have time to chat with you."

Chu Xiyao glared angrily at Chu Mochen and demanded sharply, "What are those rumors going on outside? Zheng'er and Shuai'er are your nephews, are you trying to ruin them, brother?"