We agreed that I would be married off to a short-lived general, but why is my husband so powerful?

After Cai Zhixing became lame, the thick soles of his shoes did not affect his walking. However, a lame person is still a lame person, and his path to the imperial examinations was completely cut off.

However, he still retained his memories from his previous life and understood that as long as he managed things properly in this life, even if he was just a mere scholar, he would have the confidence to establish himself in the court established by the barbarians.

Cai Zhixing's confidence is one of the reasons why Wen Qingci did not immediately divorce him.

Unfortunately, things are unpredictable. Yue Lingyuan stormed into the barbarian court, which meant to Wen Qingci that the barbarians would never defeat the Great Jin again in this lifetime.

In that case, Cai Zhixing, being a cripple, could only ever become a lowly, insignificant official in the Great Jin Dynasty.

Wen Qingci was naturally dissatisfied with this kind of life.

Since Cai Zhixing's leg bone healed a few days ago, he has started going out to make connections and often brings people home.

He was always a man of deep cunning, and having awakened memories of his previous life, he had experienced far more than Huan Wenqingci. Even though rumors were circulating everywhere that General Yue had utterly defeated the barbarians, he remained calm and composed.

Sure enough, after Wen Qingci got Chen's mother's idea, she only prepared for two days before Cai Zhixing invited his friends to his home for dinner.

Cai Zhixing, mindful of his status, invited mostly scholars, and those he remembered as being doing well.

Today's visitor was a scholar surnamed Wang. Wang and Cai Zhixing got along well, and he was only a xiucai (a lower-level scholar). He had already visited Cai's house five or six times.

Wen Qingci, as usual, asked his sister-in-law to prepare food and drinks for the two of them.

Whenever Cai Zhixing brought friends and classmates to his home, the Cai family members would consciously avoid getting close to him so as not to embarrass him.

This gave Wen Qingci the opportunity to take action.

Sure enough, less than fifteen minutes after the food was brought in, there was a commotion inside the house.

Wen Qingci's eyes flickered.

"Sister-in-law, Aunt Wang, my husband didn't get into a fight with Scholar Wang, did he?"

Wen Qingci looked at the east room, his face full of worry.

Sister-in-law Cai had already given birth to several children, but she never dreamed of such a thing. She really thought that Cai Zhixing and that scholar Wang had gotten into a fight.

"Oh dear! Let's hurry and see what's going on. If a fight breaks out, we can break it up in time." Aunt Wang next door is a kind-hearted person.

Wen Qingci didn't usually interact with her much, but for today's plan, she made a special excuse to ask her for advice on making shoe soles and invited her over.

And so, the three of them pushed open the door to the east room without any precautions.

As soon as the door opened, a gruesome scene came into view.

The sight of two naked men intertwined startled Aunt Wang, causing her to scream.

Wen Qingci also shouted.

The eldest sister-in-law of the Cai family was stunned.

Two screams instantly alerted the neighbors next door, and everyone rushed into the Cai family's house, heading straight for where the group was.

The scandalous affair between Cai Zhixing and Wang Shusheng was thus exposed to everyone.

Cai Zhixing and Wang Shusheng were awakened by the screams and then realized what they had done.

The two were so frightened that they immediately separated and hurriedly picked up their clothes from the ground and put them on.

Wen Qingci immediately started crying and demanding a divorce.

"Cai Lang, how could you treat me like this? I want a divorce!" she said, running towards the house next door where they lived.

She's packing her things to go back to her parents' home.

Of course, everything had been packed in advance.

Her husband is a short-sleeved man, so her demands for divorce are perfectly reasonable, and no one can say she's wrong.

It's also impossible to say that she wanted a divorce because she disliked Cai Zhixing for being a cripple.

After all, if she disliked Cai Zhi's lameness, she would have brought it up when he was first injured.

Having gained experience from a lifetime, Cai Zhixing immediately realized that he had been tricked.

"Sister-in-law, please go and fetch a doctor quickly. We've been drugged," Cai Zhixing instructed his sister-in-law, who was standing outside the door, while he was hiding behind the table.

As a scholar who had passed the imperial examinations, Cai Zhixing's words were quite persuasive.

When everyone heard him say that, they immediately believed him.

There was no need for Sister-in-law Cai to go herself; someone from the crowd of onlookers ran off to find a doctor.

When Wen Qingci finished packing her things and came out with her maid, Cai Xiaogu and her sister-in-law stopped her.

"Second sister-in-law, my brother just said he was drugged. He's not gay, don't go!"

Aunt Cai understood better than anyone the benefits of Wen Qingci staying in the Cai family, so of course she wouldn't let Wen Qingci go back to her parents' home like this.

At this moment, Cai Zhixing stumbled out, "Wife, Xiaodie is right, I'm not that kind of person. I was drugged. The truth will be clear when the doctor arrives. I suspect the food and drinks we just had were drugged."

Wang Shusheng walked out with a flushed face. "Brother Cai is right, I only like women."

Hearing their conversation, Wen Qingci's eyes flashed with anticipation. "Really? You really aren't that..." Then, as if remembering something, her face stiffened, and she said somewhat reluctantly, "But who would drug you? The food and wine were prepared by my sister-in-law herself. Who could drug you under her very nose?"

After speaking, Wen Qingci swayed slightly, looking as if she had been greatly shocked, her heartbroken gaze sweeping back and forth between Cai Zhixing and Wang Shusheng with suspicion.

Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but speculate about who had drugged them.

"Since Madam Cai personally prepared the wine and food, there shouldn't be any problem."

"Could it be an outsider who's come to the Cai family to harm them?"

"It seems the Cai family hasn't offended anyone!"

People were discussing it animatedly.

Sister-in-law Cai finally realized that there were so many people watching the commotion at home, and quickly started to shoo them away.

"This is none of your business, go home! Go home!"

After pushing everyone out of the yard, she still locked the gate, not feeling at ease.

Do you think that people watching the spectacle will leave?

That would be a big mistake.

Outside the Cai family's courtyard, at the gate, under the windows, and at the foot of the courtyard, people were squatting and eavesdropping.

There were even those who climbed over the courtyard wall just to watch the excitement.

"I swear, if I am gay, may I be struck by lightning and die a horrible death." Cai Zhixing was really trying to calm Wen Qingci down.

"My wife, believe me, as soon as the doctor arrives, he will surely clear my name."

Wen Qingci nodded with a reluctant expression, "Since that's the case, I'll believe you this once for now. If I've really misunderstood you, I'll never mention it again. But if it's not a misunderstanding, but deception, then I'll definitely divorce you."

Wen Qingci was not afraid of the doctor coming to examine him.

Even if we bring the imperial physician over today, he won't be able to find anything wrong.

Soon, a kind neighbor brought the doctor.

"Dr. Li, thank you for your help. Please check if there's anything wrong with these dishes." Cai Zhixing brought the remaining food and drinks in the room for the doctor to examine.

Under the watchful eyes of the group, the doctor carefully inspected the food and drinks, even examining the empty bowls the two had used.

A quarter of an hour later, he shook his head. "There's nothing wrong with the food and drinks."

Cai Zhixing's expression changed.

"Doctor, please take our pulses; I've been given medicine."

He extended his hand to Doctor Li.

When Dr. Li arrived, the young man who had invited him had already told him about the Cai family on the way.

He certainly knew what kind of medicine Cai Juren was referring to.

Doctor Li placed his fingers on the man's wrist for a long time, and then said, "Aside from being a little weak, Scholar Cai shows no signs of needing Chinese medicine."