Neither Tang Yuan nor Yayin said anything, and since those who knew had long since gone to be reincarnated—spinning through the wheel of rebirth countless times over tens of thousands of years—who could possibly know the truth of their relationship?
The Ten Kings of Hell knew, of course, but without orders from above, none of them dared to spread gossip everywhere, right?
Thus, a peculiar situation arose: Tang Yuan wanted to romance Song Wu, and in his distraction, neglected affairs of state. He then begged his uncle Yayin to help out. Yayin agreed, shouldering work that wasn't his own, and as a result, rumors spread far and wide that he intended to assassinate the monarch and usurp the throne!
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