Snatching the Wife

At a banquet, fellow successful candidates in the imperial examination began teasing Shen Zhiya again: "Top Scholar, your little wife has come to deliver hangover medicine for you." Shen Zhiya was annoyed, and fearful that Jiang Jiyue, the daughter of a criminal, might cause trouble, so he hurried out to take the medicine and send her away. Unexpectedly, no sooner had he taken his seat than Xun Yinhe, the Prime Minister who had been silent all evening, spoke to him for the first time: "Who is she?" Startled, Shen Zhiya replied, "She is this student's wife." A moment later, the wine cup in Xun Yinhe's hand shattered into pieces, frightening Shen Zhiya into silence, unsure of how he had of...