The whole of Chang'an is waiting for the new chapter of Dream of Red Mansions.
In addition to the Miss Hou family, there are still many young ladies in the city who are crazy about the new content.
Hou Zheng likes Dream of Red Mansions and finds his own shadow in it.
Sometimes Hou Zheng would think that the environment he was in was somewhat consistent with the Grand View Garden described in the book.
It seems that I have seen the young lady and maid inside.
Hou Zheng loves to make friends and fool around, and doesn't like etiquette and dogma, so she shows off her frivolity and lets her nature run wild at gatherings with only women.
She thought that the author of this book should have a similar state of mind to write such an article.
The poems and songs in the book fully demonstrate his talent. He must be an extraordinary and refined young man, which makes people endlessly daydream about him.
It's a pity that when a complete Dream of Red Mansions appeared in front of her eyes, Hou Zheng did not cherish it and did not rush to grab it and read it in its entirety.
I also hate Chen Xirong. He thinks of her as a sister, but the other party is totally unreasonable and insists on sticking to the manuscript and refusing to leak it.
Many thoughts merged into her heart, and it was difficult to relieve her. Gradually, Miss Hou's resentment became ill, and her health deteriorated.
The Hou Mansion used many methods, invited many doctors, and arranged many prescriptions, but they all had little effect.
Today, Lu Yao came to the door with a volume of manuscripts. Miss Hou's complexion was clear and her blood was restored. However, in just a few hours, the sluggish Miss Hou seemed to be a different person, and she suddenly became energetic.
Afterwards, Miss Hou took the initiative to eat, and she ate enough for two or three days in a normal meal. The servants were all happy to see it.
On his way back from the morning, Hou Junji heard the news that his daughter was getting better, so his servants speeded up their drive and hurried home.
But at this moment, a sedan came out of the palace gate next to the palace, and it came first and stopped in front of Hou Junji's carriage.
The curtain of the carriage in front opened, and Princess Danyang asked coldly from inside the carriage: "Master Hou, how are you doing lately?"
Hou Junji's slightly joyful face had a trace of sadness on his face, and he restrained his expression and lifted the curtain: "Your Majesty, Junji, has met Princess Danyang."
"There's no one else here, so don't pretend to be in front of me. With your intelligence, you won't understand what I mean by stopping your carriage."
"Your Highness Princess, I also have my difficulties."
"It's because you don't take me seriously!" Princess Danyang's voice suddenly rose, "You are only afraid of the emperor, not me, and you treat my affairs like a child, don't you?!"
Princess Danyang's voice was so shrill that it frightened several tits that were eating in the square at the entrance of the palace.
Hou Junji frowned, looked back at the palace guard standing not far away, and thought to himself that this crazy woman was really fearless.
"Ahem..." Hou Junji coughed lightly, "Your Highness, some matters need to be discussed in the long term."
"You were asked to do Tai Chi in front of me. Let me tell you, the palace examination will be held in one month. I don't want to see that man named Bai Song appear in front of the palace! If you can't do it, your Hou family will be waiting to bear my consequences.
Be angry."
Hou Junji took a deep breath, lowered the car curtain, and asked the driver to take a detour.
Princess Danyang said again: "By the way, I would like to remind you that Bai Song had some tricks in the imperial examination. As long as this matter is spread in Chang'an City, Bai Song's reputation will be ruined."
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At this moment, Lu Yao was standing by Miss Hou's side, watching Miss Hou eat.
Miss Hou is different from other girls in that she doesn't have any shyness or pretense. She eats more casually and boldly than other girls. Especially when she is hungry, she doesn't care about her image. She eats without scruples without appearing rude.
, bold and unrestrained with a touch of elegance from a wealthy family, it is an elusive beauty.
Lu Yao looked at Miss Hou, who was reading the manuscript while eating.
Whenever I see something exciting, I will excitedly say a few words to Lu Yao and ask Lu Yao to evaluate it.
After finishing the meal, I finished reading the last chapter.
Miss Hou closed the manuscript, and her excitement immediately turned into melancholy.
"Good times don't last long. How can we quench our thirst in just a few chapters?"
"If Miss Hou likes it, if there are new chapters in the future, Lu will definitely send them to her as soon as possible."
Miss Hou's eyes lit up after hearing this: "Do you really think you can have earlier chapters every time?"
"The young lady knows that this book was brought out by Bai Song and said that it was written by another friend of his. Since Bai Song and I are classmates, we naturally have channels."
"Then why not read the whole book..."
In the middle of her words, Miss Hou showed a look of loneliness: "Hey, forget it, I am too greedy."
"Miss, I don't know. In fact, the whole book is not finished. Even the Bai Song Dynasty has no follow-up content."
"Ah? Bai Song doesn't have the final content either?" Miss Hou felt even more lonely, staring blankly at the empty bowl in front of her, "What should we do?"
"Miss, why should you worry? Not everything in the world has to be perfect, and flaws are also a kind of beauty. An unfinished work gives readers space to think, leaving a blank space filled with readers' expectations, and retaining the most beautiful things."
Beautiful imagination. Some amazing works, if they really have an ending, it would be a pity."
Miss Hou was thoughtful. She had never listened carefully to Lu Yao's words. This time, Lu Yao gave her a refreshing feeling.
For the first time, Miss Hou knew that there was such an open-minded young man under her father's hands.
"Master Lu, thank you for clarifying the little girl's doubts, and thank you for sending me the manuscript."
"Miss, we are similar in age. From now on, just call me Lu Yao."
Miss Hou frowned slightly, but she heard some different information from Lu Yao's words.
When she looked at Lu Yao's eyes again, Miss Hou could not help but dodge.
Lu Yao glanced lightly and felt happy when he saw Miss Hou's slight shyness. It seemed that today's goal had been achieved.
Lu Yao didn't ask for much, just that Miss Hou could understand his feelings. Now with the help of Bai Song's "Dream of Red Mansions", he finally touched Miss Hou's heart.
At this point, Lu Yao stood up and left, saying that he would go to Bai Song today to intercede, hoping to reveal the following content as soon as possible.
After leaving the Hou Mansion, he met the carriage returning from Hou Junji. After a few words, Lu Yao went to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Lu Yao didn't sleep a wink all day. When he arrived at the Hubu Yamen, he fell asleep in his seat.
I vaguely seemed to hear someone talking about imperial examinations and evidence.
After waking up, a colleague reminded Lu Yao not to sleep in such a grand manner. Lord Shangshu had been here just now and had seen it. He was afraid that it would cause Lord Shangshu's dissatisfaction.
Lu Yao asked back: "What was someone talking about about the imperial examination, what evidence...what exactly is going on?"
"It seems that I heard that someone cheated in Chunwei before, and now I want to investigate or something."
"What does the imperial examination have to do with the Ministry of Household Affairs?"
"Who knows? Well, we are all being ordered around anyway, so we can do whatever the superiors want us to do."
Lu Yao's expression became serious, he rubbed his face and braced himself, guessing that this matter was aimed at Bai Song.
This proves that the information obtained before is correct. Someone is making an issue about the imperial examination of the Bai Song Dynasty. Now it can be confirmed that this matter is left to Hou Junji to handle it with full authority.
This is a bad thing and a good thing.
The disadvantage is that since evidence is already being collected, it means that action will be taken soon, and there is not much time left for Bai Song to prepare.
The advantage is that if the Ministry of Revenue handles this matter, then he can use it to help Bai Song without completely losing control of the matter.
After thinking about it, Lu Yao immediately left the household department.
The colleague who was talking to him shouted from afar: "Mr. Lu, it's still time for errands. It's not a good time to go out at this time."
Lu Yao didn't answer, he called a carriage and went straight to the Prince Consort's Mansion.
Lu Yao is here, and Bai Song is at home with his wife and children.
In the small garden, Bai Song made a large swing that could seat several people.
Bai Song sat in the middle, holding Xiang'er on the left, Xiang Nan on the right, Sang Sang sitting in his arms, and Xiao Cui pushing him behind.
The family lived the life of children, happily and with a bit of ambiguity.
Surrounded by a circle of women, Bai Song felt contented as never before. In such a home, once things go away, his mind will always drift to bad places.
The princess hugged little Bai An and giggled. She didn't know whether it was the adults teasing the children, or the children teasing the adults.
Xiang'er held Bai Song's arm, squinted her eyes, and enjoyed the sunshine in the garden.
Only Sang Sang's pretty face was slightly red, sitting in Bai Song's arms, secretly exhaling the fragrance, and her skin seemed to be squeezed out of water.
Others didn't know it, but Sangsang felt it clearly. Brother Bai must be thinking about bad things, and there was something dishonest about him.
Bai Rou took Lu Yao into the backyard.
Lu Yao was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother when he saw Bai Songni's expression on his face.
"Bai Song, how long has it been and you are still hiding at home and coveting beauty!"
A scolding woke up everyone in the small courtyard.
Several girls just noticed that there was an extra man in their yard, and quickly got down from their husband, their faces red.
Everyone knows Lu Yao, even if they have never met him, they have heard Bai Song talk about him.
The people who can be led directly to the backyard are the most trustworthy people Bai Song has ever mentioned.
Without Bai Song opening his mouth, Xiang'er winked at the girls, and everyone returned to their rooms silently.
Bai Song felt that he was still unfinished and felt uneasy. He touched his body and took back his hand to smell it.
Tsk tsk tsk...
Lu Yao didn't notice Bai Song's little move, and came over angrily, like an angry little daughter-in-law, grabbing Bai Song and scolding him.
"I didn't sleep a wink all night because of you. You're such a fool that you hide at home and play with women!"
"Oh, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Where did you get such a big anger? Just talk about it."
Bai Song knew that he was in the wrong, so he grabbed Lu Yao's hand with a playful smile and pulled him to the side of the pavilion.
"Come, come, try my newly brewed wine, which is handmade and authentic."
"Wine?" Lu Yao had never seen it before, "How does it compare to Wuliangye?"