When Han Youqing stumbled out of the Stopping Clouds and Falling Moon Tower, the moon had already risen. The mother of the cloud and the moon tower and his little servant Chengxin helped him and said straightly, "It's so late, why do adults have to go?" ”

Han Youqing smiled, drunkenly and hazy instructed Chengxin to take out the money bag, snatched the money bag and handed it to the mother, who took out ten taels of silver from it under Chengxin's attention, and stuffed the money bag back into Chengxin's hand, and said crisply, "Just order and sing a tune like you, this money is enough." After she finished speaking, she and Chengxin helped Han Youqing to get on the horse, Han Youqing lay on the horse's back, let Chengxin lead the horse, and slowly went towards the Han Mansion.

The mother of the Cloud Falling Moon Tower watched them walk away from behind the master and servant, weighed the silver in her hand, and muttered, "I didn't expect that this country eunuch is also a good place to go that no one knows." ”

The old man of the Han Mansion heard the familiar neighing of horses outside the door, followed by Chengxin's call to the door, hurriedly went out and opened the door to see, sure enough, it was his own horse carrying his own adult who had fallen asleep, and hurriedly stepped forward with Chengxin to wake up Han Youqing, helped him off the horse, and walked towards the east wing in the yard. The main room was lit up with the light of candles, and Han Youqing's mother, Zhang, walked out with a candlestick, combed her hair in a very neat bun, wore a tan long jacket, and did not wear any jewelry except for a string of ordinary sandalwood Buddhist beads on her wrist. Seeing her son's drunken appearance, she stood in front of the main room almost indifferently and watched the old man and Cheng struggling to support Han Youqing, but she had no intention of helping.

When Han Youqing saw her, he pulled the corners of his mouth and showed a smile, and said crookedly, "Mother, what do you command?" ”

Zhang's lips moved slightly, and he said, "The Dingyuan Marquis Mansion has given you a post. ”

Han Youqing held his headache and recalled for a moment, and said with a big tongue, "Ding...... Dingyuan Marquis Mansion? Which Dingyuan Marquis Mansion? ”

Zhang looked at him fixedly and said, "The Dingyuan Marquis Mansion that Yan Furong married to." ”

When Han Youqing heard her mention Yan Furong, he violently pushed away the old man who was holding him, and rushed towards his mother, "Don't ...... You are not allowed to mention that name. ”

Chengxin exclaimed, wanting to step forward and grab Han Youqing. Zhang stood motionless under the porch, looking at Han Youqing's drunken state. Han Youqing rushed out only three steps, then his body weakened, fell to the ground, Cheng Cheng was shocked, quickly wiped off the cold sweat and rushed over to check, seeing Han Youqing's eyes closed and his breathing steady, he said to Zhang, "Most of the adults are drunk and have fallen asleep." ”

Zhang nodded, ignored Han Youqing, who was sleeping on the cold ground, and turned around and entered the room.

The old man and Chengxin dragged Han Youqing into the east wing with bitterness.

The next day, Han Youqing woke up, remembered what his mother said last night, and got up to ask clearly. Shuang'er brought him breakfast, and Han Youqing asked, "The Dingyuan Marquis Mansion sent a post?" ”

Shuang'er nodded, "Yes, the seal of Shao Ding, the Marquis of Dingyuan." ”

Han Youqing hurriedly asked, "Where is the post?" ”

Shuang'er went out to the study to pick it up, Han Youqing took it and read it, and saw that it was an ordinary standard post, and his tone was quite polite, so he couldn't see what the clue was. He stood up and walked around the room for a while, asked Shuang'er to take out the popular white clothes among the Fengnuma scholars, comb their hair in a bun, bring a square scarf, and went out to the Hou Mansion.

When he arrived at the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, unlike other hereditary princes' mansions that had long lost any real power, the guards in front of the door of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion were four pro-soldiers wearing armor, Han Youqing stepped forward with the post, and asked a few pro-soldiers to check, but no one answered, one of the pro-soldiers said kindly, "Scholar, this door is not easy to open and close, you go to the side gate of Dongjie, so that the Hou Mansion can take care of the horses." ”

Han Youqing was a little confused, and took the post to the east side gate, this time it was two personal soldiers guarding the door, and there were four other small servants. In addition, there were a few people standing not far from the door looking at the house, and there were several red sedan chairs that could only be sat on by officials of the fourth rank and above. When Han Youqing arrived at the door, there was a person pestering a small servant and said, "I do have something important to see Master Hou, it is rare that Lord Hou is not in the camp outside the city today, please be accommodating for one or two ......."

The little guy was not annoyed by him, but said, "You are polite, I am just receiving posts, running errands and reporting to others, if there is no post, you should wait." ”

As soon as Han Youqing took out the post, another servant came up and took it, and after a little checking, he asked Han Youqing to go to the door. Han Youqing felt a few traces of envy behind him, and he actually gave birth to some pride, and acted more and more clearly, so that this strict marquis mansion could not look down on him.

A little steward read the post, asked the little servant to lead the way for Han Youqing, and went to the Hou Yewai study. Along the way, there is almost no decoration in the outer courtyard, with blue bricks and white walls, some evergreen trees are planted in each courtyard as if it were the scene, and the guards who patrol back and forth, and the stewards who do errands are all stern and hurried.

The little guy brought Han Youqing to the place, and there was a plaque hanging outside the courtyard of the outer study, with two delicate Yan Kai written on it, tireless. This surprised Han Youqing a little. A personal soldier before the tireless fast brought Han Youqing in, and there were no flowers, grasses, fish and insects in the courtyard of the study, and there was a flat bluestone slab, which was swept clean, and there was no dust at all. The soldiers brought Han Youqing, who was looking around without a trace, to the door of the study and reported to him, and a smiling and white-clothed person walked out of the room and said to Han Youqing, "Please." ”

Han Youqing bowed his hand and saluted back, "You're invited." ”

The man walked away with one hand behind his back and a fan in the other, and someone in the room said, "Please come in." ”

The soldiers retreated, Han Youqing went into the room by himself, and saw that there was still no decoration in the study, there were a few chairs in the main hall, a large screen in the west room, a bookcase in the east room, and a person sitting on the circle chair behind the bookcase, reading a letter. Seeing Han Youqing coming in, he didn't look up, let alone speak. Han Youqing waited for a moment with his hands behind his back, Shao Ding finished reading the letter in his hand, and while putting the letter away, he said straight to the point, "Lord Han, I invite you here because I want to ask you something." ”

Han Youqing smiled and said, "Master Hou, does this matter have anything to do with my cousin, your wife?" ”

Shao Ding heard him mention Yan Furong, frowned slightly, raised his eyes to look at Han Youqing, the two men looked at each other for a moment, Han Youqing smiled and was full of fighting spirit, but Shao Ding had no intention of fighting, and casually looked away and said, "It does have a relationship with Neizi, there is a maid beside Neizi who admired you when she was in Yan Mansion, I don't know if you are willing to take it in." ”

Han Youqing said in surprise, "Maid? ”

Shao Ding nodded. Han Youqing's face was cold, and he said, "Isn't it that the Hou Ye is making fun of me, I have only one person in my heart since I was a child-"

He looked at Shao Ding's long voice, and Shao Ding said expressionlessly, "Maybe this maid is wishful thinking, and it doesn't matter." ”

Han Youqing saw that he was about to send off the guest when he opened his mouth, and hurriedly said, "Since it's my cousin's maid, I don't know if I can meet my cousin and ask for details?" ”

Shao Ding stared at him for a moment, the letter in his hand under the bookcase had been kneaded together, but he swallowed his anger and said, "It depends on what Madame means." ”