"Master Duan, take someone to the city gate to pick up someone for me." Xue Bowen lit a piece of paper on a candle and called Master Duan at the entrance of the yamen. That piece of paper was sent into his bedroom with a dart last night, saying that someone from the Holy City Zhangguo Teacher's Mansion would come to secretly investigate a case. "By the way, you guys change into civilian clothes to pick it up, don't wear official uniforms."

"Yes." Master Duan left with his hands.

"Sir." Mrs. Xue watched Master Duan leave and turned out from behind the screen, "Master, next month the old lady will celebrate her birthday, and I invited the drama from Xiyuan to sing for the old lady, what do you think else needs to be done?" ”

"Xiyuan's play?" Xue Bowen was taken aback, "You dare to speak up about Xiyuan's play?" It's really unbelievable! As soon as the front foot learned that someone was coming to the Holy City, the back foot heard that his wife had invited the royal drama troupe, and Xue Bowen really didn't know what his wife had in her head.

"What are you afraid of!" Mrs. Xue looked disdainful, "You really become an official for a longer time, the less timid you become, I didn't say that I invited the corner of the jade character department, but I just asked Xue Chang to pick a few small actors who studied drama in Xiyuan, but they haven't given words yet, and a few girls from Linglong Pavilion who studied drama in Xiyuan." Look, it scares you! When you play with girls, you are more daring than the sky, and listening to a play is like killing you! ”

"The more you talk about it, the more you don't talk about it!" Xue Bowen interrupted Mrs. Xue with his words, and thought about it, his mother's birthday, a decent troupe still needs to be invited, since it has been decided, so be it. Xue Bowen sighed: "Alas, that's it, please invite everything, and then you can go and invite the chef of Hui Zeyuan." Don't be too extravagant, there are people from above, in case you catch up at that time, it's not good. ”

"Got it." Mrs. Xue replied.

"By the way, go to Hui Zeyuan in the evening to order a table of dishes to be delivered, and there are distinguished guests coming." Xue Bowen called out to Mrs. Xue, who was just about to leave.

"Who?"

"Women's families, don't inquire. Just go. ”

"I want to go to Xue Chang, my mother is not available!" Seeing that Xue Bowen didn't have a good face, Mrs. Xue also darkened her face and slammed the door and went out.

Xue Bowen looked at his wife's back, opened his mouth, and finally didn't say anything. He knew in his heart that if he didn't have the help of his daughter-in-law's family, Xue Bowen wouldn't know where to get this black gauze hat on his head.

"Mother Xu, Master Liang of the Fang Cai Qin Pavilion sent someone to send a letter for me to pass it on to you." As soon as Mother Xu led the girls back to Linglong Pavilion from Xiyuan, Master Quan stopped Mother Xu who wanted to go back to the room to rest.

"Take a look at me." Mother Xu turned back to the front hall and took the letterhead.

"Pearl, go and call Qiu Tang." After reading the letter, Xu's mother called for pearls.

Not long after, the pearl came to the front hall with the begonia, and the begonia fluttered with great blessings.

"Qiu Tang, just now the Qin Pavilion came to deliver a letter, saying that Master Xue had a banquet for distinguished guests in the evening, and wanted to invite someone to sing some songs, but unfortunately Liang Yuzhu was sick and couldn't go, Master Liang asked if you could go."

"It's all at Madame's orders." Qiu Tang Wanfu Road.

"Then you should let my husband get out of class early in the afternoon and go before dinner."

"Yes." Qiu Tang Wanfu responded.

"How?" Mu Jianyu sat on the soft couch in the Liangyitai dormitory, standing beside the imperial doctor with his head bowed and his hands down, and Mu Lingxi lying in the curtain of the bed.

The imperial physician thought about it again and again, and shook his head gently: "Wangsheng forgives Weichen for his incompetence, and the scars on His Highness's body, Weichen can't do anything."

Although Mu Lingxi led the troops to win the battle, he lost his legs and left a scar on his face, which looked hideous and terrifying at this time. Mu Lingxi knew that his legs would not grow back, but now when he learned that even the scar on his face would not be healed, Mu Lingxi collapsed. If his face can be restored, he can at least see his mother again, but he is not a human now, a ghost is not a ghost, how to meet the queen mother he misses day and night. Two lines of unwilling tears slid down the corners of his eyes and sank into the pillow.

"What did I do to raise you bunch of shit! I can't cure a single scar, what do I want you to do! With Mu Jianyu's anger, the tea bowl shattered to the ground.

Back to the house from the front hall, Qiu Tang felt uncomfortable, last time Xue Bowen ushered in Chen Xiao, a distinguished guest from the holy city, at the gate of the city, killed an unknown poor girl, and today said that he would entertain guests in the house, Qiu Tang always felt unreliable. Until Mr. Teaching arrived, Qiu Tang did not come back to his senses.

"Begonia!" Mr. Teaching looked at Qiu Tang's unyielding appearance and was a little unhappy.

"Sir. Qiu Tang knew that he was wrong. A scolding scared Qiu Tang into a spirit.

"Alright, let's study." Mr. Teaching couldn't bear to criticize more, so he spared Qiu Tang. There are not many families that can make girls study, and there are even fewer girls like Qiu Tang who can study, he has been teaching for a while, and he faintly feels that Qiu Tang should be born in a scholarly family, but now she is down in Linglong Pavilion, and she is also a poor doll.

"The heart is still the first face, and it is even decorated. Once the surface is not decorated, it will be dirty; Once the heart does not think of good, then evil enters it. Xianzhi decorates his face, does not cultivate his heart, and ...... confused, "This is a female training, before Qiu Tang left home, her mother slowly read it to her." At this time, I read it and felt very familiar, as if I was still in that sunny little building, smelling the aroma of orchids in the yard downstairs, and listening to my mother's gentle voice.

"My eyes are red from crying, let Mother Xu see it, and I will be scolded again." The gentleman's voice interrupted Qiu Tang's thoughts. yes, you can't cry. Can't cry.

Qiu Tang quickly wiped away his tears, got up slightly, and smiled reluctantly: "Thank you, Mr. for mentioning it."

"Kid, I don't know what you've been through, but I can tell that Linglong Pavilion is not where you should be. Kid, get out of here as soon as possible. The gentleman sighed slightly.

"Sir, Qiu Tang is still young, and Qiu Tang wants to live." Qiu Tang said with a smile. At this time, there was no sadness in Qiu Tang's eyes, only a pair of bottomless eyes that could not see any emotion, with a slight smile, sweet but not greasy, which made people feel pity.

"Let's keep reading." The gentleman shook his head, his voice full of helplessness. What could he do? A teacher, with no money and no power, is nothing more than relying on teaching to make ends meet, barely surviving.

Night was quietly coming, and the distinguished guests that Master Duan welcomed into the yamen had settled down in Xue Bowen's private mansion at this time. The dressed begonia followed Xue Chang to the back garden of Xuefu, there is a small pond surrounded by a rockery in the back garden, on the edge of the pond, there is a small pavilion, at this time the pavilion is brightly lit, the servants and maids run in and out, and put a plate of exquisite dishes on the bluestone table in the pavilion. Xue Chang took the begonia to the pond, two small boats docked next to the rockery, one of which was full of musicians with various musical instruments, and the other was only a rowing child, only the child's boat was tied with various flowers, the boat was surrounded by candles, and a bamboo pole was picked up in the bow of the boat, and a delicate candlestick was hung on it.

"Miss Qiutang, you can just sing on this boat later." Xue Chang pointed to the empty ship and said.

"Yes." Qiu Tang Wanfu responded.

Xue Chang helped Qiu Tang get on the boat and left. Qiu Tang turned around and said to the musicians: "I'm tired of all the seniors."

"Let's have a feast!" With the voice, I saw Xue Bowen enter the pavilion with a group of richly dressed people, and the leader and Xue Bowen sat down facing the pond, looking from a distance, Qiu Tang felt that this person seemed to be a little familiar.

As the child tapped the penny, the boat left the shore, under the moonlight, in the candlelight, Qiu Tang was like a fairy in the water, accompanied by music and slowly spoke: "Long live, Xie Jinchai box to Feng Junhuan, only afraid of the cold posture can not eliminate the rain and dew of the heavenly family......" The voice floated from far and near, floating on the water, and the people in the pavilion talked about the wine. The boat stopped directly in front of the pavilion, and the candles on the boat were far away from the candles in the pavilion.

"City Lord Xue is so Yaxing." Zhang An looked at the boat in the pond and smiled, "In the end, it is a mausoleum city, a good place for outstanding people!" ”

Steward Zhang smiled. It's just some small tricks that don't go into the stream, and it should be used to add a little entertainment to Steward Zhang. Xue Bowen said modestly, "Steward Zhang tasted this dish to see if it suited his taste." Xue Bowen laughed with him and gave Zhang Anbu a dish.

When Qiu Tang took advantage of his sleeves to hide his face, he peeked and saw that there were two people sitting in the middle of the pavilion, one was Xue Bowen Xue City Lord, and the other was Qiu Tang, the more he looked at it, the more familiar he became, but he couldn't remember who it was.

"Steward Zhang came to Lingcheng this time, I heard that he was going to secretly investigate a case, and it was useful for me Xue, although you opened your mouth, you will do things for the national teacher, and you will never give up." Xue Bowen raised his glass and saluted Zhang An.

"Then you're welcome." Zhang An smiled, picked up the wine glass and drank it all. Zhang An knew that although he was a member of Zhang Guoshi's Mansion, this was not a holy city after all, and the strong dragon did not suppress the head snake, and there were some things, Xue Bowen would be much more useful than him.

"You just tell you to." Xue Bowen laughed.

"We may have to stay a few more days, and we will bother City Lord Xue with food and lodging." Zhang An said.

"Food and lodging must be properly arranged in the future. You can rest assured. Xue Bowen clenched his fists and said, "Come, Steward Zhang, eat vegetables." ”

The conversation in the pavilion was not loud, but some words still fell into Qiu Tang's ears. On weekdays, Yuchen and Huachen's training is multi-purpose, so that while Qiu Tang is paying attention to the conversation in the pavilion, he has not forgotten the lyrics, but unfortunately he is too far away and can't listen to it completely.

"Someone." Mu Lingxi summoned the maid who was guarding the side, "Go and invite my father to come." I have something to say to him. After lying on the couch for a few days, Mu Lingxi gradually figured out that the rest of his life might only be like this. Since then, Jiangshan has had nothing to do with him Mu Lingxi.

After thinking about this, Mu Lingxi felt that it was not interesting to stay in this world. Sending the maid away, Mu Lingxi propped himself up, rolled out of bed, slowly crawled to the tea table, reached out and pulled over the tea bowl on the table, and before the sound of the tea bowl breaking attracted the guards outside the door, Mu Lingxi did not hesitate to insert the fragments into his throat.

"Your Highness!" The guards rushed into the house, but they couldn't stop the blood that kept pouring out.

"Queen Mother's ......"

"Poof!" The queen, who was sitting under the window drinking tea, suddenly felt a pain in her chest, and a sip of hot tea squirted out directly, and her body involuntarily slid off the soft couch.

"!" Chun Jian supported the queen's falling body, tried his best to help the queen back onto the soft couch, and reached out to slowly rub the queen's chest.

"Spring note, why hasn't Xi'er from the palace come yet......" Before the words fell, the queen fainted.