Chapter 711: Undercurrent
The whole of Chang'an is waiting for a new chapter in Dream of Red Mansions.
In addition to Miss Hou, I don't know how many young ladies in the city are crazy about its new content.
Hou Zheng likes the Dream of Red Mansions and finds a way to project his own shadow from it.
Sometimes Hou Zheng thinks that his environment is somewhat consistent with the Grand View Garden depicted in the book.
The young lady and maid inside seem to have seen it themselves.
Hou Zheng loves to make friends, loves to mess around, and doesn't like etiquette and dogma, so he shows frivolity and lets go of nature at gatherings where only women have.
She thought that the author of this book should have a similar state of mind to herself to write such an article.
The poems and songs in the book show his talent, and he must be an otherworldly son, which makes people infinitely reverie.
It's a pity that when a complete Dream of Red Mansions appeared in front of his eyes, Hou Zheng didn't cherish it, and he didn't desperately grab it and read it completely.
I hate Chen Xirong, I think she is a sister, but the other party doesn't understand any human feelings, and she stubbornly guards the manuscript and refuses to leak it.
Many thoughts melted into the heart, it was difficult to soothe, and gradually, the Hou family'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, a manuscript, Miss Hou's complexion was smooth, and her blood and qi recovered, but in just a few hours, Miss Hou, who was sluggish, seemed to be a different person, and she was in good spirits.
Subsequently, Miss Hou took the initiative to eat, and ate the amount of two or three days on weekdays, and the people were happy to see it.
On the way back from the early court, Hou Junji learned the news that his daughter was getting better, so he flew down to speed up the drive and hurried home.
But here, a sedan car came out of the side gate of the palace, and the latter came first and stopped in front of Hou Junji's carriage.
The curtain of the carriage in front of her was lifted, and Princess Danyang asked coldly in the car: "Lord Hou, how are you doing?" ”
Hou Junji's slightly joyful face had a trace of sadness, and his restrained expression also lifted the curtain: "Hou Junji, I have seen Princess Danyang." ”
"There's no one else here, so don't pretend in front of this palace. With your cleverness, you won't not understand the meaning of this palace stopping your car. ”
"Her Royal Highness the princess, the ministers also have the difficulties of the ministers."
"It's you who don't take Hongu seriously, do you!" Princess Danyang's voice suddenly raised, "Are you only afraid of the emperor, not afraid of the palace, and treat the affairs of the palace as a fool of children, aren't you?!" ”
Princess Danyang's voice was extremely sharp, startling several chickadees eating in the square at the entrance of the palace.
Hou Junji frowned, looked back at the palace guards standing not far away, and said in his heart that this crazy woman is really not afraid of heaven and earth.
"Ahem......" Hou Junji coughed lightly, "Your Royal Highness Princess, some things have to be discussed in the long run." ”
"I was playing Tai Chi in front of the palace, I tell you, it will be the palace test in a month, and the palace doesn't want to see the person named Bai Song appear in front of the palace! If you can't do it, your Hou family will wait to bear the wrath of this palace. ”
Hou Junji took a deep breath, lowered the curtain, and beckoned the coachman to take a detour.
Princess Danyang said again: "By the way, I would like to remind you that Bai Song is tired of the imperial examination, as long as this matter is spread in Chang'an City, Bai Song will be ruined." ”
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At this moment, Lu Yao stayed by Miss Hou's side and watched Miss Hou eat.
Miss Hou is different from other girls, without any pretentiousness, eating is more casual and bold than other girls, especially when she is hungry, she disregards her image, eats vegetables and eats without scruples, but does not appear rude, bold with a bit of the elegance of a large family, 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 let Lu Yao evaluate it.
After eating a meal, I finished reading the last chapter.
Miss Hou closed the manuscript, and her excitement immediately turned into melancholy and sorrow.
"The good times don't last long, how can you quench your thirst in just a few chapters?"
"If Miss Hou likes it, there will be a new chapter in the future, and Lu will definitely send it to Miss as soon as possible."
Miss Hou's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Do you really have an earlier chapter every time?" ”
The young lady knew that this book was taken out by Bai Song, and said that it was written by another friend of his. And I am classmates with Bai Song, so naturally there are channels. ”
"Then why don't you ...... the whole book?"
Miss Hou was halfway through her words, and then showed a lonely look: "Hey, forget it, Miss Ben is too greedy." ”
"Miss doesn't know, in fact, the whole book is not over, even Bai Song has no follow-up content."
"Huh? Bai Song also doesn't have the last content? Miss Hou's loneliness deepened, and she looked at the empty bowl in front of her in a daze, "How about that?" ”
"Why worry about Miss, everything in the world does not have to be perfect, and it is a kind of beauty to have defects, an unfinished work, giving the reader room to think, leaving a blank space for the reader's expectations, and retaining the most beautiful imagination. Some amazing works, if there is really an ending, it is a pity. ”
Miss Hou was thoughtful, what Lu Yao had never heard seriously said, 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.
"Lord Lu, thank you for solving the little girl's doubts, and thank you for sending me the manuscript."
"Miss, we are the same age, so we will call me Lu Yao in the future."
Miss Hou frowned slightly, from Lu Yao's words, she heard some different information.
When she looked at Lu Yao's eyes again, Miss Hou couldn't help but dodge.
Lu Yao glanced at it, and when he saw Miss Hou's shyness, he was happy, and it seemed that today's goal had been achieved.
Lu Yao didn't ask for much, he just asked Miss Hou to understand his mind, and now with the help of Bai Song's "Dream of Red Mansions", he finally touched Miss Hou's heart.
At this point, Lu Yao got up and said goodbye, only saying that he would go to Bai Song to intercede today, hoping to take out the rest of the content as soon as possible.
Leaving the Hou Mansion and meeting the carriage returning from Hou Junji, in a few words, Lu Yao went to the household department.
Lu Yao didn't close his eyes for a day, and when he arrived at the Yamen of the household department, he fell asleep in his seat.
In a daze, I seemed to hear someone say something about the imperial examination and what evidence.
After waking up, a colleague reminded Lu Yao not to sleep in such a grand manner, Lord Shangshu had come just now and had seen it, but he was afraid that it would cause Lord Shangshu to be dissatisfied.
Lu Yao asked rhetorically: "What kind of imperial examination was someone talking about just now, what evidence...... What the hell is going on? ”
"It seems that I heard that someone cheated in the previous Chunqiu, and now I want to investigate something."
"What does the matter of the imperial examination have to do with the household department?"
"Who knows? Hey, anyway, we're all called people, and we'll do whatever we want from above. ”
Lu Yao's expression became serious, he rubbed his face, and beat his spirit, expecting that this matter was aimed at Bai Song.
This proves that the news obtained before is not wrong, and someone is making a fuss about Bai Song's imperial examination. Now it can be determined that this matter is handed over to Hou Junji to deal with with it with full authority.
This is a bad thing, but also a good thing.
The disadvantage is that since the evidence is already being collected, it will not take long for action to be taken, and there is not much time for Bai Song to prepare.
The advantage is that if the household department handles this matter, then he can make a lot of effort to help Bai Song and not completely lose control of things.
After thinking about it, Lu Yao immediately left the household department.
The colleague who was talking to him shouted from afar: "Lord Lu, it's still time to be on an errand, and it's not good to go out at this time." ”
Lu Yao didn't answer, and called a carriage and went straight to the Horse Mansion.
Lu Yao came, and Bai Song was at home with his wife and children.
In the small garden, Bai Song made a big swing, which could sit several people.
Bai Song sat in the middle, holding Xiang'er on the left, Xiangnan on the right, Sangsang sitting in his arms, and Xiaocui pushing behind.
The family lives the life of a child, happy and with a little ambiguous atmosphere.
Surrounded by a circle of women, Bai Song is unprecedentedly satisfied, in such a family, once there is nothing to do, his mind will always drift to a bad place.
The princess hugged Xiao Bai'an and giggled, not knowing whether it was the adults who amused the children or the children who amused the adults.
Xiang'er hugged Bai Song's arm, squinted her eyes, and enjoyed the sunshine in the garden.
Only Sang Sangqiao's face was slightly red, sitting in Bai Song's arms, secretly spitting out the fragrance, and his skin seemed to be squeezed out of water.
Others don't know, but Sang Sang feels obviously, Big Brother Bai must be thinking about bad things, and he is a little dishonest under him.
Bai Rou took Lu Yao into the backyard.
Lu Yao saw Bai Song's greasy appearance in the gentle hometown soul returning to the world, and he was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother.
"Bai Song, when is it, you are still hiding at home and greedy for beauty!"
A scolding woke up everyone in the small family courtyard.
A few girls noticed that there was an extra man in their yard, and hurriedly came down from Xianggong's side, their faces flushed.
Everyone knows Lu Yao, even if they haven't seen it, they have heard Bai Song say it.
The people who can be led directly to the backyard are the most trustworthy people that Bai Song has ever mentioned.
Without Bai Song opening his mouth, Xiang'er gave a few girls a look, and everyone returned to their respective rooms silently.
Bai Song felt unfinished, uncomfortable, touched his body, withdrew his hand and sniffed it.
Tut-tut......
Lu Yao didn't notice Bai Song's small movements, and walked over angrily, like an angry little daughter-in-law, grabbing Bai Song and counting them.
"Lao Tzu didn't close his eyes all night for your business, and you actually hid at home to play with women on a dog day!"
"Ouch, it's only been a long time, where did that big fire come from? Just talk about something. ”
Bai Song knew that he was at a loss, so he grabbed Lu Yao's hand with a hippie smile and pulled him to the side of the pavilion.
"Come on, come on, try my new wine, handmade, authentic."
"Wine?" Lu Yao hadn't seen it, "How is it better than Wuliangye?" ”