Chapter 117 "Red Mansion" was released

Xia Fengxiang had to leave eventually, after all, even if Yang Guofu and the others were left alone for the night.

But Zhu Huang and Zhao Xiaojia need to be dealt with.

Before leaving, Xia Fengxiang saw that Su Changan was still thinking about the secret he had mentioned before. He smiled and then didn't bother to pay attention to Su Changan.

Walking on the lonely road back, Xia Fengxiang looked up at the moon in the sky and remembered what her mother had told her when she was a child.

The moon is getting fuller, and things will get better.

But suddenly

Xia Fengxiang thought about how Su Changan was about to tell a secret.

Xia Fengxiang laughed and turned to look towards Lingqi Pavilion.

But he saw Su Changan still under the lantern, watching him leave.

Xia Fengxiang smiled sweetly and shouted, "Why are you standing there? Go back!"

Su Changan heard this and said, "I'll bask in the moonlight and see you by the way."

Xia Fengxiang smiled happily when he heard this.

Whether it was Xuan Xia and others from Lingqi Pavilion, or the palace maids around Xia Fengxiang, they all tried to hold back their laughter when they heard it.

Sunbathing the moon

Only the quirky Miss Chang'an could say this.

But thinking about sending His Majesty away, I can even use the excuse of basking in the moonlight.

Thinking of this, the people around looked at Su Changan, then at the empress, lowered their heads and finally couldn't help laughing.

On Xia Fengxiang's side, he just looked at Su Changan foolishly!

Then he looked at the palace maid next to him and saw that she was smiling with a bit of shyness on her face. She immediately turned around and stopped looking at Su Changan, the fool.

But the smile on her face is sweeter than the fragrance of osmanthus flowers on August 15th tonight.

…

Su Changan watched Xia Fengxiang leave, and only turned back to the yard after the lantern and candlelight completely disappeared.

Today was actually a pretty happy day.

But Su Changan was filled with mixed emotions and felt complicated.

In fact, Su Changan was prepared to kiss Xia Fengxiang directly if he got angry after knowing that he was a man.

If one kiss is not enough, then try two. If that doesn’t work, then you can only act coquettishly and cutely.

But the main reason was that Xia Fengxiang was not curious about this matter, which caught him off guard.

But you must tell.

After all, their relationship has reached this point.

Such a big thing can't be kept secret.

But

Now it seems that we have to choose a day.

If that doesn't work, you can write a letter to test the waters.

While thinking this, Su Changan saw Xun Xia and others around him laughing secretly.

When Xuanxia and others saw Su Changan looking at them, they immediately held back their laughter.

Su Changan thought for a moment and asked, "Is my wife pretty?"

Xuan Xia and the others were stunned for a moment, but they reacted immediately the next second and couldn't help but smile and said, "Your Majesty is the most beautiful."

Su Changan was satisfied.

Xuan Xia and others giggled and looked at Su Changan and His Majesty, who were truly a perfect match made in heaven.

Su Changan looked at the cat.

The cat yawned and was obviously sleepy.

However, when Maomao noticed that Su Changan was looking at her, she immediately said indifferently: "I've been watching you all day, don't show off to me."

Su Changan pursed his lips and said, "I won't talk to you about this. After all, I have fed you and Yan Ruyu dog food for a day. If I ask you again, what kind of person have I become?"

Maomao looked at Su Changan warily, because at this time, Su Changan would definitely add something else.

As expected, Su Changan said, "I just want to ask if Your Majesty and I are too close."

The cat rolled its eyes and walked away.

Su Changan was helpless. This little girl

Then he turned back to find Yan Ruyu.

But he found that Yan Ruyu was gone.

Zhou Qianhong clasped his fists and said, "Commander Yan said he had to go to the commander-in-chief, so he just left."

After that, Zhou Qianhong spoke again: "I and others will also go on patrol."

Su Changan felt helpless again for a moment, but after thinking about it, he realized that it was indeed getting late, so he said he wanted to go to bed and walked towards his room.

But lying in bed.

If Su Changan hadn't thought about showing off, he wouldn't have thought it was a big deal.

But now I want to show off.

The desire to show off is fully unleashed!

I thought to myself that I must give "Lovesickness" to Xun Kuang.

Thinking of this, Su Changan thought again that he should copy a love poem or something to send to Xun Kuang in the future.

With such a good wife, how can I not show off?

…

It was noon and Su Changan got up yawning.

Because he was thinking about showing off, after getting up, Su Changan ran to the study and wrote this poem "Lovesickness", thinking of finding time to ask Zhou Qianhong to deliver it to Xun Kuang.

Then

Of course it is to practice sword.

I didn't practice swordplay yesterday because I went out on a date.

Therefore, Su Changan thought about practicing more today.

Just when Su Changan was practicing with sword, Yan Yunxiao came with a large brocade box in his hand.

Seeing Su Changan practicing with swordsmanship, Yan Yunxiao also came over to watch.

Although Su Changan's use of the soft knife is not yet perfect, it is much better than before.

Yan Yunxiao was sitting on the side of the hallway, crossing his legs, watching the sword intent contained in Su Changan's sword every time he swung it.

but

Yan Yunxiao was not surprised.

After all, Yan Ruyu would report to her about Su Changan's progress in practicing swordsmanship every day, so if she had to say she was surprised, it was actually when she heard Yan Ruyu mention that Su Changan had already achieved the state where every time he swung the sword he had sword intent.

But at that moment he looked at Su Changan swinging the knife.

She found that Su Changan's progress was faster than she had imagined, especially in the use of the soft knife and his own strange strength.

only

Looking at Su Changan, Yan Yunxiao could feel that Su Changan's [Yiweiting] was not just as simple as the third level.

Su Changan naturally noticed Yan Yunxiao, but he couldn't stop practicing sword skills, so Su Changan didn't stop to greet Yan Yunxiao.

Until the last blow was swung.

Su Changan let out a long sigh and then looked at Yan Yunxiao.

Yan Yunxiao clasped his fists towards Su Changan and saluted, then said, "【Yiwei Ting】or San Ting?"

Su Changan nodded, but frowned and said, "It looks like we're about to reach the fourth stop, but we can't get there."

Yan Yunxiao said "Oh", "We have to fight."

But speaking of this, Yan Yunxiao looked at Su Changan and rubbed his hair. From the way Su Changan swung the knife just now, it seemed that he was going to start learning how to fight.

But when he thought of Su Changan's identity, Yan Yunxiao felt a little headache.

It’s not easy to find a sparring partner.

But on second thought, Su Changan was now wielding the sword against Yang Zili, and his [Yiwei Ting] should have at worst reached the fifth stop, but now he couldn't even reach the fourth stop.

This girl won't try to play a trick again, stopping several times a night.

And about entering the sixth level in one step.

But he didn't think much about it. He looked at Su Changan and said, "Mu Xu brought the wine set that he won from Yang Guofu at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet. I took it. Then tell the lady that you are the first on the Rouge List."

Su Changan glanced at the large brocade box. Although he was curious about what kind of wine utensils it contained, he almost spit out the water he had just drunk when he heard the last sentence.

Yan Yunxiao said nonchalantly, "Shuya Tower is known for 'all the books in the world are in the tower, and all the world's affairs are known in the tower', so every once in a while, some rankings are updated, such as the well-known Jianghu Thirteen, and the mountain peak thing of the young generation that I mentioned to you before, there is a mountain peak list, and the Rouge List I just mentioned, this list is the so-called ranking of the world's most beautiful women, and Miss took the first place on this list."

Su Changan was a little amused.

Although getting first place seems to be a good thing.

But I am a man!

But after thinking about it, Su Changan didn't know how to complain, because his beauty as a man actually defeated those women.

Or maybe I'm just too good-looking.

Su Changan shook his head helplessly.

Yan Yunxiao continued, "Originally, you should have been on the list of poetry and lyrics called the Talent List, but this year the list will not be ranked until after the Lantern Festival Poetry Festival, so Miss didn't make it."

Su Changan wanted to say something but stopped himself. However, he suddenly thought of something and looked at Yan Ruyu, then looked at Yan Yunxiao.

Before Su Changan could ask, Yan Yunxiao said, "This girl is ranked third on the Mountain Top List."

Then Yan Yunxiao frowned, looking puzzled: "She's so fat, yet she can still get the 19th place on the Rouge List."

Yan Ruyu felt a little embarrassed when she heard this, and remembered that her mother rubbed her face out of curiosity last night.

Su Changan looked at Yan Ruyu distressedly, but then he looked at Yan Yunxiao and asked, "What's the point of this list? Otherwise, Aunt Yan can just give me a heads up and remove me from the list?"

Yan Yunxiao shook his head: "His Majesty is very happy that you won first place, so you can't just give up easily. As for the effect, it is probably that everyone in the world knows that the future queen is the most beautiful woman in the world."

Su Changan felt even more ashamed.

But Yan Yunxiao said: "It's not a bad thing anyway. With such a great reputation, all the beautiful women in the world want to get it. Now that I have it, I will accept it. Besides, I see that His Majesty is very proud after knowing it, and he even asked me to tell Hai Wuya that this list ranks well."

Su Changan was helpless, but it seemed he had to take it.

Yan Yunxiao stood up and looked at Su Changan, asking doubtfully, "When you went to the Imperial Ancestral Temple with His Majesty yesterday, did you notice anything?"

Su Changan shook his head, but thinking of the feeling yesterday, he said, "Maybe there are dirty things, but after all, it is a place like the Imperial Temple, so I think it's not surprising if there are."

Hearing this, Yan Yunxiao stretched out his hand and pinched Su Changan's face: "Don't talk nonsense."

After saying that, he glanced at Maomao and said, "Cui Yu came to me for you, but I rejected him. Stay here and be free. A place like Cui's has too many rules and is not suitable for you."

Maomao was stunned, but nodded immediately.

Yan Yunxiao clasped his fists towards Su Changan and said casually, "Let's go. I've found a sparring partner. Tell you, if [Yi Wei Ting] breaks through to the fourth stop, let me know."

Watching Yan Yunxiao leave, Su Changan thought about why Yan Yunxiao asked him if he felt anything in the Imperial Temple.

But after thinking about it, I wondered if Yan Yunxiao had also felt the presence of something dirty.

But after thinking about it for a while, Su Changan decided not to think too much about it.

After all, the more you think about dirty things, the more they will haunt you.

Walk to the brocade box and open it.

A scent of wine wafted out from it.

Su Changan looked over and found that there were many small cups and wine jugs of various shapes, and the materials used were jade, gold, and pure black like obsidian. In short, there were all kinds of materials.

Each material is a carving of a beast.

Lifelike, very beautiful and exquisite.

Yan Ruyu explained, "It is said that this set of wine utensils was made by a master of the previous dynasty who spent more than ten years to make it. For this set of wine utensils, the master traveled all over Daxia and even visited various countries in the Western Regions before he finally made it. I don't know what method he used, but it naturally has the aroma of wine. Even if you pour clear water into it, you can taste the wine."

Su Changan looked at these small cups, thought for a while and asked, "Do you think Yang Guofu has used them?"

Yan Ruyu was stunned for a moment: "I used it."

Su Changan frowned: "Put it away. If we use it after that person has used it, it will be disgusting. Besides, if I want to drink, why can't I just drink the wine directly? Why should I drink water?"

Yan Ruyu was speechless because she felt that what Su Changan said made sense.

At the same time, Xun Xia and others also nodded.

Maomao frowned and said, "Can I use this pot? It won't break."

Su Changan looked at Maomao: "Making medicinal wine?"

Maomao shook her head: "You don't drink medicinal wine, so I thought of getting other medicinal herbs for you."

Su Changan immediately said, "Well, you can use it, but just don't give it to me to drink."

Cats are happy.

Yan Ruyu on the side seemed to want to say something but stopped herself and sighed.

I just want to say one thing when looking at Su Changan: just pamper her.

Maomao was asked to use several thousand taels of ink to wrap medicinal materials.

She was asked to use the wine utensils worth tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels to make medicine.

There was nothing to do, so Su Changan simply washed up and planned to practice calligraphy.

After all, the Dream of Red Mansions is about to be published, and I can’t slow down the pace of the second volume here.

However, because he knew that Yan Ruyu was going to the Eighth Prince's house to get his old writings, he gave "Lovesickness" to Yan Ruyu and asked her to go to the Imperial College to give it to Xun Kuang.

Then

Su Changan went to practice calligraphy.

…

The next three days.

In Luoan City

There have been shocking news in the past three days.

The first to come was naturally the imperial court, where the common people listened to the story as a form of entertainment.

First, the deputy governor of the imperial guards, Zhao Xiaojia, clashed with the Xuanjia Army, and Zhao Xiaojia's men even injured the general Zhu Huang.

Therefore, all the trouble was brought to His Majesty's attention.

When the common people heard that His Majesty found out that the soldiers of the two armies had fought in a brothel on Huajie Street, they were so angry that their faces turned blue. They left the General Fuguo and Zhao Xiaojia out in the open for a whole night.

Finally, he came forward and learned what had happened. He found out that it was the people from the Imperial Guards who provoked and attacked the Black Armor Army first.

Zhao Xiaojia was immediately dismissed from his position as deputy governor-general, which he had just been promoted to. Not only was he demoted to the position of captain of the imperial guards, he was also directly removed from his position as the Eagle General of the Cavalry Battalion and replaced by Meng Wu, the son of the great general Meng Qin.

Hence.

This deputy governor, who was talked about as having a bright future in the capital not long ago, suddenly became an ordinary captain of the imperial guards.

Those who thought that the post of Protector General of the Imperial Guards might be taken over by Zhao Xiaojia suddenly lost their temper and didn't know what to say.

As for Zhu Huang, since Guiyu was the one who took the initiative to attack, Zhu Huang went to stop the fight.

Therefore, Your Majesty fined Gui Yu half a year's salary, gave him fifty lashes with the cane, and demoted him to the rank of centurion.

In the eyes of ordinary people, it is fair, and both sides are given fifty lashes.

After all, it was the imperial guards Zhao Xiaojia who took the first action.

But the reason why both sides were dealt with was because it lost the face of the imperial court.

In particular, I heard that because of the fight between the two parties, the secret bidding at Shihua Pavilion that day was cancelled.

However, there is also a rumor among the common people that Zhao Xiaojia was actually basically beaten to death, because the great general Zhu Huang did not go to persuade the fight, but brought dozens of people to fight.

Each of those imperial guards was more disabled than the other. Zhao Xiaojia's hands were broken and his head was bruised. He looked very pitiful.

But for this matter, ordinary people just talk about it and sigh a few words, after all, it's just for fun.

but

Talk about fun

Ordinary people think that the fun of Yang Yunzhong, the playboy son of Yang Guofu, is more interesting.

Because it was rumored that Yang Yunzhong and several other playboys had provoked the great master, Commander Yan.

So Commander Yan waved his hand and sent those people directly into the prison cell of the Chixia Army.

When it was carried out the next day, some people saw that it was almost broken.

The Taifu family and the other families remained silent.

Some people said that it took a lot of price to get Commander Yan to release the people.

There is no one among the common people who does not hate Yang Guofu's family. Now they see that this family has run into a tough opponent and suffered a loss.

The common people naturally applauded and felt very happy.

But it's a pity, why was he let go?

Apart from these two things, ordinary people find it very fun.

In their view, some other changes in officials in the temple were nothing and too far away to be discussed with interest.

but

If it had something to do with the court, the common people would still compare it with the previous two things and use it as a topic of after-dinner chat.

It’s still Su Changan.

Everyone knew what happened to Su Changan at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, and it was basically confirmed that she would be the future empress.

But what is even more amazing is that this queen is truly extraordinary.

Just a good poem will do.

Her appearance even ranked first on the rouge list, which was said to include all the beauties in the world. In the eyes of ordinary people, this was talked about with great relish, and they felt that such a woman should be our queen.

and

The book "Dream of Red Mansions" was released two days ago.

Because it was marked as written by Su Changan, people who knew about it bought the book on the first day of its publication.

Then

Many people in Luoan City were suddenly excited.

Common people couldn't understand it, but the storytellers in Washe told it vividly and they could understand it.

Therefore, it is not just the Su family's study rooms where the demand for "Dream of Red Mansions" is in short supply.

Even those that were allowed, so it can be said that the Washe Teahouse in "Dream of Red Mansions" was crowded every day.

And at this time.

A poem was published in the Imperial College Journal.

The poem is simple, with only four lines.

But there is a special note under the poem.

"When Miss Chang'an was seriously ill at the Su family, she missed His Majesty and wrote poems for His Majesty."

Hence.

The poem, which had already astonished many people, reached a new height in people's hearts.

Calling him directly, the infatuated man Su Changan.

And it is the image of Lin Daiyu in "The Red Chamber".

…

(End of this chapter)