After the provincial examination, Rong Yubai became noticeably busier.
Every day, students come to the house to discuss academic matters and prepare for the imperial examination in March of the following year.
The beginning of winter is approaching and the weather is getting colder.
The Rong and Jiang families are also busy preparing for the engagement of Rong Xuqing and Jiang Lingyu.
"Isn't it a temporary measure to prevent anyone from proposing marriage to Xu Qing?" The queen put down the scroll in her hand, looked up and asked in confusion.
"Miss Rong felt that this matter was inappropriate, so it became true." The senior palace maid replied.
"Xu Qing is a good child who knows his limits and didn't play around with those two." The Queen slightly curled her lips, with admiration in her eyes.
"Go and take the set of kingfisher pearl headpieces and oriental pearl necklaces from my private collection to the General's Mansion to add to Xu Qing's makeup."
"Yes." The senior palace maid responded and stepped back.
"My lady, why do you have time to come to me today?"
Across from the heated table, a pair of pretty phoenix eyes looked at the Queen, eyes full of smiles.
The queen ignored her question and pushed the scroll over.
"Ning Jia, you're getting bolder and bolder. How dare you write something like this?"
"Isn't it beautiful?" Concubine Ning Jia lowered her eyebrows slightly, glanced at it lazily, raised her eyes to look at the queen, and said with a smile: "Aren't you enjoying it?"
The Queen suppressed the corners of her lips and pretended to scold:
"It's unbecoming to describe the Emperor and General Rong this way. Change some of the content. If you're caught, you'll definitely get a lecture."
"...?" Ning Jiafei was slightly surprised. "Is it really that obvious?"
The queen turned a page and pointed to a passage.
"It says here that the general's daughter will be made a princess. Isn't that obvious?"
"The only general's daughter in Dongwu who was granted the title of princess was Chaoxi."
"Wow..." Ning Jiafei poked her head with the tip of a pen, curled her lips helplessly, and said with some regret:
"But I've already posted it, and I can't change it."
But her expression showed no sign of changing.
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At this moment in Kyoto, a piece of news that was extremely shocking yet reasonable was spreading.
"Have you read the recent storybook 'The Angry Emperor and the Handsome General'?"
"I've seen it, I've seen it..." A passerby stopped when he heard the voice.
"You say... is this true? Is this really a secret between His Majesty and General Rong?"
"I think so. Just look at the latest article about the title of Princess Chaoyang. Wasn't it only been a month since Princess Chaoyang was conferred the title..."
"I've always felt that there was something fishy between His Majesty and General Rong. He dotes on General Rong too much!"
"At last year's Mid-Autumn Palace banquet, General Rong publicly mocked His Majesty for being an old cow eating young grass. If someone else had dragged him out and chopped him off earlier, he would have only been punished by kneeling for half an hour."
"And the rejection of the marriage proposal at the banquet. In the entire Dongwu, only Rong Baichuan could make His Majesty retract his decision."
The woman raised her eyebrows meaningfully, "If this isn't true love, then what is..."
"Where did you hear about what happened in the palace? Tell us about it..."
A lot of people gradually gathered at the tea stalls on the street.
"Hiss..." Rong Baichuan returned to the general's mansion feeling uncomfortable.
"Why do I feel so bad today? Wang Ren, go find out what bad things they're saying about me behind my back."
It took less than a quarter of an hour to walk from the palace to the general's residence, but he had already encountered more than a dozen people gathered together, pointing and talking at him.
He was thinking that he hadn't let other people's women live in his house this year, nor had he done anything dramatic?
There are a few little guests visiting today, and a stove has been lit in the main hall in the front yard.
The children gathered around the table roasting sweet potatoes and chestnuts, Qin Nanjing and Rong Xuqing were embroidering, and Mingxia was reading storybooks to them.
"The general took the imperial edict and was stunned for a moment. His eyes slowly turned red, and crystal tears flowed in them. He recalled what he had said the day before, 'I will prove to you that my love for you is not possession, but tolerance. I love what you love, and pity what you pity...'
Thinking of this, the general could no longer suppress his inner feelings and rushed to the palace without stopping. He wanted to see that person, the person he had buried deep in his heart for many years..."
"Wait..." Qin Nan frowned as he listened quietly. "Wasn't this conversation a few days ago about the brotherhood between the Emperor and the General? How did it become a love story just because he was given the title of Princess?"
And...she completely brought the emperor and Rong Baichuan into the previous plot!
The sudden change was too much for her to handle!
"Aunt, this storybook is not about brotherhood..." Di Beibei, the little granddaughter of Master Di, said with a serious expression:
"The love between the emperor and the general was not tolerated by the world, so they suppressed their feelings and started their own families."
"He has countless beauties in his harem, and he gets jealous, angry, and mocks them."
"The emperor thus realized that he still loved her, and he couldn't stop himself from openly expressing his love to him. What a beautiful love..."
Qin Nan listened quietly, his face full of black lines, "Beibei, who bought this book for you?"
"My older sister bought it, but she didn't read it to me, so I took it." Di Beibei's learning situation is similar to Rong Yuanyou's. He doesn't know many words and is still illiterate.
Qin Nanjing's mouth twitched. This kind of book couldn't be shown to children. "Mingxia, change to a book suitable for children. Don't read this one."
"Ah? No, no, it will be over soon, there is only a little bit left..." Di Beibei pestered Mingxia, not letting her put down the book.
Mingxia looked at Qin Nanjing, his eyes full of pleading.
She also wants to know what happens next!
Please, ma'am, let her finish reading it.
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