Chapter 138: Peace Returns
After showing enough affection outside, Li Nuo and his wife returned to the Song family.
Since some people like to spread rumors, shut their mouths with facts.
Why should my wife suffer this injustice?
She likes poetry, so I gave her some poetry.
If one song is not enough, give away a copy.
With my culture, I can't see what's good about these poems.
So Li Nuo opened a bookstore and deliberately set the price of his poetry collection very low so that only people who could understand it could read it.
"The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix" is well known to everyone in Chang'an, and "The Collection of Beautiful Women" cannot lag behind.
After this series of moves, no one spread rumors about him and Phoenix anymore.
The relationship with my wife has also been further improved.
The two did not loosen their clasped hands until they returned to the courtyard.
Even Song Muer noticed the changes between the two of them over this period of time.
She was very pleased about this.
They are becoming more and more like a couple.
But that’s not enough.
Is there any couple who sleeps with two quilts at night?
Dad and mom only sleep under one quilt.
She was swinging on the swing in the yard, her eyes rolling around, not knowing what she was thinking about.
Li Nuo sat in the yard reading a book. Before he knew it, it was already mid-November. Although he had made all the preparations, writing was still his weakness and there was still a lot of room for improvement.
A maidservant from the Song Mansion came in from outside, holding a bunch of things in her arms. She walked to the yard and dumped all the things on the table in front of Li Nuo with a "crash". She said, "Son-in-law, those women are sending gifts again..."
Most of these things are letters, and some are handkerchiefs and scarves.
As soon as "Collection of Beautiful Women" was published, the lady became famous and Li Nuo also became popular.
Letters inviting him to discuss poetry came like snowflakes every day.
Some of these letters came from the courtesans in brothels and music halls, and some came from the ladies of noble families in Chang'an.
Daxia as a whole valued culture over military power.
Men like talented women, and women like talented men.
Even a martial arts prodigy like my wife prefers poetry and songs, even if she doesn't understand them at all.
Li Nuo ignored all these invitations, no matter whether they were to discuss poetry or something else.
One reason is lack of interest.
Safety is also an important factor.
No woman out there can be trusted.
The so-called invitation may be a cover-up, and the real purpose is to take his life.
Although he had a few days of peace, he had not forgotten the dangers of the previous times.
Only when he is with his wife does he feel safe enough.
The other fake wife who could give him a sense of security was not in Chang'an now, so Li Nuo even went to the Ministry of Justice less often.
Li Nuo tilted his head to glance at the woman who was practicing sword.
She was not angry at all even though these women were trying to poach her right in front of her.
I'm really not angry.
Not only was she not angry, but every night she would open the letters with Li Nuo to see what the women had written in them.
Li Nuo wondered if she had already mastered it.
Those rumors were spreading so fiercely at the beginning, and Li An Ning accidentally spread them amplified, but he still got through it safely.
Compared with those, the implicit invitations in these letters were really nothing.
As it gradually darkened, Li Nuo returned to his room to read.
Mu'er didn't know what happened today. Normally at this time, she would have gone back to her room to sleep.
She was still playing in their room until late today.
She sat on the bed, holding a glass of water in one hand and flipping through a picture album with the other.
"oops!"
At a certain moment, Li Nuo suddenly heard her scream in his ears.
Li Nuo turned his head and saw her looking at the quilt on the bed with a distressed look on her face. The water cup in her hand was knocked over on the bed, and the quilt was wet.
Song Muer looked back at Li Nuo and said pitifully, "I accidentally wet the quilt..."
Li Nuo said: "It doesn't matter, it's okay if it gets wet."
How could a wealthy family like the Song family be short of quilts?
He picked up the quilt that was wet by Mu'er and hung it outside.
Song Jiaren brought a new quilt from the side room.
There are quilts prepared for guests in the next room, you can use them temporarily.
Song Muer looked at Li Nuo, then looked at Song Jiaren, sighed helplessly, and said, "I'm going back to my room to sleep..."
When she returned to the room, Song Ning'er was still awake.
Song Muer sat on the edge of the bed, a thoughtful look on her face.
Her strength alone is limited and she needs Song Ning'er's help.
But I don't know if she will agree.
Although she was unsure, she still wanted to give it a try.
Song Muer looked at the other self on the bed opposite and said, "Song Ning'er."
Song Ning'er was fiddling with a puppet. She looked up and glanced at him, then asked, "What are you doing?"
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The next morning, Li Nuo hung the quilt outside that was wet by Mu'er and it had not dried yet.
It is already mid-winter, and although it hasn't snowed yet, the weather is already very cold.
Mu'er drank sugar water, so even if it was dried, she couldn't cover herself with the quilt directly. In order to prevent the quilt core from getting moldy, Li Nuo gave the quilt to the maids in the Song mansion and asked them to take it apart and wash it thoroughly.
During the day, Li Nuo went to the Ministry of Justice.
The Anti-Theft Bureau is operating as usual. Over the past month, the number of thieves caught every day has stabilized at a very low number.
There are always people who want to get something for nothing, and there are endless thieves in this world.
Although the performance decreased, Li Nuo did not let them sit idle.
Every few days, he would ask people from the county government to take them to the streets to educate the public about anti-theft knowledge.
Unless one can truly understand the true meaning of stealing and can steal from a distance, ordinary people can avoid theft in most cases by being more careful in their daily lives.
Several common murders occurred in Chang'an this month.
There was no difficulty in solving the cases, but Li Anning was not there and Li Nuo was not familiar with the officials of the Ministry of Justice, so he had no chance to intervene in these cases.
I haven't seen Li Anning for a month, and I really miss her.
The main thing is that when she is around, he has more work to do.
Li Nuo stayed in the Ministry of Justice until the end of his term. Although he did not get any opportunities, he did gain something.
After practicing calligraphy with Xiao Gu for a month, his handwriting has improved greatly.
Although it is still far from being comparable to her, at least it looks decent.
Soon, Li Nuo left the Ministry of Justice and returned to the Song Mansion.
At the same time, a convoy slowly drove into the Chang'an city gate.
The guards at the door bowed and saluted when they saw the carriage in front.
Li Anning sat in the carriage and returned to Chang'an again, feeling a little bit of anticipation in his heart.
Although she didn't know what to expect.
The carriage drove for a while, slowly stopped, and did not start for a long time.
She lifted the car curtain and asked, "What's wrong?"
The female official driving the car said, "Your Highness, there are many people gathered ahead, and the road is blocked."
Li Anning looked forward and saw a lot of people gathered not far away.
She jumped off the carriage and said, "We're almost there anyway, I'll just walk over."
When she passed by the place where the crowd gathered, she realized that it was a shop.
People gathered here, apparently to buy something, crowding on the street outside the shop and arguing.
“I was here first!”
"It was obviously me first, sell it to me first!"
"Don't push, don't push. We've printed a lot more this time, so there's one for everyone!"
"Everyone line up and don't affect the traffic!"
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Most of the people queuing here are young women. Judging from their clothes and appearance, they may be maids in wealthy families.
Li Anning thought that this shop sold women's items such as rouge and powder, but when she saw them happily coming out holding a thin book, curiosity appeared on her face.
What kind of book is it that makes them fight over it like this?
Driven by curiosity, she joined the queue and bought a copy.
This book is not expensive, it can be bought for fifty cents. Compared with other expensive books, this price is very reasonable.
Li Anning felt that this bookseller could not make any money at all.
I don't know what he is trying to do.
"Collection of Beautiful Women".
The title of the book was strange, so she casually opened a page.
"There is a beauty in the north, peerless and independent. One glance from her could conquer a city, another glance could conquer a country..."
Oh, she's quite good at flattering. How beautiful must a woman be to be someone that even the country doesn't want? This is too exaggerated...
Below the poem, there is a line of small words.
In October of the thirty-third year of the Holy Emperor's reign, he gave his wife a beautiful woman.
It turned out to be a love poem dedicated to his wife Jia Ren. There was actually a woman with this name. She knew there was only one person named Jia Ren.
Li Anning suddenly realized something and turned back to the cover again.
At the bottom of the cover of this book, there are two small words that are easy to overlook.
Li Nuo.
What a coincidence, they both have the same name.
She was stunned for a moment and opened the book again.
Her beauty overshadows the present and the past, even the lotus is ashamed of her jade-like face... Oh, you are so bold to praise her.
It takes a thousand years for a beautiful woman to meet you..., haha, you two should live for a hundred years first.
A glance at the crowd makes the world look like dust..., haha, only Song Jiaren is the most beautiful woman in the world, and they are all dust, you really dare to write that!
The mountains have no edges, the rivers have dried up, the winter thunders, the summer snows, the heaven and earth merge, only then I dare to break up with you... Hehe, she doesn't know whether I dare to break up with you or not, but she knows very well that you don't even let her hold your hand.
The maids who helped their mistresses buy "Collection of Beautiful Women" all had smiles on their faces.
Among the crowd, there was only one woman whose smile was becoming increasingly cold.
She looked at the poetry book expressionlessly. At this moment, a melodious singing came from the music hall opposite.
"There is a beauty, I never forget her after seeing her. If I don't see her for a day, I miss her like crazy. The phoenix is flying high, and the four seas are looking for her..."
A woman said with envy: "If someone wrote a poem like this for me, I would have no regrets in my life..."
The other woman glanced at her and mercilessly attacked her, "Don't dream. You have to have the talent and beauty of that Phoenix girl to be worthy of this article "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix"..."
As soon as she finished speaking, a woman with a proud figure looked at her and asked, "Sister, I just came to Chang'an from another place. This song is very nice. I want to ask, what you just said..."
"You mean 'The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix'? This is a poem that Master Li gave to Miss Fenghuang of Yuyin Pavilion. It is well known in Chang'an. You are from another place, so it is normal that you have never heard of it..."
The woman with a proud figure breathed a sigh of relief and murmured, "Is that so..."
It seems that a lot of wonderful things happened in Chang'an during the month she was away...
(End of this chapter)
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