"Dream on!" The man in white rolled his eyes at Lu Zheng and then said, "How about this, I'll go back and discuss it with Lord Gu."
"Okay!" Lu Zheng nodded. Having achieved his goal, he got up and prepared to go back to his room to rest.
"Wait a minute." The man in white called out to Lu Zheng, then asked, "Young Master, were you telling the truth just now? Do you really think Boss Du will agree in the end?"
"Weren't you supposed to be pretty calm and easygoing? Oh, are you starting to feel uneasy now?" Lu Zheng chuckled and teased.
"Forget it, forget it. Go back to sleep!" The man in white waved his hand and stopped asking.
"Old Bai, I think it'll work. As long as she goes to the capital, with your qualifications, and with a little more effort, it'll definitely be possible." Lu Zheng finished speaking and went back to his room.
I slept well all night.
...
The group set off from Qi'an Town early the next morning.
The yamen runners from the Jingzhao Prefecture drove the prison cart at the front, and Liu the butcher and Zhong once again accepted rotten eggs, rotten vegetable leaves, and saliva from the people of Qi'an Town.
Mr. Qian did not return to Beijing with them, but he made an appointment with Gu Xin and Lu Zheng to visit them in a few days.
Gu Xin and Lu Zheng were naturally more than willing.
Gu Xin left home after the Dragon Boat Festival, and it's already early June now, almost a month since she left. She still misses home quite a bit.
On the way back, she was in a great mood and even started humming a song.
"This piece of music is really nice! Third Sister, how come I've never heard it before?" Gu En asked with delight when she heard the music for the first time.
"The tunes from the Western Lands... When I was in the Flowing Sands Palace, most of the maids there could sing and dance, so after listening to them so much, I could hum a few lines myself," Gu Xin explained.
The Gu family taught their children music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, but Gu Xin hasn't had much free time in recent years. It seems she's not very interested in these arts; she can play them, but she doesn't love them.
She would be quite interested if Lu Zheng played a duet with her.
“No wonder I’ve never heard of it! I’d like to go to the West if I have the chance,” Gu En said.
“It’s good to get out and about. I remember our last battle with Yunhai. We fought all the way to the sea north of Yunhai. At that time, the princess of Yunhai and her people had already prepared ships, so it seemed there were still people on the other side of the sea.” Gu Xin became interested when she talked about this. “I used to think there was only the Great Zhou, but after I came to Kunzhou, I realized there were so many small countries. Then I went to the Western Lands and found out there were even more inhabited places. There are people living in the areas west, south, and north of the Western Lands. I really want to know what the people in those places are like. I’m thinking that when I have time, I’ll go and visit all the inhabited places!”
“That prince of Jinnan Prefecture, oh no, now he’s the heir apparent of Jinnan, hasn’t he already started his travels? He even said he was going to write a local history for the Emperor!” Gu En said.
“Yes! Let him walk through it first and get familiar with the route, then we can follow in his footsteps!” Gu Xin nodded.
"It sounds so enviable! Alas, unlike us, we can only stay in the Great Zhou." Gu En sighed.
“You want to travel around. You’ll have the opportunity after the imperial examinations. Others don’t want to travel long distances, but since you have this wish, I think the Emperor will grant your request,” Lu Zheng said, glancing at Gu En.
"Really? I'm afraid they'll keep me locked up, and after I finish my exams, they won't even let me leave the capital." Gu En's eyes lit up.
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