The autumn night is cool, the starry sky is farther away, the long street is bustling, and there are ethereal singing along the Qinhuai River.
A group of five people boarded a small boat and boarded the Hongxiuzhao ship anchored in the Qinhuai River. The singing became louder and the smell of wine became stronger.
As soon as they reached the deck, a pretty woman came to greet them. She bowed to Fu Xiaoguan and the others and asked softly, "Which floor are you going to, young ladies?"
Fu Xiaoguan didn't understand and looked at Yu Wenyun and Dong Shulan.
Yu Wenjun said, "Three floors."
The woman waved her hand and said, "Young men and women, please follow Xiao Cui."
Fu Xiaoguan asked, "What's the point of this?"
"The first floor is mostly for drinking and performances, but they are not performed by Xue Feifei from Hongxiuzhao and the newcomer Liu Yan'er. The second floor has some rooms for drinking and tea, and most of them are for chatting and discussing business. The third floor is the best place in Hongxiuzhao. If you want to see Xue Feifei singing and dancing, you must go to the third floor. Now I heard that there is another Liu Yan'er who is an expert in sword dancing and music. Since she is here, of course we have to go and see her." Yu Wenjun explained to Fu Xiaoguan.
Fu Xiaoguan finally understood the significance of this matter, so he asked again, "Is there any food on the third floor?"
"Of course, this is also a huge income for Hongxiuzhao."
That's good, he's hungry.
After going up to the third floor, the woman lifted the bead curtain. Fu Xiaoguan and others walked in and saw several familiar faces.
Yan Xiwen, Yan Xiaolou, Fang Wenxing, Zhang Wenhan, Zhou Tianyou and An Liuyue.
Yan Xiwen and the others also looked over here at this moment, their faces suddenly startled. None of them expected to meet here.
Especially the expression on Yan Xiwen's face was even more wonderful. His gaze moved from Fu Xiaoguan's face to Dong Shulan's face, and finally looked at Fu Xiaoguan again. He finally understood that the person Dong Shulan liked was indeed Fu Xiaoguan.
Then he looked at Yu Wenyun and was shocked. He didn't know why Her Royal Highness the Ninth Princess would follow this person here.
They were about to stand up and salute the Ninth Princess when Yu Wenjun gently waved his hand.
Yan Xiwen and others felt quite embarrassed!
But Fu Xiaoguan wasn't embarrassed at all. He greeted Yan Xiwen and the others warmly, and even asked kindly, "Have you eaten?"
Yan Xiwen thought, we came here to drink and listen to music, so of course we ate. Isn't your question redundant?
He nodded, and Fu Xiaoguan smiled again and said, "We really haven't eaten yet. How about... we all eat something together?"
Yan Xiwen didn't understand how he felt about Fu Xiaoguan. He admired Fu Xiaoguan's talent, but was also angry that Fu Xiaoguan had taken Dong Shulan away. He admired Fu Xiaoguan's character, but hated his smug face.
At this moment, he felt very uncomfortable looking at Fu Xiaoguan's smile, but he still said politely: "We really have eaten, you can do whatever you want."
"Then I won't be polite." Fu Xiaoguan and the other four sat down and said to the woman, "Bring ten of your signature dishes, two pounds of wine first, and a little more rice."
The woman replied, "Sir, there is no rice."
"Then... two taels of small noodles per person first?"
"I'm sorry, sir, I don't have any noodles either."
Fu Xiaoguan was dumbfounded and asked, "What can fill your stomach?"
"Fermented glutinous rice dumplings with a poached egg."
"Okay, one bowl each."
Zhang Wenhan looked at Fu Xiaoguan, thinking that this man was still so vulgar. Fu Xiaoguan looked up and saw Zhang Wenhan looking at him, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Zhang, do you want a bowl too?"
I'm coming to your sister!
Zhang Wenhan quickly retracted his gaze and waved his hand, "Thank you very much."
Zhang Wenhan already knew that His Majesty had granted Fu Xiaoguan the status of a Jinshi and also awarded him a fifth-rank doctor of the Imperial Court. For this reason, he had not slept the entire night.
This former dandy from Linjiang, a playboy who was idle all day long and uneducated, was someone he had never taken seriously before. But now, in just half a year, he had transformed himself into a talented scholar, a favorite in the eyes of His Majesty, and a person whom Zhang Wenhan could not even compare to!
Why the hell is this happening?
Zhang Wenhan asked countless questions. Why could he become a Jinshi without taking the imperial examination?
Why did he win Dong Shulan's favor?
Why did Your Majesty make an exception and grant him an official position?
Why did he get what he had been striving for his whole life without any effort?
How unfair this God is!
Tomorrow he will return to Linjiang and wait for notification from the court. It is unknown how many years this wait will take.
Tomorrow Yan Xiwen will also set off for Linjiang. He will take up his post in Yao County.
Tonight was supposed to be a farewell party for Yan Xiwen, but I didn't expect to meet Fu Xiaoguan.
He always felt that meeting Fu Xiaoguan was not a good thing. That person was like a plague god. He hoped that nothing bad would happen again.
Fu Xiaoguan didn't think anything, but just felt strange. Didn't they say they were going to listen to the music? Where was the singer?
The food and wine were served quickly, and the five of them started having dinner.
More people came one after another, and the huge third floor was about to be full, but the noise was not loud. Everyone was drinking and talking in low voices, and their quality was very good, which surprised Fu Xiaoguan.
Yan Xiaolou glanced at Fu Xiaoguan from time to time, and had many doubts in her heart. She once asked her brother Yan Xiwen, but Yan Xiwen did not explain, but said...you must not be curious about him!
But she was just curious. She was curious about how Fu Xiaoguan could write the book A Dream of Red Mansions at such a young age?
On the surface, the book describes the various things that happened in the Jia family, but if you think deeply, it contains many principles of how to be a human being and do things.
Fu Xiaoguan is not even seventeen years old, but he seems to be seventy years old. He has such a deep understanding of the ways of the world that even his grandfather has to admit it.
She thought that Fu Xiaoguan was well-read and that writing books was his strong point, but she did not expect that the disaster relief strategy he wrote would be so thought-provoking - this was what her grandfather told her when she came back. After she saw the strategy and listened to her grandfather's explanation, she realized that this was actually a thousand-year-old change.
My grandfather also talked about the strategy paper he wrote, "Why War?" Although this strategy paper was not implemented, my grandfather asked my great uncle Yan Shidao to copy a copy of this strategy paper and send it to my father Yan Haochu, and asked my father to try it according to this strategy.
It seems that the strategy for war does have its merits.
This is the combination of civil and military strategy. Is this person really that powerful?
Just as Yan Xiaolou was daydreaming, the curtain door behind Hongxiuzhao opened.
The sound of a harp was heard. Fu Xiaoguan looked up and saw a woman in white slowly walking in with a harp in her arms.
The woman was pretty, this was Fu Xiaoguan’s first impression of Xue Feifei.
He was concentrating on eating, and he looked okay, but of course he couldn't compare to Dong Shulan and Yu Wenyun, so he didn't care at all.
However, Xue Feifei took a quick look and saw that everyone's attention was attracted by her piano music - no, there was a strange young man who was concentrating on eating eggs!
This situation is extremely rare. People who come to the third floor have spent a lot of money. They all come here to watch Xue Feifei's piano and dance. This young man seems a bit unsophisticated.
Then she started playing the zither again, and it was Water Melody Song.
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