After Gu Linchao sat down, Wen Nongnong's words kept echoing in his mind, making it impossible for him to calm down and handle government affairs.
He raised his hand and pinched the space between his eyebrows, feeling a headache coming on.
He lost all interest when he saw the box in front of him.
But considering that this was the first gift Wen Nongnong had given him, he opened the box.
It turned out to be a wolf hair brush.
He paused, then couldn't help but pick it up and examine it carefully for a moment.
The brush handle is dark gray with a bamboo pattern engraved on it. The brush tip is translucent and pale yellow, indicating that it is a fine wolf hair brush. The hair on the brush tip is likely made from the tail hair of a high-quality weasel...
He suddenly smiled.
That girl clearly doesn't know anything about brushes, yet she managed to pick out such a fine wolf-hair brush; it seems she really put some thought into it.
Thinking of this, the gloom in his heart suddenly dissipated, replaced by a touch of joy. His slender fingers gently caressed the wolf-hair brush.
A moment later, he hung it on the pen holder, where he could see it at a glance.
...
The next day, Wen Nongnong rested all night and was full of energy, so she got up very early.
Although the affairs of the Crimson Feather Pavilion are being handled by the five elders, there are still many areas that need improvement, such as the Hundred Flowers Pavilion.
Because she was not in Tunzhou, she could not arrange many things in person and could only convey them through letters.
She sat behind her desk, picked up a brush, and wrote several pages of plans in a flowing and elegant style.
She detailed everything in the letter, from how Baihualou operated and how it maintained its customers, down to the stage setup, which girls would sing which songs, dance which dances, and what kind of clothes they should wear during the performances.
Later, she drew several more designs of costumes suitable for their stage performances and instructed the Fifth Elder in a letter to ask the embroiderers to make the costumes as soon as possible.
After writing it, she picked it up and blew on it to dry the ink. Then she folded it up, put it in an envelope, and handed it to Lü Qiao.
Tell her to send it to the Wen residence and give it to Wen Tingyun, then have him send someone to Tunzhou to give it to the Fifth Elder.
Once everything was arranged, she changed into her training clothes, grabbed a stick, and went to practice in the yard.
She already had a foundation in the craft; back in modern times, as a stunt double, she could handle a little bit of almost any weapon, though she wasn't very skilled at it.
During this period of practice, her stick skills have improved considerably.
However, her staff skills are only effective against ordinary people; they would be insufficient against those with profound internal strength.
She practiced for a while, but always felt that something was missing.
At that moment, Si Yi walked in.
"His Highness requests your presence at the West Garden." His expression remained as cold as ever, unlike Wang Houde's warm demeanor.
Wen Nongnong understood his temperament, so she didn't mind. "Did Your Highness say why you wanted to see me?" she asked casually, fiddling with the stick in her hand.
Si Yi glanced at the speed of her attack, paused, and said coldly, "Your Highness will know when you get there." With that, he turned and left.
Wen Nong Nong glanced at her training clothes and thought about changing them.
But then she suddenly remembered something. Gu Linchao had promised to teach her lightness skill last time, but he hadn't kept his promise. She could bring it up again later.
After thinking it over, she picked up the stick and went to the West Garden.
Upon arriving at the West Garden, Wen Nongnong immediately spotted Gu Linchao sitting in the pavilion drinking tea.
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