The three connected rooms on the second floor of the inn had their doors open. Since it was almost Chinese New Year, there weren't many guests in the inn. The only guests on the second floor were Hong Xiaoduo and her two adults and seven children, so they were quite relaxed.
The children hung up their new robes and started practicing calligraphy again. Hong Xiaoduo had communicated with their teacher, and they would do morning exercises together. After breakfast, the children would read and practice calligraphy until noon. The afternoons would be arranged by Quan Jinghuai.
In modern school terms, it would be academic classes in the morning and physical education/martial arts classes in the afternoon.
After having lunch at noon, Quan Jinghuai took the children for a stroll back to the inn to digest their food before practicing martial arts.
Hong Xiaoduo wandered around the streets, keeping an eye out for the large restaurants.
The night before, she had agreed to treat Peng Xian and his men to dinner, but when she deliberately got up early to pay the bill, the restaurant owner said that Deputy General Peng's men had already paid.
Hong Xiaoduo then remembered that after ordering the food, Ying Hai, who was next to Deputy General Peng, got up and left for a while.
So, I still have to treat them this once.
Juxianlou? Hong Xiaoduo stood outside a restaurant, looking at the plaque hanging above. It looked quite impressive, so she decided to host a banquet for Peng Xian and the other four people here.
I asked the waiter outside the restaurant and found out that you only need to book a private room half a day in advance.
Hong Xiaoduo wasn't sure if Peng Xi and the others would be available to come out for dinner, so she didn't make a decision beforehand and instead strolled over to the military camp.
Coincidentally, the soldiers guarding the camp today were the same two as the one from the previous afternoon. When they saw her approaching, they took the initiative to ask if she was looking for Deputy General Peng. Hong Xiaoduo smiled and said yes, and they let her in directly.
Hong Xiaoduo walked straight into Peng Xian's tent, only to find that he wasn't there; he was said to be training troops in the drill ground.
Hong Xiaoduo wondered if she could go to a place like the martial arts training ground.
After thinking about it, he decided not to go. He left a message for the soldier outside the tent, telling him that if it was convenient that evening, he would invite the five of them to a meal.
As he walked out, he smiled and greeted the two guards at the gate of the military camp.
After she walked away, a servant came over but was scolded by a soldier before he even got close, who asked him what he wanted.
The servant was a little annoyed by the rudeness, but he still bowed and explained, trying to find out what the young lady had come for. However, the two soldiers guarding the gate not only did not tell him, but instead became even more ruthless than before, telling him to go further away, or they would arrest him as a spy from the enemy country if he came any closer.
The servant cursed under his breath and quickly left.
Upon returning home, he reported to his master everything he had seen and heard during his pursuit.
Upon hearing that the young woman who had beaten his daughter's maid was able to freely enter and leave the military camp, Wu Lu frowned.
He was very clear about some of the rules of the military camp; ordinary soldiers' families were not allowed to enter.
Unless it was the supervising officer, or the families of several generals and their deputies.
If that's the case, then there's really nothing we can do about that young lady.
Although he was a fifth-rank prefect, he couldn't get involved in military affairs, and he couldn't afford to offend the people in the military. No wonder that young lady was so arrogant!
"This matter is not urgent. How are the arrangements for the banquet to invite Lin Ansheng going? Yao'er is determined to marry him, but he shows no interest in her whatsoever. I cannot ask him to marry her, can I?" Wu Lu waved his hand, and the servants all left the study, leaving only the clerk.
Lin Ansheng has been here for three years, and his youngest daughter has been waiting for him for three years!
Wu Lu certainly hoped that General Lin could become his son-in-law, but the other party did not take a liking to his daughter.
Upon hearing this, the advisor glanced towards the door and lowered his voice, saying, "This is actually easy to handle. We can just do something special with the wine during the banquet. It's just that it will be unfair to Lady Yao."
"You mean? Use underhanded methods to force him to agree?" Wu Lu understood immediately. Although he didn't agree, he felt aggrieved that he, a fifth-rank prefect, had to use such underhanded methods to marry off his daughter.
Seeing that although the master was displeased, he was not angry, the clerk felt relieved.
"Who told our Lady Yao to be in love with him? As her father, sir, of course you want her to marry well. Aren't all parents like that?" The advisor only said it was for Lady Yao's happiness, never mentioning that the sir himself wanted General Lin as his son-in-law, which was considered climbing the social ladder.
"Ah, you really know me well. Well then, I'll leave this matter to you. I wouldn't feel comfortable entrusting it to anyone else, as it concerns Yao'er's reputation," Wu Lu sighed, looking quite troubled and resigned.
"Please rest assured, sir, I will handle this matter perfectly," the clerk assured him.
Actually, arranging this matter is not difficult.
"Yao'er, we should ask her what she means first," Wu Lu reminded her.
The advisor agreed and immediately left the study.
On her way back to the inn, Hong Xiaoduo strolled around as usual. When she arrived at the inn and went upstairs, she saw the waiter helping the young master move things into the room opposite hers.
"Are guests coming?" Hong Xiaoduo asked casually.
Su Yejun said, "I live here by myself. I'm staying at the inn for the New Year, and there aren't many guests at the inn. It's more lively here on the second floor, so I moved to this room."
Hong Xiaoduo understood and nodded with a smile: "The whole inn belongs to your family. You can stay in whichever room you want. Isn't that wonderful?" After saying that, she went back to her room.
I thought that even if Peng Xian replied, it would be by evening. But I didn't expect that as soon as I sat down in my room, the waiter brought Ying Hai to knock on the door.
"Come in, come in. Aren't you training the soldiers?" Hong Xiaoduo greeted them warmly, and then asked the waiter to make a pot of tea.
Su Yejun watched with envy as Ying Hai was warmly invited inside, and with regret as the door was closed.
When he returned, the shopkeeper deliberately pulled him aside and mysteriously and seriously reminded him that the seven children were said to be her children.
Thinking of this, Su Yejun couldn't help but laugh; he didn't believe it at all.
He firmly believed that there must be some hidden story behind this.
Besides, look at those seven children, which one looks like her? Also, all seven children have short hair, what's going on?
He's eighteen this year. Other people's sons at this age would have already gotten married and had children, but he's still single. It's not that he's picky, but that he was sickly when he was a child, and a Taoist priest told him to get married later.
The Taoist priest meant that he should only marry and have children when he was in good health; otherwise, early marriage would not be good for him.
In his family, he has an older brother and a younger brother, both of whom are married and have children, so his parents aren't in a hurry to urge him to get married.
He knew that his boss had misunderstood; he didn't have any feelings for that young woman, he just found her interesting...
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