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Su Changan was quite surprised by Xia Yaomo's arrival.
Because of Xia Fengxiang, Xia Yaomo was actually a little afraid to enter the palace.
After arriving at Lingqi Pavilion, Xia Yaomo's first words made Su Changan even more at a loss for words.
Even Shentu Kuyue, who was playing with Lu Cai's snake, the drooling cat, and Xia Fengxiang, who was reading the memorial, all looked at Xia Yaomo.
At that time, Xia Yaomo looked at Su Changan and asked, "Sister-in-law, it's strange, I think I'm engaged to Zhao Huniu."
The word "engagement" was used in a very strange way, as if these two words make it hard not to be curious.
Xia Yaomo then said, "When I woke up, the housekeeper sent the engagement goose over, and it seemed that everyone in the mansion, even Brother Yu, knew about it, but why? I didn't know about it. I even just found out that the engagement partner was Zhao Huniu."
Su Changan looked at Xia Yaomo and wanted to ask, you and Zhao Huniu are so in love with each other that you go out for a walk together whenever you have nothing to do. Everyone in the capital knows about it, don’t you know?
But after all, you can't ask like that.
But before Su Changan could speak, Xia Fengxiang said, "Throw him out of the palace."
Su Changan was confused.
Then Shentu Kuyue took action and really threw it out.
Xia Fengxiang said, "Don't waste time with fools."
After Su Changan hesitated, he felt that what his wife said made sense.
So he lowered his head and continued to write "Song of Everlasting Sorrow".
After I wrote the beginning that day, my wife was curious and wanted to read the whole thing, so I had to write it down.
In Luoan City, the news of Xia Yaomo and Zhao Huniu's engagement naturally spread, mainly because Zhao Wuxiu was too excited and it was difficult to hide it from others.
Xia Yaomo and Zhao Huniu were both very famous in the capital. When everyone knew that they were engaged, they were silent for a long time before saying two words: "Perfect match!"
However, it seems that things are constantly happening in the capital.
Because today, the literary gathering hosted by Her Royal Highness Princess Shu is about to begin.
In fact, many people are curious about why Her Royal Highness the Princess is holding a literary gathering at this time, especially since the Princess of Shu is actually quite sensitive.
Chapter 712: The Queen is finally here at this literary gathering
After all, the reputation of the King of Shu has never been very good. Compared with the reputation of the wise king that the Eighth Prince created for the outside world in the past, the King of Shu never did these things.
Moreover, he never concealed his disobedience to the court's orders. In the past, the late emperor rewarded the King of Shu with dozens of followers. Later, these followers disappeared, and when the only one returned to the capital, he looked stupid and foolish, as if he had been drugged.
The King of Shu wrote a letter to the emperor, saying that he was able to survive several assassination attempts because of these people. These people were all heroes and had given him a lot of silver and money.
This caused a huge uproar at the time and countless people in the court reported it to the emperor, but the late emperor did not say anything. He simply provided compensation to the families of these entourages and properly resettled them.
But a month later, news came from Shu that the King of Shu was really assassinated, and all the more than one hundred guards in the palace were killed. Even the King of Shu would have been killed if it were not for the action taken by Zhijing in the palace.
The late emperor wrote a letter to comfort you, telling you to be a good person, otherwise why would so many people try to assassinate you?
Anyone with a discerning eye could see the twists and turns here, but no one in the court dared to say anything.
It was also from that time that the King of Shu began to seem to the common people as if he would rebel at any time. Especially after the death of the previous emperor and the succession of the current emperor, there were signs that the King of Shu was recruiting soldiers and horses in various parts of Shu.
Moreover, a few months ago, when Her Royal Highness the Princess of Shu came to the capital, she invited all the teachers in the world to teach in the academies in Shu.
At that time, Her Royal Highness the Princess visited the great scholars in the capital one by one, but they all avoided her, so there was no news.
So everyone speculated that Her Royal Highness the Princess might not have given up yet, so she did this.
But just when many people thought that no one would dare to go to this literary gathering, news came out that not only would many great scholars go, but even many high-ranking officials in the court would go.
This made everyone even more puzzled.
The Shu Prince's Mansion, which is usually deserted, is bustling today. The door of the Shu Prince's Mansion is open and many people are waiting at the door.
There were many who came just to join in the fun, but unfortunately they couldn't get in and could only watch from outside.
There are many distinguished people and famous young talents in the capital participating today, so it would be worth taking a look at them.
Moreover, there is a peripheral banquet today, so these people come here to grab a seat. After all, they don't know if there will be any interesting things today, just like what happened in the Imperial College before.
Zhou Bu'an was still dressed in purple, still holding the round fan in his hand, and had more rouge on his body than the women.
When getting off the carriage, many women at the door looked at Zhou An'an with blushing faces. Regardless of his background, talent, and appearance, Zhou An'an could be regarded as a real rich son-in-law in the eyes of the women in the capital.
Even the elders from the official families were looking at Zhou An'an with eager eyes, but fortunately, Mrs. Zhou had always refused and did not urge Zhou An'an to do anything.
And this time when Zhou Yuanrang came back, many people blamed him.
Zhou Yuanrang was polite, after all, he was talking to a scholar, and he just smiled and said, "My son is too ugly and not worthy of your daughter."
With just one sentence, many people were too lazy to pay attention to Zhou Yuanrang.
Zhou Bu'an seemed to be in some thoughts and looked much more hesitant than usual. After getting off the carriage, he walked straight into the palace.
But it was just like this that made many girls bite their lips and stare at Zhou An'an, and some girls even called him "Brother An'an~~~"
This made some men on the side jealous, but they could do nothing about it.
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Some people looked at Zhou An'an's gloomy back without any fear and started to discuss directly: "I heard that Zhou An'an was refused by the commander to take him to the northern border. No matter how much Zhou An'an begged, the commander would not take him."
When Zong Ze selected people to take to the northern border, the news had already spread in the capital.
Therefore, some of the gossips here naturally became known to others.
The person who spoke was a man, who appeared to be a scholar. He was standing at the gate of the palace. He and his companions came here specifically to grab a seat at the banquet.
He had three companions, all of whom looked like scholars.
Upon hearing this, one of the thin men immediately laughed and whispered, "What's the point of taking him there? The commander is taking young talents to the barracks to train them. I heard that they will directly let them join the army. What can Zhou An'an do in this state?"
"It is said that Zhou An'an had a quarrel with General Zhou, and he even cried in the end. He was so effeminate. How could a man cry in front of his father, let alone in front of General Zhou?"
Another person laughed at him and said, "Why did you go to the military camp? To get rouge? You smell rouge all over your body. You smelled it when you walked past us."
Someone chuckled, then whispered something, which made the others laugh again.
But then, everyone felt something and looked around, and found that the people around them were full of contempt, and the woman even had an angry expression on her face.
Seeing that the situation was not good, several people hurriedly lowered their heads and left.
After they got out of the crowd, they turned around to look at those people who were still staring at them. After looking at each other, they changed places again and stopped at a tavern in the distance.
But gossip happens everywhere, not just among them.
Especially people like Zhou Bu'nan, there are many people who like him, and countless people like his poems, but there are also many people who hate and envy him.
And right where the tavern was, several scholars were also chatting about Zhou An'an.
The words weren't so unpleasant, but there was still a hint of mockery.
After hearing this, several people who had escaped earlier turned around. Someone said, "Stop talking because many people over there were very angry," so he simply told them what had just happened.
But after hearing this, a scholar in the tavern stood up and said: "If you dare to do it, you should not be afraid of what others say. Why, who doesn't want others to say it?"
Seeing this man was so aggressive, those people hurried to try to dissuade him.
But this time, they met each other too late.
At this time, someone with good eyesight saw a particularly heroic woman from a distance and immediately said, "That must be Qi Pei, the fourth young lady of the Qi family."
Hearing this, everyone looked over, and one of them immediately said, "It's not just the Fourth Miss of the Qi Family, that's Master Gu and Gu Chiyu, but who are those two very handsome guys next to them?"
"No matter who she is, the fourth young lady of the Qi family is really beautiful."
"Brother Wu, be careful with your words. That's Miss Qi."
"Brother Zhang, are you being sarcastic? The Qi family? Is the Qi family still the same Qi family as before?"
When everyone heard this, they laughed.
One of them immediately spoke up: "I heard that the Qi family paid a lot to survive. Moreover, Qi Qi and Qi Pei, the former is appreciated by His Majesty because of his talent, but the latter is strange. Not only has he done nothing, he even entered the Shen Ce Mansion as a lieutenant."
"Why? I bought it with money. Otherwise, how can the Qi family be like this now? Don't forget what the Zuo family has become now."
"I have to say, every time I mention the current situation of the Qi and Zuo families, I feel happy. And all those people who had connections with them have been dealt with, which makes me feel even more happy!"
"If they are not messed up, do we have a chance?"
Several people raised their glasses.
After drinking it all, another person spoke up: "Everyone, do you know about the incident between Master Gu and Yan Shu?"
Upon hearing this, several people immediately became curious and looked at the person who spoke.
The man immediately said, "I heard that Master Gu."
As soon as he opened his mouth, the people around him immediately became interested.
However, several strong men came up to them, each with a sword hanging on his waist. The leader said, "Everyone!"
He clasped his fists while speaking.
Several scholars looked at these people, and everyone showed some fear on their faces.
The leader said, "You guys like to gossip, and you've got my eldest sister to blame, so let's go over there and talk."
Several scholars were stunned for a moment and did not understand what was said.
But they didn't have time to think about it. They saw the men picked up the children one in each hand, covered their mouths with their hands, and took them away.
The people around were stunned and didn't dare to say anything, they just watched.
However, these strong men were also kind-hearted. Before leaving, they gave the tavern owner a small ingot of silver as payment for the wine for this table.
Although the tavern owner was happy about making so much money, he was also a little worried when he saw the strong men leaving.
Naturally, some people also went to report to the police.
But inside the tavern, a somewhat fat woman looked in that direction with a disappointed look on her face, muttering, "I haven't heard the whole story yet, what happened between Master Gu and Yan Shu?"
Sitting directly opposite the woman was a thin man. The man glared at the woman and said, "Go over and ask her."