The glow faded and the dusk became deeper. Several maids stood in front of the yard and were joking in a low voice, covering their mouths from time to time. When they heard the door ringing, one of them looked back and saw that a maid was walking out of the inside.

The face was a little hard to see in the twilight, as if I had never seen it before... The maid thought, and before he could ask, the maid was approaching.

"What should I do? That lady refuses to eat." She frowned and worriedly.

So... the previous maid said: "Don't worry, it's okay to not eat a meal. They just left home and were nervous and in a bad mood, so it's inevitable."

The little maid sighed and said, "I'll go to the kitchen to see if there is anything you can clean up? How can I not eat it? I'll be on the way tomorrow."

This made the other maids laugh, "Don't say that, don't say it's on the road, it sounds unlucky."

The little maid sticks out her tongue and shrinks her head and responds, and kneels and bows to them and walks away.

"It's not OK to not eat."

"Mr. Zong will definitely ask later."

The maids ignored the little maid's words and continued to chat for a moment, and only then did someone remember the previous questions.

"I haven't seen this sister before..."

"It's from home... I don't have enough staff, so I'll help."

When they looked at the little maid's figure, it was gone. It seemed that lights were gradually lit up in the dusk, appearing and illusion.

"The lights are on by Lord Zong, and Lord Zong is awake."

...........

Seeing the lights in the room and the sound of footsteps, Liu Chunyang, who was standing outside the yard, rubbed the corners of his clothes nervously. Although this action was subtle, it still fell into the eyes of several masters of the Liu family beside him.

"Since you are trembling, why do you have to come again?" A master frowned and said unhappy, "Isn't it as good as the young son-in-law of the Guo family?"

After saying this, he didn't see Liu Chunyang straighten his back, but instead saw Liu Chunyang's face turned redder... It was indeed not as good as that young son-in-law. He was forced by him today, and Liu Chunyang lowered his head and said.

Mr. Liu was very dissatisfied with the fact that he wanted to teach a few more lessons. The door of the house in front opened, and two men in red walked out and said, "Mr. Zong, please invite me."

The men from the Liu family stopped and said, but they didn't see Zong Zhou when they walked into the room.

"Everyone, wait for me to finish my appearance."

There was a voice behind the screen, and everyone saw a silhouette of the light. It seemed that after taking a shower, two maids were tidying their hair, wiping and drying, and then pulling them up. After a while, Zong Zhou walked out, wearing a white long gown made him look as white as snow.

"Sorry, sorry, drunkenness hurts people." He said, bowing.

Yesterday, the list of selected people was announced, and it was the supreme honor to serve the empress dowager. Whether they wanted to or not, these families came to express their gratitude to Zong Zhou, and also entrusted him to take care of his daughters after entering Beijing, drinking, having fun and dancing until dawn.

This daytime Zongzhou was sleeping and did not wake up until this time.

Although Zong Zhou had declared that he would not see the guests again, several masters of the Liu family, the master of the Shuangyuan, came to bid farewell, and Zong Zhou did not turn them out. Everyone sat down in the hall and chatted and laughed for a moment. Zong Zhou naturally saw the only young man among them, Liu Chunyang.

After the family introduced her, Liu Chunyang blushed and took out a poem, "Please give me advice."

Zong Zhou laughed and took it and read it, nodded in praise, saying, "Why didn't you see such a good poem at the banquet that day?"

Liu Chunyang said: "The boy was stupid and failed to do it at that time."

Zong Zhou smiled and said, "Are you too trembling and afraid?" He said this, "Don't learn from the young son-in-law of the Guo family, I'm not that scary."

Everyone laughed and responded, Liu Chunyang lowered his head and said, "At that time, I was stupid, and I was inspired by Master Zong's poems that I had a new work."

Zong Zhou smiled again and looked at him with a little emotion: "The Liu family has a good time, place and people, and the future of studying hard is unlimited."

Liu Chunyang thanked him, and the men of the Liu family gave him a gift. Zong Zhou did not refuse and accepted it happily. He asked about the carriage and horses that would set off tomorrow. He laughed and saw Zong Zhou slightly raised his sleeves and covered his mouth and yawned. The men of the Liu family immediately stood up tactfully and said goodbye. Zong Zhou did not try to keep him, and said a few words of thanks for the reception and reunion in the capital in the future.

Liu Chunyang followed the elders to retreat and smiled with a relaxed look. He looked up and clenched his fists. The haze passed. He had to think carefully about how to beat Xue Qing and wash away his previous shame.

At this moment, Chanyi looked at the drip in the room, and time finally came. Her mind, which had been chaotic, woke up at that moment. She stood up and walked over and opened the door. The maid outside the door looked back when she heard the movement.

The previous hesitation chaos never seemed to exist.

Chanyi said, "I'm a little bored. Can I go out for a walk? I heard that the scenery in Shuangyuan is very good."

.........

The members of the Liu family left. Zong Zhou looked at the boxes of gifts placed in the room and raised his sleeves and yawned again, sighing and said, "I'm not energetic."

He raised his hand and knocked on the table, shouting that someone was coming.

Two red-robed guards came in to salute, Zong Zhou said, "Are you all okay, ladies? Are you crying? Call one..." He said, and glanced at a spread paper on a few tables in front of him, reached out and pointed one of the names, "...I'll ask."

The guard stepped back, and Zong Zhou reached out and patted his face, as if he wanted to dispel his hangover. He sighed again: "You can't drink too much wine..." He picked up the tea and drank it, frowned and seemed to be extremely unpalatable, and finally spit out.

"...I'm starving... so hungry..."

.........

The dusk was getting darker and darker. The lights on the island in the middle of the lake had already lit up. Standing by the lake, looking like stars, the cicada-like body leaned over the bridge railing and looked hard. The maid behind her grabbed her arm.

"Be careful, don't fall down." she said.

Chanyi was embarrassed at her, a little nervous. Just as she was about to say something, a figure suddenly appeared on the bridge pier beside her. She subconsciously cried in a low voice, and the maid was shocked and wanted to turn around, but she was still one step late. When the wind stormed behind her, her neck fell down softly with sore eyes and black eyes.

Instead of falling to the ground, she was hugged and dragged into the bushes beside her by the person behind her.

Chanyi's hands and feet were weak and her heart was beating like a pounding, and she murmured at Xue Qing.

Xue Qing looked up and threw a piece of clothing over and said, "Change it."

Chanyi took it in a panic and saw that it was the maid's clothes that Xue Qing had just worn. Then she saw that Xue Qing had changed back to men's clothes and was dressed as a servant.

"I...I'm here to tell you, don't mess around." Chanyi said tremblingly, and was anxious to see the maid, "...How is she? Don't hurt anyone..."

Xue Qing said: "I didn't hurt anyone, I was just knocked out. Hurry up, I didn't mess with you."

Chanyi said, "I can't run away, I can't run away... I'm missing one, so I must check it out... my family will definitely be overturned."

Xue Qing said: "If you don't go home, you will die." She said as she pulled off the outer clothes of the cicada shirt, wrapped it with a stone and pushed it into the lake.

Because it was gently pushed in without making a big noise, the calm returned to a ripple.

Xue Qing threw another shoe under the bridge. After the series was completed, he looked at the stunned Chanyi and said, "I'll send you to the capital."

Beijing? The cicada's mind is confused.

"Put it on, go." Xue Qing said, and simply changed her clothes with her own hands.

While dressing, Chanyi said anxiously: "This won't work... I'll check it... I can't find the body..."

Xue Qing said: "It's enough time to leave. Let's talk about the fact that the body cannot be found." He pulled her and walked quickly. Chanyi's murmur became even more vague. He stumbled and followed her left and right along the lake. Suddenly Xue Qing, who was moving rapidly in front, stopped suddenly and pushed Chanyi into the grass and trees.

"Don't move." she said.

Chanyi trembled and bit her lower lip, watching Xue Qing walk forward, and a figure appears in front of her.

The arrangement of these two gardens is exquisite, making it interesting to see the light and flowers. So when you see this figure, you will almost bump into it. When both sides meet, even though the night is dark, you can see each other clearly.

Liu Chunyang stared at the top of his eyes and shouted: "Xue..."

Xue Qing stepped forward and reached out to hold his mouth, blocking the remaining sound.

"Don't shout," she said.

Liu Chunyang whined and pushed her angrily, and Xue Qing retreated.

"Didn't you say you can't come?" Liu Chunyang looked at her, and saw the little servant clothes she was wearing, and suddenly realized and a little angry.

Xue Qing said: "I thought about it and thought, let's do it."

Liu Chunyang said, "I'm sick." He glared at her and turned around and walked, walked a few steps and turned back, "Have you seen it? After reading it, you'll leave."

Xue Qing followed him and said, "Please let Young Master Chunyang prepare the car and go together."

Let's go together and take him out. Liu Chunyang sneered in his heart and snorted, "I'm too lazy to care about you..." Xue Qing, who was behind him, pressed his shoulders and attacked him with great force, causing him to fall to the side.

Are you hitting someone? Liu Chunyang was furious and wanted to speak. He had already pressed his mouth with one hand, and at the same time, his waist was taken away by someone and turned into a crack in the rockery on the side of the road.

The rockery was rugged and narrow, and Liu Chunyang hit the protruding stone with his shoulders and back, and was squeezed tightly by Xue Qing, and he almost fainted in one breath.

"Don't move, Zong Zhou." Xue Qing's voice lowered in his ear.

Zong Zhou? Liu Chunyang looked subconsciously and then he heard footsteps. At the same time, the lights were on. Someone walked up on the path ahead. Through the rugged cracks of the rocks, you could see white-clothed colorful belts tied up, and red boots bloomed like flowers as you walked. It was Zong Zhou... Zong Zhou was not alone, there was a girl next to him, and she seemed very nervous with her head down.

Zong Zhou held a lantern in his hand and stopped and said, "Miss Wei, I'm tired of walking, so let's take a rest here."

He said as he walked towards the pavilion beside the lake, and the girl hurriedly followed.

Miss Wei, the list Chu Minghui gave her appeared in Xue Qing's heart. Wei Lan, one of the selected girls, the second daughter of the third wife of the Matai Wei family.

Zong Zhou raised his hand and hung the beauty lamp on the pavilion pillar, looked at the lake with his hands behind his back, and said, "Miss Wei said it was not nervous, has the poem been written?"

Miss Wei lowered her head and replied, "It's just not good."

Zong Zhou smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, come and listen."

Miss Wei chanted a poem in a low voice.

It was really elegant. Xue Qing thought to himself that Zong Zhou was really a sour literati who loved poetry. His thoughts flashed across Zong Zhou nodded and praised a few words, and then pondered at the lake surface, saying, "There is one thing that is not good, come."

He raised his hand and made a move.

Miss Wei hesitated and took a step forward, and Zong Zhou stretched out his hand to support her shoulder.

It is probably the first time a girl's shoulder was put on by a man. Her shoulders shrank and she froze. Although she was a eunuch, this eunuch didn't look like a eunuch no matter how she looked... She looked at her beauty from close up under the lamp and was as handsome as a picture.
To be continued...