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Chapter 571 Lord Ouyang is very busy during the Lantern Festival [asking for a monthly ticket! ]

"Mrs. Pei, don't go back yet. Come with me to Huaiye Lane."

"Young Master, you can just call me Fu Fu, or Shisan Niang. This is how everyone in the clan calls me because of my rank."

"Fu...Fu?"

"It is my nickname in the boudoir. It has a single character, Fu. When I am outside, few people call me by that name..."

After Ouyang Rong walked out of the quiet courtyard, he did not leave immediately. Instead, he turned around and found Pei Shisan Niang, who was waiting there and had not left yet, and gave her an order.

"Why should I shout if it's not enough? Just keep shouting Madam Pei."

Ouyang Rong interrupted expressionlessly and waved his hand.

Pei Shisanniang carefully glanced at the handsome young man in front of her who spoke in a somewhat stiff tone, and nodded hurriedly:

"As long as the master is happy, that's all. By the way, the master asked me to go to Huaiye Lane, but he wants to reward me with a meal. Can you let me go back and change into proper clothes..."

"No need, it doesn't matter what you wear, just this... I asked you to come to the table, wait outside until my aunt and I finish our meal... Madam Pei, get in the car and follow me."

Ouyang Rong spoke briefly and left Pei Shisanniang's luxurious carriage with his hands behind his back.

Pei Shisanniang looked curious.

Turning back to glance at the quiet courtyard not far away, he vaguely saw a slender figure groping for the door handle, as if looking in the direction where the young master left.

……

When Ouyang Rong brought Yan Liulang back to their residence in Huaiye Lane, the door was already hung with red lanterns.

There were also neighborhood kids setting off fireworks and things like sky lanterns on the street outside the door.

"Master is back!"

The maid named "Xiaofang" trotted to the lobby and shouted.

Zhen Shuyuan, dressed in a festive scarlet long dress and a hazy light black shawl, came up to greet them with Ye Weilai, Ban Xi and other female relatives and maids who were also wearing new clothes.

"Why did Tan Lang come back so late today? Isn't it a government holiday? He must be busy again. It's not possible that he won't have a holiday just because he is a scholar or a governor. The court is really too stingy..."

Ouyang Rong covered his mouth and coughed, and tried to comfort the beautiful woman in a silk dress who was muttering. Yan Liulang at the side gave him a friendly assist, and he finally managed to get away with it.

After all, you can't say that you went out to catch the moon and ended up picking up your former child bride, right?
Before going to dinner, Ouyang Rong went back to the Yinbingzhai study.

Put the Mohist sword box in the shape of a zither on the top shelf of the bookcase.

The little Mo Jing Miaosi, who was almost asleep, shook off his sleepiness and jumped out of the closet with a "whoosh", grabbed the hem of Ouyang Rongru's shirt and climbed up, crawling into his sleeves, then swayed with the wide sleeves, poked out his little head, tilted his head and said:

"Finally I'm back from fooling around, little Rongzi, let's go!"

She was dressed neatly tonight, in the Confucian robes and nun's attire.

Ouyang Rong pushed her head back with a stern face: "Call the goose by its name, don't call me."

"It's all the same!" Miao Si insisted.

"Then you can go find the geese from Jingyi Courtyard," he said.

Miao Si had a skeptical look on his face and muttered doubtfully:
"It is said that a prime minister has a big heart. Ouyang Rong, you are now a scholar of Xiuwen Academy, known as the little prime minister of the Great Zhou. If you continue to be so petty, how can you be the prime minister in the future..."

The young nun in Confucian robes suddenly paused and felt a chill on the tip of her nose.

She focused her eyes on the ink stick sticking on the tip of her nose and swallowed.

Ouyang Rong twisted the Hanlei Ink Ink that he had just taken out in his hand, nodded and asked:

"What did the Fairy Lady say?"

"Say...say that Prime Minister Ouyang is auspicious, hehe."

Ouyang Rong smiled and let go. Miao Si took out the ink stick and chewed it, shaking his head:
"You still have a conscience. You remembered to bring me some delicious food after you came back from fooling around. Tonight is the Lantern Festival. If you don't bring any delicious food, I will make a note of it in my notebook. Ouyang Rong, are you scared when you think about being embarrassed in front of other followers in the future?"

Miao Si said with a smug expression:
"That's what we call 'people make things, and watch carefully'! Hmmmm, it tastes good... Is it Han Lei Ink Studio's special Lantern Festival product... He deserves that his ink is selling well..."

Ouyang Rong was too lazy to pay attention to her. He put her on the desk, changed his clothes, and went out again.

I am not taking [Craftsmanship] out tonight, mainly because I am afraid that the embroiderer will see it. It is too dangerous to leave it in the carriage that the two of them might ride in together.

If the embroiderer accidentally opened the musical instrument case, Ouyang Rong really didn't know how to explain it.

You can't just turn your hand and rummage through her sword-wrapped cloth bag, turn the tables and blame each other, right?
She probably didn't know that Ye Weilai had already revealed her identity to him.

This time, the embroiderer took the initiative to suggest not to live in the mansion in Huaiye Lane, and Ouyang Rong was happy to see it happen.

However, in the afternoon, every time he mentioned his aunt, the embroiderer seemed to be a little scared...

All in all, the current condition of the elderly patients in the Donglin Temple Beitian Foster Home is quite good.

The fact that Xiu Niang did not reject his enthusiastic invitation today, even though she was unaware of the situation, meant that she had no intention of leaving in the short term.

As for the reason, need I explain it?

Under the advice of the "loyal military advisor to Lady Official" Ouyang Lianghan, the Yunmeng Yue girl is now wanted everywhere.

The embroiderer has been able to hide in Chengtian Temple until now without being discovered. Staying near Chengtian Temple is the safest option at the moment.

The most dangerous place is the safest place.

And looking back now, there is another reason why Xiu Niang stayed by Xingzi Lake.

The [craftsmanship] that was sunk into Xingzi Lake by Ouyang Rong.

After retrieving the embroiderer, Ouyang Rong carefully reviewed the incident of the carriage being searched this morning and realized belatedly that it was a false alarm.

From this perspective, the embroiderer should have something on her body that can detect the aura of craftsmanship, or it may be a secret technique passed down by their Yunmeng Jianze.

When he was unconscious in Daogu Mountain, the Yunmeng Yue girls were probably also attracted by the [craftsmanship] when they were wandering in Donglin Temple.

No wonder Yunmeng's eldest daughter, Xue Zhongzhu, and others are always haunting us.

[Craftsmanship] Once it leaves the sealed aura of the Mohist sword box, it will be detected by them.

Ouyang Rong looked thoughtful as he changed his clothes.

"Long Ling——"

Ouyang Rong did not change the ice-white jade hairpin on his head.

The embroiderer seemed to like this sound very much.

He raised his hand, touched the ice-white jade hairpin on his hair crown, looked at the fireworks in the sky outside the window, and whispered softly:
"Thank goodness I have it. I see. It's worth the five thousand... I'll feed you..."

"Feed what?"

A little ink elf on the desk moved his ears, and suddenly noticed something, muttering:

"Ouyang Rong, do you have other women outside?"

Ouyang Rong's expression remained unchanged, and he said calmly:
"Well, I have raised a new obedient little ink spirit. It is not called 'Instant Death', but 'Eternal Life'. I will take it over later. Please move aside."

Miao Si crossed her arms and groaned, "How dare you? Humph, the first thing you do when you come back is to change clothes. I don't need to smell your clothes to know that they have the scent of another woman, otherwise why would you change them so diligently? I've never seen you so clean before. You were wearing new clothes when you went out last night, and you were wearing new clothes again when you came back, and you're still changing now.

"There must be something fishy going on. If you dare to bring another Mojing back, I will complain to Xie Ya and I will definitely catch him."

Upon hearing this, Ouyang Rong glanced at the Confucian robe that had been changed and indeed smelled of the fragrance from Pei Shisan Niang's car, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Do you understand me so well?"

He said sternly:

"It seems that we really can't keep you here... You have a woman's scent, but it's that of a business woman, so I just do my business."

Miao Si sighed, "You and that money-debt-faced fairy named Rong or something are colleagues who are also in a businesslike manner."

Ouyang Rong:……?
The two, one big and one small, quarreled for a while, then went out together to the dining room.

Judging from Ouyang Rong's expression, it was obvious that he didn't want to take this noisy and sharp-tongued little black spirit with him, but Miao Si said that she had already made an appointment with her junior sister to go to the festival to see the lanterns tonight, so he had to deliver it over.

Ouyang Rong thought that it would be nice to have the little black spirit accompany his junior sister, so he quickly changed his expression, discussed for a while, and after a while, he smiled and made a deal with the little black spirit.

"I hope all those ink sticks weren't wasted." He sighed.

"Tsk, what a look." Miao Si looked disdainful.

"After the task is accomplished, I will compose a Lantern Festival poem." Ouyang Rong raised a finger.

"Hehe, deal." She immediately hugged the finger
"Face." Ouyang Rong nodded.

Miao Si tilted her head: "But let's make it clear in advance, this fairy lady can't guarantee that I can hold Xie girl back. If she doesn't buy your excuse and insists on looking for you to accompany her to appreciate the lanterns and guess lantern riddles, you can solve them yourself."

After a pause, the young nun in Confucian clothing gave him a suspicious look:
"So, after dinner, did you really go to the government office to work overtime? Didn't you go to do something else?"

Ouyang Rong covered his mouth and tilted his head, coughing: "Almost. Even if I tell you, you won't understand...

"It's okay. Before I came back, I sent someone to send a message to Xunyang Palace to explain the situation to Junior Sister. In addition, Xunyang Palace is holding a Lantern Festival dinner tonight. Many nobles will attend, and they are busy there.

"Junior sister needs to look after that place and protect the safety of the palace. We each have our own responsibilities. Junior sister is well-educated and sensible, so she will definitely understand. Unlike you, you are so disrespectful."

"You're not going to the palace?"

"Well, I've already told the prince about the Buddha. I'm very busy recently. I need to communicate with the Supervisory Council and may have to go to Xunyang Grottoes to take a look. Although it's the Lantern Festival, I can't relax for a moment with the Supervisory Council and Xunyang Grottoes. I have to share the worries for Lady Historian."

"What about the fairy Ben?"

"After dinner, I'll go over there first and take you there before I leave."

"You have arranged everything very well."

Wonderful thoughts hum.

Ouyang Rong coughed and said nothing.

……

Tonight’s dinner at Huaiye Lane is Tangyuan.

But it's not called that name at this time.

Yan Liulang also came to dine; his family was not in Xunyang City. Also present were Chen You and his wife, who lived in Xunyang City.

After the meal, Zhen Shuyuan kept chatting with Ouyang Rong.

Fortunately, Pei Shisanniang came to visit and had something to do with Ouyang Rong.

Under Zhen Shuyuan's frowning gaze, Ouyang Rong got away and went out to do some work.

Ouyang Rong first went to Xunyang Palace to find his junior sister, preparing to hand over the annoying little Mo Jing to her.

Hey, why does it feel like an old couple taking turns to raise the children and being hands-off?

He arrived at Xunyang Palace with ease, and for the sake of security, he also brought Pei Shisan Niang, who was "looking for him to do something".

The Xunyang Palace was very lively tonight, but Ouyang Rong did not go to join in as he still owed Xiu Niang a midnight snack.

He called a familiar steward and asked him to call the junior sister without alerting Prince Xunyang and Dalang.

Who would have thought that when Xie Lingjiang's flaming red figure appeared, she directly took Ouyang Rong's arm, without even glancing at Pei Shisanniang who was about to approach her to talk and recite some lines, she pulled Ouyang Rong towards the main hall and asked with some anticipation on her face:

"Brother, are you really so busy tonight? Can't you stay for a while? If not, I'll go out with you. Also, many people are coming tonight, and Brother must meet them..."

Ouyang Rong looked embarrassed and threw out his ultimate move:

"But Junior Sister is here to take care of the palace, how can she leave? Actually, I don't want to let Junior Sister go, but we have to..."

"The overall situation is more important, I know. But I don't need to do it anymore. Sister Guo'er said that there are experts in the palace tonight, so I can go out without worry."

Xie Lingjiang tilted his head: "Didn't you write to say that you would be busy during the Lantern Festival? She was there at the time and said that I should come to accompany you. If I finish my work early, maybe I can get back before midnight and go out incognito with her and Dalang to parade and enjoy the lanterns."

Ouyang Rong's eyelids twitched: "Your Highness the Princess is really good at making arrangements..."

"What do you think, Senior Brother?"

"I……"

"By the way, Senior Brother, look who's here." Xie Lingjiang interrupted, smiled and stretched out his hand, pointing to the corridor ahead.

Ouyang Rong turned his head and saw three familiar figures appearing at the end of the corridor and walking towards him.

"Teacher? Madam Xie? Brother Cao... Brother Cao?"

Ouyang Rong looked surprised when Xie Lingjiang smiled and held his arm.

Xie Xun was wearing a simple Confucian hat and robes, standing in the corridor, smiling and clapping his hands:

"Lianghan, congratulations on your promotion to the Xiuwen Academy. I was planning to look for you after the banquet in the palace, but I didn't expect you to come alone. It seems that you and Kankan are really inseparable, even though you quarreled with each other. But I asked you to help take care of Kankan, so don't let Kankan become a burden to your official duties."

Xie Xue'e stood beside her brother with a dignified temperament, looking at Ouyang Rong. It was true that the mother-in-law liked her son-in-law more and more. She turned her head, nodded to Xie Xun, and said with a smile: "Brother, I told you not to worry about Liang Han, but you are still worrying about it for nothing."

She was a young scholar at the Xiuwen Academy, and was also the acting governor of a state, which was a unique situation in the officialdom of the Great Zhou. At the gatherings of the nobles in Yangzhou and Nanjing, she was almost annoyed by people coming up to her and bothering her. Well, it was a kind of joyful trouble.

Wang Caozhi followed behind his uncle Xie Xun and Xie Xue'e, stuck his head out, waved to Ouyang Rong and said hello.

Then he glanced at the beautiful lady in a purple and gold shawl who was standing not far behind Ouyang Rong, with her head bowed and waiting respectfully. At some point, he winked at Ouyang Rong from an angle that Xie Lingjiang, Xie Xun and the others could not see.

It’s like a look of admiration from a lofty mountain... My brother-in-law is truly a real man, a fellow traveler!

"..." Ouyang Rong hesitated to speak, and glanced at Pei Shisan Niang, signaling her to step forward to help. Unfortunately, just as Pei Shisan Niang took a step, Xie Xun's hearty voice came: "Come, Lianghan, accompany your master for a walk, and come here too, Kankan. Haha, I know you are afraid that your father will say bad things about you."

Ouyang Rong was patted on the shoulder by Xie Xun, who walked past him with his hands behind his back and walked forward. Pei Shisan Niang closed her mouth, and Ouyang Rong could not help but look up at the sky.

"What are you looking at, senior brother?" Xie Lingjiang turned his head curiously, his eyes turned, and he whispered, "It's okay, just chat for a while, father won't take up too much time, I miss you after not seeing you for a long time, if you have anything to do, I will go with you later, let the merchant wait first."

"No... I didn't see anything. There is no rain tonight and the weather is very good... very good." Ouyang Rong waved his hand and had to follow him reluctantly.

At a certain moment, in the palace garden, he, who was following his teacher closely, reached into his sleeve and covered the mouth of the young girl in Confucian clothes who was about to burst out laughing.

(End of this chapter)