Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 275 A flower in the concubine hall
That night, Li Shishi sent someone to deliver three articles to Yang Yuan.

Yang Yuan opened them and saw that all three were thousand-word essays, and the longest essay had only more than two thousand words.

I felt relieved that I should be able to memorize it in two days and two nights as long as I worked hard.

That night, Yang Yuan went to bed very late. He recited the three articles over and over again for who knows how many times. Even when he recited silently, he felt dry mouth and tongue, so he stopped.

The next day, when he arrived at the machine room, Yang Yuan used the excuse that he needed to deal with confidential matters, closed the door of the signing room, took out three articles, and continued to recite them.

On this day, the arrest by the three judicial departments officially began.

The arrested officials were either silent, in tears, or beating their chests in regret. Only the Secretary of the Central Secretariat Ji Ruoxun looked calm and composed.

In fact, his ending may not be better than before.

However, after he thought he was going to be "killed as a warning to the rest", he suddenly felt that this was a great fortune when he was not killed but was demoted and exiled.

Ji Sheren's calmness made the prisoners secretly admire him. They felt ashamed of themselves for being so calm!
The Censorate's trial of Cao Yong and Zhang Yunyi is still ongoing.

Cao Yong has now made up his mind, and he will tell you everything he knows.

He exposed all his colleagues who had committed other crimes.

During the interrogation, Cao Yong suddenly seemed to have his Ren and Du meridians opened up, and he suddenly became enlightened.

He had already offended Qin Hui, his relative-in-law, so why not offend more?
Therefore, Cao Yong not only confessed the guilty persons he knew, but also implicated some people from the Qin faction, even though he was not aware of the conclusive evidence against them.

However, generals Zhang Yunyi and Xin Li still had illusions about Qin Hui's help.

Besides, they were only carrying out orders when they sent troops, and they had made contributions in suppressing the rebellion after all, so the possibility of being held accountable would be limited. Therefore, they gritted their teeth and refused to plead guilty.

However, when the presiding judge asked about the "Ma Huang Crossbow", Zhang Yunyi was shocked.

Are you trying to kill me by accusing him of stealing military weapons and smuggling them to foreign countries?
He had never done such a thing, and he knew that if he admitted to the crime he would surely be put to death, so naturally he would never admit it.

The trial was at a stalemate for a while.

……

As soon as Leng Yuchan arrived at the speed room to be on duty today, she looked dazed.

He did this many times in a row, such as pouring boiling water before adding tea leaves, throwing away the brush but collecting the crumpled waste paper.

However, everyone in the "Yuzifang" knew that she had a high fever yesterday, so no one found it strange.

In the afternoon, when there was not much to do, Fei Yuye felt sorry for Leng Yuchan who had just recovered from illness, so she let her leave the yamen first.

Yang Yuan sat in the signing room. Except for going out to eat something at noon, he returned to the room to recite the manuscript silently.

Nearing evening, he tried to rewrite the three manuscripts from memory. When proofreading, he found that one was missing two sentences, one had a few wrong words, and the other had every word correct.

Yang Yuan was overjoyed. He thought that if he carried it carefully for another day tomorrow, he would be able to do it right.

Because Leng Yuchan was hosting a banquet tonight, Yang Yuan was not in a hurry to leave the office.

When it was time to leave, he went out and told everyone that they could leave. Then he returned to his room and recited the three articles silently several times, especially the parts he had missed.

Finally, Yang Yuan burned the manuscript he had copied from memory, rolled up the original manuscript and hid it in his purse before leaving the Privy Council.

In this era, the office was closed quite early. After all, unless it was an extremely urgent matter, people would not work in the office late into the night.

The time Leng Yuchan agreed with him was at seven o'clock in the evening.

It was still early at this time. Yang Yuan had been memorizing articles for the whole day. Now that he was confident and relaxed, he felt exhausted and dizzy.

So, after rushing to Jinzi Lane, Yang Yuan first went to "Hun Tang" to take a bath, and then asked the master chef to give him a massage. When he came out, he felt refreshed, and all his fatigue was washed away.

There was still some time before the hour of Xu, so Yang Yuan leisurely headed towards Chunfeng Tower.

When he arrived in front of Chunfeng Tower, Yang Yuan deliberately walked a few more steps and arrived at the original "Zhiweitang" location.

This place has been completely cleared and turned into a flat area.

There are obvious signs of planning on the ground, which seems to indicate that they are planning to rebuild the foundation and rebuild "Zhiweitang" as soon as the building materials are delivered.

However, now that he was involved in the case of smuggling Jin people and the Ma Huang crossbow, Zhang Dayong was able to protect himself because of the trust and closeness of the emperor and the empress dowager to him. Naturally, he would not be so ignorant as to ask for the seized building materials at this time.

I don’t know if Zhang Dayang will still have enough money to rebuild his “Zhiweitang” after suffering a series of heavy losses.

"Chunfenglou" is a comprehensive restaurant that provides banquets, entertainment and other services.

Unlike later generations where some illegal projects were placed on high floors to evade inspection, in this era, these things were legal, so they were placed on the first and second floors openly.

On the contrary, the third and fourth floors are places for elegant entertainment, banquets, listening to music, singing and dancing to liven up the atmosphere.

Ever since Yuyaonu created a new type of drama that integrated singing, dancing, variety shows and next-door plays, this theatrical model was quickly carried forward by the actors in Lin'an.

The fourth floor of "Chunfeng Tower" became a theater where many guests watched plays.

The place where Leng Yuchan entertained Yang Yuan was a private room in the corner of the third floor.

When Yang Yuan went upstairs, he had already asked the waiter the name of the private room reserved by the guest surnamed Leng.

When Yang Yuan arrived at the door, he saw the words "Ming Fei" on the lintel and knocked on the door.

"Please...please come in!"

A soft voice came from the room. Yang Yuan pushed the door open and saw a beautiful woman standing in the room. She seemed to want to go forward and open the door, but she hesitated and stood still.

Yang Yuan took one look and thought he had walked into the wrong room. He said, "Excuse me," and was about to leave. The beautiful lady called out, "Room Master Yang."

Yang Yuan was stunned and looked carefully, then he recognized that the beauty was Leng Yuchan.

Most of the time, Leng Yuchan that he had seen was in official uniform. He had only seen her wearing women's clothing once during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and that was also plain clothing with no makeup on.

Looking at Leng Yuchan under the lamp at this moment, she was just like a lotus, so beautiful and charming. No wonder he thought he had seen the wrong person at first glance.

She was wearing a crimson skirt and a goose yellow jacket. She was tall and had a graceful waist.

Her hair was in the popular "Jurchen makeup" style, with a bun on her head and two emerald green hairpins with cat's eye stones inserted diagonally. Most of her hair hung down like a waterfall, from her shoulders to her chest, and was extremely soft and shiny.

All of a sudden, her hair appeared extremely black, her skin extremely white, and her lips extremely red.

She is tall, with a pretty face and a cold temperament, so she doesn't look vulgar at all. Instead, people feel that she should be holding a jade rabbit in her arms, with cassia branches hanging from her shoulders, and that is her true appearance.

Yang Yuan was immediately amazed. He was used to seeing Leng Yuchan's plain noodles, but it was surprising that she looked so stunning when she occasionally dressed up so carefully.

Leng Yuchan felt a little embarrassed by his gaze and said shyly, "Master Yang?"

Yang Yuan came to his senses and exclaimed, "You have made the right choice for this private room. Only someone as stunning as you is worthy of the title of Ming Fei."

Leng Yuchan was delighted by his praise, but she was a little shy. She frowned and said, "No, they just asked for a quiet private room. This is arranged by the store owner. Please take a seat, Manager Yang."

Yang Yuan took two steps forward and sat down at the table. He saw that the private room was not big, but the layout of the table, desk, flower and vase were all very ingenious.

There are four wooden screens next to it, on which there are not only paintings but also a poem written in the style of flying dragons and phoenixes.

"The flower pickers in Khotan say that they are similar to flowers. When the Ming concubine went west to the Hu, many beauties among the Hu were ashamed. It is known that there are many beauties in the Han land, and no flowers among the Hu can compare to them."

Yang Yuan smiled and said, "This poem by Li Bai is so well written, it seems like it was written for you today."

Leng Yuchan said: "How can I associate myself with Li Bai? I heard that Deputy Manager Yang invited four Jinshi scholars to speak for him for the female owner of 'Shuiyunjian'. That's called ability."

This statement has a sour taste.

She didn't want to waste her youth, and finally met a man she liked, and she was reluctant to miss him.

However, she was a rational woman and considered her situation from the beginning.

She was a member of the palace and had no freedom. Therefore, there was no way that she and Yang Yuan could have a relationship. Although she was willing to give herself up, she did not get anything in return, so she could not help but feel resentful.

I think Dan Niang from "Between Water and Clouds" must be Yang Yuan's confidante. Even if she cannot marry him, at least his care and concern for Dan Niang is worth her trust in him.

But due to my status, it is impossible for me to enjoy his care and love openly.

Yang Yuan glanced at her and said with a smile, "You know a lot about my affairs. But I have never written a poem for Dan Niang. How about I write a poem for you?"

Leng Yuchan said in surprise: "Really?"

Yang Yuan tapped the table lightly and chanted aloud: "Although I don't have the talent of Li Bai, I believe the moon will not think I am ugly; I will not board the emperor's ship, and I will not sleep in Chang'an; in the Mingtang on the Spring Breeze Tower, a branch of peach blossoms fills the sky with the moon."

Leng Yuchan silently recited his poem twice and memorized it firmly in her heart.

This is a poem written for her and belongs to her alone.

This poem may seem unrefined at first glance, but it has a unique meaning.

Especially the wild and unrestrained spirit between the lines made her very fond of it.

And the last sentence, "In the bright hall on top of the Spring Breeze Tower, a branch of peach blossoms fills the sky with the moon," is clearly praising her beauty.

With this sentence, her heart was content.

Yang Yuan looked around and saw that there was a table that could seat four or five people, but there were only two chairs.

Yang Yuan couldn't help but wonder, "Are there no other guests?"

Leng Yuchan said with a guilty conscience: "I was able to get promoted because I followed Mr. Yang and his party, so I held a banquet to entertain him as a token of my gratitude, but I did not invite anyone else to join us."

"makes sense!"

Yang Yuan nodded and said with a smile: "If Deputy Headmaster Leng wants to invite anyone, it will be Headmaster Fei and Deputy Headmaster Xue. Headmaster Fei has never been very fond of me, so it's better not to invite her."

Leng Yuchan couldn't help but ask, "What about Xue Bingxin?"

Yang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Deputy Manager Xue and I get along well. However, she is now under my command. If you invite her to the thank-you banquet, it will be difficult for her. It is better not to invite her."

What Yang Yuan meant was that Xue Bingxin was promoted because of his contribution and the vacated position.

If anyone is to be thanked, Xue Bingxin should thank Leng Yuchan before her.

After all, Leng Yuchan had been with him through thick and thin and had fought together at sea.

Therefore, Leng Yuchan should not invite Xue Bingxin to the banquet this time, otherwise it would seem that Xue Bingxin is immature.

But in Leng Yuchan's mind, it was not the case at all.

She only heard the words "get along well" and "it's hard for her", and felt a little sour in her heart.

Sure enough, that little bitch fell in love with Yang Yuan, but she found excuses to trick me into letting go, and she took advantage of the opportunity to swoop in.

I am so stupid!

Just wait, today I will take back what you stole, let’s see how proud you can be!
(End of this chapter)