Female-male sex: Salted fish forced to rise to prominence

At the county government office, Magistrate Zhong read Han Guang's confession again and again. It was a document that meant he took all the blame. Then he committed suicide in the cell out of fear of punishment.

He handed the paper to Constable Xu Yan who was standing beside him and said, "Look, is this really Han Guang's handwriting?"

Constable Xu Yan took it respectfully and looked at it carefully. Having worked together for so long, he certainly recognized Han Guang's handwriting. Constable Xu said affirmatively: "Your Excellency, this was indeed written by Constable Han."

Having served as an official for many years, County Magistrate Zhong certainly knew that Han Guang, a small constable, would never have the courage to commit corruption. It was simply that he had someone behind him.

But County Magistrate Yang had served in Taohua County longer than he had, and was considered a local tyrant here. Moreover, the relationships in the officialdom were complicated, and without finding any evidence against him, he could not be touched for the time being.

County Magistrate Zhong thought about it, and then he instructed Xu Yan, "From now on, you will be responsible for keeping an eye on County Magistrate Yang. If he does anything wrong, you must report to me."

Xu Yan said respectfully: "Yes, sir."

At noon, Zhong Qiaoer, accompanied by her maid Qingshuang, carried a lunch box into the yamen. Seeing her father still buried in his work at his desk, she asked, "Dad, are you still busy? Look, what delicious food have I brought you?"

"Okay, okay, Qiao'er is so thoughtful." County Magistrate Zhong put down his official duties and went to have a meal. He was indeed hungry.

Without waiting for the young lady's instructions, the maid Qingshuang placed all the dishes in the food box on the dining table one by one, including wine-fermented meatballs, chrysanthemum crisps, and a few stir-fried dishes.

Zhong Qiaoer waited patiently for her father to finish his meal before leaving with her maid.

Before she left the county government office, she happened to meet Song Xuanzhi who came to see County Magistrate Yang. When Song Xuanzhi saw her, he hurried forward and greeted her, "Miss Zhong, what a coincidence, we meet again."

Zhong Qiaoer looked at the man in front of her, dressed like a scholar. He looked a little familiar, but she really had no impression of him. But seeing that the man looked like he knew her, she asked, "Sir, who are you?"

The smile on Song Xuanzhi's face froze. These days, in order to get close to Zhong Qiaoer and become County Magistrate Zhong's son-in-law as soon as possible, he went to the flower and pastry shop whenever he had time.

As soon as she showed up, he would ask Zhong Qiaoer about the price of the cakes, and then he would buy a lot of cakes every time just to talk to Zhong Qiaoer, but she didn't even remember him.

Song Xuanzhi was a little annoyed, but he took a deep breath and began to introduce himself with a smile, "Miss Zhong, my name is Song Xuanzhi, and I am a classmate and good friend of your cousin Meng Shuchen. We used to study together in Dezhong Academy."

Zhong Qiaoer listened to his introduction, but she had never seen her cousin bring this classmate to play at home, so she guessed that they were not very close.

So Zhong Qiaoer smiled and said: "So you are my cousin's classmate. Mr. Song, please go ahead and do your work. I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave first." Zhong Qiaoer smiled warmly, but her words were very distant. She left with her maid Qingshuang.

Zhong Qiao'er didn't remember anything, but her maid Qingshuang remembered the scholar. As soon as she walked out of the county government office, she said, "Miss, doesn't this scholar often go to the shop to buy cakes? But he always finds different ways to talk to you, and it's obvious that he is not a good person."

Zhong Qiaoer didn't care and just replied: "Well, then stay away from him from now on. Let's go and take a look at the shop first."

On the other side, at the Jiang Mansion, Prince Ye put down the book in his hand and said, "That's all I'll learn today."

"Yes, teacher."

"Have you finished the homework assigned yesterday?"

"I've finished writing it," Su Yu quickly handed over the homework he had written.

After reading it, Prince Ye praised it and said, "It's well written, but you need to be more humble and study harder in the future."

"Yes, teacher."

In fact, King Ye felt that Su Yu had made great progress, but he was also afraid that if he praised him too much, Su Yu would become proud.

King Ye felt that with Su Yu's current learning progress, he should read more books.

Then he added: "There are many books in my library. You can go and have a look. If you like any of them, you can take them home and read them."

"Yes, teacher, I'll go and take a look right away," Su Yu responded respectfully. He had been to the library in his teacher's house before, but it was guarded by someone, so he just took a quick look. He didn't expect that the teacher would be so generous to let him in to observe.

After a while, Su Yu arrived at the library. With the teacher's approval, Su Yu walked straight in. The guards on both sides did not stop him. I guess this was what the teacher had instructed in advance.

Su Yu picked out some books that would be helpful for the imperial examinations in the library, and also took some travelogues, then left the library. He was in a hurry to pick up his sister Su Wanwan.

He rode his horse towards Qingfeng Courtyard and soon arrived at the gate.

The maid Tingyu was waiting at the door. As soon as she saw Su Yu, she came up and said, "Mr. Su, Miss Wanwan and my young lady are having facial cream applied inside. It seems that they may not finish it in a while. Please come in first."

Su Yu didn't think much about it and just said "OK", then followed the maid Tingyu into the Qingfeng courtyard.

When Su Yu arrived in the yard, he saw his sister Su Wanwan and Qin Yuehua grinding flower petals together. There was a small stove next to them cooking something, and the whole air was filled with a strong smell of medicine.

Su Yu smiled and walked up to Qin Yuehua and greeted her, "Miss Qin, sister."

Su Wanwan said: "Brother, you are here. I am learning how to make facial cream from Sister Qin, but I can't finish it in a short time. I will definitely have to work until late at night. Brother, why don't you wait for me here first."

Actually, Su Wanwan felt that although this could be considered a reason, it was not her real purpose. She secretly glanced at her brother and then at Sister Qin. They were both talented and beautiful, so they had to spend more time together to cultivate their feelings, hehe!!!

Su Yu didn't think much about it and agreed with a "OK". He thought his sister was just a child and since she was a little girl, it was normal for her to like to tinker with these things, so he just let her do it.

However, Su Yu still felt embarrassed towards Qin Yuehua. After all, this was not his home. He looked at Qin Yuehua apologetically and said, "I'm sorry to bother you, Miss Qin."

Qin Yuehua smiled gracefully and said, "It's okay, Mr. Su, why don't you stay and have dinner with us today."

Then Su Yu heard Qin Yuehua instructing the maid, "Tingyu, go to the study and call the young master to come to the pavilion for dinner. Fuer, go and tell the kitchen to serve the meal."

The two girls replied "yes" and went to work quickly.

Qin Yuehua knew that it would take a while to finish applying the facial cream, and she also took into consideration that Sister Wanwan and Master Su had not yet had their meal, so she asked her maid Tingyu to go to the door early to bring Su Yu in.

Seeing Qin Yuehua being so generous and dignified, Su Yu stopped being shy, but he couldn't help but like her even more, and his eyes looked at her softer.

After a while, the young boy Qin Wenyan arrived at the pavilion. He greeted Su Yu politely, "Brother Su Yu, Sister Wanwan".

"Brother Wen Yan, no need to be so polite," Su Yu also politely returned the greeting.

This was the second time Su Yu had seen Miss Qin's younger brother. He hadn't looked at him closely before, but now that he was so close to him, he realized why the child's face was so pale.

However, Su Yu felt that he was not very familiar with the other person, so it seemed inappropriate to ask these questions, lest he was deliberately prying into other people's inner quarters.

Several people sat down together. None of them were particularly lively, so they had lunch quietly.