The villain and the powerful official secretly read the diary and broke my plot every day

"Mr. Liaozhai is indeed very talented, and his stories are so touching!"

"Yes, every character he created has a soul and is very memorable."

When talking about Mr. Liao Zhai, who has recently become very popular among book lovers, the group of ladies seemed to have endless topics to talk about.

The girl in the green dress who had spoken at the beginning now spoke mysteriously, "Have you heard? Some say that the protagonist of Mr. Liao Zhai's story is actually the fox demon in "Man Tang Hong." That "Man Tang Hong" is the Meng family..."

"Be careful what you say."

Liu Ningyin suddenly interrupted the girl in green dress. The girl was startled. The moment she looked up, she saw three figures slowly walking into the pavilion of Qizhuju.

These three people are Meng Nianqiao, Liu Ruyue, and Chu Yunfei.

The three of them came from the four major families in the capital. They could be said to be the noble ladies with the highest status in the capital, except for the royal family.

Seeing the three people coming in, the other ladies immediately greeted them with smiles and a very humble attitude.

Only Du Yurao, who was slightly younger and sitting in the corner, did not move.

Du Yurao is the only daughter of Du Minglu, the Minister of Justice. Du Minglu has always been a loner and never interacts with court officials. Of course, Du Minglu's character, which allowed him to climb to the position of Minister of Justice in middle age, is not only due to his outstanding abilities, but also has something to do with his wife.

Du Minglu's wife, Qin, was the apple of the eye of Right Prime Minister Qin Mao.

In other words, Du Yurao is actually the granddaughter of Prime Minister Qin, so when facing other noble ladies in the capital, she has the capital to not flatter them and just be beautiful on her own.

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Today was the ninth day of the first lunar month, the day the noble ladies of the capital had long ago scheduled for a small gathering at Qizhuju. Du Yurao actually didn't like noisy places, and...

When these noble ladies get together, they either gossip or flatter each other, or they lament the passing of time and write some boring poetry.

Du Yurao found it very boring.

It’s not as interesting as reading Mr. Liao Zhai’s books.

That book contains hundreds of thousands of demon mountains, countless novel demon tribes, all kinds of love, hatred, and vengeance between humans and demons, and all kinds of situations in the world.

That world...

Du Yurao was very envious.

“If only that wasn’t a story in a book, but was real.”

Du Yurao would sometimes have such thoughts. Of course, she knew that her thoughts were too absurd.

However, when she was bored, she would still sketch out the appearance of the characters in the books in her imagination...

"Sister Rao'er, why are you sitting here alone again?"

A pleasant voice suddenly sounded in Du Yurao's ears. When Du Yurao raised her eyes, she saw Meng Nianqiao's smiling face.

The third young lady of the Meng family has always been good at socializing and has a very good relationship with others.

"Sister Meng."

Du Yurao nodded at Meng Nianqiao: "I was just thinking about Mr. Liao Zhai's book."

Mr. Liaozhai...

When Meng Nianqiao heard the name, his expression remained unchanged, but he immediately thought of his elder brother and Mantanghong in his heart.

This disappointing elder brother is still obsessed with the so-called fox demon. He even bought a book by Mr. Liao Zhai to read. After reading the book, the elder brother became even more possessed. He insisted on going to Mantanghong in the middle of the night, saying that he wanted to meet the fox girl.

My father was so angry that he had no choice but to send someone to lock up my eldest brother and not let him go out.

The door of Mantanghong is still locked tightly, and no one dares to approach...

Actually, Meng Nianqiao is a little doubtful now——

Could it be that there really is a fox demon in Mantanghong that specializes in bewitching people's minds?

Otherwise, how could Big Brother be so obsessed with it?

There is also that Mr. Liao Zhai. I don’t know who he is, but the monster stories he wrote are surprisingly interesting.

That’s right, Meng Nianqiao is actually also a fan of “Red Fox Girl”, but because of her eldest brother’s affairs, her father doesn’t like this book very much, so Meng Nianqiao can only buy it secretly and read it, and she dare not discuss it with this group of little sisters in public.

I feel so sad!

"Sister Meng, have you seen "Red Fox Girl"? Which character do you like?" Du Yurao's voice suddenly sounded in Meng Nianqiao's ears.

Meng Nianqiao was stunned. Of course, her favorite was... uh.

"I haven't read that book. It's a ghost novel. What's so good about it? It's all a lie." Meng Nianqiao replied with a smile.

Du Yurao lowered her eyes——

It's obviously very beautiful, Meng Nianqiao just has no taste.

"Sister Meng is right."

When she raised her eyes again, Du Yurao had put on a fake smile.

Her mother had taught her that in the capital, she had to at least maintain a superficial harmony with these noble ladies. So even if she didn't like them in her heart, Du Yurao would often come to their gatherings, chat with them about boring topics, and occasionally even pretend to be sad and compose a few words.

This……

It's just the daily life of a noble lady in the capital. Once you get used to it, it'll be fine.

In the waterside pavilion, a group of young girls were chatting in groups of three or five.

But Chu Yunfei was very quiet today. She quietly left the water pavilion and came to the corridor. She leaned against the edge of the corridor and stared at the koi in the water in a daze.

"Yun Fei."

Liu Ruyue had walked up behind her at some point, looking at her with concern. "What's wrong with you? I've noticed you've lost some weight lately. Are you feeling unwell?"

"I am fine."

Chu Yunfei lowered her eyes, her gaze falling on the fiery red koi, her expression a little dazed.

"Did Cheng'an say something to you last time?"

Liu Rushi asked.

She still remembered that some time ago, Liu Cheng'an and she met Chu Yunfei once. Sister Yunfei was very happy at that time, and the two seemed to have a good chat. Later, Liu Rushi deliberately walked away to create an opportunity for the two to be alone. I just don't know what the two said later. When Chu Yunfei left, her face was a little pale and looked very abnormal.

So something must have happened that day.

"Sister Ruyue, I..."

After hearing Liu Ruyue's question, Chu Yunfei seemed to have suffered a great injustice. Tears welled up in her eyes as she spoke, "That day, Brother Cheng'an asked about my sister... My sister got sick and passed away, and no one wants to see that happen. Besides... I've had the best relationship with my sister since we were young. She's gone, and I'm very sad, but Brother Cheng'an keeps asking about this... I don't know what he's thinking. I admit that I'm attracted to him, but..."

Chu Yunfei took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. She looked up at Liu Ruyue beside her pitifully and said, "I will never do anything bad, let alone hurt others. She is my biological sister. How could I possibly hurt her?"

"Silly sister, what are you talking about? Chu Yunyue died of illness, what does it have to do with you? Cheng'an too, why am I asking you this? I must have a good talk with him when I get back." Liu Ruyue comforted Chu Yunfei, but at the same time, she felt in her heart that her brother had gone a little too far.

Wouldn't it be better for Chu Yunyue, who is not presentable, to die?

Why is he still holding on to it?

Even if he doesn't want to get married now, there's no need to be so suspicious of others, right?