Golden Branch

Xiao Wuji is one of Lou Yu's few good friends, and Wang Mian also has many relationships with Lou Yu. Lou Yu will naturally not miss the banquets hosted by the couple.

He was wearing a white round-necked robe and a fox fur coat of the same color.

The snow-white, fluffy white fox fur collar was almost the same color as his cold white skin.

It further highlights his handsome face, cold and noble appearance.

Previously in the flower hall, Lou Yu had finished greeting a group of talented men and noble families, and he accepted the invitation and painted a picture of red plum blossoms blooming in the snow.

Lou Yu humbly said that he was just throwing out some ideas, but in fact he was already the best in the whole show.

The guests: ... He is indeed worthy of being Mr. Lou, a disciple of a famous scholar, the most talented man in the capital, full of knowledge, and an expert in both poetry and painting!

Of course, there were also those who were jealous of Lou Yu's talent and popularity, and who insisted on finding fault with him: "Lou Hanzhang's landscape paintings are indeed good, but I've never seen him paint figures, so I guess he's not good at it."

There is nothing wrong with this.

Lou Yu has indeed never shown his figure paintings in public, and no related works have been leaked.

It is reasonable for some people to speculate that he is not good at portraits.

Lou Yu doesn't care about such speculation, and will not perform on the spot to break the rumors in order to prove anything.

It’s a misunderstanding, so let it be a misunderstanding.

No one is perfect, and Lou Yu is not really omnipotent.

Lou Yu never spends too much money on these little things.

In front of others, on trivial matters that do not involve major interests, Lou Yu is best able to maintain his gentle, humble and non-confrontational gentlemanly demeanor.

After casually drawing a picture to add some elegance to the Xiao family's banquet and chatting with the guests for a while, Lou Yu left the flower hall.

The dispute over the "Clan Records" has entered a white-hot stage.

The children of noble families, who have always been noble and calm, and seem to regard fame, fortune and money as dirt, completely tore off their noble masks for the sake of ranking.

They were not only "xenophobic" against the poor and common people, but also fought fiercely among their own families.

They totally disregarded etiquette and manners.

They may be sarcastic and sarcastic, or they may curse and hit others.

There are also things like impeachment and framing each other... In the court, there are exciting dramas of open and covert struggles, life-and-death struggles, every day.

The sage and the prince, the supreme father and son, have Lou Yu, a vanguard who is both civil and martial, eloquent and leading the way. They don't have to worry about their own interests at all. They just need to sit on the high platform and watch a group of hypocritical and noble family children fighting for their own surnames, without any manners at all.

Lou Yu is not fighting alone.

In order to stir up trouble in the aristocratic family, he also recommended his own teacher, the famous scholar Shen Du.

Shen Du is not only a famous scholar in China, he is also from a noble family in the southern border.

Although both are aristocratic families, the southern and northern borders are incompatible with each other.

The noble families of the north rose strongly, while the old clans of the south had long since declined.

Shen Du took up official duties in order to "save the country from collapse."

Unfortunately, his personal power is ultimately small.

The downfall of the Southern Border family was due to too many factors, and the trend was unstoppable.

Shen Du's entry into the officialdom not only failed to save the losing situation, but instead put himself in an even more difficult situation.

Shen Du is now in a dilemma.

Seizing the opportunity, Lou Yu offered Mr. Shen another way—

Do not break or stand!

If you want to die, let's all die together!

Since the Northern families are suppressing the Southern families, why not drag everyone down with them?

Shen Du was already in a desperate situation, and the outcome couldn't be any worse.

He simply started a killing spree, no matter if they were enemies or friends, he knocked everyone down equally!

Shen Du became the deputy editor-in-chief of the "Clan Records". He began to take a pen and quickly crossed out many families.

He also ranked the royal Yang family as the top class, and even the Lou family, the family of his good student Lou Yu, was ranked last.

However, he kicked out old clans such as Wang and Xie from the ranking of aristocratic families.

He also classified northern families such as Cui, Zheng, Li, and Wei as second- and third-rate.

With a flurry of punches, Shen Du made a subversive rewrite of the family rankings, attracting the vast majority of the firepower.

Shen Du's reputation as a famous scholar was completely tarnished.

What a royal lackey, what a mercenary villain, Mr. Shen, who had already fallen from the altar, has become a rat crossing the street.

Shen Du: ...For me, this is also a case of destruction before construction!

As long as this clan record, which is denounced as "Xun Ge" by many aristocratic families, becomes circulated throughout the world, Shen Du will also have to retire from officialdom.

As expected, he is not cut out for officialdom.

His heart is not black enough, his tactics are not cruel enough, and he is not even as good as the proud disciple he personally taught!

In this episode of "Clan Chronicles", Shen Du realized that he was being used by that brat Lou Yu.

But this was an open conspiracy. Shen Du knew it was a trap, but he was still willing to jump in.

The most brilliant thing about Lou Yu was not that he used an open conspiracy to plot against Shen Du, but that he did not "kill them all".

He left a way out for Mr. Shen Du - Lishan Academy!

Although Lishan Academy is still under construction, it only has a rough outline.

However, we can get a glimpse of its scale and level just by looking at the prototype.

This is definitely a larger and more upscale academy than Dongshan Academy, and has the potential to become the number one academy in the Dayu Dynasty.

Lou Yu sincerely invited Mr. Shen Du to be the first president of Lishan Academy.

Lou Yu also promised that he would help Shen Du publish a book within the next ten years.

The bookstores and printing workshops owned by Lou Yu and Wang Heng will unconditionally support Mr. Shen Du in becoming a great literary and historical figure whose works are circulated throughout the world again!

Shen Du: ...little bastards! These two are both little bastards!

What’s even more hateful is that these two little bastards are his direct disciples and a future couple.

"Lishan Academy started planning to be built several months ago. Since then, have you and Ajiu started plotting against me?"

Shen Du was extremely angry and started to hold Lou Yu accountable.

Lou Yu smiled softly, warmly and harmlessly, "Sir, you're joking. At that time, Ah Heng had no idea that the Sage would order the revision of the clan history!"

This is the truth.

Wang Heng is not Wang Mian, she does not have the foresight of a time-traveling woman.

Even if it is a fictional dynasty, we can still speculate on certain major events based on the course of history.

Wang Heng did not foresee that the sage would compile the clan history this year.

However, she anticipated that Shen Du would not have a good career in officialdom.

There is still a gap between celebrities and powerful officials.

It doesn't mean that a well-educated person can become a famous official with power.

There are too many conditions to hold a high position in the court.

Knowledge, talent, etc. are just one of them.

Shen Du didn't have much in terms of timing, location, and people.

Wang Heng was certain that her good husband would not go far in the officialdom. Wang Heng, who was most particular about "making the best use of talents", firmly believed that:

"People like you are best suited to writing books and educating people!"

Therefore, when Wang Heng was first planning to build the Lishan Academy, he reserved a seat for Mr. Shen.

A series of events such as the compilation of history and clan chronicles were merely catalysts that promoted this matter.

Shen Du: ...Although they are little bastards, they are his students and will not harm him.

Well, as long as all this trouble is settled, he can be at ease (accept his fate?) and become a teacher.

Reputation ruined?

Haha, reputation can be blackened or whitened.

As long as Lishan Academy rises strongly, he, Shen Du, will be able to become the respected Mr. Shen again!

……

The turmoil in the court was all within Lou Yu's plan.

In this world, Ah Heng is the only one who can disturb his heart. He can easily control all other people and things!

Lou Yu could easily deal with all the officials in the court, teachers and classmates.

And those who are more humble and more unfamiliar are not within Lou Yu's scope of attention.

For example, a cheap relative who has been quite successful recently.

"Master Lou!"

Lou Yu walked alone in the Xiao family's garden.

He seemed to be enjoying the snow and plum blossoms, but in fact he was thinking about his own work.

From compiling history to thinking about clan records, from clan records to thinking about Lishan Academy... Although Lou Yu was thinking, he was not completely distracted.

He was able to do two things at once.

Lou Yu was not frightened when he heard someone calling him.

He raised his head and what came into his sight was a woman in a red dress and a white fox fur coat.

Ah Heng?

Do not!

This is not his Ah Heng!

His Ah Heng was not so dark, nor so timid.

Although Ah Heng is well-behaved and sweet, she is actually proud at heart.

She couldn't act timid and cowering; that would be too petty.

Ah Heng would not try to please anyone.

Ah Heng would coax him and act nice and clever.

But inexplicably, even with similar words and actions, Ah Heng was lovely and noble.

The woman in front of him had an air of humbleness and lowliness that made Lou Yu very uncomfortable!

"How dare she? How dare she?!"

With a face somewhat similar to Ah Heng, but being servile and fawning?

She is insulting Ah Heng!

The dark energy in Lou Yu's heart began to surge.

Kill her!

Kill this disgusting slave girl!

Aheng is unique, Aheng is proud and noble, no one is allowed to defile her like this!

He squeezed the white jade crushing seal on his thumb tightly.

The cool touch slightly calmed Lou Yu's rising anger.

The murderous intent that was surging out also subsided slightly.

Lou Yu's smile was warm, but his eyes were cold.

He looked at the woman, his deep eyes had a special effect of deep affection, even the dog looked affectionate.

The person he was staring at intently was a young woman. Even though he knew it was impossible, he was still addicted to this "deep affection".

"Master Lou! I'm Jiang Si, and Princess Langya is my cousin. Can I call you brother-in-law?"

My cousin is also my sister, so my cousin’s fiancé is naturally my brother-in-law.

There is nothing wrong with what Jiang Si said.

If she didn't look somewhat like Wang Heng, Lou Yu would be happy just by calling her "brother-in-law".

But Jiang Si looks like Wang Heng, and she has to put on this face and act humble.

Lou Yu didn't see Jiang Si interacting with other guests, but he could imagine it:

She would certainly try to please and fawn over those noble ladies and ladies, and using her identity as Ah Heng's cousin and a face similar to Ah Heng's, she would make all the guests feel the pleasure of being flattered and fawned over by Princess Langya!

Damn!

Damn it!

The murderous intent that had just been suppressed surged again...