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Chapter 269
Early in the morning, Gu Jiao headed to the Medical Hall.There were a few patients in the morning, but business was slow in the afternoon, so Gu Jiao took a break in her small courtyard.Separated from her by only a single wall was the small garden of the girls’ school.In the garden, there was a pavilion.Normally, no one came here, but at this moment a girl was there, plucking on an instrument.Her playing was less than satisfactory, erratic, to say the least, and the notes were wrong.Gu Jiao lay on a wicker chair to rest and regenerate, only to be tormented by the life-draining music of the girl.She swung open the door and walked out, looking in the direction of the courtyard wall and said, “You’re playing it wrong.”The girl was understandably startled, not expecting anyone to hear her plucking the guqin, her fingers slipped, releasing another grating note.Gu Jiao felt her hair stand on end!“Who’s there?” the girl questioned.She looked around but found no one nearby.“Your m
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Either way, I wound up “cucking” the late emperor. It’s terrifying!“My nephew.” Gu Jiao introduced.Xiao Liulang: “…..”You disappeared for a bit and now you’ve picked up a new nephew at home?Gu Jiao cried foul: It wasn’t me who picked this one up.Xiao Liulang gave the old man a complex look.The old man was now blank, he didn’t even remember he was here to recognize Xiao Liulang. He just was crazily apologizing to the late emperor in his heart — His relationship with the Empress Dowager was definitely pure!The old lady’s anger had calmed down now, she asked indifferently: “Alright, just lay it out, do we have a child?”The old man almost slipped off the chair.He barely managed to sit up from the chair, his face pale: “No, we don’t.”The old lady nodded: “I thought so, otherwise I wouldn’t have traveled such a long distance to seek refuge with Liulang.”Xiao Liulang looked at the old man, who was busy wiping his sweat.Having fought with the Empress Dowager his whole life, this r
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“Are you here to play cards?” the old lady asked.The old man was startled.Play cards?The old lady said while cracking melon seeds, “We won’t play the leaf game today, we’ll play Pai Gow, starting at fifty copper plates.”What was the Empress Dowager talking about? What leaf game? What Pai Gow?The old man looked at the Empress Dowager intently, slowly standing up from the ground, he realized that the woman was a spitting image of the Empress Dowager, but her attire and demeanor were not so.“What are you looking at?” the old lady asked impatiently.“You… don’t recognize me anymore?” the old man asked, pointing to himself.Upon his saying this, the old lady began to look at him closely.He was not a bad looking man.Somewhat familiar, too.Where had she seen him before?The old lady no longer remembered things from the past, and occasionally, fragments of memories came to her, but they were all quite disjointed.But this old man gave her a slightly unusual feeling.And wasn’t that u
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The last lesson of the day at Shuaixin Hall today was self-study, which Xiao Liulang decided to skip.Xiao Liulang went to the junior school to pick up Little Jing Kong.“You’re playing truant again!” Little Jing Kong scolded him, hands on his hips.“There’s no lesson,” answered Xiao Liulang.Little Jing Kong crossed his arms and admonished him seriously, “Isn’t self-study also a lesson?”Xiao Liulang: Who’s the parent here anyway, you or me?“Let’s go.” Xiao Liulang grabbed his bag and had him put it on.Even though Little Jing Kong did not understand the adults’ confusing behavior, he missed Jiaojiao. Carrying the bag Jiaojiao had personally made for him, he followed Xiao Liulang out of Guozijian.The streets of Chang’an Avenue were bustling with people.The candy hawker who sold candied haws had changed his location that day, which was just near their residence.Gazing at the sparkling candied haws in the distance, Xiao Liulang asked Little Jing Kong, “Want some candied haws?”Litt
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After reprimanding Zheng Siye, the Grand Tutor headed back to the Imperial Study Room to appease His Majesty.His chosen strategy was to never deny Zheng Siye’s faults, however, as the saying goes, clear waters are devoid of fish. Visible deceptions were always stronger than those unseen, and besides, these were old scores from years ago. Zheng Siye had not displayed such behavior recently, proof of his, repentance.He earnestly asked His Majesty to give him a chance to reform.Furthermore, the Guozijian was in an awkward transition phase lacking capable candidates. No one was more suitable than Zheng Siye for the position of Libationer.Li Siye, after all, was a bit young and lacked experience, his tactics were immature, ineffective against the older hardheads.Sometimes, it took someone as cunning and capable as Zheng Siye to be a sharper and more effective tool for His MajestyIt was precisely why the Grand Tutor was so competent. This perspective of dissecting problems was somethi
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Xiao Liulang almost tripped and fell from a misstep!Why can’t everything just act as if nothing has happened?!Gu Jiao came to a painting, lifted it, tapped on the wall behind it, and the wall suddenly opened to reveal a hidden compartment. Inside was a set of examination papers that Li Siye was looking for, the exact monthly examination papers.Gu Jiao: “Sure enough, it’s here!”Xiao Liulang: “How did you know?”Just now, Xiao Liulang was leaning against the wall, with his line of sight only on Gu Jiao. However, Gu Jiao could see everything happening in the Grand Hall with just a slight turn of her head.The moment Zheng Siye entered, his first glance was at this painting.So Gu Jiao guessed there must be something behind the painting.“You came to find this too, didn’t you?” Gu Jiao asked.“And something else.” Saying this, Xiao Liulang went over to the last row of bookshelves. With a gentle push, the bookshelf opened, revealing a secret room.Xiao Liulang went into the secret room
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