Chapter 137: The elegant lady gathers to recite poems
After fooling Baoyu, Feng Ziying arrived not long after. The four of them talked, laughed, ate and drank until Shenmo (5pm) when both the host and the guests left happily.
After teasing the two baby elephants at the door for a while and saying some nonsense like "see you again some other day", the three of them got into their cars and said goodbye.
After Sun Shaozong got on the bus, he was about to lean on the pillow as usual, but suddenly he found that the angle of the pillow was slightly different from when he got off the bus, and there was a faint fishy smell in the car...
The driver Zhang Cheng is a law-abiding person and would never dare to come in and rummage around!
Sun Shaozong's drunkenness disappeared instantly. He spread out his sleeves and covered his right hand completely. Then he reached out and gently pushed aside the pillow, only to see a dirty oil paper bag on the apricot-colored cushion.
If it was really a trap, it wouldn't be so weird.
However, Sun Shaozong still carefully tested for a while before he unwrapped the oil paper package. He found nothing inside but a graffiti drawn with charcoal. It depicted a little man carrying a big knife, surrounded by four walls.
Tsk~
Sun Shaozong understood immediately. Needless to say, Ding Xiu must be trapped in the city and wanted to ask him for help to escape.
but……
Even if the Dragon Guards had deployed more men at the city gate, with Ding Xiu's abilities, it shouldn't be difficult for him to get out of the city, right?
But since he asked, I might as well give you an idea.
After arriving home, Sun Shaozong drew a picture of "laborers carrying loads out of the city" and threw it into the carriage. He also instructed Zhang Cheng to tie two vicious dogs to the carriage, and then leisurely returned to the backyard.
When I arrived at the inner room of the main hall, I saw Ruan Rong leaning on the couch, gently stroking her bulging belly.
Normally, it should be past her nap time at this time.
Sun Shaozong's heart tightened, and he hurried forward to ask with concern: "Are you feeling unwell? Did you get tired from admiring the flowers yesterday?"
Ruan Rong smiled and shook her head, "I'm not that delicate. Come over here and listen. The child is moving inside."
"real?!"
Sun Shaozong hurried forward and put his ear against her belly. After a while, he shouted happily, "It moved, it moved, it really did move! Even your belly was bulged out by his kick!"
Ruan Rong rolled her eyes at him: "What do you mean by kick? That was his fist."
"This kid really follows me."
Sun Shaozong said proudly: "He's not even born yet, but his fist is more powerful than other people's legs. I'm sure he'll be able to defeat a hundred people alone in the future!"
Ruan Rong corrected him seriously, "One against a hundred is nothing. My son wants to pass the imperial examination in the future!"
Tsk~
In the past, Ruan Rong always looked down on those useless scholars, but ever since she became pregnant, she always thought about getting a place on the imperial examination - it seems that women and mothers are indeed two different creatures.
"That's right."
Ruan Rong suddenly remembered something and smiled, "If the child wants to pass the imperial examination, he may have to wait a long time, but our family will soon have a talented girl!"
"Talented woman?"
Sun Shaozong wondered, "What do you mean?"
"Didn't Xiangling see some sad poems on the wall of Xuanzhen Temple yesterday?" Ruan Rong said with a smile, "That girl seemed to be obsessed after she came back. She asked me to buy her some Tang and Song Dynasty poetry anthologies. She stayed in the west wing and read them for most of the day. She hasn't even had lunch yet."
She's a very lively girl, how come she suddenly got infected with this kind of literary disease?
Sun Shaozong chatted with Ruan Rong for a few more words, then went to the west wing to see what had gotten into Xiangling's mind.
But when he entered the west wing, he heard Xiangling reciting "The desert is filled with solitary smoke, the long river is filled with round setting sun" over and over again, and there was no further sound for a long while.
Sun Shaozong was impatient to continue eavesdropping, so he pushed the door open and said with a smile: "Wang Wei's poem "Envoy to the Frontier" is concise and to the point, so it shouldn't be that difficult to understand, right?"
"ah!"
When Xiangling saw him coming in, she jumped up in a hurry and carefully put the poetry collection back in place. Then she blushed and said, "I was just fooling around. I'm sorry to make you laugh."
"Is it really just a random pastime?"
Sun Shaozong deliberately said: "I also said that if you really like these, you can ask a female teacher to teach you. Since it is just a random pastime, then..."
"master!"
Xiangling didn't care about anything else when she heard this, and hurriedly said, "I used to hear Miss... Miss Xue talking about poetry with others, and I was secretly envious. If I could have even a third of her talent in this life, it would be worth dying for..."
Sun Shaozong covered her mouth with his hand and said angrily, "What are you talking about for no reason?"
Originally, the idea of inviting a female teacher was just a joke, but when Sun Shaozong saw Xiangling's out-of-control behavior, he really started to think about it.
With the financial resources of the Sun family, hiring a female teacher to teach the concubine was not a big deal. Even if Xiangling couldn't learn anything, she could just treat it as a pastime.
If she can really learn something, there will be no need to seek help from outsiders when educating the children in the future.
Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong reached out his hand and took her into his arms, and blew hot air into her earlobe and said, "It's not difficult if you want to learn poetry. As long as it can make me happy, I can invite ten female teachers for you, not just one."
Xiangling naturally knew what he meant. She lowered her head in shame, but after a while she suggested, "I can't even recognize all the characters now. It would be a waste to hire a female teacher. It would be better to let Ying'er come back and teach me first. After I have mastered the Thousand Character Classic and the Hundred Family Names, it won't be too late to hire a female teacher later."
Sun Shaozong frowned when he heard this: "Why are you talking about her for no reason? Did she say something to you?"
After dealing with Xu Chunsheng that day, Sun Shaozong turned around and sent Ying'er to his adopted brother's room.
Sun Shaozong had no interest in this kind of heartless and scheming bitch.
Sun Shaozu was different. As long as the woman had a decent figure and good looks, he would never refuse anyone - and if someone wanted to be his concubine, he had plenty of opportunities!
but……
Ying'er doesn't seem to want this kind of 'opportunity'.
Although Xiangling could tell that Sun Shaozong was a little unhappy, she still plucked up the courage to say, "She was quite excluded in the master's room, so she wanted to..."
"What are you thinking about?!"
Sun Shaozong didn't wait for her to finish and scolded: "If she comes again, you should let her serve the master with peace of mind and stop thinking about those messy things! Not to mention that she is just a maid now, even if she becomes a concubine in the future, it will not be her turn to make the decision!"
These words were spoken to Ying'er, and also to warn Xiangling not to become spoiled and interfere in the trivial matters of her eldest brother's room.
After being scolded, Xiangling dared not to plead for Ying'er anymore.
In order to make her remember better, Sun Shaozong deliberately slept in the living room at night.
Not to mention how worried Xiangling was that night.
But the next morning, Zhao Zhongji came to find him and said that there was a thief in his house last night. He stole the two dogs tied to the carriage without making any noise...