Li Jilan suddenly turned his head and whispered: "When you are free, can I call Xue Lang 'sir'?"

Li Tengkong was stunned.

She realized that she had misunderstood this fellow disciple. Ji Lanzi really only admired Xue Bai's talent, right?

"Why are you asking me? How do you call him...what does it have to do with me?"

Li Jilan said nothing.

She felt that Xue Bai was really talented. Not only did he write good poems, but he also deliberately sang poorly, so that the saint promised to grant him an official title, and she admired him even more.

As for why she asked Teng Kongzi that question? She actually just wanted to praise, share, and express her admiration for her husband.

With this emotion, she stared at Xue Bai closely, wondering how many other remarkable lyrics he had in his head.

Because she was watching so carefully, she didn't even notice that a eunuch led people into the hall and walked past Xue Bai.

…

Li Chu walked to the hall, stood next to Xue Bai, and bowed to the saint and the noble concubine.

When he raised his head, he suddenly noticed something. When he turned around, he saw a little Taoist nun behind Princess Yuzhen looking at him.

This little Taoist nun is very beautiful, especially her eyes, which are full of affection, like a pool of spring water blown by the spring breeze, like a peach blossom in full bloom.

Although Li Chu was still very young, he was very handsome and had already been accustomed to being loved by women. Now he saw that this little girl was really attractive, and he was somewhat interested in accepting her as a palace servant.

But this is not the time to talk about this at a banquet, it is more important to do business.

"What brings you here?"

"Back to the Saint, Third Sister heard that there was new music at the imperial concubine's banquet. She was very interested and wanted to listen to it."

As Li Chu said this, he turned sideways and led out his sister Li Yuetu who was behind him.

Li Yuetu was fifteen years old at the time. She had just received her hair extensions not long ago and was temporarily named the head of Hezheng County. She was beautiful and tall, wearing a robe and had a dashing appearance.

She was inexplicably brought here by her brother today. At this time, she was treated as an excuse, but she was not angry. She bowed to the saint gracefully and said, "My granddaughter actually wants to meet the saint."

Li Longji is happy.

He could tell that the granddaughter meant what she said and was not pretending to make him happy.

At that time, he was the one who gave Li Heng the palace maid Wu. Although Wu died young, the children he gave birth to were very satisfying...much more satisfying than Li Heng.

"Please sit down, and you don't have to be polite at my banquet." Li Longji joked: "Atu has a taste of the tribute peaches. When you get married, I will make you the princess."

"It would be better if we don't get married. I will follow my great-aunt to cultivate the path of immortality."

As Li Yuetuo spoke, he sat down next to Princess Yuzhen and chatted for a few more words. When no one else noticed, he turned to the two little girls behind him and said, "You are so beautiful. Would you like to be friends with me?"

The tone is frank and straightforward.

…

Li Chu sat down on the other side of Princess Yuzhen. When Xu Hezi started singing, he laughed softly and said, "Guzu can't be partial."

"Who am I, an outsider, partial to?" Princess Yuzhen couldn't help but smile, "You little ones are all very clever."

"It's a small matter. Can you help me with my great-nephew?"

Princess Yuzhen followed his gaze and saw Xue Bai who was already seated.

She immediately understood what Li Chu was thinking and asked, "Do you appreciate him?"

"He has great talent."

Princess Yuzhen said nothing, drank tea, and listened to the murmurings of the three little girls behind her. She shook her head and said, "I can't help you with this matter."

Li Chu was a little surprised and said: "Why?"

"Since I have accepted the Seventeenth Mother as my disciple, how can I harm her marriage?"

Li Chu pondered for a moment, knowing that he could not let Xue Bai and Suo Douji get married, but at this moment he was helpless towards Princess Yuzhen.

He turned to look at Li Tengkong, and accidentally saw Li Jilan's loving eyes again.

~~

Li Chu is young and already has three sons, and the eldest son Li Shi is five years old this year.

When he was young, he fell in love with the palace maid Shen Zhenzhu and gave birth to his eldest son, which was actually a bit troublesome.

Fortunately, the saint loved him and chose Princess Choi for him. Choi had an extraordinary status. Her father was Boling Choi and her mother was a Korean lady.

In other words, Li Chu was married to the Yang family, which was one of the reasons why he thought he could win over Xue Bai.

That day, when he returned to the villa, he discussed his thoughts with Mr. Cui.

"What do you think about letting Third Sister marry Xue Bai?"

"Pfft." Cui Caiping couldn't help but laugh. She patted Li Chu's shoulder and said, "You don't know, right? Xue Bai is the face of my third aunt."

She was originally very beautiful, but last year she gave birth to a son for Li Chu, and this year she gave birth to another son. Her figure was severely out of shape, and her temper was also much worse. Although she was smiling now, her tone was a bit bossy.

"Mr. Lang has this idea, but he offends my third aunt."

Li Chu knew that Cui's natal family was powerful, so he was willing to endure this wife and said: "Can't we discuss this with my third aunt? No matter what, Xue Bai should have a formal wife."

"I won't say it anyway."

"This person is a talented person who will be of great use to us. However, Li Jingzhong is a ruthless person. Any grudges must be resolved."

"Who would want to marry a princess if he is talented?" Cui Caiping said truthfully, "Besides, I heard that Xue Bai is cunning. Although he is talented, his character is not good."

"In extraordinary times, talent is the most important thing when hiring people. How about your character can be discussed later." Li Chu asked tentatively: "Your uncle can't really support Prince Qing with Xue Bai, can he?"

"Look at what Mr. Lang said, no one is doing anything for their own future. My uncle just wants to be the prime minister. He has his own ideas. How can he only care about the ideas of me, a relative?"

Suddenly, the cry of a child started making a lot of noise. Cui Caiping quickly asked the palace attendants to bring her little son over.

Li Chu wanted to say something else, smiled slightly, stood up and left the room.

The chamberlain Cheng Yuanzhen rushed up and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, can you go to Shen's place to rest?"

"No."

Li Chu waved his hand and walked through the corridor.

Cheng Yuanzhen followed closely and asked in a low voice: "What are you worried about, Your Majesty? Can I share your worries with Your Majesty?"

"It doesn't matter." Li Chu waved his hand and laughed at himself: "Thinking of two marriages."

"Two?" Cheng Yuanzhen asked doubtfully: "After all, the county master's marriage has to be returned to Chang'an. I asked His Highness, if His Highness is willing, just ask the saint to grant the marriage... but I don't know what the other one is?"

Li Chu didn't answer, only murmured: "Master will not refuse. I am trying to resolve the mistake made by the old slave next to him."

"Yes, fortunately there is a king."

"By the way, today I saw a female disciple beside my great aunt. She is quite talented." Li Chu asked casually, "Do you know her name?"

Cheng Yuanzhen understood immediately and responded: "I understand, I will ask you."

~~

The next day, by the bamboo garden.

Li Jilan stared at Xue Bai's face nervously.

After much difficulty, when he finally put down the scroll in his hand, she couldn't help but ask: "What do you think, sir?"

"good."

The story of "The Romance of the West Chamber" is simple, but difficult in terms of words. Li Jilan has revised it over and over again, and now it has been completed three times.

Xue Bai did see the changes in her. She used to be more neat in parallel and parallel prose, but now she is much more casual.

Let’s just talk about the third chapter, when it comes to the tryst between Cui Yingying and Zhang Sheng, Li Jilan’s choice of words is also quite bold.

"Look at the moonlight across the sky, the jade sky is dust-free, the garden is full of flowers, the socks are cold, the steps are tiptoeing, and the heart is on guard."

Looking back, he saw the sentence "I wish I could teach him to sleep under my eyes." Even Xue Bai felt slightly panicked, and quickly closed the scroll and handed it back to Li Jilan.

He thought about what Wang Wei said at that time, and he didn't know for a moment whether teaching a little girl to write such erotic articles would promote the development of art or lower her level.

"Ji Lanzi is a great talent. If you write it this way, the rest will be smooth."

"It's your teacher's teachings that are so good." Li Jilan blushed after being praised and said, "Zengkongzi also helped a lot."

Li Tengkong was startled and quickly denied it, saying: "I didn't..."

"Many of the words and phrases were thought of in my spare time." Li Jilan refused to take credit and spoke quickly.

"no."

Li Tengkong didn't have time to quibble. Seeing Xue Bai's gaze, he quickly turned his head and said, "I'm just... giving you some pointers."

"That's right." Xue Bai said: "I still want to make some slight changes to the subsequent story."

"ah?"

"Let's talk about Zhang Sheng going to Beijing to take the exam. Cui's mother forced Yingying to marry someone else. She preferred to die and became a Taoist monk. The Cui family had to find a maid to pretend to be her and marry a mediocre man. When Zhang Sheng returned from high school, she was picked up from the Taoist temple.

Cui Yingying...what do you think?"
To be continued...