Emperor Chen was drunk.

He drank three large pots of fine wine, and Concubine You could not persuade him no matter how hard he tried.

When the palace servants helped him go back to rest, Zhu Xiuyuan took the opportunity to say goodbye, and the four young eunuchs followed him closely and sent him directly out of the Meridian Gate.

After exiting the Meridian Gate, pass through the Duanmen and Chengtian Gate and arrive at the foot of the Imperial City.

Yan Dashan and the Jinwu Guards have been waiting for a long time...

When he returned to Jiangcheng Bo's Mansion, it was already dark.

After entering the house, Zhu Xiuyuan asked the people around him: "Where is the lady?"

"Sir, my wife and my aunt are fishing in the Lotus Pavilion," the servant replied.

Miss aunt refers to Dong Shuyu.

The Lotus Pavilion is a pavilion near the main house, with a lotus pond next to it.

There are many fish stocked in the lotus pond for fishing.

"Fishing?" Zhu Xiuyuan was surprised and walked towards the Lotus Pavilion.

Halfway through, but still some distance away, Zhu Xiuyuan heard the sound of a guqin.

Ding-ding-dong-dong, melodious and leisurely, is coming from the direction of the Lotus Pavilion.

Zhu Xiuyuan was a little confused. He remembered clearly that no one in the family could play the piano?

So what's going on with this sound?

When he got closer, he turned around a rockery and faced the lotus pavilion. Only then did Zhu Xiuyuan see it clearly.

I saw a guqin placed on the stone table in the pavilion, and a woman was sitting there playing the strings.

He took a closer look and found that the woman was none other than his sister-in-law Dong Shuyu!

She sat there, playing with her hands slowly on the strings. Her long sleeves were fluttering and her hands were nimble. Looking from a distance, her posture was very beautiful.

Dong Shuyu was very devoted. She tilted her head slightly and was completely immersed in the beautiful sound of the piano she played.

Behind Dong Shuyu, the two maids Dongmei and Qiuwen stood there, also looking intoxicated and completely forgetting themselves.

At the stone fence of the pavilion, his wife Dong Shuzhen, and two maids, Xia Wu and Chun Xue, each held a fishing rod, sank the fishing line to the bottom of the lotus pond, and were fishing there!

However... Xia Wu and Chun Xue are both quite normal. They are holding fishing rods and sitting quietly on the stone fence. They are really fishing.

And his naughty wife Dong Shuzhen is even more bizarre.

I saw her holding the fishing rod up and down with both hands, weighing it up and down, and then she stuck her head out to take a look...

It seems to be watching to see if the fish takes the bait.

…

This is really a peaceful and peaceful "interesting picture of sisters in the boudoir"!

Zhu Xiuyuan couldn't help but put a smile on his face and walked towards the Lotus Pavilion.

There is a corridor connecting Zhu Xiuyuan to the Lotus Pavilion, with a bend in the middle.

Neither Dong Shuyu nor Dong Shuzhen noticed him before they reached the corner in the middle of the corridor.

They still played the piano and fished.

When he turned the corner, he was only about two feet away from the Lotus Pavilion.

He came with a smile on his face.

Dong Shuyu was playing the piano by himself, intoxicated by the sound of his piano. He accidentally raised his eyes and saw Zhu Xiuyuan coming with a smile on his face...

His smile seemed a little strange to Dong Shuyu.

Dong Shuyu was startled. He stopped playing the piano and looked at Zhu Xiuyuan with wide eyes. His hands on the strings quickly withdrew and shrank behind him.

It looks like a child singing secretly and suddenly being discovered by an adult.

"Xiuyuan...you're here!"

Dong Shuyu stood up straight away and glanced at the guqin on the stone table, feeling a little at a loss.

At this time, Zhu Xiuyuan had already walked into the Lotus Pavilion. He stared at Dong Shuyu with an inquiring smile.

"I didn't expect Shuyu to have such skills and play the guqin! Yes, this is a good hobby!" Zhu Xiuyuan commented, and reached out to fiddle with the strings, making a "dong" sound.

"My husband is back!"

Zhu Xiuyuan's voice had already alarmed Dong Shuzhen.

She threw the fishing rod in her hand, turned around and rushed over.

Xia Wu, with quick eyes and quick hands, grabbed the fishing rod thrown by her lady, and then she and Dongmei started to close the rod together.

"Husband, why did you go out for the whole day again? I'm so bored at home!"

Dong Shuzhen kicked her toes on the ground and jumped up to more than three feet high. Then her whole body was hung on Zhu Xiuyuan's body, her hands were around Zhu Xiuyuan's neck, her expression was very intimate.

When all the maids saw this, they covered their mouths and laughed.

Dong Shuyu, on the other hand, breathed a sigh of relief. She quietly picked up the guqin and put it in a wooden box. After closing the lid of the wooden box, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhu Xiuyuan was bumped into by Dong Shuzhen and couldn't help but take a step back.

However, Dong Shuzhen knew how to exercise caution. Even though he had no power to tie a chicken, he could still catch the "Dong Shuzhen brand of trouble" that "flew" over.

He also put his arm around Dong Shuzhen's waist, stroked her silky three thousand black hair, and spun her around in a circle, causing Dong Shuzhen to scream in surprise.

Following the momentum of the circle, Zhu Xiuyuan placed Dong Shuzhen on the stone fence of the pavilion and let her sit on it.

Dong Shuzhen took advantage of the situation and let go of her hand.

Zhu Xiuyuan touched her head and said with a smile: "His Majesty held a banquet in the palace, and I couldn't shirk it, so I had to spend the whole day drinking with him."

"No wonder, husband has a strong smell of wine..." Dong Shuzhen sniffed, then jumped down from the stone railing of the pavilion, walked closer and asked: "Husband, is the wine in the palace better?

"

"Yes, the royal wine of the palace is certainly extraordinary. I will bring some back for my husband and let you try it too?" Zhu Xiuyuan said with a smile.

"Okay, okay!" Dong Shuzhen clapped her hands.

All the maids in the pavilion covered their mouths and snickered. Only Qiu Wen, a greedy little cat, suddenly became salivating when she heard that she might have to drink royal wine in the future...

After chatting with Dong Shuzhen, Zhu Xiuyuan looked back at his sister-in-law Dong Shuyu, with the same smile on his face again, with a look of inquiry.

Dong Shuyu suddenly felt guilty and lowered his head.

"Shuyu... plays the piano very well. Why haven't I seen you play it before?" Zhu Xiuyuan was curious.

"A little bit of clumsiness, nothing to mention, has stained Xiu Yuan's ears today. I'm really sorry. I won't play anymore in the future." Dong Shuyu said in a low voice.

"No, I think you play the piano very well, don't you think so, madam?"

"Well, my sister used to play a lot, but then she stopped playing it so much." Dong Shuzhen said.

Zhu Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment and instantly understood the meaning of Dong Shuzhen's words.

Maybe Dong Shuyu often played the piano before she got the reputation of being a "kefu", but after that, she seldom played.

Zhu Xiuyuan secretly noted this down, then looked up at the sky and said with a smile, "My father-in-law is probably coming back soon, let's get ready for dinner!"

…

Half an hour later, my father-in-law returned home.

The four of them gathered in the flower hall of the main house to have dinner.

Zhu Xiuyuan had a banquet in the palace for most of the day today and was not very hungry at all.

But he still sat here, moving his chopsticks frequently, enjoying the process of everyone sitting around and eating together.

Of course, there is also the "family meeting" after the meal.

The meal was finished in no time.

Zhu Xiuyuan asked: "My father-in-law has been the governor of Runzhou Prefecture for many days, so there shouldn't be any problems, right? Then the Prime Minister is not deliberately making things difficult, right?"

"Xian son-in-law, rest assured, there is no problem at all. The Runzhou government office is relatively independent from the six departments of the imperial court, as well as the temples, prisons, and government offices. Furthermore, with Yang Tingyu and Mr. Yang taking care of me, I have basically straightened out the government office.

All kinds of things in the Yamen."

"Well, that's good!" Zhu Xiuyuan nodded.

"Congratulations, daddy!" Dong Shuyu and Dong Shuzhen said happily.

"It's nothing, but my dear son-in-law, I may need your help in something." Dong Cheng's face became serious.

"Oh, father-in-law, please tell me."

"After I was promoted to the governor of Runzhou Prefecture, the position of County Magistrate of Jiangning County became vacant. I am its superior and can nominate candidates for County Magistrate, but the approval of the Ministry of Civil Affairs may be required."

"I wonder who my father-in-law has in mind?"

"The current governor of Jiangzhou, Li Linzhou!"
To be continued...