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"Yes, understood." The servants shouted in unison.

The old butler nodded in satisfaction and turned to Xiao Ruyue: "Young master, there are eight maids and eight servants in Courtyard, a chef and a cook, and all the old servants are here for you to take a look."

As he spoke, he handed over the list with both hands.

Counting the number, she glanced through the servants in Courtyard. Even if she couldn't remember, she had to have a general impression of them.

Xiao Ruyue took the list of names, called them one by one, and secretly remebered their appearances. She could not let down Yuwen He's good intentions.

After counting the heads, the butler led her around the entire house.

The Courtyard was not small, but also not small. As the son of a wealthy family, the Courtyard was perfect.

The paintings on the walls, the decorations were all very suitable for sale. The entire house was taken care of by him, and as the butler walked, he explained to Xiao Ruyue everything about the Courtyard.

Xiao Ruyue could not help but look at the old butler a few more times. Although this butler was not young, his footsteps were steady and his eyes were full of spirit. He seemed to be more spirited than a young man. He should be a trained man and his skills were not weak.

's attitude towards the old butler was rather subtle.

After the old butler spoke, he did not interrupt and listened quietly. This was not like the usual teenager.

Chong Yue appeared from an unknown corner, and upon seeing Xiao Ruyue, he immediately bowed to him. He then nodded to the old butler, but from his gaze, he clearly had respect for the old butler.

Xiao Ruyue secretly left some thoughts in her mind, and without asking further, she continued to look at the entire Courtyard, and then returned to her room to rest.

The study was next to the bedroom. In the middle of the room, there was a door that was connected to each other. There were many things made of bamboo in the room.

She only sat for a while, drank a cup of tea, picked out a few books from the bookshelf, then called for Chong Yang, preparing to go to Black Tortoise Street.

But the one who came was Chong Yue, who said that Chong Yang had other tasks to attend to and was called away temporarily, so he would take over from Chong Yang and drive the car.

Xiao Ruyue nodded and said: "Understood."

It doesn't matter who comes to drive. Chong Yang and Chong Yue were proficient at it, so Xiao Ruyue felt that it was okay.

Chong Yue did not need to instruct them to get to their destination as he drove straight to the entrance of the carp hopper.

Du Ziheng didn't know whether or not he knew that Xiao Ruyue would be here today, but he was already waiting downstairs.

When Xiao Ruyue went in, Du Ziheng was drinking tea, looking around. But as soon as he saw her, he shrugged.

The scene in the carp hopper was similar to last night, with so many people staring at Xiao Ruyue, unable to take their eyes off of it.

Chong Yue stopped the carriage and followed closely behind Xiao Ruyue. Du Ziheng wanted to walk towards Xiao Ruyue, but he did not know what he was hesitating about.

"Brother Du, please wait." Xiao Ruyue called out.

Du Ziheng subconsciously listened to her orders and stopped. Xiao Ruyue walked up and clasped his hands at him: "Brother Du, what are you running for, I have something that I want to ask you for guidance for."

"Young Master Situ is handsome, gentle, and refined. You look like you're a genius, but you must be knowledgeable. I'm just a mere High Scholar, I don't dare to call you 'Brother Du'." Du Ziheng said coldly, these words were extremely flat, making people feel uncomfortable just listening to him.

Lu Yi was a little angry and wanted to shout at him to teach him a lesson, but she was stopped by a look from Xiao Ruyue.

"Brother Du's words are wrong. I have always relied on the protection of the elders, but what you said last night made a lot of sense. Besides, wouldn't it be a waste for a young man to not do a few crazy things in his life? Thus, little brother came here today to ask Brother Du for guidance. Brother Du, there's no need to decline. "

Xiao Ruyue's words were logical, and while she was moved by her feelings, she did not give Du Ziheng the slightest opportunity to refute her words.

Du Ziheng was actually at a loss for words for a moment.

"Forget it. Follow me."

As he spoke, he went straight upstairs.

Xiao Ruyue took the book from Lu Yi's hands and followed his footsteps.

Chong Yue and Lu Yi followed behind Xiao Ruyue.

Entering Du Ziheng's room, Xiao Ruyue flipped open the book he brought with him, and laid it in front of Du Ziheng, bringing up all the things he did not understand.

Seeing that Xiao Ruyue was sincere in asking questions, Du Ziheng was not as reserved as before, and explained all the things that Xiao Ruyue pointed out without understanding.

This was the living quarters of a scholar, there were four treasures in the room, Xiao Ruyue recorded them as she listened, her words were much more beautiful than the small and graceful words of an ordinary woman, and also had a little more heroic spirit, holding a plum blossom in one hand, Little kai was especially beautiful. However, compared to a boy's calligraphy, it still lacked a bit of vigor.

Du Ziheng stared at her calligraphy for a while, and only said one sentence: "Younger brother is still young, I still need more practice."

The voice-over was simply that the handwriting was too small, and the manly characters needed to be bold.

Xiao Ruyue nodded her head, and agreed. However, she was laughing in her heart. If only her words could be written in Yuwen He's calligraphy, it would be as flawless as a dragon and a phoenix.

In her heart, she was thinking about something: When I go back, I need to properly imitate Yuwen He's calligraphy.

Du Ziheng was truly talented, he did not understand a few things that Xiao Ruyue had pointed out, and he had explained everything extremely well without showing any gratitude.

On this point, Xiao Ruyue felt even more respect for him. One could tell from his poems that he was a genius after discussing it with him.

Xiao Ruyue was born into a family of books, and had been taught to understand her doubts since she was young. After that, because of Yuwen Chenglian's affectation, in order to be together with Yuwen Chenglian and to study with him, she had achieved quite a bit.

In Du Ziheng's eyes, this Situ Xian brother was also an outstanding person. They were all hedonistic sons of the Hou Family, but "he" was someone who had an ulterior motive for studying.

"He" had some insight. Compared to others who had forcefully copied the results of their predecessors' brush and ink, he had his own comprehension. It was hard to be his age.

Du Ziheng complimented Xiao Ruyue a few times, which was more or less: "Since you have such an opinion at such a young age, you will definitely be able to make a big contribution in the future."

Xiao Ruyue's current body was only two or nine years old, but because her daughter's skeleton was small and small, after she disguised herself as a man, she had become two to three years younger.

Therefore, in Du Ziheng's eyes, Xiao Ruyue was just a fifteen or sixteen year old teenager.

Xiao Ruyue did not explain and smiled.

Seeing that the time was almost right, Xiao Ruyue decided to take her leave.

She would return to the Courtyard to change before rushing back to the palace. The job that Yuwen He assigned her was a fine job plus physical work.

After tormenting for an entire afternoon, Xiao Ruyue returned to the Phoenix Cry Palace feeling a little tired. After ripping off the human skin mask on her face, she was too lazy to change her clothes, so she wore the clothes of a palace maid and fell straight onto the bed.

Yuwen He pushed the door open, and saw that the lady dressed in the palace maid attire was lying on the bed, with a drapes covering her body, she was most likely too tired to move, and her shoes had not changed.

Yuwen He quietly walked over to her side, and Xiao Ruyue felt that the ground beside him had suddenly caved in.

"Are you tired?" Yuwen He's voice was accompanied by the hot air, as it swept across her face.

"Why? It's only been an afternoon and you don't want to see me?" Seeing that Xiao Ruyue did not say anything, Yuwen He made fun of him.

With that, she saw Xiao Ruyue put down her hand and roll her eyes at him, "Your Majesty really has a strong body, I've only ran for an entire afternoon and I don't want to move, you seem to be getting stronger and stronger."

Yuwen He could not help but raise his eyebrows, "An old man getting stronger?"

In terms of appearance, Yuwen He was ten years older than Situ Min, so there was nothing wrong with her saying that she was older and stronger. However, this lord was unhappy to have his empress dowager address him with the word 'old' so as to save his face.

"My wife, are you saying that I'm the husband now?" Yuwen He moved closer to Xiao Ruyue.

Xiao Ruyue subconsciously wanted to retreat, but she was already lying on the bed with no path of retreat, so she could only shrink her neck, "Your Majesty, what are you trying to do?"

"Didn't the empress say that we're more and more robust as old men? Then let's see how strong our old men are." As Yuwen He spoke, his body was pressing down.

Xiao Ruyue wanted to push him but she was unable to move, her face flushed red. "Yuwen He, what are you crazy about? "You really are …"

Her shyness was undoubtedly the best motivation for Yuwen He. Before Xiao Ruyue could finish his words, he used his thin lips to forcefully stop him from speaking.

Xiao Ruyue's hands and feet were being held down, and the palace maid attire on her body was quickly torn apart by Yuwen He. She struggled to shout out, "The door isn't closed!"

Just as he finished speaking, Yuwen He waved his hand, a gust of wind swept past and the door closed.

The dragon robes on Yuwen He's body had also been cleaned several times.

Xiao Ruyue secretly cursed in her heart: This Emperor's energy is really strong.

Yuwen He had to suffer for at least two hours before he finally let Xiao Ruyue go.

After being tormented by Yuwen He so much, Xiao Ruyue had even less desire to move. She collapsed on the bed like a pile of mud, weakly shouting, "I'm hungry, I'm really hungry!"

kissed her lips again and again, and then crawled up and covered her with the blanket: "Evening meal should be ready, let them bring it in."

Xiao Ruyue did not want to speak anymore, but she still glared at Yuwen He and squeezed out a few words, "I want to take a bath, it's dirty."

The corner of Yuwen He's mouth raised into a demonic smile as he called Yin Lin over. He told her to prepare hot water for the Empress to bathe and change her clothes.

After the hot water was delivered, Yin Lin brought the dinner in, then led the rest of the people to leave. Xiao Ruyue could clearly see that when Yin Lin left, it was hard for him to hold in her laughter.

In the palace, only Yuwen He and Xiao Ruyue were present.

Yuwen He carried Xiao Ruyue into the bath barrel, and also sank himself into it. The originally large space had become much narrower because of Yuwen He's entrance.

Xiao Ruyue was soaking in the hot water and had finally recovered some of her strength. She unhappily rolled her eyes at Yuwen He and said, "Your Majesty, can't you go take a bath?"

Yuwen He shook his index finger, and hugged Xiao Ruyue.

"Your husband likes to bathe with his wife. This is called a couple bath. "