Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 482 482. Strict Father
When we returned to Jiangcheng Bofu, it was already Shenshi.

Around three or four o'clock in the afternoon.

In the flower hall of the main house, Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Cheng sat down, took a sip of tea, and finally took a long breath.

it is finally over!
The New Year's Day gathering, the New Year's Day banquet, plus all kinds of complicated etiquette, etc., took up most of the day.

Zhu Xiuyuan and the others got up before dawn to get ready, and without even eating a few bites of food, they rushed to the imperial city in the dark... It wasn't until the official start of the New Year's Day meeting that the sky turned white.

It's Shen time now, and in two or three hours, it will be dark again.

After Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Cheng took a long breath, they sat there, closing their eyes and relaxing.

Today, they stood for a long time and walked for a long time, and they were already exhausted.

Zhu Xiuyuan was okay. Although his body was thin, he was still young and could recover with a little rest.

Dong Cheng was different, after all, he was getting older. In the past, he was busy non-stop in the Runzhou government office and almost never had a good rest.

After days of busyness and today's exhaustion, Dong Cheng didn't want to move while sitting.

He leaned on the back of the chair, leaned his head on it, relaxed his whole body, closed his eyes, and was about to fall asleep.

Zhu Xiuyuan drank the boiling tea and caught a glimpse of Dong Cheng's appearance. Seeing that he looked very tired, he stopped talking and sat there quietly without disturbing him.

Suddenly, a faint sound of footsteps approached.

Zhu Xiuyuan was holding a hot tea cup to keep warm. He looked sideways and saw three people walking in at the door of the flower hall.

It was Dong Shuyu, and two maids, Chunxue and Dongmei.

"Dad, Xiuyuan, you are back. Today's New Year's Day meeting and New Year's Day banquet, is it going well?"

"It went pretty smoothly, nothing unusual."

Zhu Xiuyuan put down the hot tea bowl.

Dong Cheng also straightened his sitting posture and opened his eyes.

"Are you all tired? I have already prepared hot water. You can take a shower first and then go back to your room to rest for a while. When dinner time comes, I will send someone to invite you."

Dong Shuyu walked slowly, her clothes were fluttering, and although her voice was a little cold, she was very considerate.

"Okay, it's time for you, Shuyu..." Zhu Xiuyuan stood up and said to Dong Cheng: "Father-in-law, my son-in-law sees that you are also exhausted, so let's follow Shuyu's advice. Let's take a hot bath first. , rest for a while, and finally have dinner?”

"Well, that's fine!"

Dong Cheng held the armrests of the chair with both hands and used his strength to stand up. It looked like he was really tired.

Dong Shuyu was very considerate and hurried up to help.

However, Dong Cheng waved his hand and refused, stubbornly standing up.

Dong Cheng looked at his eldest daughter Dong Shuyu and frowned. He always felt that he had missed something, but... what was it?
He slowly walked out of the flower hall, his brows furrowing more and more.

What exactly he missed, he couldn't remember for a while.

Coincidentally, Zhu Xiuyuan asked at this time: "Where is the lady?"

Madam, Dong Shuzhen!

Dong Cheng suddenly understood, yes, he remembered!

"Where is Zhen'er? I want to check the books she copied."

Dong Cheng suddenly became energetic, his face was solemn and his eyes were firm.

It seemed that his whole body was rejuvenated, as if he was ten years younger, and the tiredness just now had completely disappeared.

Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuyu were stunned at the same time, looked at each other, and exchanged glances.

Finally Dong Shuyu replied: "Zhen'er is copying books diligently in the study!"

It's just that Dong Shuyu's expression is a little unnatural.

Zhu Xiuyuan had been paying attention to her and immediately noticed her unnaturalness.

From this, he thought that there might be something wrong with Dong Shuzhen's copying of the book.

"Okay, then I will go to the study first. I want to check it myself!"

Dong Cheng had already transformed into a strict father and immediately strode towards the study.

Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuyu followed closely behind.

After walking only two steps, Zhu Xiuyuan caught a glimpse of Dong Shuyu winking at Chunxue. Then, Chunxue broke away from the team and ran quickly in the other direction.

Zhu Xiuyuan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he caught a glimpse of this scene.

It seemed that Dong Shuzhen was really good at copying this book. Chunxue should have gone to report the news in advance during this trip.

Dong Cheng walked with striding steps, vigorous and vigorous, Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuyu followed closely behind, and they almost couldn't keep up.

He was walking so fast. I wonder if Haruyuki could arrive in advance?
Zhu Xiuyuan sweated.

Soon, they arrived at the door of the study room of the main house.

Zhu Xiuyuan knocked on the door himself and shouted loudly: "Madam, open the door quickly, my husband and father-in-law are here to check the books you copied."

"Dad, husband, please wait a moment, you will be here soon."

Dong Shuzhen's voice came from the study, a little hurried and panicked.

It seems that the situation is not good!

Zhu Xiuyuan couldn't help but sweat again.

After a few breaths, the door to the study room opened, but it was Xia Wu who opened the door.

After Xia Wu opened the door, she blocked the door and bowed to salute. From Dong Cheng, to Zhu Xiuyuan, and then to Dong Shuyu, Xia Wu saluted them all, and her movements were slow.

But how long can we delay by doing three salutes?

Soon, Xia Wu got out of the way and allowed Dong Cheng, Zhu Xiuyuan and the others to rush in.

I saw three desks placed in this huge study room.

One in the middle and one on each side.

Dong Shuzhen was sitting behind the desk in the middle, writing at the desk. She only got up after seeing everyone come in...

When Zhu Xiuyuan saw the situation in the study, he was taken aback immediately. This study... looks a little strange.

The biggest change is the number of books.

Zhu Xiuyuan remembered that there was only one desk in the study, so why were there two more desks now?

Zhu Xiuyuan couldn't help but look at the two maids Qiu Wen and Xia Wu, his eyes burning and searching.

Under Zhu Xiuyuan's gaze, the two maids lowered their heads one after another...

"Dad, you are back. You must be exhausted. Thank you for your hard work, Daddy..."

Dong Shuzhen dropped her brush and ran over, with a nervous blush on her face and a flattering smile.

She held Dong Cheng's hand and showed her courtesy.

"Stop doing this!"

Dong Cheng was ungrateful and threw Dong Shuzhen's hand away, his face solemn and his eyes sharp.

"You've been at home for most of the day. How many times have you copied it? Quickly take it and show it to me. I want to check it word by word!"

Dong Shuzhen's face suddenly turned bitter, she shrank her neck in fear, her big eyes were bright, and she looked at Zhu Xiuyuan, probably asking for help with her eyes.

"Madam, you don't have to be afraid. Just take out the book you copied and show it to your father-in-law." Zhu Xiuyuan shook his head and smiled bitterly. "oh……"

Dong Shuzhen was extremely reluctant, walking slowly towards her desk.

Dong Cheng waved his broad sleeves, hummed softly, walked past Dong Shuzhen, walked to the desk in the middle and sat down.

Zhu Xiuyuan, Dong Shuzhen, Dong Shuyu and others also walked over and stood on both sides of Dong Cheng.

The two maids Qiu Wen and Xia Wu stood on the side, their heads lowered, holding the corners of their clothes in their hands, motionless.

"My dear son-in-law, why do you have three desks in your study? Is it too many?"

After Dong Cheng sat down, he turned around and glanced around. He saw that the book desks on the left and right sides were really eye-catching and not elegant at all, as if they had been moved there temporarily.

"Uh... My father-in-law doesn't know something. My son-in-law reads in the study on weekdays, and my wife and two maids will accompany me. We read and write together... so my son-in-law bought two more desks here."

Zhu Xiuyuan glanced at the desks on the left and right sides, and felt that they were strange.There is an inkstone and a pen holder on these two desks, but other than that, there is nothing.

After looking back, he glanced at Dong Shuzhen next to him.

Dong Shuzhen shrank her neck, her two big round eyes were shining with stars, full of gratitude, and she was obviously relieved.

Zhu Xiuyuan shook his head with a wry smile, and patted her head.

When Dong Cheng heard it, it seemed to make sense, so he nodded without delving into the issue.

Because this is the study room of the main house, only Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen come here on weekdays.

The courtyard where Dong Cheng lives has his own independent study room, and he usually doesn't come here, so he doesn't know the layout of the place, so he can tell Zhu Xiuyuan whatever he wants.

Dong Cheng lowered his head slightly and focused on the rice paper on the case.

On the desk, there is a piece of rice paper lying on it, pressed down with a paperweight. Half of the calligraphy has been written on the paper, and only half of the last word has been written.

It seems that the person writing suddenly stopped writing.

Dong Cheng removed the paperweight, picked it up with both hands, and looked at it carefully with an extremely serious expression.

Zhu Xiuyuan was standing behind Dong Cheng, waiting to take a look. Suddenly, he felt a hand grasping his hand.

Zhu Xiuyuan looked around and saw that it was indeed Dong Shuzhen. She was looking at him fearfully.

Zhu Xiuyuan patted her hand to express comfort and gave her a reassuring look.

Then he looked at the rice paper again.

I saw that the handwriting on the rice paper was beautiful, neat, and stroke by stroke. It was actually written very well.

Dong Shuzhen was born in a scholarly family, so she naturally practiced calligraphy. She was even Zhu Xiuyuan's "calligraphy teacher".

Her calligraphy is generally written slowly, one stroke at a time, and carefully crafted, because she writes for pleasure, not to rush work, but mainly to write beautifully.

Zhu Xiuyuan looked at the handwriting on the rice paper and saw that it was very good and not inferior to her previous standards.

But why is Dong Shuzhen so afraid?

Zhu Xiuyuan was a little confused.

"Well...it's pretty well written!"

As expected, Dong Cheng read each word word by word.

After reading this piece, he put it aside and took a large stack of rice paper from the other side of the desk.

The large pile of rice paper was covered with handwriting, and it looked like it was a manuscript written by Dong Shuzhen.

Dong Cheng carefully reviewed each piece from top to bottom, looking at it extremely seriously.

Zhu Xiuyuan looked behind and saw that the handwriting on the rice paper was very good, and the standard was still there, which naturally made Dong Cheng nod repeatedly.

However, every time Dong Cheng finished reading one and picked up a new one, Zhu Xiuyuan could always feel that Dong Shuzhen was holding his hand and trembling...

Why is that?
It's obviously very well written.

Zhu Xiuyuan felt strange in his heart and couldn't help but look at Dong Shuzhen again and exchanged a glance with her. Her eyes were filled with the look of asking for help.

Zhu Xiuyuan's brows twitched slightly and he glanced at Dong Shuyu on the other side of Dong Cheng.

He and Dong Shuyu had the same mind, and he understood from Dong Shuyu's eyes that there might be no problem with the top of the pile of manuscript paper, but it was hard to say what was wrong with the bottom.

In order to confirm his conjecture, Zhu Xiuyuan moved lightly, walked to the bookcase on the side, and observed it carefully.

I saw that on the desk on the side, although there was no paper, there was an inkstone.

The ink ground in the inkstone is still there!

Moreover, the brush on the pen stand is still wet and full of thick ink.

Compared with the brush next to it, it is obviously different!
Zhu Xiuyuan shook his head. Needless to say, this book desk should also be a "workbench" for copying books before they arrived!
He walked behind the desk again and saw a section of rice paper exposed in the corner of the desk drawer. It was white and very conspicuous!

Zhu Xiuyuan calmly moved his hands gently and pressed in.

Needless to say, in their haste, they hid the rice paper on the desk in the drawer. However, due to their haste and negligence, a section of the rice paper was exposed...

Zhu Xiuyuan walked back slowly. As soon as he stood still, Dong Shuzhen held his hand again and looked up at him, her two big eyes shining.

That little look is so pitiful and adorable.

Zhu Xiuyuan already understood everything. While smiling bitterly, he gave him a reassuring look.

Whoa!
Dong Cheng picked up the next piece of rice paper. He looked extremely serious and read every word. His seriousness really frightened Dong Shuzhen.

The book "Girl's Ring" actually does not have many words. Since there were no punctuation marks in ancient times, the whole book only has more than a thousand words.

In fact, it's more of an article than a book.

Dong Shuzhen wrote in small regular script, with a small font, and the rice paper was very large, so every two pieces of rice paper contained the entire content of "Nvjie".

The fonts are so small, densely packed, and the content is repetitive. In fact, the review work is very tedious. If Zhu Xiuyuan came here, he might not be able to read it the first time.

But Dong Cheng was very serious, holding rice paper in both hands, full of energy, reading word by word...

"There's an error here!"

Suddenly, Dong Cheng stopped reviewing, put down the rice paper, and turned to look at Dong Shuzhen, his tone was serious and his face was very cold.

"Dad... my daughter is wrong..."

Dong Shuzhen was frightened. She shook Zhu Xiuyuan's hand slightly and quickly admitted her mistake.

On the other side, Xia Wu and Qiu Wen, who were standing with their heads bowed, broke into a cold sweat.

Because they were afraid that their young ladies would be frightened by this, they took the initiative to reveal the matter of "asking them to write for themselves" like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube.

This kind of thing is not impossible.

"What are you afraid of? Come and take a look here..." Dong Cheng's expression softened a little, as if he felt that he was too serious just now, "Look at this word, this stroke is too long, which affects the overall beauty. …”

Zhu Xiuyuan almost vomited blood!

Did Dong Cheng look so carefully?

He can pick out any abnormality in a stroke. This is too serious!
"Oh... oh... oh..."

Dong Shuzhen nodded repeatedly with a serious look on her face, indicating that she had listened.

Then Dong Cheng continued to review, while Dong Shuzhen stepped back and grabbed Zhu Xiuyuan's hand, holding it tightly.

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