Chapter 470 - Young Master Zhang Has an Eccentricity of Collecting (1/2)

As for playboys in the capital city, one would never forget Prime Minister Zhang’s son, Zhang Lanjue.

It did not mean that Young Master Zhang was bullying men and women, fighting in the streets, or something like that. Young Master Zhang had a special hobby. He liked to collect strange things, but he did not like antique calligraphy or paintings. Sometimes, he even went to brothels to collect the round fans of the women there.

It was said that he was currently collecting the round fans that the Four Courtesan Belles in the capital city used to hold when they fought for the champion.

With such a hobby, this handsome childe of the Premier was defined as a rich playboy.

Today was the day when his mother was doing a ritual for his deceased grandmother. They especially chose a big hall. Madam Zhang, together with her son and daughters, chanted with the nuns and knelt respectfully from time to time. Only this Young Master Zhang turned his eyes a few times and focused on an incense burner in front of the Buddha platform. He was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks. He had been collecting incense burners recently.

And it was an eight-horned censer from the olden days.

The small censer supporting the Buddha platform was just right. It was about the same size as what he had collected before. If he took it back, he would definitely be able to put 10 together. It would be perfect.

It was very quiet in the main hall, and only the singing could be heard. Everyone was bowing respectfully. If he made any noise now, he would be punished by his mother.

Of course, Zhang Lanjue did not dare to move. Although he looked forward to taking the censer back secretly, he could only look at it eagerly.

It was not easy for him to hold on until noon. He persuaded his mother to go to the side hall to rest, where a vegetarian meal had already been prepared.

Madam Zhang and Miss Zhang bowed for the whole morning. They were also very tired, so they didn’t eat, but only took a few sips of tea to rest.

When Madam Zhang saw that her son was going out, she fell her face and asked, “Where are you going?”

Of course, she knew about her son’s strange hobby. Judging from his looks, it was not a good thing.

“Mother, take a rest first. I will burn some incense sticks for grandmother. When we left just now, I saw that the incense sticks were going to go out!”

Seeing that he was discovered, Zhang Lanjue answered seriously and sincerely, as if he really couldn’t bear to see the incense sticks in front of his grandmother go out.

“Brother, this is the Yuhui Nunnery. Don’t mess around!” His sister, Miss Zhang Qilan, did not believe that he would do something good, so she warned him.

“Sister, what are you saying? Of course, I know this is the Yuhui Nunnery, which is full of nuns. A gentleman from an aristocratic family like me has to avoid getting involved with the nuns.” Zhang Lanjue became more and more serious, and he looked a little aggrieved because of his sister’s suspicion.

Madam Zhang was not fooled by her son. She looked up and continued asking, “You’ll only go to the hall on the side?”

“Of course. If not, where else could I go? Mother, don’t worry, I know. Nothing will happen to me. Rumors about what happened have spread in the circle of young masters in the capital city. They all regard it as a joke. I’m afraid it is not true. That is just for fun.”

Zhang Lanjue knew what his mother was worried about and quickly said.

“What is the matter? Big brother, tell me about it!” Zhang Qilan’s eyes lit up and she immediately became interested in it. She wanted to know if there was any rumor outside that was related to the nunnery.

“Nothing serious. It was said that a noble young master came to the Yuhui Nunnery and took a fancy to a nun there. They were seen dating secretly. After that, the nun followed the noble young master and returned to the secular world! How could such a thing be true?”

Zhang Lanjue’s voice was full of disregard.

Hearing him say such things in front of his sister, Madam Zhang was so angry that she picked up the cushion on the chair behind her and threw it at him. She scolded him, “Is this what you can say to your sister?”

Zhang Lanjue deftly avoided the cushion and said with a bitter expression, “Mother, I didn’t want to say it. It was Sister who wanted me to say it. I said it, then you hit me. You should hit Sister.”

“Big Brother, I’m just asking. Who told you to say that?” Zhang Qilan rolled her eyes and blamed it all on her big brother. Although she was really interested in it, she could not reveal it in front of her mother. Otherwise, her mother would ask her to copy the Women’s Precepts and Daughter’s Warns later!

For her brother messing around all day, he was punished only by kneeling down and cursing. She could not come out of her boudoir every day, and even if she spoke a little too much, she would be confiscated. Thus, Zhang Qilan thought that men were better. If she were a man, she would be much more promising than her own brother.

At least, she would not be a well-known playboy. The entire Zhang family’s face was lost by her big brother.

Zhang Lanjue saw that his sister was so cunning that she wanted to push the blame to him, so he said hurriedly. “Hey, it’s me again…”

“If you want to go, go there quickly. Don’t mislead your sister.” Madam Zhang saw that he was going to say more, so she immediately shouted, fearing that he would say something stupid again.

This was the Yuhui Nunnery, where many people come in and out. She could not let anyone listen to her son’s strange words.