Chapter 1.1 - Fang Fei (1/2)

Chapter 11: Fang Fei

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The sun’s hot rays shone on the capital city of Yanjing All the street peddlers rested under the shade of trees to avoid the heat In this kind of blistering hot weather, both the young o out and suffer the harshness of the sun’s rays Roas over their shoulders At the well in the city center, they would immerse rice wine toback and forth to each and every ga for a thirsty and weary person to spare five copper coins to buy a bowl With this coppers they would be able to buy a bag of rice And this bag of rice, when boiled, would give thee, which was equal to three days of hard labor

At a turn in the corner of the east city wall, there was a brand-new residence A board was hung high in the middle of the door with four characters written on it: “I, the residence together with the board were bestowed by the E the top scorer in the imperial examinations For a scholar, to be able to achieve this much, made the whole fas

A brand-new residence, a board bestowed by the emperor In the middle of a courtyard, peopleheat outside, the interior of the residence was comfortably cool thanks to the ice cubes that were placed inside to relieve the heat However, if one went beyond the courtyard towards the end of the garden, one would feel a chill at once

Leaning against the wall, there was a room tucked at the fore outside the door: two young servant girls wearing pink, thin skirts, together with a plu a small stool where a pile of red-skinned melon seeds and a pot of pickled plu at the same time Unexpectedly free and unrestrained in the presence of their irl on the left turned around to glance at theand said: “Today, the s yet not dying, really don’t knohen this will end”

“You little hussy1, talking behind ed woman admonished her, “Be careful not to have your skin peeled by the irl objected: “How is that possible? The master hasn’t set foot inside madam’s courtyard for threeher voice, “that affair caused such a ruckus outside Our master can be considered kind-hearted, had it been anyone else…” She curled her lips, “I say, it would be better to kill herself straight away In any case, her reputation is already co this kind of life, isn’t it just to burden other people”

The irl said: “Actually, madam is also pitiful, to be born so beautiful and talented with a sweet teined, she would face this kind of h they spoke in low voice, the afternoon was extre too far away, each word and each sentence was transmitted clearly into the ear of the person inside the roo on her back Clear, dried stains of tears could be seen at the outer corner of her eyes Her thinning face an and sallow, drained of all color Despite her sickly look, her quiet courage shook one to the core and ly lovely

In the past, she had a beautiful complexion, otherwise she wouldn’t have obtained the reputation of being the nuot ar to crash into her bridal sedan chair Her veil slipped and revealed a delicate and beautiful face, which caused the people on both sides of the street to be unable to look away Her father, Xue Huaiyuan, was the county deputy of Tongxiang, in Xiangyang province At that ti her off to , and said: “Ah2 Li, with your good looks, I’ won’t be able to protect you all the ti was her husband

Before Shen Yurong became the top scorer in the imperial examinations, heHowever, hisBefore the end of the New Year, Madam Cao passed away due to illness He beca returned to Xiangyang to attend the funeral

Tongxiang was a s province Xue Huaiyuan was just aFei’s er brother, Xue Zhao After her mother’s death, Xue Huaiyuan did not remarry Their faether with their father, and they all depended on each other

When Xue Fang Fei reached the e, her appearance was extre e Even Xue Huaiyuan’s superior wanted Xue Fang Fei to be his second wife Naturally, Xue Huaiyuan was not willing Since his wife had passed ahen Xue Fang Fei was still shter In addition, Xue Fang Fei was an intelligent and lovable child, and he had never shorted her of any food or drink

Since Xue Huaiyuan treasured her like a pearl in his pal Entering the door of a rich fa Fei took a fancy to Shen Yurong

Shen Yurong looked bright and with goodover with talent Taking a single look showed a talented person with attractive looks, and it was ahis peers But if this happened, then Xue Fang Fei would have no choice but to follow Shen Yurong to Yanjing when she gotFei’s looks were just too beautiful There was Xue Huaiyuan to protect her in Tongxiang However, one just couldn’t count how In the event that there was any evil intention froht not be able to protect her

In the end, Xue Huaiyuan still let Xue Fang Feibecause she was in love with hi Fei’s rievances afterwas considerate to her in every possible way Therefore, those hardshi+ps vanished into thin air right away

At the beginning of spring last year, Shen Yurong passed brilliantly the iifted an official residence and personally bestowed a na was appointed as an official in the Ministry of Rites In the ninth nant, which coincided with Old Mada’s nobility to celebrate the two si Fei’s worst night Fei also did not knohat and how it happened She only drank a little bit of plu the banquet, but soon after she felt sleepy In her dazed state, she was assisted by a servant girl to return to her room to rest A moment later, she oken up by a shriek She opened her eyes and saw an unfamiliar man in her room, and her clothes were in disarray Herin the doorway Everyone looked at her with different expressions, sousted, while others looked like they were rejoicing in another’s inally, she was really ashaht in such a predicament, no matter what, there wasn’t any way that she could explain herself In the presence of a roouests, the first wife4 of the new top scholar had an affair This matter would definitely be spread outside