The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 612

Chapter 612: 293 Prime Minister’s Favor (One More)_3

His oil lamp was almost out.

He went to the east room and fetched the lamp from there.

Having nothing better to do, Xiao Liulang started to organize the books.

Due to the sheer volume of work, they had sorted through less than a third and hadn’t even begun to repair the damaged ancient texts.

Xiao Liulang had been at Hanlin Academy for less than a month, and it was thanks to Feng Lao’s teachings that he had a strong grasp of history. Feng Lao’s collection, which he left to Xiao Liulang, contained many historical books.

"Huizong rode his horse to Yanbei Pass, desiring to cross the Yanshui River..."

Xiao Liulang had the fortune of reading this passage in Feng Lao’s books; it described the second emperor of the former dynasty, Wen Huizong, leading the troops personally into battle.

That day, the weather was atrocious, making river crossing ill-advised.

Wen Huizong ignored the counsel, intent on proceeding, and luckily a fisherwoman risked her life to stop him. Later that night, a heavy downpour and a sudden rise in the Yanshui river with ceaseless whirlpools made Huizong realize that he and his military officers had narrowly escaped disaster.

Upon returning, against his ministers’ opposition, Huizong resolutely granted the fisherwoman the title of his wife.

It was a story that should have been sung about for ages, but the fisherwoman’s fate was not a fortunate one.

In the Imperial Harem of three thousand beauties, people only saw the smile of the new and never heard the weeping of the old.

Starting from her third year in the palace, the fisherwoman never saw the emperor again. She grew old in the depths of the Forbidden City and before dying, she left behind a "Yanbei Rhapsody," laying out her lifelong loneliness and suffering.

The very "Yanbei Rhapsody" they needed was conveniently missing here.

Xiao Liulang dipped his brush and filled in the missing "Yanbei Rhapsody."

The next day.

A servant, responsible for watching over the Courtyard, arrived.

He was watching the property for the original owner, coming around every three to five days. He was visiting now, concerned about more leaks in the roof after last night’s rainfall.

He first went to the East Study Room. But upon entering, the sight of a person sprawled over the desk caused him to fall on his rear end: "A ghost—"

His reaction to mistake the other person for a ghost was no surprise since all the doors were locked—who else could have entered but a ghost?

Xiao Liulang was awakened by his shout, his head, which had been resting on his arm, slowly lifted.

It was a face, which despite the imprint of pressure, remained impeccably perfect.

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