Song Mansion.

In the study room.

Song Shen looked at his grandfather with a solemn expression. He opened his mouth several times but said nothing. He glanced at the table curiously.

"Just say what you want to say."

Song Lian noticed that her grandson was hesitant to speak, hesitated for a moment, and spoke slowly.

"Going back to grandpa, my grandson saw that you have been staying in the study since you came back from the palace. Now I see you look so solemn. Did something happen in the palace?"

Song Shen looked at his grandfather, cupped his hands, and asked softly.

Song Lian sighed and didn't say anything, but handed the five poems on the table to Song Shen.

Song Shen hesitated for a moment, then hurriedly took it and looked down.

"What a poem! What a poem!"

"Is this grandpa's new work tonight?"

After Song Shen saw it, he couldn't help but praise loudly and asked.

"It wasn't me. This was all done by Hu Fei, and he did it in an instant."

Song Lian smiled bitterly and said slowly.

"Master Hu?! Is it him?!"

"My grandson heard that Mr. Hu drove a carriage into the palace today. Did he also participate in this year's palace annual banquet?! And he wrote a poem at the annual banquet?!"

When Song Shen heard this, he couldn't help but asked in surprise. He unconsciously showed a hint of envy and regret, feeling that he regretted not seeing Hu Fei compose a poem at the New Year's banquet with his own eyes.

"Yes, what he pulled on the carriage is a New Year's gift to His Majesty. What is it called... Lego? But that is not the most important thing. The important thing is that I did not overestimate my ability and offended him with a few words.

, he was dissatisfied for a moment, so he challenged me."

"I accepted his challenge and agreed to a poem to determine the outcome. As long as he can compose a poem that is comparable to what I wrote before the end of the New Year's banquet, I will be considered defeated by him."

"But I didn't expect that he would actually put his hands behind his back and compose five songs in a row, and every song and every sentence is a masterpiece for the ages! I lost completely..."

Song Lian smiled bitterly and said with emotion. At the end, he felt ashamed and could only shake his head helplessly.

"He actually beat you?!"

"this..."

After hearing his grandfather's words, Song Shen froze on the spot with a look of disbelief.

He has always been a person who doesn't like to be competitive and stand out, but he is proud of being the grandson of the first civil servant of the Ming Dynasty. On weekdays, officials in the Hanlin Academy treat him with great courtesy.

But he didn't expect that at tonight's annual banquet, his grandfather would actually lose to Hu Fei!

"The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and our Ming Dynasty is indeed full of talents! I am convinced that I have lost!"

"Hu Fei's talents are rare to see in a hundred years. Now that Bowen has passed away, my days are numbered. With him here, a hundred years from now, I will have a successor in the literary world of the Ming Dynasty!"

Song Lian smiled and said excitedly.

Seeing the excited expression on his grandfather's face and listening to his grandfather saying that he didn't have much time left, Song Shen couldn't help but feel a little moved, but he didn't know how to comfort him.

"I am dissatisfied with my grandfather. In fact, my grandson has always been on good terms with Mr. Hu. He is one of the few friends my grandson has in Kyoto. Originally, my grandson wanted to take advantage of the Chinese New Year to come back to Beijing."

I brought him here to introduce you to me for a while, but I didn’t expect that something like this happened at the New Year’s banquet.”

Song Shen hesitated for a moment, then sighed and said.

Hearing Song Shen's words, Song Lian couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Are you lucky enough to be friends with him?"

Song Lian looked at her grandson in surprise and asked.

"It was also by chance that my grandson had a quarrel with people from the Capital Military and Horse Department in Hongbin Tower. Fortunately, Mr. Hu came to his aid and resolved the issue for his grandson. Since then, we have become friends."

Song Shen nodded and said truthfully.

"I was rude. Today at the New Year's banquet, I was negligent in etiquette, and then I accused him in front of His Majesty. Now that I think about it, it is indeed my fault. I am really ashamed. I just hope that this will not happen.

Destroy your relationship with him."

Song Lian sighed and said with some self-blame.

"Grandpa, don't worry. Tomorrow, my grandson will go to the Hu Mansion in person to apologize to Mr. Hu. He is not a petty person, so he should not have any grudge against his grandson."

Song Shen cupped his hands and sighed secretly.

"Okay, after meeting him, tell him that if he is willing, please come to my house as a guest. I will prepare a small amount of wine to express my apology."

Song Lian nodded and said seriously.

"My grandson has remembered it."

Song Shen nodded and slowly agreed.

But he was also a little unsure whether Hu Fei would consider him a friend again after what happened at the New Year Banquet.

"If you can make friends with him, after a hundred years, I will have a backer in the capital, and I will feel relieved."

"You don't know something. He gave your Majesty three annual gifts at the annual banquet, two real objects and a good plan. His Majesty Long Yan was so happy that he was given the title of Marquis of Jiu'an. He is the youngest Marquis since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. His future is uncertain.

Limited quantity, it will become a pillar of the Ming Dynasty in the future."

Song Lian looked at his grandson and said thoughtfully.

After listening to his grandfather's words, Song Shen was shocked again. Unexpectedly, Hu Fei entered the palace and suddenly transformed into a marquis.

Afterwards, Song Lian gave Song Shen a few more words and asked Song Shen to retreat. She stayed in the study room, savoring Hu Fei's five poems, until dawn.

...

The next day.

Hu Mansion.

Linglong Court.

At three o'clock in the morning, Pei Jie, Chun Xia Qiu Dong and others gathered outside the door of Hu Fei's wing. No one dared to knock on the door, for fear of being beaten by the young master on the morning of the first day of junior high school.

In the middle of the courtyard, Song Shen stood respectfully, with his head lowered and an apologetic look on his face.

Early in the morning, he came to the Hu Mansion in person, prepared generous gifts, and first went to the front yard to meet Hu Weiyong, then went to the backyard and waited for Hu Fei to get up.

But after waiting and waiting, Hu Fei never woke up. Even though his legs had almost lost all feeling, he did not dare to move.

The purpose of coming here today was to ask for Hu Fei's forgiveness, so he had already made up his mind and just stood there waiting for Hu Fei to wake up.

During this period, Pei Jie and others couldn't stand it, and tried to persuade Song Shen to come back another day, or to wait in the main hall first, but Song Shen refused them all and refused to say anything.

In front of the wing door, Chundie kept winking at Pei Jie and tried to knock Pei Jie on the door.

"I don't! Why don't you go?!"

"Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and I don't want to get beaten."

Pei Jie waved his hands repeatedly and said dissatisfied.

"You are thick-skinned and thick-skinned. You can't just watch the young master attack the four of us, right?"

Chundie pointed at herself and Xia Chan and said with a grimace.

"You are a girl's family. Even if the young master wants to do something, he will not do it to you. At most, if you curse a few times, I will be different. That is a real beating!"

Pei Jie shook his head repeatedly, shrinking his neck and said.

He had been beaten more than once because of this.

Seeing Pei Jie like this, the four girls of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter couldn't help but show contempt on their faces.

Pei Jie looked nonchalant. It was better to be beaten than to be rejected by Chundie and the others.

At this moment, the back door opened and Xiao Wu slowly walked in from the door. Seeing so many people standing in the courtyard, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Last night was New Year's Eve, so after returning to the mansion, Hu Fei asked Xiao Wu to go home early.

Seeing Xiao Wu appear, Pei Jie rolled his eyes and showed a gloating smile at the corner of his mouth.

"Xiao Wu, the young master called for you and has been waiting for you inside for a long time."

Pei Jie pointed to Hu Fei's room and said seriously.

Xiao Wu hesitated for a moment, then quickly walked to Hu Fei's door without thinking too much.

"Master, are you looking for me?"

Xiao Wu knocked on the door and asked in a low voice.

Seeing Xiao Wu's innocent look, Chundie and the others couldn't help but show a hint of sympathy.

"I'm sorry, young master, am I late? What do you want from me?"

Seeing that there was no movement in the house, Xiao Wu listened carefully and asked anxiously. At the same time, he knocked on the door a little harder.

When he left last night, Hu Fei told him to come over at noon, but he rushed over early in order not to delay things.

Immediately afterwards, the door suddenly opened, and Hu Fei appeared at the door with a livid face.

"Master..."

Xiao Wu was startled, looked at Hu Fei who was ashen-faced, swallowed subconsciously, and murmured.

But Hu Fei's eyes were not on Xiao Wu at all, but he was staring at Pei Jie not far behind Xiao Wu in a dark way.

Seeing Hu Fei's eyes, Pei Jie immediately sensed something was wrong and subconsciously moved his steps backward...
Chapter completed!