After writing the last word, Yuzhu looked at it again and again, then broke the letter and asked Jue'er to send it to the Northwest Business Center to the merchant who delivered the letter.

In the following days, the Taiwei was always turned away by Yuzhu. To be honest, those door bolts could not stop the Taiwei, but they could only kick them out with just one foot. However, looking at Yuzhu's haggard face, she couldn't bear to make trouble for her, so she decided to give her some good sleep and settle the debts after the Jade Carving Competition.

For this reason, Yuzhu can prepare for the competition steadily.

Because of this competition, the participating jade craftsmen had to compete in front of the emperor. Therefore, before the competition, they needed their own tools to hand over to the Imperial Military Affairs Office, which was in charge of the security matters in the palace. After a special official was responsible for the inspection, they would seal the boxes and store them in the Imperial Military Affairs Office, and would unbox them until the competition was held. When the jade craftsmen entered the palace, they should not bring any sharp objects on their bodies.

So when we got together early this day, Yuzhu wiped his utensils with oil, and told Manbao, who had arrived specially, to check it a few more times to ensure that he was completely behind. Then he got into the carriage and went out.

When Yuzhu brought her tools to the Imperial Army Office, many craftsmen had already come here. Some were busy applying a layer of vegetable oil to their tools to avoid rust during storage, while others were chatting in groups of three or three.

Seeing Yuzhu walk in, many craftsmen's eyes turned around. They all knew that this seemingly weak little woman was very skilled in the preliminary round and was an opponent that should not be underestimated, so they all looked at him up and down.

One of the young and tall men came over and greeted Yuzhu, Changman and others: "But Miss Yuan Yuzhu?"

Yuzhu looked up at the person who came, and saw that the person looked like a monkey. The young man took the initiative to report his name and name: "I'm Hu Wanchou."

After hearing that he reported to his house, Yuzhu smiled and looked at him carefully. If she remembered correctly, this person would be Lord Fan's proud disciple. In the last jade carving competition, he made a huge three-legged vase. In such a short time, he could make such a large vase. In addition to the necessary skills, he was also very brave.

Seeing that Yuzhu had no words, Hu Wanchou continued, "My Lord Normal School is busy with work today and has no time to come here, but he specifically reminded the little disciple, I and the girl, that if this is the case, you must go to his house to see him."

Yuzhu smiled and replied, "Since it's Lord Fan's invitation, I will naturally go." After that, she mixed into the team and waited for sorting.

It was her turn after a while. The inspector carefully checked that there was no crossbow in her tool. After shooting the equipment, he used a seal to seal the lid. Yuzhu suddenly reached out and stopped him, "Sir, I seem to have forgotten to put a carving knife!"

As he said that, he took a carving knife from his sleeve, handed it over to the clerk beside him for inspection, and then put it in the box to seal it.

After doing all this, Yuzhu took Chang Manjue'er out of the Military Affairs Office.

Just now, she used her hand to block the seal, and gently dipped a little rouge on her lips with her fingers, and then printed it on it.

If she learned the key points during the preliminary round, it was that the game hosted by Lord Fan was not clean. Since he could do something on the jade material in the preliminary round, he might do something on other jade craftsmen's final tools.

Therefore, if someone has marked the seal, if someone opens the box and replaces it, you can also be clear and come up with a solution early, just in case.

After leaving the mansion, Yuzhu saw that it was still early and could go to Mr. Fan's place, so she got on a carriage and went to the yamen of the Ministry of Revenue.

When I got there, after I reported my name behind the yamen, there were errand runners who went to report it. Soon after, I invited Yuzhu into a small study next to the Ministry of Revenue.

Yuzhu sat upright in the Huike study room and looked around. She thought that Lord Fan was quite interesting. He had invited him before, and the meaning in his words was that he wanted to invite her to his home, but this time he met in the government office, which was very tempting to avoid suspicion. Since the tea banquet at Prince Guangjun's Mansion, the news that Lord Taiwei met a jade carving beauty began to spread.

Lord Fan’s good fortune is very relevant to his ability to judge the situation. If he privately meets the Grand Marshal in the mansion, it is not the purpose of Lord Fan. Of course, he has to weigh the pros and cons, and he will never lose the blame...

After a while, Fan Qingyun came over from the office on the other side, smiled and said to Yuzhu who was drinking tea in small mouthfuls: "How is it? I specially ordered someone to make a flower tea for you. Recently, the noble ladies in the capital love the taste of this flower dew very much.

Yuzhu quickly put down the teacup and smiled and bowed to Lord Fan. After the greetings, Yuzhu heard what Lord Fan meant was to ask her if she wanted to join his disciples to practice. If she could, she would be given the title of Fan Qingyun's apprentice this time, which would naturally be a little more convenient.

Yuzhu thought for a while and said, "I am stupid, I am just learning to figure out some jade carving skills. How dare I insult your reputation in vain? It would be better to play with my own skills."

When Fan Qingyun heard Yuzhu declined, his smile did not diminish and asked again: "Since the lady is unintentional, I dare not force me. But the reason why I want to accept you as my disciple is not the skill of jade carving. You must know that the winner of this jade carving competition should be the eunuch who carves jade for the Da Nei. But the jade life in this palace is not as simple as a knife and a chisel! If you are not careful, you will cause murder... Didn't your mentor get involved in the palace back then... If you want to make a name for this way, how could there be no one around you to guide you?"

He sighed at this point.

Yuzhu's eyes and eyebrows did not move, and he raised his head slightly and said, "When Mr. Fan talked about this, I have always been unclear. My father's life is ordinary and never took the initiative to carve for noble people. He also studied carvings carefully. If he didn't carve something that was pleasing, how could he suddenly carve the dirty and vulgar jade man used for the concubines in the palace?"

Mr. Fan narrowed his eyes slightly and sighed, "This matter is complicated. I was just your father's disciple back then, and I had no official position. How could I know? This is because the errands in the palace are difficult to do. We are just like ants. How can we dance with the big tree? This case was supervised and judged by the Grand Marshal. I really don't know the details inside, but... I would like to advise you, it is rare for the Taiwei to not care about you now, and it is rare for the Taiwei to do not care about you as a criminal. The matter back then was related to the foundation of the court. In recent years, people have to overturn the Yuan family from time to time, but they are suppressed by the Taiwei's iron fist. Although you are in Yao's mansion and have a good relationship with... Miss Yao, if you just stubbornly pester this matter, I am afraid that the Taiwei will ignore any friendship..."

Yuzhu smiled and listened to Lord Fan's words with obvious harshness, and stood up and said, "Mr. Fan's teachings, I remember that you are busy with your business. If you have no other important things, I will leave first."

Fan Qingyun personally sent Yuzhu to the mansion gate and watched her get on the carriage with the Yao family sign hanging all the way. The fake smile on her face disappeared.

Hu Wanchou, who had been waiting by the side, walked over and whispered: "Mr., have she agreed to join your disciple and be part of my team in the final?"

Fan Qingyun shook his head.

Hu Wanchou shook his head when he saw his mentor, curled his lips contemptuously and said, "A woman who is ungrateful! Her mentor gives her face, but she gives her shamelessness! Do you really think that you can climb to the sky by climbing onto the noble man's bed?"

Fan Qingyun's face slowly became gloomy. He turned around and looked at his master meaningfully. Until he showed a look of nervousness, he suddenly turned around and returned to his study and took a few jade carvings from the drawer beside him.

These jade carvings were taken out from the backyard by the servant who was placed in Weng Lao Na yesterday. They were all jade carvings for Mr. Zheng. It is said that Yuan Yuzhu was separated by five days.

The first two small jade pendants were carved, and if you carefully distinguish them, there were flaws. However, the last one was a jade pendant with a cicada lying on the willow leaves. The silkworm wings were thin and could see the veins on the wings. The willow leaves were green and polished to the point of impeccable.

Fan Qingyun looked at the jade piece with a gloomy face, called it to Hu Wanchou, and asked him: "If you came to carve, you might have achieved such a skill?"

Hu Wanchou took it and looked carefully, and couldn't help but say a little contemptuously: "Mr., although this jade piece is exquisitely carved, it is nothing but me. Not to mention me, even the junior brothers who have been studying hard with you can replicate one..."

Fan Qingyun slowly reached out and took the jade piece again, pulled out a thin rope from the drawer, put it in the eye hole of the jade pendant, and then pulled the rope gently in Hu Wanchuang's inexplicable gaze. He heard that the jade pendant made a sound in the rotation, as if the cicadas chirping in midsummer!

It turned out that after Chan'er's abdomen was hollowed out, he selected the knocking part and drilled holes, which cleverly became a whistle cavity that could blow. When the wearer ran and jumped, the jade pendant would make a sound, which catered to Chan'er's long roar.

Fan Qingyun stared at his beloved disciple and said coldly: "This jade pendant is not difficult to carve, but it is very skillful to make sounds like a cicada chirping. The thickness distribution of the cicada's belly is all about tricks. Where can it be reduced by one point or thickened by one point, the sound cannot be so similar. After I saw it, I copied three in a row, and the sounds cannot be as similar as she carved. Why are you so capable? You can carve the same one by one?"

After hearing Fan Qingyun's words, Hu Wanchou suddenly realized his mind, and his face was flushed with embarrassment. He hurriedly said, "It's the disciple who is arrogant! But... this trick of teasing children is ultimately difficult to be elegant! The teacher doesn't have to worry about the ungrateful woman!"

Fan Qingyun knew that this jade piece was not a trick to carving! But the idea of ​​carving was amazing. He silent for a while and sighed: "If it were based on her craftsmanship in the preliminary competition, it would not be a big problem. Even if she passed the preliminary competition by chance, according to the skills of you, she could handle her... But how long has it been after, and what others can learn in three or five years, she has been able to figure out her skills in a few days, and she is even more ingenious. Who can match this kind of understanding? In this way, you so-called masters who have been carving for many years are all fools and vulgar people!"

Hu Wanchou's face turned red when his master said, and he hurriedly said, "Please rest assured. Even if this woman is really capable, she will never let her take the lead. She will ask her to take the imperial envoy."

Fan Qingyun nodded: "It's good that you know the importance of this matter. Now the nobles in the palace... I signaled that the eunuch supervisor should not get involved in the outsiders and disturb the nobles' layout. Yuan Yuzhu is now the beauty of the Grand Marshal. If she is let into the eunuch and know what she shouldn't know, it will be difficult to end. If a disaster occurs, you and I will not escape! If you can't defend your teacher..."

Without Fan Qingyun's words, Hu Wanchou shuddered himself and said quickly: "Please don't worry, my teacher, I know what to do, and I will definitely tell her that she has no chance of winning!"

The master and apprentice closed the door and talked for a long time before they broke up.

After Hu Wanchou left, Fan Qingyun ordered someone to bring Yuzhu's tea cup that had just been drinking in the reception study. He half-squinted his eyes and looked at the smear of rouge stained on the tea cup. He slowly delivered the cup to his mouth, sniffing the faint fragrance that seemed to be there and not be enough, and then he put his lips on, slowly licked the bright red on the tea cup, and swallowed it into his stomach.

Then, he slowly opened another drawer, and a yellow scroll was lying quietly in the drawer. When he opened it, he saw that there was a beautiful beauty with a half-clear clothes and half-exposed snow chest. It was obviously a malicious painting with malicious intentions.

Fan Qingyun hung the painting on the wall, and his eyes slowly showed excitement: "Master's wife, you are still so beautiful. I thought you could only meet you in your dreams in this life, but I didn't expect that your daughter was so similar to you. This must be because God could not bear the pain of my lovesickness in the second half of my life, so he compensated me for it... But your daughter is actually a lowly embryo who is not a virtuous woman, competitive, and easily committed to men, and she spreads her legs to welcome her. She is just like you, all of whom can't see clearly who is the man with real skills in this world! My several times of show of kindness were all disappointed! But it doesn't matter, I will continue to wait patiently. When I arrive by my side in the future, I will take care of her on behalf of my master's wife, so that she can understand how to be a good decent woman...hahaha..."
Chapter completed!