Chapter 368 — The Maid
Purple Streets of Chang'an · Page 4 of 4
Song Yan said gravely, "Tomorrow I mean to treat Boyan and my twelfth brother-in-law to drinks. For someone like me, who does the favor and even ends up out of pocket, may I ask for another reward?"
Dou Yan laughed until she could not straighten up.
The two chatted and laughed all the way back to the Yingzhenguo Estate.
As their carriage passed the main gate of the Yingzhenguo Estate, it brushed past Song Cen, who had just come home reeking of drink.
When Song Cen heard the silver-bell-bright laughter drifting from the carriage, his face darkened at once, like clouds covering the sky.
Dou Yan had no idea of Song Cen's gloom. At home she turned out boxes and trunks, finding two Xi inkstones she had filched from her father, two boxes of Huding ink, two boxes of wolf-hair brushes, two blocks of Hetian jade for seals, and a cloisonné silver ink-warming stove; she wrapped them in gift boxes and went to Yuqiao Lane the next day.
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This counts as a transitional chapter, I suppose. Part Three is about to begin. Everyone please bear with it a little; the exciting part is coming soon.