The Daily Life Of Mei Furen Doting On Her Husband - Chapter 39

Of course, Wu Zhen reasonably suspected that Censor Liu disliked her because he misunderstood that she and Liu Taizhen had a conflict. Wu Zhen was at a loss whether to laugh or cry about that misunderstanding when they were young. If Censor Liu knew that she and his beloved daughter Liu Taizhen were actually good friends, he might be scared.

Speaking of it, there was another interesting thing. Two years ago, there were not so many ladies in Chang’an who loved to wear men’s robes. That “unhealthy trend” started with Wu Zhen. After she wore men’s robes and walked around the city, more ladies followed suit. Later, even the concubines and princesses in the palace occasionally walked around in men’s robes. Censor Liu couldn’t stand it and criticized it in court, which gave the Emperor a headache. In fact, the Emperor liked his concubines to change their clothes. It was so interesting to watch. Of course, he didn’t dare to say so, because if he did, Censor Liu would definitely not let him go.

When Wu Zhen went to the palace to listen to the new music, the Emperor told her about it. 

Wu Zhen was also malicious, so she gave her friend Liu Taizhen a nice set of men’s clothes that day. The two had been friends for many years, so how could Liu Taizhen not know what she was thinking? She put it on that day, and when her father, Liu Yushi, came home, she smiled and asked him, “Everyone says that I look good in this. What do you think, Father?”

What did Liu Yushi think? Could he say that it was not good for his precious daughter to wear men’s clothes? Of course not. The first principle of Liu Yushi was to have no principles in front of his daughter.

Anyway, after seeing his daughter also begin to imitate Wu Zhen and wear men’s clothes, Censor Liu stopped saying that women should not wear random clothes, for fear that if he said something wrong, even the apple of his eye would be scolded. After that, Censor Liu could only turn a blind eye to this absurd behavior of wearing men’s clothes.

Wu Zhen was used to Censor Liu not liking her, so she greeted him politely and smiled as usual. But the more she did this, the more Censor Liu disliked her, and she didn’t know why.

However, Censor Liu treated Mei Zhuyu with an unusually good attitude. Wu Zhen had never seen Censor Liu show such a kind expression to her. After greeting Mei Zhuyu and saying a few words to him, Censor Liu walked away without even looking at Wu Zhen. 

Mei Zhuyu looked at his back and sized him up curiously. “So, you are familiar with Imperial Censor Liu?”

Mei Zhuyu said, “Censor Liu wanted to recommend me to the Censorate before, but I thought the Ministry of Justice was also good, so I rejected his offer. However, Censor Liu is knowledgeable and experienced, and I occasionally ask him questions. As time went by, we became friends. Censor Liu has a good temper and is always patient in teaching his students and juniors.”

Good temper? Patient in teaching? The Censor Liu she knew was probably not the same Censor Liu.

For the first time, Wu Zhen looked at the young man with admiration. He was really not a simple person to be able to have a friendship with Liu Yushi. But thinking about it again, it seemed normal for the young man to be liked by Liu Yushi with his personality. But that was strange. How could one of them hate her so much and the other like her so much when they could get along so well?

Wu Zhen had been thinking about this question. She was still thinking about it when she went to the Monster Market. Liu Taizhen was also in Yan Tower that day. When Wu Zhen saw her sitting there writing something,  she walked over, knocked on the table, and said, “Little Snake, I met your father today. He still had that unhappy face. Do you think he still thinks that I bullied you before? Otherwise, why don’t you explain this misunderstanding to him?”

iu Taizhen didn’t even raise her head. “I’ve explained it.”

Wu Zhen: “Then why does he still dislike me? Oh, he dislikes me, but he is quite nice to my fiancé. His kind attitude surprised me.”

Liu Taizhen buried her head in writing and said calmly, “My father really admires him. About half a year ago, he quietly asked me if I would like to choose a husband like him. It seemed that he wanted to bring us together, but I refused. I said I didn’t like him.”

Wu Zhen didn’t know that such a thing had happened. She couldn’t help but imagine the solemn Censor Liu, the stern and cold Lady Liu, and the expressionless young master. As a result, when this picture came to mind, she couldn’t help but wipe her sweat. The image was too terrifying. This kind of oppressive momentum and power was probably called righteousness.

Wu Zhen shook off the image in her mind and asked Liu Taizhen curiously, “You didn’t like this kind of young man, so you told Censor Liu directly? Did he ask you what kind of man you like?”

Liu Taizhen still didn’t look up and said perfunctorily, “He asked.”

Wu Zhen asked, “Then how did you answer?”

Liu Taizhen: “I said, ‘If Wu Zhen were a man, I would like him.'”

Wu Zhen: “…” Okay, now I know why Censor Liu has always disliked me.

“What are you writing here? You don’t even have the heart to talk to me.” Wu Zhen moved closer to Liu Taizhen to see what she was writing and forced herself to open the front of a scroll.

“‘Notes on Ghosts’? You have the leisure to do this. You wrote ‘Notes on Monsters’ before, and now you are writing about ghosts.”

Liu Taizhen slapped her hand away in disgust. “Don’t interfere with my work.”

Thinking of Notes on Monsters and Ghosts, Wu Zhen thought of Mei Si. That guy liked the book very much and said he wanted to draw a whole album for the author, White Snake. Speaking of which, she hadn’t seen Mei Si in the past two days. He must have been staying at home and focusing on painting.

“Snake Lord.” A gentle and elegant man holding a scroll went up to Yan Tower. A plump woman walked behind him, holding a basket with a few pieces of pork in it.

“Cat Lord is here too. It just so happens that Zhu Niang and I caught something interesting. Let me show you what it is.”

The man’s appearance was not particularly outstanding, but his temperament was friendly and quiet, which easily made people like him. He placed the scroll in front of Wu Zhen and Liu Taizhen, motioning for them to look at it.

The woman who came with him exuded a fierce aura. She put down the basket and said, “My husband and I caught it two nights ago when we were patrolling outside.”

These two people were the assistants under Liu Taizhen, a man and a woman, a couple. The man was Ling Xiao, a flower monster, who opened a bookstore in the East Market, and the woman was a pig monster named Zhu Ying, who was a butcher. During the day, the couple was in the East Market, one selling books and the other selling pork. At night, the two would consciously patrol Chang’an City to prevent ghosts from causing trouble.

Compared with the two of them, Wu Zhen’s two assistants, one Quack and the other Huzhu, were really not doing their jobs properly.