Vixen (FORBIDDEN PLEASURES #1) by Jade Lee EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Jade Lee
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- Genre: Historical Romance
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It was late afternoon when Zhi Hao arrived in Peking, and well past dark
when he found his way to what he hoped was Master Gao’s home. But one
look at the marker in front of the huge compound told him he was in the
wrong place. The address he’d been given was clearly the estate of the Song
family. And if the size of the walls were any indication, the Songs were
very important people.
The person Zhi Hao sought—Master Gao—was a lowly instructor for
men seeking to pass the imperial exam.
Fortunately, he still might be in the right place. Every major family had
an attached home for a tutor. Likely, Master Gao had instructed the Song
family boys until they grew of age, and now—to supplement his income—
he took in other students.
Zhi Hao was likely one of dozens of men who had sought out Master
Gao’s help over the years. Like them, Zhi Hao’s entire future rested upon
the slim chance that he could pass the exam, and therefore get a good
appointment as a magistrate or better.
Unlike some of them, Zhi Hao was determined to do anything it took to
pass. It was the only way he could uphold his family honor and repay his
parents for the crippling cost of his education. Plus, his sisters needed
dowries.
But all that hope was in vain if he couldn’t find Master Gao.
And so he walked—rather, he trudged—along the Song family
compound until he found a door in the wall along the street. This would be
where deliveries came. Perhaps someone here knew where he could find
Master Gao.
His knock was not answered. Neither was his second polite bang on the
wooden door. Finally, weariness overcame him.
“Master Gao!” he called. “Master Gao, it is Ko Zhi Hao! I am your
newest student come from a very long way to learn from your greatness.”
Nothing.
Damn it, now what was he supposed to do?
He banged again with his whole fist.
“Master Gao!”
“He can’t hear you. He’s in the back drinking.”
Zhi looked around, wondering at the female voice. He couldn’t find it,
but that wasn’t surprising. The walls were high, the moon was waning, and
the garden inside the walls appeared to be lush.
“Up here.”
He tilted his head, scanning the top of the wall until his gaze landed on
a bright face with accented eyes. A girl, obviously, but one who wore
makeup. That meant she was not a servant. And yet what would the Song
daughter be doing up on the wall?
“Hello. I am Ko Zhi—”
“I heard. Master Gao is in the back.” She leaned forward, and he saw a
flash of a silk dress as she pointed down the street. “Go down there and
around the corner. You’ll have to walk for a minute or two, but eventually,
there’s a gate into the back. He never locks it. You’ll find him there.”
“Thank you,” he said, without looking to where she directed him. He
was more interested in her. “How are you up so high?”
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