"Selfish?" Ayao asked doubtfully.

Xue Ru lowered her eyes and asked, "Do you know the rules for admission to Rongsheng Academy?"

A Yao nodded. Rongsheng Academy is now the number one academy in Wei. It has expanded several times compared to when it was first built, and even has branches in other places.

In recent years, the court has been selecting talented people and the imperial examination has been thoroughly implemented. Many pragmatic court officials have emerged from Rongsheng Academy, and many people who graduated from the academy now hold high positions in the court. Therefore, people who want to enter the academy are in great demand, whether it is a branch college or the main college. Even the women's college is crowded with students every year.

But everyone knows that the requirements for admission to Rongsheng Academy are very strict, and the admission rules were set when the Queen Mother founded the academy.

Xue Ru looked at the curtains above the bed and said quietly, "Since the establishment of the academy, there have been no exceptions to the rules, but your mother made an exception for me."

She interceded for Hang's brother to get him into Rongsheng Academy, and asked Auntie Qin to ask for medicine on behalf of Hang Li's mother. Hang Li's father loved inkstones, so she used her shop to spend countless manpower to find the best inkstone as a birthday gift...

The people of the Hang family treated her very well, but every time they met they would first mention the queen. Several close relatives of the Hang family also often came to visit, and every time they met they looked at the business in her hands with eager faces.

In fact, Hang Li had never asked about anything in her hands. Whenever she gave him a gift, he would even find a way to give her a gift in return. He also never let anyone from the Hang family take advantage of him. However, Xue Ru found that she had selfish motives because of this marriage.

Obviously, she had never touched her sister's things before, and was wary of others coveting them, but now she began to use things that should have belonged to her sister to make profits for the Hang family.

When this thought came to her mind, Xue Ru's whole body turned cold.

If this is the case before marriage, what about after marriage?

She has acted this way just because she likes Hang Li a little bit. If she falls deeply in love with him, even has a child with him, and becomes more closely tied to the Hang family, will she forget her original intention and put her selfishness above her sister?

Ah Yao opened her mouth and said, "But the Queen Mother doesn't care about these things..."

"I know my sister doesn't care."

Xue Ru's face was gentle: "Ajie hopes for my well-being and hopes that I can live in peace and contentment. She is even happy to take care of the Hang family's affairs so that I can have enough confidence and face after marrying into the family."

"But Ah Yao, you don't understand."

"I don't allow myself to be biased, and I won't allow myself to ever put others above my sister."

No matter who this person is, it won't work.

Xue Ru knew that her thoughts were a bit extreme, but no one understood what her sister meant to her.

She is a very selfish person and is far from being as kind as others see her.

After realizing her selfishness that day, she told Hang Li directly and gave up the idea of getting engaged, but Hang Li was unwilling and even thought that her "worry" was groundless.

He said that the Hang family would never covet anything she had, and he would never touch anything that belonged to the Queen. Even if they got married, it would not change anything, so Xue Ru made a bet with him.

Ah Yao blinked: "What bet?"

“Human nature is greedy.”

Xue Ru told the Hang family that the condition for her to marry Hang Li was that she would return all her possessions to her elder sister and marry into the Hang family only as Xue Ru.

From then on, she never interfered in the affairs of Rongsheng Academy and the Women's College again, and no longer enjoyed the convenience brought by Rong's Business. She let Hang Li play a trick on her. As long as the Hang family would not ask too many questions, not question, not covet what they did not deserve, and not ask her to go against her wishes, they would get married.

Hang Li was sure he could win.

But Xue Ru was certain that he would lose.

When the Hang family heard her words at first, they said nothing. Although they were surprised, they were also understanding and thought that the Hang family had no intentions. But later, Xue Ru just used a little trick to cause the Hang family to encounter some troubles.

Even though they knew that Hang Li could solve those problems with her official position at the time, it would just take more time and effort, but the Hang family still subconsciously came to her, just because she was the Queen's sister.

They sincerely felt that their elder sister would not let her be left with nothing, nor would she let her in-laws get into trouble.