The old man running the tea stall was named Xue Mingting, and his ancestral home was Kuoping Village in Lingyin Mountain. He became a tea boy at the age of ten, made tea at the age of fifteen, and took over a teahouse at the age of twenty. The teahouse was famous far and wide, and he made a fortune every day.

Because he had no business opportunities and no one in the court to support him, he was maliciously attacked by local gentry and county officials. His wife and children died in a fire while protecting the teahouse. Xue Ting left his hometown and wandered around for thirty years. He wanted to commit suicide by jumping into the river, but he met an abandoned baby by the river. He reopened his tea stall and adopted the abandoned baby.

"Grandpa, Kyoto is so prosperous. When I make money, I will open a big teahouse for you and let the fragrance of your tea fill the entire imperial city."

"Okay, Grandpa has been waiting for this day."

The grandfather and grandson sold their gold hairpins and jade shoes and bought a small house. The house was narrow and small, but very warm. During the day, Xue Qian followed her grandfather to sell tea. Her grandfather carried a shoulder pole and walked through the streets, and she was responsible for shouting and selling.

The hardworking grandfather and grandson arrived in the prosperous Kyoto, and their lives became better and better.

After closing up his stall at night and returning home, Xue Ting lit the oil lamp and calculated the money he earned from selling tea. "One ounce and two cents, Grandpa, what I earn in Kyoto in one day is equivalent to what we earn in half a month at the tea stall."

"Yes, it's a good decision to come to Kyoto. Thanks to Princess Xiaoyao for giving us the hairpin. You must remember her kindness in the future."

"Don't worry, Grandpa. I will remember everyone who treats me well."

"Tomorrow you don't have to follow Grandpa to sell tea. You can go to Trinity College to study."

"But I can't read."

"No one who is born knowing how to read will be recognized as a student. Trinity College accepts female students. You are the right age, and there is no tuition fee. You must study hard."

"Don't worry, Grandpa. I will study hard."

There were many people like Xue Ting and his grandson who came to Beijing. Among them were people who were richer than them, and people who were poorer than them. There were as many as a thousand people who registered for Sanfei Academy.

When the list was handed to Gu Yingxia, she suddenly sat up from her chair. She held the list tightly in her hands, with a confident look on her face. From today on, these more than a thousand female students will have their lives changed because of Sanfei College.

She wanted to train them to be heroines, to become kapok trees that could stand shoulder to shoulder with oak trees, rather than trumpet creepers that showed off by borrowing other people's high branches.

Gu Yingxia talked a lot and Gu Yinwei listened attentively. When she was giving her speech, she seemed to be covered with a layer of light. Or perhaps for the female students of San Sheng College, Gu Yingxia was their light.

On the first day of school at San Sheng College, Gu Yingxia went on stage to give a speech.

There were a thousand girls of marriageable age standing in the audience, and the Queen Mother and the two Queen Dowagers, Hyun-jin, sitting on the stage.

"I have two expectations for everyone: first, I hope you persevere; second, I hope you achieve success in your studies."

There were many ladies from prominent families among the female students in the audience. They came to Sanfei Academy not to learn anything, but to go through the motions and make themselves known to the Empress Dowager.

After the lecture, the classes began to be divided. The female students were divided into classes according to their test scores when they registered. Yudie and Mengdie were assigned to Class A. When they entered, there were already three female students in the study. They had jade pendants around their waists and necklaces around their necks. Judging from the quality of the jade, it seemed to be Lantian jade. There was a word "Lu" written on the jade pendant. It seemed that the three of them were from the Lu family of Fanyang. There was a noble lady sitting in front of two eight-immortal tables. She was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with simple clothes, delicate and white hands, pointed fingers, and short nails.

Zhu Yudie didn't say hello or ask how she was, but just sat down on the bench. She was exhausted from listening to the concubine's speech just now.

"stand up."

Zhu Yudie reached out and glanced at the table, "Do you know who I am?"

"The princess of Xiaoyao Palace, Zhu Yudie."

"You know I'm a princess, but you still won't let me sit? Believe it or not, I'll have my brother sack your entire family."

"Oh, the princess came to the capital and didn't even see the emperor, yet you dare to speak so arrogantly?"

"You don't live in the palace, so how do you know I haven't met my brother?"

Concubine Chen was so angry that she laughed. It was so much fun to teach the unruly princess a lesson. She would definitely come again tomorrow.

Ah Xiang secretly covered her face and laughed.

"The master is speaking, why are you, a servant, laughing?"

Zhu Yudie glared at Ah Xiang, then stared at Concubine Chen: "What on earth are you doing here? You can't even control a servant."

"A Xiang, tell her." Concubine Chen sat down leisurely.

Ah Xiang folded her hands in front of her belly, and held her head high and chest out: "Our queen is Concubine Chen of Huayi Palace."

As soon as the word "Imperial Concubine" came out, the three sisters of Fanyang Lu knelt down in unison. Zhu Mengdie pulled Zhu Yudie's sleeve, and Zhu Yudie also knelt down with her sister.

When Concubine Chen saw this scene, she felt as happy as if she had drunk a pot of liquor.

"Your Majesty, I have behaved badly and I beg you to forgive me."

"Just now you asked me what I was doing here. Now I tell you, I'm here to teach."

The five female students looked at each other in bewilderment. How could they deserve the imperial concubine to teach them?

"Arithmetic in the morning, swordsmanship in the afternoon."

Zhu Mengdie asked, "Is the person teaching in the afternoon also the Imperial Concubine?"

Concubine Chen replied: "No."

The people present gradually breathed a sigh of relief.

After finishing her class, Concubine Chen took her abacus back to the quiet room to rest. Concubine Mei, Zhaoyi Guo, Sun Shurong and others came over to ask her questions.

"My Lady, how was your class today?"

Concubine Chen pretended to be mysterious: "That's it."

The four of them were puzzled and stared at her, expecting her to say a few more words.

“It feels great.”

After Concubine Chen finished speaking, she began to prepare for class.

Mei Fei walked out of the quiet room holding a wooden sword and met many female students along the way. The students were not afraid of her and greeted her enthusiastically.

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