As soon as Su Qiuya heard what Qing Yi Niang said, she knew what Qing Yi Niang was thinking. It was nothing more than Liu Yanbo's failure to pass the imperial examination and the severance of the marriage between the first and second wives.

Aunt Qing wants to save face and doesn't want to face those things.

Su Qiuya understood all of this, and she didn't expect Liu Yanbo to face those rumors. Those rumors really did affect a person's mood. Su Qiuya just wanted Liu Yanbo to face those things.

"Okay." Su Qiuya had no objection. "Then let's go to the capital."

Su Qiuya originally planned to wait until Liu Yanbo passed the imperial examination before moving to the provincial capital.

Now, Liu Yanbo has not passed the examination to become a scholar, and Su Qiuya doesn’t know when Liu Yanbo will be able to pass the examination to become a scholar.

Then they should think carefully about moving to the provincial capital as soon as possible and find a better teacher for Liu Yanbo.

"There's no need to go to the capital. We can do it here." Liu Yanbo had realized his knowledge wasn't that strong. He was willing to face it and had no intention of escaping to the capital. "What needs to be faced will have to be faced sooner or later."

"I'm just worried it'll affect your studies," Su Qiuya explained. "Just like Meng's mother moved three times, we can do the same."

Su Qiuya didn't think that Liu Yanbo would have to face the disgusted looks of those people. They were not living for others, so there was no need for them to endure for the so-called strength.

It is human nature to seek profit and avoid harm. Su Qiuya is the daughter of a merchant, so she thinks so even more.

"If you stay here, with what happened before, those teachers may not be willing to teach you wholeheartedly. It's better to change places." Su Qiuya said.

"Yes, let's change the place." Aunt Qing didn't dare to say anything good about her son anymore. Neither her son nor her daughter-in-law admitted it, so what else could she say?

"If we don't go to the prefectural capital, then we can go to another county town." Su Qiuya said, "It's better to go to the prefectural capital. The prefectural capital is bigger and there are more good teachers."

"Then let's go to the provincial capital." Liu Yanbo had no objection. "As for the previous letter of recommendation, I'm afraid it's useless."

"No need," Su Qiuya said, "You still have to work hard and rely on your own abilities. It's not like we can't afford the tuition. Just go to the prefectural capital. There are so many academies in the prefectural capital, there will definitely be one that will accept you."

Su Qiuya thought that this was not a problem, as long as Liu Yanbo wanted to continue studying, that was fine.

In the Liu family's main house, when Liu's father came back from outside, he learned that Liu Yulian had already researched cement.

The emperor gave Liu Yulian the privilege of submitting memorials directly without having to go through her father.

So Liu Yulian wrote the memorial herself, but she was not as smooth as her father. She wrote the memorial according to her own thinking. She believed that the emperor could tell at a glance whether it was hers or her father's, as the handwriting was also different.

"Father." Liu Yulian saw her father staring at the cement slab in the yard and said with a smile, "This is cement. It's very hard."

Liu Yulian reached out and knocked on the cement board, but she didn't dare use too much force for fear of hurting her hand.

"It's good." Father Liu looked at the cement board and nodded. "How long can it last?"

"It should last for decades, right?" Liu Yulian said. "Twenty or thirty years? It's pretty durable anyway. Even cement boards will wear out, and with time, some minor problems will appear."

Liu Yulian had written in her memorial to prevent people from thinking that cement paving roads and building bridges meant they could be left alone. That was impossible; it still needed to be maintained, but some things didn't need constant maintenance.

"Yes." Father Liu nodded. "Have you submitted the memorial?"

"I wrote it," Liu Yulian replied. "I finished it a few days ago and sent it out yesterday along with the cement production method. I just had it sent to Beijing."

Liu Yulian did not ask anyone to send cement slabs to Beijing. The people from the Ministry of Industry made cement according to the recipe, so they naturally knew what the cement slabs looked like.

"Okay." There was no way Father Liu could say no. The emperor had given his daughter the privilege of submitting memorials directly, so Father Liu couldn't force his daughter to let him write the memorial.

Father Liu was not stupid, and the emperor would have preferred to see what Liu Yulian wrote. It was not necessarily a bad thing that Father Liu did not write.

As long as Liu Yulian is Liu's father's daughter, then Liu's father can get some benefits.

"Just do as you see fit," Father Liu said. "Although you haven't reached the age of marriage yet, you already know a lot."

Father Liu is willing to let Liu Yulian do these things directly. Some people may just want their daughter to ask him to write, but Father Liu is not that kind of person.

In the capital, the Cen family's daughters were not in a good situation in their husband's family. The Cen family's daughters liked to use the Three Obediences and Four Virtues to oppress other women, and when they faced their sisters-in-law, some of them would say that their sisters-in-law were not virtuous enough.

It is not enough for the daughter of the Cen family to be virtuous herself, she must also make other women virtuous.

Which girl would like such a woman? Many girls are unwilling to be sisters-in-law with the girls from the Cen family.

Now, something has happened to the Cen family. Even if the Cen family has not collapsed completely, the status of the Cen family girls in their husband's family has been affected.

Those women who were suppressed by the daughter of the Cen family were happy. They wanted to see what their mothers-in-law could say about how good the daughter of the Cen family was.

The girls of the Cen family are very good at putting on a show. They show that they respect their mother-in-law and are very nice to her. No matter what her mother-in-law is like, they are filial to her.

It seems that the daughters of the Cen family have no temper. In fact, it is not that they have no temper, but that they have been brought up that way since childhood. They are required to be filial to their mother-in-law, to support their husbands and raise their children, and that is what the daughters of the Cen family do.

However, the Cen family has not completely collapsed, and some mothers-in-law still stand on the side of the Cen family's daughters.

Even so, their lives were still a little difficult.

So someone went to the Cen family and told them about the situation, saying that the sisters-in-law were bullying them and that they treated them like this because they thought the Cen family was going to fall.

Bear with it!

They didn't know how long they had to endure, so they had to endure it. The Cen family had always taught them this, to learn to be patient.

"They are not doing well." Madam Cen explained the situation to Madam Cen. The girls in the family had a hard time outside. It would be fine if their sisters-in-law and mother-in-law were dissatisfied, but the key was that their husbands were not satisfied with them.

If a woman does not satisfy her husband, her future life will be difficult.

Mrs. Cen didn't want the girls in her family to encounter such a thing, but she knew that as long as something happened to the Cen family and the Cen family could no longer continue to survive, those people would change their faces.

"Just bear with it." What else could Old Lady Cen say? Of course, she told them to bear with it. With the family's current situation, Old Lady Cen didn't know what would happen to the family in the future.

Old Madam Cen didn't dare to ask Old Man Cen any more questions, as this matter was not so easy to resolve.

"Yes." After hearing what the old lady said, Mrs. Cen knew that they had no other choice.

The girls of the Cen family have always been like this, they are used to it.

Madam Cen believed that they would be able to endure it and would have to wait until later. If they gave up now, what would they do when they encountered more difficult times in the future?

"Don't come back just for such a small matter." Old Madam Cen said, "If someone doesn't know, they might think something big has happened at home, causing panic among the people."

"Yes, my daughter-in-law told them." Madam Cen said, "Not many of them came back."

"That's good." Old Madam Cen nodded. "Let them take good care of their mother-in-law and husband. They don't need to worry about their parents' affairs."

"That's right." Madam Cen replied, "We'll have a banquet at home in a few days, so it would be convenient for them to come back."

Mrs. Cen knew that some people wanted to return to their parents' home and wanted to know the situation. So holding a banquet at home would be a good opportunity to talk to those people.

In the Ouyang family, Mrs. Huo gave birth, but instead of a son, she gave birth to a sickly daughter.

"How could it be a girl?" Mrs. Huo refused to believe it. Didn't the doctor say that the baby in her belly was a boy?

Mrs. Huo wondered if someone had switched her child. She must have given birth to a boy, not a girl.

When Mrs. Huo learned that the eldest Huo family had launched a conspiracy, she came to the Ouyang family on purpose. She knew that the Ouyang family had not exchanged for the eldest Huo family's child, and she also saw the child who looked very weak.

The baby girl cried very softly and looked like she had no strength left.

Mrs. Huo was a little worried that the child would not survive and was afraid that the child would die.

"A daughter is a daughter." Seeing her daughter's refusal to believe it, Mrs. Huo said, "The child is relatively weak and needs to be carefully raised."

Mrs. Huo didn't want Mrs. Huo to continue saying that it was not a daughter. Mrs. Huo gave birth to a baby girl, and this was a fact that no one could change.

"Did they take my son away?" Mrs. Huo refused to believe it. "It must be them. They're worried that if I give birth to a boy, I won't be able to treat my stepson well. That must be it."

"It's okay to have a daughter. We can have another one later." Madam Huo gestured to Mrs. Huo, asking her not to say such things and not to make people laugh at her.

Mrs. Huo gave birth to a daughter, or at least the daughter was her biological daughter.

Even at Da Huo's age, they couldn't guarantee whether she could still get pregnant and have children.

This time, when Mrs. Huo was pregnant, she had constant miscarriage problems. She had to stay in bed for so long before giving birth to such a sickly daughter.

Mrs. Huo used to think that if Mrs. Huo gave birth to a son, then Mrs. Huo would not care about the stepson in the future. If Mrs. Huo did not have a son, then after Lord Ouyang died, the stepson would definitely not be very kind to Mrs. Huo.

"It's enough to have a daughter." Mrs. Huo said again.

"Mother." Mrs. Huo still refused to believe it.

"I personally watched it, there's no way I could be wrong," Mrs. Huo said. "What the doctor said isn't necessarily correct; it's just speculation. The doctor wasn't completely sure, so he just said it might be a boy."

Mrs. Huo sighed, wishing only the doctor had said that Mrs. Huo had given birth to a daughter. If that were the case, Mrs. Huo would definitely not offend her stepson and would at least wait a little longer.

Right now, what can we say about this situation?

Mrs. Huo could only hope that Mrs. Huo would get pregnant and have a child in the future. Mrs. Huo must have her own son.

Otherwise, Mrs. Huo will have a hard time when she is old.

"Take good care of yourself," Mrs. Huo said. "You'll have more in the future."

"Later..." Mrs. Huo thought about it and felt that it was right. She did not suffer on the way to the northwest, and her health did not deteriorate. She could still get pregnant.

In her previous life, after Mrs. Huo went to the northwest, she either failed to get pregnant, or she had a miscarriage.

That was Mrs. Huo's personality, she was always making a fuss. She wanted to eat this, she wanted to eat that, even if the family didn't have that much money, she would still make a fuss.

In her previous life, Mrs. Huo had a bad relationship with the second wife. She thought that the second wife was a concubine's daughter, and how dare a concubine's daughter treat the legitimate daughter badly; also, the second wife was unwilling to give her more delicious food. How could such a second wife be considered a good person?

After Da Huo had a miscarriage, her body was damaged and she never got pregnant again.

Liu Yanjing and Mrs. Huo slept in separate rooms again, and Mrs. Huo had no chance to see if Liu Yanjing's body had recovered.

Mrs. Huo also liked to say that Liu Yanjing had a disabled leg. She just felt that she was wronged. She followed the Liu family into exile in the northwest, but the Liu family treated her like this.

At this moment, Da Huo was thinking that she could get pregnant in the future. Lord Ouyang was not Liu Yanjing. Da Huo thought that her status was high and she was the legitimate daughter of the Bo family. She could always get Lord Ouyang to come to her room more often.

"A daughter is fine too. A daughter is like a little cotton-padded jacket." Mrs. Huo was worried that Mrs. Huo would not treat the child well. "Be nice to her."

"Yeah." Da Huo responded.

Mrs. Huo thought that a weak daughter was of no use, so she had to take care of her health and wait until she gave birth to a son.

In the county town, Liu Yanyuan came to visit Liu Yanbo. Before, because Liu Yanbo and Su Qiuya were out, Liu Yanyuan didn't see Liu Yanbo when he came here, so he waited for several days before coming to the county town.

"Are you going to move to the provincial capital?" Liu Yanyuan had known for a long time that the second branch had this plan, but didn't they say they would wait for Liu Yanbo to pass the imperial examination?

Liu Yanbo hasn't passed the imperial examination yet, and the people from the second house are planning to move to the provincial capital?

Liu Yanyuan was wondering if the second wife had made that much money. However, Su Qiuya from the second wife was the daughter of a merchant family, and the Su family had a lot of money. Perhaps the Su family had helped Su Qiuya, so Su Qiuya would have more money.

"Yes." Liu Yanbo nodded. "Sell the shop in the county town and buy one in the provincial capital. What about you guys? Do you still plan to stay in the town?"

"That's what I think." Liu Yanyuan said, "Our cooking skills are not that good. If we go to the county town, I'm afraid we won't be able to keep the shop open. In the town, it might be better."

"That's right. There are many restaurants and ordinary shops in the county. It's really hard to survive without good skills." Liu Yanbo didn't ask whether the first wife would make things difficult for the third wife. He already understood his own problems and knew that the first wife might not have made things too difficult for him.

Liu Yanbo is not a person who cannot face up to his own mistakes. Now that he has figured it out, he would not say much about the people in the first wife.

The second and first wives have already severed their relationship, so there is no point in Liu Yanbo saying those words again.

"Yes, it's fine as long as they stay in the town." Liu Yanyuan thought they were doing well in the town. Even though Aunt Chai was dragged back before and many people knew about their relationship with the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion, there were still people going to the shop.

Maybe those people thought they could eat the food cooked by the illegitimate son of the marquis, so they were all very excited.

Liu Yanyuan didn't care what those people thought, he only knew that he could make some money.

"If you go to the provincial capital, it's a bit far." Liu Yanyuan said, "It won't be so easy to find you in the future."

"No matter how far it is, it's still closer than the capital," Liu Yanbo said. "We can get there on the same day. You can go when you're free. We should stay in the capital for a long time, instead of the short stays like before."

Liu Yanbo was thinking about taking the exam for the scholar degree, and after passing it, he would have to take the exam for the juren degree. If he always passed the juren degree, then they might be able to enter the capital earlier.

Su Qiuya's grandfather and others are in the capital, and the Su family is also in the capital. Liu Yanbo knows that Su Qiuya wants to go back.

Liu Yanbo wanted Su Qiuya to return in glory, but unfortunately he didn't have that ability now.

"That's right." Liu Yanyuan nodded.

Liu Yanyuan and Liu Yanbo tacitly agreed not to talk about the first wife. Liu Yanbo did not say that the first wife was kind, nor did he say how bad the first wife was.

The fact that the third branch can still do business safely in that town proves that the first branch has not dealt with the third branch.

When Liu Yanyuan returned to the town, he told his family about his second wife's plan.

"They are rich." Aunt Chai believed that the second wife must have hidden a lot of money and was quite capable of making money.

Under such circumstances, it would be nothing for the second wife to go to the provincial capital early.

"They're selling their shop in the county town. I thought we're doing fine in this town, so I didn't plan to buy one there." Liu Yanyuan thought about how long they'd been in town and their cooking skills were just so-so. "Let's just stay here for now."

"If you want to stay here, then stay here." Aunt Chai wanted to say go to the county town, but she didn't have that much money, so she couldn't say it.

They had no money, and they couldn't ask the second house to let them use the shop for free. That was unrealistic.

Aunt Chai also didn't think that the people from the second house would lend them the shop. After all, the people from the second house always preferred to settle accounts directly.

Liu Yulian, the eldest daughter of the Liu family, bought a lot of books these days.

When Liu's mother saw the books, she thought they were very heavy. When they returned to Beijing, most of her daughter's luggage would be these books.

"Someone has to transport your books back." said Liu's mother.

"I want to buy a house and put all the books there." Liu Yulian thought that after she returned to Beijing, she would get married in a few years. If she kept the books at home, she would have to move them later.

It would be better for her to buy another house and put the books there.

Liu Yulian didn't think about whether the emperor would reward her with a house. She just wanted to have her own house so that she wouldn't have to worry about moving books around.

"They also need to be sorted and put away properly." Liu Yulian counted on her fingers and said, "If you buy a bigger house, you can set aside one or two rooms for books, and you also need bookshelves."

This is another huge expense.

Every time Liu Yulian went to count these things, she felt that she could not keep the silver warm. As soon as the silver entered her pocket, her silver was gone again.

"We still need glass," Liu Yulian said. "Glass windows are good. It's best to have glass windows where you put books, not paper-covered windows."

"You just treasure your books." How could Liu's mother not know what her daughter was thinking.

About half a month later, the emperor received the memorial written by Liu Yulian and the cement recipe written by Liu Yulian.

Liu Yulian also wrote in the memorial that she would study glass like colored glaze in the future, and also wrote about some of the advantages and disadvantages of cement and issues that need attention in maintenance.

"She did write it." The emperor looked at the memorial, but he didn't quite understand it. He didn't understand the research, only that Liu Yulian had done something. "I'd like to see how many books she brought back."

Liu Yulian actually asked to see the royal collection of books. The emperor thought her idea was good and not absurd. The court needed people like Liu Yulian, who were talented and hardworking.

But how should he reward Liu Yulian?