Brain?

Liu Yanqing said that of course he had a brain, how could he not have a brain.

"If I didn't have a brain, I would have dragged you back to the capital long ago. How could I have continued to stay here?" Liu Yanqing said that he not only had a brain, but also used it quite well. "Don't think that the people from the second house are nice to the people from the third house. They just want the people from the third house to block the way."

Liu Yanqing has always known the temperament of the people from the second house. Even though the second house taught the people from the third house how to open a shop, it was only because the people from the second house wanted to make a name for themselves and they also wanted the people from the third house to take the lead.

It’s just that the people from the third house did not take part in the imperial examination, but the people from the second house did.

Liu Yanbo then realized that it was the eldest wife who framed him and caused him to fail the exam.

The people in the second house were ridiculous. After the first house's property was confiscated and its title was restored, the first house didn't have that much to manage. Even though Marquis Jingning was a marquis, it was impossible for others to listen to the orders of the marquisate.

"The second wife was lucky enough to pass the imperial examination and become a scholar," Liu Yanqing said. "But being a scholar isn't very useful. It's better to pass the imperial examination and become a juren. With my second brother's talent, there's no way he could possibly pass the imperial examination."

Liu Yanqing didn't believe Liu Yanbo could pass the exam. They had studied together. Liu Yanbo always acted so arrogant, but in reality, he wasn't that great.

"If he had passed the imperial examination, he wouldn't have come to the capital so soon," Liu Yanqing said. "He would have waited until he passed, returned to the capital, and then severely slapped those people in the face. Even if he passed, it would be useless. With his temper, who would dare to use him much?"

"Don't you still call him Second Brother?" Lin Xiaowan couldn't help but ask when she heard Liu Yanqing say this about Liu Yanbo, "You're still talking about him."

"That's the truth," Liu Yanqing said. "Even if I didn't say it, it would still be true."

"..." Lin Xiaowan did not refute. The people in the second house were indeed too focused on interests.

"A few days ago, the Lin family from the next village, whose youngest daughter ran away and forced their eldest daughter to marry a widower, got kicked out for asking their eldest daughter to give them more things after their son got married." Liu Yanqing smiled. "They really think everyone will listen to them. Not everyone is willing to let their wives take things back to their parents' home."

The Lin family had sent their divorced daughter to the widower because they couldn't pay him back. The widower wasn't an easy person to get along with, so how could the Lin family expect to benefit from him?

"Oh?" Lin Xiaowan didn't know about this.

"That's how they are. They always think about other people's things and want their daughter to bring all the things from her husband's family back home." Liu Yanqing said, "I don't think about it anymore. If my daughter is filial and wants to give them to me, then I will keep them. If she doesn't give them to me, that's fine too."

"That's right, you have your own hands and feet, so you can do the work yourself." This is Lin Xiaowan's attitude.

"Yes." Liu Yanqing couldn't say no.

"Why are you staring at them?" Lin Xiaowan asked in confusion.

"Do we even need to keep an eye on this?" Liu Yanqing was shocked. "Everyone in the village is talking about it."

“…” Lin Xiaowan fell silent. She forgot that people in the village also liked gossip.

Lin Xiaowan thought that as long as Liu Yanqing didn't do anything messy, it didn't matter. No matter how Liu Yanqing messed around, as long as he didn't owe anyone money or gamble recklessly, that was all that mattered.

"A lot of people are talking about it," Liu Yanqing said. "It's a topic of conversation and jokes."

We are all in the village. If we don’t listen to these words, wouldn’t it be boring?

At the Cen family, Miss Cen wasn't used to the coarse cloth clothes. They were very rough and rubbed her skin. She felt her skin was rubbed red, so she wanted better clothes.

Miss Cen went to find Mrs. Cen San and rolled up her sleeves for her to see.

"These are the clothes I have left," said Mrs. Cen San. "If I buy more, it will be about the same. We only have so little money, and the weather is getting cold. If I were to live in a thatched house like this on a snowy day, it would be fatal."

Mrs. Cen San didn't want to buy clothes for her daughter. If she did, what about the others? They had clothes to wear now, so they had to make do with them. They were no longer the daughters of wealthy families or the young masters of wealthy families. They all had to adapt to the current life.

"Just two sets of clothes." Miss Cen didn't think her request was excessive.

"What do you mean by 'just'?" Mrs. Cen San was annoyed by her daughter. "You've never been in charge of a household, so you don't know how expensive oil and salt are."

Mrs. Cen San was speechless when she saw that her daughter was still feeling aggrieved.

"Back then, I asked you to get engaged and marry, but you didn't want to. Who do you blame now?" Mrs. Cen San said, "Even if I get you engaged now, you won't be able to find such a good marriage."

"I'll go find him." Miss Cen pursed her lips, if her family wanted her to do so.

"Don't go." Madam Cen San pulled Miss Cen, who was about to run away, and said, "How could I possibly marry you if you insulted me like that?"

Mrs. Cen San didn't think her daughter was a natural beauty, and she didn't think the captain would marry her daughter. It was impossible for him to marry her daughter again. Even if he wanted to marry a daughter from a peasant family, he wouldn't marry her daughter.

"I'll find you a marriage after a while," said Mrs. Cen San. "If you can't be an official's wife, then marry someone from a more affluent family. After all, you're educated, and unlike those girls from common families, there will be someone willing to marry you."

But they had to lower their standards, at most looking at the wealthy families in the village, and the slightly wealthier families in the town. If there were more, there would be no more.

Miss Cen had a bad reputation, so it was inevitable that some people would worry that she would cause trouble once she got married. They didn't want that family to be thrown into chaos.

Therefore, Mrs. Cen San still had to see which family was willing to marry her daughter. If the two families were similar, she would let her daughter marry them.

“…” When Miss Cen heard what Mrs. Cen San said, she felt that these people were just trying to please her.

They are always like this, and Miss Cen is almost in despair.

"I don't know how the old lady is doing now." Mrs. Cen San sighed.

In the capital, Madam Cen thought she was not living a good life. She was old and it was difficult for her husband to turn things around. Concubine Cen was a girl, so it was difficult to touch her.

Under such circumstances, they rarely helped Mr. Cen to turn things around.

Old Master Cen had done things wrong before, but he had also done things right. Someone who had received favors from Old Master Cen sent a strong servant to the Cen family, so that the servant could serve Old Master Cen and help him turn things around.

He is just a person who had a stroke and is lying in bed. How can such a person live so well?

The house was filled with a strong smell, and the servant didn't want to stay in the house any longer. However, the indenture was in the master's hands, and the master was willing to give him more monthly wages, so he stayed.

"Your grandfather worked hard for most of his life, and now this is it." Old Madam Cen was sad.

Old Madam Cen couldn't help but think that they shouldn't have supported the Third Prince, shouldn't have thought about letting him ascend the throne. The Third Prince was simply a useless person, and if it weren't for supporting the Third Prince, their family wouldn't have ended up like this.

The Cen family wanted high positions and generous salaries, and they wanted to control the court. Even after the incident, Old Lady Cen still thought so, and the Third Prince had never thought of competing for the throne.

“…” Concubine Cen did not say anything. She had lost her father and was thrown into the river by the Third Prince. Her life was not easy at all.

Concubine Cen originally thought that if she served her grandfather and grandmother, her life would be easier. But after she had been here for a while, she realized that everything cost money. Fortunately, she brought a lot of jewelry with her, so she had to pawn it to make a living.

What if all the jewelry is gone?

Concubine Cen couldn't help but start thinking about this problem. They couldn't just sit back and enjoy all the food.

In the Eastern Palace, the Crown Prince seldom visited Concubine Qin. Concubine Qin originally thought that since she was the niece of the late Queen Qin and that the marriage was granted by the Emperor, she felt that the Crown Prince should pay more attention to her.

The Crown Prince didn't pay much attention to Concubine Qin, which made her very sad.

When the Crown Prince finally came to visit Concubine Qin, she began to lament the late Empress Qin, saying she had tried to use the late Empress to suppress the Crown Prince. The Emperor valued the late Empress so much, but after Concubine Cen died, the Emperor directly said that Concubine Cen had forced the late Empress to death. The Emperor did not give the deceased Concubine Cen any face.

Concubine Qin thought that since the emperor valued the late Queen Qin so much and had granted them a marriage, he must want the prince to treat her well and want her to give birth to a child soon.

"If my aunt were still alive..."

"Then you should pray more for the late queen." The prince interrupted Concubine Qin. The late queen was not his biological mother. It was true that the late queen was his stepmother, but it was his biological mother, the imperial concubine, who raised him.

The prince doesn't want others to always talk about the late queen in his ears. Just because he respects his deceased mother doesn't mean he is willing to hear these words.

Concubine Qin's behavior made the Crown Prince very dissatisfied. The reason why the Crown Prince took Concubine Qin was also because of the Emperor's order. Otherwise, how could the Crown Prince take Concubine Qin?

Concubine Qin obviously didn't think much about these things. She just thought that she was the niece of the late queen, so she should do this and that.

"I have asked someone to send you a few more scriptures. Please copy them and burn them for the late queen." said the prince.

Concubine Qin opened her eyes wide. Was the prince punishing her by making her copy books?

"Since you respect the late queen so much, you should be a vegetarian when you pray for her," the prince said again.

The prince left after saying these words. He didn't want to hear Concubine Qin talk about the late queen again. It was meaningless for Concubine Qin to still talk about the late queen after so many years of her death.

"Your Highness." Concubine Qin did not expect the prince to do this. She wanted to chase him, but she didn't dare to.

hateful!

Concubine Qin gritted her teeth. Why didn't the prince treat her well? Did the prince's concubines say bad things about her in front of the prince?

The Crown Prince personally went before the Emperor and told him that Concubine Qin was going to pray for the late Empress. She planned to bathe, fast, eat vegetarian food, and copy Buddhist scriptures. Since the late Empress had no surviving children, Concubine Qin intended to do more for her to comfort her spirit.

The emperor knew some of the things that happened in the Eastern Palace, and Concubine Qin had indeed gone too far. The emperor did not like those concubines who were suppressing the main wife. Although Concubine Qin did not always talk about the three obediences and four virtues, she just wanted to suppress the Crown Princess, which made the emperor not like her so much.

The former queen is the former queen, Concubine Qin is Concubine Qin, and Concubine Qin is not the former queen.

The emperor was very disappointed with the Qin family girl. If Concubine Qin had been a good concubine, then the emperor would have thought she was good. The key point was that Concubine Qin was not such a person at all. Concubine Qin always talked about the late queen.

"Then let her pray for the late queen." The emperor sighed, "She is indeed not as good as her aunt."

The emperor hoped to see a virtuous Concubine Qin, a Concubine Qin who was wholeheartedly concerned about the Crown Prince, and a Concubine Qin who was not competitive. Just like the sacrifices made by the former Empress for the emperor, unfortunately, Concubine Qin did not care about the Crown Prince that much. She cared more about her personal status.

"Maybe it's because she is favored by someone." said the prince.

"The late queen's situation was not so good back then." The emperor recalled what happened in the past. The late queen's life was not so easy back then, and he could not help her. In the end, he could only watch the late queen die in depression.

The emperor was also at fault here, and he had always known this clearly. He thought that perhaps the late queen blamed him before her death, but for the sake of the greater good, he could only endure it.

The emperor is not someone who would ignore the overall situation for the sake of his children's personal feelings. He values ​​the country more.

After the news about Concubine Qin reached the Qin family, Old Lady Qin was not very happy.

Old Lady Qin felt that Concubine Qin had no ability at all. Why did she talk about the late queen every day? The late queen was gone, and she had been gone for many years. The prince's biological mother was not the late queen. If Concubine Qin talked about the late queen in front of the prince, it would only backfire.

"Your cousin..." Old Madam Qin shook her head helplessly, "Hasn't anyone ever told her what she can and can't say?"

"I don't know." Miss Qin San didn't know so much, she was not Concubine Qin's biological mother.

"I heard that the research institute has produced a lot of exercises. Have you bought them all?" asked Old Lady Qin.

"I bought some, and some other books as well." Miss Qin San said, "I'm reading them all, but they're a bit obscure and not that easy to read."

"How long have you been reading it? It's impossible for you to understand it so quickly." said Old Lady Qin.

Many people shared Miss Qin San's sentiments. They all felt that the exercises provided by the research institute were not that easy to solve and that they needed to read a lot of books. Some of these books were beyond their comprehension.

They urgently need introductory books, the kind that they can understand at a glance.

Some bookstores, seeing that these people wanted to learn certain content, hired people to compile books, but the quality of the books compiled by those people varied greatly. Others, in order to make a quick buck, didn't care whether the content was correct or not, and just published the books.

This has led to a large number of related books on the market, and people may buy this type of books when they go shopping.

Books published by the institute all have the word "Institute" written on them, while other books do not have the word "Institute" written on them. However, this type of books has been in short supply recently, and many people still bought those problematic books.

Generally speaking, it is difficult to stop such behavior. Those who edited the book did not plagiarize or steal someone else's name. It was just that the content of the book was wrong and others did not notice it, so the book was printed anyway.

When Liu Yulian learned of this, she was helpless. She didn't know what was wrong with the books. She wasn't a god, so she couldn't spot every mistake. Even if it was her own book, perhaps someone would point it out later.

"There are a lot of books out there." Princess Zhaoyang specially bought a few books home for Liu Yulian to read.

When Princess Zhaoyang came to Liu Yulian's yard, she asked someone to bring bird's nest.

"That's normal," Liu Yulian said. "Those people think that selling these books is profitable now, so they publish more of them. It will be fine after a while, and things will get better slowly."

However, this kind of books will still exist, just like in later generations. As long as you want to take the college entrance examination, there will be no shortage of three years of college entrance examination and five years of simulation test papers and exercises.

It is common for a high school student to buy several versions of exercise books.

Liu Yulian thought that those people were going to apply to graduate school, so of course they would read those books.

"They are really quick." Princess Zhaoyang was still thinking that the research institute was still compiling some books, and before the institute had finished those books, there were all kinds of books out there.

However, there are so many books out there, and we still need some clearer and more understandable books.

Princess Zhaoyang believed that the research institute still needed to compile books so that more people could buy the right books.

"I'll go to the farm in two days," said Liu Yulian.

"What are you going to do at the manor?" Princess Zhaoyang wondered. "Didn't you say you had nothing to do recently?"

"Nothing much, just building a greenhouse." Liu Yulian said, "Build a greenhouse with glass, and you can grow vegetables inside."

They are already able to mass-produce glass, so Liu Yulian plans to build a greenhouse where they can grow some fruits and vegetables in winter.

For ordinary people, glass is used to make windows and mirrors...but this greenhouse also needs to be built, so that more people can know the great uses of glass.

There will always be people willing to spend money on glass, and once those people have tasted the benefits, they will do it themselves.

"It's just right. We can also find something for those people to do." Liu Yulian said.

As the weather gets colder, some people can't find work. Even if they harvest more food, it doesn't mean they're rich. They always want to send their children to school.

If there is any trouble at home or someone gets sick, it will cost a lot of money.

Liu Yulian knew this very well, and she built a greenhouse to provide some people with work.

"Okay." Princess Zhaoyang nodded, "I don't know what to do yet."

"We'll see when the time comes, and see if anyone can do it." Liu Yulian said.

Don't underestimate the ancient craftsmen. They were very capable. Liu Yulian only needed to say a few words and they would know what to do.

"That's right." Princess Zhaoyang thought that it was indeed not necessary for them to understand, as long as someone understood it.

On the day of building the glass shed, Princess Zhaoyang went there and the Crown Princess also went there. When He Xiyuan saw these people, he felt a little depressed.

He Xiyuan: I just want to be alone with my fiancée.

With so many people around, how can he talk more to Sister Lian?

With so many women around, shouldn't he stay away from them? He shouldn't stand next to Sister Lian.

"There are so many people." He Xiyuan muttered, wondering if those people could go somewhere else by themselves and if they could stop standing with Sister Lian.

There are other people on the farm. Can we ask the steward to take those people away?