Chapter 76 The End
With the precedent of the Beijing Military Academy, based on previous school-running experience, they have now figured out a school-running model that suits this era. In addition, the girls' school is relatively small, so it has been opened smoothly.
The official name of the girls' school is Lanxueguan. The word "Lan" comes from the Lanbao newspaper published by Li Zhiwei and Wang Qinyao in Beijing.
With the title of Concubine Wang, there were more girls coming from the noble families in the capital than Yan Xuanyu had imagined.
Yan Xuanyu planned to visit the Lanxue Academy afterwards. One reason was to see how the academy was doing, and the other was to send Lian'er over and have her settle down there temporarily for a while.
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After the coup, Lian'er was imprisoned by Yan Xuanyu's secret guards for a period of time. However, the information that could be obtained from her was very little, and some of it was even not as clear as Yan Xuanyu's.
Yan Xuanyu couldn't help but sigh that this girl still relied entirely on her "true love" for the young man she mentioned.
It's true that Lian'er drugged Yan Xuanyu according to her informant's instructions. She couldn't have been unaware of the drug's lethality, so Yan Xuanyu certainly wouldn't have considered her an innocent woman. But then again, back when Yan Xuanyu still needed the status of a tyrant emperor, he'd used Concubine Lian's name to carry out many shady plots within the Great Zhou. Otherwise, his purges of the court and the implementation of his decrees wouldn't have been so smooth. Sparing her life now was a sort of compensation.
Yan Xuanyu was not a kind-hearted person, and the secret guards had the ability to make people tell the truth without getting hurt. So after the secret guards could not get anything more useful out of Lian'er, Yan Xuanyu asked the secret guards to take Lian'er out of the stone chamber and send her to a random villa he had in the suburbs.
After that, Yan Xuanyu was busy with various things and naturally forgot about Lian'er until he received information about the Turks not long ago.
If Lian'er and Ashina Ziluo were truly a pair of lovers, he wouldn't mind sending them back safely.
Of course, Yan Xuanyu’s real idea was not like this. He just wanted to use this opportunity to test Ashina Ziro’s current attitude towards the Great Zhou.
History seemed to continue as it had in the original owner's life, moving forward on its predetermined trajectory. Ashina Ziluo still kept a low profile and became the Turkic king. The only change was that this time it was not the original owner, but Yan Xuanyu.
He did many things and brought great changes to the Great Zhou. Naturally, he did not believe that the Great Zhou would fall into war like the original owner's life. Not to mention the internal situation of the Great Zhou, the cities on the border of the Great Zhou were no longer divided like in the previous life. Now they were all in Yuan Kang's hands, and the gunpowder had also been given to Yuan Kang.
But Yan Xuanyu would not underestimate his opponent. Apart from a system that provided him with convenience and fragmented memories of the original owner's previous life, he was not any stronger than his opponent.
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What surprised Yan Xuanyu was that Lian'er had changed a lot. Compared to before, she seemed to be calmer.
She did not show any resentment towards Yan Xuanyu, and their meeting again was unexpectedly calm.
After hearing Yan Xuanyu say that he was willing to take her back, her expression changed and she said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Yan Xuanyu had prepared many words like "I am very tolerant" and "I am moved by your feelings and am willing to send you back to him", but he didn't say them out loud.
He touched his nose where no one could see.
"Your Majesty, I am very grateful for sparing my life." Lian'er suddenly knelt down and said. Her action was very sudden, and her kneeling on the ground made a loud noise.
Yan Xuanyu frowned imperceptibly, wanting her to get up: "You..."
"Your Majesty, you are a wise ruler," Lian'er said. "I once thought the current emperor was incompetent, but only on the day of the palace coup did I realize that you had been misleading others with your incompetence. Although I... come from a rural background, I know that I am a member of the Great Zhou."
"You are a member of the Great Zhou, yet you are colluding with the Turks. You deserve the death penalty."
Yan Xuanyu's eyes seemed touched. He sighed and said, "Get up. Come with me to the Lanxue Academy in the capital and stay there for a while."
"Yes." Lian'er said softly.
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"You are always afraid that you may not do it well, but isn't this done very well?" Yan Xuanyu said with a smile.
The official name of the girls' school was not called the Girls' School, but was changed to "Lan Xueguan". The word "Lan" was taken from the Lan newspaper they published. Yan Xuanyu felt that the word "Xueguan" was just right.
Li Zhiwei was wearing the attire of a female teacher in the academy. Her hair was tied up with a simple and elegant wooden hairpin, and she wore narrow sleeves with light-colored dark patterns. As she walked with Yan Xuanyu in the Lan Academy, she told Yan Xuanyu about recent events.
Yan Xuanyu nodded, "I know that most of them have a very weak foundation, so there is no need to rush the progress of the academy. As long as they take their studies seriously and see progress every day, that's enough."
"The women who are selected to come here are very hardworking in their daily lives," said Li Zhiwei.
After getting over the initial uneasiness, the women who came here gradually got used to the school's model.
The Lanxue Academy was built in a former official residence. The interior was elegantly decorated. Yan Xuanyu tilted his head and saw several women in student attire walking by together. They were carrying school bags, walking hurriedly but with cheerful expressions, and disappeared around the corner of a pavilion with smiles on their faces.
Yan Xuanyu stopped and looked around. The bamboo forest in the distance was quiet. He suddenly felt that his tense nerves since he knew that Ashina Ziro was the leader of the Turks finally relaxed a little.
He was worried that even though he had done so many things, the course of history seemed to be developing according to the experience of the previous life. Ashina Ziluo still became the king of the Turks, and he still united with the Rongdi tribe. The war around the Great Wall was about to break out...
Perhaps he came here today to see how Li Zhiwei's Orchid Studies Institute was running as a way to "relax". This small "utopia"-like existence inexplicably gave him some confidence.
He is changing everything in the Great Zhou step by step.
"Let's find a place to accommodate the person I brought with me first." Yan Xuanyu said to Li Zhiwei before leaving.
Li Zhiwei was stunned. His Majesty brought only one person with him, and that was the Imperial Concubine Lian who used to be in the palace.
"Yes." Li Zhiwei replied with her eyes lowered.
When it comes to taking good care of her, of course he has to keep an eye on her every move.
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On the way back to the palace, Yan Xuanyu suddenly smiled as if he had thought of something, and asked Li Zhongxian, "Do you believe what Lian'er said?"
Will a person's personality change like this due to experiences over a period of time?
"Maybe." Yan Xuanyu said to himself.
"Lian'er, Lian'er, it sounds like a nickname."
After returning to the palace, Yan Xuanyu read the news presented to him. Lian'er was randomly sent to a nearby place by the secret guards. That place happened to be a place where refugees were received and treated. After they regained their mobility, they would do some simple chores.
Lian'er did not show any abnormality after being sent there. The people she often came into contact with were all acquaintances from other villages, and the common people she occasionally came into contact with were all well-known and found to be innocent.
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On this day, a young eunuch hurried to Chengtian Palace to ask for an audience.
The young eunuch was originally named Xiao Muzi. Later, when Yan Xuanyu's potato seedlings were moved from Taiyi City, he personally watched over them every day. After they grew well, he selected a group of palace maids who were proficient in plants and trees to take care of them when he was away.
Li Zhongxian saw that there was a smart one named Xiao Muzi among them, so he adopted him as his godson, and Xiao Muzi changed his name to Li Mu from then on.
Li Mu's heart was pounding on the way to Chengtian Palace. This morning, they discovered that the grass that His Majesty called "potatoes" had some green leaves that had been growing well, but suddenly some of them turned yellow, which scared them.
They were not worried about their own lives. Now in the palace, as long as they did not violate the palace rules set by His Majesty and did their duty honestly, they would not be executed. The reason they were shocked and scared was that they seemed to have spoiled the precious grass that His Majesty cherished so much.
Li Mu knew that going to Chengtian Palace to ask for an audience was not a good job now, but he thought that Li Zhongxian was his godfather now, so he was the only one who could go, so he took the initiative to take on this task.
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"Li Mu wants to see you? Is there something wrong with that batch of potatoes?" When Yan Xuanyu heard what Li Zhongxian said, his sleepy mind suddenly became clear.
"Quick, let him in!"
Li Mu followed Li Zhongxian in, bowed to Yan Xuanyu first, and then told him everything in detail without hiding anything.
"This morning, Xiao Qizi and I went to check on the potatoes as usual, and found that several leaves that were green yesterday had turned yellow." Li Mu lowered his head.
"Yellowed?" Yan Xuanyu repeated, thinking, "How could it turn yellow for no reason?"
"Li Zhongxian, how long has it been since the potatoes were shipped from Taiyi City? Has it been more than three months?" Yan Xuanyu suddenly thought of something.
Li Zhongxian calculated the days and replied, "Yes, Your Majesty, exactly three and a half months."
"Good, good." Yan Xuanyu was originally worried that these potatoes would all die or not bear fruit after being moved from Taiyi City, but he didn't expect that he could actually bring them back to life!
This is such a great thing!
The potato matures in three to four months. Roughly speaking, based on the original location of the capital, the mature period should be four months. Adding the days before the potato seedlings were moved from Taiyi City and the days they were placed in the simple greenhouse for care, they should be almost mature.
"It's okay. Come to Chengtian Palace again when all the leaves have wilted." Yan Xuanyu said.
"Wait, you can't wait until everything is wilted before coming back. You don't know when it will be fully mature, so come and report once a day..."
Li Mu looked at Li Zhongxian in surprise, and the latter nodded, meaning that he would do as the emperor ordered.
Seeing Li Mu's confusion, Yan Xuanyu explained, "I didn't explain it clearly. This 'potato' isn't the grass you think it is. It's called a potato because it bears many fruits. The sign of maturity is when the stems and leaves turn yellow, which means it's ready to be dug. You'll need to observe the rest of the changes."
"Great." Yan Xuanyu turned around and returned to the desk.
When digging potatoes, officials must be allowed to come and see their yield before promoting their planting!
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Li Mu came over anxiously, took a bunch of rewards and went back to share them with his companions.
Let’s not talk about the others’ surprise for now. They were just worried that Li Mu would be blamed, and they didn’t know how to remedy the situation to stop the potato leaves from turning yellow. Unexpectedly, Li Mu not only came back quickly, but also brought back a reward!
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