Jiang Wenyuan did not seem surprised after hearing this.
"So, the widely rumored female scholar in Fushun Town is actually you?"
"It is me."
Jiang Wenyuan suddenly slammed the book in his hand onto the table.
"Absurd! Academic matters are not to be taken lightly. You are misleading others. Why doesn't Bai Yujing stop you?"
"Father, please calm down." Jiang Huaiyu curtsied.
"How can I not be angry when you do something so illogical?"
Jiang Huaiyu said slowly and calmly, "I believe that I have not done anything wrong."
"You haven't made any mistakes?"
Jiang Wenyuan sneered, "As a woman, you should stay at home, be a wife and mother, but you have given up your proper job to become a female teacher. I want to ask you, what qualifications do you have to teach students?"
"The knowledge I possess is my qualification."
"Utterly absurd! A little literacy and the ability to recite a few poems are all it takes to call yourself a teacher? Have you forgotten those students who passed the imperial examinations? Where do you place those learned scholars?"
"So-called scholars only study Confucian classics, the Four Books and Five Classics, and the teachings of Confucius and Mencius. I have already mastered these by heart, so what reason do I have not to enlighten future generations?"
"Nonsense and absurd claims!"
Jiang Wenyuan stared at her with a serious expression. "Since you pride yourself on your exceptional talent, why don't you personally take the imperial examination and show your skills?"
“My father once said that our country’s laws explicitly stipulate that women are not allowed to participate in the imperial examinations.”
"Since you understand the law, why do you still go against the norm? Do you want to tarnish the reputation of the Jiang family?"
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