Chapter 226 Why be a princess? Go on an imperial examination!
For nearly a century, women from prominent families have been educated from childhood to be good wives and mothers and to manage the household.
Want to go out and work?
Do you want to become an official in the imperial court?
There's no future, no guarantee, so stop dreaming.
Princess Ping was a well-read woman who had aspired to become an official since childhood, but before she could take the imperial examination, she was imprisoned by her family.
Her family said that as long as they are alive, she will never be able to participate in scientific expeditions.
The imperial examinations were for men; what use were women for pursuing an official career?
If she doesn't listen, she won't even pass the first round of exams.
After several unsuccessful attempts to protest, Princess Ping gave in.
She had already given up hope, thinking she could live a peaceful and stable life like an ordinary woman, devoted to her husband and children.
But the fox spirit incident shattered the peaceful path she had painstakingly chosen for herself.
Screw peace!
If suppressing her true nature only earns her a boring and indifferent evaluation, she'd rather go crazy.
Everyone wants her to suppress her nature and think about the family, but has anyone in the family ever thought about her?
They just wanted her to be a reliable tool.
All the cultivation she received was to make her, this tool, look glamorous and eye-catching.
She'd had enough!
"I want to participate in a scientific expedition."
"Ah...that's good."
Although Yu Zhiyi did not see any purple aura on Princess Ping, merit and fortune are not fixed. If Princess Ping were to study diligently, with her status and past accumulation, she might be able to obtain an official position.
“Physician Yu, I want to follow your example.” Princess Ping said, “After seeing you, I realized that even if a woman leaves the support of her husband’s family and her own family, she can still live a good life in this world.”
"It's too late to learn metaphysics, but if we prepare to participate in the imperial examinations, it should still be possible."
"Okay, keep it up."
Princess Ping left in high spirits.
Hongluan returned shortly afterward. Yu Zhiyi told her about Su Yuanlin, and Hongluan was somewhat surprised: "You really managed to invite him here?"
This man is a celebrated figure in Shengjing, and his inspirational story has motivated countless people.
If we can really get them here, the people at the Deficiency Institute will be greatly encouraged.
The two chatted for a while about the future development of these people who had shortcomings, and then Hongluan went back to her own business.
She has been working overtime and sleeping less than two hours a day, and has finally processed most of the orders on hand. Now there are only a dozen or so orders left, and she should be able to finish them in less than a month.
She submitted her resignation to Jinxiuyuan the day before yesterday.
Jinxiuyuan was naturally unwilling to let go of such a money-making tool. However, Hongluan was a conscientious person. Before deciding to leave, she had trained two embroiderers. Although their skills were still somewhat inferior to hers, she made a promise that she would provide Jinxiuge with three design drawings every month until the two embroiderers could work independently.
Having exquisite design drawings can make up for the lack of embroidery skills.
Jinxiuge was fairly satisfied with this solution, and the two parties reached an amicable agreement to part ways.
Hongluan stretched and said, "In another twenty days at most, I will be free, and I won't have to travel back and forth every day anymore."
"By the way, when are you planning to move back?"
Yu Zhiyi said, "Let's wait a few days, until we find an auspicious day to move."
Hongluan said, "Then wait for me. I'll look at houses these next few days. Once I find a suitable one, we'll move in together."
Living with my best friend without disturbing each other is so great!
However, even if they settle down in the house, it doesn't mean they can't have Yi Luan Cishan stay there.
Home is home, a support system.
As for where to stay, isn't that just a matter of personal preference?
As independent women with money, connections, and power, they don't need to listen to others' complaints about where they want to live.
That night.
Su Yuanlin paced anxiously back and forth in the room.
He felt like he was dreaming all day, his mind was in a daze, and he couldn't do anything.
He was so excited by what that person had said that he couldn't contain himself.
Yet there was also an instinctive skepticism.
His hand has been broken for so long, can it really grow back?
Suddenly, a knocking sound rang out on the door.
Su Yuanlin was startled. Without bothering to ask who was outside, he walked over and opened the door from underneath with his foot.
Yu Zhiyi didn't try to hide anything; apart from changing her clothes, she looked no different from how she did during the day.
She wasn't even dressed for the night, so she didn't look like a woman visiting a man's house in the middle of the night; she looked more like someone just dropping by.
Su Yuanlin didn't have time to think too much, and stepped aside to let Yu Zhiyi in, looking somewhat nervous.
He wanted to ask, but he was too nervous to know what to say.
"Sit down."
Yu Zhiyi sat down in front of Yuan Zhuo in the room and waved to Su Yuanlin.
Only after Su Yuanlin sat down did he belatedly realize that this was his home!
But now it's as if he's the guest and Yu Zhiyi is the host.
Yu Zhiyi ignored his thoughts and, after Su Yuanlin sat down, told him to put both hands on the table.
Su Yuanlin's hands had been severed, leaving empty spaces above both wrists, making him look both pitiful and terrifying.
Just one glance makes you wonder how much pain he must have felt when his hand was chopped off.
Su Yuanlin's composure, long since eroded, was now restless and anxious: "Doctor Yu, can a severed hand really grow back? You're not lying to me?"
“A severed palm cannot grow back.”
Yu Zhiyi's words completely baffled Su Yuanlin: "What?"
Yu Zhiyi didn't let him wonder for long, and continued, "However, I can use my magic to conjure two hands for you. Don't worry, although they aren't real hands, they'll look just like real hands in every way."
"But after all, it's not your own thing, and you haven't used your hands for many years, so it will be a bit difficult to control at first. Whether you want to take care of yourself or continue writing and painting, you'll have to practice diligently."
"In other words, these two hands are like the hands of a newborn baby to you. If you want to control them, you have to slowly get used to them, just like a newborn baby."
Su Yuanlin remained silent.
He thought it was really a rebirth of his severed hand, but he didn't expect that they would give him some unknown thing to replace his hand.
Is that really a hand?
But did he have a choice?
Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll take it."
Yu Zhiyi nodded.
Actually, there are spells in this world that can regenerate severed hands, but that can only be done after reaching the Great Perfection stage.
Below the Great Completion Realm, let alone having someone else's severed hand regenerated, even if a cultivator's own body is crippled, there is no way to heal easily.
Unless the disability lasted for a very short time and the broken part was never discarded.
However, the Great Completion Realm was still too far away for her. Perhaps by the time she reached the Great Completion Realm, Su Yuanlin would have already died of old age.
There's no need to give people such vague and unrealistic expectations.
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