"I will spare you since this is your first offense. You may leave now." Shangguan Feiyun just wanted to accompany Sanbao and the others on the tour and didn't want to cause any more trouble.
"Thank you, Your Highness. I'll take my leave!" Dr. Yao left quickly, fearing that Shangguan Feiyun would cause trouble for him if he was late.
Shangguan Feiyun took Sanbao and the others to visit all six halls, and then he took them back to the gate to wait for Dabao.
As soon as they arrived at the gate, Jijiu was already waiting for them with Dabao.
"Greetings, Your Highness!" Ji Sa saluted Shangguan Feiyun.
"No need for formalities!" Shangguan Feiyun said.
"How did Dabao do in the exam this time?" Shangguan Feiyun asked the chief priest.
"Your Highness, Young Master Chen Wen has been admitted to the junior class of the Zhongtang class. I admire some of his insights, but his foundation is not solid. I want him to start from the Zhongtang class." The chief priest told Shangguan Feiyun that Dabao's foundation was not solid.
"I understand. Dabao will come here tomorrow to study in the Zhongtang class. He will not stay in the Imperial College. Also, Dabao's mother asked the chief priest to come over for a drink. She will come into the house today, at the Chen family mansion next door." In the end, Shangguan Feiyun did not forget Li Yun's instructions and invited the chief priest to come over for a drink.
"So it is Young Master Chen Wen's family that is visiting the mansion today. I will definitely attend the banquet. I will go there after I prepare some gifts." Who is this Chen Wen's mother? She was able to buy the Zhong Mansion, which means she is rich. She can even ask a high and mighty prince like the Prince of Jin to help her bring her son to take the exam. Just now, the prince said that Chen Wen and the other two twins are his children, which means that the prince is pursuing her and it is very likely that she will be taken into the palace.
"You decide these." Shangguan Feiyun took Dabao and the others out of the Imperial College and returned to the Chen family mansion.
When they returned to the Chen family mansion, Scholar Jiang and Doctor Zheng had already arrived. They brought a lot of gifts, including gold, silver, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, etc.
Li Yun was already greeting them in the courtyard.
"Uncle, uncle, why are you here?" Shangguan Feiyun entered the living room and saw his uncle and uncle talking to Yun'er.
"Your Highness, we greet you!" Scholar Jiang and Doctor Zheng saluted Shangguan Feiyun.
"Uncle, uncle, there's no need to be polite here. Just get along like a family." Shangguan Feiyun helped up Scholar Jiang and Doctor Zheng.
"Thank you, Your Highness!" said Academician Jiang and Doctor Zheng.
"Uncle, uncle, we're all friends and family here today. No need for formalities. Just be at home and relax." Li Yun also advised Academician Jiang and Doctor Zheng. She really didn't want her wedding day to become a formality. If that happened, she might as well not invite them at all. It would be so awkward.
"Sir Jiang, today is Yun'er's home court and we are here as guests. Since the prince and Yun'er have said so, we should do as they say so as not to make them feel uncomfortable." Doctor Zheng said to Scholar Jiang.
"Okay, let's do as these young people say. Let's act like elders today." Academician Jiang said happily, moving his beard.
"I, the nephew, wish my uncle good health! I, the nephew, wish my uncle good health!" Shangguan Feiyun knelt down to pay his respects to Doctor Jiang and Doctor Zheng as elders.
"Dabao, Erbao, Sanbao, come here and pay your respects to your great-uncle and uncle." Li Yun said to Dabao, Erbao, and Sanbao.
"Yes, mother!" Dabao and his two siblings said. Then they came to the front of Jiang Daxueshi and Doctor Zheng and bowed to them as elders.
"The nephew and great-grandson (nephew and great-granddaughter) pay their respects to their great-uncle, wishing him good health and longevity!" After Dabao and his two siblings paid their respects to Mr. Jiang, they also paid their respects to Doctor Zheng.
"I, your niece, greet you and wish you great health and happiness!"
"Okay, okay! Get up quickly and come to our great-uncle." Scholar Jiang and Doctor Zheng said in unison.
Dabao and Erbao came in front of Doctor Jiang, while Sanbao sat on Doctor Zheng's lap and stroked his beard.
"Sanbao, don't be rude!" Li Yun saw Sanbao stroking Doctor Zheng's beard and quickly scolded her not to play with the beard.
She knew that ancient men attached great importance to their beards, just like their hair, which could not be played with casually.
"Yun'er, it's okay. Your uncle likes Sanbao very much." Doctor Zheng said.
"Uncle, Sanbao likes you too!" Sanbao said sweetly. His uncle's beard was really thick, unlike his hair, and it pricked Sanbao a lot.
"Sanbao only likes my uncle and not my great-uncle anymore." Scholar Jiang's heart softened at the sweetness of Sanbao's voice.
Why is my great-granddaughter not as cute as Sanbao?
"Great uncle, Sanbao likes it too!" Sanbao quickly acted cute to comfort Mr. Jiang.
"Great uncle believes it. What are your full names? Can you tell me?" Academician Jiang said to Dabao and his two siblings.
"Great-uncle, uncle, Dabao's name is Chen Wen, Erbao's name is Chen Wu, and Sanbao's name is Chen Fang." Dabao said to Scholar Jiang and Doctor Zheng.
"Nice name! Your father is a learned man. He hopes that you can be both civil and military!" Jiang Daxueshi praised Dabao and his biological father highly. Only learned people can give good names. Rural people usually give their children easy-to-understand names like Ergou, Goudan, and Niuwa.
"Dabao doesn't have much impression of his father. He learned from his grandparents that he was a bodyguard who often traveled far away and rarely had time at home." Dabao also wanted to remember what his father looked like, but he couldn't imagine it no matter how hard he tried.
"Being a bodyguard requires some knowledge and insights. Don't let your father down. Study hard and become a man of both civil and military talents in the future," said Jiang Daxueshi.
"Great uncle, we will." Dabao and Erbao said.
"Dabao, have you ever been enlightened?" Scholar Jiang asked Dabao.
"Great-uncle, Dabao studied with Master Zhong in Qingshan Village for a period of time. Later, Uncle Shangguan also taught Dabao for a period of time. Mother opened two academies in Qingshan Village, one for boys and one for girls. Many girls from Qingshan Village and nearby villages went to study in the academies. Even the children of our servants could study in the academies for free.
Dabao, Erbao, and Sanbao are still serving as teachers in the academy?" Dabao also told Jiang Daxueshi about Qingshan Village Academy.
"What? A girls' academy? You built a girls' academy in Qingshan Village? What do they learn?" Scholar Jiang and Doctor Zheng said in shock and excitement.
"Great-uncle, uncle, in addition to learning music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and needlework, girls in the girls' academy also have to learn preparation for the imperial examinations. Mother said that girls must learn arithmetic. Only by learning arithmetic can they manage the family business well, or find a female manager to take over." Sanbao told Scholar Jiang and Doctor Zheng what she had learned in the girls' academy.
"Yun'er, you are amazing!" said Mr. Jiang with emotion.
It has always been said that a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent, so women have always learned needlework in the government office so that they can find a good husband to marry into in the future.
"Yes, Yun'er is really amazing! There must be a lot of people who would come out to stop us from building a women's college." Doctor Zheng said.
"No, I told the villagers that I wanted to build academies, both for boys and girls. All the children and grandchildren of the villagers can go to the academy to study for free, so the villagers were very active in helping to build the academy, hoping that their children could succeed and leave the countryside." Li Yun told Scholar Zhang and Doctor Zheng about the situation at the time.
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