Chapter 373 Trolls
Da Ya was looking at the exam papers when a servant came to deliver a message.
"Let them in quickly!"
Da Ya hurriedly put down her pen and got up. Before she even reached the door, she saw Lin Mingqian and Murong Yuanzhou.
"Mingqian, Your Highness, what brings you here? Are you on holiday today?"
Murong Yuanzhou smiled, looking quite embarrassed.
Daya laughed too, and squatted down. "You sneaked out?"
Lin Mingqian said, "No, we saw Dad on the way, so it wasn't exactly sneaking around."
Murong Yuanzhou: ...
Da Ya laughed, looking at the Crown Prince and her younger brother, liking them more and more as she looked at them. "You must be so hot. I'll have the kitchen bring two bowls of mung bean soup. Try the mung bean soup from the academy."
Lin Mingqian and Murong Yuanzhou were about to go inside when they suddenly heard a commotion at the entrance.
"Let me in! Do you know who I am? I'm Dean Lin's sister-in-law! How dare you stop me like this!"
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, why won't you let the gatekeeper let me in!"
Da Ya told them to let people in so as not to disturb the students studying inside.
Upon seeing the person enter, Daya remained calm. "This is the academy. What are you doing here? Can't you wait until I get home to talk about it?"
"Then you have to go home, sister-in-law. But you never go home, so where am I supposed to find you? I can only come to the academy to find you!"
Chu Rouxuan wore her hair in a married woman's bun, and looked much more prosperous than she had a few years ago, with a hint of meanness in her eyes.
“I know you don’t like beating around the bush, so I’ll be blunt: my husband wants to become an apprentice, and I’d appreciate it if you could help me with that.”
Chu Rouxuan got married last year to a family in Jingzhou. They weren't particularly wealthy, but she chose the family herself. Now she has a son.
The autumn examinations are just around the corner, and after much deliberation, her husband decided to have Chu Rouxuan visit her family.
Who could blame her? Her sister-in-law was the headmistress of the All-China Women's Academy, and her family connections were very strong.
“If he were truly capable, he wouldn’t be trying to follow my path. You should go back soon. You know I run a girls’ academy, and I don’t have any renowned teachers to recommend.”
Daya had a lukewarm attitude towards her sister-in-law, just as her mother said, some people might not be compatible from the start.
Chu Rouxuan became anxious, "Sister-in-law, why are you like this? Fang Daru is your maternal grandfather. You can just go and say hello, even if it's just to lend your name, and occasionally give some pointers on one or two articles."
Daya said calmly, "You make it sound so simple. It's true that my maternal grandfather is a great Confucian scholar with countless students under his tutelage. Now he's also the Crown Prince's tutor. There are countless students in the world who want to become his disciples, and even I am no exception. Do you think it would be of any use if I went to plead with him?"
"You're clearly unwilling, sister-in-law. I'm calling you sister-in-law, can you please help me just this once?" Chu Rouxuan persisted.
Seeing that the Crown Prince and Lin Mingqian were standing around, Da Ya opened her eyes and asked someone to take them to rest. Chu Anbang rushed over.
She pulled Chu Rouxuan away, saying, "Sister, how can you be so annoying? Chu Rouxuan, can't you see anyone but men?"
"I'm sorry, sister-in-law, I'll take her away now." Chu Anbang lowered his head, not daring to look at Daya.
Da Ya married into the Chu family last year. Her older brother is busy these days, so he specifically told the two of them not to come and cause trouble for his sister-in-law.
Chu Rouxuan persisted, "You're my own brother, how can you help outsiders bully me like this?"
"My sister-in-law is not an outsider," Chu Anbang said angrily.
Chu Rouxuan slapped her younger brother, "You benefited from it, so of course you're not an outsider. But if you marry me off, I'll be an outsider!"
Chu Anbang was stunned.
Da Ya frowned at Chu Rouxuan and said, "Get out. You don't need to come here again."
After Chu Rouxuan finished hitting him, she was stunned. She wanted to say something to make amends, but the two old women pulled her out.
"Sister-in-law..." Chu Anbang wanted to say something, but didn't know where to begin.
His sister seems to have become even more eccentric after getting married.
Daya looked at Chu Anbang and said, "This is none of your business. Go back and study hard."
"Your Highness, Qian-ge'er, go drink some mung bean soup."
Chu Anbang then noticed that Lin Mingqian and Murong Yuanzhou were also there, and hurriedly bowed.
"I still want to go out and play," Murong Yuanzhou whispered to Lin Mingqian.
Lin Mingqian didn't reply. He took Murong Yuanzhou to see the girls' academy and then went out again.
This time, the two did not take a carriage when they went out. There was a fried food stall not far from the back gate of the girls' academy that was particularly delicious. Ye Wan loved to eat there, and Lin Mingqian wanted to bring some back to his mother.
"See those two? They look like celestial children. If we could sell them... we could definitely get a good price for them."
Two men in the corner had been watching the two ever since they stepped out of the academy.
The girls' academy had many girls, and the two younger ones originally planned to make their move, but unexpectedly, two adorable little boys came out.
This is so beautiful! If we sell it and raise it from a young age, it will be worth a fortune.
"Are you crazy? We almost got caught before. The Lin family is cracking down on human traffickers. It would be strange if they managed to smuggle the child out of Beijing at this time."
Another person spoke up, "It's precisely because it's difficult that the price is high. If you risk your life to do this, you can at least earn this much."
Fortune favors the bold, so the two followed.
result……
As a result, he was captured by the guards before he even got close.
After being subjected to severe torture, he quickly revealed the location of the human traffickers' hideout.
Lin Anyuan laughed when he heard this. He had been waiting for this group of people, and they came to him without any effort at all.
The next day.
During the morning court session, Ye Wan proposed that those involved in human trafficking, whether selling or buying, should be punished collectively.
"If someone is caught, they should be executed by a thousand cuts. Under severe punishment, people will be afraid. Only when they are afraid will no one have such crooked thoughts."
Some officials looked at Ye Wan and said, "Lord Ye, this method is far too ruthless...it's too serious."
I almost called her vicious, but luckily I held back.
They can even talk about punishments like "cutting into a thousand pieces".
The emperor sent people to mine coal and minerals, and you were immediately subjected to a thousand cuts and torture, including the burning pillar torture.
Ye Wan looked at the adult who had spoken, "If we don't crack down hard, there will always be people who take chances."
Emperor Jing changed the subject and brought up the autumn examinations.
"Let the Hanlin Academy set the questions for the first batch of female officials this year, following the same rules as the male imperial examinations."
Someone remarked, "A group of women, how could they possibly pass the exam?"
Ye Wan turned her head and retorted, "Since this sir knows he won't pass the exam, why is he making such sarcastic remarks? Does he know perfectly well that he can pass, but still insist on gaining some verbal advantage?"
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