"Pah!" Wu Qi ripped the jade pendant off his wrist and slammed it on the table. "Here, hiccup, take it. It'll pay for the wine."
The waiter knew the jade pendant was not cheap as soon as he saw its quality. He was about to reach out to pick it up when suddenly a hand reached out from the side and took the jade pendant away. He was about to get angry when another silver ingot was thrown at him.
"I paid for her wine," the visitor said.
It was Yuan Huai.
The waiter took the silver ingot in his hand, weighed it, and felt the weight. He said with a smile: "Okay, sir, is this girl your friend? Our shop is about to close, you see..."
"I'll take her away now." Yuan Huai lifted Wu Qi up by his collar. Wu Qi held a pot of wine in his arms and snorted twice in dissatisfaction.
Waiter: "Hey, sir, this wine jug is provided by the restaurant, you can't take it away, otherwise our restaurant will lose money--"
Yuan Huai was too lazy to argue with him over a wine jug, so he threw another silver ingot over to him, didn't ask for change, and took the man away.
Oh, this is really the God of Wealth!
The waiter was reluctant to let them go and saw them off, waving at their backs: "Have a nice day, both of you. Come back next time!"
Yuan Huai threw Wu Qi, who was drunk like a puddle of mud, onto his horse. If he hadn't wanted to get the jade pendant back, he wouldn't have been looking for someone all over the street!
It would have been fine if this ugly woman had just run away by herself, but she even took the jade pendant with her!
Yuan Huai looked at the woman lying on the horse, pressed his eyebrows with a headache, and really wanted to just leave her there, but when he thought about it, there were only three women in the entire Fengchi who met the requirements, and she was one of them. Appearance and personality were secondary, as long as she could be used, it would be fine.
In the end, he brought the person back.
"Keep a good eye on her and don't let her run away again." After entering the courtyard where he lived in the government office, Yuan Huai threw Wu Qi to a young eunuch who came up to serve him.
As the leader of the Flower and Bird Messengers, in addition to a team of Flower and Bird Messengers who obey his orders, he also has a team dedicated to protecting him, or more precisely, guards who escort the candidates for the imperial concubines, as well as several young eunuchs who serve him.
After all, we are working for the emperor, so the ceremony cannot be too slapdash, otherwise it would bring shame to the royal family.
The young eunuch skillfully carried the drunken Wu Qi into the house, took off her shoes, wiped her face and hands, and settled her down properly.
Although this woman is ugly and unruly, just because she is the one the emperor is looking for, they have to serve her wholeheartedly.
In order to find Wu Qi, Yuan Huai worked hard all night. Seeing that the moon had risen to the zenith and the roosters were about to crow, he simply washed up and went to bed.
He got up early again the next day. There was no other way. It was a habit he had developed in the palace. No matter how late he served his master the night before, he had to get up early the next morning to wait for orders.
Although he no longer has to serve his master, and has even become the object of others' service, perhaps he is destined to be a hard-working man and not to enjoy life.
After breakfast, Yuan Huai called Wu Fei over. "Eunuch Wu, have you found out the family backgrounds of the two women who made the jade pendant glow yesterday?"
Wu Fei bowed and said, "The one in front is a daughter from the Ye family, the natal family of Concubine Li. She is a legitimate daughter and her name is Ye Fu."
Yuan Huai frowned, "This is a bit difficult to deal with the girl from the Ye family. What about the other one?"
"The other one isn't from a wealthy family, but rather one from a humble background. Her surname is Xue and her name is Xue Huan. Furthermore, I've heard that Xue Huan has a younger sister who's a few years younger than her. She's also a beauty, and has blossomed into a very pretty young woman. Perhaps she could even make Yujue shine."
Yuan Huai pondered for a moment, "Take a few Silver Armored Guards to the Xue family and bring the two sisters back. As for Ye Fu, don't move rashly for the time being."
The Silver Armor Guards are one of the emperor's personal guards. The emperor specially sent out a team to protect the safety of the candidates for the imperial concubine and to send them to the capital safely.
Wu Fei immediately took people to the Xue family.
Unfortunately, they were disappointed because the entire Xue family went to the Sanhuan Academy outside the city to register Xue Jun and Xue Yao.
Ever since Xue Yao was accused of stealing and the dean of the academy not only did not investigate the truth but also helped to slander him, Xue Huan wanted to transfer Xue Yao to another school. However, Xue Yao was reluctant to leave the friends he made in school, and even if he transferred, there was no guarantee that the same situation would not occur in other schools.
So Xue Huan suppressed her anger, but she would not let Zhang Jianyuan go.
After an investigation, she found out about many of his faults, including keeping a mistress and even having an illegitimate child, and extorting money and property from students. She exposed all these things to him and secretly guided public opinion, and all the bad things that Zhang Jianyuan had done became known.
It just so happened that Zhang Shun, the governor who protected Zhang Jianyuan, also fell, so Fengchi Academy expelled him.
Without Dean Zhang, the atmosphere at Fengchi Academy has improved a lot.
But now the branch of Sanhuan College has been built. Not to mention the teaching staff, with Feng Xian as a living signboard, many big names in the education and literary circles have come here to seek a place in the college.
The teaching resources are second to none. Just based on the three-story library, there are few colleges in the world that can compare with it.
Some of the books in the library are easily available books on the market.
Part of it came from the library of Lingyun Temple. Xue Huan copied down the treasures in it one by one and then had them published and printed.
In addition, the miracle doctor He Shen also contributed his life's collection.
Xue Huan also dug out all the knowledge she had come into contact with in modern times. Thanks to the enhancement of her soul power, she can now recall everything she had come into contact with with incredible clarity.
Apart from those things that are not in line with the current era, most of them are worth learning.
That's not all. Xue Huan also has big friends from various worlds in the Soul Realm. Each of them is thousands of years old. Their knowledge and experience are beyond Xue Huan's imagination. Just a little bit of what they reveal is enough for her to digest.
After she digested it, she would record the knowledge in a book, print it out, and put it in the library.
Is there any other library in the world with a collection as rich as the one in Sanhuan College?
It is no exaggeration to say that it is as vast as the sea of smoke.
In this feudal society where "everything is inferior except reading", one can imagine the attraction of this library to readers.
Other hardware facilities are even more enviable.
Therefore, the reputation of Sanhuan Academy has long spread, but because the academy only accepts orphans, other people have no way in and can only sigh helplessly.
However, some people took a different approach and came forward to recommend themselves as teachers or staff members. Xue Huan was worried about not having enough manpower, so she accepted anyone who met the requirements.
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