Lu Jing brought Fang Rou back from outside. In order not to attract Shen Ruoyan's attention, he asked Fang Rou to put some rouge and powder on her hands so that she could get away with it.
Fortunately, until Fang Rou returned, she did not meet anyone from Shen Ruoyan's yard on the way.
Lu Jing had just put his mind at ease, but who would have thought that he was stopped by Chun Xi on the way to the study!
"This servant greets the Marquis. Madam, please come over."
Lu Jing's heart suddenly felt like it was being struck, thumping. "Madam, did you invite me? Did you tell me why?"
Chunxi shook her head, "Madam didn't say."
This made Lu Jing even more uncertain and nervous.
Could it be that Shen Ruoyan already knew about him taking Fang Rou to see Brother Kang?
But when he went out, he paid special attention and no one noticed him and no one followed him, so he should not be noticed.
Did he reveal the truth when he came back?
Until he arrived in front of Shen Ruoyan's yard, Lu Jing was still wondering what went wrong.
He organized his words in his mind, thinking about how to comfort Shen Ruoyan later.
How did she find out?
What bad luck!
"Madam, what do you want to see me about?" Lu Jing went straight to the point as soon as he came in. He looked calm and pretended nothing had happened.
In fact, my heart is about to jump out!
Qiu Ye invited him to sit down and poured him more tea. Lu Jing was about to say he didn't want to drink, but he heard Shen Ruoyan say:
"My Lord, you have just returned from outside. You must be thirsty. Have some tea first."
She really knew that I went outside!
Lu Jing didn't dare to refuse, and didn't dare put down the hot tea even though it burned his palm.
He feels guilty.
In order to hide his abnormality, Lu Jing blew on the tea and drank it slowly. At the same time, he was thinking in his heart, what did Shen Ruoyan want to do by asking him to come over?
Raise an army to punish the culprit?
Or are you complaining about grievances?
But her expression looked so calm, which made Lu Jing a little confused. If Shen Ruoyan already knew, would she be so calm?
Could it be that he guessed wrong?
"Madam, the tea here is always better than anywhere else." Lu Jing said with a wry smile, put down the teacup, rubbed his hands and said, "Now, Madam, can you tell me why you called me here?"
Shen Ruoyan raised her eyebrows, rarely showing such a lively expression in front of Lu Jing, "Can't I look for the Marquis if there is nothing?"
She looked at Lu Jing with resentment, her lips pursed as if she had suffered a great injustice.
"My Lord, you only think of me when you have something to do?"
"Of course not!" Lu Jing excitedly stood up from his chair and waved his hands repeatedly to show his sincerity.
Shen Ruoyan was amused by him, and chuckled while covering her mouth: "My Lord, I was just joking with you. But I did have something to ask you to come here this time."
Are you kidding?
Lu Jing wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He wondered if anyone had ever told Shen Ruoyan that if others didn't find it funny, then the joke was indeed a bit stressful...
For example, he is now.
"My Lord, why do you look so nervous?" Shen Ruoyan saw Lu Jing wiping his sweat all the time, and there was even more worry between his handsome eyebrows.
She was clear-headed but pretended to be ignorant. "Could it be that coming to me puts such a great pressure on the Marquis?"
Shen Ruoyan lowered her head in disappointment, "Then I, as the mistress, should reflect on myself."
"How could that be?" Lu Jing spoke so quickly that his voice almost cracked!
He coughed awkwardly twice and explained, "Don't blame me, Madam. I just walked in from outside and I feel a little hot."
Shen Ruoyan looked at the overcast sky today. The cold wind was still blowing outside. She smiled and did not expose Lu Jing.
"I see."
Lu Jing resisted the urge to wipe his sweat and nodded repeatedly. He was now on pins and needles, and only hoped that Shen Ruoyan would say something and finish it quickly so that he could leave quickly!
If he stayed any longer, Shen Ruoyan would be worried that he would let the cat out of the bag!
Fortunately, Shen Ruoyan didn't say anything else. Instead, he asked someone to bring the two young masters' homework and said with a smile: "In fact, it's not a big deal to invite you here, my Lord. It's just that the Spring Examination is approaching, and Master Pei may not be able to continue teaching."
Pei Rushi had been almost too busy these past few days, but she still thoughtfully made a study plan for Lu Yan and Lu Changchuan.
But this is not a long-term solution after all.
"I thought that the two children could go to the Imperial College together so that they could take care of each other." This was also the purpose of Shen Ruoyan looking for Lu Jing.
After all, to enter the Imperial College, one must be in the name of a marquis.
"Guozi Academy?" Lu Jing remembered that at this age, he could indeed go in.
The Imperial Academy was a school specifically designed for the children of high-ranking officials. Its chief academicians were all great scholars who had passed numerous imperial examinations. To be admitted to the Imperial Academy, one had to be an official of at least the third rank to send their children there.
As for aristocratic families, the requirements are very high, considering the merits of the ancestors and the level of their titles.
Although they, the Changning Marquis Mansion, had no real power, their rank was high enough to qualify for admission.
"Isn't it too early?" Lu Jing hesitated. Lu Changchuan was Shen Ruoyan's adopted son, and he had no blood relationship with him. He was kind enough to hire someone to teach him.
Now we want to send him to the Imperial College. Isn't that too much?
As for Lu Yan, although he was the eldest son of the Marquis's family, in Lu Jing's heart, he no longer regarded this son as the eldest son.
A mute would be embarrassing if he went out.
He should just stay home and hire a teacher to teach him, and maybe no one would even remember it. If he went out and was always in front of everyone, wouldn't he be deliberately telling everyone that the prince of the Marquis of Changning was a mute?!
Lu Jing doesn't want to lose this person!
"How could that be? The Earl's son is even younger than Yan'er, and he's already been sent there." Shen Ruoyan looked at Lu Jing disapprovingly, "Or does the Marquis think that it's not important for children to study?"
Even the Earl's Mansion attached so much importance to the child's studies that he was sent to the Imperial Academy to study at a young age.
Don’t they, the Changning Marquis Mansion, have this awareness?
Shen Ruoyan said directly: "It's a pity that the Marquis has been close to scholars and writers recently, but he didn't realize the importance of children's enlightenment?"
Lu Jing subconsciously asked back: "What does this have to do with you?"
"It's a huge deal!"
Shen Ruoyan recounted the life stories of all the literati from ancient times to the present. Especially those talented people who became famous at a young age, he talked about them endlessly, as if Lu Jing was preventing his two children from becoming successful by not sending them to school!
Lu Jing was overwhelmed by what he heard, but he still didn't want his mute son to go out and embarrass himself.
Just as he was trying to think of other excuses to refuse, suddenly, Shen Ruoyan asked, "Where did you go today, Lord Marquis?"
?
Lu Jing's thoughts were so frightened that they stopped. Weren't they talking about studying?
Why are we back to this topic again?!
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