After locking onto their auras, he began exploring the area around the city wall. With his keen senses, Youming had already memorized Qin Qianluo's aura in the inn. Now, following the aura, he arrived at the city wall where they had left and flew after them.
Unaware of any of this, the two arrived at the next city before nightfall. They found a secluded corner and slipped into their spatial dimension to rest.
001 As soon as the two entered the city, they efficiently printed out a floor plan. Qin Qianluo sat in the study, looking at the newly printed floor plan, carefully planning the places they would go tomorrow.
After Qianying and the other two finished preparing the meal, they called out to everyone and delivered food to the few people who were recuperating. Everyone gathered around to eat, and Qin Qianlu took the opportunity to explain the general plan. She wanted to spend five days figuring out the necessary defenses before leaving.
This way, nothing will be overlooked, dangers will be avoided, and the speed will be much faster. We have wasted too much time in the imperial city, so we must make up for lost time and return to Tianxuan Kingdom as soon as possible.
Early the next morning, Qin Qianluo took Xuan You out of the space. Still wearing the human skin mask, they went to the locations they had marked the day before to observe and record. The two concealed themselves and carefully noted the changing of the guard time and the number of people at these locations.
After making the notes, she prepared to go back. When she passed by an academy, she saw a few women coming out. Qin Qianluo was curious. In such a conservative country as Xuanyuan, how could women attend academies?
So it seems that Xuanyuan Kingdom is not entirely without merit. After all, it has a special girls' academy, so it's not so dark after all. Qin Qianlu carefully observed her surroundings and, after confirming that there was nothing unusual, she approached the academy.
She tried to listen to what the academy was talking about, but as soon as she heard the content, Qin Qianluo's face gradually stiffened until she could no longer listen and hurriedly left.
As she walked, she muttered to 001, "I shouldn't have had even a sliver of hope or goodwill towards the Xuanyuan Kingdom. I thought that even though it was dark, there was still a glimmer of good in it. What was all this?"
001 had also overheard what was being taught at the academy and was now at a loss for words. "Never mind, Luo Bao, let's finish the defense plan as soon as possible and leave. There's really nothing to look forward to in the Xuanyuan Kingdom."
Qin Qianluo agreed and hurried away, heading towards the hiding place from yesterday. Xuan You, who was hiding in the shadows, heard some of it, but not completely.
He only heard intermittently that the first thing was humility; in ancient times, when a woman was born, she was made to lie under the bed and play with tiles and bricks, and the ceremony was held to inform the late emperor, so as to show that women were humble and weak and what they should learn.
He didn't hear anything after that. He was a little confused. What kind of talk was this? He couldn't understand it. No wonder Princess Qingyun left after listening for a while.
Qin Qianluo and Xuan You arrived at a secluded spot. After observing carefully, they slipped into the space. Qin Qianluo went to the study and recorded the number of soldiers and other information from the day on a floor plan. They would check the other locations tomorrow. The remaining three days would be enough to confirm everything.
She put down her pen, made sure nothing was missing, put away the floor plan, poured herself a cup of tea, took a sip, and thought about the reading aloud she had heard today. Although she had accepted the various astonishing ways of thinking of the Xuanyuan Kingdom, she was still very puzzled.
Setting down her teacup, she asked, "I remember 'Admonitions for Women' was written by Ban Zhao of the Eastern Han Dynasty, right? How come women in the Xuanyuan Kingdom also study it? It sounds like it's something similar. Could there also be 'Rules for Women' written by Empress Zhangsun here?"
Knowing Luo Bao's personality, 001 knew she would definitely ask her questions after finishing her business, so it had already investigated Ling Xue and the others' information on these matters.
At this moment, when Qin Qianluo asked, it immediately replied, "Luobao, the 'Admonitions for Women' here is the same as what Ban Zhao wrote, although I don't know why. The 'Rules for Women' also contains this."
Upon hearing this, Qin Qianluo revealed an expression of "I knew it." She was no longer surprised by such things. After all, in a country where even foot binding existed, it was not surprising at all that "Admonitions for Women" and "Rules for Women" would appear.
He put down his teacup and leaned back in his chair. "001, let me see these two books. How many volumes is *The Rules for Women*? Is it the original thirty volumes, or a ten- or twenty-volume version?"
While manipulating the light screen to show Qin Qianluo the contents of the two books, 001 replied, "Thirty volumes. These two books are usually circulated through copying, family inheritance, or, as Luo Bao saw today, teaching in girls' academies and private schools. Oh, and the Yellow Emperor or high-ranking officials would also give them as rewards."
Qin Qianluo looked at the books on the screen, and they were indeed the original versions, such as the first one she had heard about today, the second one about husband and wife, the third one about respect and prudence, and the fourth one about women's conduct.
There were also rules about not remarrying after one's husband's death, remaining a widow, being gentle, not arguing with one's husband and in-laws, attributing credit to others, not being arrogant or complacent, and offering advice in a virtuous manner for one's husband's consideration. (PS: "郎君" and "舅姑" were terms used in the Tang Dynasty to refer to one's husband and parents-in-law.)
Qin Qianluo only watched for a while before feeling a headache. She asked 001 to turn off the light screen and closed her eyes to rest her polluted brain.
After a while, she finally spoke, "I really don't understand why something like this would exist. I quite like 'Ode to the Eastern Expedition,' but when I think about its author, I just can't bring myself to read it."
001 echoed, "The *Book of Han*, co-authored by Ban Zhao and Ma Xu, is also well-regarded; it's considered the first dynastic history written in biographical style. I just don't understand why they wrote *Admonitions for Women*."
Qin Qianluo couldn't understand it either. She originally liked Empress Zhangsun very much because of her concern for soldiers, people and ministers. If it weren't for Empress Zhangsun, Wei Zheng would probably have been executed by Emperor Taizong of Tang long ago. Fang Xuanling's reinstatement was also because of her.
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