He Lingce, who had also squeezed out of the girls' school and was hiding behind Chuanwen, was stunned. "Ah, no way!"
Just as he was looking up at the back of the Western Regions princess, he unexpectedly met Chuanwen's gaze.
"Hey He Lingce, you're not teaching a class right now, so what are you scribbling down all this time?"
Previously, the emperor had He Lingce accompany her to record her lessons, but now it's after school.
As Chuanwen spoke, he leaned closer to look at the small notebook in He Lingce's hand, which startled He Lingce so much that she quickly took two steps back and stammered, "N-nothing!"
Why are you so nervous if there's nothing wrong?
Chuanwen looked suspiciously at He Lingce, who was clutching his notebook tightly to his chest, and wanted to flip through the script to see what this guy was memorizing!
"Miss! Who do you think this princess from the Western Regions has taken a fancy to?"
Seeing that He Lingce was about to be exposed, the quick-witted Wen Xue quickly diverted Chuanwen's attention, but Chuanwen only glanced in the direction where the Western Region princess had left before turning back to look at He Lingce's little notebook.
"Why is Zhang Guanjing here too? Would the princess from the Western Regions even be interested in him?"
Wen Xue was wondering how to attract Chuan Wen's attention when she suddenly spotted Zhang Guanjing's back among the group surrounding the Western Region princess. She quickly used him to divert Chuan Wen's attention.
Chuanwen indeed looked over, after all, this family had too much gossip.
So she said, "Although Zhang Guanjing is good-looking, the princess of the Western Regions is not someone who judges people solely by their appearance."
Speaking of Zhang Guanjing, Chuanwen immediately turned his attention to digging up gossip about the Zhang family.
He Lingce and Wen Xue exchanged a glance, and both of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
While Xu Wuyou and Chuanyu were talking, they also paid some attention to the commotion on this side. At this moment, they could only express their sympathy for Zhang Chengjue.
After Chuanyu and Chuanwen left, Xu Wuyou and He Lingce exchanged a glance. He Lingce then hurried to the palace to report the situation to the emperor, while Xu Wuyou looked back at the gate of the girls' school. He didn't need to sleep that night; it would be better to ambush the Western Region princess here.
In the palace, after hearing He Lingce's report, the emperor also sent Zheng Yan and several Imperial Guards to ambush around the girls' school.
Having grasped the meaning of "developing stealthily," the emperor now thought that they were still in the process of developing stealthily, and those secrets must not be stolen by the princess of the Western Regions!
However, it doesn't matter if the text is stolen, unless there is also a time traveler in the Western Regions who is a scholar who is quite knowledgeable about these things. Otherwise, even if they steal it, they won't be able to make any use of it.
Therefore, although Chuanwen guessed that the Western Region princess had sneaked into the girls' school at night, he was not worried at all, and after returning to his residence, he ate and slept without any delay.
However, Xu Wuyou and Zheng Yan and the others ambushed outside the girls' school all night but did not see the princess from the Western Regions come. The next morning, Xu Wuyou returned to the mansion with huge dark circles under his eyes, while Zheng Yan left two people behind to continue the ambush, and he took the others back to the palace to report.
"Didn't go?"
The emperor was somewhat puzzled after hearing Zheng Yan's report, but after thinking about it, he figured that Chuanwen might be overthinking things. However, he didn't dare to be careless and instructed Zheng Yan to set up a rotation system to continue guarding the girls' school, making sure no foreigners were allowed to enter!
Not content with just keeping an eye on the girls' school, he also sent people to keep an eye on the movements of the Western Region princess.
These past few days, the princess from the Western Regions has spent her time either strolling around or visiting the Rong Prince's residence. Her brother was taken in by her sister-in-law when he was in trouble, so she came to the Great Jin Dynasty partly to see if she could find a husband for him, and partly to discuss with the Rong Prince the possibility of bringing her sister-in-law and nephew to the Western Regions to reunite with her brother.
At the Rong Prince's residence, the Western Regions princess teased her chubby little nephew while seemingly casually bringing up the topic of girls' schools.
"Sister Wang, why didn't you go to the girls' school?"
If that girls' school is an ordinary institution, why doesn't it allow visitors? Although she became interested in the girls' school yesterday, she didn't sneak in at night. Instead, she tried to get information out of the boys from those official families.
However, although some people spoke flawlessly, there was Zhang Guanjing, who seemed to have long disliked the girls' school. He would become indignant whenever the girls' school was mentioned. Although he uttered a lot of foul nonsense, he also gleaned some useful information.
Almost all the daughters of officials' families were sent to girls' schools! And those officials seemed to value it very much, even requiring the women to teach their own men when they returned home.
However, when she asked any more questions, someone interrupted Zhang Guanjing, and Zhang Guanjing stopped talking.
Therefore, she guessed that this girls' school must not be an ordinary institution of learning!
Princess Qinghuan, who was sewing her son's clothes nearby, smiled and replied, "I have to take care of Li'er, I don't have time for that."
However, Princess Qinghuan sighed again. Even if she didn't take care of her son, her father would not allow her to go to the girls' school. He was afraid that the emperor would be suspicious of her and wished that her whole family were good-for-nothings. Just like Huatao, she wanted to go to the girls' school, but her father didn't allow it.
Hua Tao is the palace maid who was instructed by Consort Li to poison the Crown Prince, and is also the long-lost daughter of Prince Rong.
The princess from the Western Regions was speechless at Prince Rong's cowardice. She then asked Princess Qinghuan if she knew what girls studied at the girls' school.
Princess Qinghuan knew a little about it, but after glancing at her sister-in-law whom she had only met a few times, she cautiously remained silent.
When the princess from the Western Regions saw that she was being perfunctory, she began to appeal to her emotions.
“Sister Wang, we are now family. My nephew will be in charge of the Western Regions in the future. Don’t you want our Western Regions to be better and stronger?”
"Of course, even if the Western Regions are powerful, they're still just a tiny place. They can't possibly contend with the Great Jin. Besides, with your marriage to my brother, the Western Regions and the Great Jin will only be on good terms and won't start any more conflicts. Why is my sister-in-law being so perfunctory? I was just curious and asking casually. Could I possibly be stealing anything from you?"
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