Chapter 19 019 Expelled from Private School
However, Du Qingtang came to visit and brought her the good news that she had been successfully admitted to the academy, but also brought some bad news.
——The shameless man who had an affair with someone without a matchmaker, secretly got married, and was two-timing was trying to cling to his precious girl and destroy her reputation. Isn't this bad news?
Fang gritted her teeth and said, "Husband, you must not let him go!"
"Of course." Mr. Li was furious, his eyes red and his every breath filled with scorching anger. "Madam, please go to Sister Wei's room."
Fang understood immediately and went there in a hurry.
Mr. Li finished a cup of tea and managed to suppress his anger. Fang came back with a stack of letters. Her eyes were red and tearful, and she choked up and said, "Husband..."
Mr. Li remained silent, poured a cup of tea for his wife, motioned her to sit down, and then opened the envelope.
Twenty-eight letters, including twenty-one love poems and seven four-character parallel prose love letters.
Mr. Li read on in a self-torturing manner. Every word and every sentence turned into a poisonous spike that pierced his heart, causing him to bleed profusely and his throat to be filled with a strong smell of blood.
Seeing Mr. Li's face turn pale, Fang covered his hand with worry: "Husband."
"I'm fine." Mr. Li took a deep breath, but he couldn't hold back his tears. He burst into tears in front of his wife. "Madam, it's because we failed to protect Sister Wei that she was coveted by such a shameless person."
Fang's tears welled up in her eyes and they held each other's hands tightly. "How do you plan to deal with this person, my husband?"
"Du Qingtang is right. It's not easy for women in this world. If this matter were to be made public, I'm afraid Sister Wei's reputation would be completely ruined." Mr. Li wiped the tears from his face and said firmly, "I will handle Yuan Sheng. I'll have to trouble you, Madam, with Sister Wei's affairs."
Mrs. Fang shook her head. "Sister Wei is my child too. Don't worry, I will have a good talk with her. At worst, she still has two sisters-in-law. Sister Wei is a good and sensible child. She just strayed into the wrong path for a while, but she will definitely stop and get back on track."
In the study, the couple discussed for a while, and then Fang left.
Mr. Li put the letters away expressionlessly and told the old servant guarding the door, "Go and call Yuan Sheng over."
"yes."
......
"Is Yuan Sheng here?"
In the classroom, Yuan Sheng raised his hand to signal.
"Sir, please let me pass."
Yuan Sheng stood up and walked out the door. The ominous premonition he had after seeing Du Qingtang yesterday became stronger.
Didn’t Du Qingtang already get admitted to Qingyuan Academy?
What is she coming back for?
Yuan Sheng remembered that not long ago, Du Qingtang had threatened him with Li Wei.
Mr. Li's daughter was born beautiful and innocent, but was raised too naively by her parents. He just wrote a poem casually, and Li Wei fell in love with him deeply.
Yuan Sheng enjoyed Li Wei's admiring gaze very much, but he knew very well that he would not marry Li Wei.
Li Wei's father was just a teacher and could not help him in his career.
His wife is either Du Qingtang, the shield who risked his life for him, or the daughter of a wealthy and powerful official.
But now that he and Du Qingtang have fallen out, and the two sides are fighting to the death, it is obviously impossible to stop, so the only option left is the latter.
Yuan Sheng's mind was in turmoil, but he remained calm and asked with a smile, "Old man, what is the important matter that the master asked me to come over for?"
The old servant was clueless when asked: "I am just a servant, how can I know about the master's affairs?"
Yuan Sheng received a setback, which was neither too serious nor too light, and became more and more uneasy.
That bitch Du Qingtang wouldn't really complain to Mr. Li, right?
If it is true, how can he break the deadlock?
Marry Li Wei?
But Li Wei's status is too low...
"We're here, let's go in."
The old servant's voice interrupted Yuan Sheng's fantasy. He came back to his senses, thanked him absentmindedly, and walked into the study: "Sir, please ask the student to come over..."
The unspoken words stopped abruptly when he saw the envelope on the corner of the table.
Yuan Sheng recognized those envelopes. The roses on them were drawn by him to deceive Li Wei.
Mr. Li sat behind his desk, his eyes more indifferent than ever before: "Yuan Sheng, you have greatly disappointed me."
Yuan Sheng's knees softened and he fell to his knees. He was always eloquent but at this moment it was as if his tongue had been sawed off. He stammered, "Sir, sir, I am willing to marry..."
"Marry?" Mr. Li didn't give him a chance to say the name. "From what I know, you've had an uninvited affair with one person, secretly pledged your life together, and you're also intimately involved with another. No matter which one you marry, you're destined to betray the other."
Yuan Sheng was stunned for a moment: "Sir, please understand. I have nothing to do with those two people. Everything was deliberately framed by my cousin Du Qingtang. I wanted to marry Ling..."
"Shut up!" Mr. Li slammed the table and stood up, pointing at Yuan Sheng and angrily scolding, "Du Qingtang is both virtuous and academically excellent, and a man of integrity. How can a shameless villain like you slander him?"
Mr. Li never expected that Yuan Sheng not only wanted to marry his sister Wei as his wife, but also turned the tables and slandered Du Qingtang.
If Du Qingtang hadn't told him with good intentions, he wouldn't have dared to imagine what Sister Wei's fate would be.
Yuan Sheng was almost choked to death by Mr. Li's words: "Sir, you really misunderstood me, Du Qingtang..."
"No need to say more. I don't want to hear it." Mr. Li sat back down. "My small temple can't accommodate a giant like you. Go away. From now on, you are no longer a student of the Li family private school."
"Sir!" Yuan Sheng panicked, "I really can't help myself..."
Mr. Li warned in a deep voice: "Be careful with your words. If you continue to be stubborn and say something you shouldn't say... I will make sure you have no place to stand in the entire Qingyuan County."
Of course, even if Yuan Sheng didn't say it, he wouldn't let Yuan Sheng have an easy time.
Meeting Mr. Li's sharp eyes, Yuan Sheng was like a balloon that had been punctured. He instantly lost all his strength and sat down on the ground.
It’s over!
......
No matter how Yuansheng begged or admitted his mistakes, Mr. Li had made up his mind and expelled him from the private school.
That's not enough.
After Yuansheng left, Mr. Li wrote letters to the teachers of several other private schools in Qingyuan County, stating that Yuansheng had poor character and was not suitable to be accepted as a student.
Mr. Li is kind to others and has many friends, including several teachers who received the letter. They will still give him this face.
Yuan Sheng walked aimlessly on the street. At this moment, his hatred for Du Qingtang reached its peak. He wished he could rush to her right now and cut her into pieces!
But before that, he planned to meet someone.
"Brother Xie, something happened at home recently and I'm in urgent need of money. I wonder if I can..." Yuan Sheng said with a guilty look on his face, "Please rest assured, Brother Xie, I will pay you back as soon as possible."
"Brother Yuan, that's a bit too polite. We've known each other for years, and now that you're in trouble, I should lend a hand." Brother Xie Guang pulled out a hundred taels of silver from his sleeve. "Is that enough?"
Yuan Sheng took the banknote and said, "Thank you very much, brother."
Xie Guang didn't care: "My parents and brother give me a lot of money every month, and I can't spend it all. Instead of buying some useless gadgets, I might as well lend it to you to solve your urgent needs."
A hint of jealousy flashed across Yuan Sheng's eyes.
Xie Guang came from a merchant family. The largest silk and satin shop in Qingyuan County was his, and he also had many other shops. It could be said that he made a fortune every day.
How unfair the world is! A fool like Xie Guang was born into a wealthy family, while Yuan Sheng, who was gifted and had the potential to be a prime minister, was born in a rural peasant family and had to fight for everything on his own.
After much difficulty in getting into Li's private school, now all efforts are in vain.
Yuan Sheng clenched his fists in his sleeves and said nonchalantly, "By the way, Brother Xie, if I remember correctly, you are studying in Class D of Qingyuan Academy?"
There are four types of classes in Qingyuan Academy, namely Juren class, Xiucai class, Tongsheng class and Enlightenment class.
Each class is further divided into four grades: A, B, C, and D, among which Class A is the best and Class D is the worst.
The best and the worst here do not refer to the teaching level of the teacher.
The academy recruits students every two months. Candidates who pass the examination will enter the enlightenment class D. However, the number of students that the D class can accommodate is limited, so Qingyuan Academy has made a rule that the academy will hold a small test every month and a large test every two months. Candidates who pass the top five in one exam can be promoted to the next class. Candidates who pass the top five three times a year can be exempted from the tuition fee for the following year.
Any motivated student, or one who wanted to be exempted from tuition fees, would quickly pass the entrance exam to Class D after entering the academy.
In the long run, the good will get better and the bad will get worse.
Among these students, Xie Guang was the only exception.
Xie Guang was admitted to Qingyuan Academy at the age of fifteen. Five years passed in a flash. His former classmates either passed the imperial examinations and left the enlightenment class, or were promoted to Class A and Class B. Only Xie Guang remained in Class D and was the king of repeating a grade.
Yuan Sheng's words made him a little unhappy: "Why are you asking this?"
"Brother Xie, please don't blame me. I just..." Yuan Sheng didn't seem to notice Xie Guang's displeasure, and hesitated to speak. "It's just that I have a cousin who was admitted to Qingyuan Academy a few days ago."
Xie Guang: "Isn't that great?"
Not everyone can get into Qingyuan Academy.
Yuan Sheng sighed, "It's just that my cousin is very cunning and treacherous, and she loves to stab people in the back. I'm worried that she might attack you because of our friendship, so I wanted to warn Brother Xie a little."
Xie Guang frowned: "You two have a bad relationship?"
Yuan Sheng nodded: "Brother Xie, have you heard any rumors about Yuan?"
Of course Xie Guang had heard about it, and many people in Class Ding were ashamed of it, but he felt that Yuan Sheng was not that kind of person, and he argued with him and had a big fight.
"My cousin comes from a poor family, and she's been able to study all these years thanks to my parents' support. Who would have thought she would repay me with hatred, spreading false rumors about me and bringing disgrace upon me."
"I'm really heartbroken, but I don't want to turn against my own people, so I can only pretend that nothing happened."
Xie Guang was shocked, and then he was filled with anger and contempt: "What an ungrateful person!"
Yuan Sheng covered his face and cried, unable to speak.
Xie Guang couldn't bear it and assured him: "Don't worry, Brother Yuanxian, I won't let her go after hurting you so much!"
Yuan Sheng lowered his head, a triumphant smile flashing across his lips.
Xie Guang is as stupid as a pig, and is the most suitable person to be used to deal with Du Qingtang.
Du Qingtang caused him to be expelled from the private school, so he would ruin her reputation and make her have no place in Qingyuan Academy!
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