Chapter 491 Shen Yuanxu resigns from his position as dean!
Ban Sicao admitted that what she said was right.
"Your enemies are like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, like cow hairs on a cow, like lice on a donkey, like bedbugs in a sewer..."
"Stop, you can go and rest now. I have something to tell you to do tomorrow. Make sure you get plenty of rest tonight, because there won't be any time to rest after tomorrow."
Looking at her serious face, Ban Sicao wanted to tell a joke to lighten her mood, but she didn't expect that this woman only had politics on her mind.
"I won't bother you anymore, you should go and rest too."
Ban Sicao walked outside the hall, glanced in a certain direction, and casually said, "Why isn't he here today?"
...
Wei Dongzhu left work earlier than usual today. He was really worried about Xiangnu and her child staying at his residence. He was even more worried about them staying outside.
Those people came looking for the mother and child at some unknown time. Xiangnu had been with him, and the child was innocent; he couldn't just abandon them.
After much deliberation, the only option was to arrange for four of his former subordinates to take turns guarding the house.
"General, the mother and son cannot stay in the capital indefinitely."
Wei Dongzhu thought the same way.
"It's not safe yet. I don't know what those people are doing bringing Xiangnu and her child to the capital."
Wei's former subordinates sneered: "What else can they do? It's obvious they want them to ruin your relationship with the Regent."
How could a man like the Regent tolerate a general having women and children by his side?
"General, this deception can't go on forever. What if the Regent finds out one day?"
They dared not even imagine the consequences.
Others may not know, but how could they not know? Now, the impression of the Regent among the people and officials of the capital is slowly changing. They have begun to ignore her identity as a woman and are focusing their attention on the laws and decrees she has issued to improve people's livelihoods.
Only they know how strict the Regent is in disciplining his troops and how ruthless his drills are. It was so before, and it is so now; the Regent has never changed.
Now that there's no war, the methods have changed. But when war breaks out, the Regent can still charge into the enemy camp with his long sword, causing rivers of blood to flow.
Wei Dongzhu's heart sank lower and lower. Xiangnu was his maid. With the war in the Northwest ongoing and him still unmarried, his father was worried that marrying a nobleman would arouse the emperor's jealousy, so the marriage was postponed again and again.
The war was brutal; his brothers lost their lives one after another. His mother wept and begged him to let him produce an heir for the Wei family. How could he stand by and watch his mother kneel on the ground, pleading?
He never imagined that he would meet Shen Lanxi in this lifetime, or that he would meet a woman who would move his heart.
He didn't know he would survive...
Wei Dongzhu's former subordinates noticed his gloomy mood, exchanged glances, and said no more.
...
Zhou Ruyuan left, and all the officials came out of the city to see him off.
One thousand soldiers were separated from the city's defensive camp, five hundred of whom were Zhou Ruyuan's former subordinates, and another five hundred were soldiers assigned by the imperial court.
Shen Lanxi stood before the officials, watching Zhou Ruyuan and his entourage disappear into the dust.
He looked back at the magnificent capital city for a moment, then led his officials back to the palace.
A day later, another battle report came from the southwest: the foreign tribes were willing to negotiate peace with the Great Zhou.
Shen Lanxi looked down at the hall with an air of authority: "Whether to fight or negotiate, all of you may speak freely."
After Zhou Ruyuan passed away, most of the officials supported him.
Before they could even reach an agreement, the Imperial Guards sent another report.
"Anomalies have been discovered in Shu and Gan. Spies have reported that the two traitors are forming an alliance to launch an attack on our Great Zhou!"
The room fell silent.
Shen Lanxi took the report, glanced at it, and then had it taken away and circulated.
"Last time, those two traitors sent envoys to provoke our Great Zhou. They plotted rebellion and dared to dream of gaining our Great Zhou's recognition. They're dreaming!"
Zhao Zheng: "Fight! Fight them! Take back the territory they've occupied and bring those two traitors to justice!"
"Fight! Those two traitors are far too arrogant; they don't take our Great Zhou Dynasty seriously at all."
Shen Lanxi sighed: "This matter concerns the royal family, and I have no right to overstep my bounds. Let me inform His Majesty before making a decision!"
Many court officials were in a daze, as they had not seen His Majesty for a long time.
I wonder how His Majesty's health is?
The next day, Shen Lanxi specially arranged for Wang Bao to push Emperor Renxiao to appear in the court.
"These two traitors have plotted rebellion and repeatedly tried to incite internal strife in our Great Zhou Dynasty. Their intentions are utterly despicable!" Emperor Renxiao coughed abruptly as he spoke of the two traitors.
Wang Bao skillfully fed Emperor Renxiao tea to soothe his throat, and then the emperor, seemingly exhausted, closed his eyes and dozed off on the dragon throne.
Shen Lanxi said in a low voice with concern, "Your Majesty is tired. Let's take Your Majesty to rest!"
Song Daoxi stood to the side and waved for the guards to come over.
"Thank you for your trouble, Imperial Preceptor."
Song Daoxi: "His Majesty said that the Regent is the one who has made great contributions. The decision to attack the traitors was the right one. The two traitors are acting against the tide of history and are doomed to failure!"
Shen Lanxi: "Thank you, Imperial Preceptor."
After watching Song Daoxi leave, the court officials began discussing the successor of Guiguzi again after the court session.
It is said that whoever obtains the discipleship of Guigu will rule the world. Now that the discipleship of Guigu is on their side, it clearly indicates that the Great Zhou Dynasty is secure.
But there's another saying: "The disciples of Guiguzi choose wise rulers; is Your Majesty a wise ruler?"
Several court officials exchanged glances, remaining silent.
The matter of suppressing the rebel king was settled, and Shen Lanxi announced the arrangements she had previously discussed with Wei Dongzhu in court.
The astrologer has calculated an auspicious day, and we will set off in half a month!
Shen Yuanxu approached Shen Lanxi.
"Now that the political situation has stabilized and the school is back on track, I still want to go to the battlefield with my brothers."
Shen Lanxi: "Okay, this time you can bring all the young men from the Shen family who are willing to go!"
Shen Yuanxu couldn't contain his excitement.
"I will definitely bring them back safely."
Shen Lanxi: "Bai Lu Academy will be under the leadership of Mr. Ruohua. Hand over your other affairs as soon as possible and prepare the things you will need for the trip!"
Shen Yuanxu was completely different now, and immediately replied to Shen Lanxi with great enthusiasm, "This subordinate obeys!"
...
After handing over all his affairs, Shen Yuanxu immediately got up and returned to the Regent's Palace.
The Shen family has been closed for nearly half a month, and there have been signs of them opening in the last two days.
This was because Zhou Ruyuan had left the capital.
"Grandmother, Uncle, Father, Mother..." Shen Yuanxu called out to everyone, then explained the reason.
"I have resigned from my position as the headmaster of Bailu Academy and returned to the army to serve as a vanguard general."
This sentence exploded like water being poured into a hot oil pan.
"Yuanxu, you can't be so foolish!" Old Madam Shen was the first to object.
The second one is Shen Congwen.
"Yuanxu, do you know what you're giving up? Bailu Academy is the top academy in the Great Zhou Dynasty, a place that all students in the world aspire to. You've finally become the dean and are respected by the students. How can you give it up so easily?"
Do you know what you're giving up?
"Throughout history, the deans of academies have either been imperial tutors or great Confucian scholars, teachers of tens of thousands of students, and so on..." Shen Congwen's hands trembled with anger.
He couldn't even get the job if he wanted it, and Shen Yuanxu, that ungrateful bastard, actually resigned?
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