You're a pampered young lady, raised with a silver spoon in your mouth, how could you possibly understand the saying "the nail that sticks out gets hammered down"?
“How could I not understand? I lost my mother at a young age. I have been self-disciplined, polite, and discreet in order to survive in the precarious Gu family.”
"Ha, you yourself know how to hide your shortcomings? Why bother teaching Ping-jie knowledge? Knowing too much will do her no good."
Women don't need to be officials, and they don't need so much knowledge; they just stay at home, supporting their husbands and raising their children.
“Chen Jinheng, I believe that there is no conflict between a woman staying at home to support her husband and raise her children and going to school.”
"How can there be no conflict? As long as she studies music, chess, calligraphy, and painting well, with the prestige of my Marquis's mansion, I can definitely arrange a good marriage for her!"
"Chen Jinheng, you come from a family of meritorious officials, how can you be so stubborn and inflexible?"
Think about it yourself: music, chess, calligraphy, and painting—aren't all of them related to knowledge?
If you don't teach her to read, she'll be dull and ignorant after she gets married, and might even be disliked by her husband's family.
"Gu Qianluo, I won't allow you to talk about Ping'er like that."
"Chen Jinheng, think about it carefully. If she is illiterate, how can she stand among the noble ladies of high society?"
"Ping'er plays the zither well; even the Empress Dowager praised her. She is a cut above the rest of her peers. Not to mention her painting skills; the old lady even hangs her paintings in her room for her collection!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Qianlu raised an eyebrow and questioned,
"What about books? People often say that handwriting reflects the person, and the person is also reflected in their handwriting."
Look at this, this is Ping'er's handwriting. It's not even as good as a five-year-old's scribbles.
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