The snow melts in Chang'an and spring comes.
Qin Ruoxue packed her luggage and sat in the pavilion in the back garden. She looked at the setting sun in the sky and heard the sound of lingyue's bells. A smile appeared on her face.
After a moment, the smile slowly faded and turned into a long sigh——
Tomorrow morning she will leave Chang'an for Linjiang.
She will land at the Yao County Port and go from Yao County to Xishan. Her grandfather Qin Bingzhong is still in Xishan, guarding the Xishan School there.
In the blink of an eye, another three years have passed. Grandpa's health has been getting worse year by year. Although my husband Yan Xiwen hired the best doctor to take care of Grandpa's health in Xishan, when the doctor returned to Chang'an at the end of last year, he said... Grandpa was not sick, but was really old.
When my grandfather was studying at Linjiang Academy, he was already in his sixties. At that time, Fu Xiaoguan was still a playboy in Linjiang.
In the blink of an eye, Grandpa had passed the age of seventy, considered a very old man. In the past decade or so, Fu Xiaoguan had risen from a small landowner in Linjiang to the ruler of Daxia. He then abdicated the throne to his eldest son, Wu Tianci, and led the Daxia fleet to the other side of the distant sea.
And I...
She suddenly remembered that she was only thirteen years old when she was in Linjiang Academy, but now she was thirty years old and had become a mother of two children.
At that time, I met Fu Xiaoguan at Linjiang Academy. It seemed that this guy came to ask for my grandfather's calligraphy.
By the way, the copy of A Dream of Red Mansions also had his signature on it, but the book was excellent, but the handwriting was so ugly that I originally wanted to show off the signed book to the Imperial Academy, but I gave up because of his handwriting.
That book...where is that book?
It seems to be in the study of the Qin Mansion in Jinling, but it is probably covered in dust now. I am going to take my grandfather to Jinling to live for a long time this time, so I will take it out and have a look at it then.
Xiwen's grandfather, Yan Beixi, was about the same age as her own grandfather. As the granddaughter-in-law of the Yan family, she had to take good care of Yan Beixi. Of course, the Yan Mansion had many servants, so she didn't have to do anything herself, but being able to stay by the old man's side would bring them peace of mind, and it was also a filial duty for the grandchildren.
As for the Xishan Research Institute, I will have a good chance to visit it when I go to Xishan this time.
Since she had a child, she has lived in Chang'an for a long time, and the Xishan Research Institute has been handed over to other people, all of whom are students who graduated from universities in Daxia. They are all full of enthusiasm and devoted to the Xishan Research Institute like herself once was.
Among them are students from Xishan School who were taught by my grandfather himself.
Those people are my grandfather's pride. He said they are the future of Daxia.
Fu Xiaoguan's dedication to educational reform has now yielded fruitful results. The students trained by the university have entered various industries. Although they have not yet created many brilliant achievements, the future will definitely be theirs.
Today, the academic style in Daxia has undergone tremendous changes. Students all over the world no longer regard entering officialdom as their only goal. On the contrary, their ideals are more focused on various other fields.
For example, scientific research.
For example, art.
For example, medicine.
For example, agriculture and animal husbandry, etc.
This is basically letting a hundred flowers bloom.
According to what my husband said, this means that Fu Xiaoguan has opened the cage that has bound them for thousands of years, allowing people all over the world to freely choose their own future and providing them with a platform to realize their ideals.
With such a Great Xia, the future will naturally be better and stronger.
So this is the best era. My grandfather witnessed the beginning of such an era with his own eyes. Unfortunately, my grandfather was ultimately unable to go out to sea to see the vast territory of Daxia.
Just as Qin Ruoxue was thinking about these things, Yan Xiwen walked in hurriedly.
Qin Ruoxue was stunned for a moment. It was not time to leave court yet. Why did her husband, who always came home late, come back early today?
Yan Xiwen arrived in the yard. Seeing the serious look on Yan Xiwen's face, she stood up and asked worriedly, "What's wrong?"
"Why……"
Yan Xiwen sighed and replied, "Something happened to Tianci!"
Qin Ruoxue was startled, "What happened?"
"Didn't Zhuo Bieli take the imperial seal from me during the ceremony for the Taimiao? Help me pack my luggage. I have to go to Guanyun City right away."
"……good!"
The couple walked towards the main house. Qin Ruoxue frowned slightly. "He was offering sacrifices to the Imperial Ancestral Temple on behalf of the Emperor. The sacrificial text requires the imperial seal. What does this have to do with Tianci's accident?"
"You don't know that the Imperial Seal is the key to unlocking the eighteenth floor of the Tianji Pavilion!"
"ah……"
Qin Ruoxue stopped and covered her mouth in surprise. She had heard Yan Xiwen talk about the eighteenth floor of Tianji Pavilion before, because Fu Xiaoguan once wanted to go down and take a look.
"He went to the eighteenth floor?"
"Yes," Yan Xiwen nodded, "He opened the door to the eighteenth floor. Zhuo Bieli and Ji Yungui were a step late. When they entered..."
"Wu Tianci gave him this, he has already stepped through that door!"
Qin Ruoxue was stunned for a moment. Although Wu Tianci was not the emperor of Daxia now, he was Fu Xiaoguan's son after all, and the eldest son at that.
The husband launched an impeachment against Wu Tianci and eventually imprisoned Wu Tianci in the palace. Although this was a huge matter, Wu Tianci's life was not in danger after all. He would wait for Fu Xiaoguan to come back and explain to him. I think that with Fu Xiaoguan's open-mindedness, he would not blame the husband too much.
But now Wu Tianci has entered the door on the eighteenth floor...
"They didn't chase them?"
With Zhuo Bieli and Ji Yungui's kung fu, Qin Ruoxue thought it would not be difficult to catch up with Wu Tianci.
Yan Xiwen gave a wry smile and shook his head, "Tianci took the imperial seal, and the door closed after he and Liu Jin entered."
"Can't open it? I mean, like, blow open that door."
Yan Xiwen shook his head again. "They tried, but they didn't know what the door and the walls were made of. They were as solid as iron and steel, and they couldn't be opened no matter what."
"...Then what will happen if you go?"
Yan Xiwen took a deep breath, looked up at the sky, and pondered for a moment: "This is ultimately my fault. I have to go and see it no matter what. Besides... I also have to arrange the funeral arrangements for the old scholar Wen Xingzhou."
Qin Ruoxue was shocked again, "Master Wen has passed away?"
"Well, firstly, Elder Wen is already old and frail. Secondly... Elder Wen thought Tianci had grown up and become sensible, and he had hoped that he would ascend the throne again and become an emperor like his father. However, he never expected Tianci to do such a thing. In his anger, the imperial physician was ultimately unable to bring him back from the brink of death."
Qin Ruoxue lowered her head, feeling a little uneasy. After a moment, she looked up at Yan Xiwen and asked anxiously:
"So, what I mean is, if we can't find Tianci, how can we give an explanation to the Emperor?"
"I don't know either. This matter hasn't been made public yet, so don't tell anyone. Yun Xiyan and I are going to Guanyun City, ostensibly to check the accounts, but in reality... we're going to arrange Elder Wen's funeral and discuss with Ji Yungui and the others how to get behind that door."
Qin Ruoxue nodded slightly, she walked into the main house and packed clothes for Yan Xiwen.
"Should I still go to Linjiang tomorrow?"
"Go, don't worry too much about this. It's been more than three years. I think... Fu Xiaoguan will be back soon. If I still can't find Tianci by the time he comes back,"
After a pause, Yan Xiwen whispered, "Even if he blames me, I don't think he'll take his anger out on you. You can stay in Jinling with your child and live there for the rest of your life."
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