It also rained in Jinling.
It’s just that this rain comes more gently.
Under the eaves of Taoran Pavilion in the Fu Mansion, water droplets gradually formed a rain curtain. Yu Wenjun and Yan Xiaolou sat in the pavilion, looking at the vast Xuanwu Lake outside the rain curtain.
"Sister Shulan has been in Xishan for half a month now. I don't know how she is doing there. Ask Sister Yun. I, I also want to go to Xishan to take a look."
Yu Wenjun sighed, "I want to go too, but..."
Yan Xiaolou bit her lip, her heart gritting. "Sister, business in Shangjing is going smoothly. I don't want to stay here. How about we leave tomorrow?"
"But what if he goes back to Jinling directly?"
Yan Xiaolou thought carefully and said, "Since Wu Ling'er has ascended the throne, my husband will definitely not return to Guanyun City because he doesn't want to be the emperor. And the fact that he is Emperor Wen's son is already a fact, so I think he will hide his identity for a while. He will only come out after Wu Ling'er has firmly established her position. Otherwise, it will cause instability in the Wu Dynasty."
"Since he wants to remain in hiding, he definitely can't come to Jinling. Too many people in Jinling know him, and the news will quickly spread to the Wu Dynasty, which is not what he wants."
Yan Xiaolou's eyes sparkled, "So if my husband comes back, he will definitely go to Xishan quietly, and he won't even go to Linjiang!"
Yu Wenjun was stunned. It seemed to be true. This little girl was quite smart.
"Okay, then we'll leave tomorrow!"
…
August 15th, the ninth year of the Xuanli calendar.
It’s Mid-Autumn Festival again.
There has been no news from Fu Xiaoguan, but this Mid-Autumn Festival still has to be celebrated.
The Lantingji Academy in Weiyang Lake will still hold a Mid-Autumn Poetry Festival tonight, but one of the five great scholars from last year is missing this year - Mr. Qin Bingzhong actually went to Linjiang again, but not to Linjiang Academy, but to Xishan Academy.
No one had ever heard of the name of this academy, until later people learned that it was founded by Fu Xiaoguan in Xishan.
Now the news of Fu Xiaoguan's untimely death has spread throughout Jinling. Mr. Qin actually gave up his career to continue studying the sacred teachings for Fu Xiaoguan's last wish. This great act really made many people admire him.
So six retired teachers from the Jixia Academy accompanied him to the Xishan Academy.
Shangguan Wenxiu arrived at Lantingji early. He stood under the thousand-stele stone and quietly looked at the poem "Song of Water Melody".
Without Fu Xiaoguan in the world anymore, who can sing the song of Shui Diao?
Perhaps in commemoration of Fu Xiaoguan's talent, there were more people coming to Lantingji this year than in previous years.
Of course, the vast majority of them were students from the academy, led by Qin Wenzhe and others from the Lanting Poetry Society. They also stood quietly under the thousands of stone tablets, looking at the poems and articles left by Fu Xiaoguan on them.
"I've made up my mind. I'm going to Xishan."
Qin Wenzhe turned to face the group of students. "Now that Your Majesty is implementing my mentor's policy, I will also go to Xishan Academy to teach, and teach those students the economic principles that my teacher taught me. Although I only understand the basics of those principles, as my mentor said, this is a concept, like a spark that can start a prairie fire!"
Chen Shu stepped forward and said, "I'll go too. This academy doesn't have the ability to offer the Gewu School anymore. Perhaps the Xishan Research Institute can give me some inspiration."
"I'm going too!" Shangguan Miao said seriously, "I heard that my mentor has a group training in Xishan. I'm going to help him train this group!"
Qin Wenzhe's words attracted responses from dozens of students. They were all young men who had accompanied Fu Xiaoguan to participate in the literary gathering. Many of them were going to take part in the autumn examination next year, but they gave up for the sake of their still unclear ideals.
Their move caused a huge uproar in the Jixia Academy. Many students began to think about the new policies of His Majesty and what more meaningful things they could do besides becoming officials in the court.
The spark that Fu Xiaoguan ignited in the hearts of the one hundred students spread like this, but at this time the spark was still sparse and there was no hope of it setting the whole field on fire.
The golden crow sets in the west and the jade rabbit rises in the east. This is a time for families to reunite.
The Linjiang Fu family is also having a reunion at this moment, but the atmosphere of this reunion is very strange.
Official Fu had been gone for months and hadn't returned, not even a letter! He had also taken away almost all the cash in the mansion!
The five concubines he took in last year are now all pregnant and are about to give birth.
But their men are missing!
Their man's son is also dead!
This Fu family... is it going to collapse?
So on this Mid-Autumn night, Qi, as the second wife, summoned the other five wives to discuss what to do in the future.
Fu Xiaoguan died. He once thought that his daughter Fu Xiaoxi could live a life like a princess, but now it seems like a joke.
"My dear sisters, although we all seem to get along well on the surface, in private, no one likes each other. Since I entered this door earlier than you, I want to tell you what's in my heart today."
Qi glanced at the five pregnant women. "It's been six months since the master left. There has been no news from him in this six months. The money in this mansion was originally controlled by the master, and neither you nor I have the right to handle it. But now I want to tell you that the cash in the mansion can only last for a month or so."
When the fifth wife heard this, she was shocked, looked at each other, and asked, "Where's the money?"
Qi chuckled, "I only found out at the end of last month that the master had taken away 1.6 million taels of silver!"
"hiss……!"
The Fifth Lady gasped, and the Third Lady asked, "Could it be that the Master went to Pingling and Quyi counties to invest and build a workshop?"
"What workshop are you building? The direction the master is heading is Wu Dynasty!"
The fifth lady frowned immediately. The fact that Fu Xiaoguan was Emperor Wen's son was probably known to the whole world now.
Fu Xiaoguan is the master's favorite, and the six women in this room all know it.
Then the master ran to Wu Dynasty with 1.6 million taels of silver... Those silvers must have been given to Fu Xiaoguan - they didn't understand, Fu Xiaoguan was not the master's biological son, Xu Yunqing had given the master a green hat, why did the master run to Wu Dynasty with such a large sum of money?
After a full cup of tea of silence, Si Niang patted her chest and said, "Fortunately, the family's fields and properties are still there. With this income, our life will not be affected."
Qi looked at the Fourth Madam with a hint of sarcasm on her face, "You're staying here to take care of your pregnancy. I'm afraid you don't know that Fu Xiaoguan's fiancée Dong Shulan has already gone to Xishan!"
"Fu Xiaoguan is dead, what is she doing in Xishan?"
"I heard she visited all the workshops in Xishan and met with all the tenants. She even went to Yao County a while ago. And now Dong Shulan has the account books for all the properties in Xishan. What do you think she's doing in Xishan?"
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