General's Mansion, main hall.
General Zhenbei Jiang Zhong and his wife Qin Fengwan sat in the main seats, and the two brothers Jiang Lin and Jiang Yi sat on the chairs at the lower right. The three of them, father and son, all stared at Qin Fengwan eagerly.
Qin Fengwan picked up the teacup in front of him without changing his expression. Under the gaze of the three of them, father and son, he gently took a sip of tea without saying a word.
Jiang Lin and Jiang Yi looked at each other, then looked at Jiang Zhong who was sitting in the main seat, and tried their best to wink at him.
Seeing this, Jiang Zhong also winked at his two sons, but he was defeated in the end.
He coughed twice and looked at Qin Fengwan beside him pretending to be calm.
"Madam, what Lin'er and Yi'er said makes sense. Although we know that you did this for Li'er's own good, Li'er finally reunited with us and you are so harsh on her. Seeing my daughter exhausted every day, my heart aches like a needle prick!"
Jiang Zhong covered his chest as he spoke and moved closer to Qin Fengwan.
"It is not advisable to rush into training soldiers. The same is true for learning rules and etiquette. Everything needs to be done slowly. More haste makes waste. What do you think, Madam?"
Qin Fengwan placed the teacup in his hand on the table beside him and looked at Jiang Zhong beside him with a dim gaze.
"Have you three conspired with Li'er to put pressure on me and plead for her?"
"Mother, it's nothing. We saw that my sister was exhausted from learning etiquette from the teacher every day. We felt so sorry for her that we came to tell you about it. My sister doesn't know."
Jiang Yi immediately distanced himself from Jiang Li, fearing that she would be affected if things went wrong.
"Mom, my sister has lived with her grandparents since she was born. She has lived a free life for the past fifteen years. We have not been with her for these fifteen years, and she has been looking forward to our family reunion.
Now that our family has finally been reunited, it's fine that you don't have a close relationship with my sister, but you also keep her from leaving the house and force her to do things she doesn't like. If this continues, the relationship between mother and my sister will only become more and more distant."
Jiang Yi finished speaking what he had been holding back in his heart. After hearing his words, Qin Fengwan, who had originally had a calm expression, had a slight flicker in his eyes, and the hands under his sleeves unconsciously tightened a little.
Before she could speak, Jiang Yi stood up and walked towards her: "Oh, mother, when you were at the border, you thought about your sister every day, hoping that we would return to your sister as soon as possible. Now that we have finally returned triumphantly, this result should not be what mother wanted, right?"
As Jiang Yi spoke, he picked up the empty teacup, filled it with tea and handed it to Qin Fengwan.
Jiang Lin also agreed, hoping to convince Qin Fengwan to at least lift the house arrest order against Jiang Li.
"I second this motion!"
Jiang Zhong immediately raised his hand to express his opinion.
Three pairs of eyes stared at Qin Fengwan, waiting for her to speak.
"Since you all think so, then it's up to you."
Qin Fengwan's original intention of asking Jiang Li to learn rules and etiquette was not to make the relationship between mother and daughter more and more distant. She had been leading troops in battles over the years, and she felt a little at a loss when getting along with her daughter for the first time. She had not realized her problem before, but now she finally realized it.
"Really? Thank you, mother! I will tell my sister the good news right away! Have some tea, mother!"
Jiang Yi was delighted. He stuffed the teacup in his hand into Qin Fengwan's hand, turned around and ran out in a hurry.
A quarter of an hour later, in Pear Courtyard.
Jiang Yi told Jiang Li the good news, and Jiang Li and Xiao Ci jumped up excitedly!
Just as the Pear Courtyard was filled with laughter, Jiang Lin rushed over.
"Li'er, although mother has lifted your house arrest, she will no longer let you study the rules with the teaching nanny every day, but she has arranged something else for you."
After hearing what Jiang Lin said, Jiang Li immediately performed the smile disappearing technique.
"What's up?"
"Go to Bailu Academy to study."
"What?? Going to the academy?!"