Chapter 1698 Last Year's Events

Zhulan looked over and was confused. Concubine Chen's carriage was far away, and there were several other carriages along with Concubine Chen's. It was obvious that the Chen family had sent many girls to school.

The Queen Mother was in no hurry to get off the carriage, and she sighed, "She could have lived a happy life if she hadn't married into the palace."

Zhu Lan thought to herself that she felt that Concubine Chen had no regrets other than not having a concubine. "Shall we go down?"

"good."

Zhulan got off the carriage first, then helped the empress dowager down, and the two walked to the desk for admission processing.

There was a booklet on the table, which recorded the names and other information of the people in detail, and the family situation was also clearly written.

The one in charge of writing is a girl that Zhulan promoted from among the female orphans. She is already sixteen years old and will stay in the academy in the future to be responsible for record-keeping and other miscellaneous tasks.

By the way, there were couples among the orphans. The one she left behind was engaged to another orphan. There was more than one couple engaged, and they even asked the steward at that time to act as a matchmaker.

Because they come in pairs, the repayment is more lenient, keeping half and repaying half every month.

The wages in women's colleges are not low, in order to subtly improve the status of women.

Zhulan introduced the Queen Mother, "Not counting the maids who clean and cook, there are fifteen people in total, five hired gentlemen, ten in charge of finance and other positions, and six of them are orphans."

The Queen Mother stood at the door and watched the admission process for a while. "These girls are well trained."

Zhulan: "They are working hard enough."

Children in ancient times were mature and knew how to be grateful. Except for a few with bad character, most children were good.

Zhulan took the Queen Mother to the classroom and then to the teacher's room. The Queen Mother toured the academy carefully and said with a smile, "It's perfect."

Zhulan was very proud. She had put a lot of thought into this. “I hope all girls can learn skills.”

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "They will cherish it."

The Queen Mother was quite old and not in very good health, so she left after staying for a short while. The academy was open today, so the Queen Mother left and the others entered.

Zhulan was tired after walking all the way, so Changzhong pushed his elder brother aside and said, "Mom, let me help you to rest."

"Okay, let's go to the pavilion in front."

Changzhong, "Mom, you are amazing."

"Mom is not that great."

Changzhong glared, "You are the most powerful in my son's heart."

Zhulan smiled and said, "Why don't you go for a walk?"

"I want to be with my mother."

Zhu Lan smiled and said, "Okay, then sit with me for a while."

Several granddaughters and daughters-in-law had already gone to visit the college. Because there were more female relatives in the yard, Zhou Laoda and the others sat together and talked.

Zhulan took a break. The admission procedures were almost completed. The female official came over and said, "Everything has been completed."

Zhulan took the booklet and asked, "How many students?"

The female official was somewhat excited, "More than fifty students."

It was much more than she expected. She thought a dozen or so would be good, but there were actually over fifty!

Zhulan looked at the oldest being ten years old and the youngest being six years old, feeling a little disappointed, but then she cheered up and said, "First, we will divide them into classes based on their wishes. Currently, they will focus on learning to read and count, and we will divide them based on their talents in the future."

The female official's heart was burning with enthusiasm. "Okay."

At the academy, Ji Rong stood in front of the picture that Zhulan had someone draw for a long time without moving, and heard someone talking.

"Mom, this was painted by grandma."

Ji Rong turned around and greeted them hurriedly, "I have met the princess and the princess."

Xue Han recognized Ji Rong and said, "Get up."

Lin Xi didn't say anything. It seemed that Ji Rong came secretly. Well, since grandma became the dean, Mr. Luo was the most vocal. The Luo family would not come.

Ji Rong knew that some of what she did was unpleasant, so she quickly withdrew.

Xue Han and the others left, "Your displeasure is written all over your face."

"No, I just had a blank expression on my face."

Xue Han would not say too much about the lady for the sake of outsiders. The lady did not like Ji Rong, and she did not like her either. She did not comment on what Ji Rong did, but some habits were difficult to change once they were formed. After the incident in Prince Qin's Mansion last time, Ji Rong's bottom line was lowered a little bit.

Zhulan met the students who had enrolled, spoke to the children's parents, and took care of some other things. Half an hour had passed, and when she knew Shuren had come to pick her up, she prepared to go home.

She had been wearing the imperial robes for the whole morning and her head felt heavy, so she wanted to go home and rest.

Zhou Shuren came in and asked, "Are you done?"

"It's done. Has the Emperor returned to the capital?"

"I went back a long time ago. Rongchuan and I chatted for a while. By the way, Rongchuan has already taken his daughter back to Beijing."

Zhulan stood up and said, "Let's go back too."

Zhou Shuren looked at his wife walking towards him from the desk, feeling a little dazed. He couldn't help but wonder if his wife was like this in modern times too?

When she went out, Boss Zhou and his men were already waiting outside. Zhulan didn't see her youngest son, "Where are Changzhong and Yujiao?"

Zhou Laodao said: "Didn't they follow mother?"

"no."

Zhou Shuren raised his chin and said, "He's back."

Zhulan turned her head to the side. Her son followed the little girl helplessly. The little girl ran over and said, "Grandpa, grandma."

Zhulan, "Where did you go? There are still leaves on your head."

Changzhong, "She is the most naughty."

Yujiao laughed, "Grandma, it's fun here."

Zhulan tapped her granddaughter's nose and said, "Your sister is angry."

Yujiao stood on tiptoe, "I want to ride in a carriage with grandma. I have a secret to tell grandma."

"Okay, let's go together."

Yuyi thought that she could escape from the monk but not the temple, so she would go back home to deal with her sister.

In the carriage, Zhou Shuren said, "We can tell the secret now."

Yu Jiao shook her head and said, "Grandpa, my uncle helped a little sister, and she blushed."

Zhulan was stunned. Changzhong had always avoided girls, and this was the first time he took the initiative to help someone. "A student from the academy?"

"No, it's the young lady who came to visit today, Sister Wei."

Zhulan was amused, "Is your last name really Wei?"

Yu Jiao nodded, "However, Sister Wei has another beautiful sister next to her, and Uncle knows her."

Zhou Shuren stroked his beard and asked, "Do you know him?"

Yu Jiao, "Miss Ji, I heard from my sister."

Zhu Lan said "oh" and didn't want to ask any more questions. "Don't worry about your uncle. Think about how you can avoid punishment."

Yu Jiao was dispirited, no longer energetic, "It's over."

Zhou Shuren was also amused. This little granddaughter was so clever and cute and lively.

The opening of the academy became a major topic of discussion in the capital. After the opening of the women's academy, it accepted several more students. These students had some connections with Zhulan, and they were all families she had visited.

After the school officially started, Zhulan would go there every day and teach the children a lesson every day. She didn't have a fixed topic and sometimes she would chat with the children. Only after the students got on the right track did she stop going there every day.

There was another big event for the Zhou family. The new course edited by Mingrui was approved, and his name was on the book. Although he was only the editor, it was still impressive.

Changyi walked with a breeze, Zhao also smiled every day, and the second house was full of joy.

On this day, Zhulan was thinking about the article she was going to write. Just as she had a rough idea of ​​what to write, her granddaughter rushed in and startled her. "Why are you so irritable today?"

Lin Xi, "Grandma, do you remember going to the sea last year?"

"Remember, what happened?"

(End of this chapter)