He Xichen and the Mo couple brought a considerable amount of gifts; the list was long, more than what Madam Qin had sent. After all, He Xichen came to express gratitude to his benefactor, a different matter from Madam Qin's.
When guests came, they came to thank Liu Yulian.
Of course, Liu's mother couldn't say that Liu Yulian was still sleeping and then send someone to call Liu Yulian over. He Xichen and his wife also didn't know that Liu Yulian was resting. If they knew, they wouldn't have come so early.
"It's been a while." Mother Liu said with a smile, "You don't have to be so polite."
"It's my duty." Mrs. Mo said. He Xichen and He Xiyuan were also sitting next to them. They wanted to thank Liu Yulian, but they had to wait until they met her before going anywhere else.
Liu Yulian was still resting, and when she was woken, she was still a little dazed. She had to wash up, and as for whether to have breakfast or not, that could be put off for a while.
When Liu Yulian came over, she saw her elder sister, He Xichen and others.
As soon as Mrs. Mo saw Liu Yulian, she thought that Princess Rongning was so beautiful. When Princess Rongning grew up a little more, the title of the most beautiful woman in the capital would be passed on to someone else.
"Princess." Mrs. Mo said.
"Just call me Rongning." Liu Yulian knew that these people preferred to call people by their titles, so she let Madam Mo call her by her title. Madam Mo was the wife of the Crown Prince of the Duke of Chengguo's mansion, and it would be awkward for her to call her Princess.
"Thank you for curing the prince's legs." Madam Mo was sincerely grateful to Liu Yulian. She had been researching for years without success. But Liu Yulian had found a solution, and she hadn't hidden it. Madam Mo felt that Liu Yulian wasn't a stingy person.
If it were someone else, perhaps some would think that He Xichen would never recover in this lifetime, and would want their own husband to be the crown prince.
"It's a pleasure to help others, it's a pleasure to help others." Liu Yulian said subconsciously.
Liu Yulian quickly came to her senses. Fortunately, she hadn't mentioned serving the people. That would have been awkward, and such a statement wouldn't have been appropriate in such a situation. She still preferred to do things that benefited the people. She had a maxed-out life system and cheats, but she couldn't use them alone. She had to let more people learn useful knowledge.
"They're just some simple medicines for injuries, but others haven't researched them yet." Liu Yulian said, "Even without me, the prince's legs should be able to heal. As long as they're not completely necrotic, there's a chance."
"That's different." Mrs. Mo said. If Liu Yulian waited until Duke Chengguo appointed He Xiyuan as the crown prince before taking out the things, that would be fine.
Mrs. Mo was not stupid. She could see how outstanding Princess Rongning was. She was not afraid at all that Princess Rongning would be favored by the old lady of Duke Cheng. Princess Rongning was capable and a first-rank official. Mrs. Mo also wanted to be like Princess Rongning, but she couldn't do it.
"It's indeed different." He Xichen nodded. "Earlier is always better. Back then, my family tried their best but couldn't make my legs better."
He Xichen thought Liu Yulian was modest and he knew his own legs well.
As He Xiyuan listened to these people chatting, he wondered if they should let Liu Yulian go out for a walk with him. He didn't want to just sit by and watch Sister Lian, he wanted to go out with Sister Lian.
"Yes." He Xiyuan echoed.
He Xiyuan looked at Liu Yulian and winked at her.
Liu Yulian just smiled when she saw He Xiyuan's actions. There were other people in the living room, so it was not convenient for her to talk to He Xiyuan for long.
Mrs. Qin Dashao saw the little actions between her sister and He Xiyuan, and the relationship between the two of them was quite good.
After He Xichen thanked Liu Yulian, he prepared to leave. He also asked He Xiyuan to go back with him. He didn't see anyone else at home, and if they continued to stay, it would be a disturbance to the family reunion.
He Xichen was not so unaware of this. They had never planned to have dinner at the Marquis of Jingning's mansion. Even if the Marquis of Jingning and his men invited them to dinner together, He Xichen and his wife would wait for another opportunity to have dinner together.
He Xiyuan was dragged out of the Jingning Marquis Mansion just like that.
"I haven't talked to Sister Lian yet." He Xiyuan frowned.
"There will be plenty of opportunities in the future." He Xichen said, "Go back first. She should have something to say to her sister. What are you doing sitting there?"
“…” He Xiyuan couldn’t refute it, it was indeed true.
He Xiyuan is depressed. He can come again tomorrow.
When Mrs. Mo saw that He Xiyuan was dispirited, she thought that He Xiyuan really cared about Princess Rongning.
In the mansion of Marquis Jingning, Liu Yulian had no plans to take a nap after waking up, so she waited for a nap in the afternoon.
"Sister." Liu Yulian looked at her elder sister with a smile. They hadn't seen each other for nearly two years.
"He's grown a lot taller." Madam Qin said, "He's also grown a bit."
Madam Qin Da Shao had long known that her sister was very pretty, but when she saw her sister, she was still a little surprised. Her sister was so beautiful, which was why she was engaged so early, otherwise, there would be so many people coming to propose marriage.
"Of course I have to grow taller when I grow up." Liu Yulian said, "I can't always be a dwarf."
"That's all I can say. My mother-in-law wants your niece to learn more from you." Mrs. Qin Dashao thought of her own daughter, and she thought it would be okay for her daughter to learn more from her younger sister.
"I don't teach." Liu Yulian wasn't very good at teaching children. "Even if I lead a team, there's a foundation. Everyone has different responsibilities."
Liu Yulian wondered if she should write books suitable for children, but she wasn't a teacher and had long forgotten what elementary and middle school textbooks looked like. She only remembered learning multiplication tables in elementary school, and there was an unknown number x. Elementary school was mainly about learning to read, wasn't it?
In junior high, what about geometry? Triangles, parallelograms, circles, trapezoids? Are we starting to write 800-word essays in Chinese?
Liu Yulian honestly felt that this was not an easy task. She really didn't know how to teach a child. If she explained things too deeply, the child wouldn't understand, and if she explained things too simply, she didn't know how to make them more concise.
For example, planting soybeans in tea gardens can fix nitrogen. When they told the people about it, they didn't know what soybeans were used for, nor did they know what nitrogen was. If they told them too much, the people might think they were stupid.
So they had to tell the people that soybeans could be used as fertilizer, and that planting soybeans would reduce the need for fertilizer, or even eliminate it. It also reduced the number of insects eating tea leaves. In short, they had to explain these things in a simple and understandable way so that the people knew the benefits of doing so.
In those days, there were no herbicides, and manual weeding was expensive. So, people planted soybeans and rapeseed in tea gardens, which also reduced the frequency of weeding.
This is something Liu Yulian heard in later life: soybeans and rapeseed must be destroyed before they bear fruit. The same is true for the manor in the game. Liu Yulian thought that the planners were also keeping up with the times, and planning still took a lot of thought.
Liu Yulian sometimes wonders whether the planners have also read those scientific research papers. Otherwise, how could the game be so realistic and allow people to learn so much knowledge.
"I can't teach children," Liu Yulian said directly, "but they can read more books. When the time comes, someone should be able to teach them some knowledge."
Liu Yulian was going to be in charge of the research institute, so she planned to have someone teach the children some knowledge, just like university professors in later generations, who do research and also teach students.
"That's fine." Madam Qin Da Shao didn't insist on Liu Yulian teaching her daughter. Since her younger sister was an official, she naturally didn't have as much time to teach these people. "Just learn more. Before, when I was still at home..."
When Madam Qin wanted to marry her off, her younger sister was still very young. She probably hadn't even started school at that time, so Madam Qin didn't see how much Liu Yulian loved reading.
"I don't read many books." Mrs. Qin said, "Unlike you, who have read so many books."
Madam Qin couldn't help but wonder if she were younger, about the same age as Liu Yulian, would she follow her younger sister to read those books? She thought she probably wouldn't read those books, and she might even think that those miscellaneous books were useless.
Not everyone likes to read those books, and many people think that reading those books is useless.
"It's okay." Liu Yulian felt a little embarrassed. She had a cheat and was different from these people.
Young Master Qin was chatting with Marquis Jingning. He just thought that it was a good thing that he didn't end up like Young Master Mei.
At the Mei family, Madam Mei Er Shao thought she had to go to her parents' home. If she didn't go today, she would go tomorrow. But the person she sent out said that Madam Qin Da Shao had gone, so Madam Mei Er Shao hurriedly asked Master Mei Er to come and ask him to accompany her to the Qin family.
Jiang had been sent to the manor, but Second Young Master Mei did not go there. Second Young Master Mei did not dare to visit Jiang in the past few days. At most, he would sit in the room where Jiang had lived.
The second young master Mei knew his family's concerns. They were worried that the Jingning Marquis' Mansion would be detrimental to the Mei family, so they wanted to send Jiang to the manor.
When Mrs. Mei Ershao learned that Mr. Mei Ershao had gone to the house where Jiang Shi had lived, she was very unhappy. She rushed over and wanted to have a good talk with Mr. Mei Ershao.
"Why, you can't bear to part with that little bitch? If you can't bear to part with her, then you shouldn't have sent her away." Madam Mei Ershao said, "You sent her away, and now you're pretending to be affectionate with her."
“…” Second Young Master Mei did not speak.
"You're like this every day. If you have the guts, just divorce me and go live with your little lover." Mrs. Mei Ershao was very unhappy. "With someone like you, would I be happy if you were my father?"
The wife of the second young master Mei wants to use the Jingning Marquisate to suppress the second young master Mei. As long as the Liu family is still the Marquisate, she can suppress the second young master Mei.
"Let's go. Eldest sister is leaving today, so let's hurry back too," said Mrs. Mei. "Or should you not go, and I go alone? If that's the case, I'll be embarrassed, but can your Mei family afford such a loss?"
Mrs. Mei, the second young master, said that on purpose. She knew that the people of the Mei family must be thinking of going to the Marquis Jingning's Mansion, and there was no way these people would be unwilling to go to the Marquis Jingning's Mansion.
"Let's go." What else could the Second Young Master Mei say? Of course, he should go to the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion as soon as possible.
By the time Mrs. Mei and Master Mei went to the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion, lunch was almost ready.
Mrs. Mei Ershao also said that her arrival was a coincidence, and that she had not seen Liu's mother and others for a long time and missed them very much.
Mother Liu didn't think Second Young Master Mei's wife would miss her. She hadn't gone to see him off, nor had she sent anything to them. It was only after Father Liu's title was restored that she sent something symbolically.
"No need to say such polite words." Mother Liu didn't want to continue listening to these polite words. Mrs. Mei was so active just because she felt that her family was useful again.
Mother Liu knew the temperament of this concubine's daughter too well. Madam Mei Ershao was not someone who was willing to suffer losses.
"I heard that my younger sister has become an official." Mrs. Mei Ershao said with a smile, "One day, let us sisters become officials too."
Mrs. Mei thought that her younger sister was in charge of the research institute, and the people she brought from the northwest had been given official positions. She heard that her younger sister was in charge of the personnel appointments at the research institute, and as long as her younger sister was willing to agree, the emperor would definitely agree.
Liu Yulian's mouth twitched slightly. She didn't expect Mrs. Mei Ershao to say such a thing.
"No." Liu Yulian said directly, "This is not something I can decide on my own. Everyone has to pass the exam, unless they are recruiting talented individuals. Without special talents, it won't work."
When it comes to talent introduction, not just anyone can be brought in. The talent must have achievements, such as a high degree of education, or someone who has done research, or someone who is very talented in a certain area.
Liu Yulian couldn't possibly treat the research institute as her own, and couldn't possibly assign anyone to it. If that were the case, the emperor would definitely be dissatisfied. Don't treat the emperor as a fool, and don't say that the emperor doesn't understand research. The emperor still knows something.
It is still possible to find out who has done something and who has not.
Liu Yulian doesn't want to be a nepotist. Maybe she might be like that one day, but not now.
"You are the director of the hospital, why is it not possible?" Mrs. Mei Ershao didn't believe it.
"No means no," said Madam Qin. "If you want to be an official, then work hard on your own. Don't expect me to give you one. Don't you know how capable you are?"
Madam Qin Da Shao didn't like what Madam Mei Er Shao said. This illegitimate sister actually brought her in. Madam Qin Da Shao didn't think of asking her younger sister to arrange an official position for her. The research institute was not her territory. The emperor asked her to be the director of the research institute, but it didn't mean that the emperor didn't arrange other people.
If they entered the research institute casually, how would the emperor view Liu Yulian?
Madam Qin Da Shao just wanted her younger sister to teach her children so that they would have the opportunity to learn about those things. She didn't think about becoming an official herself. She knew her own abilities, but she didn't understand those studies and was not qualified.
"Wouldn't it be enough to just learn it?" Mrs. Mei said, "I heard there are still some people who don't know how to read very well."
"..." Liu Yulian finally understood that Madam Mei Ershao came back for benefits and was keeping an eye on her.
"Why do you care whether others can read or not?" Liu's mother said coldly, "If you don't want to stay for dinner, then go back."
"Mother..." Mrs. Mei pursed her lips.
"Did your brother tell you?" Liu's mother asked, "We have severed our relationship with your brother, Liu Yanbo. You are Aunt Qing's child, Liu Yanbo's biological sister. Tell me, just because we are considered brothers, have you severed your relationship with us?"
"You..." Mrs. Mei Ershao opened her eyes wide. She didn't expect that Mother Liu would say that.
"We understand that you're a woman, and life isn't easy for women. Without your mother's family, I'm afraid you wouldn't have an easy time in your husband's family either." Mother Liu said, "We won't break off the relationship with you, but you should just refrain from coming to the Marquis' Mansion in the future."
"Father...Father will never let you do this." Mrs. Mei's voice trembled slightly.
If my father cuts off relations with me, then my life in the Mei family will definitely not be easy.
Mrs. Mei Ershao didn't want to live a miserable life anymore and didn't want her husband to take another concubine.
"It's not because you're a girl that we allow you to come home in the future, but just less often. You're grown up now, so don't expect to always come to your parents' house to seek support." Mother Liu said, "You should know your father's character. He cares about you, and we tolerate you, but we can't tolerate you forever."
Mother Liu didn't say anything absolute. Madam Mei was, after all, a woman. She had already married a long time ago, so Mother Liu couldn't force Father Liu to sever the relationship with Madam Mei. Madam Mei had married young, and when the Liu family's first and second branches severed their relationship, she was already married, so Mother Liu couldn't say anything too absolute.
"Back then, you didn't come to see your father off," said Mother Liu. "You didn't care about our lives at all!"
"That's right." Madam Qin nodded. "Second sister, although you've already been married, you've gone too far."
Mrs. Mei looked at Liu's mother and thought, "She is a powerful person. This person made her father break off the relationship with Liu Yanbo and the others." Mrs. Mei wanted to get angry, but she couldn't. She was just a concubine's daughter and she couldn't be kicked out.
If Liu's mother could make Liu's father break off the engagement with Liu Yanbo, then she would just be a girl... Madam Mei Ershao suddenly thought that if she made more trouble, her father might not care about her.
Mrs. Mei twisted the handkerchief in her hand. She couldn't let the Mei family know the attitude of the Jingning Marquisate. Anyway, the Jingning Marquisate hadn't severed the relationship with her, so she just had to be more careful. Liu Yanbo was also stupid. How could he so easily sever the relationship with the eldest wife? He didn't know how to be smart.
"It was the Mei family who wouldn't let me out," Mrs. Mei Ershao explained, "and they even gave my husband a concubine."
In short, Mrs. Mei Ershao felt that she had been wronged.
When Mrs. Liu heard what Mrs. Mei said, she knew that Mrs. Mei was simply not going to recognize her own mistakes. At this point, Mrs. Mei was still trying to blame the Mei family. The Mei family was wrong, and Mrs. Mei was also wrong.
There are many women in this world like Mrs. Mei Ershao who know how badly her husband's family treats her but still refuses to divorce.
Mother Liu didn't say much. How Madam Mei Ershao wanted to live her life was Madam Mei Ershao's own business.
"Who can you blame if you don't want to divorce?" Madam Qin said bluntly, "It's not us who made you live like this."
Mrs. Mei Ershao didn't think she was wrong, she just felt that these people didn't care about her at all. They didn't want to criticize the Mei family or help her, they just said such harsh words.
Liu Yulian was daydreaming, and she thought of the plot in the original novel. In the original novel, Mrs. Mei Ershao divorced under the persuasion of Su Qiuya, and a lot of things happened in between.
"Little sister, why don't you speak?" Mrs. Mei Ershao looked at Liu Yulian.
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