While Liu Yanjing and He Xiyuan were talking, Zhen Wenze occasionally said a few words. Knowing his low status, Zhen Wenze kept quiet. Meanwhile, Liu Yanyuan was lost in thought, feeling he had nothing to say.
Liu Yanyuan is just living his life to the fullest right now. He has no big ambitions. Even if he opens a shop, he won't achieve much.
Seeing Liu Yanyuan acting like this, Zhen Wenze couldn't possibly think of asking them to help him at this moment. This favor should be used at a critical moment, not just for the sake of asking the people from the Marquis' Mansion for any small problem.
By the time it was time for dinner, the family was happy and harmonious.
Liu Yulian preferred this kind of harmony. She disliked harem infighting, nor did she like fighting between sisters. There was nothing good about that; it was just fratricide.
"When we have time, let's get together as sisters," said Liu Fang.
"Let's get together again if you're free," said Mrs. Qin.
Madam Qin knew Liu Fang's intentions. Liu Fang had returned to the capital because she hoped others would pay more attention to her. The capital was full of powerful people, and Zhen Wenze and his wife were really nothing in the capital.
"Little sister." Liu Fang looked at Liu Yulian. "Big sister is right. Let me know when you're free. I'm always available."
"Okay." How could Liu Yulian just say that she was busy? There was still a long way to go in the future.
"Our house is smaller than yours," Liu Fang said. "You can come over when you have time. We will definitely treat you well."
After Liu Fang and Zhen Wen Ze had their meal, they said goodbye to everyone and got into the carriage with their daughter.
Zhen Wenze noticed that Liu Fang's behavior today was truly different. She wasn't hysterical, nor did she mention Liu Yulian's dowry. Indeed, Liu Fang had previously said that the Marquis's Mansion was preparing a dowry for Liu Yulian, not for Liu Yuqin.
"In two or three years, my eldest sister will also want to go to school," Liu Fang said. "My eldest sister's daughter is at Nanlu Women's College, so it's better for our daughter to go there too."
Liu Fang didn't think about going to the academy's school. Didn't she see that Madam Qin's daughter didn't go? Madam Qin was also Liu Yulian's biological sister. Liu Fang didn't think she could compare with Madam Qin in terms of Liu Yulian.
Since she didn't have the face of Madam Qin, they would consider Nanlu Women's College. If this college was suitable, they would go there.
"That's fine, but I don't know if it's easy to get into Nanlu Women's College." Zhen Wenzhe said.
"It should be relatively easy to get in." Liu Fang said, "Before, when I was in the capital, Nanlu Women's College wasn't that famous. There were several women's colleges ahead of it, and the ones ahead of it had more noble ladies."
If it were the Liu Fang of the past, she would have definitely sent her daughter to the top women's college. But now, Liu Fang didn't dare to think that way. Even if her daughter went to such a good college, others might not treat her well.
Liu Fang didn't really like her daughter, but she couldn't let her daughter be bullied. Even if her daughter went to such a good academy, she wouldn't necessarily learn well, and the teacher might even ignore her.
"As for our daughter..." Liu Fang looked at Zhen Wenzhe, "You are not an official. It's good enough for our daughter to study at Nanlu Women's College."
Liu Fang thought that with the daughter of Young Master Qin being around, and since her daughter was also the niece of Princess Rongning, her daughter would definitely live a good life.
"I still have to have a son." Liu Fang muttered.
Zhen Wenze didn't even think about wanting a son soon, while Liu Fang did. Of course, Zhen Wenze wanted a son to inherit his family fortune, and he was anxious, but seeing Liu Fang like this, Zhen Wenze kept quiet.
At the Marquis of Jingning's mansion, Mother Liu saw that everyone had left. She thought the mansion had become much quieter, as her grandson and granddaughter were going to school, leaving them alone at home.
"You can't bear to let it go." Father Liu said.
"Of course I can't bear to let go," Mother Liu replied. "I've raised my daughter for so long, how could I bear to let her go?"
"She will be fine in the future." Father Liu said, "No one in the He family dares to embarrass her."
"They don't dare to embarrass her." Mother Liu nodded. "That's because my daughter is very capable. Try changing someone else."
Liu's mother was reluctant to part with her youngest daughter. She used to pay more attention to her eldest daughter and did not love her youngest daughter as much. After her eldest daughter got married, Liu's mother did not love her youngest daughter as much as she loved her eldest daughter.
At that time, Liu's mother thought that although her youngest daughter was a legitimate daughter, many legitimate daughters did not marry so well. Liu's mother did not think that Liu Yulian would marry into a good family. She thought about finding a suitable marriage for her youngest daughter in the future. With the help of the Marquis's Mansion, her husband's family would pamper her more.
Later, by chance, Liu Yulian and He Xiyuan became engaged.
The Mansion of Duke Chengguo is very good and prosperous. There are few families in the capital that can compare with the Mansion of Duke Chengguo.
If He Xichen's legs hadn't been crippled, the Chengguo Mansion wouldn't have considered letting He Xiyuan become the crown prince. Logically, the Chengguo Mansion could have chosen a better noblewoman for He Xiyuan, but the Chengguo Mansion still chose Liu Yulian.
This was also He Xiyuan's own opinion. At that time, he did not understand the love between men and women, and he just thought that Liu Yulian was the most suitable.
"We as parents...are unreliable, unreliable." Mother Liu lamented, "It's our daughters who are our backers."
"..." What could Liu's father say? It was true that he was a marquis, but he had no real job, so that was it.
Father Liu could only think that He Xiyuan was good to Liu Yulian. If He Xiyuan dared to treat Liu Yulian badly, he would also say something. Father Liu could not let He Xiyuan treat Liu Yulian badly, and he could not not say anything about He Xiyuan.
"At first, everyone thought she just needed to find a husband who treated her well." Mother Liu said, "The legitimate son of a minor official would be fine. He doesn't have to marry into a wealthy family."
Liu's mother really didn't think about how well Liu Yulian married. It can be said that Liu Yulian's current achievements were all the result of Liu Yulian's own hard work.
"That's how it is with me," said Mother Liu. "I never imagined how capable I was."
Mother Liu was too embarrassed to say these words in front of Liu Yulian. In fact, even without saying it, she knew her daughter understood. Many families were like this. The eldest daughter of a legitimate wife was different from other legitimate daughters.
The youngest daughter never complained much in front of Liu's mother, and when Madam Qin was very kind to Liu Yuqin, Liu Yulian didn't say much either. Liu's mother knew that they owed the youngest daughter a debt, so it would be better for them to avoid causing her more trouble in the future.
"Now that she's married," said Liu's mother, "others still have to rely on their parents' family, but she doesn't have to."
Father Liu understood this; his youngest daughter was just that strong.
"She will come back to see you." said Father Liu.
"Of course I knew she would come back." Mother Liu said, "I just couldn't bear to let her go."
Young Master Qin's wife returned to the Qin family with Young Master Qin. Young Master Qin had a good impression of the Jingning Marquisate. Some might think it was wrong for the Jingning Marquisate not to give more to people like Liu Yanyuan, but Young Master Qin disagreed. He believed that just because someone else became successful, he shouldn't say that person should compensate someone else.
Young Master Qin had been to the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion before. He rarely saw Liu Yanyuan go there, and he more or less knew that the people in the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion were not very willing to see these people.
This time, Liu Yanyuan and others all went. It can be seen that the people in Jingning Marquis Mansion did not intend to argue with these people. These people are all blood relatives, and they are different after all.
Young Master Qin thought of some things that happened before. Even if Young Master Qin's wife had made the people in Jingning Marquis' Mansion unhappy, those people still regarded Young Master Qin's wife as a relative.
"My eldest sister's arithmetic doesn't seem to be very good." Young Master Qin thought of the arithmetic problems his daughter did.
"Take your time." said Mrs. Qin.
"That's okay. If you can't learn well, then don't learn well." Young Master Qin said, "Just wait to get married."
Young Master Qin really didn't think his daughter was that talented. She was bad at arithmetic and other subjects. This made Young Master Qin wonder if his daughter was just that way because he wasn't smart enough.
But my son is fine, why is my daughter like this?
Young Master Qin wondered if someone would say that he didn't value his daughter if he continued like this.
"..." Madam Qin was silent. She still had to let her daughter learn more. Even if her daughter had no ability, she had to let her daughter marry a good husband.
In the northwest, Liu Yanqing sat in the yard playing with his daughter.
"They should all have gone to the Marquis' Mansion." Liu Yanqing said.
Lin Xiaowan was hanging clothes when she heard Liu Yanqing say, "Let's go back."
"No matter how big the conflict was before, as long as they are willing to bow their heads and be quiet, then the people in the Marquis' Mansion will still meet with them." Liu Yanqing said, "There is no need for the people in the first house to bother with them. We have already separated a long time ago. There is no need to make father feel uncomfortable."
Liu Yanqing thought that while the other branches of the family weren't doing so well, the eldest branch was doing well. Even if others had made mistakes before, the blood ties between father and son, and father and daughter, could not be severed. Liu's father's attitude towards his illegitimate son and daughter couldn't be too bad, but it couldn't be too good either; he treated them like ordinary relatives.
"In fact, being the principal wife, being the legitimate child, is also difficult for them." Liu Yanqing said, "They need to be magnanimous."
Liu Yanqing thought that those people had to take a lot of things into consideration and it was too difficult, so it would be better for people like him to be free and easy.
"You're the only one who knows." Lin Xiaowan thought about it and knew that was the case. Didn't the people from the first room send a lot of things to the fourth room?
As long as these people don't make trouble, the eldest wife is willing to give them something.
Many families are like this; they can't just break off ties at the drop of a hat. They can't just argue all the time, as that would affect their unity. The reason a large family can continue to prosper is largely due to the word "tolerance."
"In a word, it's understandable." Liu Yanqing said, "It's all like that."
"Yes." How could Lin Xiaowan say no? Isn't it the same in her family?
"They are all in the capital. If they want to stay in the capital, they must be sensible." Liu Yanqing said, "We are not in a hurry. Let's wait until the children grow up."
They were not in a hurry to go to the capital to please the people from the eldest wife's house, as getting too close might not be a good thing.
Even though they have already separated and live far away from each other, they are still relatives.
"Just wait." Lin Xiaowan didn't plan to go to Beijing so early. They could wait.
Liu Yanbo sent Liu Yuqin back to the town, and Aunt Qing asked Liu Yanbo a few questions.
"Nothing happened." Liu Yanbo said, "Second sister didn't go to the Marquis' Mansion, nor did she go to the Princess' Mansion. She just went to see the eldest sister."
"Is that so?" Concubine Qing didn't know whether she should be disappointed or happy. In fact, she still hoped that the Marquis' Mansion would recognize Liu Yuqin again. But she also knew that it was unlikely. Breaking off an engagement was no joke. It was impossible to break off an engagement and reconcile it at will.
"I have to go back tomorrow." Liu Yanbo didn't plan to stay here any longer. He had to go back and see if there was anything he needed to do in the shop. He couldn't just play outside and let Su Qiuya look after the shop alone.
"So urgent?" Aunt Qing frowned.
"We have to work. If we don't work, where will we get the money and how will we live?" Liu Yanbo didn't think that what he said was vulgar at all. This was the life of ordinary people like them.
"Okay..." Aunt Qing opened her mouth, but ultimately didn't say anything else.
Aunt Qing understood that Liu Yanbo was no longer the same Liu Yanbo as before, and that he still resented her as his mother. However, Liu Yanbo would still support her and help Liu Yuqin with some things, and that was enough.
Aunt Qing didn't dare to make any other requests to Liu Yanbo. Liu Yanbo was so old now, how could he possibly listen to her?
Two months later, the institute built an astronomical telescope. It wasn't very sophisticated yet, but it was better than nothing, and it was a major improvement.
Another group of people made a microscope that could observe plant cells.
Liu Yulian was very satisfied with this. She could slowly work on the multiplication problem later. The important thing was that with these things, she could make further progress in many areas.
The people in the Imperial Hospital still thought that Liu Yulian would at most target Si Nong. After all, the pills and the like that Liu Yulian was researching were directly given formulas, and there was no need for the people in the Imperial Hospital to follow up and do the research.
Now, Liu Yulian actually had several microscopes made and sent to the Imperial Hospital.
Yang Yuanzheng, the director of the Imperial Hospital, didn't know what Liu Yulian was doing for a moment, so he asked.
"Look at a lot of subtle details." Liu Yulian said, "If you look at those subtle details more, you can see a lot of things."
"What is that?" Dean Yang was not very interested in it.
Liu Yulian demonstrated to Yang Yuanzheng that cells couldn't be observed just by saying they could be observed. They had to be thin, otherwise, they would overlap and be difficult to see. There were also issues with staining. Liu Yulian brought in plants that were easier to observe and stained them before letting Yang Yuanzheng look under the microscope.
"Did you see it?" Liu Yulian asked. "The things we normally see aren't this small. One is macroscopic, and the other is microscopic. If we had something like this, we could observe a lot of things and do a lot of things accordingly."
Liu Yulian has little research on bacteria, viruses, etc. After all, how could an ancient style game possibly provide so many skills.
"A moldy orange and a healthy orange—those are the two different things," Liu Yulian said. "We need to know the difference between the two. We can see it on the surface, and even in the subtlest details."
"This thing is very useful." Director Yang had been working at the Imperial Hospital for so many years, and he had a hunch that this microscope would be very useful. As for how to use it, it was up to the doctors. "How about a few more?"
"..." Liu Yulian was silent. The research institute had not produced that much for the time being.
"When you make more, remember to send it to me." Yang Yuanzheng said.
Yang Yuanzheng is not unwilling to accept new things. He still has to accept what he should accept. Perhaps he will see more in the future. Yang Yuanzheng also hopes that he can do more, even if he is old.
When the people from the Imperial Hospital saw those microscopes, some of them said that they were useless, but soon people became interested in them.
Before, people hadn't discovered tiny living things, and didn't know about viruses or bacteria. But after they used microscopes, they discovered those tiny things.
"That tiny thing can still move. It's amazing."
“I don’t know if it’s a bad thing.”
"Have you looked in the microscope?"
…
Many people in the Imperial Hospital enjoyed looking at these things, often asking their colleagues if they had seen them. If they had, they would sit down together to study them. They had never known there were so many amazing things in the world, and this would allow them to further improve their medical skills.
Liu Yulian had no idea what the people in the Imperial Hospital were doing. If she had known, she would have been very happy. She sent the microscope to the Imperial Hospital because she hoped that the people there would use it more often to observe things.
With the advancement of medicine, people can live longer.
It's not enough to just feed people; medicine is also crucial. As for entertainment, Liu Yulian didn't think much about it. In later generations, there's a saying that entertainment leads to death, and many people prefer entertainment stars to scientists.
If scientists drive luxury cars, people will criticize them. But celebrities make a lot of money, so many people want to be celebrities.
Liu Yulian wants those people to do more scientific research and to improve the status of researchers.
Liu Yulian was the director of the research institute, and she didn't take anything from the institute home casually. She had paid for the astronomical telescope she had taken.
In ancient times, there weren't many tall buildings; ordinary homes were all bungalows. Liu Yulian had a telescope set up in the yard; this simple telescope was easy to store. It wasn't one of those large astronomical telescopes; today's telescopes are more like those used by amateurs in later generations.
He Xiyuan watched the people in the yard assembling a telescope, and he was wondering what Liu Yulian was doing in the yard.
When night fell, Liu Yulian pulled He Xiyuan over.
"Take a look." Liu Yulian gestured for He Xiyuan to use the telescope to observe the sky. "Look at the moon and the stars."
"Very nice?" He Xiyuan thought for a moment, "Very beautiful?"
He Xiyuan was not an astronomy enthusiast. He could see the role of the astronomical telescope, but if he looked at it more, he would just think that was the case.
Every profession has its own specialties, and every person has his or her own preferences.
"Very good." He Xiyuan said after looking at the starry sky.
"Do you feel that way?" Liu Yulian asked.
"Ordinary people just take a look." He Xiyuan said.
"Yes, just take a look." Liu Yulian said with a smile, "Come and see when you want to."
Liu Yulian certainly knew that not everyone liked to look at the starry sky. In the eyes of many people, the starry sky was just like that and they couldn’t see anything.
The Imperial Astronomical Observatory could discern many things from the starry sky, but that wasn't something Liu Yulian could do. Like He Xiyuan, Liu Yulian simply observed the starry sky and didn't gain any insights beyond that. Observing the movement of the stars was out of the question; she wasn't cut out for that.
Liu Yulian is very clear about her abilities and she is not omnipotent.
"I can see a lot of things with you." He Xiyuan looked at Liu Yulian with burning eyes.
Liu Yulian snuggled in He Xiyuan's arms and said, "You'll see more in the future."
Life is long, and they can see many, many things.
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