Chapter 485: Female Students Encounter Obstacles
Xiao Yanci could no longer suppress the smile on his face. He wanted to hug Lu Zhiran and spin around a few times, but when he thought of her precious belly, he forced himself to hold back.
With no place to vent his joy, Xiao Yanci happily paced around the room several times, laughing as he turned around, looking quite silly.
Lu Zhiran said angrily, "Stop spinning, you're making me dizzy."
Xiao Yanci then stopped, but the smile on his face remained unchanged, and he looked like a fool.
Suddenly, he thought of something and said abruptly, "Two nights ago, we...did we hurt the child?"
Lu Zhiran immediately wanted to cover his mouth with her hand, and her whole face turned red.
Everyone is still here! Doesn't she have any shame?
Xiao Yanci leaned close to her ear and whispered, "When have we not been provided with water by them? There's nothing to be shy about."
Lu Zhiran: ...
Her face turned even redder, and she reached out and pinched his waist hard.
Xiao Yanci had thick skin and tough muscles, so her pinching didn't hurt at all, it just felt more like flirting.
Grandma Gao coughed lightly and spoke seriously, "Your Highness, the Crown Princess is pregnant now. We cannot sleep together to avoid harming the heir."
Lu Zhiran's face instantly turned even redder. Xiao Yanci was thick-skinned and remained calm, "I know my limits and won't do anything rash. Madam, don't worry."
Grandma Gao thought to herself that she really couldn't feel at ease.
The Crown Prince's room was occupied by the Crown Princess, and there were no concubines or maids. The Crown Prince was also hot-blooded and full of energy. If he couldn't hold back...
Grandma Gao relied on the fact that she was Xiao Yanci's wet nurse and could say a few more words, but she also had to be sensible. If she said too much, she would be overstepping the bounds.
Xiao Yanci sent the man away. Nanny Gao looked at him worriedly for a few times and finally retreated.
When no one else was in the room, Lu Zhiran glared at him in shame and anger, "It's all your fault. You embarrassed me."
"You are the master, who dares to laugh at you?"
Xiao Yanci squatted down and put his face on Lu Zhiran's belly.
"I didn't expect there was such a little thing in here. How strange! How do you feel?"
Lu Zhiran shook her head. "I don't feel anything. I just feel like vomiting when I smell meat."
Xiao Yanci frowned, "I heard from Mother that when she was pregnant with me, she had a poor appetite and vomited everything she ate. She suffered a lot."
He then said to Lu Zhiran's belly in a serious tone, "Boy, you have to be good and don't bother your mother, okay? Otherwise, I will punish you."
Lu Zhiran looked at his serious expression and couldn't help but find it a little funny, but at the same time she felt a little warm in her heart.
He will definitely be a good father in the future.
I just don't know whether the baby in her belly is a boy or a girl?
The thought flashed through her mind and was quickly put behind her.
She will treat the child equally regardless of whether it is a boy or a girl.
The news of Lu Zhiran's pregnancy was temporarily suppressed, and the ministers were unaware of it, but Xiao Baozhu and Jiang Nansheng were not among those who concealed it.
Lu Zhiran invited them to the East Palace and told them the good news in person.
Jiang Nansheng immediately took her pulse and said with a smile, "You are indeed already one month pregnant. Your physical foundation is very good, and the pregnancy is very stable. Just rest assured and take care of the baby."
Xiao Baozhu cried with joy first.
"That's great, Sister Ran, you've finally made it. When you give birth to a grandson, I'd like to see what those censors have to say!"
Lu Zhiran laughed and said, "I didn't cry, but you did."
Xiao Baozhu wiped her tears and said, "I'm just too excited. Besides, maybe you cried secretly last night."
This is unfair to her, she really didn't cry.
This was a great joy to her, and she was very happy, but she calmly controlled her emotions.
Pregnant women should avoid extreme sorrow or joy.
Lu Zhiran called the two of them over, not only to share the happy event, but also to talk about girls' education.
"Yesterday, I went to the palace and reported the matter of the girls' school to my father, and he agreed. Now that this matter is clear, the subsequent arrangements will be much easier. However, I just happened to be pregnant at this time, so I still need you two to personally supervise it. My father has also agreed."
Xiao Baozhu and Jiang Nansheng nodded naturally.
"Leave it to us, and just take care of the baby."
Xiao Baozhu was full of confidence. "I have accumulated a lot of experience in Jinxiufang. This time, when I open a girls' school, I will definitely impress you."
The three of them discussed in depth various matters concerning the girls' school. It was not until Lu Zhiran showed signs of fatigue that Xiao Baozhu and Jiang Nansheng left.
After Lu Zhiran became pregnant, Xiao Yanci returned home obviously earlier.
In the past, he would be busy until the hour of Xu before returning home, but recently he came back at the hour of You. He had dinner with Lu Zhiran, talked to her belly for a while, and then went to the outer study to continue handling official business.
He was still as busy as ever, but he had moved the place where he handled official business from the inner court to the Eastern Palace.
As the weather got hotter day by day, Lu Zhiran's appetite became worse and worse. She couldn't stand the smell of meat at all, and she became visibly thinner.
Seeing this, Xiao Yanci was extremely anxious.
The chefs in the Eastern Palace changed one after another, but they still couldn’t let Lu Zhiran eat more.
Xiao Yanci then asked Jiang Nansheng to come over and prescribe some medicine for Lu Zhiran.
After Lu Zhiran took the prescription prescribed by Jiang Nansheng, her symptoms improved slightly, but her appetite still could not return to what it was before, and she was still very sensitive to many tastes.
Xiao Yanci found Jiang Nansheng again and questioned her medical skills, and Jiang Nansheng rolled her eyes at him.
"It's normal to have a poor appetite during early pregnancy. Even if I use medication, I can't use too much. You know, medicine is toxic. What if it hurts the baby?"
These words really frightened Xiao Yanci.
"Then, is there no other way?"
Seeing his nervous and worried expression, Jiang Nansheng thought for a moment and said, "I'll prescribe a prescription and make a sachet. Hang it on your body, and maybe it will help."
Xiao Yanci nodded hurriedly.
With the sachet, Lu Zhiran's appetite improved a lot. She ate more and her face became a little fuller, but she didn't look pregnant yet, and her figure was still slim and graceful.
Time passed quickly and it was July. The girls' school had completed the preliminary preparations and started to put up signs, post notices, and recruit female students.
As soon as this news came out, it once again caused an uproar in the capital.
As expected, this matter was opposed by many court officials.
"Allowing women to appear in public at Jinxiufang is already a sign of the progress of the Great Qi. Now, establishing a girls' school is like a hen crowing at dawn, disrupting the principles of yin and yang."
"People are divided into different classes, and everyone has their own division of labor. If all poor women learned to count, who would be willing to be a slave?"
Some Neo-Confucian scholars even believed that "women who learn to read may develop lewd thoughts."
There are many such examples.
Even among the common people, ordinary people have mixed opinions on this.
Even among families with girls of school age, not everyone is willing to send them to girls' schools.
"Girls are just money-losing goods. Just giving them food to eat is fine, but what qualifications do they have to learn to read?"
"Girls should stay home and help with farm work. You really think you're a rich girl and want to go to school."
Such discussions are heard everywhere among the people.
When the girls' school was first established, it encountered unexpected resistance.
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