No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

In the end, Shang Yue agreed to go back to the Prince Regent's Mansion to have a detailed discussion with the princess. He was not really that willing to help Luo Junyao, but he was simply curious about what the princess regent wanted to do.

If after talking about it, he didn't think it was right, at worst, he would simply run over and deliver a letter to her. Anyway, he hasn't decided what to do in the future.

The princess regent is right, Jiang Hu... or should I say Wen Jiange, is not a place for him to stay for a long time.

Because of Shang Yue's status, even though he was outstandingly talented, the Master of the Pavilion of Swordsmanship never regarded him as a successor.

And his relationship with his brothers and sisters in Wenjiange has always been very good. This time the Dingyanghou Mansion has caused a lot of trouble, but none of the disciples of Wenjiange who followed Shang Yue to Shangyong left halfway.They waited for Marquis Dingyang's funeral to be finished and all the dust settled before rushing back to celebrate the New Year.

If possible, Shang Yue didn't want to ruin his relationship with his seniors because of these mundane things.

Shang Yue sat at the window watching the back of the two holding hands and leaving, and then looked at the bustling street outside the window, after all, he still sighed softly.

Even though he grew up in the rivers and lakes since he was a child, Shang Yong is his root.

One day, he will come back.

When the two returned to Liushang Pavilion, it was already midnight, and the lantern festival was coming to an end.

Princess Changzhao and Princess Changling also heaved a sigh of relief seeing the two of them back.Princess Changling smiled and said, "I thought you guys went straight back to your residence."

Luo Jun shook his head and said with a smile: "How come? I'm not such a person who has a head but no tail."

In fact, even if Luo Junyao went back directly, it would be fine, after all, today's lantern festival was not hosted by the Prince Regent's Palace.

Princess Changling glanced at the two with a half-smile, and said, "Where did you two go?"

Luo Jun shook his head and said with a smile, "Nanshi."

Princess Changling nodded between her eyebrows, "I don't want to participate in the good lantern festival in the garden, so go outside."

Luo Jun said: "If I can take A Yan to participate, of course I don't have to go out." Isn't this inconvenient?

"..."

Princess Changzhao stood behind the eldest sister, and laughed out loud when she heard the words, and said: "Okay, sister Huang, the young couple are still newlyweds, what if you want to go out to the Lantern Festival by yourself? Even if we can Let's go shopping together, why not be stared at as a monkey show?"

"..." Sister Changzhao, although you seem to be speaking for me, you don't need to say the last sentence.

Princess Changling also smiled, "By the way, you have only been married not long ago. Well, the lantern festival is almost over, so let's prepare to see off guests."

Luo Junyao immediately became interested, "Have you delivered the gift we prepared?"

Princess Changling said meaningfully: "In previous years, I didn't participate in the Lantern Festival and had to give gifts. Don't worry, you, Mr. Zhang, are all ready."

"Then go home quickly after seeing off the guests, and don't open the door tonight if anyone knocks." Luo Jun shook his head.

The two princesses glanced at each other, and then looked at Luo Junyao in unison: Is what you gave a gift, or something that seeks to kill you?

The mansion of a nobleman in Shangyong.

After attending the Lantern Festival, the mistress returned to the mansion with her daughter, daughter-in-law and a group of maids and women. It was not until she sat down that the graceful and dignified face on her face showed a little tiredness.

The youngest daughter squeezed to her side and sat down, looked curiously at the box in the girl's hand and said: "Mother, Princess Taihua has prepared a gift for everyone, I don't know what it is?" Bright eyes were full of curiosity .

The daughter-in-law standing next to her was also a little curious, and said, "It seems that every noble girl has it, maybe it's a little thing for my younger sister?"

The mistress raised her hand and rubbed her brows and said to the maid next to her, "After all, it is a gift from Princess Taihua, so keep it safe no matter what it is." She knew in her heart that it might not be something precious, after all, she will be attending the Lantern Festival tonight There are not a few noble daughters, and it is not a small sum to have one.

"Thank you mother for teaching me, my daughter knows." The girl responded obediently.

The girl gently put the brocade box on the table, and carefully opened the box to reveal the contents inside.

It was indeed not a precious thing, and what was contained in the box was an exquisitely carved sandalwood fan.The fine white sandalwood is carved with exquisite and beautiful hollow landscape patterns, and there is also a delicate fan pendant.

For ordinary people, this may already be a rare treasure, but for Shangyong Quangui, this is really not a precious thing.But it is enough to give to these noble ladies who have not left the cabinet.

The girl really liked it very much, she held it in her hand and played with it carefully, and said with a smile: "It's so beautiful, but it's a pity that it's not suitable for current use."

Her mother took the sandalwood fan from her daughter with a smile and said: "This is the best white sandalwood, it's good to take it out and play with it in a few months."

"Mother, there seems to be another post." The daughter-in-law reminded me.

The mother and daughter looked over together, and sure enough, there was a post in the brocade box.

The girl picked up the post and opened it, and couldn't help but gasp.

"what happened?"

The girl handed the post to her mother, who also had a strange look on her face, and remained silent for a while.

Seeing this, the daughter-in-law felt even more strange, so she also leaned over to have a look.

On the lavender gold-painted post, Junxiu's tall and straight handwriting is very beautiful, but the content represented by the handwriting makes people not know what to say for a while.

Dear students of An Lan College during the Chinese New Year:

Anlan Academy will officially open on the fifth day of February. At that time, the academy will make the following adjustments: Anlan Academy will still retain Linglong Academy and Martial Arts Academy, and will add Medical School, Tianji Academy, Business School, and Agricultural Academy.The new academy will recruit students from Shangyonggui girls and Dasheng girls over 12 years old and under 17 years old. Students from the former Linglong Academy Budao Academy can transfer to the new academy at their own will.Attached: each school's curriculum and teacher instructions.

The inscription is, Luo Junyao, head of Anlan Academy, and Zhang Jingyu, deputy head and head of Martial Arts Academy.

The room was quiet, and after a while, the girl whispered: "Princess Regent has grown up as a mountain?" The voice sounded a little erratic, she and Princess Regent had studied together, although it was not a college.But now she is still a student of Linglong Academy, and she has become a mountain leader.

The mother's voice was much more serious, not only the voice but also her expression, "The important thing is not that the princess regent is the head of the mountain." The position of the head of the mountain in Anlan Academy is indeed a good position, but it also needs to be able to convince the public.Although the regent princess is difficult to convince the public, her identity can.

What really shocked them was the message conveyed by this overly simplistic post.

Secrets, medicine, business, agriculture?What are these? !

Let's not talk about the Tianji Academy for the time being, are the remaining three things that noble girls from aristocratic families should learn?
Also, this post said that Anlan Academy will enroll all Dasheng girls who meet the age?

Doesn't that mean that the girls in their family have to sit and study with those commoner girls? !How can this be tolerated!

The mother stood up abruptly and said, "No, I'll go to your father and talk about it!"

The girl didn't think it was so important, but she was very interested in what was written on it.

Seeing that her mother seemed to be angry, she persuaded: "It's already very late, why don't you talk about it tomorrow?"

Her mother said angrily: "How can we wait? This matter must not be done! If the Prince Regent's House insists on such absurd behavior, you can stay at home! Our girls must not sit with those folk girls, there is no shame Your identity is infected with bad habits!"

After saying that, she left angrily. The girl looked at the back of her mother leaving a little sullenly, "Oh."

She originally wanted to tell her mother that if she could learn some medical skills, it would be more interesting than playing the piano and writing poems in Linglong Academy.

This night, Luo Junyao slept soundly, but the dignitaries in the entire Shangyonghuang City were blown up.

In fact, it was originally just a girls' academy, so it shouldn't be able to cause such a big storm.But the problem is that the history of Anlan Academy is too special, and Luo Junyao's identity is also special.

Luo Junyao wants to restore the former Anlan Academy. In the eyes of many men, this is not just a matter of the education of the daughters at home, nor is it a matter of their wealthy daughters sitting with ordinary women. It is a matter of women wanting to challenge men. authority.

Compared with the latter, the former two are minor problems.

The so-called distinction between high and low is not worth mentioning in front of the latter.Dasheng is not the kind of era background where the upper class has no poor family, and the lower class has no noble family.There are not a few people who are Tian Shelang in the morning and go to the Tianzitang in the evening.The so-called high and low, there is room for change.

but……

It is beyond their tolerance for women who are supposed to take care of their husbands and children at home to come out and snatch the power that belongs to men.

You know, how much time and effort did they spend to suppress Anlan Academy?

If it weren't for the special status of Anlan Academy in the previous dynasty, if it wasn't for the empress dowager and many old ladies who had studied in Anlan Academy, Anlan Academy would have ceased to exist long ago, so where is it now?

Luo Junyao had just gotten up to eat breakfast, and the post asking for a meeting had already been delivered to him.

Luo Junyao looked at the thick stack of no less than ten posts held in the manager's hand, and asked, "Are they all looking for me?"

The steward nodded, "The lord has gone to court early, these are all for seeing the princess, and they will be delivered at dawn."

Luo Junyao didn't bother to look at it, but asked, "Who is there?"

The steward obviously went through them one by one, and respectfully reported: "Princess Hui, there are Mrs. Cheng Enhou, Mrs. An Guogong's Mansion, Mrs. Rites Shangshu, Mrs. Ling'anhou, Mrs. Taichang Bo, Mrs. Admonisher Mrs.... "

After listening to this, Luo Jun shook his head and said: "It's okay, neither the old ladies from Cheng Guogong's mansion nor Lu Guogong's mansion came, and no one from the clan came."

The manager smiled and said: "Those two old ladies are smart people, and they were heroes among women when they were young. As for the clan...of course they listen to the princess."

"Listen to me? Not at all." Luo Jun shook his head.

She is not so self-righteous. The reason why the clan doesn't want to stand out is probably because they need to check the situation first. After all, the closest blood relationship between the royal clan and Xie Yan is An Cheng, except for the Mu'an County Prince's family and the two married princesses. The king of the county and the king of Kangcheng, who is in charge of the clan mansion.

The king of Ancheng County is the nephew of Gaozu's next room, and the king of Kangcheng County has been separated for several generations.As for the other people surnamed Xie, they were only Xie, and they just got an inconspicuous title with Gao Zu back then.

Xie Yan even dared to kill Gaozu's own son and younger brother. How many of them dared to provoke him?

Luo Junyao instantly felt the benefits of Xie Yan's reputation.

"Princess, do you want them to go back?" the manager asked.

Luo Jun waved his hands and said: "People's posts are delivered to the door, it's not a problem to refuse to see. When people come, please go to the warm pavilion in front. Don't freeze the elderly, and I will see you when they are all together. "

The manager respectfully replied yes, expressing his admiration for his princess's ambition to challenge the difficult situation.

When Mrs. Cheng Enhou, who was the first to come, sat in the warm pavilion and drank five or six cups of tea, all the noble ladies who sent posts today finally arrived.

The noble ladies who were placed to drink tea in the warm pavilion could not help but look at each other. Except for Mrs. Cheng Enhou who brought two well-connected wives and in-laws together, the others originally came to the door alone.

I didn't expect the princess regent to gather them together. Is this planning to see them together?

Luo Junyao didn't make them wait too long, Luo Junyao appeared at the door less than half a quarter of an hour after the last lady sat down, which made Mrs. Cheng Enhou who had drunk a stomachful of water couldn't help but hold back her full of resentment.

"Forgive me for keeping you waiting for so long." Luo Jun, who let the maid behind him take off the cloak on her shoulders and was only wearing aqua blue clothes, greeted everyone with a smile.

Everyone got up quickly, "I have seen the regent princess."

Luo Jun waved his hands, "There is no need to be too polite, everyone, please sit down."

Everyone thanked them and took their seats again, and Luo Junyao also went to the main seat and sat down.

"I'm a little flattered that it's so lively just after the new year." Luo Jun said with a smile: "I don't know why all the ladies are here?"

So why, don't you know?
Madam Cheng Enhou looked at Luo Junyao, and said with a serious face: "Why did we come, the princess doesn't know?"

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "Madam, if you don't tell me, how would I know?"

Madam Cheng Enhou took a deep breath and said: "We received a post last night, and we haven't congratulated the princess on becoming the new head of Anlan Academy."

Mrs. Cheng Enhou was also very dissatisfied with this matter. She knew that the head of Anlan Academy intended to resign, and she herself had some thoughts.But he didn't expect that he would resign quietly, and not only that, but also directly push Luo Junyao to the position of the head of the academy.

Mrs. Cheng Enhou is not interested in Anlan Academy, she is only interested in the name of Anlan Academy's Shanzhang.After all, it can be regarded as the teacher of all the noble girls who have studied in the academy. Although they have no real power, if they sit in this position, who wouldn't give Cheng Enhou's house some face?

As for what this position needs to do, Madam Cheng Enhou is not interested.

Luo Junyao smiled and said, "Thank you. Actually, I also feel that I am too young to be competent. However, the head of the mountain and Dean Zhang strongly invited me, so I had to have the audacity to give it a try."

Cheng Enhou's complexion was slightly gloomy, but he still wanted to maintain the superficial peace, and his expression was a little weird for a while.

"The concubine is still young after all. We all know that the new official took office three fires, but is it inappropriate for the concubine to change the original order of Anlan Academy so much as soon as she takes office?"

Luo Junyao asked sincerely: "What's wrong?"

The lady sitting next to Mrs. Cheng Enhou described her thinness with a very serious expression, and her face looked a little mean. She said in a deep voice: "The princess said that she will recruit all the big girls. In this way...wouldn't it be that our girls and those Country girls sitting together? Our girls are well-bred young ladies, how can we be in the same room with those vulgar girls? If they are taught to be bad, it is not a family that is bad, and the princess should think again. "

Luo Jun shook his head slightly and looked at the old woman who was speaking, "Old Madam Zou? If my concubine remembers correctly, Doctor Adviser also came from the countryside, and the old woman can be regarded as a young couple who have shared joys and sorrows."

"What does the princess mean?!" The old woman's complexion suddenly changed, as if she had been insulted.

Luo Junyao continued: "My father is also from the countryside, and my grandmother is a country woman who has never studied. The old woman wants to say, what bad habits do they have, this princess, the daughter of a country man, Unworthy to sit with you?"

Although Mrs. Luo's character is indeed a bit difficult to say, but does the old lady who advises the doctor dare to speak out?
"My wife has no such intentions, why should the concubine misinterpret it!" Old Mrs. Zou said angrily with her face livid.

Luo Junyao asked: "Then what does the old lady mean?"

"I……"

Seeing Mrs. Zou being speechless, the lady who sat across from her seemed to be much kinder and quickly smiled and said: "Princess misunderstood, Mrs. Zou didn't mean that. We are just worried, the academy is so big after all, how can we Can it accommodate all the women who want to learn from Dasheng? If there are too many people, accidents will inevitably happen, so it is not good for the prince and princess."

Luo Junyao said: "Ma'am, I'm overthinking. Although my concubine says that she recruits students from Dasheng as a whole, it is not without barriers. Not to mention that there are very few women who can travel thousands of miles to study, after all, the ones who are about to open the school are bound to be out of town. Those who can’t catch up. How many people in the vicinity of Shangyong are willing to send girls to the academy to study for a few years?”

In the folk, a 12-year-old girl can already do housework or even help with some work, which is equivalent to half a labor force. If it is not a family with money and leisure, who wants to send a girl to study?

But it is very helpless, the current situation cannot popularize elementary school education for women at all, and can only be done from top to bottom.If there are more women who study, it will naturally spread outward.

In the future, there may be students from Anlan Academy who will set up academies in other places to teach more girls.

Everyone frowned, the regent princess's words were not unreasonable, but they were not foolproof.

Shangyong is regarded as a wealthy place in Dasheng. Poor families really don't have this ability, but there are also many small families and small businessmen with relatively well-off families. These people may be proud of sending their daughters to Anlan Academy.

After all, Anlan Academy represents the education of first-class noble girls in the capital, not to mention these small families, even the concubine girls who are not favored by the rich and powerful in Shangyong are not eligible to go.

Luo Junyao said lightly: "In addition, don't worry, Linglong Courtyard will not be open to these women." This princess will demolish Linglong Courtyard sooner or later!Want to teach the bride to be able to teach herself at home?Still have to set up a library?

Everyone was speechless for a moment, as if such a statement really did not hinder them.

But their purpose is not just to stop those poor girls and merchant girls from going to school.

After being silent for a long time, Mrs. An Guogong's old lady finally said: "Princess, forgive me for talking too much. After all, it is the right way for a woman to be chaste, quiet, and obedient to her husband and teach her children. I don't know why you teach those who study medicine, business, and agriculture? "

Luo Jun raised his eyebrows and said, "What's the point? If you study medicine, you can see a doctor, if you study business, you can manage your house and run a business, and if you study agriculture... no matter how bad you are, you can also take care of flowers and plants, right?"

Mrs. An Guo said: "Of course there are servants to do these things. How can the clan's wife do it herself? As for ordinary people's families, they don't need it. Not to mention how women do business, the princess detained a girl in the academy and learned how much. Years of medical skills, besides being close to the female relatives, who will let her see a doctor? If she can't see people, what is the use of her medical skills? When the time comes to be a girl's family, the female red can't cook, wouldn't it hurt the girl?"

"What Mrs. An Guo said is true." Everyone quickly agreed in unison.

"Although the princess is very enthusiastic, noble ladies should not learn these things. Small families can't afford it, so why bother?"

"Princess, please think twice."

Luo Junyao sat leisurely on the main seat, listening to everyone's advice.

After waiting for a long time for them to talk dry, they said quietly: "But, my concubine has already made a decision."

The atmosphere in the warm pavilion suddenly froze, and everyone's expressions were not very good-looking.

Mrs. Cheng Enhou sneered and said: "After all, the princess is still young and vigorous, not to mention whether we women disagree, even in the court, no one would agree! Even if the princess is messing around, she has to think about the regent. Bar?"

Luo Jun was unreasonable, "The Prince Regent is my concubine's husband, so I know how to think about him, so I don't need to worry about the Marquis of Cheng En. After all, he is the son-in-law of the Luo family, not the Zhu family."

"Princess! You!" Mrs. Cheng Enhou stood up abruptly, her face flushed with anger.

Before the Zhu family intended to marry Zhu Jin to Xie Yan, most of Shang Yong knew about it, but now Luo Junyao mentioned that he deliberately slapped the Zhu family in the face.

Luo Junyao smiled and said, "What does Mrs. Cheng Enhou want to say?"

Madam Cheng Enhou snorted coldly, and said: "If the princess insists on doing this, the girl from my Zhu family will not study at Anlan Academy again!"

"I'm sorry, but I respect the Zhu family's decision."

Luo Junyao thought to himself: You can be considered to understand the purpose of this princess' post to you in advance.I don't want to spend money teaching a bunch of girls how to be perfect wives.

"..."