C5

On the way back, Second Lady Du, Lin, and Du Hanyu softly comforted Du Hanyi.

Looking at a worried mother and sister, Duane sighed to himself.

With so many ladies in Qingcheng, only three were ranked. In order to balance the situation, it was impossible for the Du Clan to occupy two spots.

Usually, Du Hanyan was the only one to show off in this situation, while the other girls, no matter how hard they tried, could only hide themselves under Du Hanyan's aura.

Seeing her sister being so careful not to make her sad, Du Hanyi stretched out his hand to rub her head. "It's fine. If I had known earlier, this would have been the result!"

"But you've been preparing for so long for this time's Flower Dynasty Yan!" Du Hanyu pursed his lips. It was not worth it.

"It's not the first time. You'll get used to it in the future!"

Du Hanyi's indifferent attitude stung his mother's heart, and Lin felt stuffy.

The madame favored her eldest son, Madam Du was domineering while Du Hanyan was sharp.

Her husband was loyal, and even though he worked hard for the Du Family's business, he didn't want to see the family discord that would arise because of the struggle for power.

Thus, the second branch had never felt like they existed in the Du Family. Even if the Lin family carefully served the madame, even if the children of the second branch tried so hard, the madame would not be able to see it.

The Lin Clan was the Qingcheng County Magistrate's little sister. She had been raised in a deep chamber since she was young, and had received an education from the three virtues and four virtues. Therefore, she silently accepted her husband's patience, her mother-in-law's bias, and her eldest sister-in-law's domineering attitude.

Natural filial piety to the mother-in-law, brotherly love sister-in-law.

However, the Du Family had treated these children unfairly, causing the rebellious feeling in her heart to become more and more serious.

Du Hanyan was only born a few days later than Du Hanyan, but the madame favored her and gave her all the Du Family's resources, be it food or clothing, as well as connections. Even if it was just a show to create momentum for the Du Family's girl, she would still give Du Hanyan alone.

When Du Hanyan was a child, he broke the old man's favorite vase, but pushed it onto the Duhane Key. The old lady listened to Du Hanyan's words and punished him to kneel for three days in the ancestral hall.

It was winter and winter, and the eight-year-old Duane Keys had been sick for three days.

Second Master Du wasn't willing to let it go after finding out. He tried to coax Du Hanyan into revealing the truth, but two tears fell from Du Hanyan's eyes. Thus, the old lady casually walked over.

This kind of thing had been going on for more than a decade. When the Lin Clan saw their daughter resigned herself to her fate, their hearts were filled with grief.

At the same time, in the Ye Family's carriage, Ah Wan and the Du Family were also discussing today's matter.

"Mother, do you know about Miss Liu's family matter?"

"Hmm? Which Miss Liu? "

"It's Miss Liu Yu from the County Magistrate's residence!"

"I know, I know!" Ye Zhongqing, who was left alone at the side, saw that he had an opportunity to interrupt and quickly opened his mouth.

A Wan and Du broke into laughter.

"The county magistrate, Liu Qingshan, became an Elementary Scholar more than ten years ago, and did not have much success after that. He failed the High Scholar examination a few times, but did not manage to pass." Then, by chance, he married the daughter of a merchant in Qingcheng, and his father-in-law donated money to him to become an official. But because he didn't have the ability to do big things himself, he just sat in the seat of the county magistrate for more than ten years. A bit mediocre, but not bad. "

"Did Liu Yu come from the current Madam Liu?"

Ye Zhongqing shook his head, "I don't know about that! But Mother should know, right Mother! "

The Du Family knocked their son on the head. "Don't be in a hurry to answer if you don't know what they want to ask. When will you grow up! "

Ye Zhongqing felt somewhat embarrassed that his mother would scold him in front of his sister. Ye Zichen rubbed his chin awkwardly and sat to the side without saying anything.

Seeing her son behave, Lady Du said to Wan, "Liu Yu didn't come out from the Lady Liu who attended the banquet today, but from the Liu Family's woman."

"Wife?" Wan didn't understand.

"Yes." Liu County County County, when the county governor was already 25 years old, had already been married and had children. Later on, he met his benefactor, Boss Li, who ran a restaurant in the city, and Boss Li's youngest daughter, who fell in love with the refined Liu Qingshan. They quarreled endlessly for the sake of marrying him. However, since Liu Qingshan already had a family background, Boss Li didn't want his daughter to suffer any grievances, so he was adamant on not agreeing.

As for Liu Qingshan, he had read a few books and had seen a bit of the world. With a young and pretty girl like Miss Li willing to follow him, he couldn't sit still for a long time. Thus, the two of them had a dispute.

At the time of the incident, Miss Li's stomach had already grown big. Even if Boss Li was unwilling, he had no choice but to marry his daughter to Liu Qingshan.

However, Liu Qingshan was just a commoner and could not accept concubines. Also, the original wife hadn't made any mistakes, so there was no reason for her to give up. "Boss Li felt helpless and gave a sesame seed officer to Liu Qingshan for the sake of his daughter."

"And then?"

"Later on, Liu Qingshan married Miss Li."

"And his country wife?"

"The country wife is still in the country!"

"Two wives?"

"Yes, two wives. This is a rare occurrence, but it also exists.

The one who is performing the sacrificial dance today is the eldest daughter of the eldest wife. I have never seen her before, so she should have just come to Qingcheng. "

Wan understood.

Madame Du was curious as to why Ah Wan was interested in Liu Yu, but didn't ask.

The next day, before dawn, Wan was awakened by Little Xi. Bewildered, he sat in front of the dressing table, allowing Xiao Xi to fiddle around with him.

After an hour, he was dressed properly. Ye Zhongqing was already waiting outside the second door.

The siblings greeted each other and got into the carriage.

Early spring morning, the weather was slightly cold. There was a thick carpet in the carriage, and a stove was burning in the middle.

After the Flower Festival, Qingcheng Academy's women's courtyard would also begin.

The atmosphere of a woman's college rose from the capital. It was rumored that the empress had set up a women's courtyard in the Crown Prince's Palace and had chosen a group of official women to be taught by the highest lecturer, mama and renowned and talented madame.

A few years later, after the first batch of young ladies had finished their exams, they ended their studies in the female courtyard. It was said that the results were quite fruitful. From then on, the women's courtyard was officially established in the capital. In addition to the aristocratic women's courtyard, there were also commoner's houses.

Afterwards, the female courtyard became popular throughout the country, and new female academy sections were added to the various academies.

The girls' academy in Qingcheng Academy was divided into three parts: Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced. The content of study is zither, chess, calligraphy, poetry and poetry. Beginner enlightenment, intermediate consolidation and high level strengthening. At the end of each stage of learning, one had to pass through an examination before one could enter the next stage.

If someone were to end one stage of their studies in advance, they would be able to advance to the next stage as long as they passed the examination.

Moreover, as one of the four great academies in Jiangnan, Qingcheng, the entrance examination was extremely intense.