The night is getting darker, and Taogui Academy is brightly lit as usual.
After self-study in the bookstore, most students went back to bed with their books in hand.
Only a dozen or so girls gathered from different places to the main room on the first floor.
"Sister Shu Xiu." After everyone sat down around the round table, a pretty girl looked at the senior sitting at the head table and said, "You asked us to come over, but do you have something to discuss?"
Shu Xiu nodded and did not explain the reason for calling them here. He only said: "Our academy is far away from the busy city of Kyoto. It has always been elegant and quiet. However, recently some sisters told me that the atmosphere outside the academy was a bit strange. Some people even saw things that shouldn't be done. An old friend who appeared in Dachu."
She spoke softly and slowly, giving people a friendly and kind-hearted feeling, but her tone was a bit unpredictable. Against the backdrop of the candlelight that sometimes flickered and sometimes exploded, everyone felt a little stressed.
"We are all survivors of the former Qi Dynasty, and our family backgrounds are different. I think there should be news from many sisters' families recently. As far as I know... the grandson of the former Qi Dynasty appears in the suburbs of Beijing, and he is afraid that he is planning something big."
Shu Xiu looked at everyone with a smile, his eyes sliding over the faces of girls with different expressions: "Xiu is here, I would like to congratulate all the sisters. If the former grandson of Qi succeeds in his career, you will be a girl from an extraordinary family. "
"Sister Shu Xiu, why do you speak like that!" The girl who spoke first stood up, looked at everyone inch by inch, and sneered.
"It's true that having an extraordinary family background will allow me and others to have adequate food and clothing, but if you want to talk about more benefits? It has nothing to do with me and other women!
As far as the family is concerned, I am nothing more than a breathing chess piece, placed there for others to move around!
When the time comes to wrap our feet, how much better can we be than furniture?
Even though we can talk at home now, when Qian Qi is here, how many of you in your family care about your woman's feelings?
Most of them, even their own father and brother, don't take it seriously when they are treated badly. If this daughter is gone, another one will be married off, and the reputation will be gained. If it's not you who suffers the most, why not do it? If you ask me, Qianqi should be destroyed! There is no need to linger on a place without humanity! "
When she said this, many girls in front of the round table couldn't help but nod.
The one with an extraordinarily lively temper couldn't help but said quickly: "What sister Wen Yan said is absolutely true! Although Da Chu has not yet explicitly ordered the girl to take the scientific examination, the prospect of this matter is promising. She is not afraid of everyone's jokes. Since the news came out, Qi Qi If the survivor girl comes first, my family will pay more attention to me.
There are also rumors that after the husbands of the fifth generation of the former Qi Dynasty were not allowed to participate in the scientific examination, the elders in the family were looking forward to the start of the scientific examination for girls, and they valued girls far more than before.
Mr. Waiting said that I have good knowledge and am a good young man. If I take part in the imperial examination, I will definitely be on the top of the list... Well, my treatment is almost as good as that of my eldest cousin who is my eldest son! "
"No! As sister Luo Yuan just said, our family is like this too!
So after all is said and done, it’s not that a girl is inferior to a husband! In essence, this is nothing more than a profit!
When the time comes when Lang Jun is no longer able to pass on the family's glory, the clan elders and the others will pretend to be deaf and dumb! They can pull out all the girls in the clan and let everyone take the lead!
Therefore, we girls must strengthen ourselves! Only when we are capable will we be looked down upon by people outside our home! How do you think we can worship our ancestors like Lang Jun these days? This is not the direction of Dachu!
So I would like to say a few words here to advise the sisters here not to be fooled by petty profits! Whose brother or fiancé promises you benefits? Think more about it! Don’t talk about the far side, just talk about whether Qian Qi still has the patience to deal with you! "
"Sister Wen Zhen is so right!" Wen Yan was the first to applaud.
As she moved forward, everyone also clapped their hands.
When the applause died down, Shu Xiu took out a piece of paper and passed it to the others to see.
Everyone took the paper in turn and found that there were four neatly printed poems on it.
"[Sixteen years have passed in the human world, and ten years have passed in the cage. It has been six years since I have been truly at ease. I ask you if you are willing to take care of yourself again.]"
"I have been really comfortable for six years. I wonder if you are willing to take yourself lightly again." Someone murmured and repeated.
Shu Xiu looked at everyone: "The language of this little poem is simple and the words are straightforward, but I think everyone can understand the meaning, so I won't go into details."
As she spoke, she stood up and looked around at the girls present. The warm smile on her face changed to a serious expression at some point: "I know that no matter how good we sisters are usually, at this moment, there must be someone with a different stance.
What you think and how you choose is probably not something we can change. After all, spending time with Mr. Academy can't make you change even a little bit, so we won't waste any effort.
But as the proverb goes: Leave a ray of light for others so that they can meet each other easily in the future. Just think of it as leaving a way out for yourself and your family. I advise you to think that you have been knocked unconscious when you go back!
Don't mix in things that shouldn't be mixed in, don't tell people in news that shouldn't be reported, just treat yourself as faint, drunk, or sleepy, and don't leave the academy until the day after tomorrow. "
At this point, she paused, and a sneer appeared on her face: "As a gentleman, let's put ugly words first. If there are people who don't know how to make things convenient for others and themselves, and want to ruin the future of all girls, then they must do it right. Prepare to be burned to death by others! Everyone, don’t say you were unprepared!”
Her words were neither light nor serious, but they made everyone present tremble.
"Sister Xiu, please knock me out!" The thinnest girl in the seat looked nervous and was about to cry, "I, I... I can't control the affairs of the family, and my parents don't have a say either... I Afraid."
"Okay." Shu Xiu smiled gently at her, "Don't worry, after you enter the house, just lock the door and have a good sleep. The person who was knocked unconscious does not need to get up too early!"
The little girl, who had just been worried about being slapped, heard tears in the corners of her eyes with joy.
With her setting an example, two or three other girls later expressed that they too would sleep temporarily.
In this way, the roundtable reached a consensus.
After everyone left, Wen Yan leaned into Shu Xiu's ear and whispered, "Sister Xiu, are the remaining people trustworthy?"
Shu Xiu chuckled and turned around and asked, "How can you guarantee that those girls who asked to quit will be obedient and pretend to be faint?"
"Ah?" Wen Yan's eyes were a little worried.
Shu Xiu patted her shoulder: "Don't worry, I have my own arrangements."
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The back door of Taogui Academy faces a peach garden. In the exquisite peach garden, copper lanterns are placed outside the pavilions, echoing the brightly lit academy.
There are two sloping paths on both sides of the road from Taoyuan to the academy. There are supporting walls between the paths and the main road.
At this time, one, two, or three little round heads suddenly popped out from the wall near the back door of the academy.
(End of chapter)
