"Mrs. Sui doesn't know that our Zheng family has been implicated in the He family..."
Mrs. Zheng complained with a sad face.
The wife Zheng Wangfeng married was a relatively close branch of the He family, and she was the legitimate daughter. After the He family's incident, all of Zheng Wangfeng's maternal family members were arrested.
As a married woman, his wife was not implicated, but as a daughter who grew up in the palm of her parents' hands, she could not bear to watch her parents being imprisoned and suffer, so she ignored the obstruction of her husband and mother-in-law and became pregnant. Begging for help everywhere... She was more than eight months pregnant and was very heavy. In addition, her body was delicate and her foundation was not good. After kneeling outside for two days, she fell ill.
Not only did she fall ill, but it also caused premature birth.
"She struggled in the room for three days and three nights, but the child was not born. She lost a lot of blood..." Mrs. Zheng's face was a little pale. "In the end, one corpse and two lives were lost. The adult was out of breath, and the child was also born. I'm out of breath, it's a son, he looks like Feng'er..."
Cheng Wanwan was extremely shocked. It was because her life was too closed during this period, and she had never heard anyone mention this incident at all.
"Mrs. Sui, can you blame our Zheng family for this?" Mrs. Zheng looked aggrieved. "That was Feng'er's eldest son. He died like this. Feng'er and I were very sad and tried our best to organize the funeral... ...But people outside said that Feng'er deliberately killed his wife, who was eight or nine months pregnant, in order not to be implicated by the He family. I don't know who spread the word first. More and more people believe this absurdity. The remarks reached the Ministry of Rites, and Feng'er's superior heard about it and gave Feng'er a three-month holiday...isn't this a disguised dismissal?"
Cheng Wanwan put down the tea cup: "So Mrs. Zheng is here this time..."
"Mrs. Sui, you are now in the second rank. You are the only Mrs. Sui in the Dayu Dynasty. You are deeply loved by the emperor and the empress. As long as you say a word, Feng'er's life will be taken back." Mrs. Zheng's eyes were full of pleading, " Please also ask Mrs. Sui to help Feng'er for the sake of her fellow countrymen."
"Mrs. Zheng thinks too highly of me." Cheng Wanwan's voice was very calm, "No matter how high my rank is, I am just a woman. I am not allowed to participate in politics in the harem, let alone a royal wife with a foreign surname?"
"It was my mother who was rude." Zheng Wangfeng stopped Mrs. Zheng from continuing to speak, and said with his hands raised, "I came here today, and I caused a lot of trouble. Please forgive me, Mrs. Sui."
He said goodbye and prepared to leave.
Cheng Wanwan said: "Before Mr. Zheng leaves, can you allow me to say a few words that are offensive to my ears?"
Zheng Wangfeng paused in his steps, and immediately looked like he was listening attentively: "As the saying goes, loyal words that are offensive to the ears are beneficial to action. Only true elders will say offensive words to the younger ones. I sincerely ask Mrs. Sui to give me some advice."
"In my opinion, whether you are a person or a business, you must be down-to-earth, one step at a time. When you take every step steadily, you will not fall when the road in the future is uneven." Cheng Wanwan said slowly. He said, "You and Zhao'er are classmates. I can see how you two got to where you are today. Do you think every step you take is solid?"
Zheng Wangfeng lowered his head and fell silent.
Earlier, in order to stand out in Nanfu Academy, he teamed up with Qian Hui to frame Cheng Zhao for cheating, which resulted in Cheng Zhao being expelled.
Later, in order to get close to the Lin family, he and his mother designed a falling-in-water drama in an attempt to marry a Miss Lin family.
Later, after becoming a tribute scholar, in order to get a good rank in the palace examination, he boarded the He family's ship. The He family did not let him down and let him enter the Ministry of Rites.
Later, he still wanted to climb up, so he married the legitimate daughter of a fourth-rank official from the He family, and was promoted to the sixth rank...
If nothing happened to the He family, maybe he would do more things that he could not even imagine.
It turned out that, unknowingly, he had turned into the person he once hated the most...
"If you understand what I said, you should know what to do next." Cheng Wanwan picked up the tea cup and said, "Mrs. Zheng, please go slowly. I won't send you away."
Zheng Wangfeng saluted again, then turned and walked out of the flower hall.
The mother and son walked to the door of the house in silence. Looking at the pedestrians coming and going at the gate, both of them felt an indescribable melancholy in their hearts.
"Mom, I plan to go back to Fenghuang County." Zheng Wangfeng said softly, "Shangfeng asked me to rest for three months. I can stay at home for two months, just in time to clear my mind."
Mrs. Zheng was anxious: "Why are you going back to Fenghuang County? Isn't it embarrassing to go back? People thought you were dismissed..."
"Go back and get the child back." Zheng Wangfeng looked at the sky, "In order to marry the so-called right wife, I gave away all my concubines, and also gave away my blood son. Because I ignored the bastard, so the legitimate son also Not being able to survive, maybe, this is retribution.”
Mrs. Zheng suddenly clenched her fingers and murmured: "Retribution...is it retribution?"
"I took the wrong path from the beginning." Zheng Wangfeng pursed his lips, "Fortunately, I still have a chance to start over. Like Cheng Ziyu, I will be down-to-earth and walk out step by step..."
Mrs. Zheng opened her lips, not knowing what to say.
On the third day, Cheng Wanwan heard from Gu Bing that Zheng Wangfeng had returned to Fenghuang County with Mrs. Zheng and the coffins of his wife and children for burial.
She thought that Zheng Wangfeng must have listened to her words.
Go back to where you started, find your original persistence, and maybe start over again...
At the end of the first year, Cheng Wanwan went to the palace with a plan for a women's school.
She is now a second-class lady, and with the Queen's word, she can go directly to Kunning Palace without handing over a palace card when entering the palace.
Seeing her entering the palace, the queen was very happy: "The women's school has been fully run by Mr. Cheng. I heard that the venue has been repaired and neatly repaired. As soon as the rules and regulations of the school are in place, the school can start at any time."
Cheng Wanwan handed over the thick folded book: "This is what I wrote about the system of girls' school. I would like to ask the Queen to read it."
The queen opened the book and read it carefully. The more she read, the more surprised she became: "With so many subjects and such a complete system, even the Imperial College can't compare to it. How did you come up with it, Wanwan?"
"Does the Queen think it's feasible?" Cheng Wanwan said with a smile, "Although the Queen's original intention is to provide a place for ordinary lower-class women to study, but because the Queen is taking the lead in this school, I think the nobles will also be willing to send their daughters to Come to school. Therefore, the women's school is divided into two major classes. One is the basic enlightenment class, which mainly teaches reading and reading, and only needs to understand some conventional principles. The second is the skills improvement class, which is elective. In other words, the girls who sign up You can choose to study two or three courses..."
She borrowed some modern education concepts and models and applied them to girls' schools.
In this era, the daughters of poor families could not read a single word, and the ladies of wealthy families embroidered and played the piano every day. No matter what class of women they were, before they came out of the government, their living circles were very closed, and they had limited access to things... The opening of girls' schools can enrich their lives and broaden their horizons. When a person's spiritual level is enriched, his life will also undergo tremendous changes.
In the feudal era, women were not expected to be able to hold up half the sky, but they were expected to be virtuous and talented.
