When the last ray of sunset disappeared, Yunchu returned to Xie's house.
The maids served the dinner one by one, and by the time the meal was over, it was completely dark.
She went back and changed into a short shirt, and followed Qiutong in the yard to practice some basic moves. She was sweating after practicing for half an hour.
Tingxue asked her mother-in-law to bring hot water for Yunchu to take a bath, and then sprinkled some dried flower petals in the tub.
When Yun Chu was taking off his clothes, he heard the wind outside the door and said: "Madam, your Excellency and the eldest young master are here."
She frowned slightly. What were these two people doing at this late hour?
However, thinking about King Pingxi's words, we can also guess that it is probably related to the quota in the Imperial College.
She said calmly: "Just say I'm taking a shower and we'll talk about it tomorrow if there's anything else."
Tingfeng nodded and went down.
Yun Chu leaned in the tub, took a book and looked at it. He waited until the water was almost cold before getting up.
Tingshuang stood behind her and wiped her hair. When her hair was almost dry, she put on her coat, leaned on the couch and continued reading.
She doesn't sleep very well now, and she can barely fall asleep until midnight. Before going to bed, she will read some books of various categories that she has never read before.
"Madam, the master and the eldest young master haven't left yet." Tingfeng walked in and said softly, "Madam, do you want to see me?"
Yun Chu smiled sarcastically.
He came to see her as soon as something happened, and really treated her as a lifeline.
A twenty-eight-year-old man would come to his wife whenever something happened. She looked down on Xie Jingyu from the bottom of her heart.
Putting down her book and putting on her coat, she got up and walked to the side hall: "What's the matter with my husband and Brother An coming so late?"
As soon as she came in, Xie Jingyu smelled her unique fragrance. He suppressed the charm in his heart and said, "It's not my fault for disturbing Madam's rest, but this matter is really too important."
Xie Shi'an took over and said, "Originally, I could study in the Imperial College, but because Marquis Xuanwu interfered, my father found out that the Imperial College had crossed off my name from the list."
"How could such a thing happen?" Yun Chu's face showed just the right amount of anger, "How could Marquis Xuanwu oppress people like this? Brother Wei has already been destroyed in his hands, how could he destroy Brother An again? Speaking of him, Prince Xuanwu just scratched a little bit of skin on his finger, but he made our Xie family pay such a heavy price. Husband, if you write a note to me, I don’t believe that the emperor doesn’t care about this!"
Xie Jingyu sighed: "The emperor has a new favored maid, how can he care about it?"
The current emperor is not mediocre. His biggest shortcoming is that he is lustful. As long as he likes a woman, he will only give up after a few days and nights.
If he had written such a trivial matter about the Xie family in his memorial, even if the imperial study room presented his memorial to the emperor, the emperor would probably not even take a second look at it.
"Then what should we do?" Yun Chu looked anxious, "Brother An can't be ruined like this."
"Father, mother, don't worry about me." Xie Shi'an raised his head, "Not all the top scholars in previous years came from the Imperial College. The teacher's guidance is important, but I think that personal hard work is more important than the teacher. As long as I If I study hard and work hard, whether I am in the Imperial College or not, I will definitely get a good name and stand out."
Yun Chu was full of sarcasm.
If Xie Shi'an really didn't care about the quota in the Imperial College, he wouldn't be waiting for her here at night.
When he said these words, he was clearly trying to retreat in order to make progress, hoping that she, his aunt, would be willing to pave the way for him.
She raised her head and looked at Xie Shi'an: "Brother An, it's rare for you to be so courageous. As you said, we won't go to the Imperial Academy anymore. Let your father find a famous teacher for you."
"No matter how good a famous teacher is, he is still not as good as the Imperial College." Xie Jingyu said with a complex expression, "Madam, the Yun family is the residence of a first-class general. Can you let An Geer borrow the Yun family's quota to enter the Imperial College?"
Yunchu lowered his eyes and took a sip of tea.
Xie Jingyu said exactly the same thing as in his previous life, except that in his previous life, he asked the Yun family to send the third young master Xie Shiyun to the Imperial College.
Something happened to Xie Shian in this life, so he let the Yun family use this quota ten years in advance.
She still remembered that when Xie Shi'an went to the palace to study as the head of the case, she took the initiative to go to the palace to see her biological aunt Yun Fei and asked to let Xie Shi'an be the eighth prince's companion.
Although they are all studying in the Imperial College, if they become the accompanying students of the prince, the resources they will enjoy are completely different.
She thought back then that she had racked her brains to plan for Xie Shian, but now that she recalled it, she wished she could slap herself to death. She was so stupid.
"Madam, I know that the Yun family does not want to be involved in the struggle for imperial power, so I have no plans to send any children to study in the Imperial College." Seeing her silence, Xie Jingyu continued, "If Brother An is not good at studying, I will never It’s such an excessive request, but Madam, you have also seen that Brother An will only be better than me. If Brother An becomes successful in the future, it will also be a great help to the Yun family, won’t it?”
Yun Chu raised his head: "What your husband said is absolutely true, but I still have to ask my elder brother for his opinion."
As the Yun family gradually became more successful, they naturally would not send their children to the Imperial Academy to taint the imperial power, otherwise they would die faster.
But why should the Yun family give things they don’t want to the Xie family?
The next day when Xie Jingyu returned from court, he came to Shengju, urging Yun Chu to go to Yun's house earlier to settle the matter.
Yun Chu waited until the next day before returning to Yun's house.
Passing by the busy city, she saw a second ice shop opened on Jingcheng Street.
It has to be said that Chen Defu's movements are very fast. What she ordered just the day before yesterday has been completed today.
The price of the new ice shop is two taels of silver per pound, which is much more expensive than the previous one. As a result, the business of the original shop suddenly improved.
Many people were talking on the street.
"What a profiteer. Isn't ice cubes just water? Selling them for such an expensive price is no different from robbing money."
"It's not expensive any year. It's basically one tael of silver per catty. But this year there's less ice, so the price is more than two taels of silver."
"It has nothing to do with us ordinary people anyway. We can't afford it for just one tael of silver, no matter how expensive it is."
"..."
Tingfeng muttered: "Even if we sell it at the purchase price, these people can't afford it. What qualifications do they have to criticize profiteers."
Tingshuang sighed: "Ordinary people can only save three or four taels of silver a year..."
A piece of ice for a wealthy family can provide the common people with a year's worth of firewood, rice, oil and salt.
Yunchu looked out the car window thoughtfully.
Most of the bustling crowds are the most ordinary lower-class people.
In a previous life, after something happened to the Yun family, it was these common people who knelt in front of the imperial city and begged the emperor to conduct a thorough investigation into the Yun family's affairs.
Although the emperor did not take these people's petitions seriously, she still remembered the people's kindness to the Yun family...
"Ting Shuang, please tell Uncle Chen later that after the hot June, we will build a cool shed in the name of the Yun family and place ice cubes at two hours every afternoon to create a summer resort for the people." Yun said. Chu Yan said in a slow voice, "In addition, the price of ice increases every half month, and there is no upper limit."
As long as they have done something for the people, they will remember it and will give back when needed.
She didn't know if the Yun family in this life would face what happened in the previous life, but she would be fully prepared to deal with it and never let the tragedy happen again.
