From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 1040

That night, the Prince Wei's Mansion held a welcoming banquet for Xue Ningyue. The two tables were full and it was very lively.

Ningyue felt a little embarrassed. She had attended many banquets, but except for the wedding, she was not the protagonist in other occasions.

This time, everyone was congratulating her and encouraging her, which made her feel uncomfortable and stressed.

"Then, then I don't know what to say..."

She stood up, holding the wine glass and said: "Anyway, thank you for your concern. I will try my best to do my job well. Let me toast you."

This girl also started to drink on her own initiative.

Zhao Jianjia said with some worry: "Ningyue, don't you live at home at night?"

"Yes."

Xue Ningyue drank the wine, her face flushed, and chuckled: "I have to eat and live with them, so that they will trust me and obey me. Just relying on the identity of a Wei Wangfei or a first-rank imperial lady, at most people will be afraid, but not admired."

Guan Caixi couldn't help but say: "You don't know how hard Ningyue has been during this period. In that cabin on the bottom floor, in the hot summer, the sweat odor seems to never dissipate. She actually lived in it for dozens of days. I would feel dizzy when I walked in."

"Sister Caixi!"

Xue Ningyue shouted hurriedly. She didn't want to talk about these experiences, as it would make her feel self-pitying and show off her own suffering.

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "This reminds me of when I went to Dongfan Island and was stripped naked by the Dutch and put in the cargo hold. The smell and the heat were worse than death."

Guan Caixi curled her lips. She knew Zhou Yuan was targeting her, so she simply stopped talking.

Zhou Yuan asked, "Ningyue, how is the configuration of the nursing team going?"

Xue Ningyue laughed and said, "We are still collecting supplies. We must equip everyone with basic tools such as gauze, knives, and thin ropes, as well as a large amount of medicine. Everyone has to carry a big box."

"But these are taken care of by the gentlemen of the Imperial Hospital, and many famous doctors have also taken the initiative to join the team. There are still many apprentices from the folk who want to participate. This time we have put our name out."

When she talked about what she was going to do, she would be very excited and talk endlessly.

Everyone also really realized that Ningyue seemed to have changed a lot.

In Zhou Yuan's view, Ningyue had not changed, but she had discovered more of her advantages.

The moon was crescent, and the meal took a long time. Ningyue only drank two glasses of wine, and her face was a little red, but she was far from drunk.

Everyone tacitly asked Zhou Yuan to send her away. On the long way out of the mansion, Ningyue couldn't help but hold Zhou Yuan's arm.

She said with some worry: "Brother Zhou, will you blame me for being too jumpy?"

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "Why do you ask that?"

Xue Ningyue said: "Because a woman without talent is virtuous, because it is not good to show up in public. After all, I am a married woman, and I should give birth to children for you."

Zhou Yuan touched her face and whispered: "But now it is a brand new era. With the reform of the Imperial Academy, the customs, folk customs, culture and other aspects of my Great Jin are changing, which will eventually affect people's thoughts."

"The ideological chapter of an era will slowly turn the page and usher in a more shining side."

"In my opinion, both men and women should have love, but they cannot only have love."

"A complete person, in addition to love, there are many things, right?"

Xue Ningyue couldn't help but stop, tiptoed and kissed Zhou Yuan on the face. Surrounded by maids and female guards, she thought her behavior was very bold, so her face became even redder.

She didn't care about that, just smiled and said: "Thank you, Brother Zhou. In fact, not everyone has the courage to face those things, but you have been giving me courage."

"Since Yunzhou, you told me the story of "Journey to the West", you have been giving me courage."

She tilted her head and looked at the moon in the sky, and whispered: "I have seen many nobles in Shenjing. They are all cautious, as if they are tied up by something."

"I am very glad to meet you. You didn't tie us up. You let us be ourselves."

She waved her hand and walked into the carriage.

The carriage started, she opened the curtain of the window, and said loudly: "I won't let you down, Brother Zhou, I will do everything well!"

Zhou Yuan said loudly: "I believe you!"

There was a silver bell-like laughter on the road, and at the same time, there was a very unconvinced cold snort.

Guan Caixi walked out of the mansion quickly, put her hands on her hips and looked at Zhou Yuan, saying: "I want to go with Ningyue too! She did a good job! I did a good job too! After all, I also had a hard time in Shuixi!"

Zhou Yuan glanced at her and smiled: "The hardships of the battlefield and the hardships of Shuixi are not the same.Different."

Guan Caixi said: "Anyway, I am definitely better than Ningyue! Just wait and see! I will definitely follow her! I will take good care of her!"

She also got on her carriage and drove away.

Steps, slowly approaching.

The tall figure walked in front of Zhou Yuan, showing a disdainful expression, grinning: "Just these two?"

Zhou Yuan said: "Protect Ningyue, Guan Caixi should follow, protect together."

Chu Feifan was very unhappy, and his words were full of temper: "Damn it, I don't want to protect them. I went north to kill people and make achievements, but you asked me to protect those women."

Zhou Yuan sighed and said: "My master Su Youzi is too forgetful, and the Holy Mother is busy with Goryeo's state affairs. Zhuang Xuanpu must protect His Majesty, and Wanyan Daichan must be busy with Jurchen affairs..."

"Fawang, there are only a few masters in the world who can protect them. "

"Ningyue means a lot to me, I hope you will protect her well."

Chu Feifan laughed and said, "You have so many women, she is just an ordinary one, how important can she be?"

Zhou Yuan said, "She is my first woman and the first person who trusts me. When I was the most ordinary and humble, she said...ah, those things can't hold me back."

"You are a man, you should understand this kind of weight."

Chu Feifan spat a mouthful of thick phlegm on the ground, put his hands on the back of his head, and walked forward leisurely.

His voice came from the street: "You kid gave me a lot of face, I can't lose your face."

"In a word, as long as I am alive, she will not die. "

……

What is the biggest reform of the Imperial Academy? It is not that you can learn medicine, military tactics, or so-called strange skills, but... the establishment of a girls' school.

When this was first proposed, Shen Qiaoshan was almost furious. He rolled up his sleeves and looked like he was going to duel with Zhou Yuan, denouncing that it was against the holy way and against ethical principles.

But when he saw the black muzzle of the flintlock gun, he said that this matter could be discussed.

The Internal Court and the Jinyiwei helped a lot in promoting reform. Until now, there are still no less than a hundred so-called great scholars in the imperial prison.

Zhou Yuan must do this. He is very busy and knows that there is no chance to convince these old men, so he just uses guns.

Zhao Jianjia first took a group of female students for trial study, and the effect was quite good, so there is the current opening of school, It is said that more than sixty female students have signed up.

This number is not large, but for today's era, it is a great progress.

In order to give face to the first teacher of the women's school, our female teacher Zhao Jianjia... Zhou Yuan personally went to cut the ribbon.

This caused a sensation in the Imperial Academy. The square outside the gate of the women's school was packed with students from all over the country, studying in various colleges, all came to see the style of King Wei.

Holding the heavy red silk in his hand and picking up the scissors, Zhou Yuan raised his head and looked at the countless students below, as well as the female students who had just arrived.

Everyone's eyes were shining. Many of them were older than Zhou Yuan, but they were the real new generation.

"Who is the saint who inherited the lost knowledge for the saints? What is the lost knowledge?"

"Are only the Confucian sages the saints? Are only the Confucian skills called lost knowledge? ”

“It was only when Suiren drilled wood to make fire that we had the power to resist the cold and eat cooked food.”

“It was only when Youchao built houses with wood that we walked out of caves and into houses.”

“It was only when Shennong tasted all kinds of herbs that we found the power to fight against diseases.”

“It was only when Xuanyuan planted all kinds of grains that we ended the situation of hunting for a living and had our own food.”

Zhou Yuan looked at the students below and said loudly: “The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the ancestors of the human race, are not the saints of the past? Food, clothing, housing and transportation, the foundation of the people, have been developed from generation to generation to this day, aren’t they unique studies?”

“Therefore, the unique studies that inherit the saints of the past are not limited to literature and Taoism!”

“Learn medicine to save people, learn martial arts to strengthen the body, learn military tactics to defend the country, learn farming to feed the people, thousands of great ways are all saints, thousands of academic disciplines are all unique studies.”

“I hope you will not be proud of learning literature, nor feel inferior because of learning other academic disciplines, do what you love, and realize your own value. ”

“Don’t be stubborn about the difference between the ways, don’t be stubborn about the superiority and inferiority of men and women, learn your skills well, live a good life, that is serving the country!”

He picked up the scissors and slowly cut the red silk.

The red silk broke.

The ideological stamp of an era seemed to fall off.