Taiping Xue Palace is located in Taipingfang, occupies the whole place, sits in the north and faces south, is the westernmost city square of the four squares in the south of the imperial city, and is only one street away from the Hanguang Gate of the imperial city. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 In the middle of the info school palace is located the highest school of the whole school palace - Jiaxue, the same as Taixue, three animal head gates, there is a stone lion on each side, the main gate is a black plaque, on the book four big characters "Taiping School Palace".

In the middle of Jiaxue is a building surrounded by water on all sides, with a square Ming Hall in the middle, called Biyong, which was built according to the ancient system, where the Son of Heaven gave lectures to show his importance to education. Behind it is the library of the Taiping School Palace, and behind the library is the official hall of the school governor, where the official affairs of the entire school palace are handled.

On the east side of Jiaxue are Maoxue and Mengxue, as well as training halls for women who do not systematically go to school, all of which are open to Hengjie, and except for the boarding students of the school palace, the other students come to classes every day like the state and county schools or private schools.

To the north of Maoxue is Chengxue, which is a courtyard that is completely enclosed in the school palace, and can only pass through the east side of the Keju field and the middle of the drill ground to reach the east gate of the school palace. To the north of Chengxue is the student cafeteria and the students' dormitory.

The courtyard on the west side of Jiaxue is called Wuxue, and all that is taught are some practical skills, carpentry, water conservancy and embroidery, etc., and there are some strange people doing some strange things, and there is often a sound of "ding ding ding", and I don't know what is going on inside. Further west is the newspaper hall of the school palace, the barracks of the female soldiers, and the logistics office. To the south is the place where the female gentlemen who have no home live, called Zilan Garden, and it is also equipped with a dining room.

The entire palace is surrounded by high walls, and each gate is guarded by female soldiers, except for the people and students of the palace, who can enter, and other idle people are not allowed to enter without permission.

The girls' school started on July 15 in the fall, and Si Ying was imprisoned with her family in mid-June, and stayed in prison for more than a month, and now it is almost August.

Mrs. Lu sent Si Ying to the door of Maoxue, a little uneasy, and said, "Girl, don't pay attention to other people's gossip. ”

Si Ying smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, Mother Lu, I know." Looking at Maoxue's door, she took a deep breath and walked in.

As expected, when Si Ying walked into the school, the whole room was quiet all of a sudden, and after half of the salary, there was a sudden buzzing sound, and the words "Dali Temple", "Prison Cell" and "Sinner" came into his ears from time to time, and there were also curious or mocking or probing eyes projected over. Some girls are petty officials at home, and they hear some rumors more or less, and this is the time to show that they are well-informed. As if none of this existed, Si Ying walked straight to his seat and sat down as before.

Because some of the teachers in the women's school are men, in order to avoid the occurrence of immoral incidents, the management of the women's school is very strict. Sixty students are fasting, each of whom has a fasting leader, and they are all women, regardless of teaching, and are only responsible for the life of the students. A priest will be selected from among the students to assist the fasting leader in managing the students. The head of the house, surnamed Peng, who manages Maoxue Jiazhai, called her name before class, and when she saw the chaos in the school, she shouted "quiet" several times before the girls who were chattering shut up.

She counted her name and suddenly heard a voice say, "Chief, you didn't pronounce my name." ”

Peng Zhaichang raised his head, only to find that Si Ying was sitting in the position that had been empty for a long time, she remembered the rumors from the school superintendent's office, the female school wants to train the girl who is called the King of Qi as a talent, is it true? Looking at this girl, her face sank, she calmed down, added her name to the front of the attendance book, and was just about to leave, Si Ying said: "Zhai Chang, I haven't received this year's textbook yet." ”

Peng Zhaichang frowned, and Fang said: "Okay, I know, I just started school recently, I have a lot of business, and I will send it to you when I am busy in two days." ”

In the Taiping School Palace, you can buy textbooks on your behalf, or you can prepare them yourself, and many girls from ordinary families either buy old ones from students at the next level, or borrow a copy from others to copy them down. Si Ying naturally doesn't have to be so troublesome, she has already paid enough money when she enters school, and Zhai Chang will send out new books at that time. The previous dynasty has begun to print books with movable type, and this dynasty has begun to popularize a large number of books, because the clay movable type is fragile, the wooden movable type is easy to deform, and the small bookstore will use it until it can no longer be used in order to save costs, resulting in very poor printing quality. Copper movable type is expensive, not the average small shop can afford to use, the store is not easy to use, good quality version, most of the plate printing or hand-copied. In order to ensure the quality of teaching and avoid students learning mistakes due to edition problems, the school uniformly customizes engraving books with higher costs for students.

Like "Gu Liang" and "Lao Tzu" have students to use every year, so the bookstore will be engraved and printed on a large scale, "Sutra" This kind of book is less than a lot of people, every year the female society sets a batch, the price can be discussed with the bookstore, but it is much more expensive to buy alone.

Peng Zhaichang thought that this child might not be able to come, so she didn't order her book, and quietly deducted the money. She glanced at Si Ying, sighed in her heart that she was unlucky, and walked out.

Song Wanqing, who sat in front of Si Ying, was a boarding student, because of her steady personality and proper work, she was selected as Zhai Yu to assist Zhai Chang in managing her classmates, and when she saw that Si Ying had no books, she smiled and said: "This is the previous homework notes, this year in addition to "Gu Liang" and "Lao Tzu", I want to learn "Zhang Qiu Jian Sutra". Poetry has only been taught twice in total, and a total of one "Liangjing Fu" has been taught, which you have already memorized, and it must be nothing difficult for you, if you don't understand something, then ask Mr. ”

Si greeted Song Wanqing's homework notes, smiled at her gratefully, and didn't know what to say. At the beginning, she was the daughter of a six-rank official, although the Gu family was not a first-class family, it was also a big family in Jiangnan, and the identity and status gap between Song Wanqing, who was born as an orphan, was too far, although the two seats were similar, but they were just general friends. Originally, Si Ying didn't understand why Emperor Zheng had to let a girl from a low background study with a high-ranking noblewoman, if it was like Taixue's Bojing Hall that only accepted the children of famous eunuchs, there would not be a few daughters of officials in the Taiping Xue Palace. At the beginning, if it weren't for the fear that her mother would have to spare her energy to worry about her own affairs, she really didn't want to come. Now she is relieved, even if her father is demoted to a commoner, she is not inferior in Maoxue. In comparison, Wei Qingyun, who was at the same table, was originally quite good with her, but now she didn't say a word with a straight face.

Mr. Zhong, who teaches "Gu Liang", is a gray-haired old man, the lecture is just read according to the book, and then let the students read along, it is really drowsy, Si Ying listened to his class, put her mind at ease, she has been worried that Mr. is too deep, she can't keep up, look at this gentleman I'm afraid there is no other requirement, just memorize it.

After three minutes of ticking and ticking, the bell of the school palace rang, and the students could rest for a moment. In the past, Si Ying would always be surrounded by a few good classmates to chat, they were all the daughters of some small officials, but now none of them came to talk to Si Ying, glanced at them from a distance, I don't know what they were talking about, Si Ying pretended not to care, but the afterglow swept over from time to time.

Si Ying knew in her heart that they would not treat her with the same attitude as before, and of course, she had no intention of mixing with these people anymore. In the past, she had a good family background, her grades were the first, she was the darling of the teacher, and she was the object of envy of her classmates, especially when it was rumored that Yan Wangfu was going to marry her family, these people revolved around her every day, but now they avoided her, Si Ying finally experienced what was going on in the book "The world is cold and warm".

In the afternoon, I changed a master to talk about "Lao Tzu", since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there is a strong atmosphere of talking about Xuan, and this gentleman talks about Xuan, which is very interesting. Finally finished class, Si Ying packed up her things and came to the gate, and sure enough, Mrs. Lu came to pick her up. Mrs. Lu smiled: "If the girl is fine, just go around with me, I want to go to the West Market to buy some things, if the girl is in a hurry, I will send the girl home first." ”

Si Ying smiled and bent his eyes when he heard this, how could there be a girl who didn't like to go to the market, and immediately said, "I'll go around with you." "Nowadays, the people are open, and it is nothing for a woman to show up, even if it is a girl from a high-ranking family, it is common to take her mother-in-law and maid out of the house.

When Yang Guang, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, built Chang'an City, each square was built with a tall square wall, and when the time came, the people were not allowed to enter and leave the square at will. But it was dismantled not long after in the hands of Emperor Shizong of Sui, who was known as a generation of Ming monarchs. So the people began to do business along the streets.

In this dynasty, even the curfew was lifted, and the law of the country did not discriminate against merchants, but the taxes collected were slightly heavier, but they were still profitable, so the people built houses and shops along the streets, and closed their shops until late at night. For example, across the alley outside the west gate of the Taiping School Palace, several rows of houses were built for rent, and this land also belongs to the Taiping Fang, which is specially separated by the School Palace in order to subsidize the usual expenses, and the streets are all business fronts.

However, when it comes to liveliness, it also belongs to the east and west cities, where merchants gather, not only with special products from all over the country, but also from the Western Regions, the East, and the South Seas. More than a month ago, Huaiyuanfang and Changshoufang in the south of the West Market were hit by fire, with countless deaths and injuries, and some shops in the south of the West Market were also affected, but now the market has long been full of people.

What attracts little girls like Si Ying the most is naturally the various snacks on the street, as well as the stalls with a dazzling array of trinkets. You can eat a bowl of apricot cheese with three copper plates, and you can get a pair of Huang'er Hei'er from the stall next door, Huang'er is steamed with yellow rice flour, Hei'er is steamed with buckwheat noodles, fragrant and sweet, very chewy, and there is no child who doesn't like to eat.

More upscale are the double-skin milk and pastries in Daoxiang Village, which I heard was the dowry shop when Emperor Zheng was still Mrs. Zheng Guo of the previous dynasty. Now the owner of this shop is the only daughter of the Empress Dowager Chongyou, Princess Xiguo. Although the owners have changed, the scale of Daoxiang Village has become larger and more varied, and the supply of pastries here has always exceeded the supply.

Si Ying smelled the aroma of food wafting from afar, and remembered her mother's nagging: "You eat these messy things, and you don't eat properly when you go home." "Eat slowly, don't choke, look at you eating in such a hurry, your classmates will not laugh at you when they see it." "I'm disciplining my mother like a cat, but there are no rules in front of me......" "What if your mother-in-law knows that you are so greedy and doesn't want you?" Her cheeks were stuffed with delicious stuff and bulged, and she didn't care about replying, so she waited until she swallowed it before she coquettishly said: "It's just right that you don't want me, I'll accompany my mother for the rest of my life." ”

"Little girl, would you like a bowl?" The stall owner greeted him warmly, and Si Ying came back to his senses, shook his head, and hurried to catch up with the road mother-in-law. Mrs. Lu came this time to buy pots and pans and other miscellaneous items for the kitchen, and carried a large basket with these things and walked back. A carriage passed by, suddenly stopped, the curtain of the car was lifted, Shen Qianwen showed his face from inside, he smiled at Siying: "Sister, why are you here?" ”

Si Ying smiled: "Mother Lu came to pick me up, just to visit the West Market, cousin this?" ”

"Oh, didn't I tell you that I had a literary meeting with a few classmates, I was a little too drunk to come out first, I was about to go home, why don't you come up too." Shen Qianwen picked up the curtain. The Shen family's mansion is not big, and there is only one horse in the family for Shen Jiaheng to go to the official hall, so that a carriage can only be used when the owner goes out for entertainment. Mrs. Lu has always known that although her wife's family is not big, the rules are big, she doesn't dare to get this basket of things into the car, and Mrs. knows that she takes this small carriage to transport sundries, and she doesn't know how to give a face. So he smiled at Si Ying: "Girl, let's take the car back first, I have to go shopping again." ”

Si Ying didn't think much about it, so he got into the car and went back to the house with Shen Qianwen.

Zhang was waiting for his son to come back, and when he saw the two of them entering the door together, his face sank, and he asked, "Why did you come back together." ”