Yang Xuedu thought for a while and said: "The minister thinks that the emperor is only a year old, and there is no need to rush the harem, and the girl is only eleven years old, so it is better to wait until Your Majesty is a few years older to make plans, besides, it depends on Your Majesty's own intentions when the time comes." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 What do you say? ”

"What you said also makes sense, but the girl's family has gone to Shuzhong, and she can't enter the palace, how to settle her in the past few years?" Empress Dowager Cihui looked at Yang Xuedu, this matter was brought up by her, of course she wanted a decent solution.

Yang Xuedu knew the meaning of the song when he heard it, and said with a smile: "The Queen Mother doesn't have to worry, she was originally a student of our women's school, so let the women's school keep her." ”

Empress Dowager Cihui breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a while and asked, "Then do you want her to be a board-stayer?" ”

Boarding students are a special type of people in the women's school, after Emperor Zheng founded the women's school, but no one bought it, she made her mother's girl enter the women's school, and several old ministers also sent their own girls in order to give the queen mother, but even so the students are far from enough, and it is impossible to achieve the purpose of Emperor Zheng wanting to "educate the women of the world", and Emperor Zheng does not want to turn this place into a place for noble girls to socialize, so he asked the girl to find some qualified girls at the bottom every time she enrolls students, These children can teach in the women's school after they have completed their studies, and they can also work in the women's school's industry, and those who are excellent can also take the female officer examination, and of course, there are also those who marry and leave, but they need to pay off the cost of training her in the women's school over the years. These people are provided with food and shelter by female students, and they are called boarding students.

Although they did not have a deed of sale and were still good citizens, under the social atmosphere of the time, this kind of children who were attached to the female school were compared to the tribal tenants who were attached to the wealthy families, and their status was half as inferior to the others. This is something that Emperor Zheng has no way to correct. With Emperor Zheng only, the conditions for providing female education are excellent, which makes people blush, these girls are still regarded as favored high-ranking slaves, and now that female education is declining, their status has further declined.

Although the Empress Dowager Cihui wants to solve this trouble quickly, she feels that the person she likes is inferior, so where is her face? Therefore, there was some dissatisfaction in his tone.

Yang Xuedu was also born as a dormitory student, she knew the embarrassment of this identity, if it wasn't for Emperor Zheng's favor back then, how could she get to this status, and now she is still relying on her old man's shadow, but she is only herself.

The Empress Dowager Cihui has a heavy face, the person she designated to stay behind is not a slave in the palace, and it must not be this kind of identity in the women's school, this problem, she has carefully thought about the solution before coming, so she smiled: "This child is indeed a talent, I want to be like this, and set up a single clause in the school to make it a special case." That is, no matter what kind of child she is, if she has special talents, she is exempted from all fees, but after she completes her studies, she must be assigned by the female school. When the time comes, if the palace selects a draft girl, it will be enough to send her to run. ”

The Empress Dowager Cihui took a sip of tea, glanced at Yang Xuedu, and finally smiled: "Your method is appropriate." ”

"It's just that there is no precedent, and Emperor Zheng repeatedly emphasized that the rules cannot be easily changed when they are established, but they ...... If you want to make a new rule, you need the approval of more than 70% of the female students and doctors...... If she can't, she can only be a board-stayer. If you ...... "Establish a new rule, and you have to get the approval of the majority of people, Yang Xuedu has no bottom in her heart, she still hopes that the Queen Mother will personally issue an edict.

"Oh, I know, isn't it the one that Emperor Zheng did to vote, isn't that just a scene? You just need to arrange it. The queen mother didn't think it was a big deal, she couldn't easily issue an edict that didn't conform to the existing rules, because it was possible to be opposed by the king of Qi or someone again, she couldn't accept that she was dismissed twice in a row, and she would have any prestige in front of the ministers in the future, and said: "Then hurry up and do it." ”

"It's not good for that child to be locked up in prison all the time, you see ......" Yang Xuedu saw that the plan could not be achieved, so she gave up, she knew very well that it didn't matter if it didn't succeed in fact, the female school took over this girl, but it was just to give all parties an acceptable statement, now the Queen Mother will care about the future of this girl for the sake of face, and when this matter passes, whether this girl can become a special case, or even whether she is not in the female school in the future, it is not important to the Empress Dowager Cihui.

"I'll send someone to deliver the message, let her out first."

In the prison, Si Ying was discussing with Liu Peiwen, and Dali Temple suddenly came to announce the will of the Empress Dowager to Si Ying, saying that she was still young and did not need to move to Shu with her family, but she could stay in Chang'an and be released from prison from now on. Si Ying thanked her, Dali Temple Cheng asked the prison man to open the door and let her out, Si Ying walked out of the cell where she had been locked up for nearly two months, and she was still a little incredulous.

She bowed to Liu Peiwen and said, "Thank you sister for not thinking Si Ying is stupid, these days have been carefully taught, Si Ying will never dare to forget, I wish my sister to take care." ”

Liu Peiwen sat down to accept her salute and said with a smile: "No matter where you go, don't forget your diligent heart." ”

"Yes." Si Ying replied, and saluted Wen again: "Thank you Auntie for taking good care of me." ”

Wen smiled: "Child, it's good to go out." ”

Si Ying nodded tearfully, walked to the gate and turned around, bowed down again, and said loudly: "Thanks to your kindness to the little girl, the little girl will never forget this time." With that, he got up and walked out of the prison.

In July, the sun has gradually faded from the scorching heat, but it is still inevitably hot, Si Ying raised his hand to block the dazzling light, and let his eyes gradually adapt.

Si Ying walked out of the back door of Dali Temple, and the people outside saw that someone came out, hula and surrounded him, and saw that it was a little girl, and dispersed in disappointment. The back alley of Dali Temple has people waiting for news and going to the door all the year round, and it is the small vendors who do their business that came into being, so it is very lively here, when the shouts of the vendors, the shouts of the coachmen and the noise of passers-by are mixed into a noisy buzzing sound into the ears, Si Ying can't help but give birth to a feeling of returning to the yang world from the underworld.

Si Ying looked around, there was no one he knew, and he was thinking about what he should do, when a woman in a military uniform walked up, seventeen or eighteen years old, with heroic eyebrows and eyes, she came to Si Ying and said, "Are you Gu Xuan?" ”

Si Ying nodded and asked, "May I ask who you are?" ”

"I'm Feng Wei's team Zheng Gu Rong, and I'm here to pick you up on the orders of the school governor." As he spoke, he took out a sign and showed it to Si Ying. Si Ying saw that it was really a female student's identity card, and returned it back, and said with a smile: "Thank you Gu Teamzheng." ”

Fengwei is an army of women who protect women's schools. The private soldiers who were born in Taizu's residence to protect his wife Zheng were originally only fifty people, and because of their merits, Taizu officially gave them the name Fengwei. After the Zheng family was made empress, they no longer needed their protection, so they were asked to guard the Taiping School Palace from the harassment of the prodigal son. When Zheng became the queen mother, the establishment of Fengwei was expanded to 3,000 people, but after the death of Emperor Zheng, the military department used various excuses to deduct the supply allowance, and asked to abolish the establishment of Fengwei, the emperor out of filial piety, refused to remove, some ministers also thought that the women's school is a place where women gather, if Fengwei is hastily removed, there will be a weathering case, and it will not be able to explain at that time, so the establishment of Fengwei can be retained.

However, the emperor and his ministers acquiesced in the fact that the military department would no longer pay Feng Wei, so Feng Wei shrank into a team of 300 people, and the expenses were completely provided by the Taiping Academy itself.

Team Gu was asking, "Do you have anywhere else to go?" ”

Si Ying thought for a while: "My aunt is the wife of Shen Jiaheng, the chief secretary of the capital water supervisor, and she is my only relative in Chang'an. ”

"Do you know where her house is? I'll send you there. ”

Si Ying nodded, thought about it again, and said, "Can you take me to a place first......

Si Ying stood on the corner of the street, looking at a small mansion not far away, the dark door closed and locked. It was her original home. The Gu family is a big family in the south of the Yangtze River, the sixth ancestor Gu Yan once was in the previous dynasty under the door of the servant, is the position of Zaifu, the fifth ancestor also did the previous dynasty of the household Shangshu, Si Ying's great-ancestor in the Taizu period of the dynasty served as the five products in the scholar, is close to the important position, but unfortunately in any year died of illness in office, and the descendants are not as good as the generation, but there is still the atmosphere of the family. Five years ago, the family went to Chang'an with her father and rented the house from a distant relative of her mother. Before Yan Wangfu discussed family affairs with his family, his father also planned to take down this house, and the family settled here, so that his daughter could have a maiden family to rely on in the future.

Now her family is unlucky, I don't know when this place will be rented out again, five years later, her laughter and sadness here are in that locked yard, maybe soon the mark of their family in this yard will be erased by the new owner. She held back her tears and said to Gu Rong: "Thank you, I have already seen it, now please send me to my aunt's house." ”

The Shen family is in a small alley in the Zhengfang, it is a small courtyard with three entrances, Si Ying went up and knocked on the door, and it was an aunt who opened the door. ”

"Hello Mom, I'm back." Si Ying smiled at her, and her voice couldn't help but choke up.

Mrs. Lu opened the door and said, "Come in, I'll go tell Madame." As he spoke, he saw Gu Rong standing next to Si Ying and asked, "......Who is this?"

Si Ying hurriedly introduced: "This is the Gu team leader of the female school, and she sent me here from the cell of Dali Temple." ”

Mrs. Lu hurriedly said: "Oh, it turned out to be Gu Teamzheng, please come in too." So she trotted in and cried out, "Madam, the cousin has returned, and the cousin has been released from prison!" ”

After half the salary, a voice came from the yard: "I know, what is your old man yelling for, it's not a glorious thing, and the neighbors who are yelling and screaming all know." Lu Pozi was silent.

After a while, a middle-aged woman wearing a silver-red embroidered butterfly shirt with a flower-trimmed shirt and a pine-colored eight-piece Luo skirt shook her fan and walked out slowly, her appearance was still somewhat similar to Si Ying's mother, the nasolabial folds at the corners of her mouth were a little heavy, making her cheeks sink slightly, and the whole person looked a little stern.

Si Ying hurriedly saluted: "Hello aunt." ”

She glanced at Si Ying, and was about to say something, but then saw the strange woman in military uniform standing next to her, but she didn't speak after all, and glanced at Mrs. Lu. Mrs. Lu hurriedly introduced: "This is the female school team, and the female school sent us to send our cousin back." ”

Gu Rong and Zhang saluted each other, and Gu Rong said: "By the grace of the Queen Mother, the girl does not have to migrate to Shu with her parents, and the school governor told me to send the girl to a relative's house, saying that she should go back to class after recuperation." ”

Zhang said with a smile: "Thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother, and thank you for taking care of our Xuan'er in the school, let her go to the school after a few ****." Oh, the Gu team is working hard, hurry up and get a cup of tea. ”

Gu Rong began to feel that she was slack, but at this time, seeing that she was polite and easy to speak, she was not a difficult person, and she was no longer secretly dissatisfied, and said: "No need, there are other things in the next place, and the task is over, so I will leave." After that, he didn't wait for the Zhang family to stay, so he said goodbye and left.

Closing the door, Zhang Shifang glanced at his niece and said, "What are you still poking here, why don't you hurry in and wait for someone to help you?" ”

But Mrs. Lu said, "Wait, girl, you have to step into the brazier to get rid of bad luck." When he turned around, he was about to go to the kitchen to get a brazier, and when he saw that Zhang was also going inside, he asked, "Madam, where do you place your cousin?" The west chamber is empty, or ......"

Zhang glanced at her and sneered: "You are confused, now Da Lang lives in the East Chamber, they are all old, how can there be a reason to live in a courtyard." Isn't there an empty room next to the storeroom at the back, so let her live there. ”

Mrs. Lu quietly glanced at her wife out of the corner of her eye, and responded, "Yes." ”

Zhang turned around, looked at Si Ying's clothes, and said, "By the way, give her a good bath, burn her clothes, shave her hair, and don't bring any lice and itching into the house." ”

Si Ying heard her aunt say that she wanted her to shave her hair, and hurriedly said: "Auntie, in a few **** years, I have to go back to female school, I want to shave my hair, how can I see people?" ”

Zhang frowned and said, "Then I'll go when it's long." ”

Si Ying bit her lip, lowered her head and didn't speak again.

When Mrs. Lu saw this scene, she hurriedly said: "There is still a lot of wormwood at home, just use it to smoke your hair, no matter if you have lice or jumping sting, it will be gone as soon as you smoke it." The girl's hair should not be shaved, in case the neighborhood sees it, and thinks that our family has a sister-in-law, and it will be discussed. ”

When Zhang heard her say this, he didn't insist on Si Ying shaving his hair anymore, and went back to the room with a fan. Si Ying smiled gratefully at the mother-in-law.