Whether the emperor heard this sentence or not, I don't know, but that night she slept and dreamed a lot, dreamed of the school that Xiaowan described to her, dreamed of the children in the school, and dreamed of the girls reading and reciting poems with her husband.

When she woke up, although she felt physically and mentally exhausted, she had a shallow smile, the emperor kissed her smile before getting up, and the palace ladies rushed in with dragon robes and crowns, and a new day began again.

In the Shilang Mansion, the family also has a clear division of labor, Aunt Zhang and the maidservant take care of Lian Yi and the baby after giving birth, Xiaowan takes care of her own child, and takes Pei'er to follow Xianggong to Zhang Luo for Ershan's new house.

The new house is several times larger than the current one, with an independent yard and a garden of considerable scale, and Ling Chaofeng also dug a large pond in the garden for his younger brother.

When I took Pei'er to see it in the evening of this day, it was already leading the canal into the pool, and the eyes were full of blue waves, and the little guy said excitedly: "Daddy, I want to plant a lot of lotus, like in the palace, my mother likes lotus." ”

Ling Chaofeng picked up his son, took off his clothes in three or two, and threw him into the water.

Xiaowan was frightened, but Pei'er entered the water, but she was as flexible as a fish, swimming around and being so happy that she couldn't do it, and shouted loudly: "Daddy is coming, Daddy is coming to swim." ”

Ling Chaofeng asked Xiaowan: "Do you want to play?" ”

Xiao Wan said suddenly: "It's embarrassing to splash in the water in broad daylight, and I don't know how to water." ”

Ling Chaofeng had already taken off his coat, Xiao Wan looked at Xiang Gong in surprise, he had always been polite and polite outside, and suddenly like this, he was a little youthful.

"He was very young and could swim, but I didn't allow him to swim in the river without permission, and he was very obedient." Ling Chaofeng said, "Today is a rare opportunity, make him happy." ”

After that, Ling Chaofeng walked into the pond, and Pei'er swam to his father's side like a little fat fish, lying on Ling Chaofeng's back, and directing his father to swim forward.

The water splashed, the father and son laughed constantly, Xiaowan sat under the shade of the tree with the clothes of the grandfather and son, looking at the neat and exquisite garden, as well as the two quiet and spacious courtyards, she was very envious that Ershan and Lian Yi could have such a big home.

But such a thought floated up, and she thought coldly of the "freedom" in the mouth of the queen's mother, presumably living in this big mansion, even remembering her helplessness, the house of the eunuch, the emperor's house, she is a little common man can not imagine.

The big and the small in the pool had a lot of fun, Xiaowan knew that Xianggong was actually very fond of Pei'er, and in two years, Fei'er would grow up, and she should be the boss of Lingxiao Inn.

"Evening, bring your clothes." Ling Chaofeng shouted in the pool and swam to the shore with Pei'er.

Xiaowan was bad, holding the clothes of her husband and son, and said with a smile: "I'll wait for you in the carriage outside." ”

Ling Chaofeng was stunned, and Pei'er shouted: "Mother, my clothes, mother, I have a bare ass......"

Xiao Wan waved to the father and son, hugged his clothes and continued to walk out the door, Ling Chaofeng carried his son ashore, told him not to go into the water alone, and chased Xiao Wan here.

He is only naked, but when his lower body is soaked, it becomes transparent, and he can't see anyone anyway, but fortunately there is no one else in this house, and the craftsman is not here today, otherwise it would be too embarrassing to run out like this.

Xiaowan was soon caught by Xianggong, Ling Chaofeng picked her up, slipped back to the pond, and asked his son, "Do you want to throw your mother down." ”

Pei'er immediately grabbed her mother's skirt and said, "No, no, my mother can't swim in the water, is it okay for my father to spare my mother?" ”

Seeing her son say this, Xiaowan's heart melted, and after being put down by Xianggong, she hugged her son and kissed her, and then turned back and glared at Ling Chaofeng: "You throw me down and try, do you try?" ”

Ling Chaofeng smiled faintly: "If Pei'er catches a cold because of the wet wind on his body, I think you are fierce, do you want our grandfather and son to go out to meet people naked?" ”

Xiaowan was startled, and quickly dried Pei'er, dressed him, and rubbed it in his arms.

On the carriage home, the doll who was tired from swimming quickly fell asleep, Xiaowan took off her clothes to cover her son, and touched his forehead from time to time, worried that he really caught a cold.

Ling Chaofeng said at this time: "In the big Futian, don't worry, you won't catch a cold." ”

Xiaowan muttered: "It's me who is not good, I want to tease you." ”

Ling Chaofeng said with a smile: "In a few days, while we are still in the middle of the big ambush, we will take Pei'er to play again, you also go into the water, there is no one else in the house, take a shower and change clothes at home after swimming, okay?" ”

Xiaowan said: "That's Ershan's home, does it matter if we go to play like this?" ”

Ling Chaofeng disagreed: "Or, you ask him?" ”

Of course, Ershan and Lian Yi didn't mind, Lian Yi was even more envious, begging Ling Chaofeng not to plant anything in that pool, and in the future, she could also swim with her children.

When Pei'er heard this, she asked her father privately if they could plant lotus flowers in the inn, Ling Chaofeng said that they could raise a few large vats, it was too late this year, and they would definitely be able to bloom beautiful lotus flowers next year.

In the blink of an eye, Pei'er was tanned, and summer was almost over.

Lian Yi and Ershan originally wanted to invite their families to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival in Beijing and then return to Baisha County, but the inn couldn't be ignored, and Ling Chaofeng had to continue to collect gold and silver for the imperial court, and he couldn't stay longer.

In two days, I was going to part, and the county lord came to the house and sent some things to Xiaowan, and also brought the queen's reward, and between the words, I wanted to invite Xiaowan into the palace to say goodbye to the queen.

Xiaowan thinks that parting is sad, it is better not to see it, and then when the sailor parades, they still have a chance to meet, these words are said to the county lord, and what they said to Ling Chaofeng is: "Xianggong, Niangniang watched me live so freely, but she couldn't ask for it, how uncomfortable it should be, don't you say?" ”

Ling Chaofeng knew that his wife was considerate, so he comforted her and said: "Niangniang is broad-minded, and she and the emperor are pretending to be the world in their hearts. ”

Two days later, the family set off, and Lian Yi and Ershan sent them all the way to the city gate, bidding farewell to each other.

The carriage ran all the way to Lizhou Mansion, and finally went home, Xiaowan sighed: "When you really go out, you know what home is." It can be seen that she doesn't have much nostalgia for the capital, and she doesn't like this prosperous but somewhat ruthless place back then.

Aunt Zhang said: "Wait until the Mid-Autumn Festival is over and go to the end of the year, how can this year pass faster and faster, I can't age too fast, I still want to watch Pei'er grow up and see Fei'er get married." ”

She hugged the little dolls and kissed them and said, "Don't worry about growing up, grandma hasn't had enough fun." ”

Pei'er had a sad face and said timidly: "Grandma, I will go to school next year." ”

Aunt Zhang hugged her grandson and said, "Yes, our Pei'er is a big child." ”

They had a bumpy journey, and returned to Lizhou Mansion in early August, and by the way, they sent the queen's gifts to the prefect of Lizhou Prefecture and the prefects of various counties to the Liangda Mansion, which was a reward given by the queen for the active preparation of a women's school in Lizhou Mansion.

But Lord Liang said to Ling Chaofeng, "You guys go to the academy and take a look for yourself." ”

Ling Chaofeng was puzzled, and took his family back to Baisha County, Uncle Biao and they went back to the inn first, and the husband and wife took a detour to the school.

I saw that the school, which was still lively in the spring, was very deserted at the moment, and there were only three or four children studying in the empty classroom.

"Since then, people have been bringing their children back." Mr. sighed to Xiaowan and said helplessly, "For all kinds of reasons, there are not enough people to work at home, and the elders don't want the girls to come out and show their heads, what else to say, the originally good baby relatives, the man's family is not happy with the girls to study and learn skills, and he is unwilling to ask for a daughter-in-law who does not understand the rules in the future. ”

Xiaowan and Ling Chaofeng looked at each other, Baisha County is still like this, I don't know what the situation will be in other places, should she write these things into the letter and tell Niangniang, and those ministers, will they tell the truth?

The couple rode home, Ling Chaofeng was afraid that Xiaowan would be tired, so he walked very slowly, and even the pedestrians who were rushing to the boat surpassed them, Xiaowan was bored for a long time, and said to Xianggong: "Why do girls become people who can talk back when they read and understand reason?" ”

"A boy can study, he can take the imperial examination and become an official in the court, and no matter how bad he is, he can be a teacher or write letters to people to settle accounts, etc." Ling Chaofeng said lightly, "What about girls? ”

Xiaowan was stunned and asked, "Getting married, having children, and taking care of housework?" ”

Ling Chaofeng said: "So they think that girls don't need to study at all, and it doesn't work if they read, and if they read it, they will be able to reason when they become smarter, and in their eyes, they will talk back and have ideas, or not." ”

Xiaowan shook her head: "But this is not Niangniang's original intention, what Niangniang thinks is ......"

She was stunned, what was the mother thinking, Xiaowan couldn't say why.