The fate was changed, the mistress of the Hou family was slapped in the face and made money to win

Wei Yao and Lu Yan's expressions changed at the same time.

Judging from the looks of Prince Su and Steward Wu, they had clearly just arrived and had not seen the sick female students at all. They only asked questions because of the chaos in the academy.

Manager Qian did not explain the specific situation, so how did Manager Wu know that the symptoms were vomiting and diarrhea?

Unless he knew from the beginning that the female students in the academy would get sick today, and what disease they had!

"Could it be that they poisoned it?" Wei Yao speculated.

"Before we figure this out, we can't make random guesses. But we must keep an eye on Prince Su, and also..."

Jiang Suining paused in the middle of his words and did not continue.

Lu Yan understood what she meant, "You are worried that rumors will spread."

"Yes." Jiang Suining nodded and glanced at Manager Qian who was instructing people to hire more doctors in the distance. "Besides, news that it is suspected to be an epidemic is too easy to cause panic and spread. I'm afraid we can't stop it."

Things turned out just as Jiang Suining had expected.

Although she had ordered people in the academy not to talk nonsense, the news that many people in the girls' academy were suspected of having contracted the plague still spread quickly in the imperial city.

Although the imperial court quickly issued an order to suppress the news and prohibit random discussions, many people were still panicked.

Especially the other remaining students in the girls' college, they were all very panicked and wanted to leave the college.

But the epidemic is different from other things. Although many people want to go home, some parents are unwilling to let their daughters return home, fearing that if it is really a plague, it will infect the whole family.

When Emperor Xiao learned about this, he immediately sent an imperial physician to the girls' academy to check, but no signs of infection were found.

After the news was announced, although the panic was temporarily alleviated, there was still a lot of discussion.

The court could only issue an order that the students in the academy should stay in the academy for the time being and not leave at will.

The atmosphere in the academy was gloomy and depressing. Troubles kept happening again and again, and even Lu Yan, who was usually calm, couldn't help but smash the teacup in her hand.

Broken porcelain pieces flew everywhere, accompanied by Lu Yan's angry voice.

"All the women want is a place where they can study in peace. Why can't they tolerate this?"

First, Zhong Xingyun falsely accused the Girls' Academy of being unsound, and later, Prince Su insisted on opening an alchemy room in the Girls' Academy and even collected the birth dates of the female students, causing them to worry and be suspicious.

Now there is the rumor of an epidemic, and one crisis after another has not yet come.

These things happened one after another to the girls' college, which was really exhausting.

Xiao Yue was also here today. Her thoughts were exactly the same as Lu Yan's, and she was even angrier and more tired.

"When I left the palace today, I inquired about my father's opinion. He was very disgusted with the news of the plague and thought it caused unrest in the imperial city. Although he did not reprimand the Women's Academy, I could feel that he was blaming it in his heart and thought that the Women's Academy had caused a lot of trouble."

"The ones who caused the trouble are obviously those who targeted the Girls' College openly or covertly, constantly looking for trouble and using tricks. Why should we blame the Girls' College!" Lu Yan's emotions were unstable, and her tone was full of unwillingness.

Wei Yao stood aside, lowering her eyebrows, "I'm sorry about the previous birthday..."

"Ayao, I've already talked about this before. We don't blame you, and you don't have to keep thinking about it. What I said just now was not directed at you, but..."

Lu Yan took a deep breath and tried hard to suppress the anger that was growing more and more.

"I just don't understand why every time the women's academy is mentioned, those people seem particularly dissatisfied. Whenever something happens, it will spread like wildfire, and then there will be voices to cancel the women's academy. Especially those court officials, they are in high positions and have great honors, but many of them cannot tolerate women studying!"

"In their view, women only need to stay in the backyard, be good wives and help their husbands and children. If they read more books and think more, they will not be easily fooled by them, and they may even infringe on their interests and benefits. Naturally, they are unwilling to do so."

When Xiao Yue talked about this in the past, her tone was always filled with reluctance and accusation, but today it was filled with fatigue.

After she finished speaking, neither Lu Yan nor Wei Yao spoke again.

But it was obvious that their spirits had dropped, and they had fallen into a kind of depression and negativity that was difficult to fully describe.

After a while, Lu Yan looked at Jiang Suining.

"Sui Ning, don't you think we are too fanciful? There is actually nothing we can do with just a few of us. The Women's Academy... may not be able to be saved."

Although she didn't want to say discouraging words, it was hard for her not to think so time and time again.

Jiang Suining sighed softly, "I know that the recent events have made you feel exhausted. To be honest, I feel the same way. Yesterday, I even asked myself in my heart, is it really necessary to continue? Is it really not the right time to open a women's college? Even if we force it, we will still fail in the end."

Whether it was impeachment in the court, or rumors of being possessed by evil spirits and ominous remarks, they were able to face and resist them all.

But in the past few days, looking at the pale faces of those women who were sick, there was a moment when she really doubted whether she had done something wrong.

Although the doctor said it was not fatal, the pain was real. If it were not for the women's college, if all this had not happened, those female students would not have to go through this.

"Sui Ning, do you have an answer in your mind?" Wei Yao asked.

"There is no answer. If we don't keep going, no one can see the outcome. And if we give up, when the current emotions fade, we may start to regret it and start to wonder if we would have succeeded if we had continued to persevere."

Xiao Yue said in a daze: "We are all used to fantasizing and beautifying the road that has no choice or no way to continue."

"The princess is right." Jiang Suining nodded, "So, I choose to continue. If I can't see the way forward clearly, I will keep going. Even if I get nothing, I may still be able to walk until the day dawns."

Although Jiang Suining's words gave Lu Yan and the others some confidence, it was only a little bit.

Lu Yan smiled bitterly and said softly: "You are right, but the scary thing is that now I don't know how to go down this path to the end. Just like this matter, I don't know how to solve it." Lu Yan smiled bitterly.

"No." Jiang Suining shook his head, "This time, things have already taken a direction."