So what if I traveled through time? I'll continue to roll in another place

The Tang family left cursing. Qiu Shunci and Tang Shuyi successfully divorced and got Xian Jie'er back. The three generations of grandparents and grandchildren were so happy that they cried and hugged each other.

Liang Ji walked down the hall and said to Xiao Yueshan with a smile, "Madam Zhou, do you really have evidence? Or are you just using my reputation as a pretext to bluff people?"

Hearing Liang Ji's words, Qiu Zhu hurriedly came over to thank him. He didn't care that a man's knees were made of gold, and he knelt down directly, "The great kindness of Lord Liang and Madam Zhou will be remembered in my heart, and I will never forget it. Although I am humble, I will repay you with my life."

Liang Ji quickly reached out to support him and said politely, "Master Qiu, I am sorry for the trouble."

"I admire your righteous act, Sir Liang." Xiao Yueshan also bowed to Liang Ji. "Since I have a request to ask of you, I must be fully confident that I will not put you in any difficult situation."

The Qiu family's influence was insignificant, so he didn't care. However, he would remember the favor done by Mrs. Zhou.

Smart people don't need to express themselves too much in words when communicating. Liang Ji naturally knew that Xiao Yueshan had the same idea as him, so he smiled and asked someone to send them out.

Since it was a divorce, all the properties of the Qiu family had to be taken back. Xiao Yueshan was determined to get rid of the old, weak and sick members of the Qiu family and let them continue to live in the Xiao family. He asked Deng Tong to take people to issue an eviction order to the Tang family, and ordered them to move out within ten days.

It's a pity that the Qiu family didn't have much money to begin with, and they had spent most of their valuable belongings. Qiu Shunci was not too obsessed with material things, and he was already satisfied to get the house back, and he thanked Xiao Yueshan profusely.

Feeling that the couple were very likely to cause trouble, Xiao Yueshan thought about moving out of the Xiao family and living alone.

Zhou Yao was officially appointed as an official in Beijing. It was inconvenient for him to always live in his wife's family home, which would also cause gossip. In addition, Zhou Qitai wanted to help them buy a house in Beijing, so from now on, their Zhou family would be considered to be living in Beijing.

When Shou Junwu heard that Zhou Yao and his wife were going to buy a house, he came to consult enthusiastically, hoping to get closer to them.

The residences of the princes were all near the palace walls, so it was impossible for them to live together with Shou's family. Shou Junwu had a private house in Changxing Lane, so he suggested that they buy a small courtyard with three entrances and three exits in Changxing Lane.

This location is very convenient to the Xiao family and the East Market, and is also close to court.

The mansion is about the same size as the Xiao family's. The house is neatly designed and has complete guest rooms and storage rooms. If the Zhou family comes to visit, they can also stay there.

Although Mrs. Yu was reluctant to let her daughter and son-in-law live in her home forever, she knew it was not polite for them to live there permanently, so she relaxed and helped to prepare the new house.

Zhou Yao goes to the Hanlin Academy to report for duty every day. After his shift, he rushes back to take a look at the decoration and furnishings of his new home. His focus recently has been on building a love nest with his wife.

The days passed peacefully, but the peace was broken by a sudden decree from the cabinet.

Because the cabinet believes that the main lectures at the imperial lectures every year are the Four Books and Five Classics, this year it hopes to broaden the content and background of the lectures. In addition to Dong Lin, Xiao Zheng, and Ye Shaojun, three more lecturers will be selected from the court.

Regardless of the topic or style, anyone with merit in the court can sign up. Within one month, the lecture should be submitted to the Hanlin Academy for preliminary selection and then presented to the cabinet for review.

As soon as this notice came out, the four tutors and lecturers all looked a little dull, as if they were not capable enough and the sermons they prepared were not up to the Cabinet's standards.

Only these four people were unhappy. Most people in the court were ready to try. Those who thought they were talented but not appreciated and of low rank were looking forward to realizing their ambitions; those who were popular and in high positions were much more cautious. If they failed, wouldn't they lose face like Li Jing, Zuoqiu Zhi and others?

No matter what they thought in their minds, the officials in the court naturally participated in the competition. For a time, there were fewer social gatherings in the capital, and the officials stayed at home to write articles, hoping to make a big splash.

Zhou Yao seemed to be a bit different from the others. He thought that since he was participating voluntarily, he didn't have to pay.

It is better to do less than more, and it is better to do nothing than to do less. I go home every day and spend time with my wife.

About ten days later, the manuscripts written by the adults took shape and they began to inquire about the situation of their "competitors".

The previously depressed restaurant suddenly became extremely popular again, and the adults began to socialize in revenge, trying to find out as much as possible about other people's topics so as to adjust their own speeches.

He also went around looking for important officials in the Cabinet, the Imperial College, and the Hanlin Academy to review it, hoping to find a "judge" to give him some advice on his sermon.

Xiao Zheng from the Imperial College was also a key person who was asked to do things for others. All his former students and old friends were begging to come to his house, and the door of Xiao's house was almost broken down by people, forcing him to feign illness and refuse visitors.

Although he wanted to avoid outsiders, the father-in-law and teacher was still very concerned about his good son-in-law Zhou Yao. On the pretext of being sick, he called Zhou Yao and Xiao Yueshan back home and personally asked about Zhou Yao's speech.

"Why didn't Yaoer show me the sermon you wrote? What was it about?" Xiao Zheng asked with concern at the dinner table.

"Now that the selection is open, it is indeed a good opportunity to show your abilities. The autumn banquet is grand, and it is a rare opportunity to preach and spread your own understanding and thoughts in front of everyone. Yao'er must seize it!"

Uh... you can't say you didn't write it...

"I haven't finished writing it yet. I always feel that it is not good enough, so I haven't given it to my father for review." He evaded the question.

"We should really think about it carefully." Xiao Zheng also agreed, "Yao'er, this time you should not stick to the Four Books and Five Classics, you should expand your thinking. The speech you wrote for Master Zuoqiu last time was very good, but in order to avoid duplication, you can't use it again since you gave it to him."

On the other hand, Zuoqiu Zhi regretted very much not using the speech manuscript that Zhou Yao wrote for him, thinking that if he used this manuscript and gave a good speech, he would stand out. Now he has made up his mind to submit this one.

"If Yao'er needs your father, you must let me know." Xiao Zheng spoke from the bottom of his heart.

But Zhou Yao was in a state of confusion. How could he write these things? He didn't know what to hand in to his father-in-law. Now that Xiao Zheng had asked him to do so, he could only bite the bullet and write something to hand in.

After returning home, Xiao Yueshan looked at her worried husband and suggested, "Why don't we open up a new track? Haven't you written so many papers? Why not write an Approach to Science? They won't understand it anyway, so it won't be embarrassing even if they don't get selected."

That makes sense! Zhou Yao suddenly had an epiphany. However, many of the things he used in his professional paper were based on previous research and required a lot of scientific instruments to measure the data. If he wrote it hastily, it would be too eye-catching. So he might as well write about gravity.

Physics is also science!