Forced to marry, I picked up a young powerful official

Hu Wenyan saw her coming and hurried out, lowering his voice and saying, "The document has not been signed yet, and I am not their teacher now. It's just that I came today and saw that you were not here, so I took the initiative to go in and give a lecture. I hope Master Shen will not blame me."

Shen Nankui said with a smile: "You are my new teacher, why should I blame you? It's just a piece of paper, it's okay, as long as you come, they have to treat you as a teacher."

After that, she looked at the students, "Did you all hear that?"

"I heard."

The male and female students on both sides of the bamboo curtain stood up together and bowed deeply in unison.

"Students greet Master Hu."

Seeing this scene, Hu Wenyan's eyes were actually flickering with tears of excitement. She looked up at Shen Nankui, who nodded at her encouragingly.

She fixed her eyes, with a proud smile on her lips, and said, "No need to be polite, everyone."

The students stood up but did not sit down.

Hu Wenyan walked to the center of the hall and said in a loud voice: "My last name is Hu, and I am the new teacher. I will teach here with Master Shen in the future. This is my first time as a teacher, so my teaching methods may be lacking, but I believe that my knowledge is not worse than your Master Shen. From now on, I will do my best to teach you to read and pass on knowledge. I hope you can achieve something in the future."

"Thank you, Master Hu." The students bowed again.

Hu Wenyan waved his hand and said, "Okay, review the article you just learned."

She came out again after she had arranged everything for the students.

Shen Nankui smiled and said, "Master Hu, not bad, you got into the state very quickly."

Hu Wenyan smiled playfully, bowed and said, "This is just the beginning. I'll trouble Master Shen to give me more guidance in the future!"

Shen Nankui helped her up and said, "It is a great honor to be able to discuss academic matters with Miss Hu."

The two of them signed the document while chatting and laughing. Hu Wenyan held the document in his hand and murmured, "I can actually make money on my own?"

Shen Nankui smiled, "I'm afraid compared to Miss Hu's daily expenses, this money is just a drop in the bucket."

"But this is what I earned on my own, which is completely different from what my family gave me."

Hu Wenyan carefully put away the document and said with a smile: "Master Shen, there is no need to be so polite. Ms. Gu was a student of my grandfather. Our two families have a long history. Besides, you and I are colleagues now and we are of the same age. How about we call each other sisters in private?"

"If Miss Hu doesn't mind my vulgarity, that would be great."

"What words!"

Hu Wenyan's eyes widened. "If you are vulgar, then wouldn't I be a fire-burning girl? To be honest, I come from a scholarly family and I think I am both talented and beautiful, and few people can match me. But since I met you yesterday, I know what it means to be beautiful and intelligent, and what it means to be well-educated and sensible."

"Miss Hu, you are too kind." Shen Nankui smiled modestly.

"Don't call me a girl, Sister Shen. I'm Wenyan, and I'm here to greet you." Hu Wenyan bowed to her generously.

Shen Nankui smiled and returned the greeting, "Ask Sister Yan."

"Oh, right," she suddenly thought of a question, "Sister Wenyan, you came to the private school without telling your family, but you had to come here early at this time every day. I wonder what excuse you used?"

Hu Wenyan smiled slyly, "Sister Shen, you don't know that although I am proficient in poetry and calligraphy, I am not good at painting. Grandfather has always felt sorry for this. Recently, a famous painter happened to come to Cang County, so I lied to grandfather and said that I would go to learn painting every morning. When grandfather heard it, he not only did not stop me, but also supported me!"

Shen Nankui suddenly realized, "So that's how it is. Mr. Hu is a person who likes painting. This way, we can hide it from him for the time being, but aren't you afraid that he will test your painting skills one day to see if you have improved, or go to visit the painter in person, and then the truth will be revealed?"

Hu Wenyan shook his head and said, "Don't worry, my painting skills are average. If grandfather asks, I will say that I really don't have the qualifications. As for the painter, there is no need to worry. The great painter is unruly by nature and has long said that he will not deal with officials. Grandfather would like to visit him, but unfortunately there is no chance at all!"

Shen Nankui hesitated for a moment and asked, "Could this great painter you are talking about be Cai Ling?"

In her previous life, she also knew a painter with the same personality. This painter came from the outlaws and was a chivalrous knight. He was also a great painter. He was always arrogant and unruly, and he looked down on officials and dignitaries and never made friends with them. Although such a personality disliked the nobles, he was quite prestigious among the people and was very popular.

"Sister Shen also knows him?" Hu Wenyan asked curiously.

"It really is him." Shen Nankui smiled and shook his head, "I've only heard about him."

By the way, she and Cai Ling had an old friendship.

In her previous life, Shen Nankui was the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion. Logically, she was not among Cai Ling's friends. However, Cai Ling was too arrogant and actually refused Princess Le Kang's invitation to him to paint, which angered the princess. Princess Le Kang was furious and sent palace soldiers to besiege him, break his limbs, and throw him on the long street, charging him with disrespecting the princess. That day, Shen Nankui passed by the long street in a car and saw the dying Cai Ling. She felt pity for him and ordered people to move him back to the Marquis' Mansion for treatment.

Cai Ling was a grateful man. After his injury healed, he did not stay away from the government as usual. He treated Shen Nankui with great respect, saying that he wanted to repay Shen Nankui for saving his life. However, Shen Nankui did not need him to do anything, so he simply let him go. Before leaving, Cai Ling left a token, which was a jade tablet engraved with cedar. He told Shen Nankui to use the jade tablet to find him if he had any instructions. No matter where he was, he would come to repay his gratitude.

Although Shen Nankui never used this jade token in his life, now that he thinks about it, Cai Ling is indeed a man of character.

Hu Wenyan smiled and said, "Mr. Cai is famous all over the world. Sister Shen is from Beijing, so she knows that he is not worth mentioning. It's a pity that with my qualifications, it's difficult for me to even admire his paintings, let alone become his disciple. Otherwise, I really want to buy an authentic painting by Mr. Cai to give to my grandfather as a birthday gift..."

"how do I say this?"

Shen Nankui really didn't understand. Even if Cai Ling didn't make friends with the government, it shouldn't be difficult to buy one of his paintings from the public, right?

Hu Wenyan sighed, "Sister Shen, you don't know that Mr. Cai's paintings, whether sold or given away, are only available to those who are destined to be with him. And this so-called destined person must first be proficient in painting, which is a high threshold. Moreover, even if you want to buy Mr. Cai's paintings from the public, the price is prohibitive. Although my grandfather is obsessed with painting, he doesn't like extravagance. If he knew that I paid a high price for the painting, I'm afraid he would not be happy, but would be scolded."

Shen Nankui murmured and sighed: "This Cai Ling is really a strange man."

"Who says it's not?"

Hu Wenyan nodded in agreement, "But if he didn't have this kind of personality, I'm afraid he wouldn't have become so famous at such a young age and be so popular. Although I haven't seen his face, I have heard that he is as handsome as Pan An, a jade-faced knight, and has an excellent painting skill, which simply makes women all over the world obsessed!"

Shen Nankui asked with a smile: "Could it be that Sister Wen Yan is also among them?"