You confiscated my property, I exiled you, why are you crying when the treasury is empty?

Su Wanning simply opened her umbrella and walked into the rain to show him.

Zhan Lingfeng's hand that was touching the fabric stopped, and he walked into the rain with an umbrella.

He didn't expect that such thin cloth could block such heavy rain.

The rain dripped onto the ground along the extra section of the umbrella.

The two of them walked to the door of Moral Education Academy holding umbrellas.

There was an old man sitting in the corridor at the door, reading a book.

Su Wanning walked forward and asked, "Uncle, can we go in and take a look?"

The old man put down the book in his hand when he heard the voice and looked at Su Wanning.

"Why choose this weather?"

Then he handed Su Wanning two signs and said, "Remember to return these signs when you leave."

Su Wanning nodded, and after the two left, the old man picked up the book again.

There are long corridors connecting everywhere in the Moral Education Academy, so I dusted off my umbrella and put it away.

The entire academy is divided into the front yard and the back yard, and the rooms on the east and west sides of the front yard are all classrooms.

The backyard is like a place for students to rest.

There is a large room in the front and back yards, which should be the dining area.

The other side is where students play.

When Su Wanning stood in the place where students rested, her eyes inexplicably turned red.

The resting rooms are divided into two courtyards, east and west, marked with "Lady" and "Young Master" respectively.

As far as she knew, even opening a school for girls would take hundreds or even thousands of years.

I didn't expect that in this small city, there would be people with such open minds.

There were people who had fought for the status of women, but their abilities were too limited and they were eventually drowned in the long river of history.

It has to be said that Su Wanning really wants to meet the county magistrate of Qingcheng now.

Thinking of this, Su Wanning unknowingly arrived at the gate of the government office.

The yamen runner at the door saw Su Wanning standing there, thinking something was wrong, so he walked up to her and asked, "Miss, is there anything I can help you with?"

Su Wanning knew how difficult it was for a commoner to see the county magistrate, but she still asked tentatively, "I wonder if the county magistrate is busy?"

"Miss, do you have a problem that you would like the magistrate to handle, or do you want to visit the magistrate?"

"Visit." Su Wanning said bluntly.

The bailiff asked Su Wanning and the other person to go to the corridor and checked whether they were carrying any weapons.

Then he took Su Wanning and the other person to the backyard.

The servants in the mansion were busy moving things.

The two waited in the corridor for a while, and a slightly plump man holding a steamed bun came over.

"Do you have anything to do with me?"

When Su Wanning heard the man say this, she knew that he was the county magistrate, but she didn't expect that this person was different from what she thought.

In the past, an official who cared so much about the people would not be extremely thin, but at least he would not be a little fat like him.

But he still bowed to him and said, "I heard that the county magistrate cares about the people and is wholeheartedly..."

The county magistrate interrupted her directly, "Stop complimenting her and tell me what's going on."

"I want to know the original intention of the county magistrate in establishing the Moral Education Academy."

The county magistrate seemed to recall something, and the smile on his face turned into a look of reluctance.

Su Wanning watched the county magistrate's expression change constantly, "Did I say something wrong?"

A woman about the same age as Su Wanning walked up behind the county magistrate and gently stroked his back. "There's nothing wrong with what you said, it's just that the Moral Education Academy may no longer exist in the future.

My husband, you go ahead and do your work. I'll take care of this."

Then he looked at Su Wanning and said, "Come here."

The two sat at the round table in the corridor, and Zhan Lingfeng stood in the corridor not far away.

"What did you mean, Madam?" Su Wanning spoke first.

"My husband just received an imperial decree of demotory orders."

"Is it because of the opening of a girls' school?"

The county magistrate's wife nodded. "That's partly the reason, but more importantly, it's because he's so popular among the people."

Su Wanning was speechless. After a long silence, she tentatively asked, "Where are you moving to?"

"A small town in Lingnan." The county magistrate's wife laughed at herself.

Su Wanning was surprised for a moment, "Will the county magistrate's wife continue to run the girls' school after she moves?"

The county magistrate's wife said without hesitation, "Of course."

Su Wanning extended her hand towards the County Magistrate's wife, "Can you give me a share?"

Seeing the County Magistrate's wife's puzzled face, Su Wanning said bluntly, "To be honest, County Magistrate's wife, I am actually an exiled commoner, and my destination is the same as yours, Lingnan."

The county magistrate's wife looked at Su Wanning, "Are you...Princess Zhan?"

Su Wanning smiled and said, "My last name is Su, and my given name is Wanning. I prefer people to call me by my given name."

The county magistrate's wife held Su Wanning's hand, "Bai Zhi."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

*

After leaving the government office, the rain had subsided a lot.

On the way back, I passed by the Moral Education Academy and sighed when I saw the plaque at the door. The academy might start to decline the moment the new county magistrate took office.

But fortunately, Bai Zhi had already told her that the students in the college did not learn various theoretical knowledge, but life skills, and she had found the source for all the students there.

Even if we don't find a good way out for them, we can still live well in this world.

After watching at the door for a while, it was probably noon.

The two of them went to the tavern, packed some food, and returned to the inn.

Zhan Beiwang could see that Su Wanning had not been in a very good mood since she came back from outside.

"Did Aning encounter any problems when she went out today?" he asked Su Wanning who was lying beside him and preparing to take a nap.

"Why are officials who are dedicated to serving the people disfavored by the emperor, while those treacherous officials can always remain in high positions?"

"Because officials who are dedicated to serving the people are the most popular, but they will also be more prominent, and will always infringe on the interests of others in some way.

Those who hold high positions mostly owe their achievements to their ancestors and parents, and those who later inherit the title are mostly driven by profit."

Su Wanning sat up and recounted in detail what she had seen and heard this afternoon, but her mood became increasingly depressed by the end.

"Are you so afraid that women are stronger than men?"

Zhan Beiwang took Su Wanning's hand and said, "Women will always get married, and every man doesn't want his wife to show up in public after marriage."

After Su Wanning heard this, she pulled her hand back. Zhan Beiwang watched the little love in Su Wanning's eyes slowly fade away, and hurriedly explained,

"That's what I think, but I won't force my will on you.

After all, whether it was my mother, my aunt, or my grandmother, they all ran their own shops even after they got married.”

Su Wanning looked at Zhan Beiwang seriously.

Zhan Bei saw Su Wanning's expression suddenly change, and thought that she had said something wrong again, and was about to speak.

Su Wanning said in a serious tone, "Zhan Beiwang, the original Su Wanning has long been dead. The body now contains a soul from thousands of years later."