The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

Song Shengfu didn't know what the regulations were. After asking a few more questions, she found out that the construction of the academy had to be registered with the Ministry of Rites' Education Department, which meant getting money and approval.

The site of the college needs to be checked by someone from the Ministry of Industry and construction can only begin after obtaining a construction permit.

Anyway, she would have to pay money to smooth things over. Song Shengfu's small treasury would shrink again after this incident, and she felt like crying but had no tears.

After donating silver last time, I only have less than 100,000 taels left from my miscellaneous private savings.

These 100,000 taels are used to build the academy. The labor cost is cheap but the materials are expensive, so the expenditure will be at least 70,000 or 80,000 taels.

This left her with only about 20,000 yuan, which she could only use to smooth things over. She didn't know until she calculated it, but after this calculation, Song Shengfu began to feel the pain.

No, you have to spend what you should spend, and don’t even think about taking away a penny that you shouldn’t spend.

Song Shengfu became more active as she spent her money on the blade.

Duan Jing'an saw that his mother didn't speak for a long time, and thought that she was worried about the paperwork, so he went forward to comfort her.

"Don't worry, mother. I'll see if there are any familiar colleagues here who can help."

What Duan Jing'an didn't mention was that the problem at the Ministry of Works wasn't serious, but the Ministry of Rites might be more troublesome.

After all, he had offended two people last time. Both of them were officials from the Ministry of Rites, and one of them was the director of the Education Department.

Song Shengfu didn't know about this, and she couldn't think of a solution for a while, so she asked Duan Jing'an to ask about the specific situation before making any plans.

Duan Jing'an sat for a while, and then Song Shengfu sent him away to do his own thing.

After Duan Jing'an left, Song Shengfu sighed and suddenly realized that the girls' school had not yet been named.

I wrote several, but none of them satisfied me, and I felt a little worried for a while.

At this moment, someone came from the front yard and said that someone had come from the palace.

Song Shengfu asked someone to help her change her clothes and hurried over. The person who came was the eunuch in charge of Concubine Ning.

They were all old acquaintances, and after going through the formalities, Eunuch Pan explained his purpose.

"I heard earlier that the old lady had a serious illness. Is she feeling better now?"

Eunuch Pan sat there, greeting with a concerned look on his face.

Song Shengfu hadn't slept well these past few days, and she looked exhausted, as if she had just recovered from a serious illness.

"Much better, nothing serious. I'm old and had a stroke, so I couldn't get out of bed all of a sudden. The children at home were frightened and didn't know what was happening. I'm sorry for worrying about you, father-in-law. We don't have any good tea at home, so please have some."

Eunuch Pan picked up the teacup beside him and took two sips.

"You are too polite, old lady. Please take care of yourself. The Imperial Concubine heard that you are feeling better, so she sent a servant to check on you immediately."

Song Shengfu's face was touched. "Your Majesty is so kind and still cares about me. I wonder how your Majesty is doing recently?"

"Your Majesty is in good health, but the Sixth Prince has just recovered from an illness and misses Young Master Duan, so Your Majesty sent a servant to ask if Young Master Duan has time for his studies and invite him to the palace for a few days."

Is the Sixth Prince ill? Judging from the state of Eunuch Pan, he shouldn't be seriously ill.

As for Kang Ge'er, he has to attend classes every day, so he doesn't have any days off.

But if the prince wants to play, we can only accompany him.

Song Shengfu quickly responded, "Why is the Sixth Prince still sick? Tomorrow I will bring Kang Ge'er to the palace to pay his respects to the Empress."

After receiving the confirmation, Eunuch Pan sat for a while and then got up and left.

Song Shengfu asked Suchun to see Eunuch Pan off. Seeing that the rewards he brought were mostly supplements, she asked Suchia to take people to deliver them to the main courtyard.

She needs to nourish her body because there is someone at home who needs it more than her.

Eunuch Pan returned to the palace and immediately told Concubine Ning the news.

Concubine Ning was rewarded with a handful of golden melon seeds, then turned around and went to the Sixth Prince's room in the East Courtyard.

"Ling'er, since you missed Duan, I summoned him to the palace for you. Take the medicine quickly and get better soon, so you two can have fun tomorrow, right?"

Concubine Ning coaxed Chu Qinling to take the medicine, but since his fever subsided, Chu Qinling didn't want to take the medicine anymore.

Chu Qinling's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he said unhappily, "Kang Ge'er needs to go to school, why did you ask him to come to the palace? If he delays his studies, wouldn't I be letting him down?"

Concubine Ning also knew about it, but since her own son was unhappy, she had no choice.

The Duan family was determined to see the young man from the Duan family rise to prominence. In Concubine Ning's view, if the young man from the Duan family had no talent, it was just for Ling'er, and she would find a way to fulfill the Duan family's wish in the future. If the young man from the Duan family was truly capable, then there was no need to talk about it either.

Concubine Ning had long regarded the Duan family as people on the same boat. It was really ridiculous. Concubine Ning felt unspeakable sadness in her heart. Her natal family was unreliable, and she had to find a family that was not even remotely related to her.

"It's mother's fault. How about I pass on the message and let it go?"

Concubine Ning pretended to sigh and spoke while looking at Ling'er.

Chu Qinling was a little conflicted, and after a while hesitantly said, "Since he said he wanted to come, then come. At worst, I can ask him tomorrow and ask him to bring his homework. There are also Grand Secretaries in the palace."

Concubine Ning smiled and said, "Well, go ask him yourself tomorrow."

Chu Qinling was happy when he thought that he would have someone to accompany him tomorrow, and he was persuaded to drink the bitter medicine soup.

Kang Ge'er, who had just finished school, was also very happy. He hadn't seen his younger brother for a long time. When he heard that he had to go to the palace for dinner, he went back to his room to do some work.

He had already collected a lot of fun things and was waiting to bring them to your brother in the palace.

There were not only toys but also storybooks to read, which he quietly put at the bottom of the box.

This silly child thought that others didn't know, but he didn't know that every time he entered the palace, the palace people secretly checked him.

The next day, Kang Ge'er got up early, and Song Shengfu took him and a cart of things into the palace.

After passing through the palace corridor and walking outside the Beiyi Gate, you can see most of the capital city.

On weekdays, she and Kang Ge'er always rode in a sedan chair. As luck would have it, they had eaten too much this morning, so after passing the ceremonial gate, they thought they might as well get off and take a walk since it wasn't far away.

Song Shengfu caught a glimpse of a wisp of green smoke in the distance, and occasional smoke from cooking fires in other places made the green smoke look silky and ethereal.

"Look, Kang'er!"

Song Shengfu looked at it in surprise, wondering in her heart, is there actually a temple in the capital?

Kang Ge'er looked at it, exclaimed first, and then estimated the location.

Oh, that's not right? Isn't that our house?

"Grandma, that's our home."

Song Shengfu:!

The more I looked, the more it looked like it. The fire was still burning in the ancestral hall at home.

"How did you see that?"

Song Shengfu looked at the half-grown boy beside her and asked

Kang Ge'er looked in that direction again and said, "Grandma, look, we are now at the Beiyi Gate. Looking from the gate is the northeast corner, that is, the northeast corner of the capital. Our house is located in the first alley on the second street outside the inner palace of the capital. If you calculate the location, it should be about the same. If you ask me how I calculated it, I don't know."

Kang Ge'er estimated in his mind that the distance he saw and the actual direction should be about the same.