Emperor Taihe saw that Jiang Er seemed to be lost in some memories and asked with great interest, "Are you in love with someone?"
Unexpectedly, Jiang Er looked panicked and quickly retorted, "No... no one... Brother-in-law, please don't rush to grant me a marriage. A good man has ambitions. I haven't accomplished anything yet, so I don't want to get married too soon!"
"What else do you want to do?"
Emperor Taihe was somewhat displeased. "Didn't you do quite well in that poetry competition you held in Gusu? And those academies, weren't you doing quite well too?"
Jiang Er quickly waved his hand modestly. "It's just a poetry competition, what's the big deal? Those academies haven't even been completed yet, and they haven't even recruited enough teachers yet. This is less than half done, how can it be considered a good job? We have to wait until the academies are completed and classes are opened, and they have trained a few scholars, juren, and jinshi, before we can praise it, right?"
Emperor Taihe was speechless for a moment: "You haven't even built this academy yet, and you want to train a few scholars?"
County schools in various places did not dare to say how many scholars, juren and jinshi they could produce, but Jiang Er dared to think about it!
Jiang Er smiled flatteringly: "Brother-in-law, isn't this for you? You are the dean of the academy now. If this academy cannot cultivate more talents, wouldn't it be a disgrace to you as the dean?
What is your status? You are the emperor of the current dynasty! Now that you are willing to condescend to become the dean, how dare I let you down? "
Emperor Taihe really wanted to say that he had no expectations of Jiang Er.
However, looking at the ingratiating smile on Jiang Er's face, and thinking about how he had been busy in Gusu these days, building a college and organizing poetry competitions, he didn't seem to be as playful as before.
He couldn't say anything to attack Jiang Er anymore.
Just thinking about the poetry competition organized by Jiang Er, he couldn't help but think of Cao Wanning and the poems she wrote.
Although he was somewhat angry with Cao Wanning because of Chen Shao and the Cao family, he had to admit that Cao Wanning was indeed a talented woman.
If she can be loyal to the court and be used by him, it would be fine to keep her.
Emperor Taihe thought for a moment and then asked Jiang Er, "What do you think of Cao Wanning? Can you trust her?"
Jiang Er had long guessed that Emperor Taihe would ask, so he had already prepared his words. Upon hearing this, he immediately replied, "Brother-in-law, don't worry. This Cao Wanning is a smart person. Chen Shao is her enemy, and she was ruthless when dealing with him.
The Cao family felt that her reputation was damaged and was worried that her son would be implicated, so they wanted to force her and her son to death. Cao Wanning was ruthless in dealing with the Cao family.
Even her son, Cao Wanning could plot against him. It seemed that the boy had some resentment towards his biological mother, Cao Wanning, because of Chen Shao's incident. As a result, Cao Wanning had someone stage a play and completely subdued the boy.
She was a woman who had been through something like that. Now that Chen Shao was dead and the Cao family had been dealt with, even her son Cao Zhong might not be reliable. She had only herself to rely on.
So I think Cao Wanning is someone who can be used, but one must be on guard against. She is too smart and willing to take risks at critical moments, like a sharp sword.
If used well, it can injure the enemy, but if used poorly, it can easily injure yourself.
So I plan to have her become a female teacher at the Women's Academy. Furthermore, the academy will publish a newspaper in the future, similar to the court gazette, but the content will mainly be folk anecdotes, and will never discuss state affairs.
Cao Wanning was very talented in poetry and prose, and could become her brother-in-law's mouthpiece, helping him to denounce those hypocritical traitors.
She is a commoner, not an official in the court. Since she scolded those people, the censor cannot blame her brother-in-law. "
Emperor Taihe's expression kept changing as he listened. When he heard the last part, he smiled with satisfaction and looked at Jiang Er in surprise: "Is this the solution you came up with?"
Jiang Er felt a little guilty, but he still straightened his chest and said with certainty, "That's right!"
Emperor Taihe was very unconvinced: "Is that really what you think?"
"Brother-in-law, that's what I really thought!" Jiang Er said firmly. Seeing that Emperor Taihe still looked unconvinced and his eyes were deep, he had no choice but to add, "Okay... okay, Xie Xiu... Xie Xiu actually gave me a little advice, just a little, really!"
Afraid that Emperor Taihe wouldn't believe him, he stretched out his hand to make a gesture, then continued, "Most of these are my ideas! Brother-in-law, a man should be treated with new eyes after three days of absence. You must not underestimate me!"
"Okay, since you have such an idea, go ahead and give it a try. I want to see what you can come up with."
Emperor Taihe said this and waved his hand in disdain, "Go see your sister. You've been away for several months, and she's been very worried about you."
Jiang Er's eyes lit up instantly, and he said with a smile: "Then brother-in-law, I will take my leave first."
After saying this, he bowed and quickly left.
After he left, Emperor Taihe thought of his proposal, Cao Wanning's poems and essays, and couldn't help but think of Feng Xinyi and Qu Wan'er.
He asked Wang Zhi to thoroughly investigate Feng Xinyi's past and Qu Wan'er's actions after returning home.
Feng Xinyi's past was not difficult to investigate. When something happened in her family, she fled with her child. In the end, probably because her belly was getting bigger and bigger, and she was pregnant, she settled down in an inconspicuous small town.
At first her life was very difficult, but later she relied on going into the mountains to collect herbs and leading the villagers to plant medicinal herbs, and her life got better.
She also knows some medical skills, but perhaps because she is too young, she is not proficient in these skills and can only help people cure minor illnesses.
Even so, she still lived a relatively stable life.
However, she probably failed to take good care of the baby while she was on the run, and her daughter was very sick after she was born. Feng Xinyi had to be busy taking care of her daughter and had no time to take care of anything else.
Later, when her daughters grew up a little, she took her two children to seek medical treatment in other places.
In recent years, Feng Xinyi would take her two children out for a while every year, and then come back to continue taking care of the medicinal fields and doing some small business.
However, she has been separated from her husband for many years. I believe that she has been away from home all these years not only to help her daughter with her medical treatment, but also to find her husband's whereabouts.
Unfortunately, her husband had already entered the palace as a eunuch. Although the family is reunited now, they can never go back to the way they were before.
Emperor Taihe thought of Luo Zheng and couldn't help but sigh, feeling a little sympathetic to the family's situation.
But soon, he thought of Qu Wan'er and Xie Yun again.
Feng Xinyi has worked hard over the years to raise her children and search for Luo Zheng's whereabouts, and can be considered a person of affection and righteousness.
In comparison, Qu Wan'er treated Xie Yun much more ruthlessly.
At the beginning, Xie Yun tried every means to plead for Qu Wan'er and her four children to save them from exile.
As a result, after Qu Wan'er returned to her hometown, she changed her children's surnames and remarried not long ago.
If Xie Yun knew the result, I wonder if he would be so angry that he would die?
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