The whole family travels through the book, the plot is broken but the characters are not

When Han Qingyun saw Lu Yanyan's expression, he knew what she must be thinking about.

"Yan Yan, who are you thinking of?"

Lu Yanyan's face was pale, and his tone was a little uncertain.

"Perhaps Miss Yuan's surname is not Yuan, but Ruan."

Zhao Xingwu thought he understood.

"Ruan? The only famous Ruan family is the Duke of Ying. Their family is powerful and influential, so it fits the bill perfectly. Second Young Master, who are the women of the Ruan family who are of the right age?"

Silence, long silence.

Zhao Xingwu scratched his head in confusion.

When Yang Li heard about the Ruan family, his eyes turned red and his face was full of hatred.

Zhao Xingwu looked at her distressedly: "Miss Yangli, what's wrong with you?"

Everyone who was immersed in thought only then realized that Yang Li's expression was not right.

Lu Yanyan took her hand: "What's wrong? Did you think of something unhappy?"

Li Jixin sighed: "Yangli, you should go and rest first."

Yang Li shook his head and said bitterly, "In the Duke of Ying's mansion, there is only one woman of the right age—Queen Ruan Xinyu."

Zhao Xingwu opened his mouth wide: "How is this possible?"

Yeah, how is this possible?

Even Lu Yanyan felt that this guess was too bold and too outrageous.

In this era, a woman's innocence is more important than anything else.

If she really didn't want to miss this clue, Lu Yanyan would not be willing to suspect a woman of having a child out of wedlock without confirmation.

"When Empress Ruan was young, she was a famous talented woman in the capital. Principal Song was determined to get a good ranking in the academy competition and gain recognition for Ziwei Academy.

Queen Ruan was someone that Principal Song had high hopes for. She had participated in a college competition when she was twelve or thirteen years old, and was only one and a half points behind the tenth place.

Three years later, Empress Ruan was unable to participate in the second competition due to illness. I once heard Princess Qing mention that she was ill for nearly a year. During that time, none of her classmates saw her.

After Lu Yanyan finished speaking, everyone else fell into deep thought, only Zhao Xingwu was silently calculating the time.

"Second Aunt, isn't that right?"

"What's wrong?"

"The college competition is held every three years. It was held this year, so if we count backwards, it should have been held in June of twenty-one years ago. Miss Yuan gave birth in early June of twenty-two years ago, so the dates don't match."

The college examinations in Luocheng are not like the imperial examinations, which have special examinations or the examinations postponed due to the emperor's death.

The college competition is held every three years and will not be changed due to major changes in the court.

Lu Yanyan, Han Qingyun and others only stayed in Luocheng for less than a year.

Li Jixin only returned to Luocheng at the end of each year. Besides, he was still young, so he had no idea about the year when the college competition was held.

Gao Siwei suddenly said, "That's right."

"What's right?"

"The Academy Competition was not held in the twenty-fifth year of Emperor Huiren's reign, which was sixteen years ago. It was held the following year."

One of the college competitions was postponed for a year, so going back further, it was indeed held twenty-two years ago.

With Gao Siwei's words, the timeline now matches.

"Seventeen years ago, a devastating disaster struck Huzhou Prefecture, and victims flocked to Luocheng. The Ministry of Revenue dispatched people to distribute porridge every day, but it was winter, and a bowl of porridge couldn't alleviate the victims' plight. Many people in Luocheng started rioting..."

Han Qingyun had heard Yan Shi'an mention the disaster in Huzhou Prefecture, but he didn't know the exact time.

That winter, when Prince Lin returned to Luo City, he saw the victims smashing and looting in the city, and the Ministry of Revenue worried about the money for disaster relief.

Some officials suggested arresting the disaster victims who caused the disturbance and punishing them severely to serve as a warning to others.

The kind-hearted and benevolent Emperor Huiren naturally disagreed.

Prince Lin called on the nobles and wealthy businessmen in Luocheng to build resettlement homes for the victims.

With hope, the victims stopped making trouble and helped build houses.

After the Spring Festival, Prince Lin returned to Jiyang and left Gao Siwei behind to continue the subsequent disaster relief work together with Lu, the housekeeper of Prince Lin's mansion.

The disaster relief work continued until March, and the victims settled down.

Among the victims was an old man named Sheng who taught the children to read and write for free and was highly respected by those people.

Steward Lu used the palace's money to build a few more houses to serve as temporary schools.

However, this temporary school caused dissatisfaction among some people.

Several officials, led by Ruan Bai, the then Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, impeached Prince Lin for buying people's hearts.

They said that disaster relief was an emergency measure, and once the disaster in Huzhou Prefecture eased, these victims would return to their hometowns. Building resettlement homes was unnecessary, and building schools was even more of a waste.

You know, many low-income people in Los Angeles don’t have the money to go to school. How can a group of disaster victims have the qualifications to go to school?

Gao Siwei was so angry that he almost laughed when he said this, and the others were also speechless.

Because of the rumor that Ruan Xinyu was the Phoenix Girl, Emperor Huiren once wanted to marry Ruan Xinyu to Prince Lin, but was rejected by Prince Lin.

Because of this, the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion became enemies with Prince Lin.

Whatever Prince Lin wants to do, Ruan Bai will intervene, no matter whether it succeeds or not, he will first disgust Prince Lin.

Because of a few temporary schools, Ruan Bai accused King Lin of misappropriating charity funds and buying the hearts of the people with ulterior motives.

How could Emperor Huiren tolerate others slandering Prince Lin like this?

What's more, the money for building the school was funded by Prince Lin's Mansion itself.

Steward Lu has already reported this matter to Emperor Huiren through Concubine Qi.

In the 19th year of Huiren, Nguyen Bai's eldest son was sentenced to life exile for seizing people's property.

The entire Ruan family, as well as Ruan Qingyao's pleading, were unable to change Emperor Huiren's mind.

But Emperor Huiren still felt a little soft-hearted towards the Ruan family.

Ruan Bai is also Emperor Huiren's legitimate brother-in-law.

Emperor Huiren didn't want to embarrass him too much.

Therefore, in response to Ruan Bai's malicious speculation about the prince, Emperor Huiren only gave him a few verbal reprimands, and then fined the Duke of Yingguo's mansion one thousand taels of silver to improve the lives of the victims.

The matter seemed to end here, but who would have thought that a few days later, the school in the resettlement center was smashed and Mr. Sheng was beaten to death for trying to protect the school.

As soon as this incident happened, the victims once again caused chaos in Los Angeles.

Gao Siwei, who was originally going back to Jiyang, had to stay to comfort the victims.

But the school was smashed and Mr. Sheng was beaten to death, which destroyed the hopes of the victims and no one could comfort them.

Dean Qi of Xue Ru Academy was the first to speak out, and Xue Ru Academy withdrew from the college competition that year.

Education is the foundation of the country, and even temporary schools for disaster victims should be protected.

Precisely because it is a school for disaster victims, it should be given more attention!

Principal Qi brought several teachers from the academy to teach the children to read in the open space of the resettlement center.

The victims initially refused, and some even beat and scolded Master Qi, saying that he was lobbying for the court.

Following closely, some academies such as Nancheng Academy, Qilu Academy, and Wuyue Academy also withdrew from the college competition.

They set up open-air schools for children who could not afford to go to school in the poorest areas of Los Angeles, such as Qingyang Avenue, Roche Street, and Rhodes Lane.

Later, the people who smashed the school were severely punished, and the murderer who harmed Mr. Sheng was sentenced to death by beheading.

The anger of the victims gradually subsided.

After that, open-air schools became a tradition in Los Angeles.

Twenty-three schools, led by Xue Ru Academy, set aside three days every month to teach children in the ten poorest streets of Los Angeles.

Unfortunately, after Emperor Zhaowen came to power, he banned the open-air schools on the grounds that they damaged the image of a great country.

The then Prime Minister Liu Zhiheng argued strongly for his decision.

Ruan Bai, who was demoted to the position of Langzhong of the Ministry of Revenue by the previous emperor because of the snow disaster, was promoted to the position of Shilang of the Ministry of Revenue after Emperor Zhaowen came to power.

Ruan Bai came up with all kinds of twisted ideas and started arguing with Prime Minister Liu in the court.

After this, Prime Minister Liu, Scholar Song and a large number of the late emperor's old ministers retired and returned home...