These past few days, Dong Zhixin has been quietly staying in her small courtyard watching Zhu Yingtai cause trouble. Zhu Yingtai has been pretending to be sick for the past few days, and no doctor can cure her, which has made Master Zhu and Madam Zhu very anxious. Zhu Wei, this playboy, is also concerned about his sister. When he hears of a miracle doctor, he rushes over and brings her back to the mansion.

It's not that Dong Zhixin hadn't visited Zhu Yingtai; it's just that she only went once, and Master Zhu and Madam Zhu told her to stay in the courtyard to avoid catching the illness herself.

After all, Dong Zhixin had been knocked unconscious by Zhu Yingtai's football before, and they still didn't know what illness their own daughter had. What if...

Even Zhu Yingtai, who was pretending to be sick in bed, feigned weakness and advised Dong Zhixin not to come to see her. After all, Zhu Yingtai felt guilty about knocking out her cousin last time, and naturally did not want her cousin to go through all that trouble for her every day because she was pretending to be sick.

News came today that a miracle doctor had cured Zhu Yingtai's illness. Dong Zhixin knew that Zhu Yingtai had impersonated the miracle doctor and confronted Master Zhu today.

Dong Zhixin immediately took Xiao Cui to the hall, just in time to find that the Zhu family hadn't left yet. Zhu Wei was helping his sister persuade Old Master Zhu. Coincidentally, Dong Zhixin overheard every word of their persuasion.

For a moment, everyone in the hall felt a little awkward. After all, although it was no small matter for a man to dress up as a woman to study at the academy, it was nothing like Zhu Yingtai taking the Zhongzheng Examination under Zhu Wei's name.

"Oh~ Cousin, my brother is joking. How could I..." Zhu Yingtai was the first to react and quickly laughed it off.

Dong Zhixin covered her mouth and chuckled, "Yingtai herself must be aware of the seriousness of this matter, and she probably won't follow her brother's reckless behavior. However, I think it would be excellent for Yingtai to go to the academy to study, where the teachers can discipline her, and her wild nature will be tempered."

"Ah, yes, yes, yes!" Madam Zhu quickly chimed in, "My husband and I also think that Yingtai's male disguise is flawless, so we want her to go to the academy to be disciplined. That way, her temperament will be tempered, and it will be easier for her to find a husband later. Otherwise, with her temperament, what decent family could tolerate her!"

Dong Zhixin nodded and chuckled, "Xin'er came here this time hoping to meet the miracle doctor who could cure my cousin, but I never expected that the miracle doctor would be my cousin herself. However, I truly admire my cousin's eagerness to learn."

"She's not eager to learn anything, she's just too wild," Master Zhu said with some dissatisfaction. "It's not like we haven't hired female tutors for her, yet all she does is try to act like men!"

"Alright, sir. Just let Yingtai go. Otherwise, who knows what trouble she'll cause this time." Madam Zhu advised, "Let her leave home to study for a year, experience some hardship, and she'll know how comfortable it is at home. Don't you know her temperament? She won't turn back until she hits a brick wall."

Actually, when Zhu Wei was persuading him, Master Zhu was already tempted. However, Dong Zhixin's sudden appearance startled him and made him shrink back. After hearing what Madam Zhu said, Master Zhu thought about it and agreed. Even if he couldn't let Zhu Yingtai take the exam in place of Zhu Wei, letting her go out and suffer would let her know that staying at home is happier, and she could then marry with peace of mind.

“Alright, let Yingtai go out and suffer a bit. Maybe she’ll be clamoring to go home in less than ten days.” Master Zhu nodded and said, “But she can’t go to the Wu County Academy then. After all, our family is right here. Everyone knows that the Zhu family has a daughter named Zhu Yingtai.”

“Okay, anywhere is fine!” Zhu Yingtai said confidently, raising her head. “I’m not going to complain about going home!”

Although Master Zhu didn't say it explicitly, Zhu Yingtai knew that she still had to take the examination for her brother. There were advantages to being in another region; few people there knew the Zhu family, let alone what Zhu Wei looked like or what kind of person he was. Even if she only got a low-ranking official position, so what? It was still better than her brother being expelled from the academy.

Even if my brother could study at other academies, with his abilities, he wouldn't even be able to pass the exam for a low-ranking official!

Seeing that the matter of Zhu Yingtai disguising herself as a man to study had been settled, Dong Zhixin smiled and bowed to Master Zhu, saying, "Uncle Zhu, Zhixin also wants to disguise herself as a man to study at the academy."

"You're going to study with Yingtai?!" Master Zhu exclaimed in surprise, staring wide-eyed at Dong Zhixin.

Master Zhu was naturally unwilling. Firstly, it was because of their own ulterior motives, and secondly, Dong Zhixin was, after all, a young lady from the Dong family of Jiankang. How could he agree to let her do such a shocking thing?

Dong Zhixin sighed sadly, "I don't have Yingtai's spirit, which is no less than that of a man, but..."

"Uncle Zhu probably knows why I came here." Dong Zhixin covered her face and sobbed softly. "Getting away from trouble, escaping gossip, and coming out to visit relatives and relax are all minor things."

“Sigh, because of the Qian and Wang families, it’s very difficult for Xin’er to find a good family in Jiankang.” Dong Zhixin wiped her eyes and took a deep breath. “Xin’er, even if you’re going to marry down, you should marry into a prominent family. We can’t count on the prominent families in Jiankang, but there are quite a few in Wu County.”

“Although Xin’er’s engagement has been broken off, she can’t just marry any young master from a prestigious family.” Dong Zhixin straightened her hair and continued, “Xin’er doesn’t want to compromise herself. She wants to find a virtuous and suitable husband. These young masters from prestigious families are usually studying at the academy, so Xin’er can’t meet them, let alone test their character.”

"To put it bluntly, Xin'er has already been jilted once and become a laughingstock in Jiankang. If she were in Wu County..." Dong Zhixin said with tears in her eyes, "she would have no face to live in this world..."

Master Zhu was terrified when he heard this. If Dong Zhixin were to commit suicide, the Dong family of Jiankang would definitely not let it go.

Master Zhu was about to agree, but then hesitated: "Xin'er... it's not that your uncle doesn't agree. Your sister Yingtai is dressed as a man, and even my wife and I can't recognize her. Sending her to school is naturally no problem, but... we're just worried about you..."

Dong Zhixin wasn't very confident in her makeup skills, but she was a systematic person and thought she could manage.

"Then... Xin'er, try dressing up as a man, if..."

“If we don’t recognize you, we’ll let you study at Wu County Academy,” Madam Zhu said quickly, nodding her head.

"Then Xin'er will take her leave."

After returning to her room, Dong Zhixin sent Xiao Cui away and then summoned Yingying.

“You know the situation, and you definitely know what I need. Just tell me, how many blessing points do you need?” Dong Zhixin asked directly.

"50 blessing points".

"it is good."

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