"Our family's Yu Bin is knowledgeable and reasonable, not one to cause trouble," Lin Qingwen smiled and said: "Auntie can rest assured, I'm teaching the child, don't you trust me?"

  It's just that I'm worried about you teaching, Lin Daiyu thought to herself. The young mistress has never given birth to or raised a child, she is still a child herself, how can she teach children?

  Lin Qingwan had made up her mind to teach Lin Yuhong this way.

  After all, she will eventually leave, Lin Run and Yu Bin are still separated by a layer, and in the future, when she suffers grievances, it is impossible for her to return to the tribe every time to find them, so what can be solved by herself must be solved by herself.

  Lin Qingwan dressed up Lin Yuhuan beautifully, and after paying New Year's greetings to the elders in the clan, they went to the Shang family on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

  This was the first time that the aunt and niece had visited during the New Year's festival, and Old Lady Shang also attached great importance to it. After they finished eating, Lin Qingwen handed a invitation card to Shang Danlan: "On the eighth day of the month, there will be a literary gathering at Wen Garden. At that time, not only will scholars from inside and outside Suzhou attend, but many ladies and young misses will also go. If you sisters are interested, why don't you come take a look?"

  Shang Danlan wondered, "Is this written by Aunt?"

  Lin Qingwan smiled, "It's the Lin family, those young kids organized it, I don't have that kind of energy to organize, just lent them the Wen Garden for a while."

  Lin Qingwan is still very supportive in terms of accumulating personal connections among the younger generation, so as long as they can come up with a feasible plan for holding large-scale literary gatherings, she is more than happy to lend them the use of the garden.

  It's just losing two or three days' worth of money anyway.

  After visiting the Shang family, Lin Qingyuan took Lin Yuhong to visit the Lu and Shi families on the third day of her junior year.

  They went to pay New Year's greetings to Mr. Lin Yubin.

  It's a tradition for students to pay New Year's visits to their teachers, and in previous years, Lin Yubin didn't like to go to the door, so he sent someone to send gifts and didn't come to kowtow. This time she came to filial piety, just to make up for it.

  Naturally, Lu Ling and Cui Rong also received invitations.

  The two girls were very happy and pulled Lin Yubin aside, whispering, "Is this the document your aunt handled?"

  Lin Yuhu shook his head, "It was Yu Tangge and the others who planned it, but Auntie was very satisfied after seeing it, so she agreed."

  She looked around and lowered her voice, saying: "Auntie said that this time the people I invited are all under my care. If I do well, next time we want to hold a literary meeting she will also lend us the garden."

  Lu Ling's eyes lit up, "A literary conference as big as this one?"

  "How is this possible?" Choi Rong clicked his tongue and said: "We can't even invite so many people."

  "How can't we invite them? Besides Suzhou, aren't there also Yangzhou and Hangzhou?" Lu Ling hummed: "Since the brothers' literary conference can invite talented scholars from these places, why can't our literary conference invite talented women from these places?"

  "Women and men are different after all, it's inconvenient to go in and out."

  "How can it be inconvenient, like the English lady who rode a horse to kill enemies? Those men may not necessarily be better than us." Lu Ling's eyes shone brightly, her fists clenched: "Perhaps one day women will also be able to hold positions in the imperial court just like men."

  Choi Rong couldn't help but let out a snort of laughter, "You're daydreaming again! How many women have been able to hold positions in the imperial court over the centuries? Are you going to learn martial arts and then take up a knife to go kill enemies on horseback?"

  Lin Yuhong couldn't help but say, "Before the Princess of Ruying, weren't there also female generals and officials in the imperial court? And before our Great Liang, there were no female officials. The Princess of Ruying didn't become a great general? Since we've gone from having no female officials to having female generals, why can't we add female civil officials?"

  Lu Ling nodded in agreement: "Exactly! Who knows, maybe we'll become the first female officials of this dynasty!"

  "Then you should ask your aunt and uncle first, have they agreed?"

  Lu Ling was stunned and stared with her eyes wide open, saying nothing.

  Lin Yuhu clapped his hands and laughed: "I don't know if the master will agree or not, but I think your father might agree, why don't you try to persuade him again?"

  "Hmph, you can laugh at me," Lu Ling thought that even if her father was open-minded, he wouldn't agree to let her become a female official. She pouted and looked at Lin Yuhong with envy, saying: "You're so lucky, your aunt dotes on you, she'll probably agree."

  Choi Yong also looked at Lin Yuheng and sighed, "It's a pity that the imperial court doesn't have a women's department. Otherwise, with Yuheng's talent, she might really be able to enter the court as an official."

  Shi Xian and three others happened to be passing by, shook their heads and walked into the garden.

  Shi Hui smiled and said: "These few children are always gathered together, I don't know what they're thinking about, it's all just some fanciful ideas."

  Lin Qingwan smiled and said softly: "It's not necessarily a wild idea, maybe one day it will come true?"

  Shi Xian also nodded, "Yes, female officials, there have been some in history."

  Shi Hui couldn't help but sneer: "A female official serving a noble in the palace?"

  Shi Xian furrowed his brow, "Sister knows we're not talking about this."

  There are also female officials in the palace now, mainly responsible for helping the empress to handle the affairs of the harem, but actually their powers and responsibilities are not clearly defined.

  Most of the time, they still have to serve the nobles like palace maids, and if they encounter a lustful emperor, they may even be favored by these female officials.

  And they and the children clearly said that female officials like Zhong Ruyi can participate in politics.

  Shi Hui, however, felt that her sister was as fanciful as several children, and reminded her: "Sister, don't forget that when Lady Ru Ying held power in the past, people also died. She had military power, and even one person participating in politics was like this, let alone a few children's idea of women's education and entering officialdom?"

  Shi Xian's jaw tightened, his eyes flashing with determination. He was about to argue with her when Lin Qingyuan pulled him back. She shook her head and smiled: "Enough, saying more won't do as much good as doing something. It's still too early to think about these things."

  "I don't think it's going to work," Shi Xian said disapprovingly.

  Shi Hui also nodded, "Only by distinguishing clearly can we know where the back road is."

  Lin Qingwan smiled and pointed at Shi Hui: "You don't believe from the bottom of your heart that women can enter officialdom with men, no matter how much I say to you and Xian sister, you won't agree in your heart."

  He also pointed at Shi Xian and said: "You have great ambitions in your heart, and you are determined to carry them out. She can't persuade you, so what's the point of continuing to argue? Are you going to fight?"

  Shi Hui shook her head and lost her smile. "The county lord's two sentences have already revealed his stance, it seems that the county lord is standing on his sister's side."

  "So I said don't argue, in case you say we two are bullying one. Lin Qingyan winked at her and said: "Besides, it's the Chinese New Year now, quarreling is not good, our three temperaments are not very good, what if we get excited and fight? Mr. Lu is not at home, no one can stop us."

  Shi Xian's sisters were amused by her and some of the anger in their hearts dissipated.

  However, Shi Hui still insisted on her own views, "I am not one of those old stubborn people, it is a good thing for women to be talented. To say nothing of the distant future, being able to entertain oneself is also good. But as for entering the imperial court and becoming an official, which is not that easy."

  "Let's not talk about the differences between men and women, but if a woman enters the imperial court, what happens after she becomes pregnant? Who will raise her children, and who will serve her parents-in-law?"

  Shi Hui sighed, "After finishing all these, what time is left to deal with state affairs?"

  Shi Xian furrowed his brow, "Some things can be left to others to do. If you want to do everything yourself, then within a day, apart from teaching and serving your parents-in-law, don't do anything else."

  Lin Qingwan smiled and asked Shi Hui, "Hui sister, what's the point of marrying Mr. Lu?"

  Shi Hui slightly furrowed her brow, and Shi Xian also looked at her in confusion.

  "If a woman can enter officialdom and become an official without getting married, rely on her own hands to make a living for herself, fight for her own honor, and realize her own ideals; but after marrying, she has to serve her husband at home, serve her children, serve her parents-in-law, and also manage the concubines her husband takes in, as well as the children born by them, then why should she get married?"

  Shi Xian burst out laughing, "Exactly! Why get married? A person can live well on their own, why go and become a slave by getting married?"

  Shi Hui's mouth opened and closed, "Sister, you..."

  "What a pity! Our dynasty doesn't have female officials entering through imperial examination, otherwise..."

  Otherwise she wouldn't have married into the Cui family and suffered for so many years.

  Shi Hui looked at Lin Qingwan and asked in return, "If such a thing were true, and Xie Er Lang is still alive, wouldn't the county princess have married him instead?"

  Lin Qingwan smiled, "Erlang is not another man, and I am not Hui's sister, so of course I still have to get married."

  Xie Er Lang probably won't mind Ruan Jie'er serving as an official, he might even be delighted that his wife can serve in the same dynasty as him and they can commute to work together.

  Shi Hui saw the confidence on her face and was at a loss for words for a moment.

  Shi Xian looked at Lin Qingwan with envy and said: "To have a bosom friend in life, even if one were to die a thousand deaths, it would be worth it."

  Lin Qingyan nodded and said to her: "I'd be happy to introduce you to my sister as a close friend."

  Shi Xian said with a half-joking and half-serious tone: "I am willing to go through life and death for you."

  Shi Hui, who was standing beside them, couldn't help but roll her eyes and said, "Alright, you two are kindred spirits. I'm just a common person, so I won't understand your ideals."

  The people below spread a cushion on the stone bench, and Lin Qingyuan personally made tea for her after she sat down, smiling: "Although I couldn't be an ideal friend, this tea friend is something that can be done, Sister Hui please."

  Shi Hui didn't want to quarrel with them at all, so she shook her head and sat down on the stone bench with a plop: "You're just used to being self-willed, if there's someone above you to control you, let's see how arrogant you'll be."

  "Don't say grapes are sour just because you can't eat them," Shi Xian said: "In the past, when Mrs. Xie was in Suzhou, didn't she also live a carefree life?"

  Shi Hui: ... Are you my sister or her sister?

  Shi Hui quietly picked up a cup of tea and drank it, suppressing her emotions before saying: "Speaking of Mrs. Xie, I heard something about her. Apparently, she's taken your elder sister's child under her wing and is personally raising them. People in the capital are all saying that she wants to adopt a son for you, is it true?"

  Lin Qing's hand paused as she held her tea, a cold smile spreading across her face. "Do you think it's true, Hui sister?"

  Of course not. Mrs. Xie is not stupid, and she won't adopt anyone else's child, especially not after the unclear circumstances surrounding Second Master Xie's death and its connection to Eldest Master Xie.

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