When Qiao Gui breathed his last at the execution ground in Caishikou, Xiu Gu came to say goodbye to Su Fengyi with Xiao Hu in her arms.

Su Fengyi asked Wutong to help her up, and then handed her a box:

"Qiao Gui has many enemies. Now that he has been executed, it is inevitable that some of his enemies will come to you and Xiaohu for revenge. It is better to leave early and stay away from these troubles.

This is the property that was taken away from your husband's family. I asked the Royal Guards to find some of it back, and I made up for the missing parts. You and Xiaohu, live a peaceful life from now on."

Xiu Gu felt strange. It had been so long since her husband's family was murdered. How could she get the family property back?

She opened the box and saw the stack of land deeds, land deeds and banknotes, which far exceeded what her husband's family had originally owned. She then realized that what the eldest princess said about asking the Royal Guards to retrieve the money was just to give her a decent reason to take the money.

Xiu Gu closed the box, knelt down and kowtowed to Su Fengyi, then replied:

"I dare to ask Your Highness to show me mercy. I want to serve Your Highness and be your secret agent. I beg Your Highness to grant me your permission."

Xiaohu stood beside Xiugu, confused and doing everything following her lead.

Seeing Xiu Gu kneeling, he also knelt down, kneeling crookedly and almost falling.

Xiu Gu kowtowed, and he kowtowed too. With a bang, his forehead hit the ground, and this time he really fell.

Wutong was startled and quickly picked him up and touched his forehead, fearing that he was hurt.

Xiu Gu begged for mercy, and Xiao Hu, unable to speak clearly, also begged for mercy:

“Please, please…”

The love of the parents is far-reaching.

Looking at Xiu Gu and Xiao Hu who depended on each other, Su Fengyi understood why Xiu Gu gave up her peaceful life and begged for a job as a secret agent.

Xiu Gu was worried that Xiao Hu was still so young, and if she died before Xiao Hu, she would not be able to protect Xiao Hu and let him grow up safely. So she wanted to show some favor to her and pave the way for Xiao Hu in the future.

Since she had asked for something, Su Fengyi granted her this favor and said:

"Since you are so loyal, there is no reason for me not to fulfill your wish. You will serve under me from now on.

You are in that high and far away place, please take a good look for me. You have found out everything that I should know but don’t know.

I heard from Wutong that you changed Xiaohu's surname to your husband's? And you also returned to your husband's hometown?"

Xiu Gu kowtowed to Su Fengyi again, and then said:

"Yes, Your Highness, my husband is a very good man.

Not only did he save me from the bandits, he also treated my child Dahu as if he were his own son. He has also been very good to me over the years.

My husband, children, and daughter-in-law are now all without anyone to serve them. I have adopted Xiaohu as his grandson, so that they won’t have to be lonely ghosts and be bullied in the underworld. "

……

After Wutong sent Xiugu away, he also came to Su Fengyi to ask for a job:

"Your Highness, can I follow Commander Xie to arrest people and solve cases, and serve Your Highness?"

Ever since the emperor issued an edict that women could also take part in the imperial examination next year, Su Fengyi stopped almost all of Wutong's tasks and allowed her to concentrate on preparing for the exam.

These days, Xie Xuan was out arresting Qiao Gui's gang members. Wutong was itching to get out and had wanted to go, but Su Fengyi forced her not to go.

Worried that the princess would not let her go this time, Wutong prepared a good excuse in advance and said:

"Thank you, Commander, for teaching me the torture techniques. I only read them on paper and I can't even learn the basics.

Now that the commander has come out in person, this is a rare opportunity. I would like to learn from him this time.

I will come back to read in the evening, and it won’t affect my homework.”

This time the reasons were very sufficient, but Su Fengyi once again ruthlessly rejected him.

Su Fengyi smiled and said:

"No, I have invited a teacher for you guys, and he will be here today. From now on, except for the imperial examination, all other matters should be put aside for me."

Wutong was keenly aware of this:

"us?"

"Yes." Su Fengyi smiled and said, "You guys, go and meet your master."

Anyway, it doesn't matter if one person passes or two people pass. Su Fengyi plans to send all four of Wutong to take the imperial examination this time. It's good if one person passes, and it's no loss if one person fails.

Su Fengyi asked Dangui to prepare a place for teaching in the side hall of the study. When she brought Wutong in, Dangui and Baiguo were already sitting there waiting obediently.

Wutong also sat over there. After a while, Pei Yu came in with an old man.

The old gentleman's beard was all white, and he must be at least 70 years old, if not 80. He was a teacher at the Pei family school, and Pei Yu called him Mr. Bai.

After much consideration, Su Fengyi asked Pei Yu about hiring a master for Wutong.

Wutong and her classmates have not received any systematic training for the imperial examination. They have to rely on normal routines and learn slowly. The examination will be held next spring, so it will naturally be too late and it will be difficult for them to pass.

Pei Yu Lu Zi Ye, maybe he has a way.

After all, as the cradle of prime ministers and cabinet ministers of all dynasties, the Pei family is equivalent to the Haidian District of the Mu Dynasty, with strong teaching staff and educational resources that are far ahead of others.

Mr. Bai had his own strengths and was chosen by Pei Yu to be a teacher in the Princess's Mansion. He was far superior to other teachers in one skill.

That is, betting on the topic.

From Taizu to the present, Mr. Bai has predicted the questions for the imperial examinations in advance and he can get them right three times out of ten, let alone a small county examination today.

So starting from that day, after the ceremony of paying homage to his teacher, Mr. Bai did not teach Zhihu users, nor did he teach the Four Books and Five Classics. Instead, he took out a set of county test version "Three Years of Simulation, Five Years of College Entrance Examination" that he had summarized, and asked Wutong and the others to practice questions.

From then on, Wutong and the other two began their arduous career of doing exercises to prepare for the exam. They all envied Lu Qing, who was far away in Beilu and didn't know when he would return.

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