The east was turning pale, the morning dew was faint, and the fog was diffuse. A breeze blew, and the rolling dewdrops fell among the green grass and suddenly disappeared.

The quiet village suddenly woke up with the loud crowing of a rooster.

"Da Lang, please prepare some more benches. Your father has already gone to the academy to save seats for us!"

Before daybreak, Aunt Geng got up to prepare breakfast for the whole family and baked some pancakes, intending to eat them at noon.

His eldest son is big and strong, and carrying five or six benches by himself is no problem. Even the three or four-year-old grandson in the family carries his own small bench and follows his father happily.

"Grandma, are we going to listen to the River Goddess's class today?" the little grandson asked in a chubby voice.

Aunt Geng urged him to have breakfast and replied, "Yes. You should go too, to enjoy the blessing of the Marquis's wife."

Erlang helped his elder brother move a stool while muttering, "It's still a long time before the lecture starts. If we go so early, we'll just be waiting."

Aunt Geng put the cakes in the lunch box and packed it up: "If we really wait until that time, I'm afraid we won't even have a place to stay."

Erlang didn't believe it. What the marquis' wife said was all nonsense. How could so many people listen to her?

Dalang leaned close to Erlang's ear and whispered, "I heard that students from Songshan Academy and Imperial College are coming to cause trouble. Daddy took the village guards to the academy early in the morning to help maintain order."

Erlang finally understood why A Niang insisted on going. You know, A Niang is the kind of person who can fall asleep while reading a book!

Erlang rolled up his sleeves and flexed his arm muscles: "If they dare to cause trouble, we will make them pay!"

Aunt Geng didn't say anything, but just quickened her movements and urged the family to go out.

When their family arrived at Baichuan Academy, the morning sun was shining in the morning mist, and the entire playground was filled with golden mist.

I thought my family had arrived early enough, but I didn’t expect that there were already quite a few people around the playground.

"Auntie Geng, this way! The seat your old man reserved for you is next to ours!" The acquaintance stood up and waved to Auntie Geng.

When the two families came together, the noise they made was like eight hundred ducks quacking together.

"I wonder what the Marquis will say this time?"

"Ah, I guess we don't understand it either. I came here this time because I heard that someone was planning to cause trouble here, so I came here purely to support them."

"Hey, us too."

……

At the south gate of Kyoto, a group of young men in exquisite white robes were waiting anxiously.

The breeze blew, causing skirts to flutter. The young men had handsome faces and all wore green belts around their waists.

There are silver patterns embroidered on the green belt, and the four words "Songshan Academy" can be faintly recognized.

"Are all the people here? Su Xuanming and his gang are so bold that they dared to do something as disgraceful as the assault squad! We must teach them a lesson this time!"

"They say it was Su Xuanming who did it, but it was the wife of the Marquis of Yongchang who was backing him up behind the scenes!"

"Those adults are afraid of the wife of the Marquis of Yongchang, but we are not! People who wear shoes are afraid of those who are barefoot. Anyway, I am alone and a bald commoner. I don't believe there is anything she can do to me!"

"That's right! Those adults have been in the political arena for many years and have forgotten their original intentions. We are the ones who truly promote the way of academic research!"

The young men were noisy, and after all of them had arrived, they took big strides and headed towards Baichuan Academy in a heroic and high-spirited manner.

Gu Shisan and others, who were just about to leave the city and return to the border, stopped and looked at each other after hearing the conversation of these students.

Gu Shisan found a passerby and asked about the situation. Only then did he realize that today was the day when the young lady would give a public speech, and on such an important day, someone actually wanted to mess with the young lady!

"Let's go to Baichuan Academy first." Gu Shisan decided to wait until the young lady's lecture was perfectly finished before they returned to the border.

The timing was also a coincidence, as that day happened to be the officials' day off.

When the officials heard that the wife of the Marquis of Yongchang, Gu Nanxi, was causing trouble again, they took off their official uniforms, put on casual clothes, and went to Baichuan Academy with their servants.

The last time it was so lively was when the academy examination was held at Daxiangguo Temple.

For a moment, the originally quiet playground of Baichuan Academy became crowded and noisy.

"Brother Chen, you can come over and take a look today if you have time!"

"Brother Li, you are here too. I just want to see if this is part of the Yongchang Marquis's plan or a rare opportunity to turn the tables."

"We've confirmed through eye contact that we're both fun-loving people."

Familiar faces, familiar lively atmosphere, this is the familiar recipe!

But this time the officials no longer stood in line, but put their hands in their sleeves, ready to watch the fun.

When Gu Nanxi arrived at Baichuan Academy on time, he was instantly stunned by the scene before him.

She originally thought that at most there would be about a hundred students attending this lecture.

Unexpectedly, the center of the playground was crowded with people, and headbands were fluttering on their black heads.

Outside the playground, there were circles of ordinary people, including officials wearing silk, old men from the fields wearing cotton and linen clothes, and small vendors walking through the streets carrying shoulder poles.

Gu Nanxi felt a little flustered for a moment. She thought it was just a heart-to-heart talk with the students in the academy, so she didn't write a manuscript.

Now it seems that the scene is so grand, how can we take into account both highbrow and lowbrow culture?

"The wife of Marquis Yongchang is here!"

"Everyone, please make way for Madam Hou!"

Amidst thunderous applause, Gu Nanxi walked stiffly to the top of the podium, where there were pairs of bright, expectant eyes.

Of course, there are also many people with bad intentions in some corners.

Gu Nanxi took a deep breath and said to everyone with a smile: "It's beyond my expectation that today is so lively. I didn't expect everyone to be so enthusiastic."

There were all friendly smiles below.

Gu Nanxi calmly put the book on the table and said, "Today I was planning to encourage students to work hard and strive for excellence! If I continue to talk about this now, I'm afraid everyone will find it boring."

"No! Madam Hou, we like to hear whatever you say!" Aunt Geng said.

"Yes! Madam Hou, please go ahead! I will learn from your words when I get home and tell them to my grandson!"

Gu Nanxi wanted to open her mouth to say something, but she saw a group of white-robed students in the northwest corner of the playground asking in unison.

"Madam Yongchang, we have three questions that we would like to ask you. Please answer them!"

As if they were afraid that Gu Nanxi would avoid the topic, the students repeated these words three times.

Gu Nanxi narrowed her eyes. That group of students seemed familiar, as if she had seen them somewhere.

However, their behavior of finding fault was exactly what he wanted.

Gu Nanxi was already worried about what to say. Now she didn't have to rack her brains.

"Okay, just ask!"

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