Forced to marry, I picked up a young powerful official

Chapter 175 Reply

In Hu Wenyan's reply, in addition to discussing business, he also wrote three pages of "personal matters".

The longest one was about concern for Shen Nankui's health.

Although Shen Nankui only mentioned her pregnancy in her letter and did not elaborate on the reason, Hu Hai knew about it because he followed her all the way from Cang County. After he and Liu Huyuan returned to the Hu family, he must have told Hu Wenyan everything that had happened to him.

In the letter, Hu Wenyan's tone contained a hint of resentment, as if she was very dissatisfied with Shen Nankui's behavior of not telling her the truth and instead letting her learn all this from Hu Hai. Just from her words, Shen Nankui could almost imagine her pouting and angry look.

However, Shen Nankui knew that behind this complaint was Hu Wenyan's undisguised concern for her. After complaining in the letter, he also nagged and reminded her a lot, telling her not to overwork herself and to rest assured and take care of the baby...

The second longest article talks about what happened during this period in Lai'an Academy.

The academy has been operating for several months and has begun to show results. Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner, and its reputation in Cang County has also improved. Hu Wenyan said that if the situation continues to develop in this way, Lai'an Academy will probably recruit more students in the fall. She asked Shen Nankui whether it is necessary to set any admission threshold. Otherwise, if there are too many students, not only will the teachers in the academy be too busy to handle it, but it will also be difficult to manage.

The third part is some of Hu Wenyan’s own musings.

She said that after losing Shen Nankui, the opponent he liked, Mr. Hu lost interest in playing chess. Recently, he became obsessed with bonsai. The Wenxuan Hall was filled with potted plants of all sizes, and there was no place to put them. She also said that her grandmother's illness had worsened. The doctor said that the situation was not good, and she was afraid that she would have to prepare for her funeral...

At the end of the letter, there was a line of slightly abrupt small words, but it was related to Gu Yichuan.

It was mentioned above that Gu Yichuang was highly trusted by the General Zhenxi in the Western Army. Although he was only an inferior military camp clerk, he could enter and leave the commander's tent at will, and often drank at the same table with the commander, and went in and out with him.

After Hu Wenyan learned that Shen Nankui was pregnant with Gu Yichuan's child, he hesitated for a long time, but still told her the news.

After reading the letter, Shen Nankui pondered for a long time before writing a reply.

I won’t go into details about the other things in the letter, but she does have her own opinion on whether Lai’an Academy should set up an admission threshold.

She believes that when Lai'an Academy was first established, it was to allow more children to go to school, and it even abandoned the old and started the new, selecting female teachers to teach and admitting women. Now that the academy is on the right track and its influence is growing day by day, it cannot forget its original intention. If it sets an admission threshold, it means that some children who seek education will be turned away, which is not in line with her original intention of expanding the academy.

So she disagreed with this matter.

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Yanxia Pavilion had been open for several days, and under the careful management of Shopkeeper Chen, there were basically no mistakes. Shen Nankui was relieved and returned to her courtyard to take care of her pregnancy. She only went to the shop to check the accounts every one or two days.

That day, Hehua and Shen Nankui returned from the shop. As soon as they got to the door of their house, they saw a team of yamen runners patrolling in the alley, beating gongs as they walked and saying, "It's curfew at 12:00 p.m., and you are not allowed to go out unless necessary."

He Hua was surprised and said, "There is a curfew at 12:00 p.m., so doesn't that mean we can't go out as soon as it gets dark?"

Yongzhou City is located in the south of the Yangtze River and has a prosperous business. The city gates have always been closed until the end of the night before curfew.

Shen Nankui shook his head. "It's probably because of the murder of the state master. As long as the case remains unsolved, the people in the city will be in a panic, so the control will be strict."

Hehua also sighed, "I don't know when we can catch the murderer..."

In this kind of atmosphere, people can't help but get nervous. She glanced at the Zheng brothers behind her, and then she felt more at ease. She supported Shen Nankui and said, "Madam, let's go into the house."

As they were about to enter, they heard someone talking not far away:

"Oh my God, I don't know when this case will be solved. If it continues like this, how can we live?"

"There has been a lot of unrest in Yongzhou these days. Robbery, arson, molestation of decent women, all kinds of weird things have happened."

"By the way, have you heard that the government office has been receiving some suspects recently?"

"I received the suspect. What do you mean by that?"

"I heard someone say that someone in the city often catches those criminals and ties them up and throws them in front of the government office. Although the city is still not peaceful, it is much better than a few days ago. It may not be due to the credit of that person, but he never shows up after catching people. My nephew works in the state government, and I heard him say that the superiors seemed to want to reward him, but he couldn't find him. Don't you think this person is strange? He did a good deed but refused to leave his name behind?"

"Oh, why does this sound like the chivalrous heroes in operas who draw their swords for justice without asking for anything in return?"

"Stop talking about knights! Have you forgotten that the one who killed our governor was a gangster? The government is investigating it. If you talk about these things, you might get into trouble. You'd better go inside quickly!"

As they talked, their expressions changed and they hurried into the yard and closed the door.

He Hua also helped Shen Nankui into the room, and said with a little surprise on her face: "Madam, are there really such people in the world?"

Shen Nankui couldn't help but think of the person he had met a few days ago, and shook his head and said, "Could it be that you have forgotten the person who helped us get the jewelry back last time?"

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He Hua thought about the plain and ordinary face of the bearded man and shook his head. "He doesn't look like a knight. At most, he is a warm-hearted uncle."

As soon as I entered the yard, I smelled a faint floral fragrance. It was the redbud flowers that were in bloom.

Shen Nankui thought for a moment and said, "It's hot and stuffy in the house, let's go sit in the pavilion next to the fish pond."

Hehua responded with a "yes", helped Shen Nankui sit down in the pavilion, and then brought food and tea.

Shen Nankui sat in the pavilion to rest, while He Hua took out fish food to feed the fish. During this period of time, after her careful feeding, the koi in the pond had grown visibly bigger. The red, white and yellow fish, after eating their fill, swam happily in the pond, which was particularly adorable.

Shen Nankui was watching intently when she suddenly heard Zhong Shan calling her. She looked up and saw that it was indeed him.

"Why are you back?"

At this hour, he should be working in the shop.

Zhong Shan replied, "Madam, the wife of Mr. Zhang came to the shop to look for you, and the shopkeeper asked me to come back and pass on the message."

Shen Nankui nodded, "Got it."

Madam Zhang has a distinguished status in Yongzhou, so she does have to be treated with caution. Moreover, her visit to Yanxia Pavilion will be of great benefit to the business of the shop.

He Hua frowned, "Mrs. Zhang is really something. Madam invited her a long time ago and sent rouge to the Zhang Mansion, but she didn't come earlier or later. Yanxia Pavilion has been open for such a long time, and she just came now. She insisted on seeing our Madam, who was pregnant and had just returned from the store. Why did she have to make another trip? She knows that our Madam is pregnant. Isn't this clearly making things difficult for us?"