A young man in his early twenties walked in from outside, wearing a green robe with a dignified appearance, but slightly frail build. He looked like a straightforward and honest gentleman. As he entered, he praised, "Well said, the heart of admiration has dignity, not to be cancelled or ridiculed. Although Guangwen Hall is for teaching lessons, moral character also needs to be practiced diligently."

  All of you students have fallen silent.

  Shen Miao stared tightly at the young man.

  Pei Lang, the book number master of Guangwen Hall, is a man of great virtue and talent. He is the only one who can enter the hall as a teacher with just a Xiucai degree. Master Pei has a gentle and patient temperament, which makes him more worthy of respect among students compared to other strict teachers. Even someone like Shen Miao, who often drops his book, was never scolded by Master Pei, but instead was patiently taught again and again.

  If that were the case, he would indeed be a good gentleman. His character and talent are one in ten thousand, but unfortunately, Shen Miao also knew his other identity.

  Fu Xiuyi's most trusted staff, later after Fu Xiuyi ascended to the throne, he was granted the title of Guoshi. Guoshi Pei Lang, with a spring breeze in his heart, under one person and above ten thousand people.

  As a national teacher, he did very well. Shen Miao thought that Pei Lang was an intelligent and upright person, but when the Crown Prince was deposed, he didn't say anything.

  Shen Miao and Pei Lang's private friendship is not bad. The proposal for Shen Miao to go to the Qin State as a hostage was originally made by Pei Lang. Pei Lang said: This is all for the sake of Ming Qi's imperial throne, if Your Majesty can resolve the urgent crisis with your trip, in the future when the empire is at peace, you will have the blessings and protection of Her Highness, and people from all over the world will be grateful for her kindness.

  But in fact, when she returned to the palace five years later, there was a new addition to the harem, Mrs. Yuan, and those former subordinates of hers who used to respect her, Pei Lang's men, began to have their guard up against her.

  When the Crown Prince was abolished, Shen Miao even knelt down to beg Pei Lang, because Pei Lang was Fu Xiuyu's trusted aide, as long as Pei Lang spoke out, Fu Xiuyu would definitely listen to his opinion. However, Pei Lang helped her up and said: "Your Majesty, the Emperor has made a decision, and I am powerless."

  "Pei Lang! Are you just going to stand by and watch the crown prince be deposed? You know very well that deposing the crown prince is not permissible!" She was furious, interrogating him sternly.

  "This is already a trend, Princess, accept your fate." Pei Lang sighed.

  Resign yourself to your fate.

  How can people just accept their fate? If they were reborn, would they still have to accept their fate? Isn't that too tragic, too hateful?

  Shen Miao's eyes were fixed intently on the young man in front of her, his expression bright and clear. He was a straightforward person who would not intervene even if someone was dying. His temperament was warm and gentle, yet he could also be cold-blooded and ruthless. As a minister, everything he did was for the sake of the country, and Pei Lang was a loyal minister. However... as long as he stood on Fu Xiuyi's side, this lifetime would be doomed to be at odds with her!

  At this time, Fu Xiuyi should not have subdued Pei Xiucai yet. So, was it before that he cut off their possible connection and pulled Pei Xiucai to his side? Or simply... strangle him in the cradle.

  Pei Xiucai put down the book in his hand and sensitively felt that a pair of eyes were staring at him. He raised his head to meet Shen Miao's ambiguous gaze.

  Shen Miao sat in a relatively rear position, yet she still looked straight at herself with an air of stubbornness and dignity. This feeling was somewhat strange, and Pei Shu felt that the gaze contained a kind of scrutiny and judgment, as if weighing the pros and cons, evaluating something. Extending it further, it was a kind of condescending gaze with a hint of pickiness.

  He paused, wanting to take another look at Shen Miao's expression, and saw the girl pick up a pen from the table and lower her head. Pei Lian smiled in his heart and shook his head. How could a little girl have that condescending attitude? As for judgment and scrutiny, it was even more impossible, Shen Miao was the stupidest and most timid in the entire Guangwen Hall.

  He tidied up and began today's lesson.

  All the students in the second year of high school were a bit drowsy.

  The math textbook was originally boring, even if Pei Xiucai's teaching was wonderful. They were all 14 or 15-year-old boys and girls, at the age of jumping and running around, how could they listen carefully? Moreover, it was a fine autumn day with high spirits, and everyone was a bit drowsy.

  If it were another teacher, he would definitely take out the ruler and start scolding. But Pei Lian was a very gentle person who never punished his students. So in his class, everyone's courage was also the greatest. Except for Shen Qing, who always came first in math and listened attentively, the rest of the people were doing their own things with nothing to do.

  Today's Shen Miao is different.

  She stared at Bae Soo-ji without blinking, sitting up straight, as if listening very seriously. This was somewhat unbelievable, given that she usually hated studying and had no interest in books. It was already a miracle that she hadn't fallen asleep, and yet she was actually paying attention to the lesson?

  Sitting at the same table as Shen Miao was a beautiful young girl wearing a thin dress with embroidered chrysanthemum patterns, her expression somewhat arrogant. Seeing Shen Miao like this, she couldn't help but reveal a look of surprise, and from time to time, she would glance sideways at Shen Miao's serious attitude towards the lesson.

  What does Shen Miao have to do with so much? In her previous life, she wasn't interested in accounting, but after becoming the empress, everything was unstable at first, and even the expenses of the harem had to be carefully calculated. As the empress, she also had to reduce expenses, and after doing it personally, she felt that accounting wasn't so difficult after all. From the large expenses of rituals in the harem to the small things like the snacks and tea cups of the concubines, she had gone through all the accounts one by one. What's the big deal about these bookkeeping skills?

  She just wanted to try harder to see clearly what kind of person Bae Soo-ji was.

  Only in this way can she know what kind of technique is more suitable for this person.

  Her focused expression, falling into the eyes of the girl beside her, already felt quite unusual. After the math class ended, Pei Xiu left, and Shen Miao finally withdrew her gaze.

  The girl beside her pushed her gently and asked in surprise, "Shen Miao, have you gone mad?"

  "Why say that?" Shen Miao asked. The girl in front of her was Feng An Ning, the legitimate daughter of the Guanglu Xun's household.

  The Feng family was also a noble and aristocratic family in the capital, and Feng Anning was raised as a spoiled child from a young age. However, in the previous generation, Old Master Feng had backed the wrong horse, and after the new emperor ascended to the throne, he was dismissed from his position. In order to protect their daughter, the Feng family could only marry her off early to a distant cousin. After the Feng family's downfall, Feng Anning's marriage also did not have a good outcome. The cousin was also a scoundrel who appeared refined on the outside but was rotten inside. Less than a year after Feng Anning entered his household, he took in a concubine and even had a son with her, and he would scold Feng Anning as a burden left behind by the Feng family. Feng Anning was not one to suffer injustice, so she immediately grabbed a pair of scissors and killed the concubine along with herself.

  All the things in the past are like fleeting clouds and smoke when looked at now. Looking again at the girl with a proud expression in front of me, who could have thought that she would end up in decline later on?

  Shen Miao now looks at the young men and women in Guangwen Hall, just like looking at Fu Ming and Wan Yu when they were children, it's hard to feel resentful. Except for people like Shen Qing and Shen Yue who are hypocritical, most people are just spoiled children. And these spoiled young men and women will understand the cruelty of fate in a decade or so.

  Seeing her not speaking, Feng Anning was somewhat dissatisfied and said: "Are you intentionally ignoring me? Shen Miao, you are so hardworking today, isn't it for the assessment next month? I heard your sister say that you want to make a name for yourself during the assessment, so that others can see you."

  After all, it's just a child, and after hearing what Pei Xuzai said earlier, he didn't dare to say the words of loving Ding Wang.

  "Verification?" Shen Miao raised an eyebrow.

  Digression

  The man came out and hit the soy sauce jar.

  The cover hasn't been made yet, it's a pity / (sigh) / ~