Duke Jing's younger sister

Chapter 139 A Woman's Voice

After these words came out, Shen Beiqi's face turned dark.

Shen Li thought carefully about what happened at that time. Xue Ling started to feel dizzy and wanted to vomit only after he drank the glass of wine.

Even if one has a low alcohol tolerance, it is impossible to get drunk like that with just one glass of wine.

It seems that Xue Ling saved her from disaster by accident.

Since my father has returned to Jiangdu City, I will meet my brother tomorrow and ask him in detail what happened tonight.

Although the night was full of ups and downs, Shen Li slept pretty well.

As soon as she woke up in the morning, Yang sent Nanny Qin to bring some new clothes.

Nanny Qin was followed by a maid, with clothes neatly folded on a tray.

"Third Miss, Madam said that since you are going to teach piano at the government school, you should dress more respectably, so she specially asked someone to make two new sets of clothes for you."

Nanny Qin said with a smile, the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were so dense that they could crush an ant to death.

"Look, this material is all top quality. When you put it on, Miss, you will look even prettier than the fairies in the sky."

Shen Li was eating sweet biscuits and paused slightly while chewing. She was still a little uncomfortable with Nanny Qin's recent change in attitude.

She swallowed the food in her mouth and nodded slightly to Nanny Qin, "Thank you, Nanny Qin. Please thank my mother for me."

Nanny Qin bowed slightly and said, "Miss, you are too much of an idiot. It is my duty as a servant to obey your orders. Why would I bother you?"

Shen Li raised her eyebrows slightly, not caring about whether the words were true or false.

Why haven't I seen her be so dedicated to her duties before?

She smiled faintly, ordered Xingping to accept the clothes, and stuffed some change into tea for Nanny Qin.

It is still early now and I don’t know when my father will come back from the palace.

Since there is nothing to do for the time being, I might as well go to the official school and meet with the dean.

Xingping picked out a light yellow skirt embroidered with hibiscus flowers from the clothes sent by Nanny Qin and dressed up Shen Li.

After everything was packed up, the master and servant went out.

When Shen Li arrived at the official school, it was bustling with activity.

A group of young men gathered together, all of them wearing light gray robes with black cuffs and collars.

It looks a bit like a Taoist robe, and a bit like Confucian clothing.

They gathered together, discussing something. One of the young men was facing the gate and saw a girl in a light yellow shirt coming in. His eyes lit up instantly.

"Hey, where is this girl from?"

"girl?"

"You are fooling us again. Except for Ah Tuan in the backyard, who is a female, all the others in our official school are male!"

Atuan, who lives in the backyard of the official school, is an old hen that lays two eggs every day.

The young man raised his hand and pointed at Shen Li, "I didn't lie to you, look!"

Everyone turned around and looked at Shen Li carefully from top to bottom and then from bottom to top.

Well...when she first looked at the monkey in the circus, she had a similar curious look as they did.

"Wow, this girl is so pretty!"

"What is she doing in our official school?"

"Didn't the teacher say yesterday that a female piano teacher would be coming? Could it be her?"

"She looks younger than us, how could she be a gentleman?"

Who said only women make noise?

Shen Li felt as if she was in a duck house, with the noisy "quack" sound echoing in her ears.

"Cough-cough-"

Two deliberately heavy coughs were heard from behind.

The young men quickly restrained their expressions and bowed in unison, saying, "Greetings to Dean Geng!"

At the bottom of the corridor stood a man wearing a plain dark blue brocade robe, who was about thirty years old and had a beard more than half an inch long.

He held a scroll in his hand, his eyes gentle but solemn, "Morning class is about to start, why don't you go in?"

Hearing the dean's words, the teenagers hurried into the classroom.

Shen Li took a step forward and saluted to the dean, "Shen Li greets the dean."

Dean Geng glanced at her from head to toe, and said with a polite yet distant smile,

"So it's the third young lady of the Shen family. His Majesty sent someone to inform me yesterday. I am one of the many students in the official school. Thank you Miss Shen for your presence."

"You're welcome, Dean."

Shen Li smiled and said, "It is Shen Li's honor to be able to teach here."

"Let me take you to the piano room first."

Dean Geng turned around and led the way, and Shen Li followed behind him and walked towards the piano room together.

Along the way, we met many students, and they all greeted the dean respectfully.

It seems that the dean enjoys a high reputation among the students.

"Bam—"

Dean Geng pushed open the door of the piano room with force.

There was a thick layer of dust on the piano stand in the room, and when the door shook, the dust fluttered into the air.

Shen Li covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, while Xingping couldn't help but sneeze.

"You can choose the zither here, Third Miss Shen. However, the autumn exam is approaching, and I'm afraid the students don't have much time to waste."

Shen Li frowned slightly. Waste? What does this mean?

Does it mean that it is a waste of time for students to learn the piano, or does it mean that it is a waste of time to learn the piano taught by her, Shen Li?

It seems that Dean Geng is not very welcoming to her?

But...she didn't want to come in the first place!

The corners of her mouth curved slightly, "If Dean Geng has any other instructions, please tell me directly."

Dean Geng really doesn't welcome Shen Li.

In his opinion, apart from studying hard and passing imperial examinations, the other six arts of a gentleman are a waste of time and a squandering of youth.

It is now the middle of May, and there are less than three months left until the Autumn Examination.

He really couldn't understand why His Majesty wanted to stuff a woman into the official school and even set aside class time to teach her the piano?

But it was His Majesty's will that she come to the official school, and even though he was unwilling, he had no choice.

"I would like to arrange a piano lesson every three days. Do you think it is feasible, Miss Shen San?"

Shen Li was happy to have some free time, so naturally she had no objection, "It's feasible."

Dean Geng called another servant and asked him to take Shen Li for a walk around the courtyard to familiarize her with the environment.

She walked around the courtyard and felt that there was nothing interesting, so she took Xingping and left the official school and headed towards Huajia Lane.

Her father, Jiang Minzhi, is now temporarily living in Huajia Lane.

Last night, when Shen Beiqi talked about her father, she looked as if she wanted to say something but hesitated, and no one knew what she wanted to say.

"Tuk-tuk-"

Shen Li knocked on the black lacquered wooden door, but no one answered.

It was still early, even if Jiang Minzhi had not returned yet, his brother Jiang Cheng should be at home.

Just as she was about to wait at the tea stall at the entrance of the alley, the door creaked open.

"Who are you looking for?"

It turned out to be a woman's voice that was so soft and touching.