Chapter 263: Granting Marriage to Ao Guangchun
Yingchun College accepts students. Except for orphans from the Charity Bureau who do not have to pay tuition, everyone else has to pay tuition, and it is very expensive.

Ordinary people needed 50 taels of silver and could sign a contract to sell themselves. After completing their studies, they could work for the weaving bureau or Chunshan Tea House under the imperial court and use their work to pay for their tuition.

When the deduction is full, the indenture will be returned.

If a wealthy family wants to train a maid to manage things, they need 100 taels of silver. The course is quite intensive and it will be hard to learn, but the results will be seen quickly.

Young masters and young ladies come to study, and the tuition fee is three hundred taels of silver. The class is small, and we will try our best to accommodate their schedules. The homework will be easier, and it is up to them whether they want to study or not.

One hundred taels of silver can buy several capable stewards and maids from a human trafficker!

How to do?
Are you still going to send it?
Whether you want it or not, you have to show it on the surface.

The noble family masters gritted their teeth and said, "Send! Pick out a loyal person from each young master and young lady and send them over..."

Stewardship is too expensive, so the people we choose must be loyal.

The Minister of Revenue Cui Chaoyong did not have this concern. Without saying a word, he sent all the underage young masters and young ladies in the mansion and their personal servants and maids over.

"No matter what you study, just study it seriously..."

He paid the tuition money in full.

Cui Chaoyong took the lead, and the emperor praised Cui Chaoyong at the morning court the next day for being the official in charge of the Ministry of Revenue and setting an example for the Ministry's livelihood, which was worthy of recognition.

Cui Chaoyong's eldest granddaughter Cui Zhihua was only fifteen years old. The female teacher of Yingchun Academy admired Cui Zhihua for her elegant mind, gentleness and kindness. Not only did she study hard in the academy, but she also took the initiative to take care of the orphans sent by the Charity Bureau, setting an example herself, and was specially rewarded with a set of glass bowls and plates.

As they returned home from court, the news spread and every household was shocked.

Sending the young lady to study at Yingchun Academy can actually earn a reward from the emperor? !

Who can bear this?!
Emperor Tianwu is so smart!

Some old aristocratic families came to their senses and said, "This is the Tianwu Dynasty. He is the emperor, and the emperor is the heaven. What good will it be if you go against the heaven?"

"Send! All of them!"

"Tomorrow we will send all the young ladies in our family to study at Yingchun Academy!"

No matter whether you can learn it or not, having a good reputation as a "gentle and kind-hearted person" will give you an advantage when it comes to finding a wife!

All the families were shocked at once and began to make arrangements.

Since there were no young masters or young ladies to be sent to the Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion, they selected loyal and clever children from the steward's children and sent them over.

For a while, the housekeepers were full of energy and felt that life in Ningyuan Marquis's Mansion was promising.

The only one who felt there was no hope was Ao Guangchun.

Because the wife of Ningyuan Hou was planning to arrange a marriage for him, and the person she was engaged to was Niu Shiniang.

Ao Guangchun regretted sharing with Hongye his experience of being frightened by Niu Shiniang and suffering from psychological trauma.

Before, the wife of Ningyuan Hou asked the maid Hongye whether Ao Guangchun had a lover.

Hongye thought about her future situation as a concubine, and decisively confessed the past of Ao Guangchun and Niu Shiniang.

Niu Shiniang can scare the young master into impotence. After marrying her, the young master will definitely not forget her just because he has a wife.

Maybe the wife is just a decoration? !

When Lady Ningyuan Hou heard this, she immediately felt that Niu Shiniang was very suitable to be her daughter-in-law.

A woman who can calm her son down and prevent him from doing anything wrong is tailor-made for her son!

The wife of Ningyuan Hou decided to marry into the Niu family without hesitation.

Ao Guangchun felt like he was hit on the head with a stick, and his head was buzzing.

"Mom, don't listen to Hongye. There's really nothing going on between me and Niu Shiniang..."

The wife of Ningyuan Hou certainly knew that there was nothing between her son and Niu Shiniang, but did it matter?
unimportant.

"With your personality, a gentle man can't control you at all, so you naturally have to marry someone powerful. I think Niu Shiniang is a good choice."

When Emperor Tianwu heard that the wife of Ningyuan Marquis fell in love with Niu Shiniang, he was silent for several breaths before he asked cautiously, "Sister Yun, are you serious?"

Mrs. Ningyuan Hou knew that Niu Shiniang's father and brother were doctors of the Fu family army and had long been Fu Zhonghai's people. Upon hearing this, she asked, "Why? Is Niu Shiniang's character problematic?" Fu Zhonghai was extremely firm in this regard: "She is definitely a good girl with a righteous character!"

"Do you have any hidden illness?"

"No, that's not the case. Her father is a doctor and she is in very good health..." She enjoys everything she eats.

"That's enough!" Lady Ningyuan Hou waved her hand with great domineering attitude.

"But she's not pretty..."

"There is also a maidservant in Chun'er's room, she is very pretty and has a beautiful figure."

"The most important thing for a wife is good character and the ability to manage the household. What's the big deal if she's not pretty?"

At worst, the son can go to the concubine more often, and the child born will be registered under the name of the mistress.

Emperor Tianwu: ...

Although...from a man's perspective, he felt that one had to be pleasing to the eye when marrying a wife.

If you only want to be brothers with your wife and don't want to be close to her, how can you have offspring? !

But he dared not say it.

Finally, Fu Zhonghai issued an edict to grant the marriage.

As soon as the imperial edict was issued, Ao Guangchun's eyes went dark and he slumped down in his chair, completely silent.

At first, the wife of Ningyuan Hou thought her son was being pretentious until she met Doctor Niu and Niu Shiniang, brother and sister, outside the palace who were about to enter the palace to express their gratitude.

Niu Shiniang's martial arts skills have improved by leaps and bounds in the army during this period. She has become a fierce general and is better at charging into battle than ordinary men.

At this moment, she was wearing armor, tall and strong, and she walked with the gait of a dragon and a tiger. You couldn't tell she was a woman at all.

So the wife of Ningyuan Marquis was stopped by a military general in her carriage.

The general clasped his hands together and said in a loud voice: "I, Niu Shiniang, greet the wife of the Marquis of Ningyuan!"

Lady Ningyuan Hou looked up at Niu Shiniang and was shocked: !!!

This female warrior is Niu Shiniang? !

Looking at Niu Shiniang's dark face full of flesh and her body taller and stronger than that of an ordinary man, she had no doubt: this man can really protect the house!
If her son disobeyed her, she would slap him until he fainted.

Perhaps I am really too arbitrary?
Is it too late to go to His Majesty and ask him to withdraw the imperial edict?

Doctor Niu's greeting startled her: "I am Niu Gensheng, and I greet the wife of Ningyuan Marquis."

The wife of Ningyuan Hou came back to her senses and stammered, "No...you're welcome..."

The wife of the Marquis of Ningyuan forgot how she said goodbye to Niu Shiniang and her sister. She returned home on the cotton-covered ground and met Ao Guangchun's resentful look. She felt unusually guilty.

"Chun'er, if you really don't like Niu Shiniang, I will give you a few beautiful concubines later."

Ao Guangchun's face turned pale, and he felt like he had lost all desire to live: "Mom, that's not necessary."

"When my son thinks of Niu Shiniang, even if there is a fairy standing in front of him, he will not have any evil thoughts."

Madam Ningyuanhou:!!!

Ao Guangchun returned to his yard as if he was sleepwalking.

Hongye, who was not far away, met the inquiring gaze of Ningyuan Hou's wife.

"Hongye, is what your young master said true?"

Hongye nodded guiltily.

She regretted it.

Yes, the young master had no evil thoughts towards me before.

When my wife comes home, won't I have to be a widow for the rest of my life? !
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(End of this chapter)