Chapter 18 Chapter 18 Arithmetic (Finished)

Chapter 18

Cuiping felt that the prince might not remember her. After all, four years had passed. The main reason was that for the prince's noble status, even if Jiang Yu, who had been married for three years, had only served his divorced wife, there was no need to care, not to mention that she was just a little maid.

But even so, she felt uneasy when she thought of Du Qing's true identity.

But obviously, Cuiping was just deceiving herself, because when Lin Bozhi saw Cuiping, his smile froze, and he squinted his eyes, obviously remembering her, and returned to his previous cold look.

"Cuiping, where is my mother?"

Cuiping hugged Du Qing who rushed towards her, and said softly, "Madam has finished her work and asked me to come and take the eldest girl to the front to sit in the carriage."

Du Qing clapped his hands happily and said, "Are you going to find your father?"

Cuiping did not dare to look at Lin Bozhi, and lowered her head to respond.

Du Qing happily followed Cuiping away, leaving Lin Bozhi alone with a cold look on his face.

Jiang Yu carried her daughter to the carriage, but Cuiping seemed absent-minded. She didn't even notice Jiang Yu calling her.

"Cuiping, what's wrong with you? Are you distracted?"

Cuiping was scared for a moment, so she told Jiang Yu everything that happened just now. Jiang Yu was very calm. Obviously, since she came to the capital, she had made plans. She said, "The prince has beautiful wives to accompany him at home, and she gave birth to his eldest son. It is said that he has not even taken a concubine in the past few years. It can be seen that he is deeply in love with me. How could he care about my former wife? I'm afraid he doesn't want to think about it at all."

Cuiping thought of Lin Bozhi's eyes just now, and felt very uneasy for a moment, "But..."

"Besides, even if he is suspicious, so what? You forgot that the midwife who delivered me died of illness last year. There is no evidence, and no one will ever know about this."

Jiang Yu had tried her best to conceal her identity. She waited for the midwife who delivered her last year to die, and then she was completely relieved.

Of course, there is another reason. Du Qing is a daughter... This world has always been a place where men are superior to women. Even if they are of royal blood, the son of the dragon is more precious. Du Qing is just a woman, not very

important. Lin Bozhi does not need to bother about this matter. Cuiping was actually frightened by Lin Bozhi's momentum. After hearing what Jiang Yu said, and seeing that she was very calm and motionless, she felt relieved. Thinking about it, Lin Bozhi is the prince, how could he remember them?

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The Hanlin Academy is not one of the six strict ministries, but a place for talent storage. In fact, everyone is very comfortable inside. Some people take turns inside, some people go home in advance, and of course some people are summoned to the palace to do things, just like Wu Donglai, who happened to run into the prince Lin Bozhi.

Jiang Yu took the children to the Hanlin Academy.

For Du Haoyu, it seemed that passing the imperial examination was a very easy thing. Just as her father said that he wanted to enter the academy, she was spotted by Sun Xuebao of the academy and was directly invited. You should know that Sun Xuebao had taught more than a dozen Jinshi masters. In the second year, she passed the imperial examination and was later selected as the number one in the palace examination. It seemed that it was done in one go.

Jiang Yu's mother-in-law, Zhou, was very happy and said that this was the good fortune brought by Jiang Yu. She was more and more fond of Jiang Yu. Later, when Du Haoyu was about to enter the capital, she sent her here directly.

In theory, a daughter-in-law should serve her mother-in-law in the countryside, but Zhou had no such intention at all. Of course, even if Zhou had the idea, she estimated that other people in the family would not agree, especially Jiang Yu's grandfather, who said, "Why keep the child at home? The couple should live together and expand the family as soon as possible."

Zhou didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Ayu is a capable person. She is the only one who can control the devil in our family. I just want to serve Ayu, so why would I want to keep her in the ancestral home to serve me?"

Everyone laughed at that.

Jiang Yu still remembered how helpless he was in Zhou Wangfu. When he looked at the Du family again, he was also full of mixed feelings. He thought to himself that he would respect them well in the future.

Seeing Jiang Yu's wide smile, the doorman greeted her and said, "Madam Du, the sweet-scented osmanthus cake you sent last time was really delicious."

Jiang Yu often came here, naturally bringing cakes from home. After a while, everyone remembered Jiang Yu, not to mention that Jiang Yu was really beautiful, which made people unforgettable after seeing her once.

Du Haoyu was the new champion, and he wrote well. He wrote the wheel of governing the country to the emperor's heart. Logically, he should be very favored, but his interest was to benefit agriculture and control water. He hit it off with the majority of people in the Hanlin Academy, and the two of them studied ancient books together. Although he was

in the Hanlin Academy for the past two years, he had only been to the palace a few times, and he only focused on these things. He was often so busy that he forgot to eat and sleep, and sometimes he didn't come back for several days.

Jiang Yu was used to it. Du Haoyu was just like that. If he just followed others and fawned on the emperor, trying to consolidate his position and get a real job, he would not be like that.

Perhaps he heard the news, Du Haoyu strode out, his official hat was crooked, his clothes were wrinkled, but he was in high spirits, with a confident look in his eyes, waiting to see Du Qing and Jiang Yu, his eyes were bright.

Du Qing twisted her body in Jiang Yu's arms. Jiang Yu naturally knew what she was thinking. He bent down and put her down. She couldn't wait to run towards Du Haoyu, calling sweetly, "Daddy!"

Du Haoyu smiled and picked Qing up, then asked, "Have you read the Book of Songs well? You promised Daddy that you would recite it all..."

Du Qing stretched out her white and tender little fingers and showed them to Du Haoyu one by one, "Daddy, you haven't been home for five days." Then she said proudly, "I have recited the Book of Songs."

Du Haoyu was very surprised, but when he thought of his daughter's intelligence, he felt that it was within his expectations, and said, "Daddy's good girl is really amazing." Then he said, "Has it been five days?"

A colleague passed by and said, "Sir Du, you didn't go home and your wife caught you again?"

Someone smiled kindly for a while.

Guangdaren was an old Hanlin who had devoted his entire life to flood control and had published a book on flood disasters. Although he did not hold a high position, he was a man of great prestige. When he saw Du Haoyu running out, he took a piece of paper and chased after him, saying, "Sir Du, we still can't figure it out here."

Guangdaren looked as if he was afraid that Du Haoyu would run away. Du Haoyu did not know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "You have been calculating for several days, but there is still no answer. Why don't you ask Sir Li from the Ministry of Revenue?"

The Ministry of Revenue was in charge of the national treasury and was good at arithmetic, but Guangdaren shook his head and said, "I've looked for it, but I can't figure it out."

Jiang Yu came over with some curiosity, and Du Haoyu thought for a moment. He brought a piece of paper to Jiang Yu and asked, "Ayu, look at this..."

Guangren was a little angry and said, "Nonsense, what does a woman know!"

Du Haoyu said seriously, "Sir, my wife is particularly good at arithmetic. In this regard, the younger generation is far behind."

Guangren was very surprised. This is the material for the embankment. The arithmetic is complicated and it is not something that ordinary people can solve. Although he was skeptical, because of his trust in Du Haoyu, he couldn't help but look at Jiang Yu. Seeing that she was born with beautiful eyebrows, graceful figure, and graceful gestures, he became more curious. Not to mention

that arithmetic is difficult, even the people in the Ministry of Revenue can't figure it out, not to mention that it has been difficult to have both talent and beauty since ancient times. How can such a beautiful woman be good at arithmetic?

Jiang Yu had long been accustomed to the contempt of others. Just like what Xie Wenlan said, no matter how hard they worked or how outstanding they were, in the eyes of men, they were all not presentable and could only live in the backyard, in that small world, just women with long hair and little knowledge.

Du Qing, who was standing by, was stunned. He felt that he knew all these words because his father had taught him, but when they were put together, he couldn't understand them at all.

Jiang Yu looked at them for a while and said, "Do you have abacus?"

This means that you can do it. Most people are a little unsure and are hesitant. Other Hanlin Academy scholars who came to join in the fun also pointed and pointed, but Du Haoyu quickly asked someone to bring the abacus. Jiang Yu put the abacus on the table and began to calculate over and over again. The abacus made a crackling sound, which dazzled the people watching.

A man who didn't get along with Du Haoyu smiled and said, "Master Du, this is the Hanlin Academy, not a street account house."

"Are you performing abacus techniques?"

Some people laughed, and some people were just watching the fun, but as time went by, the faces of the majority of people gradually became serious. It turned out that Jiang Yu had deduced it step by step.

After waiting for Jiang Yu to finish the calculation, Guangren slapped his thigh and said excitedly, "So that's how it is. I said I always get it wrong." Then he began to ask about the things he didn't understand. Jiang Yu explained them one by one. The smile on Guangren's face became more and more prosperous. Finally, he saluted Jiang Yu and said, "Thank you, Madam Du." He changed his previous arrogance and was very sincere.

"Did you really calculate it?"

Everyone came over to see, but not everyone could understand it. However, looking at Guangren's expression, it was obviously correct. After that, everyone knew that Du Haoyu had a wife who was good at arithmetic.

Du Haoyu looked at Jiang Yu who was praised by others, and his eyes were full of pride.