Chapter 181 Why is it so smooth?

Wanshizhai was Li An's residence in Shangjing City of Northern Qi, which was known to many dignitaries.

This garden is much bigger than the Wanshizhai in Qing Kingdom, and the scenery is even more pleasant. However, on the contrary, it is far less popular than the latter.

Although the courtyard in Kyoto is small, there is a constant stream of people coming and going, and customers who want to have their fortune told need to make an appointment and queue up.

But now, the residence of Li An, the national teacher of Qi State, is deserted and few people come.

But today, someone unexpectedly came to the door, which surprised Li An.

After a while, Butler Chen brought the guests to the pavilion in the garden, which was Li An's favorite place to stay.

It was almost dusk, and the cold sunlight shone into the courtyard. The not-so-bright light shone on the faces of the two leading women, making them look pale. The two women chatted in low voices while sitting restlessly, and after a while they laughed one after another, appearing to be in a very good mood.

When Li An heard the servant coming to report to the courtyard, all his worries seemed to disappear. He laughed a few times, and came to the pavilion like a phantom, greeting people with a smile.

"Miss Ruoruo!"

"Xiao Tong'er, and you little guys, when did you arrive in Shangjing City?"

The disciples turned around in surprise. Although they knew it was the teacher who came, they still couldn't believe it. Zhao Tong'er and Fan Ruoruo looked up and saw this familiar figure. They had different expressions, but they still stood up and bowed, saying:

"Meet sir!"

"teacher!"

Li An was in a good mood. He touched the heads of his disciples one by one and asked with a smile, "How have you been recently?" Seeing Xiao Tong'er's tightly furrowed brows, he felt a little distressed. He walked up to her and rubbed her smooth brows, and asked, "Why are you holding your mouth?"

Zhao Tong'er's face turned pale at first, tears welled up in her eyes, but she still tried hard to hold back her tears and said, "Finally, I see the teacher again. I'm so happy!"

The other disciples also came forward to greet him one by one, and Li An nodded with a smile.

After seeing that his disciples had calmed down, Li An asked Fan Ruoruo, "Miss Ruoruo, why did you come to Northern Qi? Didn't your brother get married not long ago? Why did you go on a long journey instead of staying at home with your sister-in-law?"

Fan Ruoruo no longer had the spirit she had when they first met. She only looked weak after the hardship of traveling. Her long eyelashes fluttered a few times, and she smiled bitterly and replied, "It's a good thing for my brother to get married, but it's not so good for me."

It turns out that Fan Xian, as the eldest son of the Fan family, is not a direct descendant but has a great reputation. Not only is he very popular in the literary world of Qing Kingdom, and is regarded as a benchmark for Li An's literary status in Northern Qi, his political future is also very promising. He has now taken over the first department of the Supervisory Council, and will soon take over the financial power of the inner treasury. Therefore, his marriage with Chen County Princess Lin Wan'er is held as the top priority of the Fan family.

But after Fan Xian, Fan Ruoruo's marriage, which had been delayed for many years, was put on the agenda.

Before, Fan Ruoruo could use the excuse that her brother had not yet started a family to avoid this issue, but now that Fan Xian was married, she no longer had any shield.

She was betrothed to Li Hongcheng, the prince of Jingwang.

Although Fan Ruoruo had a decent relationship with Li Hongcheng, she had never thought about it that way. When she first heard about this, the first thing she thought of was to escape. After discussing with Fan Xian, she left for Northern Qi under the pretext that she was going to study medicine under Li An and Ku He.
"Isn't this good for Li Hongcheng?" Li An was a little surprised. As far as he knew, after he reminded Li Hongcheng before, Li Hongcheng had a big change. Not only did he change his weak and languid temperament, but he also joined the army and went to the border. He had a good reputation in the circle of the second generation of Qing Kingdom. Why was Fan Ruoruo unwilling?

Fan Ruoruo smiled bitterly and said, "Li Hongcheng is not a bad person, but Ruoruo doesn't want to get married so soon. Please take me in, sir, so that Rong Ruoruo can follow and learn by your side."

Fan Ruoruo's status is not ordinary. As the eldest daughter of the Fan family, she is deeply loved by Fan Jian and the old lady of the Fan family. Not to mention some favors in the palace, because of Fan Xian's relationship and her own talent, she is not much different from a princess in today's Qing Kingdom. Li An thought about it, there is such a plot in the original book.

Fan Ruoruo escaped from her marriage and was arranged by Fan Xian to be Ku He's disciple. In addition to the transaction between the two of them, it was more because Fan Ruoruo did have a talent in medicine, which was why she was able to successfully become Ku He's apprentice.

But strictly speaking, these many extra twists and turns were also Fan Xian's work.

He trained Fan Ruoruo to be an independent and strong new-age woman with her own subjective will. Although this approach is very Fan Xian, such a woman has little soil for survival in today's world, which has led to Fan Ruoruo's current embarrassing situation.

"In that case, you can live here for the time being."

Li An looked at his disciples and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, I am short of manpower during this period, and you are here, just in time to help me!"

"I will follow the teacher's instructions!"

All the disciples bowed and saluted.

Li An nodded, without asking them about what they had experienced in Qing Kingdom. He called Butler Chen to arrange rooms for everyone and let them go downstairs to rest.

We’ll talk about it later if there’s anything.

He first performed divination on himself and found that his destiny was becoming smoother and the expected dangers did not manifest, so he felt relieved.

After the dinner, Zhao Tong'er finally couldn't help but speak.

"Teacher, where is the senior brother?"

Li An thought of Hong Kaijia, who was born in the year of the monkey, and said helplessly, "Your senior brother is building a college in Shangjing City."

Hong Kaijia had received Li An's instructions to find a suitable place to build the academy long before. After Li An made those suggestions in the court, he started construction at the determined site. The original intention was to build only the Royal Military Academy, and Baijia Academy directly accepted the reconstruction of Shangjing Academy, but the resistance from the dignitaries in the court was too great, so they had to build two schools with different functions at the selected site at the same time.

Hong Kaijia was not only busy supervising the construction, but he also had to take over the Military Equipment Manufacturing Office and the Shipbuilding Department. For a while, he was extremely busy and had no time to spare.

"My fellow junior brothers and sisters and I have already heard about the affairs of the Second and Third Senior Brothers."

Li An waved his hands and interrupted her: "You are my second disciple. At the beginning, I only accepted sixteen people."

Zhao Tong'er looked miserable and could only respond. She bit her lip and whispered, "Teacher, don't worry. This kind of thing won't happen again. If it happens again, you don't have to do anything. Tong'er, Tong'er will help you!"

Li An nodded and started to calculate the names and birthdays of his disciples one by one.

He was not worried about anything else, but just wanted to confirm whether there were any other people from Emperor Qing. After all, although these disciples had inherited and learned some of his knowledge and were useful, they were also the best candidates for Emperor Qing to use his old tricks again.

After a moment, the conclusion was reached - no problem.

This also gave Li An a new question:
"How did you manage to come to Northern Qi?"

(End of this chapter)