freenovelworld Chapter 648 Could it get any more shameless?
Chapter 648 Could it get any more shameless?
The day the girls' school officially began hanging plaques was a lively affair!
The plaque bears four large, golden characters: Yanzhou Girls' School!
These four characters were originally suggested to be written by Duanmu Chuze, since he was the Prince of Chang Le, and his name would naturally shine brighter.
However, after much deliberation, Mu Xin Nuan wrote down these four characters herself.
Mu Xin Nuan was originally skilled in calligraphy. Before she got married, she had been praised by many people in the capital. Even the emperor praised her for her beautiful handwriting!
Now, it is most appropriate for her to write the four characters of "Yanzhou Girls' School".
Although it was a girls' school, the streets still attracted many scholars and students.
Some came to watch the spectacle, some to see the beautiful woman, and others harbored ulterior motives, wanting to see Mu Xin Nuan make a fool of herself.
After all, there had never been a girls' school before.
Now that Princess Chang Le has set a precedent, there are naturally those who dislike this approach.
Mu Xin Nuan had anticipated that such people would appear from the beginning, so she paid extra attention to today. Chun Yu and Mu Hua each led people to take charge of maintaining order on the left and right sides.
If anyone is found deliberately causing trouble, they will be thrown out immediately.
Since it was a girls' school, even if the Prince of Changle himself came, he could only say a few words in a lecture hall outside the second gate. Mr. Liu and others also stopped there.
Further inside, no one other than women is allowed to enter.
Because it was a girls' school, and many ordinary people lived there, Mu Xin Nuan had very strict requirements for admissions.
There weren't any excessive age requirements, but rather two old women were specifically assigned to examine the girls who came to register. Name tags were then issued after everything was in order.
From now on, you will need this name tag to enter and exit.
The old women guarding the second gate were all burly and strong, clearly the kind of people who were physically powerful.
"Are you tired? Do you want to grab something to eat nearby? I noticed you didn't eat much this morning. It's almost noon, so we can eat something before heading back."
Inside the carriage, Mu Xin Nuan felt completely exhausted and leaned weakly against Duanmu Chu Ze's chest.
“Aze, before this girls’ school was even established, I was determined to get it started. I felt like I was full of energy. But now that the plaque has been officially hung up and classes have finally started, why do I feel so empty inside?”
Duanmu Chuze chuckled softly, gently stroking her back with his right hand.
"Your reaction is normal. There's nothing wrong with it. It's because you had a very clear goal that made you want to do everything you could to achieve it. Now that you've achieved it and reached your goal, you relax all of a sudden, and that's why you react this way."
"Is that so?"
"Plus, you were too tired today. And you didn't use much this morning, so this feeling is even more pronounced."
Mu Xin Nuan moved her head and gave him a disdainful look. "I'll just say I'm hungry right now, won't that solve it?"
Seeing her somewhat aggrieved and annoyed expression, Duanmu Chuze burst into laughter, "Anuan, how can you be so cute? Haha! It's not that you're hungry, it's that you're tired."
Mu Xin Nuan snorted coldly and turned her head away, ignoring him.
Duanmu Chuze wasn't in a hurry. He gently squeezed her arm with the hand he had around her. "You're too thin. How about we find another wet nurse to help you take care of the baby?"
Mu Xin Nuan closed her eyes. "I'm not going to look anymore. Anyway, Xiao Zong Hua is just drinking my milk. Hiring a wet nurse would be a waste of money. You might as well send him to a girls' school instead."
Duanmu Chuze reached out and poked the tip of her nose. "I've noticed you're getting more and more greedy for money."
"Yes, that's right! There's no way to know the cost of living until you're in charge. So, try your best not to be extravagant in the future. We'll have many more expenses to cover later."
As she spoke, Mu Xin Nuan thought of his extra tens of thousands of people and suddenly raised her head, "Tell me, have you been hiding some money from me?"
Duanmu Chuze was startled by her sudden action. His eye twitched, and he even blurted out the word "secret stash of money." He should have known better than to tell her what it meant.
"Ah Nuan, aren't all my assets in your hands? When did I ever have any secret savings?"
"No?" Mu Xin Nuan raised an eyebrow, clearly disbelieving. "Hmph! If not, how do you feed those tens of thousands of people? Don't tell me they eat themselves."
Duanmu Chuze suddenly realized, so that's why.
"Anuan, aren't you wondering why the Fu family, who are my people, haven't contributed any money before? They only contributed a little when Chang Le Fang was being built, but the Fu family doesn't look luxurious or magnificent. Where did all the Fu family's money go?"
Mu Xin Nuan blinked as well, "Yes, where did they all go?"
After saying that, his face turned somewhat embarrassed. "You mean to say that those tens of thousands of people have been supported by the Fu family all along?"
Duanmu Chuze nodded. "The Fu family alone is not enough to support them. There are also other small families that depend on me. Every year, they will contribute a certain amount of silver directly to the head of the Fu family, and then hand it over to me."
"You just gave it directly to the military camp?"
"Yes, I'll give it to them in batches. I'm not stupid; I can't just give them all at once and let them know that our Chang Le Prince's Mansion is rich, can I?"
"Oh, so you deliberately gave them out in batches, and then pretended to be miserable each time, to let them know that you're not having an easy time either?" Mu Xin Nuan looked at him with some disdain. "Duanmu Chu Ze, you can be any more shameless!"
Having been scolded by his wife, Duanmu Chuze touched his nose somewhat embarrassedly, then whispered, "I do have even more shameless things to do, do you want to try?"
Mu Xin Nuan's eyes widened instantly as she met his smiling gaze. She immediately realized what he was saying, and her face flushed red.
"Duanmu Chuze, you have no shame."
Mu Xin Nuan gave him a shy, light spit, then turned her face away and deliberately lifted the small curtain on the carriage to look outside.
How could Duanmu Chuze not understand her thoughts?
He was thinking that he couldn't do anything inappropriate to her in broad daylight.
Duanmu Chuze looked at Mu Xinnuan's red ear tips and his Adam's apple bobbed. Mu Xinnuan looked just like a ripe peach. Wouldn't it be a waste to just look at her and not eat her?
Thinking this way, I moved even faster.
Mu Xin Nuan felt a sudden darkness before her eyes, and her hand holding the curtain was restrained. Then, an extremely embarrassing scene unfolded.