Being a Lady of an Influential Family

The first official meeting between Zhuo Lin and Fu Zheng was in the spring of the following year.

There is a peach blossom grove on the hill outside the capital, and it is rare for the school to organize students to go out for an outing. Zhuo Lin was also dragged along by a few familiar girls.

I don't want this to be another confession that I think is romantic.

Not long after arriving, the classmates who were still walking together disappeared, and a handsome male student stopped in front of Zhuo Lin holding a bouquet of flowers.

"Sister Zhuo, I have liked you for a long time, please promise to date me."

"..." Zhuo Lin looked at the male classmate who was kneeling on the ground with a face full of speechlessness. Which foreign novel did she get the inspiration from?

By the way, don't you think your messy bunch of flowers doesn't go well with this peach blossom forest?

Zhuo Lin coughed lightly, "That... Zhang, please get up first."

Zhang's face was full of joy, "You promised me to come?"

Zhuo Lin shook her head, "No, I just think...it's better for boys not to kneel casually. Thank you for your favor, but I don't intend to fall in love right now."

Zhang was a little disappointed, "I'm serious."

Zhuo Lin smiled and said, "Are your parents serious too? If I remember correctly, classmate Zhang's father is the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, right?" Now it is indeed much more open than before, but those so-called rich and powerful families are really not open enough to Let your children date and even get married by the way.

Zhang's expression froze, Zhuo Lin turned around and was about to leave, but Zhang quickly got up and stopped in front of her, "Zhuo Lin, I'm really serious!"

Zhuo Lin said, "I am also serious, rejecting you."

Classmate Zhang was even a little red, and his expression was slightly annoyed, "Are you still thinking about Zhang Bi? He was married a long time ago, and Mrs. Zhang is also from a famous family in the capital. It is impossible for you to be together! Do you want to be his concubine?!"

"..." Who is ruining her reputation? !

"What does this have to do with Zhang Bi? Didn't he go to the southwest? We haven't seen each other for almost a year." Zhuo Lin said. In fact, she is not very familiar with Zhang Bi, and they have not met a few times in total.

"Then why did you reject me?!" This classmate, who was also surnamed Zhang, obviously had the confidence to give up on me except Zhang Bi.

Zhuo Lin said, "Of course I refuse because I'm not interested in you, and... I don't want to fall in love yet. I'm only eighteen years old. At this age, I should study hard and not fall in love."

"..." Zhang stared at Zhuo Lin for a long time before choking out, "I don't believe it!"

Believe it or not, what does it matter to me?

Zhuo Lin turned in another direction to go again, and classmate Zhang stepped forward and grabbed her wrist, "Zhuo Lin, I really like you, don't you really think about it? As long as you promise me, I can... "

Zhuo Lin's face darkened slightly, "Student Zhang, I think you can communicate with your father Lingtang first!"

Classmate Zhang froze completely, and let go of Zhuo Lin's wrist.

Zhuo Lin took a step back to distance herself from him, "Please respect yourself."

Classmate Zhang stared at Zhuo Lin steadfastly, a bit of cruelty gradually rose in his eyes, and his heart began to heave violently.

Zhuo Lin naturally saw his reaction in her eyes, and she became a little vigilant in her heart.

Just when classmate Zhang rushed towards Zhuo Lin, and Zhuo Lin was about to fight back, there was a sudden soft sound, and the originally vicious boy suddenly fell to the ground limply.

Zhuo Lin's eyes flickered slightly, she looked around and raised her head.

She was standing under a hundred-year-old peach tree, with a handsome face showing among the flourishing peach blossoms above.

The young man had a handsome and tough face as if cut by a knife. Even with a smile on his face, it made people feel a bit iron-blooded and evil. This is obviously not the rich and well-clothed young masters in the capital, this is a man who has actually seen blood on the battlefield.

The other party was wearing a black uniform, leaning leisurely on the tree, and there was a strange sense of beauty among the peach blossoms.

The delicate and charming peach blossoms and the iron-blooded and tough youth actually complement each other perfectly.

"Shouldn't the grace of saving life be promised with your body?" The young man looked at Zhuo Lin with a smile and asked.

Zhuo Lin said lightly, "I can take care of him without you doing anything, isn't it a life-saving grace?"

The young man said, "But if I heard correctly, he is the son of the minister of punishment, right? If I don't do anything, you will offend him."

Zhuo Lin was silent, indeed.

Although she can also solve it, it is still a bit troublesome after all.

"Thank you then?" Zhuo Lin raised her head and smiled at the people in the tree.

The young man on the tree reached out and picked a peach blossom, and jumped down from the tree, "Peach blossoms for beautiful women."

He didn't give Zhuo Lin a chance to refuse at all, and directly stuffed the flower into her hand.

Zhuo Lin stared at the flowers in her hand, wandering between throwing and not throwing.

The young man sighed, "Beauties don't even care about it these days. I helped you take care of the big trouble, and you didn't even want to help me get something."

"..." So it wasn't for me? For the first time, Miss Zhuo Lin, who was acting affectionate, felt a little embarrassed.

"Hold it for you?"

The young man nodded his head as a matter of course, "Of course, I'm going to take care of this product, you have to help me get it, this is very important."

"Where is it important?" Zhuo Lin observed carefully, and found no difference between this peach blossom and other peach blossoms.

The young man nodded, "This is what I carefully selected to confess. If you break it for me and cause my confession to fail, then you can compensate me as a daughter-in-law."

Although she deeply doubted the other party's words, Zhuo Lin still didn't care much when she saw the young man mentioning the classmate Zhang on the ground and walking out, "Where are you taking him?"

"Don't worry, he won't be killed." The young man waved his hand and walked out carrying the man. He is obviously a young man who is not too short, and being held in his hands is as stress-free as lifting a chicken.

"Remember to look after my flowers." The young man still didn't forget to turn his head and said, "By the way, my name is Fu Zheng."

So, Zhuo Lin had to stand under the tree with flowers and wait for the other party.

This wait is more than an hour.

"..." Got tricked!

Zhuo Lin, staring at the peach blossom in her hand, secretly gritted her teeth. Miss Zhuo has always been extremely smart, but this is the first time she has been tricked by someone else!

It wasn't until Zhuo Lin left under the peach tree that Fu Zheng came out slowly from the depths of the peach tree.

Seeing that Zhuo Lin didn't throw away the peach blossoms she gave, Fu Zheng hummed a little song in satisfaction.

Yao Kan, who was following him, couldn't help shaking his head secretly in his heart, "Brother, do you know what your name is?"

Fu Zheng glanced at him, "What?"

Yao Guandao, "You're calling yourself dead. It would be polite not to slap you if you meet someone next time." Asking a girl to stand under a tree and wait for him for more than an hour, is this a human thing? If you really have something to do, it's fine, and he just hid in the dark and watched the girl waiting for him there, still complacent?

It would be unlucky for a woman of this kind of man to marry him.

"What do you know, you little brat?" Fu Zheng disagreed.

Yao Guan rolled his eyes, "I'm only three years younger than you, besides, I already have a wife, do you have one?"

"..." He really didn't.

Fu Zheng murmured, "I didn't lie to her either." Sending flowers this time, confession next time, perfect!

Yao looked at his absent-minded appearance, but was a little curious, "Brother Fu, do you really have a crush on that girl?"

Fu Zheng glanced at him, "No way?"

Yao Guan scratched his hair, "It's not impossible, it's just... If you listened to my hero save the beauty last time, maybe you are all done now."

Fu Zheng also felt a little regretful, but he couldn't let the little brother see it, so he forced his respect, "Meeting once is called lust, and we are now called fate."

"..." Do you think seeing her once more won't make you feel attracted to her?

I don't know what that guy named Fu Zheng did. After returning to school, that classmate Zhang never came to see Zhuo Lin again.

On the contrary, Zhuo Lin was a little estranged from the few classmates who were still familiar with her. She didn't like this kind of self-assertive people, even if their original intention might be "for her own good".

A few days later, her mentor had her called over.

"Ms. Ji, what's the matter?" Zhuo Lin walked to the teacher's door and saw a young man sitting in the office besides her teacher. The young man looked less than thirty years old, handsome and elegant, with a smile on his face that seemed to be somewhat similar to Zhang Bi, but he also had a unique temperament that Zhang Bi did not have at all, a kind of restraint that few people had seen before. Expensive and elegant.

Zhuo Lin looked at the young man and raised his eyebrows slightly, and the young man smiled at her.

Professor Ji was very happy to see Zhuo Lin, and quickly waved, "Student Zhuo Lin, come in quickly." Then he turned his head and said to the young man, "This is the student I just accepted last year, the favorite student of Professor Chen of Anlan Women's University, She is fluent in Yi and Sasi, so she should be able to help you."

The young man nodded slightly, his voice clear and magnetic, "Professor Lao Ji is here. Miss Zhuo, we meet again."

Professor Ji was a little surprised, "Do you know each other?"

Zhuo Lin shook her head and said, "I've seen it twice, in the school library."

Zhuo Lin often spends time in the library, so she met this young man twice in the library and had a few chats with him. Zhuo Lin guessed that his identity should be unusual, and he was not a teacher or student at the school. She didn't want to cause trouble so she didn't pay much attention.

Professor Ji was a little helpless when he heard the words, "I don't know, you have been to school before."

The young man said with a smile, "Teacher has too many things to disturb, I'll make you laugh."

Professor Ji waved his hands again and again, looked at Zhuo Lin and said, "Ilya and Sassi's envoys will visit the capital in two days, and with them are Ilya's Crown Princess and Sassi's Vera O. The Duchess of Gus. Fortunately, Ilya, although there are not many women in the capital who are proficient in Ilya, you can find a few, but it is really hard to find those who can speak Sassi.”

Zhuo Lin understood a little bit, "Teacher, do you want me to translate for Duchess Augustus?"

Professor Ji looked at the young man with a smile, and the young man nodded and said, "I want to trouble Ms. Zhuo, is it convenient for you?"

Seeing that Zhuo Lin didn't answer, Professor Ji said with a smile: "Student Zhuo, no matter how good a language is, it's only useful if you learn it in practice. This is also a rare opportunity for practice."

Zhuo Lin smiled and said, "It's not that I'm hypocritical, it's just that diplomacy is no small matter. I have never translated for anyone. If something goes wrong, wouldn't it embarrass An Xia?"

The young man smiled and said, "I trust Professor Ji's students, and... even if you make a small mistake, it doesn't matter. Now you can't find a few women who can make mistakes in the capital. I am a little curious, how did Miss Zhuo think of it? Learning Sasi? Nowadays, even if they want to learn a foreign language, more people will choose Dayin and Iliad, right?"

Sassi is just a small country very far away from Daxia, and this language is naturally very unpopular. Even the Foreign Language College of Anxia Capital University does not offer this course.

Zhuo Lin said, "I have a teacher at Anlan University. She is an expatriate returning from Sassi. I learned from her."

"So that's how it is. Ms. Zhuo is very talented." He had already learned from Professor Ji that this Ms. Zhuo had actually only studied in Anlan University for two years. Not only got a degree but also mastered two foreign languages, which is indeed amazing talent.

"Mr. praise, I haven't asked this gentleman yet..."

The young man smiled and said, "My surname is Xiao, Xiao Zhu."

"..." The eighteen-year-old Zhuo Lin is not the Ms. Zhuo who will be decades later, even she is a little speechless for a while.

After a moment of silence in the office, Zhuo Lin found her own voice, "It turned out to be Your Majesty, please forgive me for being rude."

Qingqing laughed out loud, "It's okay, Miss Zhuo doesn't have to feel restrained. So, is Miss Zhuo willing to accept the next request? Of course, it's not just asking for your help, the royal family will give Miss Zhuo special translation treatment. If Miss Zhuo is willing , the royal family is also willing to hire Ms. Zhuo as a special interpreter for a long time."

"Thank you for your trust, I will do my best." Zhuo Lin smiled.

After talking with Zhuo Lin about receiving foreign guests, Xiao Zhu quickly said goodbye and left.

After he left Zhuo Lin, he looked at Professor Ji who was sitting on the side watching the show, feeling a little helpless, "Professor..."

Professor Ji said with a smile, "It's not my fault, I can't fight with you under His Majesty's nose."

Zhuo Lin didn't hold on to this, but was a little strange, "Why do you need His Majesty to come to you in person for such a trivial matter?"

The professor spread his hands and said, "Although Your Majesty wants to reform wholeheartedly, those old stubborn people in the imperial court are not so easy to compromise. As far as the school is concerned, the reform of co-educational comprehensive universities has already begun when the late emperor, and now the national comprehensive There are less than ten independent schools. Take our school as an example, how many female students are there in total? Those who are willing to let girls come to study here are either really open-minded scholars, or people who don’t care much about reputation Those daughters of rich and powerful families, they would rather hire teachers at home or go to women's college. This women's college is only decent at Anlan University, and the others have long been biased. The teaching is all about writing, and what It’s not as good as it was hundreds of years ago. Even now, in such a big capital city, you can’t even find a woman who is proficient in Sasi. Your Majesty will come because I gave him a few lessons before, so he sent someone to me before. Ask. Isn’t it good? I recommended you to His Majesty.”

Zhuo Lin listened carefully to Professor Ji's words, and nodded in agreement.

Compared with the previous dynasty, An Xia's women's school is really not as good.

In the previous dynasty, only Anlan College had produced many female officials, and Anlan College was not the only school with achievements at that time. On the contrary, after the establishment of Anxia, ​​the royal family vigorously suppressed the status of women. The status of women was far inferior to that of the former Dasheng Dynasty and even Tangling, and many women's schools have become places that simply teach piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, three obediences and four virtues.

Only Anlan University has always insisted on teaching women the same knowledge as men, and it is precisely because of this that Anlan College was suppressed very hard in the early and mid-term of Anxia and was almost shut down directly when it was the most difficult time. Where can there be students in schools suppressed by the imperial court? Later, the school compromised and changed to only teaching girls to read and write, so they barely survived.

That is to say, in recent decades, the folk customs have gradually developed, and the royal family has also begun to seek reforms, and Anlan University has gradually recovered.

Professor Ji exhorted, "This opportunity is rare, do it well. I read the papers you wrote a few times, and it doesn't look like you can stay in school. Maybe we will have a female diplomat in Anxia in the future. .”

Zhuo Lin blinked, "Thank you Professor, I will work hard."