After losing her husband, she turned the little villain of the Hou family into a big boss

Arriving at the front yard, he followed the servant into Master Fan's study.Xiao Xiaoguai saluted the head of the Fan family respectfully, but halfway through her salute, the head of the Fan family stood up and saluted her too.Xiao Xiaoguai quickly helped him up and said, "Mr. Fan, you are trying to offend me. I am too young to accept your courtesy."

When the eight-year-old girl saw the head of a wealthy family, she showed no signs of cowardice but a measured approach and retreat. The head of the Fan family had to admire the Duke Ding and his wife for their ability to teach their children.

Everyone sat down, and the head of the Fan family began to test Xiao Xiaoguai.Xiao Xiaoguai answered if she knew how, and just said no if she didn't. The head of the Fan family was even more satisfied with her.Then the head of the Fan family asked Xiao Xiaoguai to write a poem. Xiao Xiaoguai thought about it for a quarter of an hour, then took a pen and wrote a poem.

The head of the Fan family nodded repeatedly after reading it. An eight-year-old child can write such a poem. He is not an ordinary talent!At the same time, he sighed in his heart, it would be great if he was a boy. If he was taught well, he would definitely become a great man in the future.

"I will write a letter to Jinglun and ask him to come to Beijing as soon as possible."

The head of the Fan family said this, and it was basically confirmed that Fan Jinglun would accept Xiao Xiaoguai as his disciple. Tang Shuyi and Xiao Huai both stood up and thanked him.

When Fan Jinglun, who was thousands of miles away, received the letter from the head of the Fan family, he threw the letter aside with a heavy groan.Since he became famous, countless people have come to be his disciples every day, but he has not agreed.Now the old man actually asked him to accept a little girl as his apprentice. What is the difference between this and selling his son?

Will he, Fan Jinglun, succumb to power?

After more than ten days, the head of the Fan family did not receive a reply from him, so he knew that his son was stubborn again, so he asked his eldest son to write to Fan Jinglun, saying that he was ill and bedridden.

This time Fan Jinglun received the letter. Although he suspected that the head of the Fan family was pretending to be ill, he still set off for Beijing.More than ten days later, he arrived in Shangjing. As expected, the head of the Fan family was in high spirits, and he could even blow his beard and glare when he saw him.

The father and son sat down to talk. The head of the Fan family said: "I do have selfish motives for asking you to accept Princess Fuhui as your disciple. Princess Fuhui is the darling of Duke Ding and his wife, and the queen mother loves her to the core. The emperor and the queen treat her very much." She is also loved very much. By accepting her as your disciple, you can strengthen our connection with the royal family."

Fan Jinglun listened to his words and drank tea without saying anything.The head of the Fan family snorted, "Although I have selfish motives, if that child has no merit, would I agree to let you accept him as a disciple? I don't want face, and the Fan family still needs face."

As he said that, he took out the poem Xiao Xiaoguai wrote that day and handed it to Fan Jinglun, "This is the poem I asked the little girl to write on a random topic when I met her that day."

Fan Jinglun read the poem again, his face became serious, and he asked: "How old is she?"

"Eight years old, two and a half years old, Mrs. Dingguo personally taught me." The head of the Fan family said.

Fan Jinglun was silent for a while, and then said: "I heard that the Emperor was taught by the Imperial Master. I also want to see how outstanding the children taught by the Imperial Master are."

The head of the Fan family knew that he wanted to meet someone, so he immediately said: "I will post a message to invite Duke Ding and his wife."

The head of the Fan family believed that as long as Fan Jinglun met Xiao Xiaoguai, he would agree to accept her as his disciple.

After Tang Shuyi and Xiao Huai received the message from the head of the Fan family, they immediately prepared gifts and took Xiao Xiaoguai to the Fan family the next day.On the way, Tang Shuyi said to Xiao Xiaoguai: "Don't be nervous, just be the same as when you met the head of the Fan family last time."

Xiao Xiaoguai nodded, she was really not nervous.Although Fan Jinglun's talent and learning are not comparable to those of many people in Daqian today, she doesn't have much pursuit, so it doesn't matter if she can be the best master, or not.

This time, they went directly to the front yard. The head of the Fan family and Fan Jinglun were waiting for them in the hall. After meeting, they saluted each other again.Fan Jinglun kept examining Xiao Xiaoguai. Although he was resisting in his heart, he had to admit that this child was very good in terms of demeanor and etiquette.

Next was Fan Jinglun's test on Xiao Xiaoguai, and Fan Jinglun was very satisfied with the result.Finally, Fan Jinglun asked Xiao Xiaoguai, "You are a woman, why do you want to study like a man?"

Xiao Xiaoguai looked at him doubtfully, "Does it matter whether you are a man or a woman if you want to study knowledge?"

Fan Jinglun raised the corners of his lips and asked, "Then what do you want to do after studying science?"

Xiao Xiaoguai still looked confused, "Does studying knowledge have to have a purpose? I like it, can't I learn it if I want to?"

Fan Jinglun was stunned after hearing this, and then he laughed and said, "This child has such a bad temper towards me."

As he spoke, he took off the jade pendant from his waist and placed it in Xiao Xiaoguai's hand, "A meeting gift for you."

This was an agreement to accept a disciple. Xiao Xiaoguai stood up and saluted him, and Xiao Huai immediately set a date with Fan Jinglun to become his disciple.Fan Jinglun was also a casual person, so he said casually: "In two days."

When the time was set, Tang Shuyi and Xiao Huai took their leave and went back to prepare for the apprenticeship ceremony and apprenticeship banquet.Of course, the Empress Dowager must also be informed about the apprenticeship.Although the Empress Dowager is in the deep palace, Fan Jinglun's reputation has been heard of.

I heard that Xiao Xiaoguai wanted to become Fan Jinglun's apprentice. Although she did not attend the apprenticeship banquet, she asked the eunuch around her to send many apprenticeship gifts.At the same time, the emperor and queen also sent many apprenticeship gifts.Therefore, this apprenticeship banquet is not ordinary grand.

And this incident caused quite a stir in Shangjing City.Duke Dingguo and his wife attach great importance to the education of their children. Everyone in the capital knows that after all, Duke Dingguo and his wife are the emperor's teacher.But no one expected that Dingguo Gong and his wife would hire a great scholar as a teacher for their little daughter.

If it's a son, that's fine. Asking a great scholar to be a teacher for a daughter is too big to be useful.At the beginning, even when the queen was young, Mrs. Dingguo didn't ask a great scholar to be her teacher!

The dignitaries in the capital were all speculating on the intentions of Duke Ding and his wife, and Tang Shuyi and Xiao Huai followed their guesses.Xiao Xiaoguai started her new learning career.

Since Fan Jinglun accepted Xiao Xiaoguai as his apprentice, he would not fool around and was very strict with Xiao Xiaoguai.It is not because she is a girl that she has not been able to study the Four Books and Five Classics, the Classics and History, etc. in a differentiated education.

Although Xiao Xiaoguai received different education from the noble girls in the capital, she was not isolated from the group of noble girls in the capital.In addition to studying, she would go on outings and ride horses with the ladies she got along with, and would hang out with them during banquets.

In the blink of an eye, five years later, Xiao Xiaoguai grew up into a bright young girl.In the past five years, Fan Jinglun has accepted several apprentices, but his favorite is Xiao Xiaoguai.

The head of the Fan family often lamented why Xiao Xiaoguai was not a man, but Fan Jinglun did not care at all that she was a woman. He believed that his female apprentice would still have great achievements even if she did not take the imperial examination.