Reborn to be married, the mistress of the Marquis's Mansion is so sweet

How could she know Meng Yucheng so well? Lin Wan lowered her head and said nothing. Because these were all her own experiences in Jinling in her previous life.

"My brother from my mother's family is acquainted with Meng Yucheng. He once stayed at the manor of the Marquis's manor for a few days a few years ago. So he knows something about it."

Li Weining nodded. He had heard Lady Nanling mention this matter before, so he didn't ask any more questions.

After talking about this, the three of them no longer mentioned Meng Yucheng. They didn't have much interaction with each other, and they only paid attention to it because it involved Li Weining's marriage. Since he was not a good candidate for husband, they didn't care about anything else.

Li Suining smiled and comforted his sister, "Don't worry, the Spring Examination will be held soon. When you go to Kyoto, you will be a scholar. I will pick a good one for you then!"

"Oh, sister, you are so annoying!"

Looking at Li Weining's blushing face, Lin Wan and Li Suining were both amused by her.

Li Suining saw Lin Wanxiao and reminded her, "Sister Lin, you have to keep an eye on us too!"

"With Lord Li and his wife here, all the people my sister has met are from high-ranking families and dignitaries. How can my sister find anyone better?"

Li Weining was unhappy to hear this, "I don't care about family background, what's important is the person. As long as he is a good person, nothing else matters!"

Seeing Lin Wan was a little surprised, Li Suining smiled and explained, "Sister, you don't know, my family only has two daughters, Weining and I, and my parents don't have any requirements for family background. When I married into the Zhenguo Mansion, it was because the Duke and my father met on the battlefield, and they happily decided it privately after drinking."

With a wry smile, he said, "Although I married into a wealthy family, in order to avoid being criticized, I practiced various rules and talents diligently all day long. Even so, I still have to be careful in this mansion. My sister-in-law still looks down on me."

"So when it comes to Weining's marriage, my parents don't care about her family background. As long as the person is good, it's okay for her to marry into the family even if she has nothing." Li Weining nodded seriously after hearing this. Seeing that her sister was a little depressed, she couldn't help but hold her arm.

Lin Wan looked at the two sisters leaning against each other and said with some envy: "General Li and Auntie really love their son. Now that Sister has Brother Qian, things will get better and better. If Sister encounters something in the mansion and doesn't know how to deal with it, she can also ask Auntie for advice."

"Alas... after a girl gets married, she still has to rely on herself to gain respect from her husband's family. How can she rely on her parents' family for everything?" Li Suining said with a smile.

Seeing Lin Wan nod, he continued, "Father has been fighting for many years, and now his health is not very good. The imperial physician asked him to recuperate. But he is a person who can't sit still. On the fourth day of the New Year, my mother told me that Censor Meng and Imperial Tutor Yan from the Hanlin Academy were planning to join forces with several respected and knowledgeable scholars in the court to establish a school. My father volunteered to help, and was responsible for building the school and providing security."

"General Li, this is a waste of your talent." Lin Wan couldn't help but say.

"What a talent! Daddy said that the capital is very stable now, and he usually trains soldiers in the military camp outside the capital. Last year, due to the weather, his old illness came back, so he stayed at home to help build the academy. He was very happy! He also said that if Qian'er wasn't too young, he would send Qian'er to be the first batch of students."

After hearing this, Lin Wan thought for a moment and asked, "But Mingde Academy?"

"Yes, you heard everything?"

Lin Wan thought to herself, I haven’t heard of it now, but in the previous life, this Mingde Academy was very famous, and it produced several top scorers in the imperial examinations. There was even one time when the top three in the spring examination were all students from Mingde Academy.

The high-ranking officials in the capital city of Shangjing were vying to send their children there. Although there were many children of officials in Mingde Academy, a small number of places were reserved every year for ordinary students to compete for admission through examinations.

After entering Mingde Academy, not only can one learn a wide range of knowledge, but one can also make more senior connections and receive guidance from famous teachers. If one can enter the court, he or she will be a disciple of a great Confucian scholar, which will be even more beneficial to one's future career.

"Of course I have also heard about the great things these great scholars are going to do to benefit the country and the people." Lin Wan said with a smile.

Now the academy is still in the preparation stage. The first batch of disciples are all well-informed families of high-ranking officials in the court. They knew the value of this academy earlier, so they reserved seats in advance and sent their children in.

Lin Wan knew all this because in her previous life, in order to help Shen Qinghe pass the imperial examination, she made great efforts to make friends with officials and great scholars in the Hanlin Academy. At that time, Mingde Academy had just been established. She carefully inquired about the teaching content of the academy, checked them one by one, and found a clue about the imperial examination, which allowed Shen Qinghe to predict the test questions in the examination room and win a great victory.

Li Suining saw that she looked very interested and said with a smile, "Does your mansion have a young man of the right age? If you want to send him, I can talk to my father for you."

"Really?" Lin Wan's heart moved, and she said in surprise, "The Marquis's Mansion doesn't have any children who need to go to school for the time being, but my mother's family has a younger brother who is just the right age. Can you trouble General Li to recommend him?"

Li Suining responded without any embarrassment, "No problem, I'll go back and tell my father."

Not to mention that Lin Wan had helped her before, even with Li Weining's marriage today, if Lin Wan hadn't reminded them, they would have been deceived by the Lady of the Nanling Earl. Li Suining didn't think it was a big deal just to help send someone into the academy.

Moreover, the academy has just been established and its reputation has not yet been made known. It is nothing to ask for help from a relationship at this time and no one will care.

Li Suining agreed without hesitation. Lin Wan was very grateful and took her hand and said, "Sister Li, thank you so much!"

"Why are you being so polite? You just helped Wei Ning a lot, and I wasn't as excited as you are. Don't take it to heart. We three sisters should visit each other more often in the future."

"Okay!" Lin Wan smiled happily.

Li Suining and her sister also pulled her close and started laughing and joking.

When leaving the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion, Lin Wan was still in a good mood.

On the second day, Lin Huai happened to come to the Marquis' Mansion to return the book he had taken back last time.

"Second sister, this is the book I took a few days ago. I'm here to return it to you."

Lin Wan looked through the books he brought over and asked with a smile, "You finished reading so quickly? I don't need them urgently, but you don't have to be so anxious. It will be useful only if you read them carefully."

Lin Huai smiled a little embarrassedly, "Well, I copied it all, so it will be convenient for me to read it again if I want."

He was simple-minded, thinking that although Lin Wan was already the mistress of the Marquis's Mansion, she still had to be careful and not leave any messages for others. If these books were accidentally soiled or damaged, it would be bad to embarrass her second sister.

"This is a good idea. As the saying goes, a good memory is not as good as a bad pen. Writing more can also help you practice your handwriting. After all, beautiful handwriting is important during exams!" Lin Wan smiled and pointed to the stool next to him, asking him to sit down and talk.

The maid brought up some tea and snacks and then left. Seeing that he was reserved, Lin Wan gestured for him to have some tea.

“Are you still studying at home?”

Lin Huai put down the tea bowl in his hand and shook his head, saying, "No, the students in my family school are much younger than me, so the teacher speaks slowly. After I passed the examination for Tongsheng last year, I studied at home by myself. I asked my father, but he said that he would decide after I take the provincial examination this year and see the results."

The Lin family's family school was run together with several neighboring families, and they hired ordinary teachers. However, most of the children there were under ten years old, so Lin Huai was indeed a little too old for that.