My husband, who abandoned his father and kept his son, actually wants me to be his concubine.

Chapter 178 The Little Princess Goes to School

The fifth year of Jingning.

The little princess is five years old, and it's time for her to start school.

The first batch of female students from Lingxiao Academy have already left the academy. Some have become female teachers, some have opened bookstores, and some have started to compile books with officials from the Hanlin Academy.

Branch campuses of Lingxiao Academy around Chang'an also opened one after another, and some of the female students who had studied at the academy went to new girls' schools.

Xiao Rongjin was supposed to be studying in the palace, but Lu Jinshi wanted her to make more friends from all walks of life, rather than being confined to the palace.

On the first day of studying at Lingxiao Academy outside the palace, Lu Jinshi and Rong Yi secretly escorted young Rong Jin out of the palace to the academy.

Lu Jinshi said with some concern, "You must listen to your teacher and study hard."

Little Rong Jin nestled in Lu Jinshi's arms and said, "Mother, studying isn't fun. I want to practice martial arts. I want to learn to ride horses and shoot arrows like Sister Fu Le..."

Lu Jinshi smiled and said, "Although your sister Fule can ride horses, shoot arrows, and practice martial arts, she already knows hundreds of characters. You should study hard, and when you are six years old, your father and mother will take you and your brother to learn to ride horses!"

Xiao Rongjin pouted and said, "Mother is lying. Father and Mother are both busy, they won't take me and my brother horseback riding."

Rong Yi chuckled and said, "Mother wouldn't lie. When you turn six, Father and Mother will definitely take you horseback riding."

Little Rongjin held up her little finger and said, "Pinky promise."

Rong Yi ruffled Rong Jin's twin buns and said, "Father is His Majesty. His Majesty's word is law. He would never go back on his word."

"Father, isn't His Majesty amazing? Isn't he the most, most, most amazing person in the world?"

Rong Yi smiled and said, "Is that so?"

Little Rong Jin tilted her head and asked, "Then why is Father so powerful yet afraid of Mother? What is even more powerful than His Majesty?"

Rong Yi said, "Why is Father afraid of Mother?"

Xiao Rongjin said, "Father, aren't you afraid of Mother? But yesterday Mother told Father not to act recklessly, and you listened and didn't act recklessly."

Lu Jinshi blushed upon hearing Rong Jin's words.

Yesterday was Rong Jin's fifth birthday. Rong Jin's birthday wish was to sleep with her mother. Lu Jinshi thought that Rong Jin would be leaving the palace to study at the academy today, so she agreed to let Rong Jin sleep with her.

However, it just so happened that she was menstruating, and Rong Yi had already been holding back for seven days. He did not know that Lu Jinshi would let Rong Jin sleep with her.

Yesterday, when Rong Yi was about to act up, Lu Jinshi was naturally unwilling, fearing that she would wake up Rong Jin. However, she did not expect that Rong Jin would actually be awake.

Rong Yi awkwardly touched his nose and said to Rong Jin, "Because Daddy loves your mother, that's why I listen to her. Jin'er likes Mommy, so he should also listen to her. You mustn't tell anyone about Mommy forbidding Daddy from being silly."

Xiao Rongjin nodded and said, "Yes."

Lu Jinshi led Xiao Rongjin into the school. Jiang Yin and Anjing's daughter, Jiang Caiyue, was also there. Xiao Rongjin and Jiang Caiyue were already acquainted. Seeing her friend there, Xiao Rongjin stopped crying and waved to Lu Jinshi obediently.

Seeing that Rong Jin was attending class well, Lu Jinshi left the school and looked at Rong Yi waiting outside, saying, "Now that Jin'er is in the school, I feel a little empty inside."

Rong Yi smiled and said, "Jin'er will grow up one day. It's time for her to learn to grow up instead of still clinging to her mother to fall asleep."

Lu Jinshi tapped Rong Yi on the shoulder and said, "It's all your fault. You were being so reckless last night."

Rong Yi chuckled softly and took Lu Jinshi's hand: "I didn't mess around last night after all. Today is a day off, I'll take you somewhere."

Lu Jinshi followed Rong Yi into a newly built royal garden. Once inside, she felt as if she had returned to the time in Shanyin, as the garden was exactly the same layout she had created there.

"Seven years..." Lu Jinshi couldn't help but sigh, "Time really flies. It's been seven years since I left Shanyin without me even realizing it..."

Rong Yi said, "I know you miss Shanyin, so I specially asked the Ministry of Works to build a house for you in Shanyin in Chang'an as well. The bamboo here was all taken from Shanyin." Lu Jinshi smiled and said, "Time really flies. In the blink of an eye, Qin Ke is already of marriageable age. I heard from my parents that Qin Ke will also go back to Shanyin to hold a wedding. It would be great if I could go back to Shanyin with my parents and brother."

Rong Yi grasped Lu Jinshi's hand and said, "Wait a little longer. When Zhang'er turns thirteen and is capable of handling things on his own, I will let him stay in the palace while the two of us go to Shanyin."

Although Lu Jinshi was from Chang'an, she actually grew up in Shanyin City.

Lu Jinshi smiled and said, "Okay."

Rong Yi pulled Lu Jinshi's hand and led her into a study. "Do you still remember this place?"

Looking at the layout before him, Lu Jinshi realized that this was Rong Yi's residence in Shanyin City.

Rong Yi, holding Lu Jinshi's hand, said, "We can certainly act recklessly here..."

Lu Jinshi was still reminiscing about the place where he grew up when, before he knew it, Rong Yi pinned him to the table.

Lu Jinshi looked up at Rong Yi and said, "You... this is in broad daylight!"

Rong Yi chuckled and whispered in Lu Jinshi's ear, "Senior Sister Lu..."

Lu Jinshi hadn't heard Rong Yi call her that in a long time, and her ears turned red involuntarily...

Rong Yi sealed Lu Jinshi's red lips with a kiss, and Lu Jinshi responded half-heartedly.

Lu Jinshi and Rong Yi spent their hard-won day of rest in the villa.

It wasn't until dusk that the two of them got up and went to the academy to pick up Xiao Rongjin.

When Xiao Rongjin saw Lu Jinshi, she cried and said, "Mother, studying is so hard."

Lu Jinshi held little Rong Jin in his arms and said, "How can studying be difficult? Jin'er is very smart."

Lu Jinshi hadn't really taught Rong Jin much before. She didn't need to worry about Zhang'er and Jin'er's studies. After all, she wasn't boasting, but to be honest, both she and Rong Yi were very learned.

Xiao Rongjin said, "It's just too difficult."

Lu Jinshi smiled and said, "It's alright, you can learn slowly if it's difficult. As long as Jin'er is happy."

Cai Feng chuckled softly from the side, "Miss, the little princess thinks that the Kaiyang Class is too easy and insists on going to the best Tian Shu Class. I can only let her have her way."

Lu Jinshi smiled and gently pinched Rong Jin's nose, saying, "Studying should be done step by step. You can't try to learn too much at once. Starting tomorrow, you should go to the Kaiyang Class and study slowly."

"Oh," Rong Jin said with a smile, "Mother, when is Uncle getting married? Caiyue told me that Uncle is getting married?"

Lu Jinshi said, "Your uncle is indeed getting married in a few days."

At the end of April, the marriage of Qin Ke, the son of Princess Mingzhu and the current emperor's brother-in-law, was a major event in Chang'an.

Qin Ke married Xu Dan, Xu Yang's younger sister.

The reason Xu Dan was still unmarried at this age was because her previous fiancé was about to get married when she found out that he already had concubines and children before marriage. Xu Dan naturally could not tolerate this and simply broke off the engagement.

The Xu family's social standing wasn't considered top-tier in Chang'an, but her brother was a favorite of the Emperor, so she had a good selection of marriage partners. However, as she got older, all the men who wanted to marry her were widowers.

Xu Dan unexpectedly saved Qin Ke, who had fallen off his horse. The two had both studied at Lingxiao Academy, and over time, they fell in love.

Lu Jinshi was very satisfied that his younger brother had married Xu Dan. Although the Xu family was of humble origin, Xu Dan was very dashing and was one of the first girls to enter the girls' school, which showed that she and her mother had similar personalities.

(End of this chapter)