Tang Dynasty Little Godfather

Chapter 224 A bright future
Lady Zixia had to admit that the experience was much better after the addition of the steam oven. If Wang Xi hadn't personally helped her with the face mask this time, she probably would have fallen asleep comfortably like the other noble ladies.

Clearly, she had no intention of resting at this moment. While enjoying the comfort of the face mask, she was thinking about how to control the Nameless Academy.

"Auntie!"

"Ok?"

Lady Zixia opened her eyes.

Wang Xi waved the face mask in her hand and smiled, "It's over."

"it's over?"

Lady Zixia was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Que'er's cooking skills are no worse than Zihui's!"

Wang Xi chuckled and said, "That's for sure. If there wasn't any preparation, Que'er wouldn't dare to help Auntie with her face application. But we can't let Auntie discover Que'er's shortcomings."

Lady Zixia was somewhat gratified upon hearing the first half of the sentence, but the second half left her both amused and exasperated. She teased, "Does Sparrow have any flaws?"

This question made Wang Xi fall into deep thought.

Lady Zixia rolled her eyes slightly, then suddenly sat up, got off the bed, and went outside the private room, only to find that there was no one there.

"What about people?"

Lady Zixia asked curiously.

Wang Xi's voice suddenly rang out from behind, "I know where everyone went, Auntie, come with me."

He then took Lady Zixia's hand and hurriedly walked outside.

Lady Zixia didn't react for a moment and felt a little awkward, but given their relationship, it didn't seem like a big deal, so she let him pull her along.

Wang Xi led Lady Zixia to the small tower in the middle.

Then he pointed to the doorway, “Look! They’re all there.”

Lady Zixia looked up and saw a group of noblewomen gathered in front of the door. She then realized that they had gone to check out the effects of the face mask with their sisters.

Wang Xi chuckled and said, "With their help in promoting us, more and more ladies will come to our Qingyun Temple, especially those who have a good relationship with Auntie. So Auntie, you'd better hurry up, otherwise, all your customers will become my customers."

Madam Zixia laughed and said, "No rush, no rush. As long as I can cut off the source of the problem and take control of your Nameless Academy, then we can solve the problem once and for all."

There were no secrets between her and Wang Xi; both were employing overt strategies to force the other to submit.

Wang Xi looked at Madam Zixia with a strange expression and said, "Auntie, aren't you just copying me?"

Madam Zixia smiled. "Can you let go of your aunt now?"

"Oh."

Wang Xi quickly let go of her hand, "I'm sorry, Auntie, I was just a little too excited."

Lady Zixia smiled and nodded, unaware that Wang Xiaoque was a wolf in sheep's clothing.

After the face mask was applied, it was time for the children to watch the opera "100,000 Whys", also known as "The Genius Boy Wuwei".

The children were very excited about this.

Just as Wang Xi had predicted, the adults might not be interested in this opera; as long as they didn't scoff at it, that would be good enough.

But children are different. Their thinking is not yet fixed, and they are very imaginative. They can understand things more clearly.

Indeed, this play mainly tells the story of the inclined plane experiment, which can be regarded as a supplement to free fall. It also involves the theory of inertia, and at the end, it leaves the debate on buoyancy.

The children watched with great interest, and some even actually understood the principle of uniform motion.

The ladies, however, were somewhat distracted. For them, this was just a lighthearted read, and with the same formula, the second reading would naturally be less enjoyable, or even completely devoid of any enjoyment.

The key point is that this inclined plane experiment is not so easy to understand; you must have imagination to comprehend it.

As a result, several ladies quietly left and went to the side to discuss beauty secrets.

Meanwhile, in an open space in the East Market, a group of young men were having a heated argument.

Since Qingyun Temple made a name for itself, in order to strike at Wuming Academy, the Imperial Academy faction, led by Wu Chongwen, has been relentlessly attacking this universal gravitation.

This has led the students of the nameless academy to turn their attention away from opera and towards physics, spending the last few days studying gravity at the academy.

Now that the opera has been performed, they can finally bring out their inclined plane device to prove universal gravitation.

A large number of people came to watch, all of whom were young talents from Chang'an. Since they couldn't enter to watch the opera, they all wanted to see what was going on since the debate was so intense.

After some demonstration and explanation, many people nodded in agreement, but many others scoffed at it.

One person asked, "Why can't you make a smoother inclined plane so we can see this uniform motion?"

Dou E said, "We'd like to, but we can't make such a smooth inclined plane right now. No matter what we use, there will be resistance. But we can use our imagination and through these experiments, imagine how this small copper ball would move without resistance. It's not that difficult."

"Imagine?"

Yang Zhan laughed and said, "I thought your experiment was something special, but it turns out we have to use our imagination in the end. How ridiculous! How ridiculous!"

"Ha ha!"

The students at the Imperial College burst into laughter.

Huangfu Sengnian sneered, "All you people know is rote memorization. You believe whatever the teacher says. This inclined plane experiment has already been proven to be at its final stage. You only need to use your imagination a little to understand it. The sad thing is, you don't even have this much imagination. No wonder the Imperial Academy is getting worse every day." "You bastard!"

Xu Daoxuan angrily retorted, "The Imperial Academy is the premier institution of learning in the Tang Dynasty. How dare you slander it?"

Huangfu Sengnian chuckled and said, "It won't be like that for long."

Li Jie said, "That's right. In the past six months, everyone has been talking about our Nameless Academy, and more and more people want to join us."

Yang Zhan snorted, "That's because they couldn't get into the Imperial Academy, so they had no choice but to choose your Wuming Academy."

"Is it?"

Huangfu Sengnian said, "But don't forget, we came from the Imperial Academy."

“You were kicked out.”

Cen Wenzhi gave a cold laugh.

Cui Gu'er stepped forward and said, "We weren't driven out."

"Let's not argue about these things for now."

Wu Chongwen suddenly stood up and said, "We came here today to discuss universal gravitation. We originally wanted to learn something, but now it seems that you are just weaving common sense into a theory to deceive the world and steal fame."

You say this is gravity, and I can also say it's overestimating your abilities. The reason a person can stand on the ground is because of Pangu's creation of the world. Can you prove me wrong?
So don't try to fool people with these little trinkets. If you're so capable, show us something useful.

Yang Zhan said, "Brother Wu is right. This is just a name for common sense. What's the use?"

“It will be extremely useful.” Linghu Baodi jumped forward. “I’m telling you, it won’t be long before our knowledge is recognized by the imperial court and used in manufacturing.”

Wu Chongwen laughed and said, "Alright! If it really works, then you can come and boast about it."

Huangfu Sengnian smiled confidently and said, "Just you wait and see."

at dusk.

Lady Zixia returned from Qingyun Temple with an unusually solemn expression.

She now deeply feels that, having reached this point in the power struggle, she is in a relatively passive position. As Empress Wang and her entourage head to Qingyun Temple, the face mask will gain wider recognition. If they go to her stronghold of Luoyang, it will indeed have a certain impact on her network of relationships, especially since Wang Xi originally had this plan.

The key issue is that the students of that nameless academy are all royalty and nobility, so many methods cannot be used. Moreover, she herself believes that she is in a position of advantage. After all, none of the other party's parents have interfered, and they even favor her. This situation has led to her feeling very frustrated.

"lady."

As soon as they entered, Guang Sheng came up to them excitedly and said, "I just received some news that may be of great help to us."

"what news?"

Lady Zixia asked.

Guang Sheng said, "Does Madam still remember that some time ago, you asked me to investigate the Bai family father and daughter?"

Lady Zixia nodded.

Guang Sheng said, "We couldn't find any relevant information until recently. We discovered that the Bai family father and daughter suddenly left Chang'an and headed east. After some investigation, we found that Bai Siyong's wife was still alive and had an unusual identity."

Lady Zixia asked in surprise, "His wife?"

Guang Sheng said, "So his wife is the granddaughter of Prime Minister Cui Yuanzong."

Madam Zixia was startled. "How is this possible? Or is his name fake?"

Looking across the entire Bai clan, they are not worth mentioning in front of the Cui clan, and the Cui clan has never formed a marriage alliance with the Bai clan.

Guang Sheng said, "Bai Siyong's name is not false, so the Cui family has never allowed this marriage. Bai Siyong eloped with that Cui family member and later gave birth to a daughter, but was eventually caught by the Cui family. They said that unless the father and daughter come up with a million dollars, they would never agree to it."

Madam Zixia said, "That's impossible. Let alone a million coins, even ten million coins wouldn't be enough for the Cui family of Zhengzhou to agree to."

Guang Sheng said, "Madam is right. Therefore, I think that Cui deliberately set this condition to prevent Bai Siyong from getting entangled. But I guess Cui didn't expect that the Bai family would actually encounter Wuming Academy and earn a million coins in a short period of time."

Madam Zixia nodded, then suddenly asked, "By the way, what's the situation with the cooperation between the Bai family and the Nameless Academy?"

Guang Sheng immediately said, "That's exactly what I wanted to say. The Bai family owns 30% of the winery, and the Bai father and daughter have been brewing wine for Wuming Academy. If we can control this father and daughter, then the Beauty Wine will naturally fall into our hands."

Madam Zixia's eyes lit up. She sat down, pondered for a moment, and said, "Do you think we can persuade the Cui family?"

Guang Sheng said, "Cui Yuanzong's wife is Wei Zhi's cousin from the Wei family of Jingzhao. The two elders have lived together for more than forty years and have always treated each other with respect. During this time, the Cui family and the Wei family have had many marriage alliances. This branch of the Wei family has a fairly good relationship with us."

Madam Zixia said, "But this alone is not enough to convince the Cui family, and even the Wei family would not agree to our request."

Guang Sheng nodded.

Madam Zixia pondered for a while and said, "The Cui family of Qinghe values ​​lineage more than any other large family and has never married into a poor family. But there are always exceptions. I remember my aunt telling me that in the first year of Ruyi, a Cui woman fell in love with a poor man. In the end, the Cui family chose to expel the woman from the family and remove her from the family genealogy, and even forced her to change her surname."

She paused slightly at this point, "However, the premise of this matter is that at the time, the story was widely circulated, mainly because the poor man kept pestering her, acting like a madman, spouting nonsense everywhere. But at that time, the Empress Dowager intended to suppress the Cui family, so she secretly ordered that the man be protected, which ultimately forced the Cui family to resort to this tactic."

Guang Sheng said in a low voice, "Madam means to follow the same pattern and spread the story of Bai Siyong and Cui Shi."

Madam Zixia nodded. "The fact that you couldn't find out about Bai Siyong's background before is enough to prove that the matter hasn't spread. The Cui family is extremely concerned about their reputation. Once this matter gets out, and there's a daughter as solid evidence, the Cui family will definitely be very upset, and they might even drive their daughter to commit suicide. Rather than giving her up, it's better to give her to us. At this time, we can pretend that we just learned about this matter, and then contact Madam Wei to discuss it with the Cui family. It will be much more effective."

Guang Sheng nodded and said, "I know what to do."

"You don't know yet." Madam Zixia shook her head, a smile playing on her lips, and said, "This time, what we want isn't wine, but people."

(End of this chapter)