Chapter 915: Scumbag Brother and Scumbag Father, Get Lost (61)

Chapter 915: Chapter 915: Scumbag Brother and Scumbag Father, Get Lost (61)

"That’s how things are, he probably won’t think of coming out for a while." Yaan Huai informed about the situation in Peach Blossom Village. He was the one who went to take care of this matter.

"In the meantime, focus on studying, set out to the capital at the beginning of the year for the examination." Qiann Yan said, without pausing her hands. She glanced at the characters in front of her, feeling it was time-consuming to write them one by one, and couldn’t help but miss the invention of printing.

Books in this world are all transcribed.

The books for the students were all copied by her.

The invention of printing does not exist in this world yet, although it’s bound to appear, it’s just unknown when.

She already had enough achievements, just teaching twelve scholars was astonishing enough, doing anything else shocking to the world might be excessive. As a former emperor, she understood human nature well.

She couldn’t bring out more than this, unless she recklessly tapped into the powers within her soul, which was entirely unnecessary.

"Sir, what’s wrong?" Yaan Huai saw Qiann Yan staring at the drying ink in front of her.

Qiann Yan shook her head gently, "I just suddenly realized, copying books is slow and tiring, if only it could be printed like a seal, the efficiency should be much higher."

"Sir has great talent, indeed that’s the case," Yaan Huai’s eyes lit up, "But that’s very difficult."

Though he said it was difficult, Yaan Huai took it to heart, his mind full of ideas on how to achieve what Qiann Yan suggested, making each character print directly onto paper like a seal, without the need for human transcription.

Each article consists of different characters, so even if characters were engraved like a seal, their order wouldn’t be the same, how could it be transcribed into a book? Printing one by one would be too slow.

Yaan Huai left the study deep in thought, Qiann Yan watched his back thoughtfully. If Yaan Huai could invent printing based on this hint, that would be fine, as long as it wasn’t introduced by her.

Unknowingly, another year had passed.

Qiann Yan’s fame had already spread across the country, even reaching the emperor’s ears, who had heard that in a small Baiyang County, there was such a remarkable young lady who had taught twelve scholar students.

Even before the Imperial Examination began, the emperor was especially interested.

Not only the emperor, but several of the emperor’s sons were also very concerned, if not for the emperor’s interest, they would have arranged for someone to meet this young lady in advance.

Many even wanted to bring this young lady into their own backyards.

The emperor was aware of their intentions, and of course, didn’t want such a talented person to end up in his son’s backyard, feeling that such status would indeed be a grievance to her.

Since learning of this matter, he had only been curious and appreciative of her, without any other thoughts.

Therefore, for those sons who entertained such thoughts, the emperor despised them in his heart, thinking they were short-sighted, not considering the bigger picture, only selfishly concerned with their own interests and ambitions.

Once during an early morning court session, he brought up this matter, specially praising Qiann Yan, clearly indicating his stance that they had better dismiss such thoughts.

This warning was indeed effective, knowing the emperor’s disapproval, they no longer entertained the idea.

However, the thought of winning over Qiann Yan remained, just waiting for her to arrive in the Capital City.

On the departure day, the County Magistrate, fearing for the safety of Qiann Yan and the twelve scholars, specially arranged for constables to escort them, with all travel expenses covered by the County Government. Even their accommodations in the Capital City were arranged by the County Magistrate, and these funds were actually donations from wealthy merchants in the county, seeking a favorable reputation.