Peasant Woman's Decreed Life as a Wife

Chapter 2208: Chapter 2205: Pinyin

There was only one conventional sentence left to say, betrothing Chu Jin, arranging a marriage for Chu Ziluo.

As for other matters, she remained silent.

With one thing hanging in suspense, these people wouldn’t ask about anything else.

Thus.

Ye Muyu felt much more at ease.

At this moment, she was sitting at the card table, playing cards with a few ladies.

Meanwhile, Chu Heng had successfully negotiated a collaboration with the Emperor.

He had just left the palace and headed to the official newspaper.

He then called over Yan Zhenming to join Elder Zhong in discussing the implementation of phonetics.

Elder Zhong had already guessed some details.

But he hadn’t seen phonetics in person.

So when Chu Heng took out the phonetics teaching book, it was the first time he truly saw this thing.

Yan Zhenming was even less familiar with it.

With an earnest attitude, he sat honestly beside them, watching.

Elder Zhong became more and more astonished as he looked on.

Chu Heng, on the other hand, sipped a cup of tea slowly, finally feeling relaxed.

He had played chess with Emperor Xuanming in the palace and was then called to Cining Palace to play mahjong with the Dowager Empress... by the time he left the palace, it had been quite a while.

Although he wasn’t afraid in the palace, he still felt somewhat uneasy.

Back in his own place, he needed to rest well.

"Lord Chu, this phonetic system... is a good thing." Elder Zhong, after finishing, took a deep breath, pointed at the contents with his finger, his eyes shining, and asked, "Who wrote this content, and where is the author?"

"My lord, the inventor of this phonetic system has already passed away, but the content was found among the relics left behind. I was fortunate enough to see some foreign books to discover its value."

"The content was found, but much of it had already disintegrated. My lady spent quite some time to restore the content, though the original has been handled so much that the writing is blurred, and the paper has become brittle and unclear."

Chu Heng sighed lightly in a tone conveying regret.

Yet Elder Zhong persisted: "Could you let me have a look?"

"It can be arranged, but the original book is kept at the residence, preserved with a colored glaze box." Chu Heng and Ye Muyu had prepared for this matter long ago.

Ye Muyu had written a copy in an ancient script beforehand.

Then, they used a special method to make the paper look old, which involves chemical principles, thus providing the evidence.

This approach ensured it seemed seventy percent true and thirty percent false to truly deceive everyone without causing trouble.

Naturally, regarding the Emperor, his words were ambiguous since the book he prepared was already very old, and some pages had holes, making the content naturally unclear.

The unclear parts would have to be restored by others.

At most, it would be emphasized during future introductions.

It didn’t undermine Ah Yu’s original idea.

In fact, he thought Ah Yu was too honest.

If it were someone else, with no one able to prove they were lying, they’d use it to gain fame and maximize benefits for satisfaction.

However, because the person he liked had principles, his heart ached even more.

"Fine, after court, I’ll go with you." Elder Zhong, clearly very invested in this, hurriedly agreed with Chu Heng, not giving him a chance to refuse.

Chu Heng nodded.

Only after Elder Zhong had finished speaking did Yan Zhenming cautiously speak: "Lord Chu, Minister Zhong, will this phonetic system be introduced through our official newspaper?"