Chapter 227: A Talented Woman Who Cannot Take Concubines
Jade Garden, Yuan Keding's private residence, but he usually doesn't live here, but Yuan Chuxue borrowed it and regarded it as the place where the garden party was held.
Yuan Keding, like Yuan Shikai, was a man of unruly and romantic and happy when he was young. However, as he grew older, under the guidance of Old Yuan, he had focused on the officialdom and power.
Unfortunately, he didn't have time to attend this garden party.
Lu Bicheng and other women's school preparation meeting sent a large number of "young talents" to attend the garden meeting. In addition, they also invited many educational circles such as Yan Fu and other such as Fang Yaoyu through various relationships.
True literati from the press came to build momentum.
A brave warrior like Liu Zhenming was summarized by Yuan Chuxue among the ranks of "young talented men".
In the sedan chair, Wu Peifu's face was nervous and smoothed the wrinkles on his clothes from time to time, and repeatedly confirmed to Liu Zhenming: "Captain, are we really going to meet Miss Lu Bicheng?"
"How many times have I said that I didn't go to see her, but to attend the garden party." Liu Zhenming regrets bringing Wu Peifu with me now. Before he arrived, he will be annoyed by this kid first.
"Didn't you say that this garden party was organized by Miss Lu Bicheng? She will definitely appear, right?"
"Yes! If you say a little more, you will get out of the sedan chair here."
Wu Peifu quickly covered his mouth, and for a while, he couldn't help but say, "Captain, I think I need to change the name of you."
"What do you think is good?" Wu Peifu finally said something that made Liu Zhenming not want to kill him.
"Captain, don't you have any words? This is not possible. In literary clubs like this, they use words to greet each other, and few people call their names."
"I, Liu Ziqian, can't my name be Ziqian?" Liu Zhenming almost said that I, Liu Zhenming, was lucky that I changed my words quickly.
"Okay, captain, just do whatever you say." Wu Peifu suppressed his smile and nodded violently.
Liu Zhenming was not in the mood to joke. He even started to install spies around these weak women, and the Qing Dynasty was still drunk and dreaming of death. In order to run a girl's school, Lu Bicheng had to make those young men happy.
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Liu Zhenming had the idea of knowing this strange woman and asked in a deep voice: "Ziyu. How old is Lu Bicheng?"
"I'm about 20 years old." Wu Peifu knew everything about Lu Bicheng. Liu Zhenming finally discovered his talent in intelligence at this time.
"Are you 20 years old? Why haven't you got married yet?" Liu Zhenming was really curious. Even this talented woman from Lu Bicheng didn't want to get married. She couldn't help but decide in this era.
Wu Peifu sighed: "Ms. Lu had a marriage when he was 9 years old, but after his father passed away, his clan members instigated bandits to hijack his mother because they covet Lu's property. Miss Lu heard the news in the capital and sued her for help, giving her father.
My friend and student wrote a letter for help, and after several twists and turns, the matter was finally resolved successfully. However, this incident made Miss Lu, who was young, show her extraordinary courage, but also made her in-laws who had a engagement with Miss Lu, wary.
Miss Lu, who was young, was able to call for a wind and rain, so she made a request to break the engagement. The orphan of the Lu family, was unwilling to argue and agreed. The two parties agreed to terminate the engagement."
"So that's it! A woman without talent is virtue. Even so, with her talent, many enlightened people should be willing to marry her?" Liu Zhenming knew that at this time, the woman was dismissed from the engagement. It was a great humiliation. Lu Bicheng must have suffered this.
Influence, fear of marriage.
Wu Peifu smiled and said, "Many people are willing to marry, but how can ordinary people be worthy of such a beautiful woman? Moreover, she still has one condition, at least you have no hope, Brother Ziqian!"
"Could she be looking for a civil and military talent? Or is she rich in wealth?" Liu Zhenming asked without thinking.
Wu Peifu shook his head and said, "None of them, there is a rumor that Miss Lu asks her future husband not to take a concubine."
It seems simple to be unable to take a concubine, but it is the most difficult thing in this era. Liu Zhen sighed inwardly. Such a strange woman is still a slutty person in this era.
Liu Zhenming thought that he was trying to adapt to this era, but Lu Bicheng was fighting this era, and he felt a sense of admiration in his heart.
When he was talking, the sedan chair had already stopped in front of the Emerald Garden.
Only after seeing the Jade Garden did Liu Zhenming know how stingy Yuan Shikai was, because the area of this Jade Garden was at least twenty times that he gave to Liu Zhenming's mansion.
After presenting the invitation, Liu Zhenming led Wu Peifu into the backyard. He saw a small lake in front of him, with a small state in the middle of the lake, several acres of elegant small buildings on it.
A long bridge connects the shore of the state. At first glance, it feels like a garden-like building in Suzhou in the south, rather than a courtyard building in the north.
The rockery waterfall splashes down like a landscape painting. The houses are filled with strange flowers and plants, the wind blows through the clear water, the forests and trees compete for beauty, the flowers and waves are swaying, surrounded by the corridor, simple and elegant, winding, connected to the secluded path
, it makes people think that they can walk on it and they will linger.
It is worthy of its reputation as the Jade Garden.
After passing through a winding bamboo path and passing two small pavilions for sheltering rain, Liu Zhenming and Wu Peifu stopped in the open space in front of a building in the forest, where many young talents were watching the scenery stood.
Everyone was curious when they saw Liu Zhenming appearing, and muttered in their hearts who this person was?
Fortunately, a beautiful and beautiful maid appeared from Yingying in the building and bowed to everyone, "Please go to the living room for a while."
Everyone agreed happily and followed the beautiful maid into the living room on the lower floor of the small building.
Before I entered the door, I heard the sound of music coming from inside.
After entering, Liu Zhenming looked around and saw that the hall was decorated elegantly and beautifully, combining Chinese and Western styles. There were more than a dozen round tables on the edge of the hall, but there was a large open space in the middle, with famous Peking Opera actors singing hard.
There were already many people sitting on the dozen round tables, most of whom were dressed up young people, all of whom were listening to Peking Opera with relish.
In Liu Zhenming's era, Peking Opera had long declined. Now, he could hear the authentic Peking Opera. At first, he felt a little interested, but after being influenced by movies and TV, he soon felt bored and turned his attention to it.
Everyone in the hall came.
But I found that they were all a group of playboys. Fortunately, people came in one after another. The temperament of these latecomers was extraordinary, and most of them had a bookish spirit.
Liu Zhenming couldn't help but sigh in his heart that these people were destined to appear bleak during this period, because the next time was Wufu's country.
Liu Zhenming was thinking, but Wu Peifu, who was sitting next to him, exclaimed: "Mr. Yan is here!"
"Mr. Yan?"
Wu Peifu knew that Liu Zhenming had been abroad in the past few years, so he had to explain: "It's Yan Fu."
When Liu Zhen looked at the entrance of the hall in Ming Dynasty, he saw six figures dressed in silence and walked in without any haste. One of them was tall and tall, with a clear and unique appearance, with deep eyes, and flashing the light of a wise man.
This person is Yan Fu? The one who later translated "Survival of the Fitness" "Survival of the Fitness" by "Survival of the Fitness"? I don't know if he has completed it now!
"Wang Shaolian is here too!" Wu Peifu exclaimed and quickly explained: "This person is Yan Fu's proud disciple and a famous Western learning teacher."
Liu Zhenming finally realized that the people who came in behind were all from the education industry. Most of them were a bit arrogant. They couldn't talk to those young men and brothers, so they all found a place to sit down and talked in groups of three or five.
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Soon, the tables in the entire hall were almost full, and the Peking Opera performances in the middle were performed several times. (To be continued...)