Chapter 325 (2/2)

Ji Man took a deep breath. As soon as she remembered that she would be able to see Haohao today, she felt her spirit rising quite a bit. When all was said, Haohao was Nie Sangyu's biological child. No matter what, he should feel a sense of closeness to her, so she would naturally be the most suitable teacher!

”First, let me look at your face. If you look too fierce, there's no need for you to enter. As Steward Qian said this, he looked at several of the people at the head of the line and didn't give them tokens.

Showing a gentle smile, Ji Man walked over and stretched her hand out to him.

Steward Qian glanced at her, nodded, and gave her a token.

d.a.m.n, this process of choosing a teacher was as troublesome as the imperial harem selection!

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Over ten scholars had pa.s.sed the preliminary selection, and they were now following Steward Qian through the estate. After pa.s.sing through a covered corridor, they actually arrived at Marquis Moyu's western courtyard.

Haohao was currently standing at the side and tossing around wooden toy. Looking very leisurely, Marquis Moyu was leaning on a cus.h.i.+oned couch and watching Haohao. Steward Qian reported, ”Marquis, the candidates have arrived.”

Standing in the crowd of people, Ji Man could feel that the scholars were feeling very nervous.

Without even looking at them, Ning Yuxuan said, ”En, they can start with writing a poem.”

Ji Man felt quite happy that he was showing bias in her favor as she had antic.i.p.ated. Writing a poem was easy enough. She just needed to plagiarize a poem.

Writing tools were brought out, and each person used the ground as a surface to write a poem. Having planned ahead, Ji Man wrote out Li Qingzhao's Like a dream.

Back then, she had really liked this poem. A deep sleep in the spring boudoir, wouldn't those days be so leisurely and relaxing?

However, after everyone had gone forward and handed in their poems, Ning Yuxuan's face sunk when he read her poem.

”Don't you know? Don't you see? The greens are lush, and the reds had become wasted.” He snorted. He finally raised his head and looked over. ”Living well, huh?”

(T/N: Ning Yuxuan reads aloud the last line from the poem. The poem is from the point of view of a n.o.ble lady. She just woke up after a restful night of sleep. She's still recovering from over-drinking the night before.)

Ji Man almost instinctively nodded, but looking at this master's expression, she could only awkward laugh.

”In choosing a teacher for my heir, I'm looking for someone that has both integrity and talent. Someone that knows how to care for young children and will be close to my heir.” Marquis Moyu swept his gaze across the crowd of people. ”Who has experience with caring for children here?”

Ji Man deservingly raised her hand. She had experience with taking care of Xi-er!

She had originally thought that she would be the only one that raised her hand. After all, she was the only woman here. But, when she turned her head to look, the people around her were all shamelessly raising their hands.