In such a situation..,
They could not stay in this house any longer.
The dynasty was now in frequent trade with Luster,
The Eastern diplomatic mission represented the diplomacy of a country, and she, although she had contributed to Allan I and Hathaway,
It was not irreplaceable. The royal family had recruited many Eastern literati.
Lin Daiyu had always insisted on only doing things,
Not surrendering. The royal family had something on her, so they were very clear about her background.
Not to mention trusting her.
Although they protected her for a while,
If the Eastern envoy insisted on taking her..,
The Emperor would probably not insist too much.
She made a prompt decision and asked Mary to pack her luggage,
To save people to the end,
She also asked Mary's family if they were willing to completely cut off contact with Hathaway and leave with her.
Mary did not expect her to be in such a world,
At a time of crisis..,
She still wanted to bring along the burden of her family, the old, the weak, and the disabled,
She could not help but tear up,
She agreed repeatedly,
She immediately called her brother,
She pulled her mother, who had just recovered from a serious illness, and supported her old father,
She followed Lin Daiyu into another carriage.
Not long after they left the house,
The envoy of the dynasty had already arrived,
Seeing that the building was empty, he could not help but be furious. He led the envoy group to ask Allan I for his explanation of harboring the criminals of other countries.
In the carriage, Ernest and Klemont found out that Anna Lin was actually the wanted criminal of the Eastern diplomatic mission, Lin Daiyu. She had participated in the revolution of the East and was a famous literary thief in the East.
Ernest tried to say "Daiyu" a few times, but he could not straighten his tongue. He always sounded like a fish in a daze.
Klemont said, "No wonder your words and actions are so different from other women."
Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "What's different?"
Klemont looked at her a few times and smiled without saying anything.
The carriage left Bona City. The air suddenly became fresh, and the stench in the air dissipated a lot.
When they left the city, the three of them also saw donkey carts outside the city wall. The janitors hired by the royal family were hauling mud, feces, and garbage from the city to be buried and burned. This was the latest initiative of Allan I's government.
Lin Daiyu sighed. "The Emperor … Perhaps he really wants to be a good Emperor."
Ernest said, "No matter how sincere he is, he still wants to be the Emperor."
Lin Daiyu lowered her eyes slightly and stopped talking.
Not long after they left, the royal family indeed ordered the police to cooperate with the Eastern diplomatic mission and arrest the Eastern political criminal Anna Lin.
After that, Daiyu changed her name and lived in a villa provided by Ernest and others in the suburbs of Bona.
Outside the window was a clear blue sky, green grass, and a white poplar forest in the distance. It was completely different from Bona, which was often covered in dust on the main road and garbage piled up everywhere on the streets. Except for July, there was always a stench.
She lived here because of the censorship of literature and art. Even if she changed her name, it was difficult to publish articles in newspapers and publishers. She had nothing to do. Ernest and others commissioned her to write some satirical pamphlets with short stories to promote freedom and equality.
Her writing style was clear and serious, and the satirical stories under her pen were also moving. These boring propaganda pamphlets were very popular. Even those who did not care about politics were willing to pick up some from the distributors or listen to the distributors as a digestive after dinner.
When she had nothing to do, she read.
Lin Daiyu had been educated by private tutors since she was a child. What she learned was the Four Books and Five Classics, as well as poetry and songs. Although she was a girl, because of her parents' love, she was raised and educated like a man.
Later, she lost her mother when she was young and her father when she was young. She had to live with her uncle.
In the Jia family, although she was doted on by her grandmother, the Jia family's culture was that they did not pay much attention to women's studies. The teachers' teaching was also limited, and there was also a lack of restrictions. She relied on herself to read. Due to his intelligence, he had a photographic memory and enjoyed reading books. When he was young, he could read the Taixi language bit by bit, patiently reading the "Divine Comedy", "Aesop's Fables", and other literary works.
When she left the Jia family, she followed her uncle Lin Ruoshan to travel. Under her uncle's guidance, she sorted out what she had learned. She learned composition from beginning to end, learned the history of the Central Plains, learned the complete Tai Xi language, and read a lot of Tai Xi works that her uncle had selected.
Unfortunately, when the Central Plains was in war, her uncle was busy with his big business. His teaching of her studies was secondary. Later, when the Northern Jiangnan was divided, she was also involved in the war. She could not get away for a while. She could only read a few books in her spare time. She had no way to learn.
Until now, she did not have a lot of time to study. To her, this was a regretful thing.
At this time, the outside world was in chaos, and there were frequent wars. Because she was wanted and had to hide in the countryside, she was able to live a life of seclusion and study that she had always wanted. She buried her head in her studies.
Ernest and the others had their own channels, and were able to get a lot of books that were banned by Luster. She then asked her friends to bring her a large number of copies of books from various countries. She read all the translations into Lu from the early 100 years to the recent years. She read all the original texts of the foreign countries.
From "The Prince" to "On Gentlemanly Demeanor and Liberal Education", "Bacon's Essays", "The Theory of Celestial Motion", "The Theory of the Heart's Blood", "The Structure of the Human Body", "Natural History", etc. She even patiently studied some of the mathematics textbooks that Ernest had brought from his university to understand Tai Xi's mathematics.
When Ernest and Kleimont saw this, they invited her to participate in their underground scientific discussion.
This underground meeting was called the Sun Society. It was said that at the beginning, it was to commemorate a scholar who was burned to death by the church who insisted on the heliocentric theory.
During the Sun Society meeting, the content of the discussion ranged from literature, painting, music, physics, mathematics, biology, astronomy, etc. Often, they would also talk about current affairs.
Most of the people who were invited to the Sun Society were university professors who stood on the opposite side of the monarchy, teachers and students from grammar schools, public schools, and other secondary schools, young businessmen and craftsmen who had received at least Agamedite education.
After participating in such a meeting, the participants would have more channels to learn some of the freshest knowledge in the land of Tai Xi. They could also exchange some precious books.
Lin Daiyu gladly accepted.
Ernest introduced to her:
The initiator of the Sun Society, the host, usually sat at the round table in the center. Therefore, he was called the chairman. There were usually three to five people in the chairman.
Those who wanted to join had to submit an article and choose one of the daily topics. If the participants read the article and agreed that the applicant at least had independent thinking and a spirit of freedom, the chairman would decide to let the applicant join.
When Lin Daiyu heard of this rule, she organized her article on the Three Uniques, carefully edited it and handed it over to Ernest.
Originally, the members of the Sun Society were full of praise for this article and the author's independent thinking reflected in the article and the freedom to question authority.
Unexpectedly, one of the chairmen, who had read the debate between the neoclassical playwright and Anna Lin on the Three Uniques in the newspaper, immediately said that the new applicant was actually a woman.
The Sun Society was instantly in an endless debate.
It turned out that the Sun Society did not allow women to join.
Currently, most of the enlightened gentlemen of Luster believed that women had no administrative mind and could not participate in most of the public affairs. They were only suitable to learn to read, write, and calculate, elegant music, literature, and art, and learn how to be a housekeeper. From then on, they could raise children at home and use their own knowledge to educate and enlighten their children.
When they heard that the new entrant was the famous writer Anna Lin, who was wanted by the royal family, Ernest, Cremonte, Hubert, and the others recommended her and argued for it, the current three chairmen of the Sun Society discussed it. Out of the idea of going against the royal family, they pinched their noses and breathed a sigh of relief, allowing this lady to be a reserve member.
Hubert was a lawyer and notary. After graduating from grammar school, he went to university to study law. Although he was tall and strong, with sharp eyebrows and eyes, like a warrior, he had the most gentle temperament. His parents died early when he was young, and he was raised by his sisters who never married. He was especially respectful towards women.
He was usually a good person, but at this time, he was complaining endlessly, which was rare. "If you ask me, even Allan I is more open-minded than some people in this regard."
Lin Daiyu said, "It doesn't matter. As long as I can learn some knowledge, I'll just treat it as passing wind."
How many of the scholars in the Central Plains were not like this? Even in the Business League, people like Mr. Li Baiquan, although they treated women as human beings, they only treated them as people who were inferior by a few levels. If it wasn't for someone as strong as Rakshasa, he would never lower his head to ordinary women.
Of course, no matter what, in the Business League, women were always treated as human beings.
Even if they were inferior by a few levels.
However, in all fairness, who would be willing to be inferior by a few levels just because they were born, regardless of talent or knowledge?
However, there were a few exceptions, such as her uncle and Mr. Shou, who were no longer alive.
Ever since she came to Luster, she knew that although the women of Luster had more freedom on the surface than the women of the Central Plains, who were under the Three Principles and Five Virtues and Five Virtues, who didn't leave the house and didn't have control over their own life and death, they were still inferior. After Luster's dinner party revolution, the shackles loosened a lot.
Ernest, however, regretted it. "Anna, don't be angry with those people! It's all my fault for inviting you to this kind of place. If you need knowledge, I'll record the valuable parts of the discussions for you. Don't be angry with those people! "
Seeing that they were more indignant than she was, Lin Daiyu was touched and amused. She laughed and said, "Are you looking down on me?"
The three of them shook their heads.
"Will they kick me out directly?"
Klemont said, "That won't happen. What's passed has to be followed. "
"Did I do something wrong?"
Ernest said, "Anna, you've always been frank and magnanimous. Your way of doing things is more upright than most people."
Lin Daiyu said with a slightly arrogant smile, "In that case, why should I care about the gazes of a few people? Why should I feel guilty? I've never betrayed anyone. It's people who betrayed me with prejudice. They allowed me to attend, so I went generously and showed my true colors as a daughter. "
Sure enough, with everyone watching, Lin Daiyu only sat down calmly and listened to the entire discussion without changing her expression. Occasionally, she could even put forward her own opinions.
After the end of the meeting, the gazes of the Sun Society pierced her a lot less.
After that, she never missed any of the Sun Society's meetings.
The atmosphere in the city became increasingly tense, and the dark clouds of war could not be removed.
Life in the country villas was quiet and slow. The underground sun would gather from time to time, and radical young people would meet from time to time to talk about scientific knowledge that seemed too radical on the surface.
In such an environment, when she finished reading the famous books of the last century, a distinguished guest came to the Sun Society.
The young man had black hair and blue eyes. His eyebrows and eyes were bright. His skin was white to the point of being sickly, and his lips were too red, like a sickly rose. But he was meticulous from head to toe, and the top button of his collar was tightly fastened.
He glanced at the members in the room and exclaimed in surprise, "Oh, when did the society change its rules and recruit women?"
Lin Daiyu looked up at him. He saw her appearance and was startled for a moment. Then he smiled and said, "Oh, a beautiful woman from the East. Is this the legendary Miss Anna Lin?"
"Why did you come back?" The one who stood up was always gentle and shy. He was more willing to smile than talk.
Lin Daiyu understood why she felt familiar when she saw the strange young man at first glance. The young man's appearance was quite similar to Crémont's.
Both of them had black hair, but Crémont's green eyes were like a lake, while the newcomer had a pair of dark blue eyes.
There were more similarities in the eyebrows, but one was clear and beautiful, gentle and pure, like a healthy lily flower. The other had bright facial features and an arrogant temperament, like a proud but sickly rose.
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