The young wife was indeed pregnant; her period had not come this month. A woman’s intuition told her that she was certainly carrying a child. At the mere thought of being the one to bear her husband an heir before the Magistrate’s granddaughter could, she felt happy even in her dreams.
She was not even aware that her "husband" had been in trouble in Jiangyin. Upon receiving the news, Vice President Ma had strictly sealed off information regarding the Principal’s plight to prevent the Prefectural Academy from falling into a panic. Zhao An had praised Vice President Ma for this back at the restaurant. After all, one must have the decisiveness to take extreme measures in extreme times. If the news had leaked and the students' families thought Principal Zhao was finished, the audit student program would likely have collapsed, and they might have come to the school demanding refunds. Where would Zhao An have found the money to pay them back? The funds had already been divided among his benefactors. Furthermore, the hired teachers might have gotten cold feet, fearing they wouldn't get paid and would leave with their bags packed. If the teachers were gone, who would teach the students? In short, the impact would have been immense.
Because of this, Zhao An’s assessment of Vice President Ma’s capabilities rose significantly, and he began to view him as a potential successor—the next Professor of the Yangzhou Prefecture Academy. He himself would not be in this professorship for much …
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