On the way back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Nanny Gong couldn't help asking Song Ci if she truly meant to summon that woman surnamed Cui to see whether she could be appointed as Mountain Master of Song Ci's Charity School.
"Why not?" Song Ci shot back, then said, "As long as this Cui Shiniang is truly capable and willing to shoulder responsibility, there's no reason she can't take the post."
Nan Shan tilted her head and asked, "But aren't the Mountain Masters of Academies and Charitable Schools all supposed to be men?"
Song Ci sighed. "Exactly. Even you lot think the Mountain Master's seat belongs to men. So just imagine—how many in this world would ever give women a chance?"
Nanny Gong and Nan Shan both flushed with embarrassment.
"You're about to go against what the whole world considers proper," one of them said. "If a woman takes the Mountain Master's post, those men who've stuffed themselves full of Saintly Books will probably tear her to shreds with their words."
