Meanwhile, after what had happened, Shen Qing no longer had any interest in looking for a location to establish the academy. She told Song Xingzhi her thoughts and left the matter entirely in his hands.
She was about to take Yu Zihan back to their residence when, just as they stepped out of the teahouse, she unexpectedly ran into another acquaintance: Madam Qian, the wife of the Yang family's second master, whom she had just met at the welcome banquet the previous night. With her was her young daughter, Yang Jingyu.
In Xizhou, the Yang family was even more influential than the Chen Family. However, because the Yang Family Head currently served as the court's Minister of War, the two families' political stances were somewhat delicate. Although the Yang family had attended the welcome banquet, their attitude had been neither servile nor overbearing. They showed no hostility toward Shen Qing and Yu Jiuqing, but they also made no special effort to curry favor with them.
