After finishing some trivial matters, Zhu Qiyu drove to Kunning Palace.
In recent days, the harem has become much more peaceful. The Wu family, the Wang family, and the Hang family, after experiencing overt or covert conflicts in the past period, seem to have found the boundaries of peaceful coexistence.
During this period, Mrs. Wu often called Sister Hui and Brother Ji to accompany them and serve them, and just ignored everything else.
The Wang family put most of their energy on their youngest daughter. Many of the common affairs were handled by the Hang family, and she only took care of the major matters. At the same time, she summoned the female officials in charge of each palace every ten days to listen to the reports.
, which can be regarded as leisurely and comfortable.
As for the Hang family, although the palace affairs are complicated, she actually enjoys them. However, her temperament is not good at calculations and she often makes mistakes. Most of the time, it is Wang family who takes care of the aftermath.
For this reason, Mrs. Hang's attitude became much better every time she saw Ms. Wang. Later, she learned to be smart and showed it to Ms. Wang first before handling any affairs, one for each of them.
One is responsible for specific affairs, and the other is responsible for nodding and correcting mistakes, which also keeps the harem in order.
When Zhu Qiyu arrived at Kunning Palace, someone had already come to inform him, so Mrs. Wang was waiting outside the palace, smiling as usual.
"I have met your Majesty."
After helping Mrs. Wang up, Zhu Qiyu discovered that there was something wrong with the atmosphere in Kunning Palace today. As for the reason, it was the little man standing next to Mrs. Wang who was obviously unhappy.
"What's going on? Who made our Sister Hui unhappy? Come, tell Father..."
You know, in the past, this little crazy girl never talked about etiquette. She would always follow the sound and run out barefoot to hang on him.
This time, he behaved himself, but the aggrieved look on his face was enough to make him lose his temper.
"Father..."
Sister Hui stretched out her hand, gave a soft cry, and immediately threw herself into her father's arms, complaining in a low voice and saying:
"The queen mother is evil, sister Hui is evil!"
After that, he buried his head in his father's shoulder, not knowing whether he was scared or angry.
Seeing this situation, Zhu Qiyu was stunned for a moment, but then he quickly came to his senses.
Compared with the two princes Ji Ge'er and Peng Ge'er, Zhu Qiyu was more doting and doting on his two daughters Hui Jie'er and Yun Jie'er.
Among the children who can already walk and jump, Sister Hui is the youngest, but she is the most outgoing and the most likeable.
In addition to Zhu Qiyu, Mrs. Wu also pampered her, and Mr. Ji always protected her. In the palace, only Mrs. Wang could discipline her.
However, Mrs. Wang naturally feels sorry for her own daughter, and she usually doesn't say harsh words. It seems that something happened this time to make the child feel so wronged.
However, seeing this situation, Mrs. Wang was a little bit dumbfounded and said.
"Your Majesty, it's windy outside, please come in first."
As he said this, he stretched out his hand to take the little girl over, but to his surprise, Sister Hui didn't move, holding her arms around Zhu Qiyu's neck and refusing to let go.
Yes, it seems that he is really angry this time.
Zhu Qiyu held his daughter in one hand, patted Mr. Wang's hand gently with the other, and said.
"It's okay, let's go in first."
After saying that, he simply hugged Sister Hui and pulled Mr. Wang into Kunning Palace.
After sitting down on the couch in the palace, he put Sister Hui down on the couch and asked.
"Come, tell Father, what happened?"
However, what surprised Zhu Qiyu was that when asked about the specific situation, the little girl grumbled and refused to tell.
At this time, Wang on the side said.
"Your Majesty, it's a matter of entering school!"
"A few days ago, Mrs. Hang came over and told me that I have received your instructions to set up a school in the small side hall next to Qianqing Palace, so that Brother Ji and Sister Hui can go to Kaimen to study together."
"After coming back, Mrs. Hang discussed the matter with my concubine. Now the manpower and books are almost ready, but the child is so angry that he just refuses to go."
"I tried to persuade you several times, but she refused to listen every time. Seeing that in a few days, the school would be completely ready, she still didn't want to go. I was anxious for a while, so I said two strong words. .”
"No, you are angry with me..."
Speaking of this matter, Mrs. Wang also felt helpless and looked equally aggrieved.
Moreover, as he said these words, Zhu Qiyu clearly felt that there was a bit of hesitation in Wang's expression, as if he had something to say that was not easy to say.
Seeing this situation, Zhu Qiyu frowned, picked up Sister Hui and sat down on his lap, then asked gently.
"Father, I told you that the primary school is next to Qianqing Palace. Sister Hui goes to the school to study every day. After class, she can come to Qianqing Palace to find Father, okay?"
After hearing this, the little girl's eyes lit up, but soon she became gloomy again and said.
"No, Father, can you not go to school and go play with Father?"
"no!"
This time, Zhu Qiyu's attitude was still very firm. He shook his head and saw tears forming in the little girl's eyes again. He thought for a while and said again.
"Sister Hui, think about it, if you don't go to study, Brother Ji can't go either. My brother likes reading, right? You study and play together every day, and your brother will be happy, and so will you, isn't that good?"
During this period of time, the relationship between the two brothers has been very good. Of course, this is also because now that the prince has left the cabinet, the emperor's heirs have also moved to the Nangong Palace. In addition to Brother Peng and Sister Yun, there are two people in the palace who only know Yiyi. Of the milk babies, only two children, Hui Jieer and Ji Geer, were left.
Therefore, the two of them run around together all day, and the brother and sister basically spend most of their time together.
Originally, Zhu Qiyu thought that this would definitely impress the little girl, but unexpectedly, she became even more unhappy and said with wide eyes.
"But Sister Hui'er and Brother Ji can't study together, so how can they be together?"
Zhu Qiyu felt a little surprised, his brows suddenly furrowed, and he turned to look at Mr. Wang with a look of inquiry in his eyes.
Seeing this situation, Wang explained.
"Your Majesty, the royal family does not have a practice of sending princesses to school. Usually the concubines send the female officials and eunuchs in the palace to teach the female prostitutes."
"But Brother Ji is a prince. Since you want to enlighten Brother Ji, you naturally have to teach some classics. Therefore, after discussing with the Hang family, I asked my mother and concubine and thought it would be better to teach him separately."
"Brother Ji's side, find some knowledgeable people to teach the Confucian classics and history. Sister Hui'er, teach women to be red workers, and women to quit these things."
"Just because of this, this kid refuses to go, alas..."
However, she did not notice that after saying these words, Zhu Qiyu's face not only did not improve, but became a little ugly.
On the other side, Sister Hui also lowered her head, wondering what she was thinking.
After a while, Zhu Qiyu patted Sister Hui's little hand and said.
"Sister Hui, if your father lets you study in the school with Brother Ji, would you be willing?"
"By the way, we not only study, we also learn to ride horses. Many beautiful ponies have just been born in my father's royal garden. Let Xing'an take you and Brother Ji there tomorrow and let each of you pick one, okay?"
"good!"
The little girl has always liked running and jumping. When she heard that she could ride a horse, her eyes suddenly became bright and she said happily.
"Long live my father!"
As she said this, the little girl gave Zhu Qiyu a kiss on the face with a smack, which made Zhu Qiyu drool all over her face, but she kept giggling, not feeling as unhappy as before.
Seeing that his daughter had returned to her previous pistachio appearance, Zhu Qiyu's face also became better-looking. He rubbed his saliva-stained face against her little face, causing her nose to wrinkle and she jumped off the couch.
He turned around and made a face and said.
"Father is evil and will ignore you. I'm going to find Brother Ji!"
After that, he ran out in a hurry, but the smile on his face did not diminish at all.
Seeing the palace maids and chamberlains following the little girl out of the palace door, Zhu Qiyu took the handkerchief from Mrs. Wang's hand and wiped it, and the smile on her face faded.
Turning to look at Mr. Wang, he frowned and asked.
"I made it clear to the imperial concubine before that I wanted Sister Hui'er and Brother Ji to go to school together. How come they ended up separated in the end?"
It was difficult for Zhu Qiyu to ask clearly in front of the child just now, but what is certain is that someone must have gossiped behind this, otherwise neither the Hang family nor the Wang family would have come up with this idea.
Seeing Mrs. Wang's troubled look, Zhu Qiyu seemed to have thought of something and asked.
"Could it be that the mother-in-law meant it?"
There are not many people in this palace who can make it difficult for Mr. Wang to speak, and Ms. Wu is one of them. In addition, considering Wu's previous attitude towards Ms. Wang, it is not surprising that Zhu Qiyu has such a suspicion.
But this time, Wang shook his head and explained.
"Your Majesty has misunderstood. My mother-in-law has no opinion on this matter. On the contrary, I think it is a good thing that Brother Ji is studying alone and having Sister Hui by his side."
"What's going on? I don't believe that you would separate two children for no reason?"
Zhu Qiyu continued to ask, but this time, unexpectedly, Wang said a name that he had never expected.
"It's...the royal sister-in-law!"
Queen Qian?
At this time, Zhu Qiyu was really surprised.
He did know that Queen Qian would sometimes come to Kunning Palace or the Hang family's palace to sit and sit. After all, Nangong's food, clothing, eunuchs, maids, etc. all had to be allocated from the inner treasury, plus
Zhu Qiyu did not restrict Nangong's access as in his previous life.
Therefore, Queen Qian and the concubines in the harem still interacted with each other.
"what happened?"
Zhu Qiyu has always had great respect for this imperial sister-in-law.
Although Zhu Qizhen was really not that great, Empress Qian had an unswerving love for him and was a dignified and generous person. She also took good care of Zhu Qiyu when she was staying in the mansion. Zhu Qiyu was grateful for these kindnesses.
Therefore, he never thought that this matter would be involved with Queen Qian...
Seeing Zhu Qiyu's unexpected look, Ms. Wang was a little bit surprised. Although she knew that her husband loved her daughter, she didn't expect that he would care so much about it.
At that moment, Wang also raised his thoughts and said.
"Actually, at the beginning, I and the Hang family didn't think much about it. They planned to follow His Majesty's instructions and open a small school next to the Qianqing Palace to teach the two children first. Anyway, it was just for enlightenment, so there was no need.
It’s too onerous.”
"But a few days ago, Mrs. Hang came to Kunning Palace to discuss with my concubine whether to separate the prince and princess. After all, they have different things to learn. Sister Hui's temper is too hot, so she still needs to learn some female workers to be stable.
With an stable temperament, I know that Mr. Hang is not a person with ideas, so after asking a few more questions, I found out that it was the emperor's sister-in-law who came to Mr. Hang because of the ice cubes in the summer, and she talked about it casually and said a few words. "
"I didn't think much about it at the time. I just thought it made sense. However, I didn't make up my mind. Later, the imperial sister came into the palace to visit the Holy Mother. Before leaving the palace, she came to sit with me as usual."
"So, I asked the imperial sister what she had learned back then. The imperial sister also said that all she had learned were female precepts, so I discussed with the Hang family whether to give the imperial daughter a separate precept.
There are a lot of children in the palace after all, and the emperor’s descendants will also have to go to school in the future, so it’s not good to just mix them all together and learn some classics and history, it won’t look good.”
After explaining the whole story, Wang was also a little uneasy when looking at Zhu Qiyu's frown.
"Your Majesty, did I do something wrong?"
Zhu Qiyu came back to his senses, thought about it, and said.
"It's not inappropriate. There was no routine for these things in the past, so you might not have thought of it."
"Logically speaking, what the emperor's sister-in-law said makes sense. As a woman, you need to learn women's appearance and skills. However, this is a folk truth. We, the royal princess, do not have to be bound by this."
This problem is actually a question left over from history.
Before the Tang Dynasty, the defense between men and women was not so strict, so both the prince and the princess went to school together in the palace.
However, with the development of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, more and more attention was paid to the difference between men and women, and such scenes became less common.
Especially for the royal family, they basically value the education of the prince more than the education of the princess.
During the Hongwu era, Emperor Taizu once set up a main hall for the princes to attend school. However, the princes' daughters were basically raised by their biological mothers, and there was no systematic education.
Even after arriving in Yongle, even the main hall was cancelled, and the education of the prince became more and more on the right track, but the other princes and daughters did not attach much importance to it.
Therefore, there is indeed no precedent for opening a primary school for princes and princesses. In addition, Zhu Qiyu did not elaborate on it at the time, so it is understandable that something went wrong.
In fact, Zhu Qiyu had his own considerations regarding the education of princes and princesses.
At the beginning, because of the lessons from his previous life, he thought not to put too much pressure on Brother Ji, and wanted to wait two years before becoming enlightened.
But later he discovered that the child did like to read, and more importantly, he found that Wu had some problems in guiding the child.
Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, he planned to open a small school. On the one hand, he would let Brother Ji learn to read first. On the other hand, he would also keep him by his side and teach him more without putting too much pressure on him.
, let this child not grow crooked.
Only then did the primary school open in advance.
And the reason why Sister Hui is allowed to go to school like Brother Ji is of course not a temporary idea, but has a deeper meaning.
What Zhu Qiyu didn't expect was that Queen Qian and Princess Changde would interfere with each other. This was a coincidence...
"Rebirth of the Great Era of Fighting Waves"
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