The news that the East Palace was about to have an owner spread from the palace to the government offices, from the government offices to the mansions, and from the mansions to the people. Within a day or two, this became the hottest news in the entire capital.
.And for the four mountain chiefs in the Yashe who had been summoned once by the emperor and given lectures once, this sudden news was like thunder heralding spring.
Everyone had guessed that the third prince was the popular candidate to take over the East Palace. But what no one had guessed was that the emperor did not delay the establishment of the East Palace like in the previous years, but suddenly made a thunderous move.
decision.
Therefore, the three mountain chiefs who occasionally got together a few days ago—the eccentric Chief Hong Shan, who had been excluded from the circle by the other three long ago—had no time to drink tea and chat together in the past two days.
Some people stay indoors and don't go out, as if thinking about countermeasures; some people go out every day and see guests every day; and some people have to receive several visiting students every day.
Seeing other people busy every day, although Hong, who had already met Chu Kuan once, was still calm, seeing her father Hong Shanchang becoming more and more irritable, she knew that his father might be regretting his straightforward return in front of the emperor.
The township requested.
Maybe my father really doesn't care about things like fame and wealth, but if he can become the prince's tutor, if he can let the future emperor grow up under his guidance, and implement some of the policies he advises after he ascends the throne, then
For my father, it was an irresistible temptation!
But others didn't know it, but she heard clearly from Chu Kuan's mouth that the emperor was so fed up with her self-righteous father, Chief Hong Shan, that there was no way he could keep his father. And Chu Kuan let her know that
When Tian Da Xiang Bai was born, the third prince was still the third prince, but now that the third prince was about to become the prince, even she herself felt that there was little hope of fulfilling Chu Kuan's promise.
At this moment, Mrs. Hong was packing the boxes and cages herself at her father's order, when she heard a bang. When she turned around to look, she saw that Chief Hong had dropped the volume in his hand. Normally, she would have gone up to persuade her, but
At this moment, she was really too lazy to move, because she had persuaded her too much and she was tired. But the next moment, she heard a knock on the door from outside.
"Ms. Hong, Princess Yongping sent a message inviting you to Yuehua Tower."
Ms. Hong couldn't help but her heart skipped a beat, and she instinctively turned her head to look at Mr. Hong Shan. The last time she went out, she received a post about the meeting at Yuehua Tower, which was not well-known. At that time, her father, who learned about this incident, criticized it.
Princess Yongping's hen Si Chen hated the Yuehua Lou Wenhui even more. She knew it was not Princess Yongping who invited her, but she still couldn't reveal it.
However, the post sent this time was directly signed by Princess Yongping, so it couldn't possibly be Chu Kuan's trick again.
She originally thought that her father would object and complain, but what she saw was a face that instantly became expressionless. So she quickly came to the door and opened it, and saw the waiter who delivered the letter presenting the letter with a smile on his face.
After posting, she had to nod and thank her, but she carefully avoided her father's eyes and took out a handful of money as a reward.
After everyone left with satisfaction, Ms. Hong was surprised when she saw that the date of the post was today. She quickly turned back to her father and explained the matter in a low voice. As a result, she thought she would have to spend a lot of time to explain it.
Chief Hong Shan agreed easily, but his tone was a bit stiff.
"Just go and go. After all, you are the princess's attendant appointed by the Queen Mother. Remember to give her some advice! After all, you are a golden branch, don't do such publicity things all the time!"
Seeing that Chief Hong Shan finally stopped mentioning Si Chen this time, Mrs. Hong breathed a sigh of relief, then bowed her knees and responded, then immediately went back to her room to get ready. When she went out with her mother, she learned that there was a room outside.
The carriage was already prepared, and she couldn't help but feel that today's invitation might not be innocent.
She had also inquired about the day of the Yuehua Building literary party before, and clearly remembered that it was not today. Sure enough, when the carriage finally stopped at the Yuehua Building, she bent down from the car door and got out of the car without opening the curtains along the way.
, before the person could stand still, he heard a crisp call: "Ms. Hong."
When Mrs. Hong looked up, she saw a stunning face - red shirt and red skirt, gold hairpin and black hair, shining with pearls and jade, looking forward to the sky, smiling and smiling, wasn't she Zhu Ying?
Although she herself was mediocre in appearance, she had been ridiculed by pretty girls many times when she was young. Logically speaking, she always stayed away from such people, but she had only met Zhu Ying once, but she felt that she was under the influence of Zhu Ying.
In front of the eldest lady, her nerves, which had been tense since entering Beijing, could be relaxed.
Because as long as you sincerely compliment her on her beauty and vision, Zhu Ying will immediately feel happy and treat you as one of her own. As for whether Zhu Ying can tell if you are not sincere, Hong doesn't want to try at all.
She smiled and called Miss Zhu, and immediately someone stepped forward and took her hand. She remembered that the last time she was in the capital, Zhu Ying came in awe, but after saying a few words to her, she
Turning from annoyance to happiness, she also grabbed her hand and went to see the Queen Mother in Qingning Palace. She just thought that such a straightforward girl was really cute, so she didn't break away at the moment, and just followed the person forward.
"Could it be that the one who invited me today is not Princess Yongping, but you, the eldest lady?"
"you guess?"
Zhu Ying turned around and raised her eyebrows at Mrs. Hong with a smile. Seeing that the person was a little confused, she smiled and said: "Of course I won't use Yongping's name to invite you. She is here, but there is someone else. You
You have to prepare well, today may be a big test."
When she heard the word "big exam", Hong's heart suddenly beat hard twice. She tried to calm herself down, and then said with a smile: "I am just an ordinary woman, reading poems and essays with the princess, what else is there?
I need to take a test? Could it be that the eldest lady’s husband is here to take the test in person? I’m not gifted like him, I don’t understand anything about arithmetic."
As if she didn't notice, she kept talking and joking with Zhu Ying until she climbed up the stairs to the third floor. At a glance, she saw Zhang Shou holding a young boy by the hand and standing against the railing, pointing at the stairs downstairs.
Although Zhang Shou was just wearing a very ordinary cyan robe today, with no gold or jade on his body, and a pair of very ordinary cloth shoes on his feet, she unknowingly looked at it a few more times before her eyes fell.
On the side is the young girl who looks like an orchid in an empty valley. There is no doubt that that is Princess Yongping.
Realizing that the emperor had not come, Mrs. Hong, who had been pretending to be calm, suddenly felt reassured. Although the Empress Dowager had appointed her to serve as Princess Yongping's student a few days ago, the matter of the girls' school had not yet begun, and although she had said that
Xie En requested to visit the princess, but there has been no response yet. Therefore, this was her first time to meet Princess Yongping.
Seeing Zhu Ying step forward to introduce her to Princess Yongping in person, she had no choice but to step forward and curtsy. However, unlike those she had met before who clearly hated and hated her, they would still act cordial and attentive in front of her. Unlike the other daughters, Princess Yongping's attitude toward her was not warm. She just nodded slightly and said, "Mrs. Hong's name has been famous to me for a long time."
After Princess Yongping said a simple greeting, she turned to look at Zhang Shou who had brought the third prince over and said: "Dr. Zhang from the Imperial Academy, you should have met him. This is my brother, the third prince Zheng Rong. You should also know , and soon he will be the Prince of the East Palace."
"Third sister..."
The third prince screamed in embarrassment. He wanted to explain it, but suddenly felt that he had no way to explain it. At this moment, Zhang Shou happened to pat his back gently from behind, so he tried his best to be as generous as possible. Attitude.
"Ms. Hong, I heard people say that you are not only commendable for your filial piety, but also for your literary talents. You are the most famous filial daughter and talented woman in Jiangxi. But I listened to the lecture of President Hong Shan at the Imperial College that day, and I just felt that it was a bit old-fashioned. Could it be me? Is it too superficial?”
Hong was secretly shocked. Is this a problem that Zhang Shou and Princess Yongping gave the third prince, or was it a problem that the third prince came up with on his own? If the third prince came up with it himself, this young prince is not at all like the rumors. Obscure, gentle and even timid, people actually have their own ideas!
Therefore, she thought quickly for a moment and then answered calmly: "If the Third Prince wants me to comment on the quality of my father's lectures, I'm afraid I will disappoint you. What my father taught is the way of the sages, and the way of the sages is inherently It is close to the unchangeable principle between heaven and earth, and many great scholars have worked hard all their lives just to make everyone closer to the principle."
She paused for a moment, then changed her words and said: "I know that I am stupid, so even though I have a lot of knowledge in the Classics and History, I have only scratched the surface, let alone reasoning. What I am most interested in are those low-ranking people who are looked down upon by the scholars. Miscellaneous subjects. Fortunately, the emperor opened the ban on astronomy, so I was able to run around and rescue a student from Yuzhang Academy who was grinding crystals for stargazing from prison."
"Trying to watch the stars?" The third prince's eyes widened immediately, and he asked with curiosity and excitement, "Not with your eyes, but with polished crystals to watch the stars? What kind of crystal, the teacher said, is flat at both ends. Is it the kind of lens that is thick in the middle? The teacher seems to have said that it is called a convex lens..."
Seeing the third prince looking towards him as he spoke, Zhang Shou couldn't help but laugh.
He looked at the surprised Hong family and said calmly: "There used to be a class in Banshan Hall, which can be called nature or physics. I recently wrote the corresponding textbook, but I haven't had time to print it out yet. I just gave the manuscript to Teacher, Mr. Chu and Mr. Qi are looking at it, and there is an entry about convex lenses."
Zhang Shoudi briefly and comprehensively mentioned the principle of light propagation, and then he was not surprised to see Zhu Ying and Princess Yongping frowning together - the eldest lady has always had a headache in mathematics, science and liberal arts, and is probably only good at martial arts. All the sports subjects within it, and Princess Yongping is obviously a master in liberal arts and a scumbag in science, so he naturally passed this section quickly.
When he saw that Mrs. Hong also had an expression that was obviously a bit headache-y, instead of just understanding everything, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and thought that he had guessed right. Although Ms. Hong had some characteristics that were different from ordinary women, she was very Obviously, people are not time-travelling women with countless golden fingers.
With Zhang Shou's explanation, the third prince no longer asked Hong how he felt about Chief Hong Shan's lectures, but curiously asked the Yuzhang Academy student about stargazing.
Zhang Shou heard from the sidelines that Hong got a notebook from unknown sources, so he gave it to a Yuzhang Academy student who liked miscellaneous subjects. The rich boy actually made a simple machine for grinding lenses.
Then a simple convex lens was ground and even caught fire!
Then, this rich boy who would definitely be ridiculed as "too idle" by the people of the time, according to the notes, equipped a telescope with a wooden tube and went out to observe the stars! What a good thing, people just happened to observe a certain astronomical phenomenon
He went around making noises about the phenomenon, but after the incident, he was reported by his enemies and put in jail. He had to lament that it was not that the ancient Chinese people did not have enough practical skills, but that their knowledge was monopolized.
Because things like astronomy and mathematics are all officially prohibited from private research by the imperial court, what else can scholars read if they don’t read the books of saints and sages? A student with strong curiosity and stronger hands-on ability was actually imprisoned for stargazing.
Here, what can he say that is good?
Zhang Shou immediately said the next moment: "Where is this student from Yuzhang Academy now? Previously, Chief Yue Shan suggested that the emperor recruit talents from all over the world who are proficient in arithmetic and astronomy. Although he was a little reckless, he is still a talented person."
The third prince immediately nodded in agreement and said, "The teacher is right, this man is indeed an interesting talent!" He matches up well with his fourth brother!
Hong saw the third prince holding Zhang Shou's hand naturally. The two seemed to be very close, and the third prince's agreement was so natural, so she immediately understood what Chu Kuan said to her from the bottom of his heart - the third prince said to Zhang Shou
It is really too much admiration and disrespect for father and son. If things go on like this, it will not be good for the country.
Although she had no intention of solving Chu Kuan's problems, she had just realized Princess Yongping's cold attitude towards her, so she naturally had an idea in her mind. At that moment, she smiled without thinking: "If the Third Prince and Dr. Zhang
If you want to see this person, I will send someone to deliver a message. He is extremely disappointed with the Jiangxi government, and his family blames him for causing trouble. He has already gone to Beijing to find a way out."
"He set off with our motorcade and is now staying at the Hu's Inn in Beicheng. He seemed to have brought a lot of money with him when he came out, so he rented out an entire side courtyard of the inn."
"His surname is Yang and his given name is Zhan. He is the seventh eldest in the family. The brothers above him are either serving as officials, doing business, or running businesses. The family property he inherited is enough for him to live a lifetime, so he has always gone his own way. This time, he also said
Just leave."
Hearing that this was another young man in the second grade of middle school who had run away from home, Zhang Shou was angry and funny. He let go of the hand that had just held the third prince, went straight to the stairs, and called out Ah Liu. Seeing that
The young man appeared in sight almost immediately, and he said with a smile: "Ah Liu, you have something to do. Go to the Hu's Inn and invite Yang Qilang and Yang Zhan over. Remember, it's an invitation!"