Chapter six hundred and eighteen people have different aspirations
Seeing the fourth prince hurriedly raised his head, his face instantly showed a light of salvation. Then he kowtowed, got up, and ran to Yuquan. He looked like he was about to leave immediately. Zhu Ying was simply stunned.
She couldn't laugh or cry. However, the Queen Mother actually nodded slightly, and then let Yuquan go out with the fourth prince wrapped in Zhu Ying's cloak!
The third prince was confused by this sudden change, and the one who was even more at a loss than him was Princess Deyang - it was the first time in her life that she begged for someone else, but the person who begged for her ran away. How did she know?
What to do?
Fortunately, the Queen Mother no longer showed the violent rage just now, but she smiled gently at her and said: "Obviously it was Shiro who did something wrong, but you were dragged by Sanro to plead for mercy, and you were even frightened.
You, a good sister, can be considered a disaster. You are a kind-hearted girl, but you are not as smart as Yingying. When you get married, you must be stronger and don't be fooled."
Seeing the Queen Mother speaking, she pointed to a certain place on the Baobao grid next to her. Zhu Ying immediately stood up with her knees and walked over. She glanced up and down, and then took down the white jade grape ornament from a certain grid without even asking the Queen Mother.
She stuffed it into the hands of Princess Deyang with a smile. She knew very well that other ornaments such as bamboo and wood were given to Princess Deyang for their elegance, but they were not as good as this white jade grape.
Princess Deyang refused to take it at first, so Zhu Ying forced it on her. The Queen Mother looked on with a smile. She just hesitated and took it, but she was grateful. When Zhu Ying saw this, she smiled and said: "Remember to look back.
When the fourth prince comes back, blackmail him! This kid got into such a big trouble and escaped so easily. He should thank you for interceding for him!"
No better than Zhu Ying, Qingning Palace has always been like her own home. How could Princess Deyang dare to accept such random remarks? She could only lower her head and vaguely say a few more good words for the fourth prince.
The Queen Mother knew that this granddaughter had always been timid, and now that the Queen was not around, she was not very courageous, so she signaled a female official to send her away. Only when the third prince and Zhu Ying were left alone did she stop smiling.
"Sanlang, you value filial piety and brotherhood, which is good, but if you indulge and pamper him too much, you will harm him. I think your father indulged the King of Lu in this way at the beginning. As a result, he pampered him to the point of doing whatever he wanted and was lawless, so he ended up hanging out with the common people.
We are together. You will be the prince in the future, and you have to know the right rules for yourself!"
Seeing that the third prince felt as if he had been struck by lightning, he bowed down solemnly and promised to discipline the fourth prince well in the future. The queen mother stopped admonishing him, but said in a half-hearted tone: "Well, since you are worried about Shiro, there is no need to stay here any longer.
stay."
"If you can catch up with Yuquan, you and Shiro should go find your teacher together! There is only one, and the ruler cannot be missing even once. That kid Shiro is so arrogant that he deserves a beating! If that Ah Liu really dares to give him a good
It’s not in vain for him to be taught a lesson by your father. However, since he is Hua Qi’s apprentice, I guess he has the courage.”
Seeing the third prince agreeing, he was running faster than a rabbit. Zhu Ying immediately burst into laughter. And her bright and bright smile fell in the eyes of the Queen Mother. She felt it was both pleasing to the eye, but also felt that the flowers in my backyard were about to come.
She was devastated to be taken away by her disciple. Fortunately, this emotion went away as quickly as it came. She was sitting upright just now, but soon she was leaning on the pillow.
Apart from the emperor, her biological son, she was only so relaxed when it came to Zhu Ying. At this time, she glanced at Zhu Ying's bright clothes and smiled: "Sanlang is chasing after me to see Zhang Shou, but you are here with me.
Can you still sit still? The cloak has just been wrapped around Shiro. The Shangfu Bureau just sent a few new cloaks before, but that bird gold fur suits you. You can wear it and leave!"
"I don't like wearing green ones. I still like bright red brocades! Besides, I'm here to see the Queen Mother."
Zhu Ying looked ungrateful, and immediately knelt down on the footrest under the Queen Mother's seat, and said with a smile: "I didn't come here to plead for the fourth prince today, it just happened to be the right time. Besides, what do I do?
Why should we chase after Shou? He has his own affairs, and I have mine! We met at Dong'anmen before!"
Hearing Zhu Ying plausibly saying that she and Zhang Shou had their own affairs, the Queen Mother was a little surprised. She wondered why this girl had changed her temper. When she heard that the two had met at Dong'anmen that early in the morning, she was really surprised.
I had to hold my forehead and smile bitterly.
There is no doubt that this young couple is going to do something big... But after the fourth prince has already caused such a huge disaster, there is probably nothing that can surprise her! But that's what she thinks
, and soon experienced the same heart-pounding experience that Mrs. Tai and Zhu Jing experienced last night.
When Zhu Ying was lobbying the Queen Mother, she hurried back to Xianyang Palace to see her mother, Concubine Duan, holding the white jade grape. Princess Deyang, who asked for advice on what to do when she turned around, bumped into Princess Yongping on the way. The two sisters had never been together.
Such a deep affection, so after this meeting, Princess Yongping's lips curled up when she saw what Princess Deyang was holding.
"Second sister, are you coming back from Qingning Palace? Are you going to intercede for your fourth brother? The Queen Mother praises you as a sister and brother because of your deep love, so you are given a generous gift?"
Princess Deyang thought of the previous scenes in Qingning Palace, and was stunned for a moment before she whispered: "My third brother asked me to go, but I couldn't help. In the end, it was thanks to Youyingying's plea for Shiro.
"
Ever since Zhu Ying had been the matchmaker and her father personally selected her husband, her relationship with Zhu Ying had become much closer than before. At least, she called Yingying this time in a natural and friendly manner, without any reluctance.
When she heard that Zhu Ying had also gone, Princess Yongping, who had only made a few casual remarks just now, really darkened her face. She said, "How can she catch up with everything?" She held back the words, but on her face
That disapproval could not be hidden at all. Fortunately, Princess Deyang did not dig into it at all, and left her in a hurry after chatting with her in a perfunctory manner.
Seeing that the person disappeared at the gate of Xianyang Palace not far away, Princess Yongping continued to Qingning Palace calmly, but she was in an extremely bad mood. The third prince did not come to her to plead with the fourth prince.
, she was not surprised at all, after all, Princess Deyang was a good person, but she was not.
At the beginning, because the eldest prince and the second prince were more likely to take over the East Palace, she would at least make peace with them in order to ensure that her mother and daughter could be safe in the future. With the third prince and the fourth prince, it was really just in the Qianqing Palace.
The nod-nodding affection she had when she was in school was not even comparable to that of Zhu Ying who had no younger brother at home, so she would have fun with the two brothers from time to time.
And now, at the critical moment, it was Zhu Ying who went to intercede for the fourth prince. She was more like a sister than her real sister!
Early in the morning, she had heard the news that the Queen Mother had summoned the Fourth Prince. It was not like Concubine Yu had not reminded her to go to Qingning Palace to ask for advice on the women's school and to ask for a favor from the Fourth Prince.
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But she thought about her past reputation of being cold and aloof, and went to Qingning Palace to plead for mercy. How many people in the palace would say that she was being coy and trying to please the third prince, the future prince?
The third prince may be grateful to her for a while, but what will he think afterwards? Will the Queen Mother believe that she is sincere? What if she comes back in disgrace instead? Wouldn't it be like shooting herself in the foot?
Therefore, after thinking about it, she finally left the Yonghe Palace, but simply wandered in the back garden for half an hour, planning to wait until the fourth prince had been taught a lesson before arriving - in her opinion, it was almost impossible for the Queen Mother to stop because of the third prince.
Or maybe Princess Deyang begged for mercy and was spared.
After all, it is said that Chu Kuan, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, grew up beside the Queen Mother! This time the fourth prince talked so talkatively that the Supervisor of Ceremonies was put on a pile of firewood and roasted.
Chu Kuan, a person who was generous on the outside and jealous on the inside, would always find ways to cry out his difficulties in front of the Queen Mother, and of course the fourth prince, the chief culprit, would bear the consequences!
As long as she arrived afterwards and said a few words to the fourth prince at the right time, she would have fulfilled her obligation as a sister. But who would have thought that as soon as Zhu Ying took action, everything would be in chaos! Princess Deyang had just
Although she didn't say it explicitly, she could tell that the Queen Mother easily forgave the fourth prince because of Zhu Ying's plea.
Princess Yongping, who was in a troubled mood, did not readjust her facial expressions and walking posture until she saw the Qingning Gate. She has always been known as a talented woman, and her etiquette and rules are naturally good, so she is different from Zhu Ying who rushes in unscrupulously.
, she stopped in front of Qingning Gate to wait for the announcement. When she reached the steps outside the main hall of Qingning Palace, she stopped again and waited for the announcement.
Not long after, she saw the door curtain raised, and then Zhu Ying's face that was both smiling and angry was revealed.
"Oh, what a coincidence. You just arrived and I'm leaving soon." Zhu Ying greeted her straight to the point. Seeing that Princess Yongping's face looked particularly cold, she didn't care at all. When she stepped out,
, she was still wearing a big red velvet cloak that the Queen Mother had just given her. At this time, the white snow set off the fiery red color of her body, making her look even more delicate than a flower, as red as the clouds.
She stood in front of Princess Yongping and then said with a smile: "The Queen Mother has designated a place for girls to study, which is in the inner city. After all, it is always unhelpful for women to have dragons and snakes mixed up in the outer city. As long as the family is pure and willing,
Any daughter from a good family who is studying can directly enroll in a women's school. The Queen Mother will summon the female officials and palace servants who are over thirty years old and who are literate and unwilling to leave the palace before..."
"Let them serve as lecturers and teach those girls from good families."
Seeing Zhu Ying talking eloquently to her, Princess Yongping couldn't help but feel a little wary and crisis. She was not very enthusiastic about women's studies. After all, how could she, who was educated by famous scholars and great scholars, like those illiterate women?
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Not to mention Xiaojiabiyu in the capital, even among the ladies, how many people can have the insight she developed by her father's side, and the vision she gained by reading all the books in Yuehua Tower? Moreover, in this world, only men are officials, and women are not.
Even if there are talented women who are full of knowledge, how many of them will end well? Look at Ban Zhao, Xie Daoyun, Li Qingzhao... and many more well-known and unknown talented women, big and small, how will they end?
However, she has no interest in her husband and raising her children. In other words, since she was a child, she has seen countless noble disciples who are known as the best sons in troubled times, and has also seen many scholars who claim to have the world in mind. She has long been unwilling to be trapped inside.
Well, as a royal daughter, it is impossible for her to dream of the Eastern Palace, nor to make achievements. Therefore, studying women's education, something that has never happened before, is actually the only thing she can try.
Otherwise, could she still learn from Shangguan Wan'er and the Song sisters in the Tang Dynasty and become a female bachelor in charge of Ji Yiwen? Then she would have to have this opportunity. Her father loved her so much that he never let go.
, not to mention the third prince who is not close to her?
But Zhu Ying recommended her to preside over the women's school in front of the Queen Mother, so that Hong, the daughter of the head of Hongshan of Yuzhang Academy, could not take full credit. Now he said this in front of her. What does this mean?
Zhu Ying would not care about Princess Yongping's petty thoughts, and continued to say with a smile: "In the future, you will be the superintendent of the school, and Madam Hong will encourage female history students to study, and I will just do a casual inspection of the school, that's it.
La!"
What does it mean to be frightened and angry? That is the mood of Princess Yongping at this moment. Although the Hong family is definitely not easy to deal with, but after all, her status is limited and it is impossible to compete with her. But Zhu Ying has always been interested in this kind of thing.
If you are not interested in the matter, why do you suddenly jump out and want to interfere? Supervising the school inspection... is a joke. Isn't Zhu Ying famous in the capital for being uneducated and skillless?
Naturally, Zhu Ying would not look at Princess Yongping's face - in fact, among the people who had just appealed to the fourth prince, there were only the third prince and Princess Deyang, but Princess Yongping was not there, so she knew that Princess Yongping was worried.
What Xiao Jiujiu?
Therefore, she, who originally didn't like to observe people's words and expressions, didn't even have the interest to explain more at this time. She just said with a smile: "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
Zhu Ying said she was leaving and bowed her knees, but she did not show any indifference. However, Princess Yongping had been her enemy for many years. Although there were times when Zhu Ying spoke out for her, she didn't know.
Zhu Ying has never felt inferior to her from the bottom of her heart. She treats all the princes equally, so can she treat the eldest prince and the second prince without any pretense, and treat the third prince and the fourth prince like younger brothers?
Seeing people walking away at this time, she wanted to turn around and leave, but this was Qingning Palace after all, and she did not dare to be so willful. Therefore, after standing silently in front of the door for a long time, she finally decided to leave after the female official opened the curtain again.
Lower your head and enter, as always.
Zhu Ying, who was self-willed, walked straight north after leaving Qingning Palace - Hong had not left since she was summoned to the palace by the Queen Mother. After that, because she wanted to teach the third prince to paint, she went to the palace through the Queen Mother.
Nodding, she moved to the entertainment room behind Kunning Palace. Here were hung the calligraphy and paintings of the virtuous concubines of the Ming Dynasty. It was also a rare place for literary works in the harem.
As for the misunderstood rumors that the Hong family was included in the harem by the emperor - let alone Hong's age and appearance, no one would think about it based on the emperor's character. Of course, just like the Song family in the previous Tang Dynasty
It is naturally impossible for the sister female bachelors to treat her so kindly. At least, the Hong family does not have this privilege of being called sir by all the concubines and princesses in the palace.
But even so, she still received better treatment than her fifth-grade Yongping Princess friend in the entertainment studio. The four palace servants were always at your disposal, and there was no trace of laziness or contempt for treatment. All the daily utensils were of the highest quality.
The fine products and food are all provided by the imperial chef of Kunning Palace, and even the Four Treasures of the Study are tributes.
Therefore, when Zhu Ying came and explained her purpose straight to the point, she couldn't help but breathed a deep sigh of relief: "I have been receiving salary for a long time without merit. If I don't use the pen in my hand anymore, I'm afraid I won't be able to write. This is exactly what happened."
It’s my wish, and I will do my best to fulfill it!”