Ah Liu is naturally very familiar with Chu Kuan. And, to put it a bit too much, he is even more familiar with Chu Kuan than Zhang Shou is with Chu Kuan.
Of course, this does not mean that he used to lead some confidential tasks when he was at the Zhang family in Rongshui Village, and he needed to go back to the palace to report to Chu Kuan from time to time - in fact, he only knew Chu Kuan since he followed Zhang Shou back to the capital. However, you must know that he still has
He received an extra salary from the emperor to teach martial arts, so he lived in the palace, so there were many opportunities to "accidentally" meet Chu Kuan.
But now Ah Liu has realized that the so-called occasional is not accidental at all, because Chu Kuan seems to have always been interested in Zhang Shou, and even often goes to the martial arts field to watch him fight with others. So at this moment,
Facing such an uninvited guest, even though Zhang Shou had said that the third prince would send someone to deliver a message to Ye, he still seemed not to be so polite to Chu Kuan.
"Eunuch Chu personally took action. Is there anyone around His Royal Highness?"
"You talk more than before."
Chu Kuan's reply was direct and sharp. Seeing Ah Liu's eyes looking at him, he suddenly smiled and said: "There are really not many people around His Highness the Crown Prince. You know, the great scholar of Confucius almost forced the emperor to agree before."
, a chamberlain in Ciqing Palace who does not need to be literate. Now I am doing the things that I am called a steward of Wan'an Palace and do the things I am called a steward of Ciqing Palace."
Seeing that he had said so much, Ah Liu finally stopped blocking the road and stepped aside indifferently. However, his eyes were still clearly alert and wary. Chu Kuan didn't care and walked forward calmly. When
Realizing that the young man was following closely behind him, he said without looking back: "You were sent by the emperor to follow your young master, but now it seems that you have forgotten your responsibilities."
"I'm not a valet." Ah Liu burst out a completely unreasonable answer without thinking, but when Chu Kuan turned back to look at him, he closed his mouth and never said a word again.
Chu Kuan thought of Hua Qi's responsibilities as the imperial chamberlain now, and of course he understood what Ah Liu meant.
But think about how Hua Qibao left such a person to Zhang Shou outside the palace, only taught him martial arts regularly, and did not allow anyone to spy on him to pass on the news. He was allowed to spend time with Zhang Shou day and night. It is no wonder that he finally used such a gifted person.
The young man who had no shortage of hard work and hard work completely became a member of the Zhang family, but the emperor actually let it go. He couldn't help but sigh.
"Your Majesty didn't say anything, so you don't have to worry about me trying to trick you into doing something. With your loyalty to Academician Zhang, I won't humiliate myself." He turned around and continued walking forward, suddenly feeling confused.
He said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince respects Academician Zhang very much, even more than the emperor respected Master Ge at the beginning. With such a foundation, Academician Zhang's theory can be said to be as stable as Mount Tai."
Speaking of this, Chu Kuan suddenly changed his words and said: "However, just because he is as stable as a mountain and will be trusted by two generations of emperors, he attracts people's jealousy. Even the birth experience and talents of Mrs. Ge were not enough in the past.
When he was the emperor's master, there were attempts by the then Minister of the Pavilion and others to shake his position, not to mention your young master."
"If you want to protect him from harm, you must prick up your ears, open your eyes, sharpen your claws and fangs at all times, and be ready to pounce forward at any time, bite the enemy's throat, and win with one blow.
It leaves absolutely no power to fight back.”
"This is what I once did for the emperor. This is the role of being an eagle dog."
Ah Liu's brows frowned very obviously. Hua Qi thought that Hua Qi had said the word "hawk" to him at the beginning, but now that he heard it, he always felt that it was not so satisfying.
However, at this time, they had almost arrived at the place where Princess Yongping was talking to Zhu Ying and others, including Zhan Jinliuyin, who had followed Zhu Ying and specially dressed up in men's clothing, as well as two female officials in the palace and several maids of the wives.
He and his maid were both there, so he didn't say anything in the end, and just retorted silently in his heart.
Although the young master never said whether he regarded him as a hawk or a dog, people often said that he was a family member.
Chu Kuan's arrival was a surprise to everyone except Zhu Ying, who had known about it from Zhang Shou in advance.
Princess Yongping was often accompanied by him to Yuehua Tower to host cultural gatherings. It was reasonable to say that she was the person who knew Chu Kuan the most. In the past, she only thought that he was a confidant of her father and the future leader of the Chief of Ceremonies.
But ever since Chu Kuan naturally took over as the Supervisor of Ceremonies, but suddenly fell to the bottom without warning, and was then sent to Ciqing Palace by the emperor, with a small hat in green as an unnamed attendant, she felt that she couldn't understand
This person. When he suddenly turned into the manager of Wan'an Palace, the prince's biological mother, she completely felt that this person's palace was deeper than she had thought.
Therefore, Chu Kuan humbly claimed that she came to replace the imperial concubine and donate a sum of money to the women's school. She only felt that people had ulterior motives under the banner of the imperial concubine. You know, although the former imperial concubine is now the imperial concubine,
She is even taller than her mother, Concubine Yu, who is pregnant with Liujia. However, this humble biological mother of the prince has a character that will not stand out if she can.
Even now, when people take care of palace affairs, they still rely more on the female official sent by the Queen Mother to assist. If Concubine Yu was not getting heavier and her movements were somewhat inconvenient, the imperial concubine would most likely do it.
All power was delegated to Concubine Yu.
And such a prince's biological mother, who wishes she could be inconspicuous and inconspicuous, would send Chu Kuan to send money to support girls' education? If she is following the Queen Mother to do such a thing, that's not bad!
Princess Yongping's vigilance has been raised to the extreme. Hong, who has been in the palace for a long time, also vaguely realizes that things seem a bit complicated. Ye, because of her own experience in running for elections, has always stayed away from the affairs between these palace concubines.
So none of the three people said a word. But the others didn't realize it at all, they were all surprised and happy.
Mrs. Chen, who was the first to agree with Zhu Ying, couldn't help but praise: "Huang Guifei, this is really timely. We were still discussing Miss Zhu's plan before. When we go back to recruit students, we will send people to visit and verify these applicants."
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Seeing that Mrs. Chen still called Zhu Ying by her old name, and Zhu Ying frowned obviously, Chu Kuan smiled and said: "Oh, it turns out that the inspector and censor appointed by the emperor actually came up with such a method? Is this a plan?
Should we use the manpower of Zhao Guogong's mansion, or should we use our little Liu Ye's reputation as an invincible opponent in the capital? Either way is fine, but we do need money to pave the way, so go ahead and use it."
"This money is said to belong to the imperial concubine. It is not much, a thousand guan, but half of it is the money saved by His Highness the Crown Prince. This is the good deed that His Highness the Crown Prince asked the Imperial Concubine to do this time."
After answering the question, he saw Zhu Ying smiling and looking as usual. Everyone else, including Princess Yongping, all changed their expressions slightly, either confused, surprised, pondering, or looking forward to it. Chu Kuan then said calmly: "
Of course, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also has an extremely pressing matter, and I hope I can turn to you for help."
"The thing is like this. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's always friendly younger brother, the Fourth Prince, had been living outside the palace in anger, and was placed in a public school by Academician Zhang."
It briefly and comprehensively introduced the fourth prince's study and life experience in the public school - of course, it omitted the extremely dangerous things like pretending to be the mayor to visit the homes of classmates who had difficulties, and encouraging Ah Liu and Xiao Cheng Xiaohuahua to go to the Kong family to pretend to be ghosts.
- Chu Kuan paused again, and after everyone finally understood what happened, he brought up the matter of the gambling fight between the fourth prince and Zhang Chen.
Of course, he would not forget to mention to Zhang Shou the planned dual subsidy plan for public schools and the practice of Xunsheng going to various districts to give lectures to poor families.
Seeing everyone, some people were amazed at Zhang Shou's far-reaching thoughts, while others were frowning in deep thought, as if they didn't understand what this matter had to do with them. Chu Kuan did not explain, but said with a smile: "Xueshi Zhang put the gambling place
It is located in Tongzhou, but he is inseparable, so someone needs to make a judgment."
"To be honest, there is the Inspector Censor appointed by the Emperor, and she is actually the most suitable. However, you must know that Bachelor Zhang and her are newly married, and Bachelor Zhang himself cannot go, so how can he let her go? As for Bachelor Zhang's students
, who can suppress the Fourth Prince and Zhang Chen? Therefore, His Highness the Crown Prince knew that one of you was from Tongzhou, so he sent me to deliver his personal letter."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't care who wins or loses between the fourth prince and Zhang Chen, but he hopes that it will be fair and just, so that the fourth prince can be convinced and return to the palace as soon as possible. He hopes that someone can be an impartial and selfless judge. The reason why he thinks that some of you may be suitable is also
Because he feels that among you, there are locals from Tongzhou, and the Fourth Prince and Zhang Chen will always have more respect for women."
How strange! If others don’t tell you, Princess Yongping at least knows something about the fourth prince and Zhang Chen. Compared with the third prince, the fourth prince is much more impulsive and stubborn. When he gets angry, it doesn’t matter whether you are a woman or not!
Not to mention Zhang Chen, who didn't care how much he weighed, and said he wouldn't marry anyone unless she was a stunning beauty - of course, there were girls with outstanding looks who approached him and tried to become the future Mrs. Qin, but at this time
Zhang Chen was hypocritical again, saying that those women were interested in his status, not himself.
Does that guy Zhang Chen think there is anything worthy of praise besides his status? As many people were frustrated and angry, and some were even affected by the disaster, Zhang Chen was in the small circle of the daughter of some aristocratic families in the capital.
, and has long since lost its reputation.
These two people are gambling and fighting. If any woman other than Zhu Ying thinks she is powerful enough to judge, she is simply asking for humiliation!
Princess Yongping looked on with cold eyes and found that all the ladies present were smart people, but they were all silent, and none of them spoke up. So, she breathed a sigh of relief and planned to speak up for everyone.
After rejecting the matter, who knew that Chu Kuan was not forced to retreat by the silence of everyone, but instead spoke again with a smile.
"I know that you will inevitably have concerns, and His Royal Highness is not forcing it. He has already asked the emperor for instructions before, and has personally met Duke Qin. Both of them agree with his approach of inviting people from female schools to judge. If anyone can help
A helping hand is a favor that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Duke of Qin owe her."
He knew that if he said this, someone would inevitably agree out of utilitarianism, but at that moment he said solemnly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Duke of Qin have said that if the fourth prince or Zhang Chen is guilty, both of them are
I don’t want to accept the soft and the hard. I think that when Academician Zhang was able to convince them, he also used hard methods, so when necessary, the judge can also be tough."
"..." Among the stunned faces, Ye's surprised face stood out particularly. Speaking of this, how could she not know that this was a hint that apart from Zhu Ying, she was the only one among the people who could fight.
This mission?
To say that she was completely indifferent to the fourth prince and Zhang Chen, and she had no urgent desire to marry him. In fact, she did not particularly care about the so-called human relationship between the prince and the Duke of Qin.
However, her father is old and her brother is still young. If she can let those two take care of her family in the future, wouldn't she have less worries when she wants to leave Beijing and travel around the world? After all, in this narrow sky,
She had really seen enough.
Thinking of this, in the midst of hesitation and worry, Ye said: "Eunuch Chu, do you really mean what you said? As long as you can judge fairly, the rest can be up to me? Even if I can't stand them and beat them up?"
Hearing the word "beat", which is obviously not a word that a woman should use, a group of ladies almost all looked at him sideways. Only when they saw Mr. Ye's nonchalant expression did some of them remember that this future colleague was said to have beaten a dog's legs in the street.
He couldn't take care of himself, and finally cut off the ear of the rebellious young master and took him to the Shuntian government office!
And when people come to the women's school, the teachings are completely different from them. What this person teaches is not about being submissive or humble, but teaching women how to protect themselves, how to defend themselves, and how not to be bullied by the little ones! To be honest, they actually want to
study……
Chu Kuan finally waited for Ye's answer, and his smile became even brighter: "As long as you can convince the fourth prince and Zhang Chen, then of course you will do whatever you want. However, Miss Ye also needs to have a good sense of proportion, otherwise it will not be a judgment.
, but became enemies."
"Of course I don't have to do this." Madam Ye smiled lightly, and immediately said to Princess Yongping and Zhu Ying, "Before enrolling students, it would be useless for me, a lady who only teaches self-defense, since His Highness has sent Eunuch Chu to give
With such generous conditions, I am allowed to go to Tongzhou to make such a judgment. I have nothing to ask for, I just hope that my father and younger brother can be taken care of in the future."
This kind of favor that may be of great use at critical moments in the future, Ye said it frankly at this moment. Although others thought it had a sense of imperial approval before, they were all speechless at the moment.
He could only watch as Chu Kuan smiled and presented the autographed letter from the Prince of the East Palace to Mr. Ye.
After Ye took the letter calmly, she openly took out the letterhead, opened it, scanned it, and then forwarded it to Princess Yongping calmly: "I won't write the reply. I also ask the princess to forward it for me when she returns to the palace."
To His Highness the Crown Prince. Tongzhou is a land and water hub of the capital, with uneven wealth and many poor children. If the Fourth Prince and Zhang Chen are sincere in their work, I will certainly not find fault, but..."
"But if they are just betting and fighting for their own sake and don't care about the feelings of others, then don't blame me for being rude!"