"The story that the master told is so interesting, but the sisters don't listen to the story and just make a ruckus on the side. How annoying." The Eldest Princess complained, the master's story was really good, but the little sisters had to eat some snacks, and the wet nurse had to carry them to the toilet, it was so noisy, making it hard for people to listen to the master's lecture.
The empress looked at her and pretended to be angry. "The younger sisters are young, but you are the older one. If you like Master's story, you can go back to the academy and ask Master to tell you what you didn't hear clearly, right? But after you left the academy, did you chase after the head teacher to ask? "
"The Queen Mother taught you how to talk about people behind your back at such a young age! Have you made a mistake? " At this time, Yan had forgotten that he was still wearing nothing under the blanket and scolded him seriously.
"I've wronged you." Emperor Tiansun suddenly turned his head and sighed to Yan.
The empress thought that he was talking about today's farce and huffed. "It won't be good to be so ridiculous next time!"
Emperor Tiansun was referring to the huge harem. Back then, if he had not insisted on marrying, then perhaps Yan would have already married her father's student. When he thought about the matter that he had just complained about, Emperor Tiansun decided to make the next decision. He already had the candidates from left to right, so it didn't matter if it was one day earlier or one day later. It was indeed inappropriate to attend the academy together with a few princesses. It would be better to bring the daughters of the ministers into the palace earlier so that she could have a playmate.
With this thought in mind, Emperor Tiansun ordered for all the young misses to be brought to the Ming Hua Palace early the next day. As for the little princesses, they took a break from their classes and went to look for a master teacher to teach them for a day.
After Emperor Tiansun brought Eldest Princess out, the Queen's smile slowly disappeared and she allowed Senior Servant Liu to redo her makeup. When everything was in order, she held onto Senior Servant Liu's hand and said gently, "If you weren't clever just now, I would have lost my face today. There's no need to care about what Changsheng said. If the emperor really wants to punish you, then I'll be the first one to disobey. Didn't you just make a new sky-blue dress with the white border of the rolling moon? When you go back and open my jewelry box, you can wear the garnet inlaid with gold.
The Senior Servant Liu did not stand on ceremony with her and bowed smilingly, thanking her. "Then this old servant will not be courteous with the esteemed wangfei, thank you for your reward."
The empress's eyes revealed a hint of happiness as she let out a long sigh and said, "Now we can finally get rid of those little ones, and let those uneducated ones ruin our longevity."
When Senior Servant Liu heard this, she knew that her mistress was talking about the few people from the Hibiscus Hall in Zhao Hua Palace.
His Majesty had taken over the position of elder brother to become the Son of Heaven. When they first boarded the plane, the court was unstable, and the most effective way to rope in important officials was marriage. Therefore, in less than a year since Emperor Tiansun had registered, he had selected the daughters of many court officials as concubines. Thinking back to when they had just entered the palace, the empress couldn't really control them anymore. It was just that in the past two years, Xiao Fei Rongfei and the others were no longer symbols left behind in the harem but merely concubines.
It was all thanks to the Emperor Tiansun that the Queen was able to stand tall and straight in the imperial harem. When they had just gotten married, it was also not long after Emperor Tiansun ascended to the throne. His foundation was shallow, and his imperial government was also under the control of the court officials. He knew that after the Emperor Tiansun had gradually made sense of the situation, they had secretly helped a group of Humble Class scholars become their blades. He also mentioned the unsuitable Yang Wenzhong and Xu Shaoyuan as pavilion elders, and faintly had the intention of letting the two of them balance each other out. After plotting for three whole years, the Tianqi was finally branded with the Emperor Tiansun and was no longer at the mercy of the court officials.
The harem was undoubtedly a microcosm of the front hall. During the two years when the court officials were in power, Xiao Fei and the others dared to slap the empress's face. In the past two years, which one of them hadn't been respectful and no longer dared to act arrogantly?
If it wasn't for Emperor Tiansun making it clear that she still needed to use her family, the empress wouldn't have caused Changsheng to suffer so much. Before the new stuff could even warm up in the room, it would be rolled around the floor if someone took a glance at it. There were countless other things like that, so even Eldest Princess did not dare to put anything decent in the room.
To be able to make the Jadeite Leaf Sect do this, the Yan could be considered to have opened her eyes. In the end, the daughters of these families were all direct descendants. It was one thing for them to not even know a few words, but they couldn't even discipline their children well. If it wasn't for the fact that they had verified the identity of the maidservants, Yan would have suspected that all of them were from the main branch.
Emperor Tiansun was very against women's ignorance and lack of learning. Thus, when Yan was three years old and asked her to find a teacher to enlighten him just like how she taught a prince, she immediately agreed to it. After finally deciding on the master's candidate, Xiao Fei's Concubine and company came over with babies that they couldn't even identify as they hugged. They begged the Emperor Tiansun to let their daughters read with the Eldest Princess.
Their family invited them out from the depths of the mountains, and the Yan herself did all the work. When the time came, the stage was already set.
A two year old child, what could he learn from him? Ever since she was a child, she had personally brought him along with her. She was both clever and sensible, and with a pen and a paper in her hand, she could sit alone at the small desk for the entire morning. What about them? Yan simply laughed coldly three times. Not to mention fifteen minutes, even the few children that were born to Concubine Xiao Fei and Xiao Fei couldn't sit still. To put it harshly, the master teacher was probably still giving lessons. Those who were crawling on the floor had already peed their pants. What kind of nonsense could they possibly attend such a lesson?
However, there were some things that she couldn't say even if her heart was clear. The Second Princess and the others were not her children, but the children of the Emperor Tiansun. If she revealed any hint of rejection, Emperor Tiansun would not be happy to write her down. These words could only be said as a form of persuasion, allowing the Emperor Tiansun himself to reject them.
The people of the world all said that His Majesty was a person who was infatuated with beauty and didn't like mountains and rivers. That was why he had given up on the daughters of those large families in the capital and singlehandedly picked her out. Only those like them, who were part of the department, knew what was going on in that situation. To put it bluntly, Emperor Tiansun had the intention of guarding against external forces from the start, so he was unwilling to leave the position of Palace Head to the daughter of an important official in the imperial court. It would only be a matter of time before he married anyone, and his future troubles would be endless. How could it compare to marrying someone with a lower family background and then "selling" the position of concubine in the imperial harem one by one!
Amongst all the women in the harem, which one did Emperor Tiansun like the most? Even after being husband and wife of the Yan for almost seven years, it had never been broken. Everyone said that a woman's heart is a needle at the bottom of the sea, wrong or wrong. This monarch's heart is the real needle at the bottom of the sea.
No matter which concubine the Emperor Tiansun loved, fortunately he still rejected the petition of Concubine Xiao Fei and the others because the child was too young. However, they did not feel relieved for long. The next year, the kids sat in the academy with Changsheng while sucking on their fingers. Needless to say how much they could learn, even Longevity himself had been too noisy to listen to Master's lecture, wasting a year's time.
After persuading the Emperor Tiansun, he opened his mouth and allowed a few girls above the age of third stage ministers to enter the palace to accompany his as he studied. Originally, he had thought that he would have to wait until the end of April at the earliest. He did not expect that he would not need to say anything this time, the Emperor Tiansun had already changed his words to raise the date, how could he not be relieved?