C170 (1/2)
The prince's study hall was on the right side of the Huangji Sect, but when he opened his eyes for the moment, it was not considered as a proper entrance.
His Majesty was not happy with the eldest son of the Emperor, but he would definitely not think of asking a few children of the same age as the Eldest Prince to accompany the prince to study.
Since foreign officials could not go to the imperial harem, Zhu Yijun ordered people to clean up a room in the Qianqing Palace. Eldest Prince would come in the morning to study for four hours before returning.
The harem didn't know about this, but when they heard that the Eldest Prince was going to open their minds to the Qianqing Palace, they all thought that the Emperor valued the Eldest Prince greatly, even though the mother and son of the Imperial Consort Gong were not favoured at all, no one could underestimate them.
His Majesty had been indifferent to the Eldest Prince before, and had continued to take names and become enlightened. Thinking about it again and again, the empress hadn't sent a letter in the past few years. Could it be that His Majesty held no hope for his son and wanted to cultivate the Eldest Prince?
The Jingyang Palace was bustling like the market at the moment.
After all, Beauty Wang had once left the Jingyang Palace, so it could be compared to the time when the imperial concubine sat there for a long time. Since Wang Zhixi had gotten lucky that time, he moved to Yonghe Palace, and had gotten lucky a little more afterwards.
Wang Zhixi did not know that Zhu Yijun had been fooling around since he started asking the eunuch if he should stay or not. He just said that all the concubines and concubines would sleep together and if he did not leave anything behind, he would not leave anything behind.
And Wang Zhixi was precisely the person that wasn't left behind back then.
She looked at Imperial Consort Gong. ”Elder sister has Eldest Prince, so we will definitely have to endure hardships one day. We only have to wait in the harem for a long time, who knows when it will be time to end it.”
”Little sister, please do not belittle yourself. Little sister is a righteous person, although the Imperial Consort Guo is pregnant and cannot be used as a pet, little sister should use this opportunity to go up to the next level.” The Imperial Consort Gong said.
”Imperial Consort Zheng has frequently used pregnancy to pull Her Majesty into her palace these past few days. I don't know what's going on in my stomach, and was just thinking of a different story from Eldest Prince's.” Wang Zhixi sneered. It was just that they had taken advantage of Imperial Noble Lady Yu.
”It's not like the empress can't give birth to someone.” Imperial Consort Gong said, ”Imperial Noble Lady Yu and you have a 50% relationship with each other, life is not as enjoyable as yours. Imperial Consort Zheng is not as easy to service as Imperial Consort Lan. ”
”If you don't serve the empress, there won't be any difference in serving anyone.”
”I finally understand.” Wang Zhixi laughed bitterly, ”With big sister in the palace, how far can I go? So I don't think about that either. ”
Mentioning the empress, Imperial Consort Gong did not continue the conversation and only said, ”If not for empress, your majesty would not have been able to remember Eldest Prince, and would not have been able to remember the matter regarding Eldest Prince's enlightenment. In this matter, I am extremely grateful to the Empress.”
”There's nothing to be worried about in the empress. It's better to be first-rate.” ”Before, Eldest Prince and your majesty were not close, but now that you have opened your Qianqing Palace, it is just right for you to meet your majesty more, and have a good relationship with your majesty.”
Imperial Consort Gong clasped her hands together and said, ”I don't even need to hope for this. It's already good enough for Eldest Prince to see father a few more times.”
”When the empress gives birth to her first son, he will be somewhat eye-catching. I have never asked His Majesty to pamper him. I only hope that he can grow up smoothly and get married, then I will be satisfied.” Imperial Consort Gong said that she did not dare to reveal even the tiniest bit of hope that the Queen would not give birth to her own son.
In a blink of an eye, two days had passed. Someone from Qianqing Palace said that the classes were already set up, and Eldest Prince could go study in Qianqing Palace tomorrow.
Imperial Consort Gong sent him the money bag. At night, she hugged his son and said to him for half a day, ”Don't cry, don't cause trouble. You will be back in four hours.
Eldest Prince was trying his best to hold back his tears. He had seen very few people and did not have much guts.
”Don't be afraid, that's your father. Didn't you always want to see father? We'll see it every single day from now on. ” Imperial Consort Gong said, ”You must behave yourself in front of father, you have to be good, then your father will like you, do you understand?”
”I don't know what to do to make father like me.” Eldest Prince sobbed.
”Read your book carefully. Be serious, answer whatever father is asking you. If you don't know, say that mother has never said so. Do you remember? ” The Imperial Consort Gong said.
Eldest Prince had to be questioned many times before he could nod his head. However, his heart was filled with grief and he did not want to open his eyes at all.
It was also for this very day that Rong Chang opened her Qianqing Palace. She was used to going to the Qianqing Palace, and had long since wanted to learn how to write and read, so she was not afraid at all. She personally supervised Xi Tao and Wulv to prepare the Four Treasures in the study room the night before, and she didn't need anyone to call her early on the second day.
After Wang Rong and her visit to Ci'an Palace to pay respects to the two empress dowager, she had them send people to the Qianqing Palace. It was Rong Chang's first day in school, so she had to take a look.
The Eldest Prince's classroom was an empty hall. Rong Chang's small desk was located in the Eastern Warm Pavilion, which was where Zhu Yijun worked. A small screen was used to separate them, and once the screen was moved to the side, the father and daughter could respectively look at each other and handle their own matters.
Zhu Yijun was very serious. It was the first time Rong Chang had seen the father look at him with such large eyes, but she did not move.
His Majesty's teacher was treating him quite well. Rong Chang was a bit timid when facing father which was different from her usual expression, but because of the rules they agreed upon previously, she could only pout his mouth and endure it.
”Today, Princess and I will teach you how to set up the Qianqing Palace at your table.”
She went back to the Kunning Palace, and did as she said earlier. She made a tea bowl of steamed cake in the tea room, with eggs and milk in it.
”Interesting.” She rolled up her sleeves and even personally made a layer of cream pie. The skin of the cake was made on a metal plate, and the butter was made by Li Gong and two young eunuchs who took turns to make it. They directly wiped the face with the knife.
”Enough.” Wang Rong He said, ”I wonder if Rong Chang likes to eat these.”
”The Empress likes it, and the princess will definitely like it as well.” No disease.
”Not necessarily.” Wang Rong said with a smile.
When Rong Chang saw her, her eyes lit up and she could not sit still. Zhu Yijun also coughed twice, ”Let's stop here for today, we'll continue tomorrow.”
Rong Chang stood up and bowed, ”Thank you, teacher.” Then she ran to Wang Rong and hugged her tightly.