Chapter 166: Trying every possible means
In the Imperial Study Room, the emperor sat in front of the papers. A mountain of memorials was built next to the table. In front of the emperor, there was an empty space, and only a flat answer sheet was placed.
The neat handwriting on the answer sheet gives people a good first impression, which is much better than the third prince's answer sheet.
The Emperor hadn't read the content yet, so he spoke to the Grand Eunuch beside him about this character: "Look, they are both princes, and the character Xiaowu is so clean and neat."
"It makes people feel comfortable watching it."
"Concubine Jia's teachings are good. She has put in a lot of effort at first sight."
The emperor's face showed an expression of joy. As he spoke, the other side of his eyes subconsciously bent, feeling happy in his heart. .
"The Empress Dowager also said so."
"Since the fifth prince came to Jixia Academy to attend classes, he has never neglected himself for a day. He has always been the first to arrive and the last to leave. "
The Grand Eunuch beside the emperor could be said to have an eye for all directions and an ear for all directions. He noticed the joy on the emperor's face and said a few more words.
If this is a good thing, you can hold it high and say that the emperor will not care so much if he is happy.
But if this is not good, it will not be easy to pick it up.
Hearing what the Grand Eunuch said, the Emperor paused, looked to one side out of the corner of his eye, and said, "Does Xiaowu still go to the Empress often?"
The Emperor knew that the Fifth Prince was fighting She has been fond of the Queen Mother since she was a child. As the Queen Mother gets older, there is no one who can be said to have similar interests in this deep palace.
The fifth prince knows how to please the Queen Mother. Over the years, the fifth prince has often visited the Queen Mother's palace.
Concubine Jia never complained, and she was treated as reasonable.
Although the emperor is not a woman, he also knows that women in this world regard their children as treasures in their eyes, and they all want their children to stay by their side every day.
I never want my children to fall into other people’s laps.
The noble concubine should not be so reasonable.
Did she know something?
The expression on the emperor's face suddenly became serious. He looked at the fifth prince like this because he was sure that the fifth prince must be his son.
He knew exactly what Ning Bin did. Although Ning Bin never reported it to him, he just turned a blind eye. He knew very well what Ning Bin wanted.
Ning Bin’s background was not good. Business was a low-level business in their Ming Dynasty, and they were never favored by them. Moreover, businessmen valued profit over separation, and were often refined egoists.
The children she gave birth to had a rare chance of being on the same starting line as the children born to concubines of officials and women.
The emperor did not prevent this from happening.
Now that this matter has become a fact, he will follow the trend and regard the fifth prince as the child of Concubine Jia.
The fifth prince can have the resources that Concubine Jia Gui’s children can have. As long as he strives to live up to his ambition, he will only be able to get even more.
As for Cui Xiu's own child, the emperor cannot guarantee that the child must be his.
He didn't believe Cui Xiu, because the result of blood recognition was between him and the fifth prince, not between him and the sixth prince.
The emperor did not expose all this, just because Cui Xiu and the Cui family behind her, Li Qun and Xu Guogong's mansion were still valuable.
He wanted to squeeze out the last bit of space they could use and pave the way for the fifth prince.
“To tell you your Majesty, I have gone less and less these days.”
“I think the eldest empress also knows that the fifth prince has heavy homework and needs to practice riding and shooting, so she allows him to stay. It stopped for a while.”
The grand duke responded to the emperor’s words. He felt the change in the expression on the emperor’s face. Although it was very subtle, the surrounding atmosphere had already changed. "The fifth prince is still young, so he should pay more attention to his health."
"You will send someone to deliver something to Chuxiu Palace later."
The emperor said and continued to look at the fifth prince's answer sheet. The fifth prince's current experience is still shallow, and the thoughts he expresses are still immature. This positivity is very comfortable to watch.
The emperor is not in a hurry. After all, if he is still strong, he can give me, the fifth prince, some more time to grow up. When he grows up to be a man capable of taking on important responsibilities, he will confirm the crown prince.
"Come on, I will obey your Majesty's instructions."
The Grand Duke responded simply and neatly.
After reading the fifth prince's answer sheet, the emperor rolled up the things and put them aside. His expression returned to his usual solemn look, and he unfolded the sixth prince's answer sheet.
The sixth prince's handwriting is not as neat as the fifth prince's, but it looks more flexible and individual than the fifth prince's, and it is also pleasing to the eye.
Such handwriting can be said to be in a class of its own. Being able to write such handwriting at his age is actually a talent.
The emperor remembered that Li Qun's calligraphy at that time was also so distinctive. From a stack of scrolls, he could tell which one belonged to Li Qun when he flipped through it.
His word is his name.
Just like his name, he is a young gentleman with a distinctive personality.
The emperor's face didn't look good. He felt more and more that Cui Xiu had done something audacious. It was like a thorn growing in his heart.
Although he did not have any evidence, in the emperor's view, the sixth prince's current behavior was like clear evidence before him.
How dare Cui Xiu? How dare she do such a thing in the harem. Fortunately, she is still from a famous family, so I am afraid that all those books "Female Ring" and "Female Rules" will be in vain.
If they had not been very useful to him, the emperor would have wanted to immediately send Cui Xiu and Li Qun, the "adulterers and adulterers", to the execution ground and make them both die.
It can be considered as a happy ending for their pair of miserable couple.
"The word "Sixth Prince" is also good, but compared to Xiao Wu, it's still a lot worse."
"This writing is just writing. It's too flamboyant, and it puts the cart before the horse."< br>
“Concubine Yun is not as good as Concubine Jia in educating children.”
“They are very close, and they don’t know how to learn from each other.”
The emperor deliberately said these words very loudly. The grand duke beside him heard these words and understood the emperor's intention.
The emperor wants to say these words to the people in the palace.
What the emperor said in the imperial study today will be spread throughout the harem in less than half a day. They will all know who the emperor values and whom he does not value.
The emperor wants to see if Concubine Jia and Concubine Yun, who are called sisters, can withstand the test?
Whether this sisterly love can always be maintained, I have no doubt.
After the emperor finished speaking about the sixth prince, he read the sixth prince's answers again and saw that the sixth prince had no intention of competing for the crown prince. The whole article was full of carefreeness and longing for freedom.
The expression on the emperor's face softened a lot. After all, this child is not someone who can have high hopes.
In this game of chess between them, their royal family, the Li family, will win after all.
Instead of the Li family of Xu Guogong.