Let me teach Xu Zhiwan?
Cardamom has been cooked into porridge
, did not wait for the father to find a good marriage for Wei Ling, the palace began to become lively. The eldest prince is seventeen years old this year, and it’s time to choose a concubine.
Wei Ling went to have a look around, and when he came back, he said quite honestly, “I don’t think there are any new faces. They are all the ones I chose to read with last time. My eldest brother picked and picked, but it turned out that my father and mother chose them.” “It must be a willow waist, a cherry mouth, a white jade skin, and a willow eyebrow,”
said Hsu Chih-wan, lying on the table and teasing the crickets. Stand up in an orderly manner and reply in an orderly way.
Wei Ling said, “Yes, do you know each other?”
Hsu Chih-wan leaned back lazily in his chair and said, “Women in the palace usually look like this.” “You’re right,” said
Wei Ling. “So is the mother, and so is the empress.”
She pinched her chubby face and said, “Then I’m sure I won’t be an imperial concubine in my life. Look at my face. It’s round, and my waist is not thin.”
Hsu Chih-wan comforted her, saying, “So many women rob a man, and only a fool goes to be an imperial concubine. Do you think you are stupid?”
Wei Ling shook his head firmly.
“You’re not stupid, so you can’t be an imperial concubine. If you don’t be an imperial concubine, it means you’re not stupid. Understand?”
Wei Ling was suddenly enlightened and nodded his head.
Wei Ling asked again, “What kind of man will you marry in the future?”? Will you be an imperial concubine?
Xu Zhiwan tapped her on the forehead and said, “You think I look like a fool, don’t you?”
Wei Ling covered her head and said, “I just thought that if you got married, we could be together all the time.”. For example, if you marry the fourth elder brother, it will be fine. I always see you talking together, and the fourth elder brother looks very easy to talk to. “That’s because we’ve known each other since childhood,”
says Hsu Chih-wan.
Xu Zhiwan and Li Huaiyu have known each other for a much longer time than we have. Li Huaiyu is like an imperial concubine. He is modest, courteous and gentle. He treats people and things just right. He can be called a handsome young man. “I don’t want to get married,”
said Hsu Chih-wan. “What’s so interesting about getting married?” Holding her cheek,
Wei Ling said, “But my mother told me that all women want to get married.”
Hsu Chih-wan raised his eyebrows and said, “Wei Ling, do you want to hear a story?”
Wei Ling sat up and said, “Yes, yes!”
“Legend has it that far, far, far away, there was a small country whose king was a woman named Little Lotus Leaf.”
“As for Queen Lotus Leaf, because she was a queen herself, she couldn’t get married. But she had to have children to succeed to the throne, so she began to marry men.”
“She married one after another, and not only did she marry, but she also imitated our Yongxing Dynasty, giving her male wives status, such as Ming Fei, Qiang Fei, Kai Fei, Zhuang, Chang Zaiwei, and so on.”
Wei Ling raised his hand and asked, “Why are their titles so ugly?” “That’s not the point,”
said Hsu Chih-wan. “Then, the little lotus leaf queen felt that life was really too natural and unrestrained now, and decided to let her subjects enjoy such a life together.”
So she decreed that from now on, not only could men have three wives and four concubines, but women could also have three wives and four concubines. Then the little queen lived happily with her people.
Wei Ling was dumbfounded, and Xu Zhiwan patted her on the shoulder with satisfaction: “Do you have any questions now?”
Wei Ling said to Hsu Chih-wan behind him, Master, why do you look so ugly? Are you sick?
Hsu Chih-wan: Um.. Eh? After two
successive accidents of Xu Zhiwan, his father lost confidence in Xu Zhiwan, fearing that she would lead Wei Ling’s thoughts to deviation, but Wei Ling, who had always been clever, would never compromise on this matter and vowed that he would continue his hunger strike as soon as he left.
Father emperor in a dilemma, finally decided, hit the snake hit seven inches, cure the disease to cure, rather than teach Wei Ling, it is better to teach Xu Zhiwan. The best way is to take Xu Zhiwan and indirect way to save the nation.
But the father emperor did not expect that teaching Xu Zhiwan could only be more difficult than age of the captain, and could not be simpler than age of the captain. On
the first day, Xu Zhiwan was sent out by Chen Taifu and presented to Li Taifu.
The next day Li Taifu handed over to Wang. After holding out for three days,
Wang gave the confident Feng.
Three days later, the exhausted Feng turned to his teacher, Old Master Wu. Old
Master Wu was indeed a great Confucian scholar, and after four quiet days without an accident, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
However
, on the morning of the 14th, Master Wu and Master Feng came to my desk with Xu Zhiwan.
“Three princes, your majesty says that you usually behave in a steady manner, which is very appropriate. He has specially ordered Hsu to follow you, read the scriptures, and cultivate his moral character. He doesn’t seek to be knowledgeable, but just to touch your temperament is also good.”
I looked up from the scripture in my hand, and Xu Zhiwan was standing in front of my desk.
The sky was clear and the wind was gentle. Xu Zhiwan was dressed in a silver palace costume, like a jade tree in the courtyard. She was not as delicate and charming as a lady, but she had a different kind of strength of character. She stood in front of my desk, with a playful expression on her face and a sly opening to talk to me.
“Third Prince, is that the Golden Lotus in your hand?”
I turned over the scriptures in my hand, and on the cover was written Jinshilu.
Feng looked as if he had seen nothing strange. He gave me a hand. He didn’t even want to say a word, so he and Old Master Wu turned around and left.
I pressed my forehead. The matter of
Xu Zhiwan is full of wind and rain in the court, and I have heard a little about it.
But before only knew that she was naughty, but did not think, the father and the master were forced to such a point, even this bad idea has come up.
For a while, the room was very quiet.
I was thinking about how to get rid of it, and Xu Zhiwan seemed to be meditating.
It was rare to see her thinking quietly, so I asked her why she was so upset, and she told me she was thinking about what to eat for lunch.
……… Father, are you here to tease my son?
I asked Xu Zhiwan what books she had been reading recently, and she told me that she had been working very hard recently and had dabbled in Chuangzi and Chuci.
I bowed my head and said, “It’s not Confucianism, but it’s the essence of our predecessors. What do you think?”
Xu Zhiwan shook his head.
I said, “It doesn’t matter. The words of the sage are difficult to understand. If you read them several times, you will find something.”
Hsu Chih-wan shakes his head and says, “It’s not that it’s difficult to understand. It’s just that I’ve just started reading, so I don’t have much experience for the time being.”
I wondered, “Didn’t you just say that you’ve been working very hard recently, dabbling in Chuangzi’s Chu Ci?” “Yes, that’s right,”
says Hsu Chih-wan. “I’ve been working very hard on the tea ceremony and cake tasting recently, so I’m very good at cooking, and then occasionally I read books, so Chuang Tzu only dabbles in Chuci. Is there a problem?”.
I
I asked her, “Do you have any other hobbies besides poetry and books?”
Hsu Chih-wan thought for a moment and said, “Draw.” Holding my forehead,
I said, “In that case, go over there and paint.” This time, however,
Xu Zhiwan did not utter wild words again. Instead, he began to draw in an orderly manner. I picked up the gold and stone records that had just been put aside and began to look through them. In
a flash, it was noon, and it was time for lunch. I put down the scriptures, and Xu Zhiwan was still painting.
I said in my heart that this was rare, so I went over to take a closer look. Xu Zhiwan painted a black ink halo in the middle of the picture, unable to see what was painted.
I asked, “Are you a landscape?”? Flowers and birds? Or did you accidentally spill the ink? “It’s a crow,”
she said.
I frowned and asked her, “It’s true that the crow is black, but why can’t you even see her eyes?”
She said, “This is a sleeping crow.” “Three princes,”
she added, “I want to thank you.” “Why do you thank me?”
I asked. Smiling
, Hsu Chih-wan said, You gave me inspiration! If I hadn’t seen you dressed in a black robe today, I would never have thought of painting a crow.
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Father, are you going to kill your son.
Hsu Chih-wan said to me with concern, “Third Prince, your face looks very bad. Are you all right?”
I touched my forehead and said, “It doesn’t matter.” The big bell
hanging in the hall struck heavily three times. Aunt Li, the maid in charge of the Taichen Palace, came up to me and Xu Zhiwan and said, “Your Highness, are you passing on lunch now?”? It was already
noon, and the little maid who brought the lunch was waiting early outside the curtain, waiting for the time to come in and set up the dishes.
I glanced at Xu Zhiwan, who looked at me longingly.
The eyes are full of desire, and the expression looks through the autumn water.
… I almost wrote the words “don’t drive me away” on my face.
I gave a long sigh.
“Pass on the meal.”
Since I was sensible, I seldom ate at the same table with others except for palace banquets.
Mother takes care of the harem, everything is busy, it is rare to eat with me once a week, not to mention the father, except for New Year’s Day, I rarely eat with them.
As for my brothers, they also have their own affairs, Wei Ling likes to come to me, but she has been weak since childhood, and has a special diet, so there are not many opportunities to eat with me.
So, I always eat alone.
Until today.
I looked at Hsu Chih-wan’s jubilant expression and said, “I didn’t expect that you didn’t study and paint very hard, but when it came to eating, you were very active.”
Hsu Chih-wan said modestly, “No, no, the three princes are overpraised. No matter how active I am, I can’t compare with the three princes.”
I
“Your Highness, today’s lunch consists of steamed humphead wrasse, beef with mushrooms, two-color vegetables, and fresh mushrooms and beans. The soup is freshly picked lotus root stewed with chicken juice. The dessert, according to your order yesterday, is steamed crisp cheese with sugar.” The ladies
bowed their heads and announced the names of the dishes, then stepped back and stood behind the table to arrange the dishes.
I never like extravagance and waste, so the dishes are usually only four, plus a soup and a dessert, which is not the regulation of the prince. Today, it is even more irregular to add another person.
Hsu Chih-wan didn’t seem to mind at all. After tasting the humphead wrasse and the fresh mushrooms, he said to me with a satisfied look on his face, “Your Highness, I finally know that you can’t judge a person by his appearance and that the sea can’t be measured.”
I said, “When you taste a dish, how can you taste this kind of experience?”
She said to me, “You usually look like a Taoist priest with a pure heart and few desires. It seems that you don’t have to eat and just breathe. I didn’t expect that the cook in your small kitchen is so good. Don’t you think that people can’t be judged by their appearance and that the sea can’t be measured by a bucket?”
I “You are happy to eat,”
I said. “The ladies in my palace have never been so busy.” “You don’t understand, third prince,”
said Hsu Chih-wan. “On weekdays, your maids are idle, but your cook is so sad. You don’t respect the results of their hard work when you let them go after a few bites. Today, although your maids are very tired, I’m sure your cook will be very happy.” “It doesn’t make any sense,”
I said lightly. “There are a lot of wrong ideas.” At the end of the
meal, Xu Zhiwan put down his chopsticks contentedly and said to me, “Your Highness, thank you for your hospitality today. I will invite you back another day.”
Another day?
I pressed my forehead with a headache.
Since Xu Zhi came late, I don’t know how many times this action has been done today. After
she left, I picked up the book and looked through it, but I didn’t want to let it go. I put it down and called the eunuch Joy. “How is the cook feeling today?” I asked.
Joy was stupefied for a moment, as if she didn’t understand my question. “Your Highness,” she said, “I’ll find out for you later.”
I picked up the book and looked through it again. A moment later, Joy came in the door with her back hunched. She saluted and said, “Your Highness, I went to the small kitchen to inquire. I heard that the cook is in a very good mood today.” After a pause, he asked curiously, “Your Highness, how did you learn that the cook was in a different mood?” With a wry smile,
I waved him down.
The next day was the day of the Imperial College. On the way
to Taixue, we met Cao Xiliang, the eldest son of General Cao, and we exchanged greetings for a moment. As if remembering something,
he said to me with a smile, “I heard that Your Majesty has given Miss Hsu over to you. How can we get along with her this day?”
“Her?” I replied lightly, “I’m not good at reading, but I have a good appetite.”
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My heart is a little soft
. Cardamom has been cooked into porridge
for a long time
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