If you say which dynasty has the longest New Year's holiday in history, it belongs to the Ming Dynasty. On the Chinese New Year's Eve, the hundred officials and the emperor began to take holidays after the New Year, and they took a break until the fifteenth day of the first month, so the festive atmosphere of the New Year also lasted until the Lantern Festival.

After this day, the imperial court will return to the normal system of the upper court, and the prince and princess will also return to the normal study system. On the fifteenth day, Ma Xiuying called the imperial heirs to her as usual, and told them one by one to study hard, not to be lazy, not to indulge in frolic and entertainment and forget their studies.

Although Ma Xiuying regards the imperial heirs as her own, she is not biological in the end, and there is still an invisible barrier between them. Coupled with the influence of the palace concubines on their children, although the imperial heirs respect Ma Xiuying, they do not have that intimate and unrestrained feeling.

Except for Zhu Biao's calm face, Zhu Fan and Zhu Li's hippie smiling faces don't take Ma Xiuying's words seriously, and the other imperial heirs are all submissive and nodding yes.

Ma Xiuying asked Xunying to send a new set of four treasures to each imperial heir, she has already said what to say, and how these children will behave in the future depends on themselves.

However, Zhu Di hesitated for a moment, stood up and said: "Queen Mother, Erchen doesn't want to study anymore, and wants to go to the military camp to exercise." ”

Since Zhu Yuanzhang beat him hard last time, he has become more and more disgusted with reading, especially the teacher who teaches him, he has never been beaten so much when he is so old, if it weren't for Li Qi'er's desperate maintenance and Ma Xiuying's persuasion, maybe Zhu Yuanzhang would really beat him to death.

Afterwards, Li Qi'er drugged him with tears and warned him not to say that he wanted to be an emperor in front of people in the future.

Seeing his mother's sad appearance, Zhu Di promised not to say anything similar in the future. But he was very unconvinced, why they were all sons of his father, he couldn't say that.

Li Qi'er also told him the difference between the crown prince and other princes, only the crown prince can inherit the throne and rule the world, and other princes can only be crowned kings in the future and have their own territories.

Zhu Di felt even more uncomfortable, since he was a child, his father and emperor have favored his eldest brother more than them, and even everything in the future is only given to the eldest brother and not given to them, in this case, why does he still have to study hard in the palace, it is better to go to the military camp as soon as possible to make contributions and lay a world for himself.

Zhu Di's face changed, and he hurriedly and quietly pulled Zhu Di's clothes. The concubine often taught them that whatever the queen said was what she said, and she was not allowed to argue. How dare the fourth emperor brother say to the queen that he doesn't want to study.

Ma Xiuying is an enlightened elder, often encouraging everyone to express their opinions, seeing that Zhu Di has his own ideas, he is very curious, and asks with a pleasant face: "Why don't you want to study?" ”

Zhu Di broke Zhu Hu's hand, looked at Zhu Biao again, suppressed the injustice in his heart, and said: "Erchen is not interested in studying, I hope that my father will fight immediately and guard the territory for the prince in the future." ”

Zhu Biao shouted movingly: "Fourth Emperor Brother!" ”

Ma Xiuying said with a smile: "You can set life goals for yourself at a young age, and the queen mother is very pleased." Martial arts are a good thing, but don't underestimate the importance of reading. The purpose of reading is to enable you to acquire knowledge, which is summed up by people in contact with society, in transforming society, and in the interrelationship between people, and passed on from generation to generation. From the book, we can find many shortcomings in ourselves, so that we can constantly correct our mistakes and correct our own direction. With this knowledge, we become wiser and more courageous in the face of difficulties and setbacks. After saying this, she said to the emperors, "Children, I hope you will remember these words as well. Although you were born in the family of the emperor and will not worry about your livelihood in the future, your father and queen mother will not accompany you for the rest of your life, and when you grow up and face the outside world independently, you will understand how important knowledge is to you. ”

No matter whether anyone listened to it or not, and how much they listened, all the emperor's heirs responded: "Thank you for your mother's teachings!" ”

After listening to Ma Xiuying's words, Zhu Di's face was a little dazed, and he guessed that Ma Xiuying would definitely not agree to go to the barracks by himself.

Unexpectedly, Ma Xiuying said to him: "There are champions in the industry, some people rejuvenate the country in literature, and some people make meritorious contributions in martial arts." When the husband is in the world, when he achieves a great career, the queen mother allows you to go to the military camp to exercise, but you still have to get the consent of your father and your mother. At the same time, you have to promise your mother that you can't give up studying even if you go to the barracks. ”

"Thank your mother for your success, what the queen mother said, the sons will keep it in their hearts, and they will live up to their mother's expectations." Zhu Di was overjoyed and hurriedly knelt down to thank him. The queen mother agreed, there was no problem on the father's side, the most troublesome was the mother concubine, but with the support of the father and the queen mother, the mother concubine couldn't last long.

Zhu Fan pouted at Zhu Li, "This stupid boy thought that he had picked up a bargain, and when he went to the barracks, he would know that he was guilty." ”

Zhu Li smiled evilly: "He thought that he would be free when he left the palace, and he didn't need to study?" Hmph, look, the queen mother can send the master to the barracks. ”

The two of them used to be close to Zhu Di, but now they don't like Zhu Di more and more, because they are the closest to Zhu Biao and Zhu Di in a group of princes, and the four are often compared objects. Zhu Biao has literary talents, and Zhu Di is also excellent in martial arts, which sets off the fact that they are not high or low, and they dare not beak their eldest brother Zhu Biao, so they sprinkle their dissatisfaction on Zhu Di, and they don't want to see this younger brother.

The small action of the two talking to each other was discovered by Ma Xiuying, she smiled and said in a deep voice: "Zhang'er, Li'er, what are you talking about, talk about it with the queen mother." ”

Zhu Fan and Zhu Li were shocked at the same time, and replied expectantly: "Erchen is happy for the fourth emperor brother. ”

"Really? Since you are so happy, the queen mother also sent you to the barracks for exercise. Ma Xiuying glared at the two of them with hatred. She has long heard that Zhu Fan and Zhu Li rely on their status as princes, arrogant and willful, lazy and arrogant, and often skip class to cause trouble in the palace. Taking advantage of this opportunity, she decided to clean up her two children.

Where are the two brothers willing to enter the barracks to endure hardship, and hurriedly shook their heads.

Zhu Biao interceded for his two younger brothers, "The second and third emperor brothers are still young, and in time, they will understand the hard work of the queen mother and study hard." ”

"Hmph, Di'er is younger than them, but she is much more sensible than them." Ma Xiuying was unmoved, and said to Zhu Biao: "The queen mother knows that you feel sorry for them, but blindly appeasing and favoritism will only make them more and more arrogant and forgetful, so let them go to the barracks with Di'er." ”

Zhu Biao still wanted to persuade, but Ma Xiuying stopped: "You are about to get married, go back and arrange your own affairs." ”

Zhu Biao was helpless, cast helpless eyes at Zhu Fan and Zhu Li, and led the order to retreat. Seeing this, the other imperial heirs retired one by one.

Zhu Fan and Zhu Li were unwilling and could only obey Ma Xiuying's orders, and glared at Zhu Di hatefully when they left, this guy wanted to go to the barracks and involved them all.