Chapter 9: The Mind
"Ah Xia just rest assured, this is not only the meaning of the third brother, but also the meaning of the mother concubine. www.biquge.info I know what you're worried about, and I know that my mother has always preferred to calculate the pros and cons of gains and losses. ”
Meng Lang smiled at Meng Xia and said frankly: "But you have to admit that the mother concubine is a person with great vision and foresight. Your performance tonight is enough for her to reach out and pull you, after all, for her, to be able to have more favored princesses on her side in the future, of course, is only a matter of making money and not losing money. ”
These words are indeed open and honest enough.
Seeing that Meng Lang said things so bluntly, Meng Xia also denied anything.
She also replied calmly: "Mother Ning is willing to help me with the third brother, I am happy." However, Ah Xia thought that we didn't have to do anything else except normal preparations, and we couldn't do it. ”
"Why? Are you worried that it will be self-defeating? ”
Meng Lang was very smart, and he immediately guessed the meaning of Meng Xia's words.
Meng Xia nodded: "Anyway, someone will definitely make a stumbling block from it, and they won't let me pass the assessment easily, so there is no need for Concubine Ning to meddle in this matter, lest someone catch the handle and implicate her." Besides, when the time comes, my father will also be there to supervise, and with my father's wisdom and wisdom, as long as he wants to know, how can everything be hidden from his eyes. ”
"That's right, as long as my father is here, the difficulty of the assessment should not be too outrageous. You're right, but it's probably the best thing to do. ”
Meng Lang felt that Meng Xia was very thoughtful, so he couldn't help but nodded, and said: "Therefore, the most important thing after three days is to let my father and emperor appear in the study on time to personally supervise, I have to remind my mother that it is true not to let people find a reason to drag my father back then!" ”
Hearing this, Meng Xia smiled heartily.
With such a tacit understanding of her third brother, it really saves a lot of heart.
If nothing else, the assessment of the study is generally divided into two aspects, one is to make an article, and the other is to defend on the spot, which is also a common means for princes to assess their academic progress on weekdays.
It's just that it is really unpredictable whether those masters in the study will have tricky exam questions at that time, and the only thing Meng Xia can do now is to do his best to deal with it.
In the Muqing Palace, Concubine Ning Guifei did not go to bed at this time, but sat there drinking tea, waiting intently for her emperor to come back.
To be honest, at today's birthday banquet, the intelligence and talent of the ninth princess Meng Xia really surprised her, making her completely change her mind.
It's no wonder that Lang'er pee and looks at this child differently, and now it doesn't seem strange.
It's a pity that Ji's temperament is too low-key and too indisputable. thought that would be the only way to save the child, but in the end, even his own life was lost.
If the Ji family could wake up earlier and change their way of life, not to mention the side, it would be enough for her to have such an outstanding daughter to make the emperor pay attention to her, who would dare to be so blatant and unscrupulous bullying and persecution?
Just thinking about it, Meng Lang finally came back.
"Lang'er, why did you go for so long?"
She beckoned Meng Lang to sit beside her and speak.
"Mother, I came back directly after I sent the Nine Emperor Sisters back, and I didn't delay too long."
Meng Lang sat next to his mother, and said with a smile: "Ah Xia asked me to thank my mother for her, saying that she would make a special trip to thank you in the next few days." ”
"Okay, these politeness will be waived between our mother and son, isn't the mother concubine doing this for you? I just hope that you didn't hurt your Nine Emperor Sister in vain, and in the future, she will be able to remember how good you have been to her since she was a child! ”
Ning Guifei patted Meng Lang's hand and sighed slightly: "Don't worry, since the mother concubine said that she would help her, she naturally won't break her word, this child is not simple, maybe he can help our mother and son a lot in the future." ”
"Mother, I discussed with Axia just now, and the assessment should be based on real skills, so as not to be self-defeating and let people take advantage of the handle and affect the mother. It's just that she had to worry about the mother that day, and she had to make sure that her father could go to the study on time. ”
Meng Lang didn't like the concubine very much to regard the friendship between him and Ah Xia as a calculation of a benefit transaction, but he didn't say anything clearly, but just changed the words directly and conveyed Meng Xia's previous meaning to the concubine.
"That's ......"
Ning Guifei pondered for a moment, but quickly understood the doorway, so she nodded: "That's fine, it seems that the ninth princess has thought more thoughtfully." ”
After a while, she frowned slightly and said, "But Lang'er, you tell your mother the truth, what is the possibility that the ninth princess will successfully pass the assessment and be entered into the study room this time?" ”
She knew that the person in this palace who knew the true situation of Meng Xia the most was her own emperor, but she always felt that Meng Lang's hopes for Meng Xia entering the study were too high.
Since he was a child, Meng Lang has always done things in a measured manner, but this time he seems to trust Meng Xia too blindly.
Although she did not deny that Meng Xia had some skills, just a word that made the emperor praise did not mean that other talents could be equally outstanding, let alone that even the strict assessment in the study could be easily passed.
After all, Meng Xia is just a little girl, and she has never studied in the upper study in a formal system, not to mention the exceptional admission, the requirements are much higher than those of other princes!
Because of this, Ning Guifei felt that Meng Lang's support and trust in Meng Xia was more based on the emotional tendencies between brothers and sisters, and somewhat lost some objectivity.
deliberately asked this, she just wanted to remind her emperor that nothing she could do would affect her true heart.
In the end, it was mother and son, and Meng Lang also immediately understood the meaning of Ning Guifei's true words.
He paused, but he didn't have any entanglement, and said with great certainty: "The meaning of the mother concubine, the child understands." But please rest assured, the reason why I believe that Ah Xia has such an ability to pass the assessment and enter the study is not just a subjective bias. ”
"So, do you really think that the Ninth Princess has that kind of strength?"
This made Ning Guifei couldn't help but be taken aback.
She couldn't help but ask again to confirm, because Meng Lang didn't look like he was lying.
"Of course!"
Meng Lang didn't explain much, but simply replied: "Don't mention it, just the books that the children have learned in the study over the years, Axia has a copy there, and he learns no worse than the children!" ”
At this moment, Ning Guifei was really stunned.
In this way, what he said and did at this Mengxia birthday banquet was really not a simple opportunism, and the grace of being invited to the study was not to attract people's attention and sensationalism, but to really have such a mind!
"Lang'er ......"
After a while, Ning Guifei suddenly had a spirit, as if she suddenly remembered something, and asked Meng Lang: "By the way, a few days ago, the mother concubine asked you to ask you the words of the Nine Emperor Sisters in private, did you ask?" ”