The upper study room is in the southeast corner of Daming Palace, where there are gentlemen from the Hanlin Academy on duty all the year round, and the direct person in charge is the head of the Hanlin Academy.

Of course, since it is for the princes, the teacher naturally cannot be limited to the Hanlin Academy.

The bigwigs of the cabinet will often be invited to give lectures to the princes and give lectures on politics.

Sometimes, they even invite private Confucians to teach......

All in all, Da Xuan can be said to have put his intentions in place in terms of the education of the prince.

There are only three princes in this dynasty, among which the eldest prince is imprisoned, and Jia Baoyu has never seen it. There is also a fourth prince left, who is only eight or nine years old, and is an ordinary child.

The second prince and the fourth prince sat side by side in the front, and Jia Baoyu and other companions sat behind, although they were companions, it was actually an opportunity to enjoy the treatment of reading with the prince. This is also a grace thrown by the Daxuan royal family to the children of princes and nobles.

Originally, the second prince also had a companion, and that was Wu Fan. But the guy never came back after Jia Baoyu entered the study.

After all, when he saw Jia Baoyu, he was going to walk around......

In fact, the schoolwork in the study is not heavy, after all, he teaches the prince a lesson, and he does not pursue the title of the gold list in the future.

Therefore, except for the two hours from the hour to the noon, when the husband will come to teach, the two hours in the afternoon are self-study time.

Since it's self-taught, it's very free and easy. The princes can choose to read in the upper study and complete the homework assigned by the gentleman in the morning, or they can choose to go home.

The advantage of self-study in the study room is that when you encounter problems or doubts, you can easily find a gentleman to answer your questions.

The two hours of the morning passed quickly, and the second prince did not intend to study on his own in the upper study as always, but after greeting the fourth prince, he prepared to return home. He had his own study in the prince's palace.

Jia Baoyu and Tian Qi, as the companions of the second prince, also followed.

Jia Baoyu has been following the second prince for some days, and has long found that every afternoon, in the second prince's mansion, there are generally some "people with lofty ideals" who will gather together to exchange knowledge, or talk and enjoy the wind and snow, which really has a bit of the meaning of the four princes of the Warring States......

For this situation, Jia Baoyu is very happy. Because the people who can be qualified to ascend to the Second Prince's Mansion will not be too simple, and meeting with these people every day, from their mouths, Jia Baoyu can quickly understand the various systems of this country......

I thought that I would spend an afternoon like this today, but after not wanting to leave the palace, the second prince said: "I will go to the Taishi's Mansion later, and my grandfather ordered me to go to his mansion every three days in the future to listen to the teachings." ”

As soon as Jia Baoyu heard it, they knew that today's party was canceled, and they were about to say goodbye and go home, when the second prince said to Jia Baoyu alone: "The Taishi asked you to go too." ”

Jia Baoyu was slightly surprised.

Judging from the last birthday banquet of the Emperor Taishang, Ye Qiong was indeed quite blue-eyed towards him. It's just that as a master, he occasionally goes to the study to teach them, and when is it inconvenient to tell him to go to the Taishi's mansion to do something?

If Ye Hao invited him, Jia Baoyu would not be surprised at all.

Tian Qi showed an envious look at Jia Baoyu and said, "Congratulations to Brother Jia, the Taishi treats Brother Jia differently." In that case, I will take my leave first. ”

After speaking, he bowed his hand to Jia Baoyu, and then bowed slightly to the second prince, and then turned around and left.

"Let's go too."

The second prince greeted.

Jia Baoyu turned around and walked to his carriage, but the second prince stopped him and invited Jia Baoyu: "You can take my carriage." ”

Jia Baoyu hurriedly refused: "How does this make ......?"

"How can you not do it, this is not as good as in the palace before, you and I ride in the same carriage, and it is easy to talk."

The second prince said, reached out and grabbed Jia Baoyu's wrist, and pulled him into the car without saying anything.

Jia Baoyu couldn't refuse, so he had to obey.

The carriage of the second prince is quite luxuriously furnished, and a small set of tables, chairs and tea sets are neatly placed in the carriage. It can be seen that the second prince is a good tea person.

Sure enough, after the second prince led Jia Baoyu into the carriage, he had no other explanation except for the order to leave for the Taishi Mansion, so he began to fiddle with the tea set on the table, obviously to show his tea art in front of Jia Baoyu.

Jia Baoyu watched quietly and did not say anything to disturb.

After a long while, the second prince raised his eyes and looked at Jia Baoyu, and his mind moved: he had a calm temperament.

In the past, the people he invited to his eight-horse car were either full of praise for his special set of Hetian white jade tea sets, or they pretended not to understand the art of tea and asked questions, hoping to let him open his mouth to explain the tea ceremony, and then highlight his elegance.

He didn't like any of that.

The tea ceremony is the way of meditation, whether you understand it or not, you just need to appreciate it quietly.

Gently poured a cup, pushed it in front of Jia Baoyu, and made a gesture of please.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

After Jia Baoyu thanked him, he picked up the teacup in front of him, which he knew was worth a lot of money, took a sip lightly, tasted it, and said: "The first time I entered the plain, the aftertaste is mellow and sweet, and the tea is good." ”

He didn't know much about the tea ceremony, so he only made a simple evaluation based on his intuitive feelings.

Most of the time, not knowing how to pretend to understand is more disgusting than ignorance.

"This is this year's Fujian New Year's tribute Da Hong Pao, and it is also my favorite tea. Its taste, indeed, as Baoyu said, was bland at first, but slowly tasted, you will feel that the taste is sweet and sweet, and the aftertaste is endless, just like the people in the world, there is no ups and downs in life, but there is ordinary happiness. ”

Jia Baoyu said with a smile: "Your Highness is high. ”

After tasting it again, Jia Baoyu put down the teacup and asked slowly: "I don't know if Your Highness knows, why does the Taishi recruit students into the mansion?" ”

The second prince's expression moved, he picked up the teacup in front of him, his expression suddenly became lonely, and he said quietly: "Baoyu knows that the biggest regret in the world is love and not ......."

Jia Baoyu frowned, I asked you what Ye Qiong was looking for me to do, what are you talking about to Lao Tzu?

"Hehe, Your Highness forgive me, but I think that sometimes, love is not a kind of happiness......"

The second prince's expression suddenly paused on his face, and a rare stunned look appeared on his face that showed wisdom at any time: "How do you say this?" ”

"If you love and you can't, there will be a reason.

Or the other party doesn't love, or there is no fate.

If the other party has no love, get it, but to satisfy the love of the moment, but a sincere heart has never been responded, love, will eventually be in the blow of time, washing, slowly wear away, why not get it at the beginning, so that the heart has love, in the long-term thoughts, the love into eternity, buried deep in the heart, occasionally open the taste, delicious and sweet......"

Jia Baoyu's expression was solemn, like a devout believer.

But he was sneering in his heart, don't you want to pretend to be deep, this young master has experienced the era of Internet bombing, and he has never seen anything (pretending to be forced), now let you see what is called "poisonous chicken soup".

The second prince pondered, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and said: "Baoyu's words are very different from what the world thinks, and it doesn't sound reasonable at first glance, but when you taste it, it makes sense......

The second prince paused for a moment and asked, "What if there is no fate?" ”

Jia Baoyu did not hesitate to say: "Since you know that there is no fate, why not let it go in time?" If you force it to get it, you will definitely hit the head and bleed, and then you will remember to cry bitterly, isn't it a pity?

Since you know that the ending is doomed, why can't you let yourself live and let the other party live, and from now on, why not be happy? ”

When the second prince heard this, he felt a little strange in his heart. Remembering that he brought up this topic, he was embarrassed to refute Jia Baoyu, after all, what he said seemed to be quite reasonable......

"Ahem, it's really admirable that Baoyu has such a deep understanding at such a young age......

In fact......

Baoyu knows, where my heart is? ”

"Your Highness's heart is pleased with Miss Ye Zhenzhen, everyone knows it."

The second prince sighed: "It's a pity, I'm also the one who can't love." ”

Jia Baoyu was surprised: "How come, Your Highness is good-looking, and he is the prince of my Great Xuan Empire, how can he love it?" Could it be that Miss Ye has a heart? This is impossible, in our Daxuan, there are more outstanding characters than His Highness?

I don't believe this. ”

Jia Baoyu looked determined, and almost said that the second prince was lying.

"Baoyu praises falsely, I still have self-knowledge, but I am only a Chinese person, how dare I despise the people of the world?"

The second prince said modestly, and suddenly smiled: "Don't talk far, Baoyu is much better than me......"

Jia Baoyu was startled, hurriedly stood up, and almost knocked over the tea table.

"In the panic, the light of the fireflies, dare to compare with the light of the sun and the moon of His Highness!"

Obediently, is this the legendary "Hero of Boiling Tea"?

After taking a closer look at the eyes of the second prince, Jia Baoyu was slightly relieved.

For a moment, he really felt that he had tasted Liu Xuande's feeling.

Well, he was "scared" to throw chopsticks and flip the table by himself, which should mean the same.

"But gossip, why should Baoyu be like this, sit down quickly......"

"It's not hypocrisy, it's just that I really can't afford to be His Highness's words.

His Royal Highness is a nobleman and a diligent self-cultivation, which is admired by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

I wish Your Highness Kangning a long life, and protect me for thousands of years in the future. ”

The second prince's face suddenly turned cold, and he looked at Jia Baoyu. Jia Baoyu was calm.

His last words were Chi Guoguo's loyalty.

What is called protecting the great Xuan for thousands of years, only the emperor is qualified to say so.

"Baoyu's words should be sincere?"

"There is no falsehood, except for Your Highness, there is no second person in the world who can afford to say this."

The second prince paused for two breaths, then suddenly stood up with a smile, and sat down with Jia Baoyu in person: "Baoyu is good at everything, but he is too restrained, remember in the future, in front of me, just be casual."

If there is a day when Baoyu said, I will not treat anyone who has merit. ”

"Your Highness is wise."

Jia Baoyu solemnly thanked.

After that, he didn't ask Ye Qiong why he recruited him, believing that the second prince of Fang Cai answered not what he asked, he must have a good intention, and everything will be revealed when he arrives at the Taishi Mansion.