Daming, Forbidden City, Zhongcui Palace.

Concubine Li Guifei was suddenly on a whim today, and wanted to see the prince's activities after class, so she drove from Chengqian Palace to her son's residence.

Originally, because the prince performed well after studying in the cabinet, she rarely took the initiative to come on weekdays, but only took the test for his studies when the prince went to Chengqian Palace to ask for peace every morning, but in the early hours of this morning, Concubine Wei Ying gave birth to a daughter for the emperor, Li Guifei was quite happy after learning the news, and on a whim today, she wanted to come to the eldest son's side to have a look.

However, when she entered the Zhongcui Palace, she saw a group of eunuchs surrounding the palace and kneeling down in a large area. And the prince in a red suit and the prince in a cyan trolling sa accompanied Gao Pragmatic seemed to be arguing about something. Li Guifei was far away, and only heard what the prince was saying, "It's not that you don't let it go, I'll release it later", and heard Gao Shishi say "This bird is still young and unbearable to play with", and there seems to be something like "why are his parents in a hurry".

Li Guifei gestured to Feng Bao beside him, Feng Bao immediately took a few steps forward, overtook the palace maids who opened the way in front, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Guifei has arrived-"

Over there, Zhu Yijun and Gao Shishi were a little surprised, put down their arguments and came over to this side.

Li Guifei walked over unhurriedly, accepted a salute from the two of them, and saw that the prince was carefully holding a small sparrow in his hand, and couldn't help frowning: "What is in the prince's hand?" ”

Zhu Yijun was obviously a little nervous, and explained: "Back to my mother, this is a little sparrow. Then he hurriedly added: "I heard my mother before, this bird likes to steal from the dealer when it grows up, so my son asked Gao Shiyu to think of an idea to catch sparrows......"

Li Guifei laughed in her heart, you love to play if you like to play, and you still want to find this kind of reason?

However, in front of so many people, she didn't want to see through her son's little caution, so she just asked lightly: "Since you already have sparrows in your hands, it must be that Gao Shiyu thought of a way to catch birds?" ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Yijun was obviously a little excited, and even forgot about the dispute just now, and said with a smile: "That's right, Gao Shiyu said to find a large and light 'cover' like a grass sieve first." Then use a small wooden stick in the shape of a girl, with an upside-down grass sieve on top of it, put a handful of millet in it, and tie a rope to the stick, and estimate the length by yourself. The purpose of this rope is to keep people hidden, but it can also pull the trap. Then, when the sparrows fly in to eat rice, preferably when several of them fly in, let's pull the rope...... The sparrow was caught by the mechanism just for a bite to eat. ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Gao Shishi, and added: "Gao Shiyu also said that the so-called 'birds die for food' is such a performance. ”

Li Guifei was a little unhappy when she heard him say this kind of fun with an excited face, but after listening to the last sentence, she turned from anger to joy, glanced at Gao Pragmatic with appreciation, and said secretly: This child is not bad, I remember the first time he talked to me about the prince's education, and he said that he should first arouse the prince's interest in reading and learning, and said that it is entertaining and educational, and now it seems that there is really some truth.

So she put away her displeasure, smiled and asked, "Then what were you and Gao Shiyu arguing about just now?" ”

"This ......" Zhu Yijun hesitated for a moment, but still explained honestly: "After we caught the sparrows, I thought that my mother had said that the sparrows were harmful to the crops, and they couldn't be let go anyway, so I planned to play with them." But Gao Shiyu disagreed, saying that the monarch should be benevolent and love all things...... He also said that although sparrows are harmful, they have their own eagles and vultures to prey on them, and this is a cycle of heaven and should not be manipulated by man. ”

"Well......" Concubine Li Guifei was born poor, and she actually felt that sparrows were pest birds, and it was actually right to catch them and kill them, but her son was a prince after all, and the truth that Gao Pragmatic said was very high-sounding, and she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Zhu Yijun continued: "...... So the son said, then let's not kill it, and play with it, and then release it later, I didn't think that Gao Shiyu still disagreed. ”

"Oh? Why? Li Guifei was also a little surprised when she heard this, since she had already listened to your words, what else are you entangled? Isn't this already humbly admonished?

Zhu Yijun said a little dejectedly: "He said that this sparrow looks still small, and it has not yet grown up, but it is a young bird." He also said that the sparrow also has parents, and if its parents find that it is gone, wouldn't they be very anxious and sad? ”

Li Guifei was shocked, and glanced at Gao Pragmatic, only to see Gao Pragmatic's face melancholy, without saying a word, her heart couldn't help but move, and said: "Jun'er, I heard that the three hundred thousand have been completed, and now they are studying the "Dragon Wen Whip Shadow" compiled by Gao Shiyu?" ”

Zhu Yijun didn't know why the topic suddenly jumped to this, only when his mother was going to take the school exam again, but he was quite confident in his studies, so he nodded and said, "Yes, mother." ”

Concubine Li Guifei looked at him and asked, "Zhuo Jing Feng Hu, Xiba Shilu - have you ever learned this sentence?" ”

Zhu Yijun was stunned when he heard this, suddenly understood something, bowed his head and said, "Learned." When he said this, he was already a little depressed.

Sure enough, Concubine Li Guifei turned her face and her voice turned cold: "Very good, then you can tell me the story of Xiba Shilu." ”

Zhu Yijun knew that he was going to be trained, but he didn't say anything, he could only reply: "Xiba Shilu, I said that there was a person named Xiba in Zhou who was a servant to Mengsun. Once, when Meng Sun went out hunting and got a deer cub, he asked Xiba to pull the deer cub home in a cart. On the way, the doe in the mountains and forests found that the deer cub had been pulled away, so she followed the car and refused to leave. Seeing this, Xiba was moved and decided to let the deer cub go and reunite their mother and son. So Xiba rushed home with an empty car, and Meng Sun was furious when he found out and dismissed Xiba. But three months later, Meng Sun went to Siba's residence again and said that he would ask Xiba to be a teacher for his children and take care of his life. Xiba was very surprised when he heard this, and asked Meng Sun why he was like this. Meng Sun said, you care so much for a fawn, let alone for my child? I thought about it and thought you were the right fit. ”

Li Guifei smiled slightly: "Prince, you also have Xiba now, what should you do?" ”

Zhu Yijun sighed and said, "Mother pointed out that it was her son who didn't understand the Taoist ideals. He looked at the little sparrow in his hand and said to it, "Let you go and reunite with your mother." ”

As he spoke, he gently stroked the little sparrow's newborn feathers, held it in his hand, and lifted it vigorously. The little sparrow could not imagine that he would be free again, so he immediately screamed with joy and flapped his wings and flew away.

Zhu Yijun watched it disappear into the shade of the corner of the wall, then turned to Gao Shishi and bowed seriously, and said: "Gao Shiyu, it was my fault just now, you persuaded reasonably, thank you for being my Xiba." ”

Gao Pragmatic also returned the salute seriously, and replied: "Your Highness has changed it when you hear it, this is a fortunate thing in the world, how can Weichen dare to recognize His Highness's 'Xiba'?" It's just a matter of effort, Your Highness doesn't have to. ”

Li Guifei smiled: "Look, the monarch and the minister get along, isn't this good?" ”

Zhu Yijun and Gao Pragmatic also laughed.

At this moment, Meng Chong, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, hurriedly trotted in with people all the way from outside the hall, and when he saw that Li Guifei was also there, he was stunned at first, and stepped forward to salute in a hurry.

Li Guifei asked, "Why is Meng Zhangyin so anxious to come to Zhongcui Palace?" ”

Meng Chong first confessed to Concubine Li Guifei, and then said, "Your Majesty summoned Gao to read, there is something urgent." ”