The delicate and frail palace maid of the Tang Dynasty who was looking forward to love was afraid that it would not be his turn to be supported by Li Chengqian.

In addition to sighing, Li Chengqian kicked the old eunuch and said hatefully: "This king came to the East Palace, not to suffer, let it be like this, this king will not be forbidden to improve himself." Hurry up, go get a big basin for this king, and fetch water again! ”

The old eunuch didn't care about Li Chengqian's kick at all, and took a few old eunuchs to do things according to Li Chengqian's instructions.

The eldest grandson, Baoqing, came to Li Chengqian's side and comforted: "Your Highness, you don't have to be so angry, maybe one day the crown prince thinks it's inappropriate and restores the furnishings of the East Palace?" ”

"Recovery? Pull it down. ”

Seeing that an old eunuch had already brought the big basin, Li Chengqian shook his head helplessly, walked to the side of the bed and ripped off the hard and dirty mattress. Expecting Li Shimin to take back the order is more difficult than ascending to the sky.

There was no cotton in the Tang Dynasty, and the mattress and mattress were one, all of which were sewn with cloth, and they were hard and lumpy, and it was estimated that they could prevent arrows. As for quilts, ordinary people's quilts and mattresses are the same, and only rich and noble families will use furs. Although it is just as uncomfortable, I don't know how much better it is compared to the quilt.

The mattress on the bed, it was a real one, it was obviously something that someone else had used, not to mention, mud could be seen in many places. Sleeping on this thing, Li Chengqian was afraid of crawling fleas.

According to Li Chengqian's order, several eunuchs took turns to bring water and pour it into the basin.

Throwing the mattress into the big basin, Li Chengqian poked the eldest grandson Baoqing: "You come, this king doesn't have enough strength to rub this guy." ”

The eldest grandson Baoqing glanced at the turbid water, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, why don't you let these chamberlains do it?" ”

There are several old eunuchs around, why do you let him do this work?

Li Chengqian slapped the eldest grandson Baoqing's buttocks: "You don't look at their white hair, they are so old, can you move this thing?" Of the crowd, you are strong, and who do you support if you do not support you? ”

The eldest grandson Baoqing had no choice but to roll up his sleeves and wash the mattress.

When the old eunuchs around heard this, their eyes lit up, and then they bowed their heads slightly, becoming more and more respectful.

After washing more than a dozen times, the iron-like mattress was cleaned, and after a knead by the eldest grandson Baoqing, the texture of the mattress was much softer.

Spread out to dry, the June sun can quickly dry the mattress, and will not delay tonight's sleep.

As soon as the mattress was hung up, a guest came.

Two middle-aged scribes in robes and casual clothes walked up to Li Chengqian as if they were strolling in the courtyard and bowed their hands.

Seeing the crooked appearance of these two "dicks", Li Chengqian didn't dare to slack off and returned the courtesy. has poetry and books in his belly, and he is talking about a reader. This is the East Palace, he is the quasi-prince, and these two middle-aged people must have an unusual identity.

Sure enough, the slightly younger one spoke: "His Royal Highness the King of Zhongshan, the old man is Du Zhenglun, the prince's left concubine, and he is in charge of the affairs of the East Palace. ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Zhongshan, the old man is the prince Zhan Shi Yu Zhining, the prince has an order, and the old man is ordered to teach His Royal Highness the classics of the sages. If Your Highness is free now, shall we attend classes immediately? ”

After listening to the two people's self-reports, Li Chengqian could only bow his hand again.

There is no way, a series of official positions such as the prince's left concubine, the prince's horse washing, and the prince's Zhan Shi, although many of them are nominally in charge, they are generally concurrently held by courtiers, and they are actually the prince's teachers.

There is no doubt that although he has not yet become the crown prince, he is only the king of Zhongshan County, but these two already treat him as a prince.

I can't afford to provoke it, as long as I hang the name of the teacher, I can't afford to provoke it.

Li Chengqian hurriedly asked the eldest grandson Baoqing to lead the way, and the three of them went directly into the study.

The furnishings of the study are still simple, but there is no shortage of pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

After entering the study, Du Zhenglun and Yu Zhining naturally sat on the east and west sides, leaving the northern position to Li Chengqian.

Seeing that the two of them had already sat down, Li Chengqian gritted his teeth and sat down.

Note that the sitting here is not cross-legged, but kneeling, similar to the kneeling of the islanders.

The biggest reason why Li Chengqian refused to take classes with Kong Yingda before was that he was not used to kneeling.

However, who would have thought that he escaped Kong Yi, and Du Er and Yu San came directly behind.

When moving, the book "Getaway" from Kong Yingda's secret collection was also moved to the study of the East Palace. Yu Zhining took down "Getaway" from the bookshelf, flipped a few pages casually, and couldn't help but sigh.

Returning to the table and sitting down with "Getaway", Yu Zhining asked, "Your Highness, where does this "Getaway" come from?" ”

Li Chengqian replied honestly: "From the collection of Confucius, at that time, Confucius made a bet with this king, and lost the skill, so he gave this book to this king. ”

Hearing Li Chengqian's answer, Yu Zhining nodded, on this getaway, in addition to the original text of the original copy, there are dense small character annotations. This is a book for scholars.

Flipping through "Getaway", Yu Zhining said with a smile: "Your Highness, Du Shuzi and I didn't bring classics today, so I wanted to test His Highness's literacy first." But now that there's this getaway, it's a lot easier. I don't know, Your Highness may recognize this getaway? ”

Li Chengqian nodded, in the past two months of self-study, except for some really rare words, he has basically recognized all the characters of the Tang Dynasty. The only small problem is that he is not used to writing with a brush, and he is not used to writing from right to left and from top to bottom.

"Well, is it possible for Your Highness to share your opinion on this article?"

After speaking, Yu Zhining and Du Zhenglun both looked at Li Chengqian with expectant eyes.

Long before coming to the East Palace, the two of them had heard about the early wisdom of the king of Zhongshan and the things they didn't know. Especially Yu Zhining, he was originally one of the eighteen bachelors of the Qin Palace, but because he was busy with big things, he didn't know anything.

In their opinion, how can there be absurd things in this world that they don't know, and there is a great possibility that Kong Yingda is boasting about it. Unexpectedly, Kong Yingda, who is extremely self-disciplined and square on weekdays, will also be a sycophant.

casually flipped through the leisurely tour, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "In the eyes of this king, this article has nothing outstanding except for the gorgeous rhetoric. ”

"Huh?"

Hearing Li Chengqian say this, Du Zhenglun immediately raised his eyebrows: "Your Highness, Zhuangzi's article, you can say that there is nothing outstanding about it, and the words are a bit big." ”

Li Chengqian shrugged his shoulders: "This king doesn't think it's a big deal, you see, the core of the whole getaway is this sentence 'To others without themselves, gods and men have no merit, and saints have no name'." These few sentences are about a kind of spiritual realm that is not burdened by the mundane world and is beyond the outside world. But ah, put it in our real life, who can do these three sentences? Even if it is a master, there are times when he is young and upright, do you dare to say that the master does not cherish his reputation?

This kind of text, which only depicts the unattainable realm, is not as useful as the canon of Sinong Temple in the eyes of this king. At least, the classics of Sinong Temple also record how to take good seeds, which is beneficial to the cultivation of our people in the Tang Dynasty. And this kind of article boasting about the spiritual realm is of little use to the construction of the country! ”

After speaking, Li Chengqian blinked, waiting for Du Zhenglun and Yu Zhining to jump up.

These two, at first glance, are traditional literati. His words not only buried "Getaway", but also involved the master and his old man.

Tsk, these two designated three corpses jumped violently, and then they couldn't bear it anymore, and finally resigned and quit!