When Zhao Mu returned to the middle palace, Zhao Yuzhen and Zhao Yuli were still being taught by the new grandmother, Zhao Mu pressed down his curiosity, and went to the apse to greet the queen first. Stepping into the hall, I saw the queen sitting on the couch by the window drinking tea with a blank face, and the personal maid Yudeng was waiting on the side, whispering something to the queen. Seeing Zhao Mu come in, Yu Deng stopped talking, saluted him, asked the maid to bring warm water in, and waited for him to clean his hands.

Zhao Mu saw that his mother's face was wrong, thought about it, returned the handkerchief to Yudeng, sat down next to Queen Wang, and asked, "Queen Mother, what's wrong?" Queen Wang slowed down, shook her head, and asked, "Can today's homework go well?" Zhao Mu was well-behaved: "I read it in advance last night, and Mr. is also meticulous in teaching, and he has deep insights in explaining doubts and answers, and there is no problem", Queen Wang nodded, her face was a little pale, "That's good, don't be burdened by trivial matters, the rest of the things are with your mother, and you can take care of your own knowledge with peace of mind." Zhao Mu said: "Don't worry, I know." Seeing that Zhao Mu was sensible, Queen Wang smiled lightly: "Duan Shunrong is gone, the queen mother knows that you are worried about Yuli, so let's go and take a look." Zhao Mu smiled embarrassedly, "The queen mother understands me, I'll go", just as he was about to get up, Zhao Mu thought for a while and asked, "By the way, the queen mother, who is the new grandmother?" Queen Wang's face turned cold when she heard this, "Your father sent a nurse beside Concubine You, called Mama Kong." This Mama Kong also has some backgrounds, she was originally an old man in the palace, and she was a housekeeper in the palace of your imperial grandfather. After Bi Gui gave birth to a child and died in childbirth, your imperial grandfather was deeply affectionate and let all the maids in her palace out of the palace, including this Mama Kong. The palace maid out of the palace is very sought-after in the family, she is no exception, she has been in a palace for several years to teach Mama, after that, married, somehow entered the Shangjia family, became the nurse of the concubine, disciplined her to grow up, and now", Queen Wang laughed noncommittally, "not only returned to the palace, but also did the teaching of your two sisters, and the fate of the palace is so deep."

Originally, when he heard that it was someone from the concubine's side, Zhao Mu's heart sank, and then when he heard this twist and turn, his head couldn't help but turn for a while, "Why did you send the old man next to the concubine?" Wang fu? Which palace is it? What is the origin of Concubine You? Seeing him pondering, Queen Wang couldn't help but feel relieved, but couldn't help but feel sorry for him that he was used to thinking like this when he was still young, so she waved her hand and interrupted his thoughts: "It's just a trivial matter in the inner palace, just know it in your heart, don't overthink it, go to see Yuzhen and Yuli, and when their homework is over, they will go to the warm pavilion for dinner." She paused and said, "I'm not in a good mood, I don't share lunch with you, you brothers and sisters can take care of yourself." Zhao Mu remembered the matter, no longer anxious to think, heard what the queen mother said, stood up and asked the queen mother to take care of her body, bent down and then retired.

The queen's palace occupies a large area, the main entrance into the main hall, there are important things to deal with here, behind the main hall is the queen's daily handling of harem trivial matters, and the apse of drinking tea and pastime, and then there is a small garden that is not too small, with the main hall and the apse as the central axis, the right side of the central axis from front to back are the teaching place of the two princesses, the east warm pavilion for eating, the kitchen, the storage and the palace people resting place, the left side of the central axis is the queen's bedroom, the prince's living room and study, the eldest princess's living room and a Xinuan pavilion for gossip and fun, and the courtyard where Duan Shunrong and Zhao Yuli lived. The three places in the middle palace are separated by the palace wall, the door of the living place on the left side and the door of the teaching and eating place on the right side are on both sides of the main hall, there is no need to pass through the main hall, as soon as you enter the door, there are two independent places with clear functions, and the apse and the small garden need to pass through the main hall, and the garden goes to the end, it is a back door, and it is the palace road after going out. There is a small door in the living hall on the left side that communicates with the back garden, which can walk through the small garden to the palace road, while the door of the storage and palace resting place on the right side leads directly to the palace road.

Zhao Mu walked back to the main hall from the apse, turned left after coming out, and walked to the teaching pavilion of the two princesses through the right door of Linmu on the right side of the main hall. Zhao Mu couldn't help the child's heart, quietly walked to Your Excellency, wanted to peep, but the young master's daily teaching was in his heart, the gentleman's words and deeds should not be frivolous, after thinking for a while, Zhao Mu decided to go directly to the Dongnuan Pavilion, while waiting for the two younger sisters to leave school, while listening to a rough idea.

When Zhao Mu sat down at the round stone table in the middle of the warm pavilion and the teaching pavilion, the maid quickly brought fruit and snacks. Mama Kong said: "Although he is young and his mother loves him, he should not regard himself as an ordinary child, and he should be careful in his words and deeds", hearing this, Zhao Mu sneered coldly, although he demanded so much from himself, he was impatient with his sisters being so educated. He knew that although the two younger sisters were cared for and loved in every way, they never neglected moral education, and only felt that they were lively and lovely and soft and kind in their hearts. So he picked up a jade-colored glutinous rice sweet cake, dipped it in the sesame sauce on the plate and ate it, just eating and eating, but he put down the small snack and listened carefully. I only heard Mama Kong continue: "Although the rules in the palace are strict, the tongue can lead to heaven and earth, the words and deeds of the princesses can naturally be known to the people, rumors are distorted, even if the words and deeds are correct, they can lead to uncontrollable results, not to mention the wrong words and deeds, the consequences are serious, can not be known to you at the moment, you should only know, the so-called "mouth of the people, more than the mouth of the Sichuan", the words and deeds of the royal children are not only the face of the court, but also the system of the country, which needs to be carefully cared for, in this regard, there is no difference between the princess and the prince. ”

"Besides, what are the rules? When you are young, you only say that it is a shackle, but you don't know that it means the way of upward and downward effect, which is mostly thousands of years of experience and inheritance, and that it can be passed means that the public opinion of the people, and even the scholars, scholars, officials and doctors have an attitude of acceptance towards them, understand the rules, act within the rules, and play it to an exemplary situation, which means that you can gain the recognition and support of the majority of people. If you master the rules and discipline yourself, you can easily stand at the top of the crowd, why not? ”

"Then", Mama Kong paused, "Mastering the rules does not mean being at the mercy of the rules, on the contrary, when you have a clear face of right and wrong in your hearts, you can find the problems of the rules and use your own influence to change them." After another pause, Mama Kong said meaningfully: "In the southern country, except for the queen, there are no more women whose status is more respected, you should cherish your identity even more, and use your words and deeds as an example for nobles and even the daughters of commoners, restrain and guide them to better survive in the rules." "In this way, rules become your weapons, but you should also remember that sharp weapons are reduced to clever words, which will inevitably eat back against themselves, and they should be used to protect the weaker and weaker groups. ”

Mama Kong's voice continued to come: "In this way, today's class is convenient to end here, and after that, we will still focus on etiquette, female workers, and female morality, can we have any doubts?" Zhao Yuzhen's voice came: "May I ask Mama, how can you teach the same course differently?" Mama Kong said with a smile in her voice: "Life experience and understanding are different, even if the same course is said by different people, they naturally have their own true meanings, the princess's questions can be put aside for the time being, and then there will be opportunities to argue in the class, and Mama is also looking forward to this." ”