Chapter 563: Don't Play with Birds
A simple lunch was eaten for more than half an hour, all the meals were eaten cleanly, and after eating, he rested for half an hour, drank tea and chatted and finished eating, Chen Xu took the child to the study to take class, Yu Wuya took out chess to accompany Fusu to kill, and Mrs. Fusu was also gently pulled to the backyard by the water.
In the study, Chen Xu first asked Ziying to write a few words, and found that the little guy's handwriting was very correct, which seemed to be much stronger than his ghost-drawn brush characters, which showed that the teacher who taught reading and writing in the palace on weekdays was still very strict.
Teaching reading and literacy is not Chen Xu's task, the task given to him by the emperor is to teach Ziying to govern the country, but for governing the country, Chen Xu naturally has no theory, so he told Ziying a story about Tang Taizong covering his bird, of course, Tang Taizong only said that he was a legendary emperor, if others don't know, if Qin Shi Huang asked, he must know that Chen Xu was talking about the content of the three volumes of the heavenly book, and naturally he would not pursue it.
"Ziying, what do you tell me about this story?"
After the story is told, Chen Xu naturally asks his students what they have learned, just like a junior high school student should summarize the central idea after reading a text.
"Teacher, this story tells Ziying not to play with birds when he is the emperor!" Ziying replied respectfully.
Chen Xu: ......
That's a perfectly correct answer, but it's not the right answer I wanted.
Chen Xu then Chunchun tempted: "It's not right to play with birds, but if there is no Wei Zheng, the emperor will not cover his birds!" ”
"That's Wei Zheng is wrong, as a courtier, how can he force the emperor to kill his favorite bird, so Wei Zheng should be dismissed!"
Ziying was born in the royal family, as the eldest grandson of the emperor, although he loves to cry and play, he has a natural royal demeanor, especially in this era when the shore of the land is not the king's minister, he naturally thinks that it is definitely wrong for the courtiers to persecute the emperor, and this Wei Zheng even forced the emperor to cover his bird, which is definitely a huge villain with unforgivable crimes.
"But the emperor didn't punish Wei Zheng? Why? Chen Xu continued to ask.
"Because the emperor is afraid of Wei Zheng!"
"That's not right! The emperor is not afraid of Wei Zheng, because he is the emperor, and the emperor is the greatest in the world. Chen Xu shook his head.
"That's ...... Is that the emperor likes Wei Zheng? Ziying looked at Chen Xu with some hesitation.
Chen Xu was full of black lines, and felt that he couldn't discuss this topic with this child, so he said directly: "The emperor is not afraid of Wei Zheng, nor does he like Wei Zheng, Wei Zheng is an upright and selfless person, although he is a courtier, but he can point out the emperor's mistakes to his face, and the emperor covers his favorite bird, which also shows that the emperor is an emperor who can listen to and speak out, he will not blame his courtiers for his likes and dislikes, but bravely correct his mistakes. If the emperor likes to eat, drink and have fun, then the courtiers below will also follow to eat, drink and have fun, and the people will also begin to eat, drink and have fun, then the country will soon decline, but if an emperor can face up to and correct his mistakes, diligently handle government affairs and govern the country, the courtiers will also be conscientious and dare not slack off, and the people will also work diligently in all walks of life, the country will become richer and stronger, whether it is a commoner or an emperor, we must be diligent and good at thinking, Instead of playing and going with the flow...... Teacher Fang Cai said so much, which sentence did you remember? ”
"Industry is good at diligence and frolic, and success is in thinking and ruining!" Ziying said respectfully.
"Good!" Chen Xu touched the baby's head for a while, opened a jar, took out a lollipop, handed it to him, and said, "Okay, that's all for today's class, go back and write down this sentence, let's go, let's go swimming!" ”
"Teacher, didn't you say you can't have fun?" Ziying followed behind Chen Xu in a daze and said.
Chen Xu thought for a long time and said: "If you concentrate on just wanting to play and don't want to learn, don't want to make progress, waste your life is fun, but swimming is just a kind of relaxation and enjoyment of life, some things can make us feel relaxed and happy, work hard, enjoy life, this is the most correct way of life......"
"Oh~" Ziying was even more confused, licking the lollipop and following Chen Xu to the backyard, and how far away he heard the laughter of the two little girls from behind, as well as the sound of puff puff diving and splashing, and finally passed through a small door, and saw a crescent-shaped blue swimming pool in front of him, the lollipop in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter.
"Come on!" When Yu Ji saw Ziying coming, she immediately shouted excitedly in the pool.
"Go ahead!" Chen Xu pointed to the pool and said with a smile.
"But...... But I'm afraid of my father's scolding! Ziying was obviously moved, but still said a little timidly.
"Don't worry, with the teacher here, your father won't scold you!"
"Thank you, teacher!" Ziying cheered and ran excitedly to the edge of the pool covered with snow-white tiles, and several little maids quickly came out of the water to help him undress, and finally jumped into the pool naked.
The swimming pool is divided into two parts with a bamboo tube tied to hemp rope, one side is shallow, only two to three feet long, which belongs to the children's area, and the other side is four to seven feet deep and sloping, which belongs to the adult area.
Since moving here, this swimming pool has become a family's favorite place, not only the pool, but also a bamboo pergola has been built on the edge of the pool, and a small piece of beach has been made, and there are several bamboo deck chairs on the beach, after each swim, Chen Xu and Yu Wuya will lie on the recliner and drink herbal tea to watch the two little girls and a group of little maids playing in it, which is very pleasant.
At this time, it was just after noon, it was the hottest time of the day, Chen Xu also took off his clothes, jumped into the pool with a pair of big pants, and swam back and forth twice, Yu Wuya also brought the abused and somewhat grizzled Fusu over, looking at the snow-white tiled swimming pool in front of him and a pool of cool and clear water, Fusu was sluggish for a long time before coming back to his senses.
"It's hot, son, let's go down and play in the water to cool off!"
When Yu Wuya spoke, he quickly took off only a pair of big pants, and then jumped into the pool with a pop, and after Fusu came back to his senses, he naturally didn't care about such a tempting pool of clear water, and soon took off his brocade robe, took off his tiara, and threw it in the pergola, and couldn't wait to jump in.
As the eldest prince, he has lived in the palace more regularly on weekdays, and he must also set an example, too out of line can not be done, occasionally a few brothers will get together to throw pots, archery, horseback riding and entertainment, it is impossible to play in the water without scruples like this, because there is no swimming pool in the palace at all, and the second is that it is not good for a big prince to run out of the city to swim in the public, and it will definitely be reprimanded in the ears of Qin Shi Huang, because the emperor is very strict with his children on weekdays.
But no one will see it today and no one will take care of it, this is in Qinghehou's house.
The three men went back and forth in the pool, and after a few rounds of dog gouging, they finally got together and chatted.
"A few days ago, I heard rumors from the Ministry of Industry and the Inner History Mansion, saying that the Marquis of Qinghe built a paddling pool in the courtyard outside the city, covered with tiles and rippling blue waves, which can be called the Yaotai Immortal Palace, Fusu still didn't believe it, I didn't expect to see it today, it was more novel and unique than the legend, and it was the best place in the world in this hot summer!" Fusu still hadn't fully recovered from the shock at this time, and his face was full of praise.
"Indeed, Wuya never thought that the world could make such a pool for water play, it is really a wonderful idea!" Although Yu Wuya has been swimming in it every day recently, he still admires Chen Xu's idea, and since he moved outside the city, he has to soak in the pool until late at night every night.
Just as they were chatting and talking, Shui gently took Mrs. Fusu to appear next to the pool through the small door, but when she saw this pool of clear water, Mrs. Fusu couldn't help but cover her mouth and stood in a daze for half a minute, and then looked at the three men who were only wearing big pants and soaking in the water, and turned around quickly.
Shui gently pulled Mrs. Resuscitation to whisper a few words in her ear, and Mrs. Resuscitation showed a look of surprise in her eyes, and the two women quickly turned to leave.
Chen Xu and Yu Wuya didn't care, only Fusu said with a little embarrassment: "Neiko may not know that we are playing in the water here, Hou Ye and Brother Yu don't care!" ”
"It's okay, it's okay, Qingrou must have taken Mrs. to change her clothes for playing in the water, and she will come over in a moment!" Chen Xu said with a smile.
In the era of Daqin, far from the era of male and female defense after the rise of Confucianism in later generations, it can be said that the relationship between men and women is very chaotic and open, even if it has continued until the Tang Dynasty, the relationship between men and women is still very so, far from being a woman who does not go out of the door, nor is it a self-proof innocence that is sought for death and life by a man at a glance, it is normal for princes and princes to entertain guests with their respective concubines, this kind of thing will definitely not happen in the royal family, let alone in Chen Xu's house, But as a later generation, it is normal for men and women to mix in the swimming pool, and Chen Xu naturally does not think there is anything wrong, but it may be a little unaccustomed to Fusu, but it is just not very used to it, if Chen Xu is allowed to run to a naked swimming pool, he will definitely not be used to it.
After more than ten minutes, Shui Qingrou and Mrs. Fusu really returned together again, each wearing a large bath towel made of fine linen, and their hair was coiled on their heads, and when they arrived under the pergola, Shui Qingrou put the big bath towel draped on the bamboo recliner on the body, and wore a snow-white one-piece silk short skirt, the skirt only reached the thighs, in fact, it was similar to the short skirt on the street in later generations, and in later generations, groups of women on the street in summer were all worn like this, and there were even more excessive, but at the moment, Wearing it like this is a very bold design, and Mrs. Fusu also untied the bath towel on her body a little shyly, and she was still wearing a light blue short silk skirt of the same style.
The two women are about the same height, but Mrs. Fusu is slightly fatter, so she looks more plump, and the water gently pulls Mrs. Fusu, who is ashamed, down to the pool, and plays in the shallow pool with Xing'er Yu Jizi, and there are four little maids in the pool who also wear short skirts to take care of the three children, so what I see now is a group of wet beauties in Yingying Yanyan, who is more than ten or twenty years old, so they soon laughed and played, and the whole pool soon became very lively, The sound of laughter was heard from the far distance of the wall.
For this kind of situation, Chen Xu has been used to seeing it every day recently, so he doesn't care, but the temptation to Fusu is very great, although there are many concubines and palace maids in the palace, but it is the first time that they get together to play in the water like this, but in order not to be too rude, so after a few glances, they will change the topic.