On the first day of October in the forty-eighth year of Kangxi, the west of the city, Caofu, and Kwai Yuan.

Today is the first time Cao Hao has entered the palace as a companion, and at the second quarter of the morning (half past two in the morning) Amethyst and a few maids got up to prepare the clothes Cao Hao wore and the morning food.

Although Cao Hao is used to getting up early, it is too early to get up now, so he reluctantly gets up. Warm water cleansed the face, green salt rinsed the mouth, and still couldn't help but yawn a few times.

Amethyst looked at it and said with a smile: "The people outside think that the prince and brother are so expensive, who would have thought that they would work so hard, and even the uncle would have to be diligent!" ”

Cao Hao nodded, deeply touched, from the guard to the companion Reading Yuan thought it was light, but now he knows that it is not the case at all. He squinted and fell asleep, but he missed his short career as a guard. Every six days, there is a shift, six days on the road, and six days on rest. On duty, as long as you stand at the gate for two hours a day, it is really easy.

Compared to the guards, the companion reading is tiring. When the prince and grandson of the Qing Dynasty reached the age of six, they had to go to the study to study. In summer and autumn, it is said that Yin is at four o'clock in the morning, and in winter and spring, it is said that Yin is at two o'clock in the morning (half past four in the morning), and it is not until two o'clock in the afternoon (half past one in the afternoon) that I go down to the study. Over the course of the year, only the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Wanshou Festival (the emperor's birth) and the prince's own life can take a few days off before and after the Spring Festival.

After eating breakfast, Cao Hao saw Amethyst coming over with a new set of clothes, shook his head with a smile and said, "It's not that children are new to school, what new clothes to change, just find an ordinary set." ”

Amethyst replied with a smile: "Not to mention that the uncle is a lot taller this year, and last year's clothes were already small." Even if it still fits, it is also worn in the south, how can it withstand the autumn cold in Beijing? Not to mention this set, even the big and small wool clothes in winter have to be made in the capital! ”

Cao Hao stretched out his arms and let a few maids put on robes, waistcoats, and hats, and cleaned up the profits. Amethystum packed the "Four Books", "Five Classics", "Zizhi Tongjian" and other schoolbags that Cao Hao needed for class, which was Cao Hao's schoolbag.

In the front yard, Cao Zhong got up early and waited, and Xiaoman, the Wei brothers and others packed up their horses and waited.

Cao Hao saw that because of himself, the people in the whole house were uneasy, so he said to Cao Zhong: "Uncle Zhong doesn't have to get up early to wait, and the people who follow him will also be arranged in advance." ”

Cao Zhong said with a smile: "I know that the uncle is sympathetic to his subordinates, but how can there be a rule that the master is up, and the minions are still lazy to sleep?" I only hope that the uncle will study hard, and he will shine on the lintel! ”

Cao Hao knew that this old man was stubborn, so he didn't bother to talk anymore and rode to the palace. Xiao Man, Wei Hei, Wei Bai, and the other two long entourages followed.

When he arrived at Donghua Gate, Cao Hao dismounted, sent Xiaoman and others back, and took out his waist card to enter the palace.

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The upper study room is in the Qianqing Gate, in the five row rooms on the east side of the Qianqing Palace. Cao Hao went from Donghua Gate to the study, and he needed to go through several portals and check his waist card several times before he arrived. This waist card is not the same as the guard's waist card, and it is all prepared in the palace.

Although Cao Hao has not been on duty as an inner guard for a few days, everyone has mixed up with many familiar colleagues. Everyone knows that he treats him differently, and he is naturally very polite.

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When Yin went to school in the study, Cao Haoyin was arriving, and there were several little brothers in the house. Among them, a few of them were young, but only six or seven years old, standing in a proper manner, and when they saw the newcomer, they looked over with a little curiosity.

Cao Hao couldn't help but blush, because he was young in Jiangning, he had studied in Zongxue for many years. At the moment, I'm not too young at this age, why am I still in school? This is really a bit strange. Needless to say, even if you can't mix it up with the hegemony of the king, at least you are the first assistant and important minister who covers the sky with one hand, and after reading books for seven or eight years like yourself, you should be regarded as an outlier among them.

The princes and grandchildren, no matter how they dressed, wore yellow belts around their waists to show their status.

At the moment, the fifteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother came together. Seeing that Cao Hao had arrived, Brother Sixteen stepped forward with a smile: "It is still useful to learn Chinese and Mongolian before the time of the hour!" ”

The "Chinese" mentioned by Brother Sixteen refers to the Manchu language, and after the prince of the Qing Dynasty arrived in the study, in addition to studying Confucian classics such as the Four Books and the Five Classics, there were also special Manchu and Mongolian masters. The companions followed the study, but the difference between the teacher and the princes and grandchildren was that there was a specially assigned companion master.

Cao Hao followed the sixteenth elder brother into the upper study, there were five upper study rooms, there was no partition, but after everyone entered the study, it was clear. The two rooms on the east side are sparsely placed with thirteen or four cases, which are where the princes and grandchildren are. In the two rooms on the west side, there are more table cases, twenty-five or six cases, which are where Cao Hao and others are.

Because the study system is nine years, usually six to fifteen years old, after the age of fifteen, the prince and grandson will be awarded a knighthood or have an errand and do not come to school. If you don't have an errand, you come over every day, but you don't have to stay up like the little brothers, and you can usually get out of school at the beginning of the afternoon (11 o'clock in the morning). The companions are all under the names of the princes and grandchildren, the companions of a certain elder brother, the companions of a certain emperor and grandson, etc., and their ages are usually about the same as the princes who follow. Therefore, most of Cao Hao's classmates in the study are teenagers, and there are only four or five people like him who are fifteen or six.

At the end of the day, with a burst of hearty laughter, a handsome young man walked into the upper study. Whether it was on the east side or the west side, except for the fifteenth elder brother, the sixteenth elder brother and a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy who were still sitting, everyone else got up.

Cao Hao followed the customs of the countryside, and naturally followed, but he thought in his heart that the one who could have this identity should be the eldest of the emperors and grandsons, and the son of the crown prince, Erbeile Honghui. The one who sat on the right side of the sixteenth elder brother was silently the seventeenth elder brother of the "Four Masters Party" in the future.

In the upper study, except for the fifteenth elder brother, the sixteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother, the others are all royal grandchildren. Honghui is the oldest and has the most precious status, so everyone naturally got up to greet him.

Honghui was tall and tall, always with a three-point smile on his face, and after coming in, he looked around, and when he saw Cao Hao, his eyes paused. Then, he went to the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth elder brothers: "My nephew greets a few uncles!" ”

The fifteenth elder brother had a calm face: "Get up!" ”

Honghui only then sat down under the seventeenth elder brother.

With the arrival of Honghui, the seats on the side of the prince and grandson were full. Cao Hao took a brief look, there were three of the six or seven years old among the emperors and grandsons who couldn't be named, two were eight or nine years old, and four were twelve and three, plus the three emperors and grandchildren in the first row, there were a total of thirteen princes and grandsons in the study.

The eldest brother Yinchu was imprisoned by the title after beating the crown prince, and his son also lost the opportunity to study in the study. The eldest son and second son of the fourth elder brother Yinzhen died young, and the third son Hongshi seemed to be still young and did not have the age to study in the study. The eighth elder brother Yinci's son was born in the forty-seventh year of Kangxi, and it is estimated that he has just learned to speak.

Perhaps it is because of this that this study is quite clean. Otherwise, according to what the sixteenth elder brother said, if those strong brothers pile up the little elder brother in the upper study, then there is no need to stay in the upper study.

The current upper study room is regarded as a magnificent world. Although there are three uncles, these three princes are all born from Han women, and their biological mothers do not have a high status, and they have no prominent relatives to rely on. Honghui is different, he has already been crowned Baylor, his father is the crown prince, he thinks he is the royal grandson, and his status is incomparable. Although he won't do stupid things like bullying his younger brother, the arrogance on his body can't be concealed.

It's just that not all the emperors and grandsons let Honghui be arrogant, and after Honghui sat down, someone snorted coldly.

Honghui turned his head and gave him a cold look. The one sitting behind the fifteenth elder brother was the one who had just let out a cold snort, and raised his chin at Honghui, with an unconvinced look on his face.

Cao Hao watched from a distance, remembering the introduction of the sixteenth elder brother to the people in the study before, and knew that this unconvinced person was Hongsheng, the sister-in-law of Prince Cheng of the third elder brother. Although there is no prince of the world at the moment, he can't run away with his identity as the eldest son. Erbeile Honghui is the prince's concubine, only because the princess has no concubine, and he himself has an eldest grandson, he is favored by Kangxi. Therefore, it is understandable to look down on Honghui's arrogance like Hongsheng.

Among the various royal palaces, the distinction between the concubines and the concubines can be said to be very different. In addition to the hereditary replacement of the Iron Hat King, there are twelve clan titles. In the royal palaces, except for one son who was demoted to inherit his father's title, the other sons were given titles according to their birth when they reached adulthood. The title of the concubine is lowered by two levels compared to the concubine, and some are much lower.

At the second moment, several masters from the study walked in, and everyone began to class.