Chapter 312: Assessment (1)

At the end of the month, the emperor has to inspect the work of the princes, and the work of the princesses is put to the test by the queen. The princes and their mothers who attended the class together that day gathered in the queen's palace, and so did the princesses, of course, accompany them.

If any prince or princess has excellent grades, the emperor and queen will be rewarded, and their mother's face will be very bright. And as a companion, Shen Wan knows that it is not easy, neither too stupid to embarrass the princess, nor too smart to make the princess jealous, so she can only hold her tail and be a mediocre person.

A room full of people sat in the warm pavilion of the middle palace, the emperor and queen sat on the top, next to them sat Mrs. Xie and a woman who taught the princesses "The Female Ring", and below were the prince and concubines.

The emperor first asked the eighth prince: "If the ancients want to be clear and virtuous in the world, what should they do first?" ”

This is a passage in "University", the eighth prince bowed first, and then replied: "The ancient desire to be clear and virtuous in the world, first rule the country; Those who want to rule their country must first gather their families; Those who want to gather their families must first cultivate their bodies; Those who want to cultivate their bodies must first correct their hearts; Those who want to correct their hearts must first be sincere; If you want to be sincere, you should know it first. Enlightenment is in Gewu. The character of the object is then known, the knowledge is followed by sincerity, the sincerity is followed by the heart, the heart is correct and then the body is cultivated, the body is cultivated and then the family is Qi, the family is Qi and then the country is governed, and the country is governed and then the world is peaceful. ”

The Eighth Prince's answer was catchy, without pause, and the Emperor nodded slightly and smiled as he listened. After he finished speaking, he said to Taifu Xie beside him: "Taifu has high skills, and the emperor is really smart and studious." ”

Mrs. Xie hurriedly said: "All the princes are sensitive and studious, and the tiger father has no dogs. ”

Shen Wan muttered to herself: Thousands of clothes are worn, but sycophants are not worn, and I can't imagine that Taifu will be like this.

Then, the emperor asked the nine princes, the tenth prince and the twelfth prince in turn, the middle ten princes barely passed, and the rest of the princes answered fluently, the emperor was very satisfied, and they rewarded one after another, and the eight princes and the twelve princes were the most rewarded, and the faces of Concubine Rou and Concubine Hui showed a look of satisfaction.

Then it was time for the queen to test the princesses, and the queen asked Princess Dechang amiably: "Etiquette? Mourning? In the Biography of Zixia", which are the 'three congregations' that women are required to obey? ”

Princess Dechang replied: "If you are not married to your father, you will marry your husband, and your husband will die from your son." ”

The queen nodded with satisfaction, asked a few more questions, and then turned to Shen Wan and asked, "What are the four virtues proposed by "Zhou Li" to women? ”

Shen Wan replied: "The four virtues of women are 'women's virtues, women's words, women's appearance, and women's work'. ”

The queen asked, "What do you mean by 'women's virtues, women's words, women's appearance, and women's work'?" ”

Shen Wan replied again: "Leisure and chastity, neat and tidy, shameful behavior, and lawfulness in movement are women's virtues; Choose words and speak, do not speak evilly, sometimes speak, do not get tired of people, it is a woman's words; The dust is filthy, the clothes are fresh and clean, and when bathing, the body is not dirty and humiliated, which is called a woman's appearance; Concentrate on spinning, not laughing, clean wine and food, and serve guests, which is called a woman's worker. ”

Without a hint of pause, like the Eighth Prince, in one go.

Everyone looked at her in surprise, even the queen was slightly surprised, usually Shen Wan went to class, either dozing off or deserting, the queen originally wanted to take advantage of this to make her lose face, but she hit her crookedly and let her get cheap.

The emperor smiled and said, "Yes, look at the reward." ”

Then a eunuch shouted: "There is a decree in the saint, reward-"

Shen Wan hurriedly knelt down and thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

The queen was embarrassed to be surprised, and said with a smile: "What a smart child, you have to continue to work hard!" ”

Shen Wan replied respectfully: "Follow the queen's teachings." ”

There was a smile on his lips, you want to make things difficult for me? There are no doors! Although she usually looks like that in class, she also knows that she will be assessed at the end of the month, how dare she take it lightly? The woman chattered endlessly when she was teaching, and she was annoyed to death, but after returning home from class, Shen Wan would still read the book and plagiarize it three or four times, so that when she was in the assessment, of course, she could memorize it backwards.

After the examination was over, the princes were relieved, and the eighth prince said with palpitations: "Cousin, you don't know, when the queen mother asked you, my heart was in my throat, for fear that you wouldn't be able to answer." ”

Shen Wan smiled: "Cousin, you also underestimate me too much." ”

Concubine Rou said to them at this time: "If you have you, Ah Wan, if you lose face today, see if I don't teach you a lesson!" Let's go, I have prepared snacks and fruits in my palace, you must be hungry, go and eat some snacks. ”

The Eighth Prince took Shen Wan to Yuping Palace, and the Ninth Prince looked at his mother, and Yu Zhaorong smiled kindly: "Since Concubine Rou invited, you can go." ”

Concubine Hui also smiled: "Let's go together, I don't know if Concubine Rou can prepare enough?" ”

Concubine Rou smiled: "Joke, how much can you eat?" What I have there is, don't rub around here, the children have been scared for a long time, and it's serious to eat something. ”

Concubine Hui and Yu Zhaorong smiled as they walked: "It seems that it is stained with the children's light." ”

In the Yuping Palace, Concubine Rou, Concubine Hui, and Yu Zhaorong sat in the room talking, and several princes and Shen Wan were eating snacks and playing beast chess outside.

"Oh, it's stupid, isn't this antelope here looking for death! It's better to put it next to the tiger. Shen Wan held a shortbread in one hand and pointed on the chessboard with the other.

The opponents were the Eighth Prince and the Twelfth Prince, and the Twelve Princes glared at her and said, "A true gentleman who is silent about chess, you are so wordy." ”

Shen Wan said nonchalantly: "I'm not a gentleman, I'm a woman." ”

According to the method that Shen Wan said, the eighth prince put the antelope next to the tiger and said, "Okay, let's put it according to what my cousin said." ”

Antelope is bait, which is usually placed by the river, but Shen Wan's idea is strange, Twelve laughed at her, she said, "What do you know! Sometimes, a jumping antelope can also give a fatal blow! ”

But the Eighth Prince's chess style is also like himself, too elegant, the chessboard is like a battlefield, how can it be elegant on the battlefield? It's better to be like Twelve, think deeply before you start, be decisive when you start, and don't regret it after you start. Watching the two of them play chess, Shen Wan felt sorry for the Eighth Prince, but she was a little impressed by the Twelve.

Only halfway down, Shen Wan knew that the Eighth Prince would be defeated, and she had no intention of watching it, so she quietly walked inside and listened to a few concubines.

The first thing I heard was my aunt's sharp sarcasm: "Why did that become an ornament?" It makes people laugh when it comes out, and the people around them can't stand it! made the emperor look down on it! ”

Shen Wan was shocked, could it be that my aunt was talking about the palace maid next to the queen and the emperor's private relationship? I didn't think my aunt knew about this? But then again, there are definitely no impermeable walls in this harem.

Then came Concubine Hui's voice, and she asked with some uncertainty: "That person can't not know, right?" Was it his idea? deliberately let the emperor look down on the people around him, so that she can have more helpers. ”

Concubine Rou sneered: "She's so bad? There is no one around, so you can only use the palace maid as a shield? ”

Concubine Hui said: "I'm just guessing, otherwise, if she really let the people around her take advantage of the loophole, why didn't she say a word?" ”