Chapter 191: Confidence and Dignity
Even so, Zhang Weizhao didn't tell the girl who happily designed the boat shoes that this thing is not practical, and it will soon be eliminated if it is made, so you should think of something practical.
Because human creativity develops in the process of extending outward one at a time, not every tentacle of the mind can find its place properly, but if you allow them to continue to extend, they will grow and bear fruit.
And by restricting the hacking of them from the outset, allowing only the "right" thing to be done, it will weaken and even dry up day by day.
These girls who are excited to try all kinds of innovations, what they do today is just the first practice. Zhang Weizhao believes that in time, they will be able to come up with even more amazing works.
When Zhang Weizhao thought like this, the Empress Dowager Yu changed the topic again: "The queen can take a group of children to make such an interesting thing and honor the empress dowager and me, it is really heartfelt." ”
Warm pots, checkers, and some other fresh things, when Zhang Weizhao gave them to the Empress Dowager, he also gave them to the Empress Dowager.
"But," Empress Dowager Yu changed her words, "these things are just new things in the end, and it doesn't matter if they are or not." The most important thing at the moment is to give birth to the imperial heir as soon as possible. It has been a year since the emperor and the empress got married, and the empress has not yet had good news. I don't think it's too hard to work too hard and recuperate. Take good care of your body, so that the Queen Mother can hold her great-grandson as soon as possible. ”
Zhang Weizhao bowed his head and bowed, and was about to speak, but he heard the Empress Dowager speak first: "I'm not in a hurry about this, and the Empress Dowager shouldn't be in a hurry yet." They are still young, and there is time. ”
Empress Dowager Yu opened her mouth, as if she had a lot to say, but in the end she endured it and said, "What the Empress Dowager said is true." ”
The Empress Dowager stood up and said, "We'll also go see them ride." ”
Empress Dowager Yu and Zhang Weizhao also followed.
In fact, why is the Queen Mother not in a hurry? Chen Youcong and Zhang Weizhao got married for a year, and there was no movement, and the first one who was anxious was the Queen Mother. What she is worried about is that there is something wrong with these two people's bodies and they can't give birth? This is so bad that she can't say it clearly, so she is only worried.
Chen Youcong and Zhang Weizhao were always glued together in the first few months of their wedding, and the Empress Dowager was worried that Chen Youcong would be talked about being nostalgic for the harem and not doing his job. After these months, Chen Youcong and Zhang Weizhao suddenly began to be busy with their own things, and she began to worry that they were too busy to have children. In short, the heart of the can't be finished.
Later, I couldn't bear it anymore and called Zhang Weizhao over to ask. Zhang Weizhao said that the fact that she has not been pregnant so far is the result of intentional avoidance, and she and Chen Youcong both want to have enough preparations to have children again. In addition to the two of them conditioning their bodies, this preparation also includes training their medical women to become competent midwives and qualified childcare nannies. Only with adequate preparation can we ensure that the child can be born and grow up smoothly.
You must know that in the harem of previous generations of emperors, only half of the children born could grow up. Although the Empress Dowager's own three children are all alive, she has witnessed the death of many children, which is really shocking. So she accepted Zhang Weizhao's statement and asked her to train people according to her own wishes. So today, when the Queen Mother urged Zhang Weizhao to give birth, instead of following the urging, she tried to find a way to relieve Zhang Weizhao.
The Empress Dowager said that she wanted to see the girls ride, and by the time she walked over, the rider had already been replaced. The girl had rosy cheeks, bright eyes, and thick black hair. She had just learned to pedal the pedals, but she couldn't adjust her direction through the handlebars, and she still needed two little palace maids next to her to help her so that she wouldn't fall to the ground. But she was quick and bold, and even if the body leaned to the side, she would not scream in fright, but kept trying to regain her balance.
Seeing the Empress Dowager and her entourage coming, the girls who were watching the bicycle curtsied one after another, and the girl on the bicycle also hurriedly got off the car and saluted the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager Yu and Zhang Weizhao, with a crisp voice.
The Empress Dowager looked at the girl and asked, "Whose child is this?" It's a cool look. ”
Empress Dowager Yu hurriedly said: "This is Miaoying, the third daughter of my brother's family. ”
Yu Miaoying saluted again.
Empress Dowager Yu beckoned a thirteen or fourteen-year-old, light and handsome girl from the crowd and said, "This is the only daughter of my third brother, Miaohan." ”
The Empress Dowager praised: "What a well-behaved girl." "Say and shout for reward.
Zhang Weizhao also has a reward.
The two daughters thanked the Empress Dowager. When she went to thank Zhang Weizhao again, Yu Miaoying bent her knees and raised her head and said: "The courtiers don't dare to be the reward of the queen's mother, they just want to ask the queen mother to give the courtiers a chance." ”
Zhang Weizhao found it quite interesting, this is different from the usual berevelous ladies in Miaoying, and said with a smile: "What opportunity?" ”
Empress Dowager Yu frowned and said, "Miaoying can't be made!" ”
The Empress Dowager said: "Let's listen to what this kid has to say." ”
Yu Miaoying said: "The courtier's daughter has liked graffiti since she was a child, and she has practiced harder in the past two years, and I want to ask my mother to give me a chance to study in the painting academy." ”
Before Zhang Weizhao could speak, the Empress Dowager spoke first: "You also like to paint?" Did you learn to draw with your sister Myoqing? ”
Next to her, Empress Dowager Yu's face had sunk, and she wanted to tell Yu Miaoying to stop quickly, but the Empress Dowager opened her mouth to ask, and Empress Dowager Yu was not good at interjecting.
Yu Miaoying said: "My sister is good at landscapes, and I prefer to paint flowers, birds and utensils. ”
Zhang Weizhao asked: "Why didn't you take the exam when the Academy was recruiting?" ”
Yu Miaoying bowed her head and said, "I happened to be unwell during that time and couldn't participate. ”
Zhang Weizhao knew that this was not true, and I was afraid that it was very likely that her family would not allow her to go. But she didn't dig deeper, and asked, "What do you want to study at the academy?" What do you want to do when you learn a craft? ”
Yu Miaoying bit her lip, looked back at the bicycle parked on the side, and after a while, said with an open-minded attitude: "I want to make a wooden cow and a flowing horse!" I want to make a big paper kite that can fly into the sky with people on my back! ”
Some of the ladies next to him covered their mouths, and some laughed.
Yu Miaoying's face turned red, but she still looked at Zhang Weizhao with wide eyes and expectation.
Zhang Weizhao didn't laugh this time, but said with a straight face: "Ambition!" The Academy needs people like you who have ideas and ambitions. But you also have to have real skills. After three days, you will go to the academy to take the make-up examination, and if your painting skills and arithmetic can meet the requirements of the academy, you will naturally be able to enter the study. ”
"Thank you, Queen!" Yu Miaoying was overjoyed and knelt down and kowtowed.
After thanking Zhang Weizhao, he went to thank the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Yu.
The Empress Dowager smiled and called her up.
Empress Dowager Yu blushed and said nothing.
Yu Miaohan walked over and grabbed Yu Miaoying's hand and congratulated her sincerely.
There were also two or three ladies, who also came to talk to Yu Miaoying. The other ladies watched from afar, whispering in whispers.
In the afternoon, Empress Dowager Yu took Yu Miaoying and Yu Miaohan back to Changtai Palace.
Yu Tai sat on the top as heavy as water, and the two girls stood below with their heads bowed.
After a long time, Empress Dowager Yu said sadly: "Let your mother pick you up tomorrow." When you go back, you report your illness and say that you are too ill to take the exam at the academy. ”
Yu Miao raised her head suddenly, and then knelt on her knees: "Queen Mother!" I know that you and my mother let me enter the palace in the hope that I can get the blue eyes of His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, and then have the opportunity to serve Your Majesty and shine on the lintel. However, the glorious lintel is not only a way to be a concubine. If I can get into the art academy, I will definitely work hard. The palace maids in the academy can also be officials, and they can also bring glory to the family. ”
"What glory? Is it the glory of being a ninth-rate craftsman? Your father and mother have cultivated you for so long just to make you a carpenter? Empress Dowager Yu hated that iron could not become steel, and pointed at Yu Miaoying's nose with her fingers with long nails and said: "What glorious lintel is not only a way for a concubine to be a concubine, you had better go back and tell your aunt this." If she hadn't been a concubine, you wouldn't know where to spin and weave in a broken earth house now! ”
From childhood to adulthood, as long as Yu Miaoying did not do as much as her elders wanted, even her aunt would be abused. What she wants to do most in her life is to have the strength to take her biological mother and leave that ice cave-like home.
Her father, "mother" and the queen mother's aunt planned to send her to the palace to be the emperor's concubine, saying that the queen had not shown signs of pregnancy after being married for a year, and if the daughter of the Yu family could give birth to the imperial heir, it would completely change the embarrassing status of the Yu family. I think that back then, the Empress Dowager was a mother and a son, all the way to becoming a concubine, and then to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager.
However, she has been in the palace for a while, and what she has heard and witnessed is that the emperor and queen are extremely affectionate, and there is no room for others to intervene.
And becoming a favorite concubine is not her wish at all. Compared with this unrealistic goal, she hopes to do something truly beneficial through her knowledge and efforts, just like the girls in the art academy and the hospital.
These girls are what she really envies, they are from different backgrounds, their looks are high and low, but they are all full of confidence and dignity without exception.
It turned out that when she was at home, she had heard that the queen's painting academies and hospitals were recruiting, and it was possible to become a female official in the palace through this way, so she wanted to apply for the exam, but no one in the family agreed, and they all thought she was whimsical, and even ridiculed her for learning a lot of habits from her aunt who couldn't get on the table. She had to dismiss the idea.
But after she entered the palace, she saw the girls who were self-reliant, saw the things they made, and their brilliant medical skills, and she had an unprecedented desire in her heart! She wants to be like them! She hopes that she can also make something magical and change people's lives! I hope that I can receive a salary by virtue of my ability, and even get an official position, no longer attached to the family, no longer need to flatter and flatter, and live with confidence and dignity!