Chapter 35: The Royal Academy

About half a month later, the news of the murder of the prince's concubine was caught in all corners of the palace.

Qing'er trotted all the way into the front hall, and before she could stabilize her breathing, she spoke: "Princess, Empress Zhao has already captured a medical girl in the Tai Hospital who has just entered the palace. It is said that the doctor forgot to wash her hands when she was dispensing medicine. ”

"Oh?" He Xuan raised her head with interest, and the fourth prince next to her, Ji Tai, also put down the scroll in her hand, and the two of them looked at Qing'er, who was still out of breath.

"You sit down and drink some water first." Ji Tai stretched out his hand and motioned for Qing'er to sit down, and said jokingly: "Look at your fiery appearance, I don't know, I think something happened in our palace." ”

How dare Qing'er sit with the princess and prince, she knew that the fourth prince was just joking with her, but she still stood there and steadied herself.

She continued, "Well, the slave maid just heard about it. Before this medical woman prepared fetal pills for the prince's side concubines, she had just prepared peach red four-thing soup for the harem concubines. ”

"What is Peach Siwu Soup? I hadn't heard of it. Ji Tai has always had a habit of learning, and immediately asked.

"Back to His Royal Highness, this peach red four-thing soup is made of peach kernels, safflower, rehmannia root, white peony, winter arts, and Poria cocos, and the Tai Hospital supplies it to the harem concubines all year round to help them spread the leaves for the royal family as soon as possible."

"Oh, I see. Is there anything wrong with this medicine? Ji Tai thought for a moment and continued to ask.

"The slave doesn't understand pharmacology, but I just listen to those who talk about it, peach kernels and safflower are both fierce medicines that can slip the fetus. Because the doctor forgot to wash her hands, the princess's fetal pill was mixed with some peach kernels and safflower powder, so the prince's concubine slipped the fetus. ”

Ji Tai was puzzled at the moment, so he asked: "You just said that this peach red four-thing soup is helpful for women to get pregnant, how can there be drugs like peach kernels and safflower that can make women slip the fetus in it?" Isn't that counterintuitive? ”

Qing'er naturally couldn't answer such a question, her face was red, and she turned her eyes on He Xuan for help.

He Xuan smiled, looked at his little brother Ji Tai with a serious expression and said, "Tai'er, you are really a child who loves more seriously." Peach kernels and safflower are both good things for invigorating blood and meridians, and there is no problem in using them in Siwu soup. It's just that these drugs have two sides, they are good when used on women who are not pregnant, and they become poison when used on women who are already pregnant. ”

"Okay, anyway, I don't understand pharmacology, my sister just bluffs me." Ji Tai scratched the back of his head in disbelief and said in a low voice.

"Your Royal Highness, the princess is the pharmacology of the princess's medicine, where to fool you." Qing'er couldn't wait to defend Hexuan.

"Well, I don't know anything about pharmacology, and I can't argue with the two of you." Ji Tai pretended to be helpless, changed his words, and continued: "But, are the doctors and women in the Tai Hospital so careless now? Who would dare to take the medicine sent by the hospital in the future! ”

He Xuan didn't want Ji Tai to know about these messy things in the harem too early, so he didn't say anything.

Qing'er said: "Your Highness is very right! His Majesty the Emperor had just had the medicine girl executed, and then he did it. But when Empress Dowager Jiang heard about this, she was furious and ordered the hospital to be rectified. ”

When He Xuan heard this, he asked curiously, "How to rectify it?" ”

"It was said that the boss of the doctor girl was in charge, and the boss in charge, Doctor Cheng, was responsible for it together. The person in charge seems to have been dismissed, and Imperial Doctor Cheng has also been a first-grade and second-grade imperial doctor. Qing'er replied methodically. 【1】

"I see." He Xuan sighed, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously showed a sarcastic smile.

Qing'er wanted to say something, but He Xuan gave her a look and signaled her not to say anything more in front of Ji Tai.

Mrs. Cai walked in at this moment, looked at the two children lovingly, and instructed the palace maid to serve the fruit plate. Then he said to Ji Tai and Hexuan: "Let's eat some fruit first, and I'll go to the harem school later." Today is the first day of the school, your father may go to see it in the morning, you two don't be careless! ”

The two children nodded like broken rice, and they both picked their favorite fruits very obediently and ate them. Then, Mrs. Cai took He Xuan with one hand and Ji Tai with the other, and sent them to the gate of Zhaohua Palace, smiling at their departing backs.

Before the establishment of a unified harem school, the princes and princesses studied separately, each with their own teachers. The protons even have teachers sent by each country to accompany them.

After He Xuan's proposal was accepted, the emperor ordered that all the princes, princesses, and protons should rush to the Lingshu Hall at the time of Chen. From midnight to noon, it is the time for teachers to teach and teach. The noon break is half an hour's rest, and everyone has lunch together in the Ling Shu Palace.

In the afternoon, when Shen arrived, men and women studied separately. The princesses mainly learned some music and calligraphy and painting, while the princes and protons mainly learned to ride and shoot.

Walking on the way to Ling Shudian, He Xuan wanted to hold Ji Tai's hand like a big sister. Although Ji Tai is younger than Hehu, he is already eight years old and is a boy with self-esteem.

So, Ji Tai naturally shook off He Xuan's hand, and the sister and brother walked quickly side by side, talking and laughing, and the palace people followed closely behind them.

When they arrived at the main hall of the Ling Book Palace, several protons had already sat down at their desks, and several princes and princesses had already arrived.

Qi Hou cast a gentle look at He Xuan, and He Xuan also smiled slightly and said hello.

Then, He Xuan smiled at each other with everyone, and hurriedly told Ji Tai to sit down like her and wait for the arrival of the teacher.

The Lingshu Hall was cleaned a few days ago, and there was a large rectangular golden silk nanmu table in the center of the hall, full of gluttonous patterns, and it was full of bamboo slips.

In the center of the hall were small tables with books that had already been placed by the palace people, and everyone was sitting on thick cushions with their waists straight.

On both sides of the main hall, there are many neatly arranged shelves, on which are placed bamboo slips and scrolls suitable for children of all ages, all packed in delicate satin cloth bags.

It was about to be the hour, and the noble princes and princesses of the Great Zhou and the protons of the countries gradually stopped chatting, looked solemn, and waited quietly.

After a while, an elderly man in his early forties, dressed in a ginger robe, walked slowly through the entrance of the main hall.

He Xuan looked at the man carefully, his black beard was scattered on his chest, the hair on both sides of his eyebrows also hung diagonally on his cheeks, his body was slightly chubby, and his head was tied with a lake blue headband.

Although this person is not gorgeously dressed and his makeup is not meticulous, when he walks, he gives people a feeling of poetry and self-deprecation. When he sat down in the center of the hall, the air in the whole room was still, and everyone felt the thick solemnity and majesty that emanated from him.

He was also accompanied by several assistant teachers, who were naturally the teachers who came to assist Li Fuzi's teaching, but none of them had the knowledge and reputation of Li Fuzi.

He Xuan sighed in his heart, the teachers selected by his father and auxiliary ministers were really extraordinary.

She had already sent someone to inquire about this teacher, whose surname was Li Minger, whose name was Boyang, and his hometown was in Chudi. As a young man, he traveled extensively and in just a few years became famous.

After that, Li Boyang was often invited by the kings and nobles of various countries to give lectures, and he also accepted many apprentices among the people, and was respected by everyone as Li Fuzi.

Li Fuzi sat on the soft gold wire cushion, gently stroked his beard with his hand, and looked around at the children sitting below.

After a short introduction, Li Fuzi picked up the scroll on the table and slowly unfolded the bamboo slip. Everyone sitting in the hall also picked up the "Xia Yi" placed in their hands. 【2】

"Xia Yi" was written by Shennong in the Xia Dynasty, which recorded the ancient divination and also contained the infinite mysteries of heaven and earth.

In a deep and deep voice, Li Fuzi read a poem "Poetry with Divine Mist" in "Xia Yi" in a low and deep voice.

"The big traces are out of Lei Ze, Hua Xu is on his feet, and he is sacrificed."

"The big traces are out of Lei Ze, Hua Xu is on his feet, and he is sacrificed."

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Every time he said a word, everyone followed it in unison.

After repeating this several times, Li Fuzi began to explain the meaning, and everyone listened carefully with serious expressions.

After listening to Li Fuzi's interpretation, this article seems to have a different world, and he listened to it with relish.

After all, it was the first day of the royal family's opening of the school, and even Princess Tianwei, who didn't like to read the most, had an extremely serious expression.

Everyone knows that Zhou Tianzi went down to the early dynasty, and it is very likely that he will come over to take a look. Naturally, no one wants to touch the emperor's mold on such a special day.

After Li Fuzi finished explaining, he instructed each of them to read the article a hundred times, and then memorize it, and check it one by one when they went to class tomorrow.

So they all began to read it. Li Fuzi paced slowly, walking around the hall, listening as he went, pointing to the children who had read the wrong words.

He Xuan was reading seriously, and suddenly a very small silk handkerchief was quietly passed over by the third princess Yunjing next to him.

She pinched it in her hand and took a sneak peek, and it was written, "Go to the back garden after lunch."

This seemed to be Qi Hou's handwriting, so He Xuan looked up at Qi Hou's seat, and sure enough, the latter smiled at her.

On such an occasion, He Xuan had no way to say anything, so he could only smile and nod his head to show acceptance.

Then she quickly crumpled the little silk handkerchief into a small ball and stuffed it into her sleeve, and her eyes unconsciously glanced around.

Fortunately, he was not discovered by Li Fuzi, and He Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that the third princess Yunjing, who was sitting next to her, cast a slanted eye of contempt.

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