Chapter 173: The Secret Art of the Ming Court

The Ottoman princess Irene, along with her sixteen maidservants, were examined in the West Factory for five consecutive days, and finally it was basically determined that there was no problem.

Then they were brought to Zhu Jingyuan by the housekeeper and the grandmother again, and the two sides could get in touch relatively closely.

Zhu Jingyuan looked around a little, and asked Sister An Xiaona and Luo Feiya to come over and introduce them to these new companions:

"This is the new Irene, follow the three of you to learn from the future, and you teach her the rules here.

"The other sixteen people are divided into four groups, Xiaona, Xiaofu, Fiya, and Irene, and the four of you are the team leaders, and each of you is in charge of a group.

"Everyone forms a team together, Xiao Na is the captain, and you can report anything directly to me."

Whether it was Sister An Xiaona and Luo Feiya, or the newcomer Erin and the sixteen maidservants, they were all a little confused in the face of Zhu Jingyuan's order.

Everyone is obviously Zhu Jingyuan's maid, how does this order feel like forming an army.

However, due to Zhu Jingyuan's status and absolute authority, everyone subconsciously agreed with a blank expression.

After An Xiaona, who was the most lively, agreed, she couldn't help but ask Zhu Jingyuan:

"Your Highness...... I, the captain, and we, the team leaders, with these new sisters...... What exactly? ”

Zhu Jingyuan smiled and commanded:

"This is also your task, you, the captain, think about it yourself, what should you take them for?"

An Xiaona thought for less than three seconds:

"Our task is first to study, and then to serve His Highness's daily life, clean His Highness's room, and then all these tasks will be entrusted to us? Is it okay to do without the grandmothers? ”

The servants in Zhu Jingyuan's room and around it are still the original ones in the palace, and they are basically middle-aged women.

Sister An Xiaona and Luo Feiya can only be regarded as helpers now, and they are still learning to work with their aunts.

Zhu Jingyuan now has sixteen new young maidservants, and An Xiaona feels that she can completely take over the relevant matters.

Zhu Jingyuan shook his head lightly and said:

"You children are too young, and it will be a mess to replace the servants with you.

"And your task is not only to serve me, but also to learn.

"So, you four groups, take turns to help.

"The team leader followed me, helped me with my things, and also studied with me.

"The four members of the corresponding group followed the other old people to work.

"The members of the other three groups, when they don't follow me, take breaks or go to class."

An Xiaona immediately agreed seriously:

"Understood."

Zhu Jingyuan watched the scene now, and asked An Xiaona to divide the sixteen maidservants into groups on the spot.

Each group has a slightly older group, around fifteen years old, who serves as the deputy leader of the group.

After the division, let An Xiaofu lead the team to stay by her side, and An Xiaona took the others to rest, and they were also familiar with each other.

Erin and the sixteen Tessie maidservants were placed in a separate courtyard when they were examined by the West Factory.

After passing the preliminary examination, Cha had just moved to the courtyard where Sister An Xiaona and Luo Feiya lived.

In order to distinguish the identities between them, Zhu Jingyuan let two of the four team leaders live in one room, and four ordinary maidservants live in one room.

This is the current limited number of rooms, and after the new palace is built, the team leader will be able to live in a single room.

In the future to take care of the newcomer Erin, Sister An Xiaona is separated.

An Xiaofu and Luo Feiya share a house, and An Xiaona takes the new Erin.

These days, Erin was first sent from Instanbul to Quicksand City, and then subjected to several days of continuous questioning.

A lot of inexplicable questions are asked repeatedly and repeatedly, and they are disrupted to ask again.

Although Erin told the truth all the time, and did not need to think carefully on the spot every time she answered, she was still extremely tired from being tossed.

At the same time, I was afraid of being judged to have a problem, and I was afraid of being driven away by His Royal Highness Prince Dashi, so I was always nervous.

Now, finally with Zhu Jingyuan's approval and finally an official identity here, Erin's spirit has finally relaxed.

Sitting on her own bed, Erin was not in the mood to appreciate the surrounding environment, and subconsciously wanted to sleep first.

As a result, An Xiaona took out a few pieces of paper and greeted Erin very warmly and energetically:

"Oh, don't go to sleep yet, come and tell me what you know now, and I'll arrange what you want to learn.

"If you don't want to be an ordinary servant girl, if you want to become a woman of Your Highness, you must hurry up and study."

Erin was visibly stunned:

"Mastered posture? Your Highness's woman? ”

Listening to these phrases, Erin immediately thought of a lot of strange things, but at the same time they were taken for granted:

"To become a woman of His Highness, do you have to master some special postures? Is this specifically requested by His Royal Highness the Prince? ”

An Xiaona idealized and said:

"It's not all specially arranged by His Highness, but the knowledge specially arranged by His Highness is too difficult.

"We need to master a lot of basic and prerequisite knowledge in order to master the advanced knowledge required by His Highness.

"The three of us came a few months before you, and we're still learning the prerequisites."

An Xiaona just said a few casual words, but Erin felt that she was greatly shocked.

Then, after quite complicated thinking and imagination, Erin said a little cramped and frustrated:

"On the way to the country of food I was selected, the grandmother from the palace taught me something urgently.

"But I didn't have time to master it at all, and I didn't know how to practice......"

An Xiaona listened to Erin's words and thought that she basically understood the situation:

"In other words, you haven't studied systematically before? Then your current knowledge level may only be at the level of a primary school student. ”

An Xiaona pulled out one of the several pieces of paper:

"Then use this form, look at the knowledge points on it, fill in according to your mastery, proficient, understand, or not."

Now not only the world, but even within the scope of the Ming Dynasty, in primary and secondary education, only the local is barely unified.

There are great differences in the content of teaching between the native and the feudal kingdom, between the feudal kingdom and the feudal kingdom, and between the feudal kingdom and the imperial estate.

Therefore, where there are often transfer students, some knowledge point questionnaires will be prepared.

Ask the new students to click and assign the grade according to their mastery.

When she was in the Huangzhuang of Haijiao in the Western Ocean, Sister An Xiaona did a similar test.

When I left Huangzhuang School, I also applied to bring some test questionnaires of different levels.

Irene listened to An Xiaona's description, her head was completely confused, and she said in disbelief:

"This ...... Is there a school for this kind of thing? Is there still a division between elementary school, middle school, and university? Do I still need an exam......"

An Xiaona said as a matter of course:

"Of course, there are different levels of schools, otherwise how can you master enough knowledge?"

After An Xiaona finished speaking, she pressed Erin to a writing desk and placed the questionnaire and pencil in her hand in front of her.

"Is this the secret technique of the Ming court......

With extreme shock, Erin looked down at the questionnaire in front of her, and then the whole person froze completely:

"This ...... So you're talking about the knowledge of these schools! ”

An Xiaona said as a matter of course:

"How else can you know? What else can be the knowledge of the school? Artisan school?

"Your Highness doesn't need us to be craftsmen, Your Highness said that what we want to master is mainly in the direction of business management.

"Basic understanding of craftsman-related expertise is required......

Erin's astonishment immediately began to reassure at the fantasy that had just occurred in her mind.

Then he was so ashamed that his whole face turned completely red.

And asked An Xiaona very incomprehensibly:

"Why...... Why did a woman who became a highness have to master such scientific knowledge? ”

An Xiaona was also puzzled and said:

"Of course, because this is requested by His Highness, can there be any other reason?"

Erin was completely speechless.

It is completely impossible to imagine why Prince Daishi would have such strange demands on his handmaid, or the slave girl used in the room.

Compared to this requirement of scientific knowledge, Erin felt that the postures she had thought of before were more reasonable.

An Xiaona is a very clever girl.

When she was chatting across servers just now, An Xiaona didn't notice anything, but Erin's last reaction made An Xiaona aware of the abnormality.

"So...... What you thought about before...... What is the specific knowledge ......?"

Erin bowed her head and said nothing.

An Xiaona recalled the conversation just now:

"What did those grandmothers teach you on the way here? What is the knowledge that you are not very proficient in and have not had the opportunity to practice? ”

Erin covered her face with her hands.

An Xiaona thought about Erin's identity, felt that she had fully understood, and then said with envy:

"Sure enough, it's a princess, and there is a special grandmother to guide it."

Erin lay directly on the table:

"Say no more!"

An Xiaona pulled another chair, sat down next to Erin, grabbed Erin's arm, and said with great interest:

"Teach me too! Your Highness the Princess! ”

Erin begged for mercy directly:

"Please, don't bully me, the princess of the Ottoman has no status, I am not a princess when I come here, I am just a servant of His Royal Highness like you......"

An Xiaona continued seriously:

"I'm not bullying you, I'm serious now, I really want to learn what you said.

"That should be from the Ottoman court...... Expertise and knowledge are definitely very useful......

"If we want to become His Highness's women in the future, of course we have to learn this knowledge!

"But before...... No one taught us at all, and His Highness didn't arrange it himself. ”

Erin asked rhetorically, with a little surprise:

"Grandma in the palace, didn't you arrange someone to teach you?"

An Xiaona nodded resentfully and said:

"Not only did the grandmother of the palace not teach us, but she also repeatedly reminded and warned us that we were not allowed to touch these things until His Highness was sixteen years old.

"But now it's the New Year, and His Highness will be sixteen years old after the New Year, and we'll need it right away!

"But there's still no one to teach us, so Erin, you're just in time!"

Under An Xiaona's sincere influence, Erin finally believed that An Xiaona was serious and really wanted to learn that knowledge.

In the spirit of having a good relationship with her predecessors, Erin also slowly calmed down the shame in her heart, and said cautiously:

"That'...... Let me tell you about it...... What do I know? ”

An Xiaona was very serious and enthusiastic, nodded solemnly and said:

"Well, thank you so much."

Erin blushed slightly, trying to search for the content in her memory, and explained to An Xiaona quite unfamiliarly.

An Xiaona was very serious, studied very seriously for an hour, and then interrupted Erin very time-consciously:

"Get here today and continue to study tomorrow.

"Next, let's start the knowledge of the school, and I will check your knowledge level first.

"Tell me now, what grade is you in Ottoman's school?"

Erin thought for a moment:

"I feel like I'm going to be able to go to middle school......"

An Xiaona changed a piece of paper and handed it to Erin to fill out the form:

"This is the knowledge point from the fifth grade of Daming Primary School to the first grade of middle school, see how much you have mastered."