"Concubine, Princess Nisha of Tianzhu, I sincerely wish His Majesty the Emperor a long blessing and a happy life..."
The person who spoke with a clear accent and a fluent accent was Princess Zeb En Nissa. The Indian princess looked much more beautiful in real life than in the portrait she gave to Zhu Cixiang.
The princess has a very good figure, tall, slender, slim, and has very white skin. She does not look like an Indian at all (she is not Indian in the first place). Her facial features are very three-dimensional and very delicate, with a straight nose bridge, dotted cherry lips, and curved eyebrows. , the eyes look bigger than in the portrait, very deep. The only drawback is that his forehead is a bit big... Zhu Cibing, who has studied hard at Yingtianfu Taixue for four years, has seen a lot of foreheads like this - this is the forehead of a top academic!
And this princess's learning ability is indeed worthy of her head!
Three months ago, when the princess met Zhu Cibing for the first time, she still spoke with a Shanxi accent. After a while, she has become very fluent in Yingtian Mandarin, without the smell of Shanxi old vinegar at all.
In addition to Ying Tian's official speech slipping away, the princess's reading ability has also improved by leaps and bounds. She can recognize thousands of Chinese characters, and her grammar is quite proficient. She can already read a copy of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Zi Lun Ge Wu Pian" and "Confucian Classics" You can also read it!
Thinking of "Confucius on the Investigation of Things", Zhu Cibing admired his future imperial sister-in-law even more - although she could not quite understand the original version of "On the Investigation of Things", she could already understand the Arabic version of "On the Investigation of Things". "The Investigation of Things", and can also interpret a quarter of the sentences, and the interpretation is basically accurate.
Of course, her interpretation is not original, but quotes a large number of Western philosophical works in Arabic. These Western philosophical works in Arabic are the fruits of the centuries-old translation movement of the Tianfang Sect!
What amazed Zhu Cibing even more was that Her Royal Highness the Princess loved collecting books and studying knowledge. She spent most of her annuity on collecting books and hiring scholars to study, copy, and translate these books.
In her own mansion was what was probably the largest private library in India, containing a vast collection of books on philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, literature, law, theology and history - long forgotten elsewhere. Almost all the books handed down from the century-old translation movement can be found in her library! If all the books she owns can be brought back to the Ming Dynasty, it will definitely be of great help to the study of "Zi Lun Ge Wu Chapter"!
The princess, who was practicing Ming court etiquette seriously in front of Zhu Cixiang's portrait, heard the footsteps coming from behind. She stood up, turned around, and saw her "tutor" Zhu Cibing.
Princess Nisha and Zhu Cibing are about the same age. Both are scholars and both are proficient in mathematics and philosophy, so they have many things in common and can talk very well...
"Hail, Your Highness," the princess gave a very standard blessing ceremony to Zhu Cibing, and then asked with a smile, "Did I pass my math test?"
Zhu Cibing was here to deliver math test papers to the emperor's wife - a total of 108 geometry questions, all of which Zhu Cibing had thought through. According to Zhu Cibing's requirements, if you answer one question incorrectly, you will not be able to pass!
But it's a pity that Princess Nissa answered all the questions correctly, with clear logic and strict logic...
"Passed, all 108 questions were answered correctly!" Zhu Cibing smiled unnaturally.
"So how did my Arabic and Persian tests go?" the princess asked again with a smile.
"Very good... impeccable!" Zhu Cibing didn't know what was going on, but he didn't want this princess to pass the exam.
But how could Princess Nisha fail the exam in Arabic and Persian when she is remembered in history as a poet who wrote in Arabic and Persian?
Of the four exam subjects, two full marks have been obtained...and now there are two more subjects, martial arts and Chinese.
There is nothing much to say about martial arts. Zhu Cixiang has already seen it. Nisha cannot reach the level of a general, but it is definitely top-notch in the harem. Zhu Cixiang requires his concubines to practice martial arts for two main purposes. One is to allow them to strengthen their bodies. When it comes to keeping fit, there are no smart medicines these days. If you want to prolong your life, you have to exercise!
The second is so that they can teach their children to practice martial arts and keep fit. If they have a good body since childhood, they can do great things for the Zhu Ming Dynasty in the future!
And Princess Nisha has a good foundation, and has received personal guidance from Aurangzeb, a famous teacher, so she can definitely pass the exam... Moreover, the princess's martial arts exam was not taken by Zhu Cibing, but by "Zhu Cibing who came to India with Zhu Cibing" "Eunuch who overcomes difficulties" is responsible.
Now only Chinese is left to make things difficult for people.
And Princess Nesa's Chinese proficiency was better than Zhu Cibing expected - the two Shanxi people were quite responsible. Except for teaching them a vinegary Shanxi dialect, everything else was pretty good. And Princess Nisha studied with Zhu Cibing and the "widow maid" and eunuch Kenan brought by Zhu Cibing for three months. Her accent has almost improved, and her speaking level has improved by leaps and bounds. She can only write with calligraphy, but she can write with quill. Chinese characters, and they are written quite neatly...
This is someone else’s princess!
Thinking of this, Charter King Zhu Cibing could only smile slightly and said to Princess Nisha: "Your Highness, I have brought the Chinese test paper... The emperor's requirement is only a rough proficiency, so it is relatively easy to pass."
Princess Nesa laughed, "Your Highness, please rest assured, I will definitely pass, and I will never disappoint Your Majesty!"
Zhu Cibing sighed again in his heart - Her Royal Highness the Princess had never even seen Zhu Cixiang in person, but she was already dead-set. The more difficult she was in the exam, the more energetic she became. She seemed to be determined to overcome all difficulties and win the prize. You can't send it to Emperor Zhu Da's bed by yourself!
It seems that this Nisha is someone else’s princess...
The charter king could only smile: "Princess, let's start the exam..."
...
"Hmph, it's unheard of to take a test to get a concubine... He's not afraid of the harem interfering with politics!"
"Your Highness Taisun, I heard that Emperor Zhu held an exam to select his concubines just to facilitate the harem's political affairs!"
"Is there such a thing? Isn't this a foolish king?"
"It's not all because of fainting, but because of some statistics..."
"Unify what?"
"Statistics... means general calculations to find out the rules and so on. It is said that since Zhu Ming became the ancestor Zhu Di, there have been many young kings who have become kings. And these young kings often grew up in the deep palace and had little experience. I don't know For the affairs of the world, you can only rely on others to take charge. Either the queen, eunuchs, or ministers. Zhu Cixi probably felt that eunuchs and ministers were unreliable, so he still had to rely on the queen."
"Hmph, based on this alone, our Dashun family is a hundred times stronger than the Zhu family! We are already twenty-six this year, and we are still grandsons..."
Those who were watching the loading and talking at Paradpu Pier in Orissa Province were Li Jicheng, grandson of the Dashun Emperor, and Song Yaowen, Li Jicheng's military advisor.
Li Jicheng couldn't help but sigh when he mentioned that he was still a grandson at the age of 26.
If he still has some hope as the prince, this grandson is really anxious! When will it be my turn to be the emperor?
"Grandson, don't worry," Song Yaowen lowered his voice, "Your Majesty fell ill at the end of last year. I heard that he was very thin and always thirsty. He has already been seen by the doctor and said it was diabetes mellitus... .It can’t be cured!”
It turns out that Li suffers from diabetes - it seems that eating too much Roujiamo is not good for him!
Li Jicheng sighed again: "My grandpa fell ill at the wrong time! Aurangzeb's army is about to come, but he is seriously ill. He is a great grandson. He must go back to Mount Wuhua."
"Don't worry, Grandson," Song Yaowen said, "Gao Yidao is a veteran general of the Shun Dynasty, and the newly built fortress in Paradepu is impregnable and can be defended. With this stronghold, we can come back next year, and we can It’s a big win!”
Li Jicheng nodded and said, "That's right. With Tianzhu's money, we Dashun won't have to worry about running out of money and food!"
