In fact, the eldest prince had studied at Chongwen Hall for one year, and the same was true for the second prince. It was just that the eldest prince had mediocre talents. He could not read through the serious classics that others could read in three years, but he could not understand them in five years. Therefore, He stayed in Hongwen Hall for a relatively long time.
Moreover, the eldest prince has already attained the crown. After all, he is not an ordinary young master who needs to obtain fame. If he continues to waste time blindly studying, it will only make the people behind him more anxious.
In fact, the more this happens, the harder it is to read the book The Great Prince.
That's why Emperor Jingwen ordered him to go to court to gain experience. But now, the eldest prince has not been to Chongwen Hall for two years to study.
It had only been a few years since Chongwen Hall had started giving serious lectures, mainly because the earlier princes were young and could not understand the books in Hongwen Hall, let alone this Chongwen Hall.
Xie Xiuwen also heard that the Holy Master wanted to promote him.
"Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty. I will not dare to neglect you."
Emperor Jingwen was very satisfied when he saw that he accepted it readily.
"Xiaowu is still young. I originally thought of marrying him a house-wife and letting him have some experience in the court, but I feel that he has not yet learned how to be a woman, so I just let it go."
"That's what you said."
"I didn't let him study in the Ministry of Civil Affairs just to let him take charge of affairs. As a prince, he must know what so many officials in the court are doing, what they can do, and what they should do. Let him follow I feel at ease being by your side."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust. I will definitely not let you down."
Xie Xiuwen was vaguely aware of some of the Holy Master's thoughts, but he did not dare to think further.
The third prince and the fourth prince both studied with Mr. Qin Ge and Mr. Zheng Ge respectively. Now that he has another one beside him, there is always a feeling that the emperor is looking for knives for his sons.
No matter what, the holy will cannot be violated.
Xie Xiuwen still had some impressions of the Fifth Highness. Although he didn't know how well he studied, he knew that the Highness had a kind-hearted nature and was a direct descendant of the middle palace. In terms of status, he was distinguished!
Not long after, the monarch and his ministers went into a small pavilion to rest. Emperor Jingwen gave him a seat, but Xie Xiuwen only dared to sit down halfway, so the emperor did not dare to be careless.
"Your Majesty, the Fifth Highness has arrived."
"Well, let him come over."
As soon as the fifth prince came over, Xie Xiuwen stood up quickly.
"Greetings to my father."
After the fifth prince died, Xie Xiuwen quickly greeted him.
Emperor Jingwen smiled and asked Xie Xiuwen to sit down: "Xiao Wu, this is the teacher I have found for you. Do you know who he is?"
"Going back to my father, I have met Mr. Xie, the Minister of Civil Affairs. I have spoken to Mr. Xie before. I also asked Mr. Xie for advice on border trade."
Emperor Jingwen nodded and was in a good mood: "Come here and salute your teacher. From now on, you will study with him. But you must study hard and don't be lazy."
The fifth prince's eyes lit up: "Son, I obey!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a Pu Tuan in front of the fifth prince, who knelt down with a plop: "The student has met the teacher!"
Xie Xiuwen was so frightened that his eyes almost popped out: "Your Highness, please come in quickly, but you can't do it, you can't do it."
Emperor Jingwen raised his hand to stop Xie Xiuwen: "You are the teacher and he is the student. It is right for him to kneel to you and you deserve to suffer."
In this way, the fifth prince kowtowed to Xie Xiuwen three times, almost frightening Xie Xiuwen to death.
"From now on, you can study hard with Mr. Xie, I will take the exam."
"Yes, Father."
The relationship between teacher and student was settled, and Xie Xiuwen felt miserable.
It was just a guess at first, but now I have completely figured it out. The Holy Lord is using these ministers as swordsmen and spearmen.
Who knows which prince will win in the end?
If we talk about the gentlemen of several princes, he should be the most inconspicuous.
After all, Master Zheng and Master Qin are both first-rank officials, and although he was conferred a bachelor degree in Wenyuan Pavilion by the Holy Emperor, he is only a third-rank official minister, which is quite different.
I don't know if the fifth prince will feel that his status is a bit low. It would be really miserable if he felt that he was not worthy of teaching him.
From then on, Xie Xiuwen would go to Chongwen Hall to give lectures for an hour every three days. Several adults also took turns to go to Chongwen Hall to give lectures. Usually, there would be talented people specially selected from the Hanlin Academy to give lectures here. Life was going pretty well.
The fifth prince only studied in the Ministry of Civil Affairs and did not have any actual power.
Xie Xiuwen understood that the reason why the Holy One did this was mainly because the fifth prince was young and was afraid that he would act impulsively.
"Your Highness, you have worked hard today. It's getting late, so you can go back."
The fifth prince looked at Xie Xiuwen and then bowed his head to the end, which shocked Xie Xiuwen again.
"What are you doing, Your Highness?"
"Sir, you deserve to be worshiped by me. My real name is Li Huan. I don't have a word because I haven't reached the crown, but my mother gave me the nickname Wufu when I was young. If you don't mind, you can just call me Wufu, or Xiaowu." .”
"Absolutely not, the etiquette cannot be discarded!"
Li Huan sighed, he knew this would happen: "But I am your teacher's student, and you are so cautious. Even if sometimes the student makes a mistake, you don't know where the mistake is, and it's hard to ask your teacher for advice. Father, please I am studying with you because I value your ability and knowledge. Please sir, please put aside the so-called monarch-subject relationship for the time being, so that we can treat each other as teachers and students."
Seeing his sincerity, Xie Xiuwen felt a little moved in his heart, but he didn't dare to really accept it.
"Well, in private, I'll call you Brother Huan, but in front of others, I'll still call you His Highness, how about that?"
Li Huan thought for a while, this was already a rare breakthrough.
"Okay, then I will listen to my husband. I heard that the eldest son of my husband's family has passed the exam. There will be a banquet party tomorrow. Can I go and join in the fun?"
Xie Xiuwen was almost shocked by these words again.
His Highness, he also remembered that it happened one after another.
"Yes, but you must first obtain the permission of the Holy One."
"Okay, I'll go talk to my father."
The banquet held by Xie's family was actually not very lively and did not make any fanfare. In fact, it was just to avoid putting pressure on Xie Ronghui in the future.
The Fang family and Feng Manman and their son also came. As soon as Chen Jiaojiao saw them, she hurried out to greet them. After a while, the Fang family came out alone and went to the front yard to talk to the brothers.
After the Fang family came back and heard about the Feng family, they felt that they could not cause trouble to the Xie family. After Feng Manman gave birth to his son and lived in the Xie Mansion for half a year, he proposed to move out and rent a house.
Liu Ruolan had few relatives in the capital, so naturally she was very valued by her brothers.
So after asking Feng Manman, she gave them two hundred taels of silver and helped them buy a small courtyard in the outer city and settle down.
Liu Ruolan looked at Feng Manman's growing belly. She was happy but also a little worried: "You have a big belly. You don't have to worry about it. Maybe the people around you can take care of it? Why don't you bring Nanny Xi over?" .”
