I am a cat in the palace

"Sister Xiangli, the study room has been cleaned this morning, don't you need to clean it again?" Following the sound of the outer door being pushed open, the voice of a little palace maid sounded.A Dong was about to go out to chase people away, but was stopped by Rourou stretching out his hand. At the same time, he put his fingers lightly on his mouth in a gesture of "shh", and he probably heard the voice at the same time as me. It belongs to the court lady Xiangqiong.

There is only one prince and no concubines in Yongshan Palace, so the palace is not small but there are not many people in the palace, and the personnel who come out and in are not frequently transferred, so after so many years, even if there are only maids cleaning the palace, the fleshy They all recognize each other, Almighty can be called by name, plus Rourou rarely leaves Yongshan Palace, not to mention getting acquainted with the children of foreign courtiers, even the princes and princesses in the palace rarely get in touch, so under Madam Chen's intentional connivance, Some younger eunuchs and court ladies would play with Rourou when they were free.And this Xiangqiong is one of Rourou's favorite playmates. Seeing Rourou's way of preventing A Dong from going out to chase people away, she probably wanted to wait for Xiangqiong to come in to clean up, and when she was unprepared, she suddenly rushed out to scare her.

The quiet A Dong would never disobey Rourou's orders. After seeing Rourou's gesture, he immediately retreated to his original position and stood behind Rourou.

At this time, another female voice sounded: "It's dark this morning, I'm afraid there is no clean place, let's go in and check again."

"Sister Xiangli is really serious in her work, no wonder Madam always praises her for being careful."

"I can't talk about being careful, but I just think that our Highness is not like the second and fourth princes who always have a mother who loves him. He is thoughtful about everything. Although our Highness has lost his mother, we can't be wronged." We have fulfilled our desire to be slaves only if His Highness can live more comfortably than anywhere else." Xiangli is a maid in Yongshan Palace who is responsible for cleaning the frequently active palace rooms such as the meat dormitory and study room. The second-class case is not very important, but the size is also considered a management level.While talking, there were soft footsteps, and Xiangli and Xiangqiong had already walked in.

I frowned, and looked up at Flesh, and sure enough, the expression on his original plan to attack the two little maids suddenly faded, and there was only a bit of resentment on his face. I couldn't help feeling a little unhappy, Mrs. Chen and Fulin had already I have reminded these little palace people not to bring up the matter of flesh-and-blood mothers, but they can't control their mouths in private.Adong, who was standing behind Rourou, took two steps forward, and asked Rourou if he was going out to remind the two little girls, but Rourou didn't pay attention to his question, and just stood there holding the book in a daze. daze.

Without Rou Rou's orders, and A Dong not going out, Xiang Li and Xiang Qiong continued to gossip.

"Xiangqiong, this is the golden silk ink specially given by His Majesty for His Highness's study. Why do you put it here? What if it falls? It must be used to write the first character taught by Your Highness after entering school." Hurry up and put it in the box."

"Hey! Okay. Huh? I remember I put it away before, who took it out again?"

"Okay, no matter what, put it away quickly, if it breaks, His Highness's husband will definitely be angry."

"Mr. Mo will be angry if he breaks a block?" Xiangqiong's voice was a little surprised.

"Yes, I heard that Prince Shun broke the gold silk ink given by the late emperor during the apprenticeship ceremony, which made his prince teacher furious, and he resigned directly from teaching. The late emperor had no choice but to give Shun another one. The prince has found a prince teacher."

Well, what Xiangli said, I know, but that incident was not just for a piece of gold ink, dropping the gold ink was just an excuse, in the final analysis, it was the evil result of the intrigue in the court, it's a pity Prince Shun, who was only five years old at the time, had been rejected by the prince for half a year since then, until the next spring, when the emperor singled out a learned and competitive young man from the Ming family to point him out to Shun. The prince became the prince's teacher, so he didn't let the prince Shun continue to be abandoned.However, this happened several decades ago. Prince Shun is now living a carefree life in the fief. It is estimated that even he himself will forget the hardships of his childhood. Unexpectedly, there are still people in this palace who remember these old things. Old things about sesame seeds and rotten millet.

"I don't know what our Highness's prince teacher will be like?" Xiang Qiong asked as if talking to herself.

"Well, I heard some rumors." Xiangli said, which made Xiangqiong very surprised, "Sister Xiangli knows?"

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It is a big event for a prince to have a teacher, and there are some special rules in Daxia.

According to the Daxia tradition, each prince has a full-time teacher, who is fully responsible for the prince's enlightenment and future schoolwork arrangements. That is to say, the prince has the final say on how to learn, and unless this If a master committed some serious offense of disobedience and rebellion, the prince would not be allowed to change his master even if he whipped a stick on the prince's ass.Of course, apart from this very dignified master, the prince can also invite other people to teach, and these are also arranged by the master, but other teachers who teach can only be called guest teachers, not prince teachers.If the prince ascends the throne in the future, only this prince's teacher is eligible to be called the emperor's teacher, and other guest teachers are not qualified to be called the emperor's teacher.Also because of the above, even if the established prince teacher does not say anything, he will naturally be classified as the prince he educates in the power struggle, and the forces behind him will spontaneously in most cases. Stand behind the corresponding prince, even if the prince himself is not necessarily on that side.

Every prince's teacher is unique to every prince, and is also the most important of all masters.

Therefore, every prince—of course, the most important thing is the forces behind him—all attaches great importance to this master who may affect the prince's life.Princes with a little bit of influence will try their best to seek those great Confucians who have greater influence among scholars or courts.

"I heard that the master of the fourth prince has been confirmed. He is the newly-appointed Bachelor of Wenlan Pavilion, and he is also the son of the Jiangzuo Zhao family."

"Bachelor of Wenlan Pavilion? It sounds quite powerful." Xiangqiong is probably still young and has only been in the palace for a short time. She has no idea about the origin of the Bachelor of Wenlan Pavilion. Although she was emotional, her tone did not express Enough wow.

"That's right, there is a noble concubine, the fourth prince's master is of course a good one, not to mention that this bachelor has been promoted to the fourth rank at a young age, just because of his status as the son of the Jiangzuo Zhao family, he is very famous in the court The No. [-] person. Hey, forget it, it’s useless to tell you this little girl, and you don’t understand.”

"Oh, if he's good, he's good. Who cares if he's a son or a son, and he's not the master of our highness. Sister Xiangli, don't you say that you heard the wind, so what kind of person is your highness's master? He must be very good." Great, right?"

"This..." Xiangli suddenly paused at this point.

I felt Rourou's arms holding me suddenly tightened. When I looked up at his expression, I saw a look of expectation on his small face. He has been paying attention to the news in this area for the past few days, but the Fourth Prince Master The decision has already been spread throughout the court, but the third prince has never seen the emperor say anything, and now he suddenly heard a little maid say that she heard the wind, and her fleshy ears immediately pricked up higher than mine.

"What's the matter? Sister Xiangli? Who is His Highness's master?" Xiangqiong asked at the right time, stopping Rourou from running out to ask questions in person.

"This...Actually, I don't know too well. I only heard that the master that the emperor pointed out to our Highness is an unknown soldier. He only got fame this year. He is just a candidate. He hasn't participated in Chunwei yet. No one has heard his name before."

"Ah? How did this happen? Then why did the emperor designate him to be the prince's tutor to His Highness? Aren't there so many learned people in the court?"

"How can we know these things, but, as far as I know, although the prince's teacher is appointed by the emperor, our Great Xia has always had the tradition of the prince's mother family recommending the prince's teacher, just like the second prince's master Lu Ge Boss, it was the empress who came to ask for it in person, Luge Lao agreed to ask the emperor to issue an order, the master of the fourth prince should also be appointed by the Lin family, but our majesty's mother family is weak, only one uncle is still far away at the border, Where is the time and ability to find a master for His Highness, isn't the emperor referring to who is who?"

"But even so, you can't just point to one, the emperor is too partial."

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Hearing the two little maids whispering outside, I was in a very bad mood.Has Yongshan Palace been quiet for so long that these palace people have lost their sense of proportion?These are the words that two girls who only care about sweeping dare to talk nonsense?Also, I secretly wondered, where did this Xiangli, a court lady who never leaves home, hear these news?It was yesterday afternoon that the emperor ordered Rourou to be the master of the prince. Even I only found out about it last night, and Fulin and Mrs. Chen only found out about it when they heard the message from Chang An this morning. When the door came to discuss this matter, I was quite sure that there was no one else in the room except me. Where did this girl get this information from?

I felt that it was necessary to warn these two little girls, so I broke free from the embrace of the meat, and jumped out with a meow.Rou Roushang was still fascinated when I jumped out of his arms suddenly, causing him to let out a low cry, and subconsciously ran out following me.

"Ah! Your Highness!" The two little maids didn't expect that there was someone in the study, and it was the third prince they had been talking about just now. This shock was no small matter, and they immediately knelt down after being taken aback.

"I heard what you just said." Looking at the two little maids who were kneeling tremblingly in front of her, she paused before speaking, with a complicated expression on her little face.